JORDI by Maroon 5: 5.91
Beautiful Mistakes: 0.75
Lost: 0.5
Echo: 0.5
Lovesick: 1 :)
Remedy: 1 :)
Seasons: 0.25
One Light: 1 :)
Convince Me Otherwise: 1 :)
Nobody’s Love: 1 :)
Can’t Leave You Alone: 0.5
Memories: 1
Button: 0.5
Lifestyle: 1
10/13 ~ .769 -> 5.91
Ever since Memories came out a while ago, I was expecting Maroon 5 to come out with a full length album toJORDI by Maroon 5: 5.91
Beautiful Mistakes: 0.75
Lost: 0.5
Echo: 0.5
Lovesick: 1 :)
Remedy: 1 :)
Seasons: 0.25
One Light: 1 :)
Convince Me Otherwise: 1 :)
Nobody’s Love: 1 :)
Can’t Leave You Alone: 0.5
Memories: 1
Button: 0.5
Lifestyle: 1
10/13 ~ .769 -> 5.91
Ever since Memories came out a while ago, I was expecting Maroon 5 to come out with a full length album to accompany it. That being said, JORDI’s release still caught me off guard, along with the amount of “collab” songs it contained. My overall impression is mixed, having liked a number of its songs, though shuffled in with the good is more of the mainstream stuff I had hoped Maroon 5 would shy away from after the disappointing Red Pill Blues. At the same time, JORDI is the highest-scoring Maroon 5 album in nearly 10 years by a longshot (in my book, beating Red Pill Blues and V), which is noteworthy. I appreciated the band dipping their feet in some new styles though, such as the electric guitar openings. The same old fun lyrics and Adam Levine’s charming voice are other highlights of JORDI and are reminiscent of previous releases.
The work starts off with Beautiful Mistakes, which started with one of those nice e-guitar openings, though I wished the vocals weren't autotuned as much and I could have done without the generic e-drums. Despite that however, it was a fairly catchy song and the Megan Thee Stallion part actually sounded pretty great. I really liked how Lost built up before crashing in the chorus, though as a whole it felt a little overprocessed. The echo vocal effect bugged me a little bit, though the part directly after the second chorus pleased me. Echo’s keyboard was nice though I could have lived without the generic e-drums and vocal pattern. I did like how Adam Levine sang a little higher though. Everything but the drums sounded good but I wished there was more substance to the chorus. Lovesick sounded really nice (especially the bass and drums only part). The background vocals were wonderful and I liked the last chorus and the different melodies. Remedy’s start (just vocals and e-guitar) was awesome and I loved what the kick drum added. While I’m not usually a fan of vocal effects, I did like the one in the prechorus. This song was nice and upbeat. Seasons started with an opening similar to some other songs on the album, which had begun to grow old. Besides the brilliant bassline and low e-guitar, there was not a lot to distinguish this song from the average mainstream current song. One Light’s intro was nice, but again I wished they’d shake things up. The clap was unexpected but it added a lot. I thought it was awesome how the whole song was built off one riff. The rap break didn’t totally seem to fit but it wasn’t the worst thing that could have happened, given some of JORDI's other songs. Convince Me Otherwise’s music was wonderful and I loved the bassline, piano, and the part with multiple vocals. The e-piano in Nobody’s Love was great and I really liked its lyrics. The e-guitar in this song sounded awesome, along with the big drum fill. It reminded me of some stuff from V, which was kinda fun. Can’t Leave You Alone started out with a familiar-sounding e-guitar intro but I was more fine with it because it had been a while since they used it last. The vocal pattern and e-drums were not my favorite, though. The lyrics were nice at least and I liked the piano part right after the rap. The lyrics in Memories were great and I loved the stripped down opening. The background vocals were fantastic and I thought it was beautiful how this song slowly built. Button was a bit repetitive though the reverbless vocals were nice. I really enjoyed the music but the lyrics were not amazing. The spanish part was unique and that spiced things up. The thing that stuck out to me the most in Lifestyle were the number of backing vocal tracks, and while there were some generic e-drums the lyrics were enjoyable. The song could have used a bridge, since it felt pretty short. Perhaps it would have been better to have Memories be the closer because I felt myself wanting more after this energetic song ended.
Overall, Maroon 5’s latest is not terrible, but it perhaps won’t win any new fans. Then again, there are a few songs from this release that I enjoyed and would gladly listen to again. As a whole though, I would have enjoyed a bit more diversity, a little more uniqueness (something to set apart the band from the rest of mainstream music, something like what the band resembled in the days of Songs About Jane or It Won’t Be Soon Before Long, for instance), and perhaps more songs that weren’t collaborations. It’s always the hope that Maroon 5 goes back to producing pop-rock music, as that is when they were at their best (in my opinion), but at least JORDI is a step in the right direction. Highlights: Lovesick, Remedy, One Light, Convince Me Otherwise, Nobody’s Love, Memories, and Lifestyle.… Expand
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