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Unorthodox Jukebox is the second studio album by American singer and songwriter Bruno Mars. It was released on December 7, 2012, by Atlantic Records and was made available to listen to in its entirety for a week before its release. It serves as the follow-up to Mars's debut record Doo-Wops & Hooligans (2010).
Dec 11, 2012 · Bruno Mars: The Billboard Cover Story. The 27-year-old Hawaii native tries to answer that question on “Unorthodox Jukebox,” his highly anticipated sophomore album that succeeds in mixing its...
Dec 7, 2012 · Unorthodox Jukebox is the 2nd album by Bruno Mars, released on December 7, 2012. It features the singles “Locked Out of Heaven”, “When I Was Your Man”, “Treasure”, “Gorilla”, and “Young...
Dec 4, 2012 · Is there anything Bruno Mars can't do? On 'Unorthodox Jukebox,' the followup to his Grammy -winning 'Doo-Wops & Hooligans,' Mars gets edgier and pushes envelopes a bit further than he did...
Mars showcases his impressive musical range, powerful vocal chops, and innate pop sensibilities throughout, with highlights including a boogie-funk sparkler (“Treasure”), a sorrowful piano ballad (“When I Was Your Man”), a reggae/dub dazzler (“Show Me”), and a doo-wop-inflected burner (“If I Knew”).
And while Unorthodox Jukebox begins and ends with the doo-wop stylings Mars employed on his debut—on “Young Girls” and “If I Knew”, respectively—the album represents a style-hopping leap forward, featuring everything from reggae-pop (the Police-indebted smash “Locked Out of Heaven”) to soul-baring balladry (the chart-topping ...
Dec 11, 2012 · Music. Unorthodox Jukebox. By Jody Rosen. December 11, 2012. Bruno Mars doesn’t do low stakes. He is a drama king, a man who thrives on grand statements, soap-opera plotlines and actual-opera...
