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"Your Body Is A Wonderland" won the 2003 Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance.
John Mayer was nominated for the 2003 Grammy Award for Best New Artist.
This is a DualDisc, which contains a CD on one side of the disc and a DVD on the other.
Somewhere around the turn of the 21st century, guys like David Gray (who'd already been laboring in obscurity for quite a while) and Five For Fighting made it hip (and profitable) to be a sensitive singer-songwriter for the first time since the '70s. Along those lines, John Mayer appeals to the kind of youngsters who are embarrassed by their parents' Dan Fogelberg collection but equally turned off by vociferous gangstas and misanthropic heavy rockers. ROOM FOR SQUARES (whose very title, not to mention Mayer's studied regular-guy cover pose, bespeaks the revenge of the nerds) accordingly trades in acoustic guitar-based folk-rock tempered with just enough 21st-century freshness to keep its practitioner in the Billboard charts (and his listeners' hearts). That's not to say Mayer's music is calculated; he's got a real feel for melody and a distinctive lyrical style. He also managed to be in the right place at the right time, and that's the key to any pop success.
This dualdisc features the entire album in 5.1 surround sound plus a 41 minute exclusive documentary about the album. Included is a brand new interview with John, plus never-before-seen footage including home movies, in-studio recordings, live and acoustic performances, behind-the-scenes, on-the-road, and backstage clips.
Recorded at Loho, New York, New York; Sunny Acre, Easton, Maryland; 33 & 1/3, Brooklyn, New York; Applehead, Woodstock, New York; Media Mix Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.
Personnel: John Mayer (vocals, guitar, keyboards); John Alagia (guitar, percussion); Brandon Bush (Wurlitzer piano, Hammond b-3 organ); David LaBruyere (bass instrument); Nir Z. (drums, percussion); Clay Cook, Doug Derryberry (background vocals).
Personnel includes: John Mayer (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, vibraphone, percussion); John Alagia (guitar, Hammond B-3 organ, percussion, bells); David Davidson, David Angel (violin); Kristin Wilkinson (viola); Carol Rabinowitz, Jon Catchings (cello); Brandon Bush (Wurlitzer piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Hammond B-3 organ, Mellotron); David LaBruyere (bass); Nir Z (drums, percussion, loops); Jerry Marotta (drums); Chris Fischer (congas); Clay Cook, Doug Derryberry (background vocals).
Rolling Stone (12/13/01, p.152) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Instantly likable and accessible....an irresistible album..." Room For Squares Music | List Price | $18.98 (You save $3.29) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, Alternative, DualDisc | | Label | Columbia | | Orig Year | 2001 | | All Time Sales Rank |  62536  | | CD Universe Part number | 6864751 | | Catalog number | 93564 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Jun 07, 2005 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | John Alagia | | Engineer | Jeff Juliano | | Personnel | David Davidson
John Mayer - vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, vibraphone, percussion
Jerry Marotta - drums
John Alagia - guitar, Hammond B-3 organ, percussion, bells
Brandon Bush - Wurlitzer piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Hammond B-3 organ, Mellotron
Doug Derryberry - background vocals
David Angel - violin
Clay Cook
David LaBruyere - bass
Chris Fischer - congas
Carol Rabinowitz
Jon Catchings - cello
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Room For Squares Music Review Average Rating: (3 out of 5 stars)  If only...
I give the album itself 5 stars. The 3 star rating for the DVD side of this disc is given for two reasons. One, the DVD side is region 1 only which does me no favours, having imported to Australia and not having a multi-region player. Luckily, I know someone who does.
Two, I was unimpressed with Jack Joseph Puig's work on the "Heavier Things" SACD surround mix and was looking forward to a better job this time. Unfortunately, I'm disappointed. The mix is, again, unimaginative and flat, which is a shame given John's multi-layered approach to his music and the way it's recorded. The potential should've been realised by someone like Eliott Scheiner etc. The air and space that surrounded the instruments on the original recording has vanished, which given that the instruments have now been given their own speakers and isolation, is disappointing. After waiting this long for a surround mix of "Room..", maybe I've raised my hopes too high. John, stay away from Southern Tracks studio and JJP. Everyone else, stick with the CD, I'm afraid.
Submitted by Woody (Kiama, NSW, Australia)
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