Showbiz Album of Muse

Showbiz is the debut studio album by English alternative rock band Muse, released in the United Kingdom on 4 October 1999 through Mushroom Records. Recorded between April and May at RAK Studios and Sawmills Studio, respectively, the album was produced by John Leckie and Paul Reeve in conjunction with the band. Showbiz was a moderate commercial success, reaching number 29 on the UK Albums Chart.

Showbiz was released in various regions around the world through the band's different regional labels: Naïve in France; Motor in Germany, Russia, Turkey and Ukraine; Maverick in the United States; Play It Again Sam (PIAS) in Benelux; and Avex Trax in Japan.The album was also released earlier by some labels; in France it was released on 7 September, the Motor edition was sold from 20 September and the album entered American stores on 28 September. A bonus CD was released in Benelux, which contained the same content as the Random 1-8 extended play, without the hidden remixes of "Sunburn".

Track listing
All songs written and composed by Matthew Bellamy.

Original edition
No. Title Length



1. "Sunburn" 3:54





2. "Muscle Museum" 4:23





3. "Fillip" 4:01





4. "Falling Down" 4:33





5. "Cave" 4:46





6. "Showbiz" 5:16





7. "Unintended" 3:57





8. "Uno" 3:37





9. "Sober" 4:04





10. "Escape" 3:31





11. "Overdue" 2:26





12. "Hate This & I'll Love You"

Muse

Muse are an English rock band from Teignmouth, Devon, formed in 1994. The band consists of Matthew Bellamy (lead vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards), Christopher Wolstenholme (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Dominic Howard (drums, percussion, synthesisers). They are known for their energetic live performances.
Muse have released seven studio albums: Showbiz (1999), Origin of Symmetry (2001), Absolution (2003), Black Holes and Revelations (2006), The Resistance (2009), The 2nd Law (2012), and Drones (2015). They have also issued four live albums: Hullabaloo Soundtrack (2002), which is also a compilation of B-sides, Absolution Tour (2005), which documents several of the band's performances such as Glastonbury Festival 2004, HAARP (2008), which documents the band's performances at Wembley Stadium in 2007, and Live at Rome Olympic Stadium (2013), shot in 4K and taken from the band's Rome show during The 2nd Law World Tour.

Black Holes and Revelations earned the band a Mercury Prize nomination and was named the third best album of 2006 by the NME Albums of the Year. Muse have also won numerous music awards including five MTV Europe Music Awards, six Q Awards, eight NME Awards, two Brit Awards—winning "Best British Live Act" twice, an MTV Video Music Award, four Kerrang! Awards and an American Music Award. They were also nominated for five Grammy Awards,of which they won Best Rock Album for The Resistance. As of June 2015, Muse had sold more than 17 million albums worldwide.

The members of Muse played in separate school bands during their stay at Teignmouth Community College in the early 1990s, but the formation of Muse began when Bellamy successfully auditioned for the part of guitarist in Dominic Howard's band, Carnage Mayhem. They asked Chris Wolstenholme – who played the drums at the time – to learn to play bass guitar for the band, Wolstenholme agreed and took up lessons, while Bellamy had to become singer and songwriter for the band.

Bellamy and Howard's first band name was Gothic Plague. They later changed the name to Fixed Penalty and then to Rocket Baby Dolls.


In 1994 the band used the name Rocket Baby Dolls with a goth/glam image to compete in a local battle of the bands. The band won the contest, smashing their equipment in the process. "It was supposed to be a protest, a statement", Bellamy said, "so, when we actually won, it was a real shock, a massive shock. After that, we started taking ourselves seriously." Shortly after the contest, the three decided to forget university, quit their jobs, change the band name to Muse (1994–1995), and move away from Teignmouth.The name "Muse" was supposedly inspired by Matthew Bellamy's art teacher Samuel Theoun. The band liked that it was short and thought that it looked good on a poster.Music journalist Mark Beaumont writes in his biography of the band, that they wanted the name to reflect "the sense Matt had that he had somehow 'summoned up' this band, the way mediums could summon up inspirational spirits at times of emotional need."

