Room for Squares
| John Mayer
Room for Squares
Room for Squares is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter John Mayer, released on June 5, 2001 by Aware and Columbia Records. Upon its release, it peaked at number 9 on the US Billboard 200 and received generally positive reviews from critics. It earned Mayer a Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for the single "Your Body Is a Wonderland".-Wikipedia
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Rolling Stone
November 13, 2001. 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 instantly likable and accessible.
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Slant Magazine
September 18, 2001. On his sincere major label debut, Room for Squares, John Mayer openly lays bare his self-admitted “quarter-life crisis” and “the stirrings in [his] soul” with a poet’s grace and innocent sensuality.
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AllMusic
Released in September 2001, Room for Squares proved to be a well-timed album, quietly heralding the end of teen pop's glory days with clever wordplay, savvy chord progressions, and mature songwriting.
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Pop Matters
September 17, 2001. Mayer's music itself is pleasant fluff. It doesn't offend, nor does it attempt to make itself too exciting for the most part. In any event, I know plenty of people who will enjoy John Mayer's Room for Squares. I'm just not one of them.
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The Graham Weekly Album Review #1277
2002. John Mayer's new CD Room for Squares is a worthy effort that blends elements of singer-songwriter fare with melodic pop, and often interesting musical stylistic ingredients.
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Mind Equals Blown
May 22, 2012. His debut showed us the pop side that he yearned to pursue after calling it quits at Berklee College of Music. This is where his journey began. This was the starting point. Not too bad for a kid from Connecticut. Say what you will about the man, but he’s a master at his craft, whatever he decides that craft will be.
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Giant Bomb
Room for Squares is John Mayer's first album which contains a variety of different types of songs. . . . The greatest thing about this album is that Mayer's lyrics are of great quality. . . . I recommend this album to anyone who enjoys music from bands such as Dave Matthews Band and Dispatch.
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Audiophile Audition
August 24, 2006. As a singer-songwriter his skills are a cut above and the material never falls into the “sounds the same” category as some records can. It has roots loosely based in older popular music, but still sounds fresh and offers a good variety of styles.
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Modern Vinyl
June 24, 2014. . . . Room for Squares is an immensely well-crafted pop album. . . . Virtually every song on this record sounds like a hit. You might be surprised at how well the songwriting here holds up, or at the fact that, of the 12 songs, Mayer only worked with a co-writer on three.
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Plugged In
Infused with jazz and AC accents, Room for Squares earned Mayer a spot on Rolling Stone’s list of "10 Artists to Watch." Although some themes are great, others emphasizing sex and reckless living will put him on parents’ list of "Artists to Watch" for less honorable reasons.
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Billboard
April 14, 2017. Sure, many artists' debut albums are memorable and special to them for different reasons. But for John Mayer, this was hardly an introductory piece of work – it was just a damn good record, from start to finish.
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The Music Box
Apirl, 2002. Indeed, Room for Squares is a delightful, if delicately-layered, collection of mostly mellow acoustic guitar-based rock expertly produced by John Alagia,. . . . As such, Alagia makes Mayers’ voice go down smooth . . . thereby belying the cleverness in Mayers’ wise, introspective lyrics.
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Singapore Street Directory
With the release of Room For Squares John Mayer's artistic excellence is on full display as Mayer has once again delivered a brilliant collection of tracks that could very well be him best work to date.
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SortMusic.com
. . . Room for Squares is an easy album to like. Mayer has a soulful voice and he opens himself up emotionally, showing a vulnerability that makes all of the slick production seem forgivable.
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