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Product Summary
Format: CD
Manufacturer: Atlantic/q Records
Buy.com Sku: 217151500
UPC: 075678912153
UPC 14: 00075678912153
Release Date: 10/5/2010
Buy.com Sales Rank: 8560
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Song Listing
Disc 1
Song Title
Sample
1. Grenade ~ Bruno Mars
2. Just The Way You Are ~ Bruno Mars
3. Our First Time ~ Bruno Mars
4. Runaway Baby ~ Bruno Mars
5. Lazy Song, The ~ Bruno Mars
6. Marry You ~ Bruno Mars
7. Talking To The Moon ~ Bruno Mars
8. Liquor Store Blues ~ Bruno Mars
9. Count On Me ~ Bruno Mars
10. Other Side, The - (featuring B.O.B./Cee Lo Green) ~ Bruno Mars
Album Notes and Credits
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Bruno Mars was riding high when his first album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans, was released in late 2010. He was also writing songs as part of the successful production team the Smeezingtons, and doing some hook singing (for huge hits by Travie McCoy and B.o.B.), Mars seemed to dominate the radio and charts. Indeed, the first single from the album, the lushly romantic "Just the Way You Are," was topping the singles chart. For the album, Mars worked with a large team of songwriters and producers, but still managed to come up with a record that sounds like it was written and recorded on a warm, sleepy summer Sunday afternoon. The intimate and relaxed feel can be traced to two factors; one, Mars mostly played all the instruments himself, and two, his voice is the kind of smooth instrument that slips into your ear like honey. Most of the tracks on Doo-Wops capture this laid-back groove, especially "The Lazy Song" and the reggaefied midnight love jam "Our First Time." Mars barely raises a sweat on these tracks, cruising in low gear but with a very likeable style. It's not very deep and it's not poetry, but sweetly played and sung songs like "Count on Me" or "Just the Way You Are" project a cuddly image and will melt hearts from tweens to old folks. The only glimpse of Mars as something more than an innocuous charmer is on the song that ends the album. "The Other Side" features Cee Lo Green and B.o.B. and has the most complicated melody, and the best production and singing; it sounds like the only song that Mars truly invested with some soul and grit. It was also recorded way before the rest of the album, and featured on the EP that came out earlier in 2010. It points to a direction Mars could have taken with the album but didn't. ~ Tim Sendra |
Musical Guests | |
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Damian Marley |
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B.O.B. |
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Cee-Lo Green |
Artist Overview
After working a string of behind-the-scenes jobs -- including writing songs for Brandy, singing backup for the Sugababes, and impersonating Elvis -- songwriter/producer Bruno Mars put his name on top of the charts in 2009 by co-writing Flo Rida's hit single "Right Round." One year later, he collaborated with rapper B.o.B on "Nothin' on You" and co-wrote Travis McCoy's "Billionaire," both of which became Top Ten hits. Mars used that momentum to launch a solo career, quickly becoming the first male vocalist in two decades to crack the Top Ten with his first four singles. ~ David Jeffries & Andrew Leahey
Artist Influences
Usher
Usher
Artist Contemporaries
Iyaz | Janelle Mon e | Jessie J | Justin Bieber | Kevin Rudolf | Mike Posner | Taio Cruz | Travie McCoy
Iyaz | Janelle Mon e | Jessie J | Justin Bieber | Kevin Rudolf | Mike Posner | Taio Cruz | Travie McCoy
Compilation Appearances
Technical Info
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Release Date : 10/05/2010 |
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Original Release Date : 2010 |
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Catalog ID : 25393 |
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Label : Elektra |
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Number of Discs : 1 |
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Studio/Live : Studio |
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SPAR Code : n/a |
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UPC : 00075678912153 |
Professional Reviews
Entertainment Weekly (p.83)
- "'Grenade' and 'Runaway Baby' are immediate stylistic standouts." -- Grade: B
- "'Grenade' and 'Runaway Baby' are immediate stylistic standouts." -- Grade: B
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