Call And Response: The Remix Album
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- Call And Response: The Remix Album
- 歌手：Maroon 5
- 语种：英语
- 时间：2008年12月
- 公司：Octone
Call And Response:The Remix Album is the 2008 album by Maroon 5. It
features remixes of hit singles and tracks from Maroon 5's first two
studio album's Songs About Jane and It Won't Be Soon Before Long by
various artists and producers such as 'If I Never See Your Face Again'
-Swizz Beatz Remix,'Wake Up Call' -Mark Ronson Remix featuring Mary J.
Blige, 'Sunday Morning' -Questlove Remix plus Just Blaze Remix, C.
"Tricky" Stewart Remix, , Pharrell Williams Remix, DJ Quick Remix, David
Banner Remix, The Cool Kids Remix, Bloodshy & Avant Remix,Of Montreal
Remix, 'Deerhoof Remix, Tiesto Remix, Ali Shaheed Muhammad & Doc Remix,
Premier 5 Remix, Sam Farrar Remix and Cut Copy Galactic Beach House.
A mix of polished pop/rock and neo-soul sex appeal made Maroon 5 one of
the most popular bands of the 2000s, with such radio-ready songs as
"This Love," "She Will Be Loved," and "Makes Me Wonder" all topping the
charts worldwide . Previously, bandmates Adam Levine (vocals/guitar),
Jesse Carmichael (keyboards), Mickey Madden (bass), and Ryan Dusick
(drums) had spent the latter half of the '90s playing in the modern rock
outfit Kara's Flowers, releasing their debut album for Reprise Records
while still attending high school. The record tanked, however, and
Kara's Flowers found themselves dropped from the Reprise roster. After
briefly attending college, the bandmates regrouped as Maroon 5, added
former Square guitarist James Valentine to the lineup, and embraced a
more R&B-influenced sound. Several years later, the quintet had
officially risen to the forefront of popular music with the
multi-platinum releases of Songs About Jane and It Won't Be Soon Before
Long.
Songs About Jane propelled the band into the mainstream, but the album
was not an immediate hit. Octone Records had signed the newly christened
Maroon 5 in 2001, and the debut album Jane received a lukewarm response
upon its in June 2002. "Harder to Breathe" became a radio staple 17
months later and was soon followed by the omnipresent "This Love," whose
steamy video (featuring frontman Levine and a barely clothed girlfriend)
effectively wooed the TV-watching crowds at MTV. Songs About Jane
finally entered the Billboard Top Ten in August 2004, more than two
years after the album's release, and subsequent singles like "She Will
Be Loved" and "Sunday Morning" helped the album move over 2.7 million
copies by year's end.
Maroon 5 toured exhaustively in support of Jane's slow-developing
success, issuing two stopgap recordings ù 2004's 1.22.03.Acoustic and
2005's Live Friday the 13th ù while canvassing the world alongside the
Rolling Stones and John Mayer. Their schedule was especially trying on
percussionist Dusick, who sustained wrist and shoulder injuries and was
often unable to play. By fall 2006, Dusick had been officially replaced
by Matt Flynn (the former drummer for Gavin DeGraw), and the revised
band released its sophomore effort in May 2007. It Won't Be Soon Before
Long proved to be less popular than its predecessor (which had sold more
than four million copies in the U.S. alone), but it still enjoyed
double-platinum certification while spinning off the chart-topping
single "Makes Me Wonder." Maroon 5 had cemented their status as pop/rock
heavyweights, and they now had the powerful connections to prove it.
Released in late 2008, Call and Response: The Remix Album reinterpreted
the band's catalog with remixes by such influential figures as Mary J.
Blige, Mark Ronson, and Pharrell Williams.