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Continuum by John Mayer Album Info

Continuum is the third studio album by American musician John Mayer, released September 12, 2006 on Columbia Records. Recording sessions for the album took place during November 2005 to September 2006 at The Village Recorder in Los Angeles, California, Avatar Studios and Right Track/Sound on Sound in New York City, and Royal Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. Production was handled primarily by Mayer and Steve Jordan. It marked a change in Mayer's musical style, and incorporated musical elements of blues and soul more heavily than in his previous work with pop-rock. The album debuted at number 2 on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, selling 300,186 copies in its first week. It also reached the top-ten in several other countries and sold over 3 million copies worldwide. Upon its release, Continuum received generally positive reviews from most music critics and earned Mayer several accolades, including a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album at the 49th Grammy Awards. Rolling Stone magazine named it the eleventh best album of 2006. Background Mayer made the decision to name his third album Continuum at least a year before the album was released. In his column in the April 2005 issue of Esquire, Mayer wrote, "I'm obsessed with time lately, constantly crunching the numbers to get some sense of where I stand in the continuum." In his column in the September 2005 issue of Esquire he confirmed the title, writing, "I've never experienced anything like the recording process involved in making Continuum, my third-album-to-be. The album features mainly new songs, though "Gravity" and "Vultures" are available in live versions from John Mayer Trio's Try!, and "Bold as Love", which is a Jimi Hendrix cover: the first Hendrix cover that Mayer has ever recorded as a studio release (although Mayer has recorded other Hendrix songs over time in live settings such as "The Wind Cries Mary" and "Wait Until Tomorrow"). (Mayer had played "Bold as Love" live many times prior to the release of Continuum such as on the televised Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope which aired on January 15, 2005.) The album contains a collaboration between Mayer and 8-string guitarist Charlie Hunter on the tune "In Repair". The song "Stop this Train" was written during a time of, what Mayer calls, "solitary refinement;" He was in bed suffering from double kidney stones, and living in a hotel while finding a new residence. Cover art The word "Continuum" is showcased across the center. The typography for the title was customized to give the letters "C" and "o" the appearance of an infinity symbol: ∞. Many of the following letters touch in some way; the right vertical line of the second "u" is the left vertical line of the "m" in the title. The album has been released several times with slight differences in the artwork. The three major releases feature, respectively: A photo of Mayer; a silver cover with a white title; and a Local 83-only version (including a silver bag). The first features a dark gray-scale photograph of Mayer with the title near the top; another is identical except for "featured" centered across the top. Some versions feature only a CD. In these cases, the album features Mayer on the cover. When the album is packaged with a jewel casing, the inside cover is all white with the "Continuum" logo printed very faintly on it. The basic CD is white with off-white letters that slides into a slipcase of deep gray with lettering in light gray and blue/green. During the pre-order, it appeared as though there would be a variation of said artwork on a special edition version, and it turned out that the "special packaging" was a shiny silver bag which held the CD and the pre-order bonuses. All artwork was designed by Mayer along with Smog Design, Inc. The inside of the CD sleeve includes photographs, some taken by Mayer, such as of the studio (where Mayer's handwriting describes, "*this is what my heart looks like*") and a Ferris wheel where Mayer's handwriting is imposed over the top of the photograph, featuring the lyrics to his songs. There is also a photograph of Mayer with Pino Palladino and Steve Jordan (the three who comprise the John Mayer Trio) on a beach. The