By CARLOS GODOY 

Sports Editor

After producing music for Adele, Beyoncé and Leona Lewis, Ryan Tedder came back to work with his group, One Republic. With more than a year of work put into it, they’ve released their third studio album “Native.”

For this album, it’s been great demand and success as not only one, but two singles were developed from it. These are “Feel Again” and “If I Lose Myself.”

“Feel Again” came out in 2012, but has represented the album since its debut. The style resembles a few songs of the album, fast-paced and catchy while maintaining One Republic’s pop kind-of-music.

Other interesting characteristics of the songs are the acoustic-style intros and outros. The first track of the album “Counting Stars” has just that.

What adds nuance is the way the fast paced parts aren’t necessarily dance-influenced because usually dance songs have an explosion of beats and digitally infused instruments. Not here.

The catchy part comes in at the three-minute mark where it reads “Take that money watch it burn, sink in the river the lessons I learned.”

It’s not too soon to introduce the more subtle songs into this review. “What You Wanted” doesn’t have very extensive lyrics, but the music speaks out loud.

The song is great for those looking toward a more peaceful set of music in the album. Speaking of acoustics, there is also an acoustic version of this song in the deluxe edition.

The loudest song in terms of lyrics has to be “I Lived.” The name itself gives off a tone of victory, or at least a life lived to the fullest which is more what One Republic aimed at.

As Tedder sings away, he describes what has been accomplished and what is bound to be.

It’s well-written and composed of great imagery: “I saw so many places the things that I did, yeah, with every broken bone, I swear I lived.”

A song full of thought is “Burning Bridges.” It also has a mere sad message. The song is in an acoustic version in the deluxe edition.

The message and feel to it is much clearer and better appreciated through the acoustic version.

One Republic took much of their experience and created an album on a genre of its own. It is full of variety and distinction from previous albums.