BORN AND RAISED LP (VINYL ALBUM) US COLUMBIA 2012

Dopo aver rimandato l'uscita dell'album diverse volte eccolo finalmente! John Mayer stupisce ancora cambiando genere, passando ad un album quasi completamente acustico, molto country blues. Si sentono molto le influenze di Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Bob Dylan e altri.
I testi sono un ritorno alle "origini" di Room For Squares dove molti dei brani erano introspettivi e autobiografici.
Un album veramente molto bello anche se per i fan del John Mayer di Continuum mancano brani come Gravity, Slow dancing in a burning room o Bold as love. Non mancano però brani bluesy come Something Like Olivia, Born and Raised o brani delicati come Love is a verb o A face to call home.
Un album molto "estivo" come tipo di suono e per un viaggio in macchina non c'è ascolto migliore: dalla prima all'ultima traccia, anche se finita la 12 viene da chiedersi... "E adesso? Già finito?" Perché un album così ne meriterebbe molte di più...

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Grande John Mayer, grande album

Giovanni

Recensito in Italia il 28 gennaio 2016

L'album di per sé è favoloso, però mi è successa una strana coincidenza, cioè ho ordinato l'album una prima volta, è arrivato nei tempi stabiliti in perfette condizioni, lo apro sfilo il primo vinile dei 2, lo metto sul piatto abbasso il braccio della puntina e parte il primo pezzo.. dopo una decina di secondi però il disco comincia a saltare.. provo e riprovo ma nulla, salta.. controllando varie volte mi accorgo che salta solo nel primo pezzo, poi fila liscio fino all ultimo brano.. sarà danneggiato forse, ok lo sostituisco, rimando il pacco con l'album ad Amazon che me ne rimanda un'altra copia come d'accordo, arriva impeccabilmente nei tempi come sempre, dinuovo lo scarto, sfilo il primo disco e zac.. dinuovo mi salta per i primi 20 secondi della prima traccia e poi tutto liscio.. a stu pu to penso che ho mi hanno rimandato nuovamente lo stesso album, (ma non credo che amazon, compagnia seria faccia ciò) o sia un difetto di stampa e sia per tutri così.. oppure non saprei proprio (se qualcuno lo sà, me lo dica gentilmente).. cmq resta sempre un bel album.. 4 stelle e non 5 solo per questo piccolo "difettuccio" che non lo rende proprio perfetto...

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Un vinile bello e che ‘salta’

Sara Buralli

Recensito in Italia il 21 agosto 2018

Il disco è arrivato in ottime condizioni ed è molto bello, solo che in qualche punto si stoppa e poi riparte (non mi era mai successa una cosa del genere con gli altri vinili).
Questa cosa mi ha turbato un po’ e ho fatto una sostituzione, ma a quanto pare la cosa persiste.

Recensito in Italia il 7 luglio 2014

Gran bel sound, di sottofondo aiuta a passare le giornate anche se in un impianto sopra la media sembra una registrazione un po' incentrata sulla gamma bassa.
I giri di chitarra sono rilassanti, il cd va goduto con calma.
Consigliato a chi ama il genere country folk

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Giuseppe D'Ambrosio

Ottimo

Recensito in Italia il 29 novembre 2020

Spedizione veloce, prodotto conforme alla descrizione, CD stupendo. Consigliato

Recensito in Italia il 13 agosto 2018

Uno dei più belli almeno per me c'è un mondo intero dentro, vinile ottimo e molto limpido sull'ascolto

Uno degli album migliori degli ultimi 10 anni.

Gaetano C

Recensito in Italia il 23 ottobre 2016

Da quando ho scoperto John Mayer non posso fare a meno di ascoltarlo. Voce bellissima e chitarrista più che notevole. Fantastico!

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Antonella B.

Bellissimo

Recensito in Italia il 16 novembre 2019

Bellissimo uno dei migliori di John

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Whisky

Whiskey Whiskey Whiskey, Water Water Water...... Sleep.

Recensito nel Regno Unito il 20 febbraio 2016

Beautiful album... I'm rating it 5 in terms of john mayer's music and not based on the Country music genre overall, even though I consider this a breath of fresh air from the "Ahhh loooov ma ccuuuunttttreeeeee, Ahhhh weeeaaaarrr a ccoowwwboooyyy hhaaaaattttt, pleeeeeaaaz buy maahhh CDDDDD!!!"

Its definitely one of his best works... its true to his heart, which is why it is beautiful to listen to. His work in the pop genre of course put him on the map, and a lot of it including stop this train and In Your Atmosphere (which I don't believe is on a studio album of his).

