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''Overexposed'' is the fourth studio album by the American pop rock band Maroon 5, released on June 20, 2012, by A&M Octone Records. The album was recorded between 2011 and 2012 and was driven after the moderate success of their third album, ''Hands All Over'' (2010), and later by the enormous success of the re-released edition, which was promoted by the single "Moves like Jagger", recorded as a collaboration with Christina Aguilera. It is the band's only album not to feature keyboardist, rhythm guitarist and background vocalist, Jesse Carmichael, who took a temporary break from performing with the group to focus on his studies back then, but eventually returned to Maroon 5 in 2014. The band worked with different producers, such as Max Martin, who serves as the album's executive producer, Ryan Tedder, Shellback and Benny Blanco. The band's guitarist and Levine's usual co-writer James Valentine only has four credits on the album. The accompanying artwork, created by LA artist Young & Sick, is a colorful collage of illustrations seemingly inspired by the likes of Picasso and a range of modern cartoonists. Its title is a smirking allusion to Levine's ubiquity, while its sound is a reflection of how the group wishes to retain the large audience they won once again with "Moves Like Jagger". The album's lead single "Payphone", featuring rapper Wiz Khalifa, produced by Shellback and Benny Blanco, was released and performed on ''The Voice'' on April 16, 2012. The song was a success, reaching number two on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, as well as on the ARIA Charts, while it topped the UK Singles Chart, Canadian Hot 100 and Italian Singles Chart. The second single, "One More Night", was released on June 19, 2012. The song topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for nine weeks, becoming their longest Hot 100 reign. All four singles released from ''Overexposed'' have reached the Hot 100 top-ten, including the last two of them: "Daylight" and "Love Somebody". The album received a mixed reception from music critics. Some praised the album, calling it their strongest effort, but others criticized the direction the band decided to take, calling it a failed attempt to go mainstream. Additionally, critics and fans alike perceived the album as overly focused on Levine. It debuted at number 2 on the UK Albums Chart, selling 38,000 copies, and on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart, selling 222,000 copies. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), ''Overexposed'' was the 11th global best-selling album of 2012 with sales of 2.2 million copies. To promote the album, the band started the Overexposed Tour, which lasted from 2012 to 2014. == Background == In September 2010, the band released their third studio album, ''Hands All Over''. While preparing the album, the band received a phone call from Robert John "Mutt" Lange, who had heard the band were beginning to write a new record, and expressed an interest in producing it.〔 The album received generally favorable reviews from music critics and debuted at number two on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hands All Over reviews )〕 However, the album experienced moderate success in overall sales; regarding that, the band guitarist James Valentine expressed some frustration and said that a new album may be coming sooner than was originally planned. Valentine further commented:
Valentine also said the band has "tons of material" available, including holdovers including songs from ''Hands All Over'' and also other tracks the band has written since then. "I think everybody's been pretty busy compiling ideas for the next one," he stated. "With technology and the recording capacity we have on our laptops, we can be a little more prolific while we're (). We've never been able to do that before. I think we could go in and make a record today and have a pretty solid album."〔 In July 2011, the band re-released ''Hands All Over'' and included a new song called "Moves like Jagger" which featured American recording artist Christina Aguilera. The song enjoyed a massive commercial success reaching number one on over 22 national singles chart including on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. In an interview with Mike Wood of ''Los Angeles Times'', Levine explained what went wrong on ''Hands All Over'', "I don't think we knew what kind of record we were making. It was such a hodgepodge — all these disparate ideas and songs that didn't make any sense together. He also stated, "We were in this idyllic paradise, which is a horrible place to make a record. Switzerland's neutrality is very famous, and I feel like that neutrality infected Maroon 5's third album". Levine further stated that "Moves like Jagger" saved them and totally revived the group.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Overexposed (album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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