I almost picture myself in an intimate nightclub setting with an amazing live band up on stage thrilling a live. Man, listening to this album in sequence after vibing to Maroon 5's first three albums is fcking depressing. Lyrics by: Composed by: The Man Who Never Lied In the middle of hollywood boulevard. Their music was “well crafted” but somehow substandard or formulaic. Review Summary: More depressing than a funeral, Maroon 5 stops plateauing and starts nosediving here. Similar criticism has been directed over the years to artists ranging from Neil Diamond to Paul McCartney to Madonna to New Kids on the Block. If it were, then every artist would do it. The first thing youll probably notice about Maroon 5s Overexposed album is the lengthy list of collaborators attached to it: a Murderers Row of pop hitmakers like Ryan Tedder, Shellback and. Those hits aren’t the type of semi-novelty songs that explode and disappear either, but the type of songs that become pop standards of sorts. Take me by the tongue And Ill know you Kiss me till youre drunk And Ill sho. What makes the band stand out is their ability to consistently churn out first-rate pop hits. Video clip and lyrics Moves Like Jagger (feat. The album has already spawned a hit single with yet another earworm, the track “Payphone.” Yet reviews of the album have been mixed, with Entertainment Weekly saying Maroon 5 “barely sound like a band” or the Washington Post calling it “shiny and ridiculously pleasurable, which is different than saying it’s good.”īut calling out Maroon 5 on the details of their presentation or sound is missing the point. 2 user reviews of Overexposed by Maroon 5 Overexposed Unregistered 'One More Night' is an uptempo reggae-flavored tune with dark lyrics (this albums 'Misery') that will have you tapping your. The band clearly knows how they’re now perceived, which is why they’ve titled their new album “Overexposed,” a reference to their omnipresence on the pop scene. So the news of Maroon 5 returning with a new album almost comes as an anticlimax since their songs have never really gone away. All of these songs – and more – not only got tons of radio play, but became the kind of musical staples you couldn’t escape, whether it was hearing them in the supermarket or at weddings.