The Fourth World (album)

The Fourth World
Studio album by
Kara's Flowers
ReleasedAugust 19, 1997 (1997-08-19)
Genre
Length39:30
LabelReprise
ProducerRob Cavallo
Kara's Flowers chronology
We Like Digging?
(1995) 		The Fourth World
(1997) 		Songs About Jane
(2002)
Alternative cover
Japanese cover
Singles from The Fourth World
  1. "Soap Disco"
    Released: July 22, 1997

The Fourth World is the debut studio album and major label debut by the band Kara's Flowers, who later became Maroon 5. The album contains 11 tracks, plus one bonus track on the Japanese edition.

Following their 1995 self-released demo album We Like Digging?, Kara's Flowers signed with Reprise Records, teamed up with the people who worked with Green Day and released The Fourth World on August 19, 1997.[4] The band had little success with the album and parted with the record label two years later. They continued to explore different musical styles until finally coming together again with James Valentine under the name Maroon 5.[5]

  1. ^ Buss, Bryan. "Kara's Flowers - "The Fourth World"". AllMusic. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  2. ^ Cafarelli, Carl (1998). "Kara's Flowers". In Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds.). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Detroit: Visible Ink Press. p. 623.
  3. ^ S. R. Kheas (5 February 2019). "Stand Out Albums: Kara's Flowers 'The Fourth World' (1997)". Late To The Game. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
  4. ^ VH1.com: Kara's Flowers Artist Page Accessed August 18, 2007.
  5. ^ allmusic: Kara's Flowers Accessed August 18, 2007.