''Hands All Over'' is the third studio album by the American

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band

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which features guest appearances from American country band

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and singer

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. Produced by veteran producer

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, the album was released by

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on September 15, 2010, and debuted at number two on the US ''Billboard'' 200. The standard edition of the album includes three singles: " Misery", " Give a Little More" and " Never Gonna Leave This Bed". On July 12, 2011, the band re-released the album to include their summer hit and the fourth single "

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Background

The band began writing the songs from the third album, after winding down from a world tour in support of their second album ''

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''. Several months later, the band received a phone call from

, who had heard the band were beginning to write a new album, and expressed an interest in producing it. In a press release on their official website, the album is described as "a killer hybrid of

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, pop,

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and R&B." In an interview with ''

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'', the band revealed they spent two months writing and recording their third album with producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange in his recording studio in

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. Lead singer Adam Levine, spoke about the experience of working with Lange: "He worked me harder than anyone ever has," .."I would come in with a finished song, and he'd say, 'That's a good start. Now strip it down to the drums and start over.' The coolest thing about him is that not only has he been a huge, legendary producer, but he also is a legit, serious writer." ''Rolling Stone'' has said that the resulting disc is the band's brightest-sounding and poppiest yet and that it delivers Lange's mix of catchy hooks and punchy rhythms. Levine has also said about the album: "Our first record was a reflection of my love for

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. With the second I kept going back and forth between

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and

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. But there was no one on my mind for this album. It's just great pop." In a separate interview, however, Levine said that the album was influenced by

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and Marvin Gaye. The album artwork was revealed on July 1, 2010. The cover photo for the album was taken by 19-year-old photographer Rosie Hardy, who also serves as the model in the photo. Hardy took the photo herself in just under an hour, in her own bedroom from the town of

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Singles

* The lead single to be taken from the album is " Misery". It was released on June 22, 2010. The music video for the single was directed by

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. The song reached #14 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. * The second single is " Give a Little More", and was released on August 17, 2010. The music video was directed by

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. * The third single, " Never Gonna Leave This Bed", was released to Australian radio in January 2011. It was later released to the US mainstream radio on May 17, 2011. The music video for the song was shot on January 12, 2011 and premiered exclusively on '' Just Jared'' on February 4. The band performed the song on ''

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'' on January 17. The song debuted at #35 on the ''Billboard'''s Hot

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and reached #55 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. * The fourth and final single, "

", featuring

, was released on June 21, 2011, being the first single from the re-release of the album. The song debuted at number 8 on the Hot 100, the first Top 10 for Maroon 5 and Aguilera, since "

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" and "

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" respectively. The song peaked at #1 on the issue of August 31, 2011, making this song the band's second #1 (after "Makes Me Wonder" in 2007) and Aguilera's fifth number-one (after "

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" in 2001). The band performed the song several times, including on '' America's Got Talent'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Other songs

* A music video for the title track "Hands All Over", premiered exclusively on

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, on December 22, 2010. Its music video, which was directed by Don Tyler and features stylized animations of the band members and a flirtatious nude woman. * A music video for the song "Runaway" was released on April 5, 2011, and instead of featuring the five members of the band, this clip focuses on a surfer who enjoys riding the wave and finds solitude in the sea. * A music video for "Out of Goodbyes" (with country group

) released on May 16, 2011, and was directed by Travis Schneider. The video features singer/actor

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and actress Diora Baird. It shows the woman cleaning a bloody wound and removing a bullet from the man's chest, after which she gets up to leave, but grabs her revolver and shoots him. The song did not enter the Hot 100 chart, but it did peak at the

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chart at number three. * "Stutter" charted at #84 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, due to strong digital downloads when the album was released.

Critical reception

''Hands All Over'' received a weighted score of 63 out of 100 from review aggregate website

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, indicating "generally favorable reviews", based on 10 reviews from

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from

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rated the album very highly with 4.5 out of 5 stars, stating that: "Some of the cuts may not sink their hooks in immediately, but track for track ''Hands All Over'' is

's best album, capturing their character and craft in a cool, sleek package". Bill Lamb from

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was also positive, awarding it with 4 stars (out of 5), saying: "For their third studio album Maroon 5 add a bit more rock and it looks good on them. There is a loosening up in sound here while keeping the infectious hooks that have always been a major part of the group's appeal. Don't go looking for exceptional depth, but in a period in which mainstream pop sounds are ruling the charts again, Maroon 5 provide a good lesson in exactly how to make a solid pop album".Lamb, Bill (2010-09-21
"Maroon 5 – Hands All Over (Review) – ''Maroon 5 Add a Little More Rock''"
.

