| Product Summary | | Label: City Hall Records | | UPC: 00886972797625 | | Release Date: 4/8/2008 | | Buy.com Sku: 207501745 | | Item#: M42SMQ | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Waiting On The World To Change ~ John Mayer (Rock) |  | | 2. I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You) ~ John Mayer (Rock) | | | 3. Belief ~ John Mayer (Rock) | | | 4. Gravity ~ John Mayer (Rock) | | | 5. Heart Of Life, The ~ John Mayer (Rock) | | | 6. Vultures ~ John Mayer (Rock) | | | 7. Stop This Train ~ John Mayer (Rock) | | | 8. Slow Dancing In A Burning Room ~ John Mayer (Rock) | | | 9. Bold As Love ~ John Mayer (Rock) | | | 10. Dreaming With A Broken Heart ~ John Mayer (Rock) | | | 11. In Repair ~ John Mayer (Rock) | | | 12. I'm Gonna Find Another You ~ John Mayer (Rock) | | | 13. Say ~ John Mayer (Rock) | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: John Mayer (vocals, guitar); Chalmers "Spanky" Alford, Ben Harper, James Valentine (guitar); Charlie Hunter (8-string guitar); Lannie McMIllian (tenor saxophone); Jim Mahorn (baritone saxophone); Ben Carley (trumpet); Jack Hale (trombone); Roy Hargrove (horns); Ricky Peterson (piano, keyboards); Lester Snell (Fender Rhodes piano, organ); Jamie Muhoberac, Larry Goldings (keyboards); Pino Palladino (electric bass, background vocals); Willie Weeks (electric bass); Steve Jordan (drums, percussion, background vocals); Manolo Badrena (percussion). | | John Mayer's progression as an artist has been an intriguing one. The move from his acoustic folk debut INSIDE WANTS OUT to the electric pop of his breakthroughs, ROOM FOR SQUARES and HEAVIER THINGS, showed him to be a singer, guitarist, and songwriter of range as well as commercial durability. Mayer then confounded the critics who dismissed him as a Dave Matthews clone when he released a raw, rootsy, blues-based live album with a trio that featured ace session musicians. | | The horizons of Mayer's musical world continued to expand with 2006's CONTINUUM. Mellow and soulful, yet textured and sophisticated in execution, CONTINUUM incorporates all the elements of the artist's previous releases while raising the bar on craft, musicianship, and tunesmithery. Classic blues, R&B, and soul are the major touchstones here, but Mayer doesn't merely ape his influences; instead he assimilates them into a personal singer-songwriter mode that is as affecting as it is understated. Mid-tempo and downtempo grooves dominate, but the man still has a way with a lilting, folk-tinged melody (as on the lovely "The Heart of Life"). Mayer's deft guitar work and increasingly nuanced singing take center stage on first listen, but it is his heartfelt, beautifully written songs that truly make CONTINUUM shine. |
Producer: John Mayer; Steve Jordan |
Musical Guests | | Ben Harper | | Charlie Hunter | | Roy Hargrove | | Ricky Peterson | | Steve Jordan | | Larry Goldings |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 04/08/2008 | | Original Release Date : 2006 | | Catalog ID : 88697 27976 | | Label : Aware Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00886972797625 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (p.81)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "His breathy vocals are firmly at the album's center, and the R&B tradition he's mining lends weight to his pop flourishes."Rolling Stone (p.103)
- Ranked #11 in Rolling Stone's "The Top 50 Albums Of 2006" -- "[A] breezy pop-rock record..." Entertainment Weekly (p.71)
- "[A] John Mayer record par excellence: taut, melodic, well sung, impeccably played..." Mojo (Publisher)
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- 4 stars out of 5 -- "Mayer has written worthy songs of protest, affirmation and hope." |
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