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I, (insert name here), hereby surrender to the following events: It Won\u2019t Be Soon Before Long <\/i>will destroy the competition, reach the top spot on the Billboard Charts, garner at least four Top 10 singles and earn numerous Grammy nominations.<\/p>\n
Don’t want to swear to that yet? Well, read on.<\/p>\n
My first real review for the Vault way back in 2004 was of Maroon 5\u2019s Songs About Jane<\/i>. It was a better-than-average pop album from a group that showed definite promise. Three years later, a sequel to that album has finally arrived after a few stopgap efforts albums, and it was well worth the wait.<\/p>\n
Right now, Maroon 5 is one of the best pop groups in the business. The songs on It Won\u2019t Be Soon Before Long<\/i> are crafted with a complete understanding of what pop is supposed to be. Hooks abound and burrow their way into your head almost immediately. There are at least half a dozen songs that easily could be lodged in one’s head a year or two down the line.<\/p>\n
Adam Levine has neither the most dynamic voice nor stunning range for a lead singer, but he has an intuitive sense for the melodic. The Stevie Wonder comparisons have lessened from Songs For Jane <\/i>as Levine has begun to create his own identity. His devastating falsetto helps take songs like lead single \u201cMake Me Wonder” and drive them up a notch from good to infectious. <\/p>\n
R&B and funk make multiple appearances on the record, to great effect. While I\u2019m not going to put Maroon 5 up there on the same level with vintage Michael Jackson, songs like \u201cMake Me Wonder\u201d and \u201cIf I Never See Your Face Again\u201d bear many similarities to Jackson\u2019s best 80s work. The inherent dance-ability of these records taps into that \u201cBilly Jean\u201d vibe.<\/p>\n
Of course, good ol\u2019 fashioned rock\/pop leads to some classic moments as well. \u201cWon\u2019t Go Home Without You\u201d is a killer power ballad, this album\u2019s \u201cShe Will Be Loved.\u201d \u201cKiwi\u201d starts off funky before descending into a fiery guitar solo the likes of which we have not heard from Maroon 5 before.<\/p>\n
My dark horse pick from this album is the closer, \u201cBack At Your Door.\u201d An attempt to crib a bit from the success of Michael Buble, the track is a lushly orchestrated piece of pop with a killer hook. This is the kind of pop song Buble tried to create with this latest album and didn\u2019t quite pull off.<\/p>\n
Maroon 5 has managed to avoid the sophomore slump and come up with a product that trumps its debut album handily. That fact alone makes them one of the more exciting groups out there, as well as making them a contender for the best pop group of the early 21st century.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":28844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[7018],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-40343","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-maroon-5","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/40343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=40343"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=40343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}