CD sleeve features the lyrics to all of Continuum's songs. With both Heavier Things and Room for Squares, there were incongruities with the lyrics in the sleeves when compared with the albums; however, the Continuum lyrics are all printed exactly as recorded on the album. The UK version of Continuum features a photograph of Mayer on the cover. This cover was used for promotional releases, such as when Mayer performed live on the Australian television program Rove Live. The alternative cover was presented for television by the show's host Rove McManus. In November 2007, a special edition of Continuum was released. The cover for the special edition features a grey background and silver text for the title, with the Columbia Records logo in black instead of white. However, the line "Music by John Mayer" remains the same teal color as on the regular release. The cover layout is the same. Release and Promotion By the time of release, Mayer had performed almost all of the songs live at least once, either with a full band or alone in an acoustic set during the Hotel Cafe shows from the previous winter. On August 23, 2006, the entire Continuum album was played on Los Angeles radio station STAR 98.7, with the segment hosted by Mayer himself. He repeated the event for different media outlets several more times before the album's September release, such as "Sneak Peek" through Clear Channel Music; he also performed three songs live for Sessions@AOL. Subsequently, the album was made available for streaming on Clear Channel Music website and for pre-purchase on iTunes, all prior to the album's official release. The iTunes pre-release included the exclusive bonus track, "Can't Take That Plane". A limited edition EP of "Waiting on the World to Change" was released featuring the album version of the song. The EP includes a bonus acoustic version which features Ben Harper, as well as a studio recording of "Good Love is on the Way", a live version of which was released on the John Mayer Trio's Try!. The Ben Harper version of "Waiting on the World to Change" and an alternative acoustic-only version of "Good Love is on the Way" are also available on Mayer's subsequent release, the EP The Village Sessions. The first single, "Waiting on the World to Change," was released on July 11, 2006. The music video for the song was directed by Philip Andelman and features Mayer walking along the East River while graffiti artists Futura, Tats Cru, and Daze graffiti messages on New York City billboards displaying messages relating to the song's content. On February 22, 2007, Continuum's second single, "Gravity", entered the Billboard Hot 100 at #71, joining the already charting "Waiting on the World to Change", making for two Continuum singles on the Hot 100 at the same time. It was featured in the soundtrack for the television series House in 2008. "Waiting" entered the Billboard's Hot 100 Digital Songs Chart at #63. It has sold 68,115 in digital downloads since its release. Mayer performed the single "Gravity" at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards with fellow musicians Corinne Bailey Rae and John Legend. "Dreaming with a Broken Heart" is the third official single release from Continuum, and was released for ads at Hot AC and Triple A radio on July 9, 2007. On November 20, 2007, a special edition of Continuum was released that included a bonus disc of six live tracks and a 20-page booklet containing photos from the tour. Five of the songs are live versions of tracks from Continuum, including all of its singles. A sixth song, "I Don't Need No Doctor", was originally performed by Ray Charles; Mayer previously performed the song as part of his set with the John Mayer Trio. The single "Say" (from The Bucket List soundtrack) was also made available on the CD through an online download unlock function. The tracks were produced by Mayer's engineer Chad Franscoviak. The album was reissued on Columbia Records on April 8, 2008, with the single "Say" being added directly on the disc. A vinyl lp version of this reissue was also released, on two 180-gram discs. Commercial Performance Continuum debuted on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart at #2 with 300,186 copies sold. It never reached #1, impeded by the Justin Timberlake album FutureSex/LoveSounds, which was released at the same time. As on November 