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MAROON 5: CALL & RESPONSE: THE REMIX ALBUM
 Los Angeles, CA _ Multi-platinum Grammy winning quintet MAROON 5 has announced the release for CALL & RESPONSE: THE REMIX ALBUM (A&M/Octone), an exhilarating 18-track mixtape that features Pharrell Williams, Deerhoof, of Montreal, Cool Kids, David Banner, Paul Oakenfold and many more putting new twists on several of the band’s biggest hits.
“I’ve always found it really interesting that a group of people looking at the same painting can all see different things,” says Maroon 5 vocalist/guitarist Adam Levine. “That was the idea behind this record—to take a few of our songs and have them interpreted by some of our favorite artists. We were really blown away by what they came up with.”
CALL & RESPONSE: THE REMIX ALBUM pulsates with provocative renditions of songs culled from Maroon 5’s hugely successful debut, SONGS ABOUT JANE and its predecessor IT WON’T BE SOON BEFORE LONG. The two albums have made Maroon 5 one of the most successful bands to emerge this decade, with more than 14 million worldwide sales, a remarkable string of chart-topping hit singles, a trio of Grammy wins and an international fanbase whose members number in the millions.
The album introduces itself with a frenetic beat-breaking take on “If I Never See Your Face Again” by acclaimed hip-hop producer Swizz Beatz.
"Maroon 5 is amazing and I've been a huge fan for a long time,” says Swizz Beats. “I'm excited to be a part of the project and can't wait to work on the next one."
Among the many highlights on CALL & RESPONSE: THE REMIX ALBUM are stunning new versions of “She Will Be Loved” by Pharrell Williams, “Goodnight Goodnight” by art rockers Deerhoof, “Wake Up Call” by Mississippi MC David Banner, “Harder To Breathe” by retro-rappers The Cool Kids, “Sunday Morning” by The Roots’ Questlove and “Little Of Your Time” by indie pop darlings of Montreal.
"Maroon 5 is perfect for in da shower and the most exquisite nite clubs,” says of Montreal’s List Cristi. “We were psyched to work on ‘Little of Your Time’—that song is crazy catchy."
The full track listing for CALL & RESPONSE: THE REMIX ALBUM is as follows:
1. “If I Never See Your Face Again” - Swizz Beats
2. “Wake Up Call” Feat. Mary J Blige - Mark Ronson
3. “Sunday Morning” - Questlove
4. “Makes Me Wonder” - Just Blaze
5. “This Love” - Tricky Stewart
6. “She Will Be Loved” - Pharrell Williams
7. “Shiver” - DJ Quik
8. “Wake Up Call” - David Banner
9. “Harder to Breathe” - Cool Kids
10. “Little Of Your Time” - Bloodshy and Avant
11. “Little Of Your Time” - of Montreal
12. “Goodnight Goodnight” - Deerhoof
13. “Not Falling Apart” - Tiesto
14. “Better That We Break” - Ali Shaheed Muhammad
15. “Secret” - DJ Premier
16. “Woman” - Sam Farrar of Phantom Planet
17. “This Love” - Cut Copy
18. “If I Never See Your Face Again” Feat. Rihanna - Paul Oakenfold |
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GUNS N’ ROSES – Chinese Democracy
 Chinese Democracy has finally arrived. One of the most highly anticipated albums in rock history, the long-awaited Chinese Democracy marks the first album of new material from Guns N’ Roses since 1991’s simultaneous release of Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II. With a frenzied energy, Guns N’ Roses arrived on the music scene in the mid-‘80s and rock was never the same. Now the enormously influential G N’ R is ready to rock once again.
Chinese Democracy (Black Frog/Geffen Records) will be available globally on November 29 on CD.
Produced by Axl Rose and Caram Costanzo, Chinese Democracy includes 14 tracks. The title track and first single from the album, “Chinese Democracy”, will be released to radio at 5:00 am eastern time today. Two of the recordings have been recently released--“Shackler’s Revenge” debuted September 14 in the “Rock Band 2” videogame and “If The World” debuted October 11 in the film Body Of Lies.
“The release of Chinese Democracy marks a historic moment in rock ‘n’ roll,” said Irving Azoff and Andy Gould, Guns N’ Roses’ co-managers, “and we’re launching with a monumental campaign that matches the groundbreaking sound of the album itself. Guns N’ Roses fans have every reason to celebrate, for this is only the beginning.”
“Guns N’ Roses redefined the American rock band and became a global music icon,” added Steve Berman, President, Sales and Marketing, Interscope Geffen A&M Records. “We’re incredibly excited that Chinese Democracy will be heard worldwide through Geffen Records and the Universal Music Group."
Seventeen years ago, the two previous original albums from one of rock’s most intense and compelling bands, Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II, were issued simultaneously, a first for any contemporary artist. Debuting #2 and #1, respectively, they featured three gold hits with “November Rain” (#3), “Don’t Cry” (#10) and the previously released Top 30 “You Could Be Mine” from the film Terminator II: Judgement Day, plus another Top 40 with “Live And Let Die.” Each album went seven times platinum.
The band’s 1987 full-length debut Appetite For Destruction has sold more than 28 million copies worldwide (18 times platinum in the U.S.) and is among the biggest-selling albums in history. The #1 album notched three Top 10 hits--the gold anthem “Welcome To The Jungle” and #1 “Sweet Child o’ Mine” plus “Paradise City.” 1988’s #2, five times platinum G N’ R Lies yielded the gold Top 5 “Patience.” After the Use Your Illusion duo, 1994’s “The Spaghetti Incident?” cover album reached #4 and platinum.
In 1999, a live album earned gold and in 2004 the band’s only Greatest Hits collection peaked at #3 and earned quadruple platinum. Overall, Guns N’ Roses has sold more than 90 million records worldwide. |
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