V was Maroon 5's first album to be released through Interscope after the band's previous label, A&M Octone Records.. [show]V — Deluxe edition (bonus tracks).
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V (roman numeral for Five) is the fifth studio album by American pop rock band Maroon 5. It was released on August 29, 2014, by Interscope Records. V was Maroon 5's first album to be released through Interscope after the band's previous label, A&M Octone Records, transferred them along with most of its artists to Interscope. The album also saw the return of keyboardist Jesse Carmichael after his absence from recording, touring and promoting Overexposed (2012). V debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200, selling 164,000 copies in the first week. In 2012, Maroon 5 released their fourth studio album Overexposed. The record was released during a time of commercial momentum for the band following the success of "Moves like Jagger" (recorded with Christina Aguilera), a single which lead singer Adam Levine credited as having "revived the group", and the album's lead single, "Payphone", which became both a critical and commercial success. Overexposed was described by the band as their "most poppiest record to date", with critics giving the album mixed reviews upon its release, describing the album as having lacked memorable hooks and charm, and having exposed their limitations. The album, however, was met with a positive note with praise directed generally at Levine's vocals and the album's production. V was recorded by the band at Conway Studios in downtown Los Angeles, California over a year-long period from 2013 through to mid 2014. The recording sessions for V saw the band's keyboardist Jesse Carmichael return to the band after a two-year hiatus, which saw him absent during the recording and promotion for Overexposed. V also features a collaboration with Gwen Stefani called "My Heart Is Open", co-written with Sia Furler. James Valentine stated that the band has known Furler for a long time and working with her was "really cool". The album cover for V was created by South Korean photographer Lee Jung. It features a 1.3m neon lighted crosstube formed in the shape of the roman numeral for five, the title of the album. The red neon display is placed in front of a reservoir in the Gyeonggi Province, with mountains in the background. The Maroon 5 logo appears out of focus in the background as a sign perched on the side of the mountain, similar to the famous Hollywood Sign. Departing from then-active A&M Octone Records, the band signed with its related label, Interscope Records in May 2014 to release the album. V was unveiled by the band and Interscope on May 19, 2014, slated for a release date of September 2, 2014 in the United States. Through a signed contract with Live Nation, the band had also announced that they are also set to embark on a world tour in late 2014 through to early 2015 in support of V. The artwork for V was unveiled through a series of five puzzle piece clues released daily through the band's Facebook page from July 17 through to July 21. After the series was completed, the album's artwork, in addition to its track listing, were unveiled on July 21, 2014. Moreover, to promote the album, the band performed during the 2014 iTunes Festival at the Roundhouse in London, England, as a headline act on the night of September 11, 2014 (all of the concerts played as part of the festival were filmed and webcast live). The band started their Maroon 5 World Tour 2015 on February 2015. It will mainly take place in North America and Europe until September 2015. "Maps", was released on June 16, 2014, as the first single from the album. A teaser of the song was uploaded on band's Facebook page on June 11, 2014. The song peaked at number 6 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and reached the Top 20 in several countries. "Animals" was released as the album's second single on September 23, 2014. The song peaked at number 3 on the Hot 100. "Sugar" was released on January 13, 2015 as the third single from the album. The song peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100. "It Was Always You" was released as the album's promotional single on July 29, 2014. The album received generally mixed reviews upon its release. On Metacritic, V received a weighted average score of 55/100 based on 12 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". In a four-star review, Jon Dolan of Rolling Stone called the songs "precision-tuned and lustrously polished, jammed with hooks and choruses that build a man cave in your brain." Brian Mansfield of USA Today gave the album two and a half