One thing you have to keep good that they have always taken up to a certain point everything "itself" into their own hands as far as the one band is possible if it is popular and recording contracts are completed them but. The first three albums "Songs About Jane", "I't Wont Be Soon before Long" and "Hands All Over" were really good albums, where the band composed their songs always alone or wrote. Adam Levine and Jesse Carmichael were here a good duo Regarding songwriting, and many ihrere greatest hits come from the common spring.
Then came 2010, the date on which the band with "Hands All Over" could not connect to the successes of recent years, the sales were not as good. While not bad, but it was recognized that if it continues the success will probably fail completely on the next album. So what to do? ...
The "evil" took its course and there were other producers and songwriters brought with on board, the first harbinger came with "Moves Like Jagger", which represented a low point for me as a Maroon 5 fan of the first hour. The song was missing just the special, feel it is a real Maroon 5 song, it was a song without "soul". No wonder because here already except Adam Levine completely different songwriters with were at work. "Overexposed" was then dominated for the most part by other songwriters, and the typical Maroon 5 sound changed to be inconsequential, overproduced songs for the mass market, the songs were danceable and it sounded less and less after a rock-pop direction ,
"V", the fifth album now leads consequence continued with what Overexposed began. "V" sounds overproduced and acts not consistent as album in itself. Here many styles are merged in an album, each song writer could enjoy themselves here literally, though it generated a few good songs, no question (not every song does not have Maroon 5 written itself is yes in principle bad), but by and large it what you will have in years in the ear no album or will go down as a classic in the history of music (as opposed to for example "Songs About Jane").
Although Adam Levine writes all the songs with even, but no longer feel as the band has here as a "whole" this album created in a long process as even the first three albums, it sounds like an album that was made for Maroon 5. And well-known and high-profile songwriters were to success to ensure specially brought on board.
The "V" supposedly the old Maroon 5 sound mix with the current and the new direction, in other words a mix is to represent out of their previous albums, is also not materialized. The only song which is still reminiscent of "Songs About Jane" times "Sex And Candy", but this is a cover of Marcy Playground. Even sad that not even a real Maroon 5 song is then ...
The conclusion is that the album safe for all the "Overexposed" is interesting have perceived as brilliant album or "Moves Like Jagger" loved ("Feelings", the other looking for a second "Moves Like Jagger" is ...). For those who hoped for Maroon 5 will find something to their old style back (pop rock) unfortunately have disappointed take the album home, or even leave until the shelf. However, I think that it will have commercial success as "Overexposed" the band at that time quasi saved and this new style will be continued.
Unfortunately, Maroon 5 now feel like a overproduced band and no longer as an independent, which do their own thing ... and that was what used to be the band for me specially made made.
