John Mayer - Continuum

About Continuum by John Mayer Album

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: โˆž. 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) Album Songs

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

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Continuum [John Mayer] Album Reviews

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- Amazing.

In my opinion, one of the best albums ever made. Lyrics, straight-forward production, amazing musicianship, melodies. Everything is there.

- Unlikely Classic

This album is a great slice of what folk-rock is all about. My mom has compared this to the work of the Grateful Dead. Great guitar work by Mayer, with lovely jazz touches. The opener is an instant classic, while "Gravity" is superbly beautiful. Even the Jimi Hendrix cover rocks. My only problem is with the closing track.

- Love it

12 years ago and one my favorite albums ever!

- Superb

Soulful, soothing, funky, bright(at times), and depressing at others, continuum embodies every aspect of what us humans experience in life. The heart of life especially connects with the longing of assurance that life is not in vain. This is Johnโ€™s best album content and sound wise.

- Great song

JUST WANTED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THERE IS A $0.69 VERSION EXACTLY THE SAME ON THE NEXT PAGE (SCROLL NEXT IPHONE USERS). Just want people to have a better deal. Sry if this is long I just want people to get a great song for a great deal

- He knows

He just gets it. He's constantly growing as an artist. That's key- but he does it so well!

- 3,808th Review

Superb, straightforward musicianship, stewardship. Give me more, John.

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- Legit

Regardless of how you feel about him as a person or his legion of young female fans, this album is legit. Mature and soulful. The track Gravity is worth the price of the whole album, but there are plenty of other accomplished pieces here to make own the entire album more than worthwhile.

- Timeless!

Loved this album 10 years ago, and I still love it just as much now!

- Put one in the air for Mayer!

really chill to bake too

- One of the best!

One of the best record.... pure Blues and perfection......

- Luv John Mayer

Mood Music, Luv his messagesโœŒโœŒ

- Smooth and real

I love how soft and cutback the tracks are. Each song contains smooth and impressive acoustic performances with soft and catchy percussion backing it up. John Mayer's throaty yet appealing voice also has the same effect that tells you this is real.

- Best album of his

I still think this is his best work 8 years later

- Classic

Cover to cover I'm in. This is therapy. Will never get old. Complete classic album.

- the best

honestly this album changed my life during my college years/ John is amazing i can't get enough!!!!!

- Sharing His Bluesier Side

Artist's like John HAVE to keep moving in different directions - Usually that is a recipe for unpopular feedback by fans. Mayer manages to do it so well in this album, that he not only brings-in a new audience, he compels the original core fans to happily jump aboard a train heading in a new direction. Brilliant.

- Yes.

So much win.

- Awesome!

He's a great guitarist! He is definitely one of the greats, has a sounds almost like Hendrix.

- AMAZING๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ’•๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿผ๐Ÿ’•

John Mayer is brilliant!! Every single album is pure genius ๐Ÿ˜ฉ๐Ÿ’‹ been his fan since he first came out. Thank god for this beautiful talented human. Musical genius for sure. Will always be a fan.

- Dreaming

Broken hearted

- Changed My Life

John, one day i'll see you on stage next to me

- One of the best albums of the 00s

This remains my favorite album by John Mayer, because his songs possibly mean even more to me now than they did 10 years ago. My personal preferences aside, YOU should buy this album for the lush R&B stylings of John Mayer and the fabulous session musicians. There is not a filler track on this album. Everything fits together and all of them have emotional pull with the possible exception of "Say" which is standard pop and a bit repetitive. The 4 songs that open the album are great and are the ones you're most likely to be familiar with, but "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room" is the standout track for me. It's a blistering ballad where the music sets the mood perfectly. "Stop this Train" gets me every time and it appeals to both young adults afraid of getting older as well as older adults watching younger generations struggle with the challenges of growing up..."Vultures" is just plain GROOVY. I was serious when I said in my opinion this might be the best album released between 2000 and 2010 by ANY artist...oh, and if you like this album then you will LOVE John Mayer Trio's TRY album for a live concert album full of "Bold as Love" style wailing guitar solos from an underrated guitarist in John Mayer...I wish he'd get back to R&B as I prefer it to his previous pop and his current folky stylings. BUY THIS ALBUM. $5.99 is a STEAL for such a masterpiece!

