 | Maroon 5 It Won't Be Soon Before Long
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| 3.5 great | lessthanderek123 | May 24th 07 |
After what seemed like forever, Maroon 5 are back with the follow up to their great debut album Songs About Jane. I was a pretty big fan of that album and even though to me this isn't better than it, this album is still great. The themes for are still the same old girl problems as the last album, but the lyrics are just as great and it really doesn't matter. The hooks just keep coming on this disc. Almost every song could potentially be a single. And it doesn't hurt that these guys are one of the most musically talented pop bands out there nowadays. Funky guitar riffs and noticeable bass lines are found throughout the album and there is an even more pronounced synthesizer sound on this album than on the last. Even though Songs About Jane was a great debut, it is very nice to see the band evolving its sound and experimenting on a few of the songs here.
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| 3.5 great | Jacob Clark | May 19th 16 |
There's some things about It Won't Be Soon Before Long that makes me like it better than Songs About Jane. Maroon 5 channels their inner Police and Michael Jackson several times, in particular "Won't Go Home without You" and "Kiwi" for their respective styles. This second effort also feels far more polished than the first, which for their pop/rock style is a good thing. Levine seems to have calmed down as a lyricist a lot from his somewhat angry and resentful tone in Songs About Jane and is a little more reflective now. It generally works; however, there are times where Maroon 5 slips into traditional ballad territory, and all of their attempts in that sonic space fail. They're not bad, but they don't suit Levine's voice or the rest of the album well. These tracks bring down the quality of the entire album to slightly below Songs About Jane.
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| 4.0 excellent | CynicalComplex | September 21st 11 |
Guilty pleasures! Guilty pleasures! Come and get yer hot guilty pleasures!
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| 0.0 | bengrieve | September 3rd 10 |
I used to love this band when I bought and listened to their debut album. This is not the Maroon 5 I used to love. This pretty much turned me off their music. I guess its a good thing. :/
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| 3.5 great | norasadiz | October 31st 07 |
Many say that they are disappointed with Maroon 5's sophomore album. I, however, have grown to love it. The infectious, 70's sounding pop (can't think of a better word) songs are great, as are the slow ballads. I definitely recommend this album, but if you are one who cannot accept change, then I suppose you wouldn't appreciate this album for the great work that it is.
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| 3.0 good | Dave de Sylvia EMERITUS | July 3rd 07 |
Five years in the making, Maroon 5's second album is more compact and worked-upon than its predecessor, but a spattering of dud tracks bring down an otherwise very accomplished record. Lead single 'Makes Me Wonder' and Prince-indebted opener 'If I Never See Your Face Again' are more accomplished melodically than anything from Songs About Jane, while the 'Hey Ya!'-aping 'Little Of Your Time' and the murderous 'Wake Up Call' are masterful in their production and arrangement. However, despite these accomplishments, much of the album suffers from weak writing ('Goodnight Goodnight'), banal arrangements ('Nothing Lasts Forever') and generally forgettable melodies. Yet while It Won't Be Soon Before Long disappoints as an album, it contains a number of tracks which can stand alongside the best of Songs About Jane, enough to suggest that Maroon 5 have a long career of girly break-up songs ahead of them.
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