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Hands All Over (Album) by Maroon 5

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Maroon 5 Is An American Pop Rock Band That Originated In Los Angeles California United States. The Group Was Formed In 1994 As Kara's Flowers While Its Members Were Still In High School And Originally Consisted Of Adam Levine Lead Vocals Guitar Jesse Carmichael Guitar Backing Vocals Mickey Madden Bass Guitar And Ryan Dusick Drums . Kara's Flowers Signed To Reprise Records And Released An Album "The Fourth World" In 1997. After A Tepid Response To The Album The Band Parted Ways With The Record Label And The Members Attended College. Dusick And Madden Stayed Local At UCLA While Levine And Carmichael Relocated To The East Coast To Attend Five Towns College. While Levine And Carmichael Were In New York They Began To Take Notice Of The Urban Music Surrounding Them And Later Let The Style Influence The Songs They Wrote. In 2001 The Band Regrouped With Guitarist James Valentine Added To The Line-Up And Pursued A New Direction Under The Name Maroon 5. At This Point Jesse Carmichael Switched To Playing The Keyboards And This Has Become His Main Instrument In The Band Although He Also Plays Rhythm Guitar To This Day . After These Changes Maroon 5 Signed With Octone Records And Released Their Debut Album "Songs About Jane" In June 2002. The Album's Lead Single "Harder To Breathe" Received Heavy Airplay Which Helped The Album To Debut At Number Six On The Billboard 200 Chart. The Band Won The Grammy Award For Best New Artist In 2005. For The Next Few Years The Band Toured Extensively Worldwide In Support Of Songs About Jane And Produced Two Live Recordings 2004's "1.22.03.Acoustic" And 2005's "Live Friday The 13th". In 2006 Ryan Dusick Officially Left The Band After Suffering From Serious Wrist And Shoulder Injuries And Was Replaced By Matt Flynn. The Band Recorded Their Second Album "It Won't Be Soon Before Long" And Released It In May 2007. The Album Reached Number One On The US Billboard 200 Chart And The Lead Single "Makes Me Wonder" Became The Band's First Number-One Song On The Billboard Hot 100. On September 21 2010 The Band Released Their Third Studio Album Entitled "Hands All Over". It Was Re-Released In 2011 To Include The Single "Moves Like Jagger" Featuring Christina Aguilera . While The Original Version Of The Album Received Mixed Reviews "Moves Like Jagger" Reached The Number One Position On The Billboard Hot 100 Chart. The Band Released Their Next Album "Overexposed" On June 26 2012. All Four Singles Of The Album Were Really Successful On The Charts - For Example The Second Single From Overexposed "One More Night" Released On June 19 2012 Reached Number One On The Billboard Hot 100. In 2014 The Band Signed With Interscope Records And Released Their Fifth Studio Album "V" With The Very-First Line-Up Of Six Official Band Members As Keyboardist And Backing Vocalist PJ Morton Became An Official Member In 2012. The Album Debuted At Top Of The Weekly Billboard 200 Chart. Since Its Debut In 2002 The Band Has Sold More Than 15 Million Albums In The United States And Over 100 Million Singles And 27 Million Albums Worldwide.

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"Hands All Over" Is The Third Studio Album By The American Pop Rock Band Maroon 5. Produced By Veteran Producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange The Album Was Released By A&M Octone Records In September 2010 And Debuted At Number Two On The US Billboard 200. The Standard Edition Of The Album Includes Three Singles "Misery" "Give A Little More" And "Never Gonna Leave This Bed"
On July 12 2011 The Band Re-Released The Album To Include Their Summer Hit And The Fourth Single "Moves Like Jagger". To Support The Album Maroon 5 Embarked On Concert Tours Including Palm Trees & Power Lines Tour And The Hands All Over Tour Respectively. The Band Began Writing The Songs From The Third Album After Winding Down From A World Tour In Support Of Their Second Album "It Won't Be Soon Before Long". Several Months Later The Band Received A Phone Call From Robert John "Mutt" Lange Who Had Heard The Band Were Beginning To Write A New Album And Expressed An Interest In Producing It. In A Press Release On Their Official Website The Album Is Described As "a Killer Hybrid Of Rock Pop Funk And R&B." In An Interview With Rolling Stone The Band Revealed They Spent Two Months Writing And Recording Their Third Album With Producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange In His Recording Studio In Lake Geneva Switzerland. Lead Singer Adam Levine Spoke About The Experience Of Working With Lange "He Worked Me Harder Than Anyone Ever Has " "I Would Come In With A Finished Song And He'd Say 'That's A Good Start. Now Strip It Down To The Drums And Start Over.' The Coolest Thing About Him Is That Not Only Has He Been A Huge Legendary Producer But He Also Is A Legit Serious Writer."Rolling Stone Has Said That The Resulting Disc Is The Band's Brightest-Sounding And Poppiest Yet And That It Delivers Lange's Mix Of Catchy Hooks And Punchy Rhythms. Levine Has Also Said About The Album "Our First Record Was A Reflection Of My Love For Stevie Wonder. With The Second I Kept Going Back And Forth Between Prince And The Police. But There Was No One On My Mind For This Album. It's Just Great Pop." In A Separate Interview However Levine Said That The Album Was Influenced By Tupac Shakur And Marvin Gaye.The Album Artwork Was Revealed On July 1 2010.The Cover Photo For The Album Was Taken By 19-Year-Old Photographer Rosie Hardy Who Also Serves As The Model In The Photo. Hardy Took The Photo Herself In Just Under An Hour In Her Own Bedroom From The Town Of Buxton United Kingdom.

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