John MayerBest John Mayer Albums Ranked
7.0
Avg Score
21
Opinions
14
Albums
9
Reviewers
Summary from 21 ratings
On Wavelength, fans have rated John Mayer's catalog across 14 albums from 21 opinions, with an overall average of 7.0/10. The top-rated John Mayer album is Where the Light Is: John Mayer Live In Los Angeles (2008) with a 9.2/10 average from 2 ratings, followed by Room for Squares and Continuum. The discography on Wavelength spans 1999 to 2021. Free Fallin' (Live at the Nokia Theatre) ranks as the highest-rated John Mayer song on Wavelength with a 8.0/10 average.
Sob Rock
“You’ll be hard pushed to find anyone as sure of themselves as John Mayer. The American singer-songwriter’s place among modern music’s most popular artists is partly the result of his ability to write highly relatable, heartfelt lyrics and perfect pop melodies, using the type of precision guitar-playing usually reserved for blues and country rock musicians. But the main ingredient of his success is”
Born and Raised
“There have always been two John Mayers. There’s John the Musician, the neo-James Taylor of "Daughters" and "No Such Thing," and the blues-guitar omnivore who can back Jay-Z and cover "Sweet Child o’ Mine." Then there’s John the Dude, sloshing his TMI all over TMZ, blazing a trail of famous ex-girlfriends, big-upping his supposedly racist […]”
Continuum
“"Who did you think I was?" John Mayer asked on the opening track of Try!, the live album he released last year as one-third of the John Mayer Trio. He’s answered the question eloquently on Continuum, a smart, breezy album that deftly fuses his love for old-school blues and R&B with his natural gift for […]”
Heavier Things
“In 2001, John Mayer released Room for Squares, which has since sold more than 3 million copies. Then based in Atlanta, Mayer had recently left Boston’s Berklee College of Music. His songs didn’t have the fussiness that many of us associate with trained musicians, but there was something correct about them. The fast, epiphanic "No […]”
Room for Squares
“The title is lifted from a 1963 Hank Mobley album called No Room for Squares, and the change is telling. Twenty-three-year-old John Mayer is far too unassuming to share Mobley’s ultrahip exclusiveness. Indeed, Room for Squares, Mayer’s major-label debut (he put out a solo acoustic album, Inside Wants Out, on his own in 1999), is […]”
Room for Squares
“Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit the auspicious debut that sent a 23-year-old guitarist into the stratosphere.”
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