Maroon 5 is an American pop-rock band from Los Angeles, California. Their third album “Hands All Over” was produced by veteran producer Robert John “Mutt” Langer and released in September 2010. The band’s lead vocalist is Adam Lavine, keyboardist - Jesse Carmichael, bass guitarist-Mickey Madden and drummer-Ryan Dusick. Maroon 5 songs tend to be very guitar-heavy, often accompanied by synthesizer. The theme in all their songs is love, frequently -lost love.
Once again, Maroon 5 steadily stuck to their plan “to play it safe” and delivered exactly what their fans expected… and it was not the best choice. Even though people buy new released music albums because they like the band and music their favorite artists create, they still expect to hear something new and fresh; they hope for a growth for a band. Well, in this case, they got all same melodies and lyrics like in the previous albums. Not even a bit of experimentation was put into this new album. All the same lovey-dovey songs, and all the same repetitive melodies throughout the “Hand All Over” …that what makes it extremely boring.
The lyrics are the weakest part of the album…too sweet for all-boy band and too weepy. The lyrics are all the same in every song. No originality at all. All the songs are about love, make-ups, break-ups…and there is nothing bad about it, every artist writes about love, but others are able to pull it off by being creative and original, and Maroon 5 just did not get it right at all. Lead ingle “Misery”, as well as songs “Give a Little More” and “Never Gonna Leave This Bed” did not live up to the hype that surrounded Maroon 5’s return and did not show any artistic growth. There isn’t a lot of good material that can stand up as the highlights of the band. Songs are monotonous and similar in context. They all blend together and it is hard to distinguish one from another. In the song “Don’t Know Much About That” Adam Lavine sings “I don’t know nothing ‘bout that…in fact I don’t know nothing at all…yeah I’m tired of proving you right…by doing everything so wrong (so wrong)…tell me what you really want (you want)…because I don’t want to be…I don’t want to be alone”. Oh please. So straight forward, so cheesy. The bands pop-soul ballads remind me of pop-singer Justin Timberlake and his “Cry Me a River” type of songs. As far as the leading singers’ vocal abilities- nothing impressive. Adam Lavine voice is annoying and sounds like whining. Very disappointing music album.
I think that you should talk less about the band members name and go into more detail on the songs they sing
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