V (Maroon 5 album)

V
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 2, 2014
Recorded2013–2014
Studio
  • Conway Studios (Hollywood, California)
  • Kingston Sound (Los Angeles, California)
  • Luke's in the Boo (Malibu, California)
  • Matzah Ball (New York, New York City)
  • MXM (Stockholm, Sweden)
  • Patriot (Denver, Colorado)
  • Record Plant (Los Angeles, California)
Genre
Length40:10
Label
Producer
Maroon 5 chronology
Overexposed
(2012)
V
(2014)
Singles
(2015)
Singles from V
  1. "Maps"
    Released: June 16, 2014
  2. "Animals"
    Released: August 25, 2014
  3. "Sugar"
    Released: January 13, 2015
  4. "This Summer's Gonna Hurt like a Motherfucker"
    Released: May 15, 2015
  5. "Feelings"
    Released: September 14, 2015

V (Roman numeral for five)[3] is the fifth studio album by American band Maroon 5. The album was released on September 2, 2014, through 222 and Interscope Records. V was Maroon 5's first album to be released through Interscope after the band's previous label, A&M Octone Records, transferred them along with most of its artists to Interscope. The album also saw the return of keyboardist/rhythm guitarist/backing vocalist Jesse Carmichael, after his absence from recording, touring and promoting the band's previous album, Overexposed, which was released in 2012. It debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 and produced with three hit singles, "Maps", "Animals", and "Sugar", peaking at numbers 6, 3 and 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100, respectively. A fourth single "This Summer's Gonna Hurt like a Motherfucker", was released on May 15, 2015, from the reissue deluxe edition of the album.[4] "Feelings" was released as the album's fifth and final single on September 14, 2015. The album received mixed reviews from the music critics.

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  3. ^ Dresdale, Andrea (July 21, 2014). "Maroon 5 Reveals Track List and Cover for New Album "V"". ABC News Radio. Archived from the original on August 3, 2020. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
  4. ^ Menyes, Carolyn (May 15, 2015). "Maroon 5 This Summer's Gonna Hurt Like a Motherf*cker Review: New Single from "V" Packs a Punch". Music Times. Retrieved April 28, 2022.