Songs About Jane

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Songs About Jane
Studio album by Maroon 5
Released June 25, 2002 (2002-06-25)
Recorded Rumbo Recorders
(Los Angeles, California)
Genre Pop rock, alternative rock, funk rock
Length 46:06
Label J, Octone
Producer Matt Wallace, Mark Endert
Maroon 5 chronology
Songs About Jane
(2002)		 It Won't Be Soon Before Long
(2007)
Singles from Songs About Jane
  1. "Harder to Breathe"
    Released: July 2002
  2. "This Love"
    Released: January 27, 2004
  3. "She Will Be Loved"
    Released: July 27, 2004
  4. "Sunday Morning"
    Released: December 2, 2004
  5. "Must Get Out"
    Released: 2005
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars....[1]
PopMatters (unfavorable)[2]
Rolling Stone 3/5 stars....[3]
The Village Voice (favorable)[4]

Songs About Jane is the debut album of American pop rock band Maroon 5, released June 25, 2002 on J Records and Octone 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". It was re-released on October 14, 2003, and by the end of 2004, had reached the top-ten of the US Billboard 200 chart. Songs About Jane had sold nearly 2.7 million copies by the end of 2004 and has been certified multi-platinum in sales in several countries.

Contents

[edit] Background

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 interim with 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[5] who had also produced with Train, Faith No More, and O.A.R.. Production was handled primarily by Wallace, with Mark Endert mixing with additional production for "This Love".

[edit] Release and reception

The album has been released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions. After the release of the album in mid-2002, the band toured with Michelle Branch and Nikka Costa. They also toured with Matchbox 20 and Sugar Ray during some of their shows in 2003.

The first single "Harder to Breathe", released a month after the album, 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.[6] In Australia, the album did not chart on the End of Year Charts until 2004, where it reached No. 6.

[edit] Track listing

Standard edition

All songs written and composed by Jesse Carmichael and Adam Levine, except where noted. 

No. Title Length
1. "Harder to Breathe"   2:56
2. "This Love"   3:27
3. "Shiver"   3:01
4. "She Will Be Loved" (Levine, James Valentine) 4:18
5. "Tangled" (Levine) 3:19
6. "The Sun" (Levine) 4:10
7. "Must Get Out"   3:58
8. "Sunday Morning"   4:03
9. "Secret"   4:57
10. "Through with You"   3:03
11. "Not Coming Home" (Carmichael, Ryan Dusick, Levine) 4:23
12. "Sweetest Goodbye" (Levine) 4:31
Total length:
 46:06

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

[edit] Personnel

Credits for Songs About Jane adapted from Allmusic.[7]

  • Cey Adams – art direction
  • Michael Barbiero – mixing
  • Jesse Carmichael – keyboards, group member
  • Ryan Dusick – drums, vocals, group member
  • Mark Endert – producer, mixing
  • Gregg Gordon – illustrations
  • Mike Landolt – engineer
  • Adam Levine – guitar, vocals, group member
  • Mickey Madden – bass, group member
  • Chris McCann – photography
  • Bobby Carmichael - photography
  • Posie Muliadi – assistant engineer
  • James Valentine – guitar, group member
  • Matt Wallace – producer, mixing, percussion
  • Danny Wright – assistant engineer
  • Alan Yoshida – mastering
  • Leon Zervos – mastering
  • Neil Zlozower – photography

[edit] Charts

[edit] Chart positions and certifications

Chart Provider(s) Peak
position		 Certification Sales/
shipments
U.S. Billboard 200[8] Billboard/RIAA/Nielsen SoundScan 6 4x Platinum[9] 4.9 million[10]
U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums[8] 6
U.S. Billboard Comprehensive Albums[8] 6
U.S. Billboard Heatseekers[8] 1
U.S. Billboard Top Pop Catalog[8] 1
European Albums Chart IFPI N/A 2x Platinum[11] 2 million
Argentine Albums Chart CAPIF 1 3x Platinum[12] 120,000+
Australian Albums Chart ARIA 1 5x Platinum[13] 350,000+
Austrian Albums Chart Media Control 7 Gold[14] 20,000+
Brazilian Albums Chart ABPD N/A Gold[15] 20,000+
Canadian Albums Chart[8] Nielsen SoundScan 3 3x Platinum[16] 300,000+
Dutch Albums Chart NVPI/Megacharts 2 Platinum[17] 70,000+
Finnish Albums Chart GLF N/A Gold[18] 20,000+
French Albums Chart[19] SNEP/IFOP 1 2x Gold[19] 290,000[19]
German Albums Chart Media Control 5 Platinum[20] 200,000+
Greek Albums Chart[21] IFPI 2 Gold[22] 15,000
Japanese Albums Chart[23] Oricon N/A 2x Platinum[23] 500,000+
Mexican Albums Chart AMPROFON 2 2x Platinum[24] 300,000+
New Zealand Albums Chart[25] RIANZ 1 5x Platinum[25] 75,000+
Norwegian Albums Chart VG Nett 3 Gold[26] 20,000+
Swedish Albums Chart GLF 4 Gold[27] 30,000+
Swiss Albums Chart Media Control 12 Gold[28] 20,000+
UK Albums Chart[29] BPI/The Official UK Charts Company 1 6x Platinum[30] 1,900,000

[edit] Chart procession and succession

Preceded by
Anastacia by Anastacia		 UK number one album
August 28, 2004 – September 3, 2004		 Succeeded by
Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned
by The Prodigy
Preceded by
The Chronicles of Life and Death
by Good Charlotte		 Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
October 18, 2004 – October 24, 2004		 Succeeded by
Greatest Hits by Robbie Williams

[edit] References

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  2. ^ Thompson, Jason. "Review: Songs About Jane". Popmatters. http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/m/maroon5-songs.shtml. Retrieved 18 June 2009. 
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  5. ^ Matt Wallace > Credits from allmusic
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