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Jordi
The cover depicts a drawing of a leopard and a zebra in a flower garden.
Studio album by
Maroon 5
ReleasedJune 11, 2021
Recorded2019–March 2021
Genre
Length37:45
Label
Producer
Maroon 5 chronology
Red Pill Blues
(2017) 		Jordi
(2021)
Singles from Jordi
  1. "Memories"
    Released: September 20, 2019
  2. "Nobody's Love"
    Released: July 24, 2020
  3. "Beautiful Mistakes"
    Released: March 3, 2021
  4. "Lost"
    Released: June 11, 2021

Jordi (stylized in all caps) is the seventh studio album by American band Maroon 5. It was released on June 11, 2021, through 222, Interscope and Polydor Records. The album features guest appearances from Megan Thee Stallion, Blackbear, Stevie Nicks, Bantu, H.E.R., YG, and late rappers Juice Wrld and Nipsey Hussle. The deluxe edition of the album features additional guest appearances from Anuel AA, Tainy, and Jason Derulo.

The album is titled after a nickname of the band's late manager Jordan Feldstein, who died in 2017.[1] It received generally mixed reviews from critics. Jordi is the band's first album released following the departure of bassist Mickey Madden, who left the band in 2020, due to his arrest from charges of domestic violence. However, his bass playing can be heard on three tracks—"Can't Leave You Alone" and both versions of the album's lead single, "Memories".

Background

In December 2017, the band's manager and Adam Levine's childhood friend Jordan Feldstein, died of a pulmonary embolism aged 40.[2] Jordan was the older brother of actors Jonah Hill and Beanie Feldstein. Two years later, the band dedicated the song "Memories" to him.[3] The song went on to become a worldwide success—it is the first single released from the album and it appears on the track listing in two versions (alongside the original version of the song, the album also includes a remix, featuring American rappers Nipsey Hussle & YG). On March 3, 2021, the band announced that they finished recording the album.[4] The project was announced and put up for pre-order on April 29, 2021.[5] The track listing for the deluxe edition was announced on May 24, 2021.[6]

Singles

The album is promoted by four singles. The first single, "Memories", was released on September 20, 2019. The song debuted at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100, later peaking at number 2 and becoming the band's tenth top-5 single, as well as their fifteenth top-10 single. The second single, "Nobody's Love", was released on July 24, 2020. The song was inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic and the George Floyd protests.[7] The song peaked at 41 and 119 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Global 200, respectively. The third single, "Beautiful Mistakes", a collaboration with American rapper Megan Thee Stallion, was released on March 3, 2021,[8] with a lyric video released the same day.[9] The official music video was released on March 11, 2021, and was directed by Sophie Muller.[10] The song peaked at 13 and 26 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and Global 200, respectively.[11][12] The fourth single, "Lost", was released alongside the album on June 11, 2021, along with an official music video.[13]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?3.6/10[14]
Metacritic48/100[15]
Review scores
SourceRating
The Arts Desk[16]
Clash[17]
Evening Standard[18]
The Guardian[19]
i[20]
The Independent[21]
NME[22]
Pitchfork4.7/10[23]
Rolling Stone[24]
Sputnikmusic[25]

Jordi received mixed to negative reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 48 out of 100, which indicates "mixed or average reviews", based on 9 reviews.[15]

Writing for NME, El Hunt reported that, with Jordi, Maroon 5 were "more visible, and, at times, vulnerable", describing the two versions of "Memories" as "sharp pop songs with both substance and heart". Talking about the collaborations, Hunt detailed that Stevie Nicks' contribution to "Remedy" sounded like "a corrupted Siri singing country-western", and described Jason Derulo's collaboration with Levine - "Lifestyle" - as "silly" and "slightly overdone". She remarked that the addition of Juice Wrld on "Can't Leave You Alone" "serves little purpose", and that his verse is "wedged into the middle of an otherwise unremarkable break-up song".[22]

In a negative review, Kate Solomon of i described the songs on the album as "generic but hypnotic melodies over generic but danceable beats", going on to say that the songs were "banal" and "advertisement-friendly". While Solomon highlighted the inclusion of H.E.R. and Megan Thee Stallion, she described the posthumous appearances by Nipsey Hussle and Juice Wrld as "unmemorable". Solomon went on to remark that the album is "perfectly crafted to please crowds, to slip into your consciousness without you really realising [sic]".[20] In a similar review, The Guardian's Alexis Petridis described the album as "a plethora of well-worn 21st-century pop tropes – tropical house sounds, post-Tame Impala floaty synths – but nothing you would describe as novel in the music or lyrics". He likened Maroon 5 to blank canvas, saying that the band was "reliant on guest artists to inject personality and songwriters and producers to come up with the goods". He highlighted Bantu and Thee Stallion's contributions, describing them as "fiery" and "a surprise", respectively, but went on to describe the rest of the album as a "mixed bag", and remarked that the songs felt "too calculated for their own good".[19]