But all pop songs are recycled, its nice to hear something fresh and straight from the soul. This man is a rare talent.

Great songs include Whiskey, Queen Of California (of course) and Something Like Olivia to name my favourites... I remember trying really hard back in 2012 to learn Queen Of California and Something Like Olivia on my guitar, if you are like me up until last year you'd only heard acoustic versions of those two songs and not actually listened to the full album... I'd highly suggest buying the album if you have a nice pair of head/earphones, high quality speakers, or you're simply a collector like your's truly, if you're an itunes user, get that apple lossless encoder down on your import, there are so many little details you miss in this type of intricate music at low quality.

This was the worst review of all time, bye. pls buy dis tho itz gude.

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North2South

If only delivery was as stated

Recensito nel Regno Unito il 8 giugno 2020

I want to start by explaining why only 4 stars, it is nothing to do with the album (see below), but reflects the delivery. I bought two albums and the box they came in, which was far too big and provided very little support for the two albums, was left on my doorstep without any knock at the door, or a ring of the doorbell! The feedback is that the item was handed to me, but this was NOT the case! Fortunately, the albums were additionally packed in cardboard sleeves and were fine.
The music is excellent, the vinyl was good quality (180g) and the sleeve shrink-wrapped and in perfect order. No major pops or cracks when played. So, my only criticism was that there are only three or four tracks on some sides, so lots of swapping the disks.

Philbee

Another side of John Mayer

Recensito nel Regno Unito il 28 gennaio 2014

Since accidentally discovering John Mayer when I visited a record shop (remember those?) a few months ago, I have built up a collection of his albums starting with his excellent five-CD collection (sold in a hardback book format, also available at a reasonable price from Amazon). 'Born and Raised' is (to date) his second most recent album, and shows a great shift from some of his earlier material. This is more 'rootsie', and if that worries you, take a chance. If nothing else, Mayer is well aware of his musical heritage, and has properly acknowledged this by working with the respected musicians that inspired him. That is known as learning your craft. Sometimes his escapades with his various famous girlfriends has undermined that hard work, so people who might otherwise enjoy his music walk on by. This is a pity, because on 'Born and Bred' he is making a real effort to redefine his musical compass by taking it into new territories, like those inhabited by CSNY and The Band. Indeed 'The Croz' and Graham Nash add their beautiful harmonising on this album. So - this isn't the pop/blues/rock that you may have heard from Mayer before, but then many great artists before him similarly tried out different musical genres. Just enjoy the journey with him - this album is a beauty.

Grumpy

There’s not a track that I don't like, the album flows along very nicely.

Recensito nel Regno Unito il 2 ottobre 2019

I have three other John Mayer CDs before purchasing this one, Continuum, Paradise Valley and Heavier Things, Contininuum was my favourite, but now I think this one Born and Raised has taken that place, very easy going to listen to, distinctly John Mayer. it has a slight country feel, there’s not a track that I don't like, the album flows along very nicely.

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Faithhopelove2

Mayer is the man again

Recensito nel Regno Unito il 28 maggio 2012

after the distinctly average Battle Studdies and the ill fated interview I was wondering if I would have to say Dear John to Mr Mayer who I have loved since the get go. If this album was another really bland album I would have to. I dont even have Battle studies on my MP3, none of the songs, not any. So would this be the same? Well Mayer himself admits he was just making noise because he had nothing to say, so he moved to montana and sorted his head out and wrote a new album. The result.....Mayer is the man again. This is a really seriously good album. True to form it has a different sound from anything previously. Its undoubtedly Mayer, but with an acoustic (but not like Room For Squares more in the vain of Stop This Train) 70's, country vibe. Hes gone back to simple melodies and filled the arrangements with layer upon layer of them. The album sounds almost like Ryan Adams at his most mellow at times . The new band hes got is great, Chuck Levell deserves a special mention on keys and Johns guitar playing is superb as usual, although there isnt much lead stuff on here. But you dont miss it. Such is the quality of the songs. I had avoided all the hype prior to the release so I could come to it fresh. I put the CD in the car and the first thing I heard is Queen of California. A great song and represents the album well. A song I have not been able to get out of my head and it plays on an incessant loop in my mind. There are other greats too. In fact the single Shadow Days is the weakest song on the album, so thats saying quite a lot. It bodes well for the future that he can write Queen of Cailfornia (an AAA song struture for song writing nerds) and Walt Grace (hints of the beatles). Pick this up now. It is a fantastic sunshine CD (like Norah Jones first album was). Put it on in the car, put the window down and enjoy

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