After a few years building a fan base, Muse played their first gigs in London and Manchester supporting Skunk Anansie on tour. The band had a significant meeting with Dennis Smith, the owner of Sawmills Studio, situated in a converted water mill in Cornwall. He had seen the three boys grow up as he knew their parents and had a production company together with their future manager Safta Jaffery.

This meeting led to their first proper recordings and the release of the Muse EP on 11 May 1998 on Sawmills' in-house Dangerous label.

Despite the success of their second EP, British record companies were reluctant to sign Muse. After a trip to New York's CMJ Festival Nanci Walker, then Sr. Director of A&R at Columbia Records, flew Muse to the US to showcase for Columbia Records' then-Senior Vice-President of A&R, Tim Devine, as well as for American Recording's Rick Rubin. During this trip, on 24 December 1998, Muse signed a deal with American record label Maverick Records.Upon their return from America, Taste Media arranged deals for Muse with various record labels in Europe and Australia, allowing them to maintain control over their career in individual countries.

In 2002, Muse threatened Celine Dion with legal action, when she planned to name her Las Vegas show as "Muse", despite the band owning the worldwide performing rights to the name. Dion offered Muse $50,000 for the rights, but they turned it down. Bellamy later stated, that "We don't want to turn up there with people thinking we're Celine Dion's backing band." Eventually Dion was forced to back down.


Band members
Matthew Bellamy – vocals, lead guitar, keyboards, synthesizers, keytar (1994–present)
Christopher Wolstenholme – bass, backing vocals, guitars, keyboards, harmonica (1994–present)
Dominic Howard – drums, percussion, synthesizers (1994–present)


Discography
Main articles: Muse discography and List of songs recorded by Muse
Studio albums
Showbiz (1999)
Origin of Symmetry (2001)
Absolution (2003)
Black Holes and Revelations (2006)
The Resistance (2009)
The 2nd Law (2012)
Drones (2015)

Ryan Dusick of Maroon 5

Ryan Michael Dusick (born September 19, 1977) is the former and original drummer of American pop rock band Maroon 5.

He attended Brentwood School and UCLA, majoring English.

Dusick was credited as the "Musical Director" in the liner notes of the band's second album It Won't Be Soon Before Long, which was released in 2007.

He produced a debut album called All The Things We Said by an American band Former Future.

Dusick is the grandson of Hollywood makeup artist Jack Dusick and cousin of actor David Farentino (the son of James Farentino and Michelle (Dusick) Lee).

PJ Morton of Maroon 5

PJ Morton (born as Paul Morton, Jr.; March 29, 1981) is an American R&B singer, musician, producer and one of the keyboardists in the pop rock band Maroon 5. On March 27, 2012, Morton released his first solo recording, the free EP Following My First Mind, on Lil Wayne's Young Money label. Adam Levine was featured on the lead single, "Heavy"; other musicians on the EP include Lil Wayne, Jazmine Sullivan and Chantae Cann. On May 14, 2013, Morton released his first major-label debut album, New Orleans.

Morton was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. His father is Canadian-born American gospel singer Paul S. Morton. His mother is Debra Brown Morton. His wife is Kortni Morton.

Morton majored in Marketing at Morehouse College and graduated in 2003.

After winning Grammy Awards for his songwriting and production of India.Arie's Interested, Morton won Dove and Stellar Awards in 2008. His collaboration with gospel crooner DeWayne Woods resulted in a huge career high. The testimony Morton articulated in "Let Go, Let God" catapulted[vague] up the charts for a record seventy weeks and won numerous awards and accolades, most importantly bringing PJ's early influences full circle.