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review rated ''Hands All Over'' seven-stars out of ten, claiming that the album is "programmed to hit all the bases: dance-y tracks, pop anthems, quasi-ballads. Almost every song on this record could be a single...Even though it's formulaic and delivers no surprises, fans of Maroon 5 should find exactly what they are looking for from this record." Jakob Dorof from ''

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s'' review was mixed saying, "It adds a few more gems to the band's growing cache of incredible pop singles and overlooked deep cuts, Hands All Over makes some decent contributions to what could wind up being Maroon 5's true redemption: a damn fine greatest hits record." The ''

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'' review says that: "''Hands All Over'' reveals less about who frontman Adam Levine is than did Maroon 5's previous records; too often the songs cleave to opaque generalities". Hugh Montgomery in ''

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'' wrote that 'Jaunty funk-pop and blustery arena balladry remain the order of the day, while Adam Levine's falsetto whine still proffers all the emotional gravitas of a mosquito'.

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of ''

'' claimed, "at the helm, the dozen songs on ''Hands All Over'' are models of craftsmanship and efficiency ..." Fraser McAlpine of

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noticed that "The rude guitar sleaze of Hands All Over, or the cocky glam-stomp in Stutter's verses show a band who are really at their best when they play pop music like the sleazy rockers they clearly are." ''

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'' review felt that "This is lead singer Adam Levine's show. Thus, the band's success lives and dies with his delivery. That delivery remains technically sound, though as a whole, the band underwhelms here". The ''

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'' review also felt that "It's an accomplished record for singer Adam Levine and his faceless group, even if the whole affair sometimes sounds clinical in its approach". The

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review was mixed, saying that "It's hard to imagine how Hands All Over could have been any more underwhelming. In truth the only exceptional thing about it is just how average it is". The ''

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'' review concluded that "Hands, competent and studio-sleek as it is, too often begs for a fresher muse.

Commercial performance

On the ''Billboard'' 200, the album debuted at number two, which despite a high placement sold a relatively weak 142,000 copies, compared to their previous effort, which debuted at number-one with 429,000 copies.Maroon 5 debuts at number 2 on the Billboard 200
''Billboard''. Retrieved 2010-09-29. In the second week, it dropped to #9. In November 2010, the album was certified Gold by RIAA, denoting a sales of at least 500,000 copies in the United States. In an interview with '' Billboard'', Maroon 5 guitarist James Valentine expressed some frustration in the lackluster sales of the ''Hands All Over'', saying a new album may be coming sooner than was originally planned. "Of course we could have liked it to have done better so far," Valentine told ''Billboard'', "It hasn't sold at the pace that our previous records did." The lack of response to the latest record has the band thinking about recording another album sooner than they originally planned, but according to Valentine "that may not be a bad thing". However, on the week of September 24, 2011, the album returned to the top 10 for the first time since its second week on the chart last October, climbing from number 23 to number 7 with 29,000 copies sold. This was spurred on by a four-day $6.99 sale price in the

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as well as the success of "

", and represented the album's best sales frame since its second chart week and highest rank since its debut. The album was certified platinum on January 9, 2012 and as of April 2012 it has sold 1,079,000 copies in the United States.

Track listings

Personnel

Based on the liner notes of ''Hands All Over'', A&M Octone Records. ;Maroon 5 * Adam Levine – lead vocals, rhythm guitar *

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– keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals *

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– bass guitar * James Valentine – lead guitar, backing vocals *

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– drums, percussion ;Additional personnel * Denika Bedrossian – Grooming * Brad Blackwood – Mastering * Bruce Bouton – Guitar * Lenny Castro – Percussion * Aristotle Circa – Wardrobe * Scott Cooke – Editing * Autumn de Wilde – Photography * Lauren Dukoff – Portrait Photography * Isha Erskine – Engineer * Davis Factor – Portrait Photography *

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– Additional Production, Composer, Engineer, Programming * Rosie Hardy – Back Cover Photo, Cover Photo * Kelly Henson – Grooming * Chad Hugo – Programming *

– Featured Artist * Robert John "Mutt" Lange – Producer * Noah Passovoy – Additional Production, Composer, Engineer, Programming * Olle Romo – Engineer, Pro-Tools * Eric Ivan Rosse – Programming * Travis Schneider – Photography * Mike Shipley – Engineer, Mixing * Shawn Tellez – Composer * Brian Wohlgemuth – Assistant, Pro-Tools

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications and sales

Release history

References

External links

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