Bruno Mars - Unorthodox Jukebox

Bruno Mars dazzled the pop world with his smooth vocal delivery on “Just the Way You Are,” from his 2010 debut album Doo-Wops & Hooligans. The Honolulu-born singer won a Grammy Award for the song, which went on to sell 12.5 million copies worldwide. Now the 27-year-old star is set to surprise with his sophomore album, which he calls a “soulful, experimental, electronic, hard-to-explain thing.

Living up to its name, Unorthodox Jukebox is a freewheeling ride through a myriad of styles. Working with producers Mark Ronson (Amy Winehouse) and Diplo (M.I.A., Beyoncé), Bruno channels the Police on the deliciously retro “Locked Out of Heaven,” delivers a boisterous club anthem “Money Make Her Smile” and duets with jazz iconoclast Esperanza Spalding on the kooky “Old & Crazy.” But Mars stays true to his crooning ways on the piano ballad “Young Girls” and the Michael Jackson-inspired “Moonshine.” Highly entertaining, Mars’ latest is an unorthodox delight.