Songs About Jane

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Songs About Jane
Songs About Jane cover
Studio album by Maroon 5
Released June 25, 2002
Recorded Rumbo Recorders, LA
Genre Pop
Pop rock
Alternative rock
Length 45:57
Label J Records
Octone
Professional reviews
Maroon 5 chronology
The Fourth World
(1997)		 Songs About Jane
(2002)		 1.22.03.Acoustic
(2004)
Singles from Songs About Jane
  1. "Harder To Breathe"
  2. "This Love"
  3. "She Will Be Loved"
  4. "Sunday Morning"
  5. "Must Get Out"

Songs About Jane is the debut album by Los Angeles rock/pop band Maroon 5. The title refers to Jane Herman, lead singer Adam Levine's ex-girlfriend. The album was released in June 2002 and by the end of 2004 it had reached the top 10 of the Billboard 200 charts.

This album has been released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions.

Contents

[edit] Making of the album

All but one member of Maroon 5 had been members of a previous Los Angeles band called Kara's Flowers which released an album called The Fourth World in mid-1997 on Reprise Records with little success. Kara's Flowers left Reprise Records in 1999 and with the addition of guitarist James Valentine became Maroon 5.

The band played show case gigs in New York City and Los Angeles. Singer and guitarist Adam Levine credited the interregnum for influencing the band's new style in an interview with VH1. "During the time between our record deals, I spent a lot of time in New York where I was exposed to an urban and hip-hop culture in a way that had never happened to me in L.A. It turned me on to an entirely new genre of music which has had a profound impact on my song writing."

The band signed with Octone Records, a New York independent label with distribution through BMG and an artist development deal with Clive Davis' J Records. The band recorded Songs about Jane at Rumbo Recorders in Los Angeles with producer Matt Wallace[1] who had also produced with Train, Blues Traveler and Third Eye Blind.

[edit] Chart success

After the release of the album in mid-2002, the band toured with Michelle Branch and Nikka Costa.

The first single "Harder to Breathe" slowly started to pick up airplay which helped spur sales of the album. By March 2004, the album had reached the top 20 of the Billboard 200, and had reached the top 10 by the end of the year. "Harder to Breathe" had also made the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles charts. Songs About Jane had also eventually topped the UK and Australian album charts while "Harder to Breathe" had made the singles charts in the UK, Australia and New Zealand. The second single "This Love" had also made the U.S. top 10 singles charts and top 10 of the Australian singles charts as at March 2004. The video also had to be edited to avoid it being banned from MTV.

Songs About Jane was the seventh best selling album of 2004 in the U.S., with about 2.7 million copies sold.[2] In Australia, the album did not chart on the End of Year Charts until 2004, where it reached #6.

[edit] Charts and certification

Chart Provider(s) Peak
position		 Certification Sales/
shipments
U.S. Billboard 200[3] Billboard/RIAA 6 4x Platinum[4] 4.6 million
U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums[3] 6
U.S. Billboard Comprehensive Albums[3] 6
U.S. Billboard Heatseekers[3] 1
U.S. Billboard Top Pop Catalog[3] 1
European Albums Chart IFPI N/A 2x Platinum[5] 2 million
Australian Albums Chart ARIA 1 5x Platinum[6] 350,000+
Austrian Albums Chart Media Control 7 Gold[7] 20,000+
Brazilian Albums Chart ABPD N/A Gold[8] 140,000+
Canadian Albums Chart[3] Nielsen SoundScan 3 3x Platinum[9] 300,000+
Dutch Albums Chart NVPI/Megacharts 2 Platinum[10] 70,000+
Finnish Albums Chart GLF N/A Gold[11] 20,000+
French Albums Chart[12] SNEP/IFOP 1 2x Gold[12] 290,000[12]
German Albums Chart Media Control 5 Platinum[13] 200,000+
Japanese Albums Chart[14] Oricon N/A 2x Platinum[14] 500,000+
Mexican Albums Chart AMPROFON 2 2x Platinum[15] 300,000+
New Zealand Albums Chart[16] RIANZ 1 5x Platinum[16] 75,000+
Norwegian Albums Chart VG Nett 3 Gold[17] 20,000+
Swedish Albums Chart GLF 4 Gold[18] 30,000+
Swiss Albums Chart Media Control 12 Gold[19] 20,000+
UK Albums Chart[20] BPI/The Official UK Charts Company 1 6x Platinum[21] 1,900,000