stars out of four, remarking the album was "easy to digest and contains all sorts of flavors while still being its own thing." In a 86 out of 100 review for Billboard, Brad Wete argued the album "reveals that their foundation has not been removed." Writing on behalf of AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine rated the album three and a half stars out of five, praising the band for "[embracing] the tuneful, slightly soulful adult contemporary pop band they've always been". Not all reviews were positive. Kyle Anderson of Entertainment Weekly graded the album a C, suggesting Levine's songwriting didn't "live up to his ability to work a crowd." Writing for The Guardian, Tim Jonze gave the album two out of five stars, dismissing it as "evidence as to why most people can't remember a Maroon 5 song two seconds after it finishes." In a two star review from The Observer, Theo Leanse called the album "a gaudy chunk of over-produced electro-pop-rock", but noted its accessibility, saying it "flips a smug V-sign at us, knowing we'll never free its singles from our skulls." Evan Rytlewski gave a C+ review on behalf of The A.V. Club commenting the band "stayed hip", but only by "furnishing a too-perfect, soundstage ideal of whatever the kids are into these days." In the New York Daily News, Jim Farber criticized the hooks on the album for being "so annoying, you won't be able to scrub them from your mind." Annie Galvin delivered a 5/10 review for PopMatters stating, "As far as lightweight, easy-listening charts pop goes, V doesn’t totally offend the sensibilities, and that’s surely more than can be said about some of Maroon 5’s overly pandering, less exploratory 'pop-rock' peers." In the United States, the album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, with first week sales of 164,000 copies in the U.S. and earned their second US number-one album since 2007's It Won't Be Soon Before Long. As of January 2015, it has sold over 620,000 copies. In Canada, the album also debuted at number one on the Canadian Albums Chart, with 15,000 copies sold for the week. In its second week, the album remained at number one with 7,700 copies. V — Standard edition No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length 1. "Maps" Adam Levine Ryan Tedder Benjamin Levin Ammar Malik Noel Zancanella Benny Blanco Tedder Zancanella Noah Passovoy[a] 3:10 2. "Animals" Levine Shellback Levin Shellback 3:51 3. "It Was Always You" Levine Sam Martin Jason Evigan Marcus Lomax Jordan Johnson Stefan Johnson Evigan The Monsters & Strangerz S. Johnson[b] Martin[b] Isaiah Tejada[b] 4:00 4. "Unkiss Me" Levine Johan Carlsson Ross Golan Carlsson Passovoy[b] 3:58 5. "Sugar" Levine Joshua Coleman Lukasz Gottwald Jacob Kasher Hindlin Mike Posner Henry Walter Ammo Cirkut 3:55 6. "Leaving California" Levine Levin Nate Ruess Malik Tor E. Hermansen Mikkel S. Eriksen Blanco StarGate Passovoy[a] 3:23 7. "In Your Pocket" Levine Shellback T. Jimson M. Flygare Shellback Astma & Rocwell 3:39 8. "New Love" Levine Tedder Zancanella Tedder Zancanella 3:16 9. "Coming Back for You" Levine Martin Evigan Lomax J. Johnson S. Johnson Evigan The Monsters & Strangerz S. Johnson[b] Martin[b] Tejada[b] 3:47 10. "Feelings" Levine Shellback Oscar Görres Shellback OzGo 3:14 11. "My Heart Is Open" (featuring Gwen Stefani) Levine Levin Sia Furler Rodney Jerkins Andre Lindal Blanco Darkchild Lindal Levine 3:57 Total length: 40:10 V — Deluxe edition (bonus tracks) No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length 12. "Shoot Love" Levine Levin Malik Shellback Paul Epworth Shellback Epworth[a] 3:10 13. "Sex and Candy" (Marcy Playground cover) John Wozniak 4:25 14. "Lost Stars" (performed by Adam Levine) Gregg Alexander Danielle Brisebois Nick Lashley Nick Southwood 4:27 Total length: 52:12 V — Japanese and Walmart ZinePak editions (bonus tracks) No. Title Writer(s) Producer(s) Length 15. "Maps" (Slaptop Remix) Levine Levin Tedder Malik Zancanella Blanco Tedder Zancanella Passovoy[a] Slaptop[c] 4:02 16. "Maps" (Remix) (featuring Big Sean) Levine Levin Tedder Malik Zancanella Sean Anderson Blanco Tedder Zancanella Passovoy[a] DJ Reflex[c] 3:51 Total length: 60:05 V — Japanese bonus DVD No. Title Length 1. "International EPK" (Interview) 2. "Lost Stars" (acoustic performance) 3. "Maps" (music video) 4. "Maps (Behind the Scenes)" Notes ^[signifies an additional producer ^[signifies a vocal producer ^[signifies a remixer Credits for V are adapted from AllMusic and Discogs Maroon 5 Adam Levine – lead and backing vocals, guitars, songwriting Jesse Carmichael – keyboards, backing vocals Mickey Madden – bass guitar James Valentine – guitars Matt Flynn – drums, percussion