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Worth the steal

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After bursting onto the mainstream music scene in 2003 with his major label debut album

Waiting For My Rocket To Come and hit single "The Remedy (I Won’t Worry)," Jason Mraz blew up into the big time. He seemed to be thrown in with a lot of similar artists that fit the singer/songwriter niche, like John Mayer and Gavin DeGraw. However, because his second album, Mr. A-Z, wasn’t as successful, he’s fallen off the map a bit - until now.

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We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things
sees Jason Mraz ditch the acoustic guitar a bit and replace it with a more sleek production that grooves pretty well. It seems that some of his manic energy has been suppressed into a more chill and laid back approach, leading to a more diverse album overall. However, the irreverent quips and harmonies are still just as present as they’ve been on past albums.\n

The record opens with "Make It Mine," a song with a great horn section sprinkled in while Mraz’s calm vocals glide through with ease. It’s a track with a good deal of energy, but it’s just not as in-your-face and overt as it would have been on a past album. The lyrics are more simple and relatable as well: "I don’t wanna wait no more/No I wanna celebrate the whole world/I’m gonna make it mine/Because I’m following your joy."

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Mraz enlists the help of rising starlet Colbie Caillat for "Lucky," a track that one would absolutely expect to find on her album, not his. He brings in the acoustic guitar and really nothing else for this one. It floats along very smoothly, and chances are it will be all over Top 40 radio and girls’ iPods by the end of the summer.

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Although there are a few missteps here – the scat-ness of "The Dynamo of Volition," for one –

We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things is yet another album that is the perfect soundtrack for a sunny day at the beach and a simple good time.
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