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Maroon 5

V

Fifth studio album from the LA pop rock band which sees the return of keyboard player Jesse Carmichael

ADM rating[?]

5.0

Label
Polydor / Interscope
UK Release date
01/09/2014
US Release date
02/09/2014
  1. 8.0 |   Rolling Stone

    It's hard to care about any shortcomings when the tunes are as masterfully crisp as they are on much of V
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  2. 6.0 |   The Digital Fix

    It's foolproof pop performed by a band that has never really been fully comfortable with that tag
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  3. 5.8 |   A.V. Club

    Every song clocks right in that radio sweet spot between three and four minutes, and nearly all of them go down like candy
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  4. 5.0 |   PopMatters

    V doesn’t totally offend the sensibilities, and that’s surely more than can be said about some of Maroon 5’s overly pandering, less exploratory “pop-rock” peers
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  5. 4.0 |   The Observer

    A gaudy chunk of over-produced electro-pop-rock
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  6. 4.0 |   The Guardian

    There are enough hooks here to show how the LA band have shifted 17m albums, but also evidence as to why most people can't remember a Maroon 5 song two seconds after it finishes
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  7. 4.0 |   The FT

    Adam Levine gives rein to a sleazier, more edgy persona, but holds back other songs to please as wide an audience as possible
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