Maroon 5 – Hands all over

Releasedate: 17-09-2010; Label: A&M / Octone / Universal
By: Nina Mende

Maroon 5 is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. While they were in high school, vocalist and rhythm guitarist Adam Levine, keyboardist Jesse Carmichael, bass guitarist Mickey Madden, and drummer Ryan Dusick formed a garage band called Kara’s Flowers in 1995 and released one album in 1997. They reformed, with guitarist James Valentine, in 2001 and pursued a new direction as Maroon 5. The following year they released their debut album Songs About Jane, which contained four hit singles: “Harder to Breathe”, “This Love”, “She Will Be Loved” and “Sunday Morning”; it also enjoyed major chart success, going gold, platinum, and triple platinum in many countries around the world. In support of Songs About Jane, Maroon 5 toured extensively throughout 20032005, during which time two live albums were released. Ryan Dusick left the band in September 2006, citing injuries sustained by constant touring, and was replaced by Matt Flynn. Maroon 5’s second studio album It Won’t Be Soon Before Long was released in 2007, with the singles “Makes Me Wonder”, “Won’t Go Home Without You” and “Wake Up Call”. The band performed live in two tours between June and November 2007, during which time a compilation of previously unreleased songs, The B-Side Collection, was released. Now they released their third studio album called Hands All Over.

Twelve new songs are on the new Maroon 5 album Hands All Over. The first song Misery includes some funky tunes. The typical sound of Maroon 5 is still there though. Give A Little More is a very catchy song. Stutter includes a lot of piano. Dont Know Nothing is a playful sound and just as catchy as the others. Never Gonna Leave This Bed is again a very catchy track you would expect to be played on the radio. Get Back In My Life is a dance floor song with very groovy tunes. Just A Feeling is a very slow song. Out Of Goodbyes includes female vocals as well. The last song is a Freddy Mercury cover called Crazy Little Thing Called Love. All in all is the album not only a typical Maroon 5 album with lots of emotions and full of love songs but it is also a brilliant album that you can listen to at all times and in all conditions. Many tracks on this album are most likely to get stuck in your head and all are easy to sing and move along to. The lyrics are also in the album booklet. Maroon 5 are back. Stay tuned for their tour through Europe in March.

Tracklist: 01. Misery 02. Give a Little More 03. Stutter 04. Don’t Know Nothing 05. Never Gonna Leave This Bed 06. I Can’t Lie 07. Hands All Over 08. How 09. Get Back in My Life 10. Just a Feeling 11. Runaway 12. Out of Goodbyes 13. Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Links:
Maroon 5 Official