2009, Continuum has sold 2,800,000 copiesin the U.S. and is Mayer's third consecutive multi-platinum selling studio album. It stayed in the top 100 of Billboard's Hot 100 chart for 50 weeks (37 of those weeks were in the top 50). Worldwide, it has moved more than 3 million copies. In Canada, the album debuted at #2 on the official Albums Chart and is certified platinum for sales of 100,000 copies. According to Nielsen SoundScan, Continuum was the fourth best selling digital album for 2006 in Canada. With no lead single in Australia, Continuum debuted on the ARIA Albums Chart at #12, his lowest debut in Australia to date (Room for Squares debuted at #5 and Heavier Things at #4). Continuum was the ninety-eighth best selling album for 2006 on the ARIA (ARIA) Albums Chart. It has been certified gold by ARIA for sales of 35,000 copies and had stayed on ARIA's Top 100 Albums chart for 34 weeks before exiting the chart. Continuum held the record for the most album downloads in history with over 326,000 copies downloaded until June 29, 2008, when it was surpassed by the Coldplay album Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends. On February 22, 2007, the lead single, "Waiting on the World to Change", peaked at #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart, where it stayed for forty-one weeks. To date in the U.S., the single has sold 1,632,137 in digital downloads, and was certified platinum by the RIAA when it crossed the one-million mark in sales. After a month of release, the single peaked at #17 on the Australian ARIA Top 40 Digital Track Chart on November 19, 2006. Critical Reception Continuum received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 67, based on 18 reviews. Matt Collar of Allmusic called it "a gorgeously produced, brilliantly stripped-to-basics album that incorporates blues, soft-funk, R&B, folk and pop in a sound that is totally owned by Mayer." Mojo called it a "great blue-eyed soul record." Ann Powers of the Los Angeles Times commented that Mayer is "best when treading softly, finding the fluid heart of blue-eyed soul", rather than on more "angst"-filled songs. Bryan Borzykowski of Now felt that " melodic voice, warm production, complex riffs and thoughtful lyrics should cure the violent reactions Mayer's name used to evoke." MSN Music's Robert Christgau gave Continuum a three-star honorable mention ((3-star Honorable Mention)), indicating "an enjoyable effort consumers attuned to its overriding aesthetic or individual vision may well treasure". He cited "Waiting on the World to Change" and "The Heart of Life" as highlights and quipped, "Saying in so many words what his less-gifted, more-pretentious contemporaries think it's cool to camouflage". Anthony DeCurtis, writing in Rolling Stone, called it "a smart, breezy album that deftly fuses his love for old-school blues and R&B with his natural gift for sharp melodies and well-constructed songs." The magazine later ranked it the eleventh best album of 2006. In a mixed review, Slant Magazine's Jonathan Keefe wrote that, "with no edge to the songwriting and with such spit-polished, tasteful production, Continuum just doesn't convince as a heady, soulful rock album or as Mayer's creative quantum leap forward". Jody Rosen, writing for Entertainment Weekly, felt that Mayer is too "classy" and wrote that, although the songs are "shapely" and "the musicianship is elegant and virtuosic", the music's "low-key loveliness dissipates into a sleep-inducing soft-rock haze." Stylus Magazine stated that Mayer "calmly circles the same career themes with the same warmed-over, palatable guitar weavings". Q magazine called it "dour stuff reminiscent of a yogic Sting." Track listing No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Waiting on the World to Change" John Mayer 3:21 2. "I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You)" Mayer 4:52 3. "Belief" Mayer 4:02 4. "Gravity" Mayer 4:05 5. "The Heart of Life" Mayer 3:19 6. "Vultures" Mayer, Steve Jordan, Pino Palladino 4:11 7. "Stop This Train" Mayer 4:45 8. "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room" Mayer 4:02 9. "Bold as Love" (The Jimi Hendrix Experience cover) Jimi Hendrix 4:18 10. "Dreaming with a Broken Heart" Mayer 4:07 11. "In Repair" Mayer, Charlie Hunter 6:09 12. "I'm Gonna Find Another You" Mayer 2:43 Total length: 49:54

