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Hands All Over (2010)

Where the lyrics of Hands All Over take you, and where it was really made.

The cover photo was taken by a 19-year-old photographer who also appears as the model, shot in under an hour in her own bedroom in Buxton, UK.

Key places

Lange's studio by Lake Geneva (2010)

Recording site Lake Geneva — The band spent two months writing and recording the album with producer Lange at his studio near Lake Geneva in Switzerland. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Cover shot in a Buxton bedroom (2010)

Album cover Buxton — The cover photo was taken by Rosie Hardy in her own bedroom in the town of Buxton in the United Kingdom, and she also appears as the model. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Hands All Over: third studio album by American pop rock band Maroon 5
• Guest appearances by country band Lady Antebellum and singer Christina Aguilera
• Produced by veteran producer Robert John 'Mutt' Lange
• Released 15 September 2010 by A&M Octone Records
• Debuted at No. 2 on the US Billboard 200
• Standard edition includes three singles: Misery, Give a Little More, Never Gonna Leave This Bed
• Re-released 12 July 2011 with Moves like Jagger, the fourth single

Background

• Band began writing after winding down from a world tour for second album It Won't Be Soon Before Long
• Months later Lange phoned, having heard the band was starting a new album, and expressed interest in producing it
• Band's press release calls the album a hybrid of rock, pop, funk and R&B
• Band spent two months writing and recording with Lange at his studio in Lake Geneva, Switzerland
• Adam Levine said Lange worked him harder than anyone had, asking him to strip songs down to drums and start over
• Levine said the album was simply great pop with no particular influence in mind; in a separate interview he cited Tupac Shakur and Marvin Gaye
• Web series Palm Trees & Power Lines released in three parts: 23 August, 11 October and 3 December 2010

Recording

• Rolling Stone said the record is the band's brightest-sounding and poppiest yet
• Lange's mix of catchy hooks and punchy rhythms is credited with the sound

Cover

• Artwork revealed 1 July 2010
• Photo taken by 19-year-old photographer Rosie Hardy, who also serves as the model
• Hardy shot it herself in just under an hour in her own bedroom in Buxton, United Kingdom

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Formed as Kara's Flowers in Los Angeles, California, in 1994 while members attended Brentwood School.
• Released the independent album ...We Like Digging? in late 1994 and signed to Reprise Records, releasing The Fourth World (1997), which sold around 5,000 copies before the band was dropped.
• Re-emerged in 2001 as Maroon 5 after signing to Octone Records and adding guitarist James Valentine.
• Debut album Songs About Jane (2002) peaked at number six on the Billboard 200 and won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2005.

Members

• Current lineup: Adam Levine, Jesse Carmichael, James Valentine, Matt Flynn, PJ Morton, Sam Farrar.
• Ryan Dusick left in 2006 and was replaced by Flynn.
• Mickey Madden left in 2020 after a domestic violence arrest; the case was dropped without charges and Farrar replaced him.

Career

• It Won't Be Soon Before Long (2007) debuted atop the US Billboard 200; "Makes Me Wonder" topped the Billboard Hot 100.
• "Moves Like Jagger" (2011) reached US number one; "One More Night" topped the Hot 100 for nine consecutive weeks in 2012.
• Maroon 5 has sold more than 135 million records and won three Grammy Awards and three American Music Awards.
• Headlined the Super Bowl LIII halftime show in 2019 and ran a Las Vegas residency from 2023 to 2025.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Metacritic weighted score 63 out of 100, based on 10 critic reviews, indicating generally favorable reviews
• Rolling Stone (Jody Rosen): said the dozen songs are models of craftsmanship and efficiency
• AllMusic (Stephen Thomas Erlewine): rated 4.5 out of 5, calling it Maroon 5's best album track for track
• About.com (Bill Lamb): rated 4 out of 5, praising a looser sound that keeps the infectious hooks
• IGN: rated seven out of ten, calling the album formulaic with no surprises but satisfying for fans of the band
• Slant Magazine (Jakob Dorof): mixed review, saying it adds a few more gems to the band's catalogue
• Los Angeles Times: said the album reveals less about frontman Adam Levine than the band's previous records
• The Observer (Hugh Montgomery): compared Levine's falsetto to a mosquito in emotional gravitas
• BBC Music (Fraser McAlpine): said the band is at its best when it plays pop like the sleazy rockers it is
• The Boston Globe: said the band underwhelms, with a technically sound but unexciting delivery
• The Now: called it an accomplished record that sometimes sounds clinical
• Yahoo! Music UK: mixed review, calling the album about as average as possible
• Entertainment Weekly: called it competent and studio-sleek but too often in need of a fresher muse

Records

• Billboard 200 debut at No. 2, behind Zac Brown Band's You Get What You Give
• First week sales of 142,000 copies, lower than the previous album's 429,000 debut
• Dropped to No. 9 in the second week
• RIAA Gold certification in November 2010
• Platinum certification on 9 January 2012
• 1,079,000 copies sold in the United States as of April 2012
• Week of 24 September 2011: returned to top 10 at No. 7 with 29,000 copies, helped by an iTunes sale and Moves like Jagger

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The music video for the title track premiered exclusively on Facebook on 22 December 2010 and was directed by Don Tyler.
• The Stutter single charted at No. 84 on the Billboard Hot 100, helped by strong digital downloads when the album came out.
• Just a Feeling was not a hit in America but peaked at No. 3 on South Korean charts years later, in 2014.
• The Out of Goodbyes video, made with Lady Antebellum, was directed by Travis Schneider and features Dwight Yoakam.
• Band's web series Palm Trees & Power Lines followed the 2010 promotional tour and its live performances of album songs.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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