Maroon 5. Songs About Jane (2002)

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.

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 who had also produced with Train, Blues Traveler and Third Eye Blind.

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

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