Heavier Things

John Mayer | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: September 9, 2003
• Label: Aware/Columbia
• Copyright: (P) 2003 Aware Records LLC
• Total Length: 46:19
• Genres: Alternative Rock/Singer-Songwriters, Broadway & Vocalists/Traditional Vocal Pop, Country/Alt-Country & Americana, Pop/Adult Alternative, Pop/Singer-Songwriters, Pop/Vocal Pop, Rock/Singer-Songwriters
• ASIN: B00138CXB2
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (639 customer reviews)
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94 of 101 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyed it more than his debut album, January 18, 2004

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Manny Hernandez "@askmanny" (Bay Area, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Heavier Things (Audio CD)

John Mayer is bound to stir up discussion, it seems, no matter what he does. Whether he sounds too close to Dave Matthews or whether (like here) he distances himself a bit from that sound. Whether he works on the guitar more (as in his debut) or whether he puts in more electronic elements distorting the original sound. In any case, controversy drags attention to him and it is one thing he deserves.

His sound in this album is strengthened by a solid band (among others, to be found is Matt Chamberlain who's played drums for the likes of Tori Amos and Brad Meldhau) and though the lyrics might not be the deepest he's written, the album as a whole has a more original and mature feel than his debut album, which did happen to sound like a Dave Matthews ripoff more than once. Due to its variety of tempos and rhythms included in this work and the somewhat "heavier" electronic component (interestingly enough a little song tempo chart by sequence is included in the booklet!) it remindes of Clapton's 'Pilgrim' at times, such as the case with "Come Back to Bed". It is no coincidence, therefore, that he shared the Holiday Blues Revue ay NYC this past December alongside blues legends Buddy Guy and Double Trouble (the formed band of the late Stevie Ray Vaughn).

All in all, a step in the right direction, an evolution from his first album and most definitely a young artist to keep a close eye on: if he doesn't steer away from his current path, he's bound to becoming a musical legend of our times.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I hated it at first....., September 12, 2003

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"jdrake82" (LA/MS) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Heavier Things (Audio CD)

...but that's how it goes with sophomore releases. You compare it to the freshman release(which in John's case, blew my mind. I loved it. Especially 3x5), and you're bound to be severely disappointed. It's definitely different from Room for Squares....but all in all, I like it. It took maybe....3 runs of the entire cd, but I ended up jumping the fence. But. One song on Heavier Things that stood out from the first listen(albeit sentimental)was....DAUGHTERS. This is my favorite song on the entire album. As I listened to it, my mouth fell open like it did when I heard the alternate take of Alanis Morrisette's "You Oughta Know". It pulls you in, and makes you listen.....Very surprising. I think John is developing well as a musician. But adolescent agnst-ridden teeny boppers won't like it (yay!).....except for maybe Bigger than My Body and Only Heart (the latter makes me nauseated, lyrically). Overall, this album displays John's ability, potential, and his inherent verve. I don't know if he reads his reviews, but in the event that he does: John, you've definitely earned some more cool points with me. Nice work.

20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good, but DVD side is *not* DVD-Audio, February 28, 2005

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B. Shea (Medford, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Heavier Things (Audio CD)

While I think this is a pretty good album in general, note that the DVD side of the disc is *not* DVD-Audio, but rather DVD-Video. In other words, the 5.1 mix is not the DVD-Audio 'advanced resolution' quality, but just as Dolby Digital compressed audio. While I'm sure some folks won't care about this, there are certainly audiophiles who will, and I would think those would pretty much be the only folks who would be interested in the DualDisc version of this album. Other DualDiscs have been released with DVD-Audio on the DVD side, and they don't do a good job of explaining what version is on the DVD side on the packaging.