Continuum – John MayerJune 12th, 2006 or iTunes Price: $11.99 Genre: Rock Released: Jun 12, 2006 Customer Ratings (3199 Ratings)
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Continuum – John MayerView More By John Mayer Our Review“Waiting on the World to Change,” the opening song on John Mayer’s impressive Continuum, is an observant reflection on the political detachment and ambivalence many people of his generation share: “Now we see everything that’s going wrong/With the world and those who lead it/We just feel like we don’t have the means/To rise above and beat it,” he sings. Aside from being an excellent single, the song also marks a noticeable maturity in Mayer’s songwriting and arranging, and the rest of the album lives up to its promise. Rather than try to overpower listeners with the kind of flashy guitar he’s capable of (for proof, check out his two live albums), he and his stripped-down rhythm section (along with some guests on piano, organ, and horns) set up these introspective, mostly low-key songs slowly and deliberately, and it’s clear that considerable effort went into the lyrics and the song construction. All of the songs were written or co-written by Mayer, with the exception of the Jimi Hendrix’s classic, “Bold as Love,” which gives him a chance to boost the volume and show off his considerable guitar chops. With a pair of platinum-selling albums and three Grammys already under his belt, one might have expected Mayer to coast a bit here. Instead, he did the opposite, making Continuum a soulful, sincere release from an artist determined not just to get bigger, but better.. Customer ReviewsIt's Not a Silly Little Moment, it's Not the Storm before the Calm (5 stars)There hasn’t been an artist this decade that has changed more musically than John Mayer granted he has yet to have a U2 type transformation yet, but the effort is there. Mayer started out his career, to some, as a solo Dave Matthews knock-off. And as much as his major label debut, Room for Squares, was pop perfection, he didn’t rest on his laurels for the follow-up Heavier Things. As the title suggested Mayer moved on from the safe world TBTR: Track by Track Review of Continuum (5 stars) Let me preface this by saying that I am a huge John Mayer and now a John Mayer Trio fan for two main reasons: 1 – John can write good music AND sing it, 2- His guitarplaying is incredible. 1.) Waiting on the World to Change - I first heard this about two months ago, and it didn’t overly impress me. It is well-written, but in my opinion, it resembles (musically) “Clarity” way too much. The tune is also very simple and not incredibly John's third first album... And the greatest yet. (5 stars) Words can't explain this album, unless they're John's. Following in the footsteps lyrically of Heavier Things and Room for Squares, John has cleaned up his somewhat confused bluesey sounds of the Trio and has released what I would easily consider his greatest album yet. The tracks vary from the slower, heartfelt "Stop This Train" and "Heart of Life", sure to be listener favorites, to the more bolder and adventurous " BiographyBorn: October 16, 1977 in Bridgeport, CTGenre: Rock Years Active: '90s, '00s, '10s After making his introduction as a sensitive, acoustic-styled songwriter on 2001's Room for Squares, John Mayer steadily widened his approach over the subsequent years, encompassing everything from blues-rock to adult contemporary in the process. Arriving during the tail end of teen pop's heyday, he crafted pop music for a more discerning audience, spiking his songcraft with jazz chords and literate turns of phrase. The combination proved to be quite popular, as Room for Squares went triple platinum...
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