Commercial performance

In the United States, Jordi debuted at number eight on the Billboard 200 with first week sales of 37,000 equivalent units, which consisted of 15,000 pure album sales, marking the group's lowest first week album sales.[26] Despite this, it also marks the group's seventh top ten effort on the charts since their debut album Songs About Jane. As of June 22, 2021, the album has been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), for sales 500,000 units in the country alone.[27]

Track listing

Jordi – standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Beautiful Mistakes" (with Megan Thee Stallion)
3:47
2."Lost"
2:52
3."Echo" (featuring Blackbear)
2:58
4."Lovesick"
3:05
5."Remedy" (featuring Stevie Nicks)
2:29
6."Seasons"
2:48
7."One Light" (featuring Bantu)
  • Levine
  • Tinashe Sibanda
  • Philip Kembo
  • Hindlin
  • Ant Clemons
  • Kirsten Urbas
  • Walter
  • Cameron Breithaupt
  • Miles Breithaupt
3:34
8."Convince Me Otherwise" (with H.E.R.)
3:07
9."Nobody's Love"
3:31
10."Can't Leave You Alone" (featuring Juice Wrld)
3:16
11."Memories"
  • Levine
  • The Monsters & Strangerz[m]
  • Stone[v]
  • Passovoy[v]
3:09
12."Memories" (remix, featuring Nipsey Hussle and YG)
  • Levine
  • The Monsters & Strangerz[m]
  • Stone[v]
  • Passovoy[v]
3:09
Total length:37:45
Jordi – deluxe edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
13."Button" (featuring Anuel AA and Tainy)
Tainy2:44
14."Lifestyle" (Jason Derulo featuring Adam Levine)
  • Derulo
  • Levine
  • Hindlin
  • Amy Allen
  • Pablo Bowman
  • Casey Smith
  • Natalie Salomon
  • Kevin White
  • Michael Woods
Rice N' Peas2:33
Total length:43:02

Notes

  • Regarding the digital versions of the album, the original version of "Memories" only appears on the deluxe edition, as track 11, followed by the remix as track 12.[28][29]
  • ^[m] indicates a main and vocal producer
  • ^[a] indicates an additional producer
  • ^[c] indicates a co-producer
  • ^[v] indicates a vocal producer

Personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.[30]

Maroon 5

Additional musicians

  • Matthew Musto – keyboards, programming (1)
  • Andrew Goldstein – guitar, keyboards (1, 4); programming (1)
  • Jon Bellion – background vocals (2)
  • Michael Pollack – background vocals (2, 9, 11, 12), keyboards (11, 12)
  • The Monsters & Strangerz – programming (2, 11)
  • Cirkut – programming, synthesizer (3); drum programming (8)
  • Gabe Simon – 5-string banjo, background vocals, guitar, keyboards, whistle (4)
  • Mikky Ekko – background vocals, guitar, keyboards (4)
  • John DeBold – additional keyboards, drum programming, guitar, synthesizer programming (5)
  • Noah "Mailbox" Passovoy – additional vocals (5), keyboards (5, 10), percussion (5, 8)
  • Blake Slatkin – additional vocals, bass, drums, guitar, programming (6)
  • KBeazy – drums, keyboards (6)
  • Kid Bloom – additional vocals (8)
  • Jesse Perlman – guitar (8)
  • Nija Charles – background vocals (9)
  • Pierre-Luc Rioux – guitar (9)
  • Mickey Madden – bass (10–12)
  • Andrew Watt – bass, drums, guitar, percussion (10)
  • Louis Bell – drums, keyboards, percussion, programming (10)

Technical personnel

  • Randy Merrill – mastering engineer (1–12, 14)
  • Serban Ghenea – mixer, engineer (1–12, 14)
  • Noah "Mailbox" Passovoy – recording engineer (1–10, 14), engineer (11, 12), vocal engineer (14)
  • John DeBold – recording engineer (5)
  • John Hanes – engineer (2–12)
  • Shawn "Source" Jarrett – vocal engineer (1)
  • Karen Johnston – vocal engineer (5)
  • Ben Hogarth – vocal engineer (14)
  • Sam Schamberg – assistant recording engineer (1–10, 14)
  • Ashley Jacobson – assistant recording engineer (2)
  • Eric Eylands – assistant recording engineer (2, 5, 8)
  • Bo Bodnar – assistant recording engineer (11, 12)

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[57] Gold 500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release history and details for Jordi
Region Date Format Label Catalogue Ref.
Various June 11, 2021
Not applicable [28]
Australia CD Interscope B0033864-02 [58]
New Zealand B003386402 [59]

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