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Sep 2, 2014Every song clocks right in that radio sweet spot between three and four minutes, and nearly all of them go down like candy, but collectively the final product is an album with all the surprise and individuality of a Now That’s What I Call Music compilation.
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Sep 3, 2014V is like a peppy new Nissan Altima: It won’t give you too many problems; it won’t attract stares; it probably won’t get stolen. Its parts are reliable, though none have the pulse of “Moves Like Jagger,” the 2011 hit that gave this group new life.
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Sep 3, 2014Despite its pop pedigree, V's hooks are alarmingly unsticky.
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Sep 3, 2014As 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.
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Sep 2, 2014Too often the trend-chasing sounds both tiring and tiresome; that weariness persists through the syrupy album-closing duet with Levine’s future “Voice” costar Gwen Stefani.
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Sep 2, 2014The hooks on the album are memorable mainly for the wrong reason; They’re so annoying, you won’t be able to scrub them from your mind.
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Sep 2, 2014This fifth studio album is a gaudy chunk of over-produced electro-pop-rock.
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Aug 29, 2014There are enough hooks here to show how the LA band have shifted 17m albums, but also evidence as to why most people can't remember a Maroon 5 song two seconds after it finishes.
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User score distribution:
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Positive: 78 out of 169
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Mixed: 44 out of 169
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Negative: 47 out of 169
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