Hands All Over

Maroon 5's new album, Hands All Over, was released yesterday. Adam Levine's voice is very distinctive, so when I first heard his new single Misery on the radio, I immediately knew it was a Maroon 5 song. The only problem is that several of his songs tend to sound very similar.

For a song of confusion and ending relationships (I wrote 200 letters I'll never send...why won't you answer me/the silence is slowly killing me), Misery is oddly very catchy and upbeat. Give a Little More is not so classically Maroon 5 - the ending portion (I have no defense/I know you're gonna get me in the end) is a good change from the fast tempo.

I like the way Stutter changes the chords around, but I really don't understand singers' fascination with stuttering - there's been at least 3 songs about it recently. Don't Know Nothing and I Can't Lie kind of remind me of oldies songs - Motownish, but I really enjoyed it.

Several of the other songs are slow songs, which isn't very Maroon 5, but they're not bad. Of these songs, Just a Feeling and No Curtain Call are ones that I really liked. The rest of the songs are just okay...nothing really special about them.