Morton was also noticed by AR Rahman (composer for Slumdog Millionaire), who asked Morton to contribute "Sajna" to the soundtrack and movie for the Vince Vaughn comedy Couples Retreat. Morton has also produced and written for musicians such as Jermaine Dupri, LL Cool J, Jagged Edge, Monica, India.Arie, gospel musicians Fred Hammond, Men of Standard, and Heather Headley. In 2009, he published a book entitled Why Can't I Sing About Love?. In it, he ruminates on the idea that church music and secular music about love can come from the same place if God and love are the same.

Matt Flynn of Maroon 5

Matthew "Matt" Flynn (born May 23, 1970) is an American musician and the drummer of American pop rock band Maroon 5. In 2006, after being the band's touring drummer for two years, Flynn had officially replaced the original drummer of Maroon 5, Ryan Dusick, who left the group due to serious wrist and shoulder injuries sustained from constant touring after the release of their first album, Songs About Jane in 2002.

Prior to joining Maroon 5, Flynn has played drums for The B-52's, Chicago, Gavin DeGraw and Gandhi.

Flynn was born in Woodstock, New York. When Flynn was 14 years old, he picked up his first pair of drumsticks in his father's basement and immediately started drumming the beat to "Jump" by Van Halen, impressing his father greatly. Later that year he came third in his high school talent show, behind stand up comedian Daniel Tosh and a dance crew known as "Tropic Lightning".

Flynn graduated from Gunn High School and briefly attended San Diego State University.

Flynn is married to Heidi Ford, who has a fraternal twin named Jenny "Jenni" Ford. On June 5, 2007, Flynn's wife gave birth to their second child, named Michael Ford Flynn. His elder daughter is named Ryan.

James Valentine of Maroon 5

James Burgon Valentine (born October 5, 1978) is an American musician. He is best known as the lead guitarist for pop rock band Maroon 5.

Valentine was born in Lincoln, Nebraska. He was raised as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) and has three sisters and one brother. His mother is a former beauty queen, who was a school teacher before becoming a stay-at-home Mom to raise her five children. James is an Eagle Scout. He was the president of his high school Lincoln Southeast High School's student council in Lincoln, Nebraska.

In addition to guitar, James is also a percussionist, playing in orchestra and jazz band in his youth.

His family now lives in Utah. His mother works for Brigham Young University, which is owned and operated by the LDS Church. His father works for Utah Valley University and previously was an adjunct professor of Latin American literature at BYU. His sister, Amanda, was a contestant on the 11th season of Project Runway, and was again a contestant on the 13th season of Project Runway, placing second in the finale.

Mickey Madden of Maroon 5

Michael Allen Madden, also known as Mickey Madden (born May 13, 1979) is an American musician, who is best known for being the bassist in the pop rock band Maroon 5.

Madden was born in Austin, Texas. He began playing in junior high school at the Brentwood School in Los Angeles, playing in garages along with friends Jesse Carmichael (guitar/vocals) and Adam Levine (vocals/guitar).

Madden attended classes at UCLA.

He was a dedicated vegan for several years and supports Farm Sanctuary.

Jesse Carmichael of Maroon 5

Jesse Royal Carmichael (born April 2, 1979) is an American musician, best known as the keyboardist, rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist in the American pop rock band Maroon 5. He is also known for his solo project, which is called 1863.

Carmichael was born in Boulder, Colorado, United States. His father, Bob Carmichael, is a photographer, who also takes pictures during Maroon 5's tours. Jesse also has a younger sister, Annie. He first started playing the guitar in junior high, rather than the keyboards (for which he is known in the band Maroon 5).

Adam Levine of Maroon 5

Date of Birth 18 March 1979, Los Angeles, California, USA
Birth Name Adam Noah Levine
Nickname Sharky
Height 5' 11¾" (1.82 m)

Grammy-winning band Maroon 5's frontman Adam Levine was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. He is the son of Patsy (Noah), an admissions counselor, and Fredric Levine, who founded the retail chain M. Fredric. Adam's father's family is Jewish, while Adam's mother is of half Jewish (her own father) and half German and Scottish (her own mother) ancestry. His uncle, Timothy Noah, is a journalist.

