This is quite dark for a pop-rock album. It has some pretty mysterious, dark-sounding melodies in some of the songs (Harder to Breathe and This Love in particular) It's pretty tame though; there's one bad word in Harder to Breathe; that's the worst of this album. Other songs do contain innuendo but nothing so bad that kids absolutely can't hear it.
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Not groundbreaking, but a solid listen.
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for Ages 12 and Up
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About Songs About Jane
Parents need to know that there's no extraordinary songwriting here, but also nothing to offend. The bit of mild sexual innuendo will fly right over the heads of kids who aren't ready to hear it.
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- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
coolness... also dark
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
It was ok
It was ok. I liked it. I think Makes Me Wonder is in here and they use the f word but you can't really hear or understand it. It's sort of mumbled.
- I rate this title iffy for age 2 and give it
Not much, one drop of the f-bomb
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give it
Great!!
I love this band.
- I rate this title on for age 2 and give it
Yum,
Man, you guys need to open your eyes. Adam Levine even says it himself, this is an extremely sexual album. But as you can see from the kids' reviews, it's not obvious to anyone who isn't ready to recognise it. So I'd say that it is very appropriate, as in it won't "corrupt" your child. I love Maroon 5. End of story.
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