PJ Morton – keyboards Additional musicians Sam Schamberg – additional handclaps and vocals Jason Fields – additional handclaps and vocals Travis Leete – additional handclaps and vocals Shawn Tellez – additional handclaps and vocals Shellback – songwriting, production, additional instrumentation, backing vocals, programming Sam Farrar – backing vocals Ashley Cahill – backing vocals Ryan Jackson-Healy – backing vocals Ross Golan – backing vocals Johan Carlsson – songwriting, additional instrumentation, keyboards, mixing, production, programming, vocal production, backing vocals Mattias Bylund – strings Dr. Luke – instrumentation, programming, drums, guitar, keyboards, percussion, programming, synth bass Ammo & Cirkut - additional instrumentation and programming Mike Posner – additional vocals, composer Stargate – additional instrumentation and programming Aryn Wüthrich – backing vocals Astma & Rocwell – additional instrumentation and programming The Monsters and the Strangerz – songwriting, production, additional instrumentation Gwen Stefani – vocals (featured guest on "My Heart Is Open") Phil Peterson – strings Technical personnel (an incomplete list of credits) Ryan Tedder – songwriting, production, additional instrumentation, programming John Armstrong – assistant Astma – additional instrumentation, production, programming Tim Blacksmith – executive production Max Martin – executive production, vocal production Noah "Mailbox" Passovoy – production Benny Blanco – songwriting, production, additional instrumentation, programming Ammar Malik – songwriting Linda Carbone – publicity Tom Coyne – mastering Danny D. – executive producer Carleen Donovan – publicity Mikkel Storleer Eriksen – songwriting, engineer Jason Evigan – songwriting, additional instrumentation, production, programming, vocal production Eric Eylands – assistant Rachael Findlen – assistant Michel Flygare – songwriting, production Serban Ghenea – mixing Clint Gibbs – engineer Oscar Görres (OzGo) - songwriting, production, additional instrumentation, programming John Hanes – mixing Tor Erik Hermansen – songwriting Jacob Hindlen – songwriting Sia – songwriting Nate Ruess – songwriting Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins – songwriting Andre Lindal – songwriting Joshua Coleman – songwriting Lee Jung – photography Seif "Mageef" Hussain – production coordination Chart (2014) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA) 4 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) 10 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) 7 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) 12 Canadian Albums (Billboard) 1 Chinese Albums (Sino Chart) 2 Croatian Foreign Albums (IFPI) 4 Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) 40 Danish Albums (Hitlisten) 3 Dutch Albums (MegaCharts) 11 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) 6 French Albums (SNEP) 6 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 6 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) 12 Indian Albums (IMI) 1 Irish Albums (IRMA) 7 Italian Albums (FIMI) 2 Japanese Albums (Oricon) 4 Korean Albums (Gaon) 6 Korean International Albums (Gaon) 2 Mexican Albums (AMPROFON) 7 New Zealand Albums (Recorded Music NZ) 11 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) 4 Polish Albums (ZPAV) 43 Portuguese Albums (AFP) 12 Scottish Albums (OCC) 5 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) 4 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) 5 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) 2 Taiwanese Albums (G-Music) 4 Taiwanese Western Albums (G-Music) 1 Taiwanese International Albums (G-Music) 1 UK Albums (OCC) 4 US Billboard 200 1 Chart (2014) Position Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) 132 Canada (Canadian Hot 100) 21 US Billboard Hot 100 35 Region Certification Sales/shipments Austria (IFPI Austria) Gold 7,500x Brazil (ABPD) Gold 20,000* Canada (Music Canada) Platinum 80,000^ Denmark (IFPI Denmark) Gold 10,000^ Sweden (GLF) Gold 20,000x South Korea (Gaon) 9,594 United Kingdom (BPI) Gold 100,000^ United States (RIAA) 749,000 *sales figures based on certification alone ^shipments figures based on certification alone xunspecified figures based on certification alone Region Date Edition Format Label Germany August 29, 2014 Standard Deluxe CD digital download HFPA Interscope Brazil Universal Music Brazil China November 1, 2014 Standard Universal Music China South Korea September 1, 2014 Standard deluxe Blu-ray Universal Music Korea United States September 2, 2014 Standard Deluxe (explicit) Standard Deluxe (clean) CD LP digital download 222 Interscope
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