マルーン5が起こすポップス革命!オール・タイム・ベスト『シングルス』を経て、約3年ぶりの新作が完成!
フィーチャリング・アーティストにケンドリック・ラマー、フューチャー、エイサップ・ロッキー、シザ、ランチマネー・ルイス、ジュリア・マイケルズ。プロデューサー陣には自身の大ヒット曲「ムーヴス・ライク・ジャガー」、「ペイフォン」、「マップス」等を手掛けるベニーブランコ、マドンナを手掛け、本アルバムのリード楽曲となる「ホワット・ラヴァーズ・ドゥ feat. シザ」を手掛けるジェイソン・エヴィガン。セレーナ・ゴメス、ジャスティン・ビーバーを手掛けるジャスティン・トランター等、錚々たる顔ぶれ!
2015年にイギリス・マンチェスターで行われた伝説のライブ音源を6曲収録した2枚組デラックス・エディション!!

発売・販売元 提供資料 （2017/10/10）

Rolling Stone - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Levine proves himself a pliant star of Jacksonian ease and Stingly self-assurance." Entertainment Weekly - "[T]he R&B- and funk-laden BLUES, their best and most cohesive set of the decade, is actually worth some appointment listening." -- Grade: B

Rovi

Set aside the unforced error of the title Red Pill Blues, an allusion to The Matrix that has also been co-opted by men's rights activists -- a group whose combative sensibility is the polar opposite of the perpetually smooth Maroon 5. Set aside, too, the album cover, where the bandmembers -- who now number seven -- are all decked out with Snapchat filters, a gambit that suggests Maroon 5 are a bit too sensitive about their veteran status. Taken on its own musical terms, Red Pill Blues is a sleek, assured affair, one that sustains a seductive neon-streaked mood from beginning to end. Embracing their essential identity as a blue-eyed soul band, Maroon 5 update their sound through a bevy of producers, spearheaded by executive producer J Kash. Unlike its 2014 predecessor, V, a generally fine album undercut by a slight brittleness in the Max Martin production and a desperation highlighted by the vulgarity of added single "This Summer," Red Pill Blues glides easily -- so easily that the extent of its EDM-inspired digital collage production isn't immediately apparent. One of the reasons the modern sheen doesn't blind is that every track pushes the groove front and center, but behind the rhythm there are strong song foundations. As such, Red Pill Blues doesn't play like a collective rhythmic and melodic hook in search of an ear: each cut unfolds with its own internal logic, with the different textures playing nicely off each other. Everything comes to a head on "Closure," an extended 11-minute smooth-funk jam that throws all the album's strict structure out the window. Its presence not only draws attention to how Maroon 5 can vamp, it also highlights the discipline behind the rest of Red Pill Blues. [The Deluxe Edition adds four bonus tracks, including "Don't Wanna Know" with Kendrick Lamar and "Cold" with Future. The International Deluxe Edition features an additional disc of live recordings from a concert in Manchester, England.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine|

Rovi

Set aside the unforced error of the title Red Pill Blues, an allusion to The Matrix that has also been co-opted by Men's Right Activists -- a group whose combative sensibility is the polar opposite of the perpetually smooth Maroon 5. Set aside, too, the album cover, where the group -- who now number seven -- are all decked out with Snapchat filters, a gambit that suggests the group is a bit too sensitive about their veteran status. Taken on its own musical terms, Red Pill Blues is a sleek, assured affair, one that sustains a seductive neon-streaked mood from beginning to end. Embracing their essential identity as a blue-eyed soul band, Maroon 5 update their sound through a bevy of producers, spearheaded by executive producer J Kash. Unlike its 2014 predecessor V, a generally fine album undercut by a slight brittleness in the Max Martin production and a desperation highlighted by the vulgarity of added single "This Summer," Red Pill Blues glides easily -- so easily that the extent of its EDM-inspired digital collage production isn't immediately apparent. One of the reasons the modern sheen doesn't blind is that every track pushes the groove front and center, but behind the rhythm there are strong song foundations. As such, Red Pill Blues doesn't play like a collective rhythmic and melodic hook in search of an ear: each cut unfolds with its own internal logic, with the different textures playing nicely off each other. Everything comes to a head on "Closure," an extended 11-minute smooth-funk jam that throws all the album's strict structure out the window. Its presence not only draws attention to how Maroon 5 can vamp, it also highlights the discipline behind the rest of Red Pill Blues. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Rovi