Doo-Wops & Hooligans Bruno Mars

• 1 Grenade 03:42
• 2 Just The Way You Are 03:41
• 3 Our First Time 04:03
• 4 Runaway Baby 02:28
• 5 The Lazy Song 03:09
• 6 Marry You 03:50
• 7 Talking To The Moon 03:38
• 8 Liquor Store Blues 03:49
• 9 Count On Me 03:17
• 10 The Other Side 03:48
• 11 Somewhere In Brooklyn 03:02
• 12 Talking To The Moon 03:38
• Total Runtime 42:05

Info for Doo-Wops & Hooligans

Hawaiian singer-songwriter/producer Bruno Mars has contributed to huge hits by many other artists. He mined his own Gold with his chart-topping debut Doo-Wops & Hooligans, which was up for seven Grammy Awards and won him Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for 'Just the Way You Are.' Our songbook includes that song, the #1 single 'Grenade,' and: Count On Me, The Lazy Song, Liquor Store Blues, Marry You, The Other Side, Our First Time, Runaway Baby and Talking to the Moon.

„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. When he turns up the volume and boosts the tempo, however, the album suffers a little. 'Runaway Baby' is a pretty cheesy rocker, suffering from clichéd lyrics and production. Faring better thanks to some dynamics and nuanced production is the pleasantly silly 'Marry You.' (The less said about the over-the-top 'Grenade,' the better.) 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. As it is, Doo-Wops & Hooligans is an uneven debut that shows why Mars is likeable and popular, but doesn’t tap into his full potential as a writer or producer.“ (Tim Sendra, AMG)

'Although the album plays with a number of styles, going back-and-forth from pop to reggae and in between messing around with timeless Motown grooves, Doo-Wops & Hooligans is a strong debut that could well make Mars a contender for Grammy's Best New Artist.' (soultracks)

'It’s all happening so fast — who will stop this Terminator? We ask because “Doo-Wops & Hooligans” indicates that Mars (real name: Peter Hernandez), treacle though his songs may be, appears primed for a durable career. This is a short album, with just 10 songs, but it is effortlessly tuneful — the songs often sound as if they have been written on the spot, a quality that is both endearing and damning.' (blog. washingtonpost. com)

'It's the year's finest pop debut: 10 near-perfect songs that move from power ballads to bedroom anthems to pop-reggae and deliver pleasure without pretension. Call it bubblegum that eats like a meal.' (Rolling Stone)

'Doo-Wops & Hooligans aptly applies Mars' studio talents: instant-access melodies, creamy production, sly snatches of dance-floor swagger. And he do, in his own postmillennial way, wop; a malt-shop heart beats beneath the digital skin of tracks like the buoyant „Marry You“ and woebegone „Talking to the Moon.'' (Entertainment Weekly)

Recorded 2010 at Larrabee Recording Studios, Levcon Studios, Los Angeles
Produced by Needlz, The Smeezingtons, The Supa Dups, Jeff Bhasker

Bruno Mars is a 14-time Grammy Award nominee who has sold over 50 million singles worldwide and has over 1 billion views on YouTube. Bruno's debut album Doo-Wops & Hooligans was released in October 2010 and has been certified 40x Platinum worldwide. The album, which was named "the year's finest pop debut: 10 near-perfect songs," by Rolling Stone, included the 12x platinum blockbuster single "Just the Way You Are," which hit number 1 in multiple countries across the globe and won the critically-acclaimed artist a Grammy Award for "Best Male Pop Vocal Performance." Doo-Wops & Hooligans claimed two additional hit singles, the 10x platinum "Grenade" and 6x platinum "The Lazy Song." Mars has received an abundance of accolades to date, including ASCAP Song of the Year, a Billboard Music Award for Top Radio Song for “Just the Way You Are,” a BRIT Award for International Male Solo Artist, an American Music Award for Favorite Male Artist in Pop/Rock, two MTV European Music Awards including Best New Artist, and the People’s Choice Award for Favorite Male Artist. In 2011, Mars was named one of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people in the world.

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