Track Listing

1. Back At Your Door
2. Makes Me Wonder
3. Little of Your Time
4. Wake Up Call
5. Won't Go Home Without You
6. Nothing Lasts Forever
7. Can't Stop
8. Goodnight Goodnight
9. Not Falling Apart
10. Kiwi
11. Better That We Break

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #62 in Music
• Released on: 2007-05-22
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
Sometimes it's O.K.--even important--to put aside your reluctance to embrace artists who make teenage girls scream. It happened in 2006, when Justin Timberlake scraped the sludge off pop and left something shiny behind, and it's happening again in 2007 with Maroon 5. It Won't Be Soon Before Long, the L.A. band's sophomore studio disc, rode in on a crest of hype and crumpled expectations--fan reports had it that Adam Levine & Co. scrapped their signature pop-soul sound for something harder and darker. Not so. Shades of Prince, Hall & Oates, and Sting still color the Maroon sound (check out the spectacularly fizzy "Little of Your Time," as well as the first single, "Makes Me Wonder," a song catchier than fire), but they're made ever fainter here by the clamping down of five guys on what is essentially the most distinctive pop sound to emerge from a single band since the Bee Gees squealed into the mid-'70s. It Won't Be Soon squares hip-hop sensibilities ("Wake Up Call") with rock ones ("If I Never See Your Face Again") and stormy moods ("Can't Stop") with bittersweet ballads ("Better That We Break"). It's a disc destined to defy detractors and go on to greatness, elevating the credibility of teenage girls for years to come. --Tammy La Gorce

From the Artist
So it's been five years since we put out Songs About Jane, and a lot has happened since then. Things have changed in our lives, in your lives, in everyones lives all around the world. As I'm writing this we're in Milan, Italy... playing some European shows before the album comes out... and I'm sitting here remembering the long road that we took to be here right now... thinking about all the shows we played during the three and a half years we spent touring... and then the six months we spent writing these new songs, living in Houdini's haunted house in Laurel Canyon making demos with a producer and old friend named Jason Lader... and then the year long process of recording in Los Angeles.

We really took our time to make sure that everything felt right about the songs. The first bunch of songs was recorded with a team of producers who had never worked together before, Mike Elizondo and Spike Stent. Mike was a long time collaborator with Dr.Dre, as well as an excellent musician, and he had just produced the Fiona Apple record Extraordinary Machine... and Spike was a sonic genius who had produced and mixed masterpieces for U2, Bjork, Massive Attack, Madonna, and many other high class artists. So in March of 2006 we dug in at one of our favorite studios... a place we had recorded the demo songs that got us signed to Octone Records back in 2001. We'd been waiting for a long time to be recording again, so it was a real joy to see this new material come to life. There were ups and downs and disagreements about how things were supposed to sound, and just like the first record, that conflict pulled things in unexpected directions. After six months we had the core of the album done, and we decided to get some fresh ears to help work out a few remaining songs. So we went into a new studio with Eric Valentine, who we loved for his work with Queens of the Stone Age. We cut two of the more rock and roll tracks on the album with him ("Can't Stop" and "Little of Your Time"), and then decided to get one more new perspective from a producer named Mark Endert. Mark had mixed our song "This Love" from the first record, and so we were excited about working on some songs from scratch with him. At this point of course, we were stir crazy and delirious (there's only so many times you can listen to the same songs while you're making them), but we still made two of our favorite recordings; The last song on the album "Back at Your Door", which was orchestrated by David Cambell, and the first single "Makes Me Wonder", which was a fitting last song to record because it was one of the oldest songs we'd written for this record.

Finally in January of 2007 we were done. We chose the 12 songs that made the best album, and shot some beautiful photographs with Andrew Zuckerman and Wendy Sue Lamm. As for the title, It Won't Be Soon Before Long... it can mean whatever you want it to mean, but don't spend too much time thinking about it. We'll be on the road for the next two years at least, so we'll see you soon... honestly.

Amazon.com
Global neo-soul rock superstars Maroon 5 are back with their much-anticipated sophomore album, It Won't Be Soon Before Long. The follow-up to the 10x platinum, Grammy-winning Songs About Jane will be "sexier and stronger," according to frontman Adam Levine, who looked to '80s icons such as Prince, Michael Jackson, and Talking Heads for inspiration. Recorded at home in Los Angeles with producers Mike Elizondo (Fiona Apple, Eminem), Mark "Spike" Stent (Bjork, Keane, Gwen Stefani), Mark Endert (Madonna, Fiona Apple), and Eric Valentine (Queens of the Stone Age, Nickel Creek), the album promises to be a louder take on the pop sounds of their first effort. "It's definitely aggressive, upbeat and pounding," says Levine.

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Customer Reviews

C'mon, people...
I have been reading the seemingly vast amount of reviews for this album and it seems that nobody else is litening to the same album I am.

Maroon 5 has been on of my presonal faves for years, and love their sound. I saw them open for John Mayer and their effortless grove blew me away. Needless to say, I was very eager to pick up the new album, but it turned out to be a bit of a disappointment. It seems that both musically and lyrically, they didn't really have anything new to say, so they just tried to recreat SAJ, harder.

I'll admit the grooves statyed tight or got tighter, but just about everything else on the album is so forced, I can barely stand to listen to it. The increased over-production was like an already-pretty girl slathering on way too much makeup. The lyrics were so over-sexualized that I don't even feel comfortable listening to it by myself. The "hooks" sound like "hooks" instead of melodies, and the slower songs are the obvious product of sales strategists amped up on 'She Will Be Loved".

One more thing. Fans of The Police should feel insulted, at the very least. Sting probably lost sleep after hearing this one. There are so many blatant, poorly-recreated Police imitations that I had to go back to Synchronicity and set myself right.

Sorry all you positive reviewers, I wish the album had been a suitable follow-up, but it was a contrived effort at best. I may spin a few of the singles, but the album was a letdown. Let's get 'em next time, boys.

A Bigger Audience, imagine that
One of the benefits of Satellite radio is that I have been exposed to music I would never have heard otherwise. After hearing Its not over tonight, I immediately logged into Amazon to buy this CD. I am sure I do not fit the profile for people who liked and purchased the first CD (SAJ). However, for a group to be more than a one-hit-wonder its has to appeal to many people and many listener profiles.

As an old Southern Rocker / 80s POP kid I am lovin' this CD. Hey, for 10 bucks how wrong can you go? If you find just one song to like, you win. Personally I found 4 maybe 5 songs to wear out.

What a GREAT album!
Maroon 5 emerged on to the pop scene in the early 00's with their megahit "This Love." They made lots of fans with that song and who knew they would become so famous? Well Maroon 5 didn't dissapoint their fans because their latest hit "Makes Me Wonder" went all the way to number one on the Billboard Hot 100! It's a great song and shows the bands ability to mix pop with soul and funk. The rest of this album is pretty good too. I'd call it a solid effort from Adam Levine and company. I'll always be a Maroon 5 fan whether it's listening to them in the car or in the club (yes, they played them in the club too!). "Makes Me Wonder" is one of my all time favorites now too. Their most recent hit "Wake Up Call" is also pretty good. If you were thinking about purchasing this album DO IT! You'll be surprised at how good this is!