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It Won't Be Soon Before Long
Maroon 5
Retail Price (not our price): $18.98
Release Date: 2007-05-22
Manufacturer: A&M / Octone Records
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 1

Track List
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Disc 1

Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Amazon.com
Sometimes it's O.K.--even important--to put aside your reluctance to embrace artists who make teenage girls scream. It happened in 2006, when Justin Timberlake scraped the sludge off pop and left something shiny behind, and it's happening again in 2007 with Maroon 5. It Won't Be Soon Before Long, the L.A. band's sophomore studio disc, rode in on a crest of hype and crumpled expectations--fan reports had it that Adam Levine & Co. scrapped their signature pop-soul sound for something harder and darker. Not so. Shades of Prince, Hall & Oates, and Sting still color the Maroon sound (check out the spectacularly fizzy "Little of Your Time," as well as the first single, "Makes Me Wonder," a song catchier than fire), but they're made ever fainter here by the clamping down of five guys on what is essentially the most distinctive pop sound to emerge from a single band since the Bee Gees squealed into the mid-'70s. It Won't Be Soon squares hip-hop sensibilities ("Wake Up Call") with rock ones ("If I Never See Your Face Again") and stormy moods ("Can't Stop") with bittersweet ballads ("Better That We Break"). It's a disc destined to defy detractors and go on to greatness, elevating the credibility of teenage girls for years to come. --Tammy La Gorce

2) Amazon.com
Global neo-soul rock superstars Maroon 5 are back with their much-anticipated sophomore album, It Won't Be Soon Before Long. The follow-up to the 10x platinum, Grammy-winning Songs About Jane will be "sexier and stronger," according to frontman Adam Levine, who looked to '80s icons such as Prince, Michael Jackson, and Talking Heads for inspiration. Recorded at home in Los Angeles with producers Mike Elizondo (Fiona Apple, Eminem), Mark "Spike" Stent (Bjork, Keane, Gwen Stefani), Mark Endert (Madonna, Fiona Apple), and Eric Valentine (Queens of the Stone Age, Nickel Creek), the album promises to be a louder take on the pop sounds of their first effort. "It's definitely aggressive, upbeat and pounding," says Levine. More Maroon 5Songs About JaneLive Friday the 13th1.22.03.AcousticMaroon 5 Photos

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5

1) Love it   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I love this album. This is the first time I have brought a Maroon 5 album, but I liked the second song that they were playing on the tv. I love this CD, its only 1 or 2 songs that I don't really care for, but they aren't that bad! I would recommend this to someone who likes feel good music!

2) Coaster, Straight-Edge, Pillow, Frisbee...   [Rating: 1 out of 5]
...these are just some of the ways you can put your Maroon 5 CD to better use. Seriously, did anyone actually listen to this album? It's all the crappy music of the 70s and 80s revisited. It's disco rehashed and reconfigured with a corny, electronically watered-down sound to accompany it. This music is AWFUL! This album would be better suited as a breakfest table. It lacks the soul and the drive and the modicum of originality of their first release. This is merely an offering of boring lyrics, hackneyed sing-songiness, and all the same chords and melodies of by-gone eras...and not even GOOD ERAS! Why the hell would a band with so much talent and potential choose to follow up a soulful debut with disco/sounds of 80's pop trash? What is wrong with this world?

3) Good Follow Up   [Rating: 3 out of 5]
Different than the first release, lacking some of the power pop that made their name, but still interesting.

4) Well worth it! A great sophmore album!   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
First of all, I loved the 1st album "Songs About Jane" and seriously doubted whether or not this 2nd album would measure up. Suprisingly enough and with a little coaxing from seeing/hearing a few of their new songs on SNL one weekend, I was smitten! Great cd that delivers true Maroon 5 melodies with a hint of new sounds that rock! Love it, love it, love it!!!

5) This album is good.   [Rating: 4 out of 5]
Ignore my last negative review but It Won't Be Soon Before Long was indeed a good album. I like the new influences on this album. I can call this an 80's retro CD because there are influences of 1980's Sting and The Police, Hall and Oates, Michael Jackson, and Prince. This is not a boy band or a girl pop sounding band because everyone plays a real instrument. Their first was neo-soul sounding but this was 80's Prince/Hall and Oates sounding. Come out with another CD soon.