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- Date Released: September 18, 2001
- Genre: Rock/Pop
- Style: Singer-Songwriter, Pop
- Label: Aware/Columbia
- Copyright: 2001 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
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After making minor waves with his 1999 debut, Inside Wants Out, John Mayer hired veteran producer John Alagía (a longtime associate of the Dave Matthews Band) to lace his first major-label effort with commercial appeal. Released in September 2001, Room for Squares proved to be a savvy, well-timed album, quietly heralding the end of teen pop's glory days with nuanced wordplay, a relaxed gait, and intricate (although nevertheless accessible) songwriting. Songs like "No Such Thing" and "Neon" mixed jazz chords with digestible choruses, fashioning a sort of brainy, college-educated pop hybrid that found a home amongst discerning listeners and mainstream fans alike. Of course, it didn't hurt that Mayer also loaded the album with more straightforward numbers -- particularly "Your Body Is a Wonderland," a bubbling piece of bedroom pop that helped swell his female audience. Mayer's heralded guitar solos and bluesy, Stevie Ray Vaughan-styled flourishes were sorely absent from the mix, though, as he initially limited the bulk of his fretwork to the acoustic guitar. It would take a jam-friendly concert album -- 2003's Any Given Thursday -- to introduce the breadth of Mayer's axeman skills to the public, but Room for Squares still provides a nice introduction to the songwriter's catalog, highlighting his blend of collegiate pop/rock and sensitive acoustics while only hinting at the eclectic, genre-hopping chameleon he would later become.
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| 01. |  |
No Such Thing |
3:51 |
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| 02. | |
Why Georgia |
4:28 |
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| 03. | |
My Stupid Mouth |
3:44 |
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| 04. | |
Your Body Is A Wonderland |
4:08 |
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| 05. | |
Neon |
4:22 |
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| 06. | |
City Love |
4:00 |
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| 07. | |
83 |
4:50 |
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| 08. | |
3x5 |
4:49 |
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| 09. | |
Love Song For No One |
3:21 |
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| 10. | |
Back To You |
4:02 |
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| 11. | |
Great Indoors |
3:36 |
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| 12. | |
Not Myself |
3:37 |
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| 13. | |
St. Patrick's Day |
5:21 |
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13 Total Tracks, 54:09 Total Length
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Credits
- David Angell - Violin // John Catchings - Cello // David Davidson - Violin // Kris Wilkinson String Section - Viola // David LaBruyere - Bass // Jerry Marotta - Drums // John Mark Painter - String Arrangements // Jack Joseph Puig - Producer // Jack Joseph Puig - Mixing // Kristin Wilkinson - Viola // John Alagia - Guitar // John Alagia - Percussion // John Alagia - Organ (Hammond) // John Alagia - Bells // John Alagia - Producer // John Alagia - Engineer // John Alagia - Mixing // John Alagia - Wurlitzer // Doug Derryberry - Vocals (Background) // Greg Di Gesu - Assistant Engineer // Greg Di Gesu - Assistant // Greg Latterman - A&R // Scott Hull - Mastering // Paul Natkin - Photography // Chris Fischer - Conga // Brandon Bush - Organ (Hammond) // Brandon Bush - Mellotron // Brandon Bush - Fender Rhodes // Brandon Bush - Wurlitzer // Lee Dannay - A&R // Josh Kessler - Photography // Jeff Juliano - Engineer // Jeff Juliano - Digital Editing // Jeff Juliano - Mixing // Vlado Meller - Mastering // Nir Z. - Drums // Nir Z. - Loops // Clay Cook - Vocals (Background) // Carole A. Rabinowitz - Cello // Alex Fallon - Art Direction
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Other Details
- Instruments:
- Guitar (Acoustic) //
- Vocals
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