In October 2008, Levine collaborated with First Act to create the First Act 222 Guitar, which was fashioned to his specifications. The guitar was made available for purchase at Target retail stores.[80] Two years later, he launched his own fashion line, entitled "222", at the Project Trade Show in Las Vegas. The collection is a minimalistic line of jeans, basic T-shirts and leather jackets, a style he described as "simple and pure and durable". The venture was organized in partnership with his father, Fred Levine (who operates a chain of specialty boutiques), and his cousin, Sami Cooper.

In June 2011, Levine took part in an educational campaign to raise awareness of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. The project, titled "Own It", was created by Shire and organized in collaboration with the Attention Deficit Disorder Association (ADDA), Children and Adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD). The project targets people who were previously diagnosed with the disorder, focusing on how it may continue into adulthood. Levine, who himself was diagnosed with it as a teenager, said, "This campaign is important to me because it can help young adults and adults realize that there's a chance they may still have ADHD if they had it as a kid". In connection to this, he wrote an article in ADDitude Magazine about his personal experience with it.

Levine founded his own record label, 222 Records, in February 2012. He stated that he was inspired to start the label to sign on Rozzi Crane, an USC music student he discovered through a mutual friend.[86] She became the first singer signed on to the label, followed by Glee actor Matthew Morrison, Mexican artist Diego Boneta and The Voice season 2 contestant and part of Team Adam, the singer Tony Lucca. It was reported that he was negotiating further with potential distributors, as well as organizing staff, to operate as a full-fledged record company with departments such as marketing, radio and publicity.

In 2013, Levine collaborated with ID Perfumes to create his debut eponymous scent. The line was launched at the Premiere Fragrance Installation in Los Angeles in February 2013. The fragrance range, consisting of scents for both for men and women, is sold through Macy's department stores in microphone-shaped bottles. Speaking at its launch, Levine said: "The task was to make something that I would wear. So that was a process and we finally came to a great conclusion and it smells great" The fragrance garnered media attention for contradicting his tweet the previous year, in which he said that he wanted to "put an official ban on celebrity fragrances. Punishable by death from this point forward".

In 2013, it was announced that Levine would be entering a partnership with Sears Holdings to launch a multi-department lifestyle brand to develop apparel and accessories collections. The company, which owns Kmart and ShopYourWay, a shopping social platform, also included rapper Nicki Minaj in the same contract. The menswear collection was launched on October 1 that year and conducts business via 500 Kmart stores across the US, as well as online.[96] In an official statement, Levine said: "Partnering with ShopYourWay to develop this line was an exciting opportunity for me and I am really looking forward to diving into the process of designing an apparel and accessory collection".In an interview with People, he commented further, "it was cool that they really promoted creative control. I like to be involved with process rather than just phoning it in".

In early 2010, while performing at the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue release party in Las Vegas, Levine met Russian Sports Illustrated swimsuit and Victoria's Secret model Anne Vyalitsyna, whom he later started dating. After two years together, in April 2012, Levine and Vyalitsyna announced that they had split. The following month Levine began dating Namibian Victoria's Secret model Behati Prinsloo.They broke up in March 2013, but later reconciled and subsequently became engaged in July that year.The couple were married on July 19, 2014 in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

V Album by Maroon 5

V (Roman numeral for five) is the fifth studio album by American pop rock band Maroon 5. It was released on September 2, 2014, by Interscope Records. V was Maroon 5's first album to be released through Interscope after the band's previous label, A&M Octone Records, transferred them along with most of its artists to Interscope. The album also saw the return of keyboardist Jesse Carmichael after his absence from recording, touring and promoting Overexposed (2012). V debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling 164,000 copies in the first week. The album produced three singles, "Maps", "Animals", and "Sugar", peaking at number 6, number 3, and number 2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, respectively. Another single, "This Summer's Gonna Hurt like a Motherfucker", was released on May 15, 2015.

