While Maroon 5 are not known for revolutionizing the music industry, they have brought a certain pizzazz and funk to the table. Adam Levine and his posse are known as the funky kings of uncool thanks to their sappy and cheesy (yet addictive) songs- which pretty much talk about heartbreak, relationships, love, and other disasters. With only two albums under their belt it’s too soon to put out a “greatest hits” album, so what to do in between albums? Just like a gazillion recording artists at the moment: release a remix album. Now, most remix albums tend suck since they’re filled with half-assed and poorly made mixes, BUT if there’s a group of artists that know how to work the remixes are the pop artists.
Fortunately and unfortunately Maroon 5 are not solely a pop act, what genre are they? While they’re not entirely unclassifiable, with this album they show that they are versatile yet confused as to the direction of the band’s sound.
Call and Response: The Remix Album
{sidebar id=184}Maroon 5 deliver a mixed bag on “Call and Response: The Remix Album”. They certainly took some risks and avoided the “punchis punchis” remix cliché.
Some of their risks worked, some fell flat and completely ruined already questionable songs.
Maroon 5 play around with electro, hip-hop, trip hop, funk, dance and a little WTF here and there.
“Call and Response: The Remix Album” is definitely mostly geared towards their fans, however, if you don’t own a Maroon 5 CD, this would make a good addition to your collection since it gathers pretty much all their singles and takes the whiney/ annoying tone that Maroon 5 tend to use down a notch, thus making songs a little more tolerable.
Call and Response Outstanding Traxx: Wake Up Call (Mark Ronson Remix) Feat. Mary J. Blige, Makes Me Wonder (Just Blaze Remix), Little Of Your Time (Bloodshy and Avant Remix), Goodnight Goodnight (Deerhoof Remix)
