Gwen Stefani unveils early details of second album

Gwen Stefani has roped in a host of special guest artists for the follow-up to her 2004 debut album 'Love, Angel, Music, Baby'.

The singer is teaming up with Pharrell Williams yet again, Akon, Swizz Beatz and No Doubt bassist Tony Kanal for her as-yet-untitled second album.

Gwen has described the LP as "ear candy", and has deliberately continued the trend of collaborating with guest stars.

She told MTV.COM: "There's a lot of songs that were left over from the last album, and there's some new songs I did with Pharrell. There's a lot of Pharrell on this record. I did some stuff with Tony and some stuff with Akon."

Swizz Beatz added: "She's always taking it to the next level. I love her background for music. She likes a lot of Caribbean sounds with hard beats."

Possible song titles which may appear on her album, include 'Fluorescent Lights', 'Candyland', 'Wind It Up', 'Breaking Up' and 'Orange County Girl'.

Stefani is hoping to release the follow up to 'Love, Angel, Music, Baby' before 2007.