Red Pill Blues
by Maroon 5
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4.7

Mixed or average reviews- based on 159 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 35 out of 159
  3. Negative: 67 out of 159
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  1. NolanLundgaard
    Apr 6, 2020
    4
    Red Pill Blues by Maroon 5: 3.60

    Best 4 U: 0.5 What Lovers Do (feat. SZA): 0.75 Wait: 0.25 Lips On You: 0.5 Bet My Heart: 0.25 Help Me Out (with Julia Michaels): 0.25 Who I Am (feat. LunchMoney Lewis): 0.5 Whisky (feat. A$AP Rocky): 0.75 Girls Like You (feat. Cardi B) (1 :))/regular version (1 :)): 1 :) Closure: 0.75 Denim Jacket: 1 Visions: 0.5 Plastic Rose: 0.5 Don’t    Red Pill Blues by Maroon 5: 3.60

    Best 4 U: 0.5
    What Lovers Do (feat. SZA): 0.75
    Wait: 0.25
    Lips On You: 0.5
    Bet My Heart: 0.25
    Help Me Out (with Julia Michaels): 0.25
    Who I Am (feat. LunchMoney Lewis): 0.5
    Whisky (feat. A$AP Rocky): 0.75
    Girls Like You (feat. Cardi B) (1 :))/regular version (1 :)): 1 :)
    Closure: 0.75
    Denim Jacket: 1
    Visions: 0.5
    Plastic Rose: 0.5
    Don’t Wanna Know (feat. Kendrick Lamar): 0.75
    Cold (feat. Future): 0.75

    9/15 = .600 -> 3.60

    Red Pill Blues is Maroon 5’s most recent album. It’s also their worst. A lot of their music sounds the same, the use of generic electronic drum tracks is very annoying, and Adam Levine relies too much on autotune. Such a shame, since Levine has a great voice. There’s no need to try to “improve” it. Autotune only makes voices worse because we can’t understand what people who use autotune are saying. What happened to Maroon 5’s rock and roll music? That was so much better than the pop they’re producing now. I don’t hate pop, unless it sounds like this. That being said, a lot of the songs are still upbeat and fun. I hope that Red Pill Blues is just something Maroon 5 is trying out, just like Taylor Swift’s 2016 album “reputation”. Her next album, Lover, was a huge improvement and reminded me of her earlier stuff. Red Pill Blues is just the runt of the litter, and hopefully this means that Maroon 5’s new stuff (when they release it) will be a lot better than this. Of course, this album wasn’t horrible, as it could have been a lot worse. That doesn’t mean it’s a good album, though. Maroon 5, please go back to producing rock. Highlights: Girls Like You and Denim Jacket. (Whiskey was also a good song, but I didn’t like its somewhat extensive use of autotune).    … Expand
  2. tito909
    Nov 6, 2017
    4
    really i cant believe Maroon 5 spent more than 2 yrs just to make a horrible album like that .... i can understand they took a new direction but its really not good at all , the best songs in the album which ones that released as main singles and WAIT is not bad too but generally very disappointed album
  3. briansnc2008
    Nov 6, 2017
    5
    This album is sort of a departure from the norm for the band, which sometimes results in an expansion of sound and diversity. it falls short of other Maroon 5 works and its the first album that isnt a listen from front to back. The album flow wasnt thought out well and they have set a high bar for themselves. All together id give it a 5 out 10
  4. DarwinMC99
    Jan 14, 2018
    6
    Red pill biues es el ultimo album de studio de maroon 5.

    La verdad es qe venia esperando muchisimo de este trabajo musical, las canciones promocionadas como sencillos desde el 2016, habian generado un impacto mas que decente en la industria, dont wanna know fue la que abrio el telo, cold sinceramente fue muy generica pero su ritmo fue lo suficientemente bueno para que sea una de las    Red pill biues es el ultimo album de studio de maroon 5.

    La verdad es qe venia esperando muchisimo de este trabajo musical, las canciones promocionadas como sencillos desde el 2016, habian generado un impacto mas que decente en la industria, dont wanna know fue la que abrio el telo, cold sinceramente fue muy generica pero su ritmo fue lo suficientemente bueno para que sea una de las billboard hot 100, y finalmente what lovers do fue la estocada final, en ese momento te vendieron el album, una melodia buenisima que no te aburres, tiene un coro super contagioso para cantar, la voz de Adam Levine tiene un gran performance, sin embargo el resultado del album no puedo decir que es mediocre, si no eres fan de la banda, es probable que la musica este... bien, pero para alguien que los conocio y se enamoro con overexposed, que descubrio la obra de arte de wont be long before soon simplemente es mediocre, no digo que decepcione, pero no esta a la altura de trabajos anteriores.

    Ni siquiera V que fue lo mas comercial que sacaron y lo unico rescatable de ese album es son las canciones Feelings, sugar, new love y lost stars de la version deluxe. Debo decir que decepciono mis espectativas, como fan de la banda me ha dejado una sensacion agridulce, sin embargo no es un mal album del todo, se puede disfrutar, si te gusta la musica comercial claro esta.    … Expand
  5. EmixezReview
    Nov 28, 2017
    4
    No diré mucho sobre este álbum, pues una mala continuación de V, con canciones que en realidad no llegan a nada y que es mas de lo mismo, tratando de mantener ritmo pero no con calidad.
  6. Gabriel7ML
    May 11, 2018
    6
    I wonder what the hell happened to Maroon 5? The album is not that horrible, some songs are great, but the whole work is below their talent. We need more Songs About Jane and less Red Pill Blues.

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 8 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 8
  3. Negative: 1 out of 8
  1. Pitchfork
    Nov 8, 2017
    48
    Levine’s voice murmurs and glints in the corners of the arrangement, and the total effect is exactly as pleasingly immaculate and numbing as all soft rock should be.
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  2. Rolling Stone
    Nov 6, 2017
    70
    Whether skating over house beats on "Plastic Rose" or cruising through a ballad like "Denim Jacket," Levine proves himself a pliant star of Jacksonian ease and Stingly self-assurance.
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  3. The Skinny
    Nov 6, 2017
    20
    With Red Pill Blues Levine and co have managed to produce an album that is uninteresting and unexciting; at best this is background music, to be listened to on very, very low volume, or even better, not at all.
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