Hands All Over

Maroon 5第三张录音室专辑终于浮出水面了。还是延续之前的风格，对Maroon 5无爱的人大概会是慢热的一张专辑。他们分别在6月和8月出了第一波和第二波主打单曲的EP。《Misery》真的是很喜爱啊。续上一张专辑与Rihanna合作过一首《If I Never See Your Face Again》后，这次又和Lady Antebellum乡村乐团合作了一首《Out of Goodbyes》。

坐拥两张多白金唱片(2002年《Songs About Jane》以及2007年《It Won't Be Soon Before Long》)、多首畅销排行金曲(《This Love》、《She Will Be Loved》、《Harder To Breathe》、《Makes Me Wonder》)，荣获三座格莱美奖、专辑全球卖破1500万张的摇滚乐团Maroon 5，在睽违三年后终于献上融合了摇滚、流行、放克及节奏蓝调等饱满音乐元素的全新专辑《Hands All Over》，完整展现Maroon 5与众不同的音乐魔力，证明了他们不仅能创造出脍炙人口的畅销曲，更是经得起时间考验，本世纪新生代摇滚乐团中的佼佼者！

Maroon 5的创作首脑——主唱Adam Levine，在乐团为上张专辑的巡演结束后不久，就开始着手为新专辑创作。几个月后，Maroon 5接到人称“录音室巫师”，曾经打造AC/DC、Foreigner以及Bryan Adams等顶尖歌手的制作人Robert John 'Mutt' Lange来电，主动表示他极有兴趣参与制作新专辑。事实上，Adam人生的初次演出，就跟Lange有关。当年只有10岁的Adam参加一场朋友的生日派对，他选唱了Def Leppard的经典名曲《Pour Some Sugar On Me》，也就是Lange的代表作之一。Adam回忆道：“那时候我只是抓起麦克风就上场了，唱完之后我才发现，我要以此为毕生的志业，因为唯有表演这件事能让我全力以赴。”

Maroon 5全员移居Lange位于瑞士的录音室，心无旁骛地完成专辑录制工作，看着绝美的湖光山色，这样的生活也造就了新专辑《Hands All Over》的调性，它听起来就像一场充满惊喜的旅游体验。前所未有的重摇滚专辑同名曲《Hands All Over》，明显点出他们被Lange激发出来的巨大改变；充满放克曲风快意节奏的主打单曲《Misery》，更请出Adam的名模女友在音乐录影带中跨刀，话题十足。至于专辑另一首别具风格的歌曲，是由乡村巨星Lady Antebellum在音乐及歌声上献计的《Out Of Goodbyes》。专辑内其它佳作还包括律动感极强的《Don't Know Nothing》、让人心跳加速的《Stutter》等。另外，还翻唱艾莉西亚-凯斯的成名曲《If I Ain't Got You》，由Adam的独特嗓音来诠释别有一番风味。

“把每张专辑都视为第一张专辑，这是我们的共识。我们不以既有的成就自满而过于安逸，而是要永远保持在尝试无限可能的最佳状况。”随着新专辑《Hands All Over》的发行，Maroon 5大玩音乐的无比胆识与本事，尽情施展摇滚的红色魔力，只要听过，绝对会让你爱不释手！

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Hands All Over is the third studio album by the American pop rock band Maroon 5. Produced by veteran producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange, the album was released by A&M/Octone Records on September 21, 2010. On July 12, 2011, the band re-released the album to include their summer hit "Moves like Jagger". 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 more of a soulful style than Maroon 5's previous works. Maroon 5 went on tour in the summer of 2011 to promote the album. (wiki)

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by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Doubling down on the blue-eyed soul that’s always been their cornerstone, Maroon 5 up the ante on Hands All Over, stripping their rock to the bare minimum, giving every song, even the power ballads, an immaculate tight groove. It is the exact opposite move expected from the hiring of superstar producer Robert John “Mutt” Lange, the man responsible for some of the greatest hard rock and heavy metal albums in history, but Lange has a knack for focusing on the elements that define a band’s core character, and with Maroon 5 he’s realized how Adam Levine possesses a relative lack of lead singer ego. He is undoubtedly the superstar of the outfit -- the skinny pretty boy with the high voice -- but all things considered, he disappears within his band, co-writing much of the album with keyboardist Jesse Carmichael, letting the song and vibe take precedence over performance. Lange preserves this dynamic, turning Maroon 5 into a clean, efficient machine. There is no fat on Hands All Over -- in its standard edition, its 12 songs run a crisp 40 minutes, with no song cresting over the four-minute mark -- and the sound is blindingly bright, almost incandescent in its spotless surfaces. As pristine as the sound is, Hands All Over is not sterile and Lange retains the group’s sense of soul. If anything, his precision is an asset, as it not only accentuates Maroon 5’s essential character as well-tailored lovermen, his focus echoes down to the songs themselves. Some of the cuts may not sink their hooks in immediately, but track for track Hands All Over is Maroon 5’s best album, capturing their character and craft in a cool, sleek package.