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- Soulful

Soulful tunes.

- CONTINUUM IS REALLY GOOD

I love this album there isn't a john mayer song I don't like

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It's 2016, and I'm still listening and loving this album! It is by far his best one.

- Spectacular, well thought out album

While this is John Mayer's third album, he somehow keeps it fresh and doesn't fall into the trap of writing the same song over and over, running it into the ground to make hits. This is definitely not a follow up to Room for Squares or Heavier Things. This album was all about perfection in Mayer's eyes and it shows. This album is well thought out and there's not an out of place song in this album. He keeps his music fresh with great chord progressions and beautiful delivery. You can really feel the music. John Mayer is one of the few pop artists that don't compromise musicality for hits. This album is proof that your music doesn't have to be cookie cutter to sell. Great album that I would most definitely recommend buying!

- All Time Favorite

This is one of my all-time favorite albums across all genres.

- One of my favorites!

It's a very rare moment when I can listen to an entire album and enjoy every song. Kudos to John Mayer!

- Mayer's best album to date

This album embodies everything that John Mayer is about. While he has changed his style of music recently, nothing will beat Continuum for me because it is his most solid body of work. The bluesy rasp in his voice and his guitar skills are at its best and each song is one I would listen to on any given day. There's not a single song I'd skip over and that is hard to do in an album. I wish he would go back to his roots and make another album such as this one. Regardless, I'm still a big fan. My standout tracks are Belief, Gravity, Vultures, Slow Dancing In a Burning Room, Dreaming With a Broken Heart, and In Repair.

- Jon Mayer is great

John Mayer is a great, awesome singer and I like his music.

- One star raters for john

Whoever had any thought or nerve to write a bad review for john mayer has no taste in music. His work is heaven to my ears. Nobody has any room to make a negative comment about this perfect set of songs

- Amazing

His music, voice, songs are just amazing! Thanks for such Beautiful songs

- Masterpiece

This is one of the greatest albums ever made. Every track speaks for itself and together it creates one of the finest musical works in the genre.

- Helloooooo

Definitely need to make gravity into a ringtone ughhhh

- Great app to use on the iPhone

Yes anything I will you to get a ride to you to come great today or tomorrow when I can do anything

- Perfection

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- AMAZING!

I love this album so much!!!!!

- Classic

This good

- All Time Favorite

I decided to review this album after its release almost 8 YEARS AGO. Continuum i consider to be one of the top 10 greatest albums ever made. Not one song on here is badโ€ฆ it fits any mood your in happy, sad, mad, whatever. I donโ€™t think i know anyone who does not like this album. All you can really say is true genius from Mayerโ€™s part!

- Absolute perfection

Words cannot describe how perfect this album truly is. I love how calm and chill all of these songs are, and I love all the meaning he's put behind the lyrics. Seriously, my most favourite album he's ever released. Absolutely perfect!!!!!!!!!!!

- Continuum

This is one of my personal favorite John Mayer albums. This album has a great flow, track after track. This album also has great vocals, great drum solos, and great guitar solos as well. Finally, the instruments wrap around the vocals like no other, and intertwine perfectly. Definitely looking forward to the next limited play album, and extended play album from John Mayer.

- favorite album

Best album of all time. John Mayer has a touch that no one can duplicate and this album represents his talent amazingly.

- John Mayer is incredible!

Perfect

- BUY THIS ALBUM RIGHT NOW

John Mayer is a legend and this album just shows it. The lyrics are beautifully crafted and his ability to reach and touch others with his lyrics is unbelievable. Mayer shows his true craft, playing the guitar during solo's in songs such as Gravity. I would recommend this album to any age at any time. Probably my favorite musical album out there, definitely my favorite artist.

- Continuum

This album is simply the greatest piece of work JM has ever done. This album has captured a certain time in JM's career where he was at the top. Not only at the top of his song writing but also at the top of his guitar playing. This album is the closest thing to a perfect album that I've ever seen, and with classic songs like waiting and slow dancing this album has to be the greatest album of John's career. I would encourage everyone to buy this album get a bottle of wine and sit down by the fire and listen to every song it's a life changing experience for you and your ears. PS thx john for creating continuum.

- His masterpiece

Johnโ€™s first three albums were his pinnacle. This was the apex.

- Wow

Wow. Just wow.

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