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JORDI (2021)

Where the lyrics of JORDI take you, and where it was really made.

The album is named after a nickname of the band's manager, who died in 2017, four years before the album came out.

Key places

12 Palms, a recording location for Jordi (2021)

Recording site 12 Palms — 12 Palms is listed as a place where Jordi was recorded. The album was recorded between 2019 and 2021. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Madison Club, a recording location in Palm Springs (2021)

Recording site Madison Club — Madison Club is listed as a recording location for Jordi. The point is placed at the city centre of Palm Springs, not the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Gumbo in New Orleans, a recording location for Jordi (2021)

Recording site Gumbo — Gumbo in New Orleans is listed as a place where Jordi was recorded. The album was recorded between 2019 and 2021. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Conway Recording Studios, a recording location for Jordi (2021)

Recording site Conway Recording Studios — Conway Recording Studios in Los Angeles is listed as a place where Jordi was recorded. The album was recorded between 2019 and 2021. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Electric Feels, a recording location in West Hollywood (2021)

Recording site NightBird (West Hollywood) — Electric Feels is listed as a recording location for Jordi. The point is placed at the city centre of West Hollywood, not the building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Orange Grove, a recording location in Hollywood (2021)

Recording site Orange Grove — Orange Grove in Hollywood is listed as a place where Jordi was recorded. The album was recorded between 2019 and 2021. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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EastWest Studios, a recording location for Jordi (2021)

Recording site EastWest Studios — EastWest Studios in Los Angeles is listed as a place where Jordi was recorded. The album was recorded between 2019 and 2021. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Marathon, a recording location in Los Angeles (2021)

Recording site Marathon — Marathon in Los Angeles is listed as a place where Jordi was recorded. The album was recorded between 2019 and 2021. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Jordi (stylized in all caps): seventh studio album by American band Maroon 5
• Released June 11, 2021 through 222, Interscope and Polydor Records
• Guest appearances: Megan Thee Stallion, Blackbear, Stevie Nicks, Bantu, H.E.R., YG
• Also features late rappers Juice Wrld and Nipsey Hussle
• Deluxe edition adds Anuel AA, Tainy, and Jason Derulo
• First album in four years, since Red Pill Blues (2017)
• First album without bassist Mickey Madden after his 2020 arrest for domestic violence; some of his contributions are heard on tracks 10–13

Background

• Title taken from a nickname of manager Jordan Feldstein, who died in 2017
• Feldstein died of a pulmonary embolism aged 40, one month after Red Pill Blues was released in November 2017
• Feldstein was the childhood friend of Adam Levine and the older brother of actors Jonah Hill and Beanie Feldstein
• Two years after his death, the band dedicated the song Memories to him
• First single Memories released September 20, 2019; it later reached number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100
• Album includes a remix of Memories featuring Nipsey Hussle and YG
• Second single Nobody's Love released July 24, 2020, inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic and the George Floyd protests

Recording

• Recorded between 2019 and 2021, before and during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Band announced the album on April 29, 2021, with pre-orders open the same day
• Deluxe track listing announced May 24, 2021

Cover

• Sage Vaughn credited for art direction, design, and cover art
• Travis Schneider credited for art direction, design, and packaging layout

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Formation

• Formed as Kara's Flowers in Los Angeles, California, in 1994 while members attended Brentwood School.
• Released the independent album ...We Like Digging? in late 1994 and signed to Reprise Records, releasing The Fourth World (1997), which sold around 5,000 copies before the band was dropped.
• Re-emerged in 2001 as Maroon 5 after signing to Octone Records and adding guitarist James Valentine.
• Debut album Songs About Jane (2002) peaked at number six on the Billboard 200 and won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2005.

Members

• Current lineup: Adam Levine, Jesse Carmichael, James Valentine, Matt Flynn, PJ Morton, Sam Farrar.
• Ryan Dusick left in 2006 and was replaced by Flynn.
• Mickey Madden left in 2020 after a domestic violence arrest; the case was dropped without charges and Farrar replaced him.

Career

• It Won't Be Soon Before Long (2007) debuted atop the US Billboard 200; "Makes Me Wonder" topped the Billboard Hot 100.
• "Moves Like Jagger" (2011) reached US number one; "One More Night" topped the Hot 100 for nine consecutive weeks in 2012.
• Maroon 5 has sold more than 135 million records and won three Grammy Awards and three American Music Awards.
• Headlined the Super Bowl LIII halftime show in 2019 and ran a Las Vegas residency from 2023 to 2025.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Metacritic: average score 48 out of 100, based on 9 reviews, described as mixed to average; the lowest of the 381 albums listed on Metacritic from 2021
• NME (El Hunt): said Maroon 5 were more visible and, at times, vulnerable; called the two versions of Memories sharp pop songs with substance and heart
• NME (El Hunt): found Stevie Nicks' contribution to Remedy sounded like a corrupted Siri singing country-western
• NME (El Hunt): called the Jason Derulo collaboration Lifestyle silly and slightly overdone; said Juice Wrld's verse on Can't Leave You Alone serves little purpose
• i (Kate Solomon): gave a negative review, calling the songs banal and advertisement-friendly; described the posthumous appearances by Nipsey Hussle and Juice Wrld as unmemorable
• The Guardian (Alexis Petridis): described the album as a plethora of well-worn 21st-century pop tropes with nothing novel in music or lyrics; said the band relied on guest artists for personality
• The Guardian (Alexis Petridis): called the rest of the album a mixed bag and said the songs felt too calculated for their own good

Records

• Billboard 200: debuted at number 8 with first-week sales of 37,000 equivalent units, including 15,000 pure album sales
• First-week sales were the group's lowest; it was the seventh top ten album on the charts since the debut Songs About Jane
• RIAA: certified gold as of June 22, 2021, for 500,000 units in the United States alone

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Beautiful Mistakes, featuring Megan Thee Stallion, was released as the third single on March 3, 2021 with a comic-book-inspired lyric video.
• The official music video for Beautiful Mistakes was released March 11, 2021 and directed by Sophie Muller.
• The album's only promotional single, Lovesick, was sent to Italian radio on January 7, 2022.
• Bantu released a remix of One Light on August 5, 2022, with the band and featuring Yung Bleu and Latto.
• Fourth and final single Lost was released alongside the album on June 11, 2021 with an official music video.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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