Maroon 5 have been ruling the radio airwaves since their 2002 breakthrough hit Harder to Breathe taken from their debut album Songs About Jane. That album went on to sell over 10 million copies worldwide and since then the band has sold millions of records scoring plenty of hits along the way. Their last album release was 2014ās V and earlier this year they released the single This Summerās Gonna Hurt Like a Motherfucker. Now in time for Christmas the band is putting out is first greatest hits collection Singles.
Singles picks out 12 of the bandās greatest hits from their career so far. Itās not by any means a comprehensive celebration of the bandās hits and it features no new tracks on it either. In fact it doesnāt even feature the bandās summer hit This Summerās Gonna Hurt Like a Motherfucker, which is a bit of a shame to be honest. The album opens with This Love, arguably one of the bandās biggest hits, and it includes classics such as She Will Be Loved, Payphone, Makes Me Wonder and Misery.
More recent hits such as Maps and Animals are included on the collection along with huge hits Moves Like Jagger with Christina Aguilera. Iām glad to see the catchy Sugar included as the album closer and Wake Up Call from the bandās second album It Wonāt Be Soon Before Long.
What is notable about the release is the songs that it doesnāt feature. Leaving out debut single Harder to Breathe is a bit of an oversight as is the Rihanna duet If I Never See Your Face Again. I also canāt believe that Sunday Morning and Wonāt Go Home Without You didnāt make the tracklist!
There is an argument to say that Maroon 5 is more of a singles band than an albums band and there is some truth to that. When they hit the mark they really do deliver but sometimes their albums veer off into samey territory lacking variety. Still they are one of the most interesting pop/rock hybrids out there and Iād be lying if I said I hadnāt sung along to many of their songs over the years. Itās a shame that Singles doesnāt feature more of the bandās output.