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Harder to Breathe" (Jesse Carmichael, Adam Levine) – 2:53
  2. "This Love" (Carmichael, Levine) – 3:26
  3. "Shiver" (Carmichael, Levine) – 2:59
  4. "She Will Be Loved" (Levine, J. Valentine) – 4:17
  5. "Tangled" (Levine) – 3:18
  6. "The Sun" (Levine) – 4:11
  7. "Must Get Out" (Carmichael, Levine) – 3:59
  8. "Sunday Morning" (Carmichael, Levine) – 4:06
  9. "Secret" (Carmichael, Levine) – 4:55
  10. "Through with You" (Carmichael, Levine) – 3:01
  11. "Not Coming Home" (Carmichael, Ryan Dusick, Levine) – 4:21
  12. "Sweetest Goodbye" (Levine) – 4:30

Bonus Tracks

  1. "Rag Doll"* (Carmichael, Levine) - 5:29
  2. "Harder To Breathe (Acoustic)"* (Carmichael, Levine) - 2:56
  3. "This Love (Acoustic)"* (Carmichael, Levine) - 4:01
  4. "This Love (Kanye West Remix)"* (Carmichael, Levine) - 3:38
  • * Bonus tracks on the import release of Songs About Jane manufactured for and distributed by BMG New Zealand Limited in 2004.

[edit] Other songs

  1. "If You Only Knew" – 3:26
  2. "Control Myself" – 3:06
  3. "Take What You Want" – 2:24
  4. "Wasted Years" - 6:06
  5. "It's U" -
  6. "As Things Collide" - 3:49
  7. "Feelings Slow" -
  8. "The Great Getaway" - 4:49
  9. "Hold On" - 2:14

Live covers of Oasis:

  1. "Don't Look Back In Anger" – 4:49
  2. "Hello" – 4:28

[edit] References

  1. ^ Matt Wallace > Credits from allmusic
  2. ^ http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,15643,00.html Eonline.com Retrieved on 05-22-07
  3. ^ a b c d e f Maroon 5: Charts & Awards. Billboard magazine. Retrieved on 2007-06-30.
  4. ^ Recording Industry Association of America Recording Industry Association of America.
  5. ^ European Certification (IFPI). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 2007-06-30.
  6. ^ Australian Certification (ARIA). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved on 2007-06-30.
  7. ^ Austrian Certification (IFPI). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 2007-06-30.
  8. ^ Brazilian Certification (ABPD). Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos. Retrieved on 2007-06-30.
  9. ^ Canadian Certification (CRIA). Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved on 2007-06-30.
  10. ^ Dutch Certification (IFPI). IFPI. Retrieved on 2007-06-30.
  11. ^ Finnish Certification (IFPI). IFPI. Retrieved on 2007-06-30.
  12. ^ a b c French Chart, Sales & Certification. FanOfMusic.Free.fr. Retrieved on 2007-06-30.
  13. ^ German Certification (IFPI). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 2007-06-30.
  14. ^ a b Oricon Main Albums Chart. Oricon. Retrieved on 2007-06-30.
  15. ^ Mexican Certification (AMPROFON). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas, A.C.. Retrieved on 2007-06-30.
  16. ^ a b New Zealand Certification (RIANZ). Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Retrieved on 2007-06-30.
  17. ^ Norwegian Certification (IFPI). International Federation of the Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 2007-06-30.
  18. ^ Swedish Certification (GLF). GLF. Retrieved on 2007-06-30.
  19. ^ Swiss Certification (IFPI). IFPI. Retrieved on 2007-06-30.
  20. ^ UK Albums Chart (Search). Everyhit.com. Retrieved on 2007-06-30.
  21. ^ UK Certification (BPI). British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on 2007-06-30.

[edit] External links

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