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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.
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.
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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 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 | $9.98 (You save $0.59) | | Category | Rock Albums, Pop CDs, Rock/Pop, Alternative | | Label | Columbia | | Orig Year | 2001 | | All Time Sales Rank |  667  | | CD Universe Part number | 2102430 | | Catalog number | 85293 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Sep 18, 2001 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | John Alagia | | Engineer | Jeff Juliano; John Alagia | | Personnel | David Davidson
John Mayer - vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, vibraphone, percussion
Jerry Marotta - drums
Brandon Bush - Wurlitzer piano, Fender Rhodes piano, Hammond B-3 organ, Mellotron
John Alagia - guitar, Hammond B-3 organ, percussion, bells
David LaBruyere - bass
David Angel - violin
Clay Cook
Doug Derryberry - background vocals
Carol Rabinowitz
Chris Fischer - congas
Jon Catchings - cello
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John Mayer Room For Squares Songs Room For Squares Music Review Purchase Room For Squares CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Norah Jones Come Away With Me CDs (2002)
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COME AWAY WITH ME won the 2003 Grammy Awards for Album Of The Year, Best Pop Vocal Album and Best Engineered Album (Non-Classical).
"Don't Know Why" won the 2003 Grammy Awards for Record Of The Year, Song Of The Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
Arif Mardin won the 2003 Grammy Award for Producer Of The Year (Non-Classical).
A direct descendant from the pedigree of one of the 20th century's virtuosos, Norah Jones might not be on such a lofty artistic level as her dad Ravi Shankar, but certainly inherited some musical intuition from him. With nary a sitar nor raga within earshot, the young newcomer sounds very much an assimilated, western, 21st century pop-jazz singer. One thing that separates her from the pack is Ms. Jones' own piano stylings--not flashy, but deftly doubling or echoing her voice--that discreetly act as the glue holding together these airy, delicate, and beautiful arrangements.
But the centerpiece is certainly the 22-year-old's confident-beyond-her-years vocal delivery in addition to a precise diction and velvety tone. Shades of Nina Simone, vintage Phoebe Snow, and a less beatnik ...
| | Jack Johnson Brushfire Fairytales CD (2001)
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Johnson's songs are simultaneously well crafted and executed in an almost throwaway manner. "Fortunate Fool" is airy yet acidic--this surfer dude is no airhead--while "F-Stop Blues," on the surface a paean to the surfer lifestyle, is really a lament for wasted time that features Johnson's pleasant, lazy vocals to excellent effect. BRUSHFIRE FAIRYTALES displays the kind of insouciance born of innocence, almost as if no-one involved ...
| | Maroon 5 Songs About Jane CD (2002)
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Principally recorded at Rumbo, Can Am, The Hook Studios, Los Angeles, California.
Though on first listen it may be tempting to describe Maroon 5 as simply an American Jamiroquai with more developed songwriting skills, the comparison really only scratches the surface of the quintet's diverse sound. Throughout SONGS ABOUT JANE, leader Adam Levine and his band deftly combine a distinctive old school R&B/disco/electro vibe with the best elements of chart-topping melancholy popsters like Train, Matchbox 20, and the Dave Matthews band. On many tracks, Levine's vocals bear ...
| | John Mayer Inside Wants Out CD (1999) Extended Play
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You can probably imagine the record-biz conversation going something like "Get me a younger, cuter Dave Matthews, and lose the jazzy crap!" Even though that might be the kind of strategy employed in marketing John Mayer to the masses, it seems unfair to accuse the young troubadour of cynically constructing his sound in such a manner. Sure, he's probably enamored of Matthews; he even sounds earnest enough to admit it. But he seems to come by his approach honestly. "Neon" showcases the kind of highly rhythmic acoustic guitar work that's become a Mayer trademark. On ...
| | John Mayer Any Given Thursday CDs (2003)
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It would be easy to dismiss John Mayer as just another pretty boy with an acoustic guitar, until you pay attention to the rich voice and equally solid batch of songs that make the in-concert ANY GIVEN THURSDAY a worthy sophomore set following his smash debut ROOM FOR SQUARES. Taken from a September 2002 show recorded in Birmingham, Alabama, this two-CD set finds the young heartthrob singing his way through the intermittent cries of screaming female fans. Among the rich versions of favorites like the soulful "City Love," seductive "Your Body Is A Wonderland," (complete with crowd accompaniment), and his Dave Matthews-meets-Steely Dan hit "No Such Thing."
Most ...
| | John Mayer Heavier Things CD (2003)
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With the experience of a Grammy-winning, major-label debut under his belt and the requisite pop stardom that goes with it, John Mayer continues forging a steadily impressive musical canon with his third full-length outing, HEAVIER THINGS. Like the introspective musings of fellow, mellow pop singer-songwriters such as Dave Matthews and Jack Johnson, Mayer's songs delve ...
| | Abstraktions, Vol. 2 CD (2000)
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| | Parisian Cafe CDs (2006)
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| | Steve Winwood Chronicles CD (2008) (Import) Import; Limited Edition
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| | Drama Fa First Act CD (2008)
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Everything started on February, 2006 when J.J. Von Hermanni and Elie decide putting together their ideas to get shaped their project, both with strong influence in electronic, goth, metal, alternative and orchestral music. Later, Samuel Adams and Red became part of the group. As a result, DRAMA is a blend of energy, emotion and poetry that merge through the feminine figure; all this with the purpose of giving human shape to the meaning of its songs, which is their biggest inspiration. Because of this inspiration they decide to create a new concept they could identify with and, at the same time, let everyone remember them for who they are. What is it all ...
| | Black Dog Syndrome Isolate The Cue CD (2009)
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