John Mayer - The Village Sessions
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Artist: John MayerEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2006-12-12
Music Label: SonyBMG
Soundtracks:
- Waiting On The World To Change (Ft Ben Harper)
- Belief (Acoustic)
- Slow Dancing In A Burning Room (Acoustic)
- Good Love Is On The Way
- I'm Gonna Find Another You
- In Repair
Music reviews of The Village Sessions
Music Review: An Album For Fans And Lovers of Great Acoustic Music
Rating: 5 Stars
Continuum was one of the best, if not the best album of 2006, and one of the best in the already storied career of John Mayer. This follow-up, or EP if you will, gives a different spin on tracks for both Continuum and Try!, and in the end creates a mostly acoustic effort from Mayer that showcases yet another face of John Mayer.
"Waiting on the World to Change" is for the most part the same as the original pop classic, but this version seems a little bit slower, and has the background vocals of Ben Harper. The vocals really give a different spin to the song, and gives the impression that it was recorded for more of a black church setting. As strange as that may sound, it may be the strangest change to a song I've seen. Some may like it, some will flat-out hate it.
"Belief" is pretty much a straight-up acoustic radio session version; no real emotion, just served straight-up. And since the song really has no life to it, it ends up being the lowlight of the CD. "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room" on the other hand succeeds where "Belief" fails, in that it has real emotion, and Mayer seems to be really into the song, making it one of the highlights of the CD. "Good Love is on the Way" continues the trend, and with the acoustic spin on the song, as opposed to its original live, electric form, makes the song rather interesting.
"I'm Gonna Find Another You" is more of an acoustic blues, under the stars song, that Mayer passes off as emotional, all-but with a little sap mixed in with good measure. "In Repair" sounds just as great in acoustic form as it did in electric, and in the end, makes the song more emotional, open, and maybe more artful. This song also closes the album out very nicely, possibly saving the best for last.
Overall, although it is a little short, this song is an EP, which is meant more to please the fans rather than the general public. And with those terms applied to it, it certainly succeeds in a way fans will adore. Mayer manages to keep the original art and heart of the song, while giving different emotional takes to them. Certainly John Mayer is the modern day Bob Dylan, going from acoustic to electric, but never losing his many faces and roots, and in the end, being the best quality artists of their days.
Description of The Village Sessions
The ever prolific john mayer delivers 'the village sessions', a 6-song ep that retools favorites from his highly regarded 'continuum' album. With the exception of the ben harper track, the ep was recorded in one day at the village recorder in LA.If John Mayer has ants in his pants--and, given his many projects and the amount of music he releases in any given year, it appears that he does--his fans aren't complaining. Nor should they be. The Village Sessions, a six-song EP that retools favorites from Mayer's highly regarded Continuum disc, is mostly a way to feel further connected to him; the hurt comes through on "In Repair" both vocally and via expressive acoustic guitar work, making the Continuum version sound clipped by comparison, and the kicked-back version of "Good Love Is on the Way" (the one song here not from Continuum, but from Try!, a 2005 live disc) dispenses with angst in favor of a more liquid groove. Overall, it's a study in intimacy and focus--for Mayer, there seems to be a certain magic within the four walls of L.A.'s Village Recorder, where he laid down these tracks. Then again, maybe not: Prolific as he is, Mayer is no wand-waver. His reputation for musical pureness proceeds him, and The Village Sessions is one more testament to it. --Tammy La Gorce
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