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Continuum [John Mayer] Full Album MP3s List

NoMP3 TitleMP3 Time
1.Waiting On The World To Change MP3 3:20
2.I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving Y... MP3 4:52
3.Belief MP3 4:02
4.Gravity MP3 4:05
5.The Heart Of Life MP3 3:19
6.Vultures MP3 4:11
7.Stop This Train MP3 4:45
8.Slow Dancing In A Burning Room MP3 4:01
9.Bold As Love MP3 4:18
10.Dreaming With A Broken Heart MP3 4:07
11.In Repair MP3 6:09
12.I'm Gonna Find Another You MP3 2:42

Continuum [John Mayer] Album Comments & Reviews

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frayyy - I LOVE HIM

This is an amazing album and I am at a loss for words at his skills

Shosty22 - Such an amazing work of art

Truly incredible album put out by a truly magnificent artist. And the music only gets better live.

Au+ - Superb John Mayer

You wont disappoint with his great album. Blue and Jazz are his expertise.

Romancock 87 - Mega Thrust

I feel like this is some good music. Some times I want to cry and make a snack to this and other times I want to wreck the mic and free style all night till the door bell rings to this.

SSSbuenoooo - Julio

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iAlberto - 7.99?!

Seriously, IF you're on the fence about buying this album and you like JM even just a little bit...BUY IT. $7.99?! I'd pay 19.99+tax for a regular edition with a smile on my face.

Sr. Chase - One of my favorite albums of his.

Bold as love... All I have to say.....

Yu kj - Roar

I absolutely love John Mayer his voice is so original and right on the note... He is my favorite rock artist in the whole world!!!:)))))))))))):)))))))))))):)))))))))));)))))))))))

Nokesfollk - This album got me through highschool

What can I say...this album is AMAZING. So comforting and got my through my crappy highschool years. Listening to it now is so nostalgic.

jdrmc - Gift card scam

Don't do it.

Mynicknamehasbeen TAKEN - I bought this record TWICE!!!

....CLASSIC!!!! Once you are finished being boring and raised uh hmm I mean "Born and Raised" please revisit the emotions that made you write these songs. Perhaps re-date the girl you were with at the time.

Elisabethhh21 - La la la love

Easily one of my favorite albums ever. In love with his voiceeeee! The guitar is phenomenal. Something about his music that puts me in the best moods😍😘

akmoma3 - One Word.

Amazing.

Magana8024 - Lov it

I love this album, brings many awsome feelings towards what i have in my life now

Awesometastic!!!! - :D

Great Album! :D

7emy7 - Waiting on the world to change

It is so good! I get to dance to slow dancin in a burning room!

Belhar - Getting Chills

I love this album and him sooo much!!!! <3

Dffdgg - Amazing. My favorite album

I love John Mayer too much. This album is on repeat all the time.

Doey1o1 - Amazing

Love this John Mayer. This album is purely Amazing and his best one. Better than room for squares and extremely better than his new one Born and Raised. Love this album and can't beat for $7.99

Neo fluffy - Um

I haven't bought the album, but I've listened to samples to the music, and it seems like John Mayer's music has sort of lost its flare… They're slower & more boring than normal and they don't have a lot of feeling.

jpratm99 - it will

in keeping true to himself by avoiding full pop albums and tepid songs "continuum" offers an escape for what radio passes for music these days'... mayer shines making doubt, love, loss and every emotion worth experiencing ..." GENIOUS" his bluesy, r&b , rock infused tracks stay with you and trigger tears, hope and complete serenity... one of the best this year. Mayers Magnus Opus.

et2006 - One of my favorite albums of all time.

Definitely one of my "desert island" albums - I literally could listen to it on repeat (and have when I bought the album 5 or so years ago on its release date!) Not a single bad track on the entire album. You'll immediately fall in love with the bluesy guitar sound and lyrics guaranteed. "Gravity" and "Slow Dancing In A Burning Room" are some of my favorites.

Dcmegee - This song I play over and over. Love it!

I love this song. It is a song that you can play over and over and never seem to get tired of it. Such strong words. Very meaningful.

Mshewey - Greatness!!!

7.99 is a steal! John Mayer is awesome and to Practically steal this cd at that price just makes it that much better!!

DavidBeq - Amazing album

He really knows how to craft a record!

ROLLTIDE1225 - Amazing

Great album!!!!

Rryyss - Sweet

This stuff is supa dopeeee

Kris10_OBrien - 2012 and still amazing!

This is amazing! I have loved this album 4 ever and it is now 2012!! Such an amazing album 4 everyone!

piorvyj - It stinks

Do not buy gravity

Gilly two - Best of Mayer

Hands down best album so far .

Liz8703 - Love it!!!

Love love love this album!!!!

5465463 - I like John Mayer

He has real, natural, raw talent. He is an artist that I definitely do respect. Most music on the radio is heavily mixed and changed and auto tuned but John Mayer is very raw sounding and I like that very much. When it comes to how they engineered this album, they didn't mix his voice a lot. They left it alone. And that's what I like. He also writes his own music which I'd have to give him credit for. I don't see Nicki Minaj or Katy Perry writing their own music anytime soon. So I think anybody who knows what real music is would have to agree with me that you can't even compare the three because he's YEARS beyond what they'll only dream of being.