Track listing
V — Standard edition[45][46]
No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length


1. "Maps"
Adam Levine Ryan Tedder Benjamin Levin Ammar Malik Noel Zancanella
Benny Blanco Tedder Zancanella Noah Passovoy[a]
3:10





2. "Animals"
Levine Shellback Levin
Shellback 3:51





3. "It Was Always You"
Levine Sam Martin Jason Evigan Marcus Lomax Jordan Johnson Stefan Johnson
Evigan The Monsters and Strangerz S. Johnson[b] Martin[b] Isaiah Tejada[b]
4:00





4. "Unkiss Me"
Levine Johan Carlsson Ross Golan
Carlsson Passovoy[b]
3:58





5. "Sugar"
Levine Joshua Coleman Lukasz Gottwald Jacob Kasher Hindlin Mike Posner Henry Walter
Ammo Cirkut
3:55





6. "Leaving California"
Levine Levin Nate Ruess Malik Tor E. Hermansen Mikkel S. Eriksen
Blanco StarGate Passovoy[a]
3:23





7. "In Your Pocket"
Levine Shellback T. Jimson M. Flygare
Shellback Astma & Rocwell
3:39





8. "New Love"
Levine Tedder Zancanella
Tedder Zancanella
3:16





9. "Coming Back for You"
Levine Martin Evigan Lomax J. Johnson S. Johnson
Evigan The Monsters & Strangerz S. Johnson[b] Martin[b] Tejada[b]
3:47





10. "Feelings"
Levine Shellback Oscar Görres
Shellback OzGo
3:14





11. "My Heart Is Open" (featuring Gwen Stefani)

Overexposed Album by Maroon 5

Overexposed is the fourth studio album by the American pop rock band Maroon 5, released on June 20, 2012, by A&M Octone Records. The album was recorded between 2011 and 2012 and was driven after the moderate success of their third album, Hands All Over (2010), and later by the enormous success of the re-released edition, which was promoted by the single "Moves like Jagger", recorded as a collaboration with Christina Aguilera. It is the band's only album not to feature keyboardist, rhythm guitarist and background vocalist, Jesse Carmichael, who took a temporary break from performing with the group to focus on his studies back then, but eventually returned to Maroon 5 in 2014. The band worked with different producers, such as Max Martin, who serves as the album's executive producer, Ryan Tedder, Shellback and Benny Blanco. The band's guitarist and Levine's usual co-writer James Valentine only has four credits on the album.

The accompanying artwork, created by LA artist Young & Sick, is a colorful collage of illustrations seemingly inspired by the likes of Picasso and a range of modern cartoonists. Its title is a smirking allusion to Levine's ubiquity, while its sound is a reflection of how the group wishes to retain the large audience they won once again with "Moves Like Jagger". The album's lead single "Payphone", featuring rapper Wiz Khalifa, produced by Shellback and Benny Blanco, was released and performed on The Voice on April 16, 2012. The song was a success, reaching number two on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, as well as on the ARIA Charts, while it topped the UK Singles Chart, Canadian Hot 100 and Italian Singles Chart. The second single, "One More Night", was released on June 19, 2012. The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 for nine weeks, becoming their longest Hot 100 reign. All four singles released from Overexposed have reached the Hot 100 top-ten, including the last two of them: "Daylight" and "Love Somebody".

The album received a mixed reception from music critics. Some praised the album, calling it their strongest effort, but others criticized the direction the band decided to take, calling it a failed attempt to go mainstream. Additionally, critics and fans alike perceived the album as overly focused on Levine. It debuted at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart, selling 38,000 copies, and on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 222,000 copies. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), Overexposed was the 11th global best-selling album of 2012 with sales of 2.2 million copies.[2] To promote the album, the band started the Overexposed Tour, which lasted from 2012 to 2014.

