![]() ![]() ![]() Album DescriptionBruno Mars has a good story about Prince: Mars is hanging out at an awards show, during a commercial break. See More Your browser does not support the audio element. It points to a direction Mars could have taken with the album but didn’t. It was also recorded way before the rest of the album, and featured on the EP that came out earlier in 2010. 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. "The Other Side" features Cee Lo Green and B.o.B. The only glimpse of Mars as something more than an innocuous charmer is on the song that ends the album. 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. 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. 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. 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. Indeed, the first single from the album, the lushly romantic "Just the Way You Are," was topping the singles chart. 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. Buy the album Starting at $10.09īruno Mars was riding high when his first album, Doo-Wops & Hooligans, was released in late 2010. ![]() Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs. ![]()
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