Red Pill Blues

Red Pill Blues
Red Pill Blues
Studio album by Maroon 5
Released	November 3, 2017
Recorded	2015–2017
Studio	Chumba Meadows, The Venice, Glenwood Palace (California); Inner Child (London); Conway, Westlake, Henson (Los Angeles); Electric Lady, Matzah Ball, Sterling Sound (New York); (Wolf Cousins (Stockholm, Sweden); MixStar (Virginia Beach);
Genre	Pop; R&B; funk; soft rock;
Length	42:10
Label	222; Interscope;
Producer	John Ryan; Noah Passavoy; OzGo; Phil Paul; Sam Farrar; Jason Evigan; Julien Bunetta; Afterhrs; Ben Billions; Charlie Puth; Diplo; King Henry; Ricky Reed; Cirkut; TMS; Benny Blanco; The Arcade; Louie Lastic; Ryan Ogren; Nick Bailey;
Maroon 5 chronology
Singles from Red Pill Blues
	"Don't Wanna Know"; Released: October 12, 2016; "Cold"; Released: February 14, 2017; "What Lovers Do"; Released: August 30, 2017; "Wait"; Released: January 16, 2018; "Girls Like You"; Released: May 31, 2018;

Red Pill Blues is the sixth studio album by American band Maroon 5. It was released on November 3, 2017, through 222 and Interscope Records. This is the band's first album to feature multi-instrumentalist Sam Farrar as an official member, although he has featured on every Maroon 5 release prior and toured with them since 2012. It is also the final album to feature bassist Mickey Madden as a full member, making this their only album as a 7-piece band. The title of the album refers to the science fiction term of taking the red pill or the blue pill, which originated from the 1999 sci-fi film The Matrix.^[5] The album is the follow-up to their fifth studio album V (2014) and features guest appearances from Kendrick Lamar, Julia Michaels, SZA, ASAP Rocky, LunchMoney Lewis, Future and Cardi B.

Red Pill Blues received mixed reviews from music critics upon its release, and peaked at number two on the US Billboard 200. The album includes the singles "Don't Wanna Know", "Cold", "What Lovers Do", "Wait", and "Girls Like You". The first two singles, "Don't Wanna Know" and "Cold", are included on both of the album's deluxe and Japanese editions respectively. The third single "What Lovers Do", peaked within the top ten in twenty-five countries including Australia, Canada and the United States. The album's fourth single "Wait", received moderate success, peaking at number twenty-four in the United States, thirty-five on the Canadian Hot 100, and seventy-nine in the UK Singles. The fifth and final single from the reissued edition of the album "Girls Like You", was released in a new version featuring rapper Cardi B and peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, as well as in the top five in Australia and Canada. The band embarked on the Red Pill Blues Tour (2018–2019) in support of the album.

^ "Maroon 5 and Kelsea Ballerini embrace pop on new albums". November 8, 2017. Archived from the original on December 27, 2017. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Vain, Madison (November 3, 2017). "Maroon 5 returns with their best LP of the decade: EW Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
^ Hann, Michael (November 2, 2017). "Maroon 5: Red Pill Blues review – impeccable pop and middling R&B". The Guardian. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
^ Greene, Jayson (November 8, 2017). "Maroon 5: Red Pill Blues". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
^ "Maroon "Matrix"? Maroon 5 announce new album "Red Pill Blues"". Full Service 100.1/Real Country Q. Archived from the original on October 7, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2017.

[1] "Maroon 5 and Kelsea Ballerini embrace pop on new albums". November 8, 2017. Archived from the original on December 27, 2017. Retrieved August 2, 2024.

[ew-2] Vain, Madison (November 3, 2017). "Maroon 5 returns with their best LP of the decade: EW Review". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 3, 2017.

[3] Hann, Michael (November 2, 2017). "Maroon 5: Red Pill Blues review – impeccable pop and middling R&B". The Guardian. Retrieved November 2, 2017.

[Pitchfork-4] Greene, Jayson (November 8, 2017). "Maroon 5: Red Pill Blues". Pitchfork. Retrieved November 9, 2017.

[RPB-5] "Maroon "Matrix"? Maroon 5 announce new album "Red Pill Blues"". Full Service 100.1/Real Country Q. Archived from the original on October 7, 2017. Retrieved October 4, 2017.

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