Track listings
Overexposed – Standard edition CD
No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length


1. "One More Night"
Adam Levine Shellback Savan Kotecha Max Martin
M. Martin Shellback
3:39





2. "Payphone" (featuring Wiz Khalifa)
Levine Benjamin Levin Ammar Malik Dan Omelio Shellback Cameron Thomaz
Benny Blanco Shellback Robopop[a]
3:51





3. "Daylight"
Levine M. Martin Sam Martin Mason Levy
Levine MdL M. Martin
3:45





4. "Lucky Strike"
Levine Ryan Tedder Noel Zancanella
Tedder Zancanella
3:05





5. "The Man Who Never Lied"
Levine Brian "Sweetwesty" West Marius Moga
Noah "Mailbox" Passovoy Levine West[a]
3:25





6. "Love Somebody"
Levine Tedder Zancanella Nathaniel Motte
Tedder Zancanella Nathaniel Motte
3:49





7. "Ladykiller"
James Valentine Mickey Madden Levine
Passovoy Valentine Sam Farrar[a]
2:44





8. "Fortune Teller"
Valentine Madden Levine
Passovoy Valentine Farrar
3:23





9. "Sad"
Levine Valentine
Passovoy Levine Valentine
3:14






10. "Tickets"
Valentine Madden Levine
Passovoy Farrar
3:29





11. "Doin' Dirt"
Levine Shellback
Shellback 3:31





12. "Beautiful Goodbye"

Hands All Over Album by Maroon 5

Hands All Over is the third studio album by the American rock band Maroon 5. Produced by veteran producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange, the album was released by A&M/Octone Records on August 18, 2010. On July 12, 2011, the band re-released the album to include their summer hit "Moves like Jagger".[4] The lead single, "Misery", was released in June 2010. "Give a Little More" followed as the second single in August 2010, "Never Gonna Leave This Bed" as the third single in January 2011, and "Moves like Jagger" as the fourth and final single in June 2011.

The album received generally mixed reviews from music critics, though many of them praised it for its production. Some critics have noted that the album features a more soulful style than Maroon 5's previous works. Maroon 5 went on tour to promote the album in the summer of 2011.


Track listings[edit]
No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length


1. "Misery"
Adam Levine Jesse Carmichael Sam Farrar
Robert John "Mutt" Lange 3:36





2. "Give a Little More"
Levine Carmichael James Valentine
Lange 3:00





3. "Stutter"
Levine Farrar Matt Flynn
Lange 3:16





4. "Don't Know Nothing"
Levine Farrar
Lange 3:19





5. "Never Gonna Leave This Bed" Levine Lange 3:16





6. "I Can't Lie"
Levine Farrar
Lange 3:31





7. "Hands All Over"
Levine Farrar Carmichael
Lange 3:12





8. "How"
Levine Carmichael Farrar Shawn Tellez
Lange 3:36





9. "Get Back in My Life"
Levine Carmichael Valentine
Lange 3:37





10. "Just a Feeling"
Levine Carmichael
Lange 3:46





11. "Runaway"
Levine Noah Passovoy Farrar
Lange 3:01





12. "Out of Goodbyes" (with Lady Antebellum)

It Won't Be Soon Before Long Album by Maroon 5

It Won't Be Soon Before Long is the second studio album by the American pop rock band Maroon 5. It was released in May 2007 as the follow-up to their debut album Songs About Jane (2002). The name was inspired by a phrase the band adopted to keep themselves motivated while on their tour.

The album debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200, selling around 430,000 copies in its first week and, as of 2011, approximately 5 million copies worldwide. It is the first Maroon 5 studio release to feature drummer Matt Flynn. The band's former drummer, percussionist and background vocalist - Ryan Dusick, who officially left Maroon 5 in 2006 due to serious wrist and shoulder injuries, was credited as the "Musical Director"


Track listing
All songs written and composed by Adam Levine, except where noted.

