You won't hear me say "God bless the crass commercial concerns of major label execs" very often, but I will say it in reference to this album. The story goes that Maroon 5 submitted Songs About Jane only to be told that they needed to write a couple songs that would stand up better as singles. The results: the tense breakout single "Harder to Breathe" and the lite-funk of "This Love," two of the best songs here. They open the album, while the other best song, "Sweetest Goodbye" closes it. In between, you get some white funk and Prince-like falsettos, a sweet, delicious ear candy. Without those first two singles, the album wouldn't begin with a bang, no matter how you arrange them. Not a bad song here, but they all somehow feel less consequential than the ones they were forced to write.
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