Room for Squares
Singer-songwriter John Mayer fills his debut, Room for Squares, with pep talks to and advertisements for himself. Even when questioning his young life, Mayer's doubts come off glib; not one second of "Why Georgia" convinces that "the stirring in my soul" keeps the artiste awake at night. Between his Dave Matthews-wannabe vocals and the accomplished but bland lite rock of his band, he could be just as easily offering tunes for hire to a coming-of-age network series as making a stand for himself and his worldview. The premise of "City Love"--that Mayer couldn't find his way around Manhattan until finding a girlfriend to root him to the place--is nice but not edifying. "My Stupid Mouth" is similarly fuzzy; letting us in on just what he said to alienate a dinner partner would've gone a long way toward fleshing out the song's pat self-deprecation. Ultimately, Mayer comes off less like a commiserating friend than a blabbermouth who's forever forgetting there's someone else in the room. And instead of whining about a discarded lunch box ("83"), dude, learn to brown-bag it the way the rest of us did. --Rickey Wright more
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Recent Reviews
- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Nov-02-2008
- Wow. More than 1,000 Reviews
It is amazing that more than 1,000 people took the time to write their feelings and opinions about John Mayer's CD. It almost doesn't matter that some of the reviews are negative. When so many people have stong opinions about an...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Oct-09-2008
- John Mayer "Room For Squares"
Singer/Songwriter, and Grammy Winner John Mayer delivers a good set of material, including "My Stupid Mouth", "Love Song For No One" and "Unknown". John Mayer has become political this year - Interestingly, in the 2008 Presidential...
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- 1/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jun-09-2008
- SOOOOOOO BOOOOOOOORINNNNNNNGGGGGGG........
John Mayer is such a _______ square. ANd he doesn't even like the Beatles. Just look at the picture of him on the cover. Ha Ha. Poon. You want anything good that's acoustic guitar? Get something by Nick Drake or Andrew Collins (or...
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- 5/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Apr-22-2008
- Room for more squares...
This is the CD that took me out of a downward spiral from the state of music. At the point of release of this CD music was in a repeat mode for me...everything was kinda the same and i didn't really care for a lot of it. I heard a couple...
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Selected Reviews
- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Nov-02-2008
- Wow. More than 1,000 Reviews
It is amazing that more than 1,000 people took the time to write their feelings and opinions about John Mayer's CD. It almost doesn't matter that some of the reviews are negative. When so many people have stong opinions about an...
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- 3/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: May-29-2006
- Not bad, not great
I like enough of John Mayer to purchase this CD new - unusual for me, because I'm cheap and tired of getting really crappy music for my money. While Room for Squares is not terrible, it's not great, either. The songs from the radio are...
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- 1/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Jun-09-2008
- SOOOOOOO BOOOOOOOORINNNNNNNGGGGGGG........
John Mayer is such a _______ square. ANd he doesn't even like the Beatles. Just look at the picture of him on the cover. Ha Ha. Poon. You want anything good that's acoustic guitar? Get something by Nick Drake or Andrew Collins (or...
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