Beautiful Goodbye – Maroon 5 back off from the club-friendly vibes and offer a good-natured closing statement in the vein of pop rockers like Train and Gavin DeGraw. Overexposed (Deluxe) 2012: Adam Levine, J.R. Let’s just hope potential remixers leave Shellback’s shimmery synth flashes from the chorus intact.ġ2. Doin’ Dirt – The energy of “Tickets” keeps going strong, and much like “Lucky Strike,” “Doin’ Dirt” is the kind of high-energy, beat-driven song that begs for a dance remix. Fans of “Give A Little More” off Maroon 5’s last effort should earmark this one.ġ1. Tickets – “Overexposed’s” most interesting track features twisting production (at one point early on, it sounds like it’s about to contort into Benny Benassi’s “Satisfaction”) yet ultimately comes through as a tight, techno-influenced pop song.
Levine certainly has the pipes to pull it off, but in the end, all he can muster is a simple, “I’m so sad.” Bummer!ġ0. Sad – “Sad” gives “Overexposed” its one true piano ballad - and gives us some insight into why piano ballads were never quite Maroon 5’s calling card. The track has an auto-pilot feel to it, with the verses and chorus melding together a bit too predictably.Ġ9. Fortune Teller – Although “Fortune Teller” is one of Levine’s most honest songs lyrically, it’s not one of “Overexposed”‘s strongest. Ladykiller – Did Adam go and jack the title of “Voice” co-star Cee Lo Green’s last album? Here, Levine breaks out some high-pitched falsetto to tell the tale of a femme fatale, while a twitchy little guitar solo prior to the final chorus proves to be one of “Overexposed”‘s most pleasantly unexpected moments.Ġ8. Sadly, it’s a track that fades into the background amongst “Overexposed”‘s stronger points.Ġ7. The song is almost completely driven by Tedder and Zancanella’s beat, inching along through the verses before bubbling over just before the chorus kicks in. Love Somebody – When the band announced “Overesposed” as their most pop-friendly yet, they probably had tracks like “Love Somebody” in mind. This single as well as the Wiz Khalifa-featuring Payphone are both included on the album, which was recorded last year in Los Angeles with. The Man Who Never Lied – “Man” finds Levine in more relationship trouble, this time playing the role of the good guy: “I was the man who never lied… but I couldn’t break your heart like you did yesterday.” Musically, it keeps the energy from “Lucky Strike” going strong, with one of “Overexposed’s” most memorable choruses.Ġ6. Maroon 5’s highly anticipated fourth studio album Overexposed follows the extraordinary success of global hit Moves Like Jagger which was the second biggest selling single in the UK in 2011, with 1.2 million sales. Though not a “rock” song per se, it still packs the energy of the band’s earlier, more band-based material.Ġ5. Lucky Strike – Maroon 5’s guitars finally come out to play in the opening bars here. “Daylight” is a bittersweet tale that builds momentum towards one of the album’s most up-tempo songs that follows it listen closely and you might hear a Chris Martin homage in Levine’s “whoa-oh’s.”Ġ4. Daylight – On one of several “Overexposed” tracks co-produced by Levine himself, “Daylight” finds Maroon 5 in their soft rock wheelhouse.