If you can't stand Maroon 5, you're in for a long summer, said J. Freedom du Lac in The Washington Post. The band's follow'“up to their wildly successful debut, Songs About Jane, is primed for humongous sales and constant radio play. Every restaurant, car, and mall boutique is already blasting the current single, 'œMakes Me Wonder,' an earworm tune that funkifies the band's old sound. Singer Adam Levine and his band mates have built a true juggernaut'”an album so perfectly crafted for radio stations and ring tones that it almost 'œsounds as though it were created in a science lab.' Perhaps the record sounds artificial because Levine has become a stone'“cold love machine, said Ann Powers in the Los Angeles Times. Since the band hit it big, the singer has dated and dumped a number of starlets'”he is rumored to have broken up with Jessica Simpson via text message. Now that 'œsexy creep' persona has made its way onto this sophomore set. It Won't Be Soon Before Long is so cool it's cruel, reveling in kink on the disgusting 'œKiwi' and in sexual power on 'œCan't Stop.' Maroon 5 may not be dancing in formation, but it's more or less a boy band, said Michael Deacon in the London Daily Telegraph. Using romantic thrall and repetitive hooks to reel in the ladies, this album 'œis so enragingly catchy that to get it out of your head you'll need a lobotomy.'
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