No. Title Length


1. "If I Never See Your Face Again" (Adam Levine, James Valentine) 3:21





2. "Makes Me Wonder" (Adam Levine, Jesse Carmichael, Michael Madden) 3:31





3. "Little of Your Time" 2:17





4. "Wake Up Call" (Adam Levine, James Valentine) 3:20





5. "Won't Go Home Without You" 4:10





6. "Nothing Lasts Forever" 3:07





7. "Can't Stop" (Adam Levine, James Valentine) 2:37





8. "Goodnight Goodnight" (feat. string arrangements by David Campbell) 4:03





9. "Not Falling Apart" 4:06





10. "Kiwi" (Levine, Valentine) 3:34





11. "Better That We Break" 3:07





12. "Back at Your Door"

Songs About Jane Album by Maroon 5

Songs About Jane is the official debut studio album by American pop rock band Maroon 5, released on June 25, 2002 by Octone and J Records. The album became a sleeper hit with help of five singles that attained chart success, including the Billboard hit "Harder to Breathe" and international hits "This Love" and "She Will Be Loved". The album was re-released on October 14, 2003 and at the end of 2004, the album reached the top 10 of the US Billboard 200 chart. Songs About Jane had sold nearly 2.7 million copies by the end of 2004, and over 5.1 million copies in the U.S. by August 2015.

Track listing
Standard edition
All songs written and composed by Adam Levine and Jesse Carmichael, except where noted.

No. Title Length


1. "Harder to Breathe" 2:55





2. "This Love" 4:26





3. "Shiver" 3:01





4. "She Will Be Loved" (Levine, James Valentine) 4:17





5. "Tangled" (Levine) 3:19





6. "The Sun" (Levine) 4:11





7. "Must Get Out" 4:36





8. "Sunday Morning" 4:06





9. "Secret" 4:55





10. "Through with You" 3:01





11. "Not Coming Home" (Carmichael, Ryan Dusick, Levine) 4:24





12. "Sweetest Goodbye" (Levine)

Maroon 5

Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band that originated in Los Angeles, California.[7][8] Before the group was formed the original four members of then 1994 band were known 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).

Adam Levine was introduced to Ryan Dusick by a mutual friend and aspiring guitar player, Adam Salzman. Levine was 15 years old and Dusick was 16. The four original members of the band met while attending Brentwood School in Los Angeles. While attending Brentwood School, Adam Levine and Jesse Carmichael joined up with Mickey Madden and Ryan Dusick to form Kara's Flowers, a pop band. The name was taken from a groupie that the band had a "collective crush" on. In 1997 when they were playing a beach party in Malibu, indie producer Tommy Allen heard them play and offered to manage them and record a complete record with his partner, songwriter John DeNicola, who is known for his work on Dirty Dancing – including "(I've Had) The Time of My Life". Producer Rob Cavallo's management team heard the record Allen and DeNicola produced, which eventually led Cavallo to offer them a deal with Reprise Records. However, after the release of The Fourth World in 1997, they had morphed into band with a style reminiscent of 1960s Britpop. Despite high expectations from the band and record company, the album failed to catch on and their lead single, "Soap Disco", was a failure. According to Levine, the failure of the album was "a huge disappointment" that nearly led them to break up in 1998. The album sold around 5,000 copies and they were dropped after only one month.

Dusick and Madden attended college locally at UCLA, while Levine and Carmichael relocated to the East coast to attend Five Towns College, in Dix Hills, Long Island, New York. 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.

