Overexposed

Maroon 5 is a pop-rock band and proud of it. Here they embrace pop-rock’s versatility, collaborating with artists from a broad spectrum of sounds. Pittsburgh’s hometown hero Wiz Khalifa raps about envious scrubs who hate on his success—a stark contrast to Adam Levine’s romantic take on the idea of ringing up the object of his desire on “Payphone.” Maroon 5 also joins forces with Max Martin, Benny Blanco, and OneRepublic\'s Ryan Tedder.

Check out our album review of Artist's Overexposed on Rolling Stone.com.

Maroon 5 settled into a cleanly contoured blue-eyed soul groove on 2010's Hands All Over and were rewarded with a clear commercial stumble -- a situation somewhat forgotten in light of Adam Levine's 2011 elevation to superstardom via his judgeship on The Voice.

Sadly, latest offering ‘Overexposed’ seems like it’s going to do nothing to change that.

Maroon 5's precision-tooled new album doesn't contain anything wildly exciting, writes <strong>Caroline Sullivan</strong>