The Fourth World (album)

The Fourth World
Studio album by Kara's Flowers
Released August 19, 1997 (1997-08-19)
Genre
Length 41:49
Label Reprise
Producer Rob Cavallo
Kara's Flowers chronology
We Like Digging?
(1995)		 The Fourth World
(1997)		 Songs About Jane
(2002)
Singles from The Fourth World
  1. "Soap Disco"
    Released: July 22, 1997

The Fourth World is the first professionally released album by the Los Angeles-based pop rock band Maroon 5, under the name Kara's Flowers. The album contains 11 tracks plus one bonus track on the Japanese edition.

The band, which had previously self-released an album called We Like Digging?, signed with Reprise Records and released The Fourth World album on August 19, 1997.[1] However, the band had little success with the album and parted with the record label two years later.

The band continued to explore different musical styles until finally coming together again with James Valentine to form Maroon 5, who released subsequent albums thereafter.[2]

Singles

The only single released from the album was "Soap Disco", released 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.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

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."[4]

Track listing

Standard edition

All tracks written by Adam Levine, Jesse Carmichael, Mickey Madden and Ryan Dusick, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Soap Disco"  2:40
2."Future Kid"  4:44
3."Myself"  3:05
4."Oliver"  2:38
5."The Never Saga" (Levine, Carmichael)3:58
6."Loving the Small Time"  3:32
7."To Her, With Love"  2:52
8."Sleepy Windbreaker" (Levine, Carmichael)3:05
9."Pantry Queen" (Levine, Carmichael)3:46
10."My Ocean Blue"  3:11
11."Captain Splendid" (Levine, Carmichael)5:59
Total length:39:30

Personnel

Kara's Flowers

Additional musician

Production

References

  1. ↑ VH1.com: Kara's Flowers Artist Page Accessed August 18th, 2007.
  2. ↑ allmusic: Kara's Flowers Accessed August 18th, 2007.
  3. ↑ Allmusic review
  4. ↑ Lanham, Tom (1997-08-15), "The week". Entertainment Weekly. 392:74
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