Songs About Jane

Infobox Album | Name = Songs About Jane
Type = Album
Artist = Maroon 5


Released = June 25, 2002
October 14, 2003 (re-release)
Recorded = Rumbo Recorders, LA
Genre = Pop rock
Alternative rock
Funk-rock
Length = 45:57
Label = J Records
Octone |
Columbia Records Producer = Matt Wallace, Mark Endert
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:q7f8zf02ehpk link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/maroon5/albums/album/321138/review/5941040/songs_about_jane link]
Last album = "The Fourth World"
(1997)
This album = "Songs About Jane"
(2002)
Next album = "1.22.03.Acoustic"
(2004)
Misc = Singles
Name = Songs About Jane
Type = studio
single 1 = Harder To Breathe
single 2 = This Love
single 3 = She Will Be Loved
single 4 = Sunday Morning
single 5 = Must Get Out|

"Songs About Jane" is the debut album by Los Angeles rock/pop band Maroon 5. The title refers to Jane Herman, lead singer Adam Levine's ex-girlfriend. The album was released in June 2002 and by the end of 2004 it had reached the top 10 of the Billboard 200 charts.

Making of the album

All but one member of Maroon 5 had been members of a previous Los Angeles band called Kara's Flowers which released an album called "The Fourth World" in mid-1997 on Reprise Records with little success. Kara's Flowers left Reprise Records in 1999 and with the addition of guitarist James Valentine became Maroon 5.

The band played show case gigs in New York City and Los Angeles. Singer and guitarist Adam Levine credited the interregnum for influencing the band's new style in an interview with VH1. "During the time between our record deals, I spent a lot of time in New York where I was exposed to an urban and hip-hop culture in a way that had never happened to me in L.A. It turned me on to an entirely new genre of music which has had a profound impact on my song writing."

The band signed with Octone Records, a New York independent label with distribution through BMG and an artist development deal with Clive Davis' J Records. The band recorded "Songs about Jane" at Rumbo Recorders in Los Angeles with producer Matt Wallace [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:sc6atr6lkl5x~1~T40B Matt Wallace > Credits] from allmusic] who had also produced with Train, Blues Traveler and Third Eye Blind.

Chart success

After the release of the album in mid-2002, the band toured with Michelle Branch and Nikka Costa.

The first single "Harder to Breathe" slowly started to pick up airplay which helped spur sales of the album. By March 2004, the album had reached the top 20 of the Billboard 200, and had reached the top 10 by the end of the year. "Harder to Breathe" had also made the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles charts. "Songs About Jane" had also eventually topped the UK and Australian album charts while "Harder to Breathe" had made the singles charts in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. The second single "This Love" had also made the U.S. top 10 singles charts and top 10 of the Australian singles charts as at March 2004. The video also had to be edited to avoid it being banned from MTV.

"Songs About Jane" was the seventh best selling album of 2004 in the U.S., with about 2.7 million copies sold. [ [http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,15643,00.html http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,15643,00.html] "Eonline.com" Retrieved on 05-22-07 ] In Australia, the album did not chart on the End of Year Charts until 2004, where it reached #6.

Track listing

# "Harder to Breathe" (Jesse Carmichael, Adam Levine) – 2:53
# "This Love" (Carmichael, Levine) – 4:26
# "Shiver" (Carmichael, Levine) – 2:59
# "She Will Be Loved" (Levine, J. Valentine) – 4:17
# "Tangled" (Levine) – 3:18
# "The Sun" (Levine) – 4:11
# "Must Get Out" (Carmichael, Levine) – 3:59
# "Sunday Morning" (Carmichael, Levine) – 4:06
# "Secret" (Carmichael, Levine) – 4:55
# "Through with You" (Carmichael, Levine) – 3:01
# "Not Coming Home" (Carmichael, Ryan Dusick, Levine) – 4:21
# "Sweetest Goodbye" (Levine) – 4:30

Bonus Tracks
# "Rag Doll"* (Carmichael, Levine) - 5:29
# "Harder To Breathe (Acoustic)"* (Carmichael, Levine) - 2:56
# "This Love (Acoustic)"* (Carmichael, Levine) - 4:01
# "This Love (Kanye West Remix)"* (Carmichael, Levine) - 3:38

* * Bonus tracks on the import release of Songs About Jane manufactured for and distributed by BMG New Zealand Limited in 2004.

Other songs

# "Take What You Want" – 2:24
# "That's Not Enough" - 2:37
# "It's U" -
# "Wasted Years" - 5:23
# "Woman" - 5:08

Live covers of Oasis:

# "Don't Look Back In Anger" – 4:49
# "Hello" – 4:28

Charts and certification

References

External links

* [http://www.maroon5.com Maroon 5 — Official Web Site]

succession box
before = "Anastacia" by Anastacia
title = UK number one album
years = August 28 2004 – September 3 2004
after = "Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned"
by The Prodigysuccession box
before = "The Chronicles of Life and Death"
by Good Charlotte
title = Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
years = October 18 2004 – October 24 2004
after = "Greatest Hits" by Robbie Williams