The band returned to the music industry again in 2000. Sam Farrar says the Aaliyah song "Are You That Somebody?" affected the band and influenced the song "Not Coming Home." Producer Tim Sommer signed them to a demo deal with MCA Records and produced three tracks with them in Los Angeles in the middle of 2000 with Mark Dearnley engineering. Against Sommer's advice, MCA declined to pick up the band, and these tracks were never released. The band put together a demo that was rejected by several labels, before falling into the hands of Octone Records executives James Diener, Ben Berkman and David Boxenbaum. While looking for talent for the new Octone label, Berkman was given a bunch of demos by the brother of a former colleague at Columbia Records and the song that caught his attention was "'Sunday Morning'" which he referred it as a "genius song". Berkman was surprised the song was credited to Kara's Flowers because they sounded completely different from the band he had heard while at Warner Brothers.

Berkman encouraged Diener and Boxenbaum to fly out to Los Angeles to watch a showcase gig at The Viper Room for the four-piece Kara's Flowers. After watching Levine onstage, they were convinced. Berkman told HitQuarters he believed what the band needed was a "fifth member to play the guitar and free up the singer, so he could be the star I perceived him to be." Octone immediately insisted that the band change its name to break with its pop past. Also, the label began looking for a full-time guitarist to enable Levine to focus on performing as the frontman. James Valentine (from the L.A. band Square) was recruited for the job. On his joining the band, Valentine commented: "I became friends with them and we sort of started jamming together, it was very much like I was cheating on my band, we were having sort of an affair and I eventually quit my other band to join up with them."

James Valentine attended Berklee College of Music with John Mayer in 1996, where they developed a rapport. In 2002, the two reconnected at a Mayer radio appearance. After Mayer heard their album, he was so impressed (particularly by "This Love", which became the most successful release off the album and propelled the band to superstardom) that he invited them to open for him during his early 2003 tour.

On June 9, 2005, the band performed at the American Film Institute's tribute to filmmaker George Lucas. Lucas himself had selected Maroon 5 for the event, as they were his children's favorite band at the time. Over the years of touring with the band their drummer, percussionist and backing vocalist Ryan Dusick had been suffering from the touring life. The strains of non-stop touring aggravated an old sports injury. After several absences from the tour with Ryland Steen and Josh Day taking his place, Dusick officially left Maroon 5 in September 2006. Matt Flynn, the former drummer of Gavin DeGraw and the B-52's, joined the band as Dusick's replacement.

Levine stated that he believed the band was reaching its peak and may make one more album before disbanding. He explained: "Eventually I want to focus on being a completely different person because I don’t know if I want to do this into my 40s and 50s and beyond, like the Rolling Stones".

On March 9, 2012, Maroon 5 announced that Jesse Carmichael would take a break from performing with the group for an undetermined amount of time to focus more on his studies of "music and the healing arts" (spiritual healing).

On April 15, 2014, Jesse Carmichael confirmed that his hiatus from the band was complete and he reunited with the band in time to record for V.

Adam Levine has stated: "[E]verything that's written and performed and put together pretty much comes from us. I just think people would be surprised to know that we’re a self-contained unit. We’re a band that does their own thing. There’s no puppet master."


Band members
Main article: List of Maroon 5 band members
Current members
Adam Levine – lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitar (1994–present)
Jesse Carmichael – keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals (1994–2012, 2014–present; on hiatus from 2012 to 2014)
Mickey Madden – bass guitar (1994–present)
James Valentine – lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals (2001–present)
Matt Flynn – drums, percussion (2006–present; a touring member from 2004 to 2006)
PJ Morton – keyboards, backing vocals (2012–present; a touring member from 2010, up to 2012; filled-in for Jesse Carmichael from 2012 to 2014)
Former members
Ryan Dusick – drums, percussion, backing vocals (1994-2006; officially replaced by Matt Flynn in September 2006)

Discography
Main articles: Maroon 5 discography and List of songs recorded by Maroon 5
Songs About Jane (2002)
It Won't Be Soon Before Long (2007)
Hands All Over (2010)
Overexposed (2012)
V (2014)