Writing for "The Times", Will Hodgkinson commented that despite the "vacuity of the music and the words," whose former was "made up of noises from Maroon 5's pop machine" and whose latter was "unconvincing expressions of love and sensuality delivered passionlessly by Levine," the record was nevertheless "unpretentious and actually quite fun." "Slant Magazine"s Zachary Hoskins mentioned that Maroon 5 has "rebranded themselves as Daryl Hall and six John Oates—or at least a watered-down Chromeo" with the record's release whose "retro sound suits them," yet felt that it still has its share of "bland, underachieving grist for suburban shopping centers and rhythmic pop radio" with Levine's "digitally augmented vocal acrobatics" still as likely to "irritate as ingratiate." In the United States, "Red Pill Blues" debuted at number two on the "Billboard" 200, with 122,000 album-equivalent units, of which 94,000 were pure album sales, becoming the band's sixth top ten album in the country. The album was kept off the top spot by Sam Smith's "The Thrill of It All". By the end of the year, "Red Pill Blues" had accumulated 596,000 album-equivalent units in the country, with 185,000 being pure sales. On May 17, 2018, "Red Pill Blues" was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for combined sales and album-equivalent units of over 1,000,000 units in the United States. It is also Maroon 5's sixth top ten album in Australia, opening at number seven on the ARIA Albums Chart. The album entered the Canadian Albums Chart at number two, becoming their sixth top five entry in Canada. Elsewhere, it debuted at number six on the New Zealand Albums Chart, and at number 12 on the UK Albums Chart. Notes  Sample credits  Maroon 5 Additional personnel