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intereact!John Mayer
Retail Price (not our price): $11.98
Release Date: 2002-09-17
Manufacturer: Sony
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Track List
Now here, for your listening pleasure, the tracks...
| Disc 1 |
Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5
1) What is there to say? [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I of course bought this long after I had bought his major studio release. Many people look at this as just a previous recording of "Room For Squares". I don't, I think of it has a retelling, many times we re-read a book or re-watch a movie we love to experience different aspects. This gives us the chance to do that in a different way. I like the more mellow sound of the songs here just as much as I like the popped up versions on "Room".2) shouldn't have been released [Rating: 2 out of 5]
While I loved the studio version of these songs in Room for Squares and listen to the them all the time, I have to say that this album is painful to listen to. John's voice and guitar are both out of tune and he drags terribly in several songs. This doesn't sound like a raw and more intimate version, as some have claimed here, it sounds like a poorly performed and recorded version. It makes us long for the studio engineer to speed things up and correct those off-pitch notes. Sorry, but that is my opinion. Some people, like, say, Eva Cassidy, sound great live, and some people don't. John may sound great live, I don't know, but he doesn't sound good in this recording. Problem is, this album makes me think he is probably not good live, which is why I think he would be better off living on his rep from the studio version, or re-taping some newer live versions of these songs. He really is a good songwriter, and these old performances hurt him.3) Beautiful first CD by John Mayer. [Rating: 5 out of 5]
'Inside Wants Out' is a wonderful look at early John Mayer. I like the stripped down acoustic sound of John. The songs, most of which are revisted on 'Room for Squares', are well written and introspective. He had already found his writing style. I highly recommend this CD.4) The best Libra that I'd like to get to know. So down to earth, it's ridiculous! 4.7 stars. [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Well, to be totally honest to a fault, I liked some of the original recordings more so than these acoustic versions. But really, they're both pretty good.Track-By-Track Ratings:1. Back To You 4 stars. (the version on His full-length debut is superior)2. No Such Thing 4.5 stars. (pleasant pop goodness) 3. My Stupid Mouth 4.25 stars. (honest to a fault)4. Neon 4.5 stars. (one of His deepest tracks ever. Many girls are broken and searching for themselves, like this young lady is...)5. Victoria 3.75 stars. (calming & previously unreleased beforehand)6. Love Soon 4 stars. (like the title)7. Comfortable 3.75 stars. (acoustic goodness)8. Quiet 4.5 stars. (liked this one for a while...)Wow. Didn't expect it to be better than his debut... O_o37.25/8 = 4.656254.65625 = 4.74.7 stars.4.13 stars...**** + .135) Lovin' the early Mayer [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I love John Mayer. Perhaps I'm partial, but I believe this man to be a genuine virtuoso, arguably the best (most complete) musician of our (Gen. X-Y) time, and all-around genius. Anyway, this album was John Mayer's self-produced independent album before he hit it big, and his label loved the raw material so much that they reproduced it on a mass scale. This is classic, mostly acoustic material - I totally dig it. If you prefer the more mixed-out stuff, this may not be the album for you. For example, when I first heard "No Such Thing" on the radio, I despised it and wrote off John Mayer (I lived in a rural area with absolutely no progressive programming). I became a fan after "Daughters" came out, and I now pride myself on my impressive and almost-comprehensive Mayer collection. When I heard the "original" version of "No Such Thing" from this album, I immediately fell in love with it. Overall, this is very different from Room For Squares (I believe he has since regained a lot of artistic clout, so Heavier Things and especially Continuum are closer to his roots than Room For Squares). Inside Wants Out stands alone, but is a must for true fans of Little Johnny Mayer.