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The Fourth World is the debut studio album and major label debut by the band Kara's Flowers, who later became Maroon 5. The album contains 11 tracks, plus one bonus track on the Japanese edition.
Following their 1995 self-released demo album We Like Digging?, Kara's Flowers signed with Reprise Records, teamed up with the people who worked with Green Day and released The Fourth World on August 19, 1997. The band had little success with the album and parted with the record label two years later. They continued to explore different musical styles until finally coming together again with James Valentine under the name Maroon 5.




Soap Disco


The lead single, "Soap Disco", was released on July 22, 1997. A music video was produced for the single, depicting the group walking through a park and performing in an orange and green room. A storm appears at the end of the video. The video was directed by Mark Kohr (who has directed music videos for Alanis Morissette and Green Day). The video made airplay on 120 Minutes. The song was included in Volume 50 of CMJ New Music Monthly.
The band made an appearance from the television series Beverly Hills, 90210, where they performed the song in the episode "Forgive and Forget".




Critical reception



Giving the album a B+, Tom Lanham with Entertainment Weekly said the "optimistic, lyrically awkward kids spend 10 more happy tracks turning the tables on lethargic slacker cynicism, with Green Day producer Rob Cavallo bridling all that youthful zeal."




Track listing






Personnel


Kara's Flowers

Adam Levine – lead vocals, lead guitar, additional keyboards
Jesse Carmichael – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Michael Madden – bass guitar
Ryan Dusick – drums, percussion
Additional musicians

Roger Joseph Manning, Jr. – keyboards
David Campbell – string arrangement
Production

Rob Cavallo – producer
Jerry Finn – mixing, engineer
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Ken Allardyce – engineer
Steve Holroyd – engineer
Mark Agostino – engineer, second engineer
Billy Bowers – engineer, second engineer
Tony Flores – engineer, second engineer
Barry Goldberg – engineer, second engineer
Brandon Harris – engineer, second engineer
Billy Kinsley – engineer, second engineer
John Srebalus – engineer, second engineer
Adam Day – guitar technician




Release history






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