John Mayer - Continuum [2008]
How many musicians have you ever heard coming out of the suburbs of Fairfield, Connecticut? If you are a John Mayer fan, you know at least one. Pigeonholed as a sensitive pop artist with the debut album, Room For Squares, Mayer shifted tack to a bluesier sound with his second studio release Heavier Things. Joining up with impresarios Steve Jordan and Pino Pallidino, Mayer broke out in full on blues mode with the live album Try! Though some dismissed him, Pallidino and Jordan don’t play music with hacks, and anyone who heard the track “Good Love is on the Way” knows the boy can play. With his new studio album, the excellent Continuum, Mayer continues to demonstrate his impressive guitar chops, a more mature songwriting style, and a richer, deeper sound.
The socially conscious first single “Waiting for the World to Change” reminds that “it’s hard to beat the system when you’re standing at a distance.” “I Don’t Trust Myself” features a gorgeous guitar sound and some nice fretboard work while the outstanding track “Belief” showcases some strongly emotional lyrics: “we’re never going to win the world..we’re never gonna stop the war…Belief is what we are fighting for.” The likely second single “Gravity” is a soft, slow blues jam on which Mayer plays some fantastic lead guitar. At his recent St Louis concert, all four of these songs blew the crowd away, generating more applause than “Daughters” or “No Such Thing.” “The Heart of Life” has a clean, crisp, and spare production with layered harmonies and a subdued guitar making for an elegant track.
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1. Waiting On the World To Change.mp3 [MP3Today.Info]
2. I Don’t Trust Myself (With Loving You).mp3 [MP3Today.Info]
3. Belief.mp3 [MP3Today.Info]
4. Gravity.mp3 [MP3Today.Info]
5. The Heart of Life.mp3 [MP3Today.Info]
6. Vultures.mp3 [MP3Today.Info]
7. Stop This Train.mp3 [MP3Today.Info]
8. Slow Dancing In a Burning Room.mp3 [MP3Today.Info]
9. Bold As Love.mp3 [MP3Today.Info]
10. Dreaming With a Broken Heart.mp3 [MP3Today.Info]
11. In Repair.mp3 [MP3Today.Info]
12. I’m Gonna Find Another You.mp3 [MP3Today.Info]
13. Say.mp3 [MP3Today.Info]
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