''The B-Side Collection'' is a compilation album by

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band

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, released on December 18, 2007. The album is a compilation of seven songs that were originally only released on

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B-sides, or as international or store bought bonuses on the album, all six of which are included, plus the “If I Never See Your Face Again” remix featuring Rihanna. The album peaked at number 51 in the U.S. ''Billboard'' 200 in its first week of release.

Background

Production

recorded over a dozen songs for their second studio album ''It Won't Be Soon Before Long''. After finalizing the final track listing of the album, many songs were left out, including favorites of lead singer

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. While promoting the album in the

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and

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the group decided to release seven of the unreleased tracks to the public. Label

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spoke with Levine about releasing a deluxe version of '' It Won't Be Soon Before Long'' since sales were positive at that time. The studio had many meetings with

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and by the final week of November they decided to release seven tracks cut from ''It Won't Be Soon Before Long''.

Release and promotion

The album was heavily promoted on the

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and official Apple website. The entire album was streamed on

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's website, beginning on December 12, 2007, a week before the album's North American release date. After the main promotion for ''It Won't Be Soon Before Long'' and its singles, Maroon 5 released a music video for the track " Story" in 2009. The video was directed by Bob Carmichael and was mainly released to raise awareness for the

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. The music video is mainly an animated slideshow of Maroon 5 during the

It Won't Be Soon Before Long Tour The It Won't Be Soon Before Long Tour was the third concert tour by the American pop rock band Maroon 5, in support of their second studio album, ''It Won't Be Soon Before Long'' (2007). The tour began on September 29, 2007 in Auburn Hills, Michi ...

and its various stops. The video won for the 31st annual of People's Telly Awards in 2010.

Album performance

This is the second album released exclusively on

by Maroon 5, the first one was the ''Limited Set (iTunes Exclusive)'' which was removed from the iTunes Store in early 2004. ''The B-Side Collection'' has been well received by both critics and fans, the album peaked at number 51 at the ''Billboard'' 200 and is a huge success on the iTunes Stores, on its first day of release the album went from number 96 to 6 on the American iTunes Store, and at the Canadian store it went from 56 to 19.

Track listing

Charts

Personnel

– vocals, guitar * Jesse Carmichael – keyboards, backing vocals * James Valentine – lead guitar, backing vocals * Mickey Madden – bass guitar *

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– drums, percussion

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:B-Side Collection, The Maroon 5 compilation albums ITunes-exclusive releases 2007 compilation albums B-side compilation albums Albums produced by Mike Elizondo Maroon 5 EPs A&M Octone Records EPs 2007 EPs A&M Octone Records compilation albums Albums produced by Sam Farrar Albums produced by Mark Endert