John Clayton Mayer to me is today's genius. If you have ever seen 'Where The Light Is' and see him play live, you obviously know what I mean. He can sing a song live and make it better than the recording version. Or even, if you have ever listen to one of his song, you will agree that he is a genius.
He does not always sing to people about love like the majority of the artist today. He sings about life. He sings and plays guitar with his heart poured out. His lyrics might not mean anything if you didn't pay attention but when you listen to it the second time, you'll gonna be awed.
Now, let's go talk about his latest album, 'Born and Raised'.
Here's a funny thing. I bought the album in one of the music store here in Singapore. When I got home ready to listen to it, this is what I found:
That's right people. It's Kris Allen's CD inside John Mayer's CD case because I'm special. (I got it fixed now, though :P)
Anywaaay, his new album is GREAT. I personally love it. But is it just me or he sounds a lot more like country in this album? Is it because of Taylor Swift? I mean, 'Battle Studies' was a lot more pop-y and this one sounds quite country-ish. John Mayer is still John Mayer though, don't worry. It's just the influences that he got are constantly changing since he's an artist.
Also, if you hear 'Shadow Days' does it remind you of 'Friends, Lovers or Nothing' from the previous album? Because to me you can just mash the song together.
If you want to find the John Mayer that you think you know in this album, then you should probably listen to 'Speak to Me', 'If I Ever Got Around to Living' and 'Something Like Olivia'. The guitar riffs are similar to his previous works. Still, with a little touch of country to it (in my opinion). But in the end, if you listen to the whole album, it's still the same John Mayer that we always know in every single song, as I've stated earlier.
He also collaborated with the amazing Chris Botti in 'Walt Grace's Submarine Test, January 1965' too!
To summarize, the album is amazing amazing great awesomely AMAZING. Okay, this is probably a little bit biased cause I love him like crazy but he is great and you know it.
One song for you guys to wrap this up :) (Free Fallin - Live)
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