Songs about Jane
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Template:Album infobox Songs about Jane is the debut album by Los Angeles rock band Maroon 5. It was released in June 2002 and by March 2004 had reached the top 20 of the Billboard 200 charts.
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Making of the Album
All but one members of Maroon 5 had been members of a previous Los Angeles band Kara's Flowers which released an album 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 bands 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 (AMG link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=ADFEAEE47F19D349AE7120D6963B56C0A276E029D64CEE831F29461BDFBA3C54952B25C30BE6D1AEFDFB6ABD66ADFF2EA1160AD9CEE65CFCDB765D40&sql=11:sc6atr6lkl5x~1~T40B)) who had also produced 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 Nikki 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 "Harder to Breathe" had made the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles charts. Songs about Jane had also made the top 50 Australian 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 US top 40 singles charts and top 20 of the Australian singles charts as at March 2004. It also became the most downloaded tune at the iTunes music store. The video also had to be edited to avoid it being banned from MTV.
Track listing
- "Harder to Breathe" - 2:53
- "This Love" - 3:26
- "Shiver" - 2:59
- "She Will Be Loved" - 4:17
- "Tangled" - 3:18
- "The Sun" - 4:11
- "Must Get Out" - 3:59
- "Sunday Morning" - 4:06
- "Secret" - 4:55
- "Through With You" - 3:01
- "Not Coming Home" (Live) - 4:21
- "Sweetest Goodbye" - 4:30
External links
- Maroon 5 web site (http://www.maroon5.com/main_site/main.html/)
- VH1 artist page (http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/maroon_5/artist.jhtml/)
- Top 40 charts Maroon 5 artist page (http://top40-charts.com/artist.php?aid=3653/)