Stooblooz - Stevie Ray Starbucks strikes again.

I have an ethical issue with this "waiting for the world to change." what a lazy, apathetic ethos! As Gandhi immortally mused, "be the change you wish to see in the world." John Mayer's pseudo sensitive frat boy angle does not coincide with this. A great musician has some semblance of a compassionate, vulnerable heart. John Mayer is Greenwich connecticut/easy listening approved schlock with a veiled machismo and arrogance. He's like that guy who pretends to sympathize with that drunk girl crying in the corner, when he really just wants to get some at the end of the night. His chops are good, but incredibly derivative (SRV sans the fire in his belly). I can't stand his voice (which he admits derives from Dave Mathews - BLECH), conveying a contrived sense of whimsy and smoothness. If you like this stuff, honestly, more power to you. I respect that, but this is stuff I just can't get behind. Check out Gary Clark jr. or Joe Bonamassa if you really want to hear what a guitar hero sounds like.

kendra202 - Removal of SPAM

Can someone please remove all the spam for "free iTunes gift card" thank you

Patita92 - Wow!!!

I had been waiting for soo long for this CD to be $7.99 to buy it lol Been listening to him since he started his career and this is by far the best cd i have ever heard. Can't even explain it but John Mayer sure knows how to get deep into our souls with his music. This is what music is all about! Sad to see other people listening to trashy songs, not appreciating great music and artist like John. Just listening to it lightens my mood. Doesn't matter what mood you're in.. you will NOT be disappointed after listening to this CD. <3 him!!!

whatupalbrosef - John mayer is so overrated

honestly john mayer sings like a woman

Storm boy 1000% - WORST ARTIST EVER

His voice is completly off, not even to metion his gutair playing! Itunes would have to pay me to buy his nxt album!

NagaBoy95 - Love it

Most likely his best album!

The homie... - Thes best

Come on man, only album I'd buy that I could listen to since I was like 5...it's a keeper...

Jamesbrincefield - It doesn't get any better than this...

By far, this is his best overall album. Even though I love nearly every song by him, this is the only studio album I can listen to without even considering skipping a track. After it's release, it didn't leave my cd player for over six months, and i still listen to this/WTLI regularly today. Although these days I prefer Where The Light Is over this because it's live, the studio album will always bring back unforgettable memories. Buy this and you will not regret it.

Maddengirl15 - Simply Amazing

Perfection.

KixKid2014 - Fantastic

Really great record. Has a raw feel to it and it's full of energy. Really like this record. I wish I could play guitar like him

MarieErica - This is...

My 2nd favorite album by him.

JuSarah - His best

His best album

Jellydoggg - Best album ever!

Very chill songs and emotion mixed in with them all. I'd say his best album yet!

Douces for souces. - john mayer

john mayer has been and will always be my favorite singer/song writer out there. he speaks from the heart and i fall in love with his voice every time i hear one of his songs.<3

Sadierobduckdynasty - Classic

An amazing album, that will go down I history. I highly recommend!

Lakken77 - JM

Greatest album by far. Every time I hear his angelic voice, I'm instantly swept away. This album cannot be topped.

SDLCHARLIE - Why doesnt this álbum deserve all 5 stars?

I rarely review, but totally had to for the 138 trolls that gave it 1 star, the 58 non accepting haters that gave it 2 stars, the 101 grumpy perfectionists that gave it 3 stars and the wannabe fans that gave it 4 stars. This is a 5 star álbum, it is pure musical perfection in every way, without comparison, without being affected, it is John Mayer's best to date and undeniably a modern musical master piece that will transcend throughout the years.

Skylar Nicole Rosé - Awesome

1st: this album is absolutely amazing. 2nd: I don't see why people are writing such mean reviews! when John mayer wrote this he wasn't writing it just because! it's what he was feeling . You obviously have terrible taste if you have something negative to say about this album. Maybe you should take a 2nd listen or just don't listen period if you have something stupid to say.

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