Album Briefs:

Albums are rated on a scale of one star (poor) to four stars (excellent):

*** No Doubt, “No Doubt,” Interscope. The challenge facing this Orange County band in the recording studio was to capture the carnival-like exuberance of its live shows, and the quintet pulls it off with a spirited debut that expands on its ska roots with an effective use of Latin, rock, dance, punk and funk. Imagine Madonna fronting Fishbone.