 CONTINUUM RELEASE: 19. Januar 2007  
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 WAITING ON THE WORLD TO CHANGE (Basic) RELEASE: 19. Januar 2007
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WAITING ON THE WORLD TO CHANGE (Premium) RELEASE: 19. Januar 2007
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US Presse Zitate zu „Continuum”:
“You want to know if I think he’s got the goods to become one of the guitar greats, Guy asks, I think he’s already one of the guitar greats”
Buddy Guy on John Mayer to
“…a smart, breezy album that deftly fuses his love for old-school blues and R&B with his natural gift for sharp melodies and well-constructed songs”….”Mayer displays a new command of all his musical sources”
( of 5) 
“Mayer’s smartly crafted third album combines singer/songwriter pop and sinewy guitar blues as he broaches a rang of mature themes”
“Mr. Mayer has been writing songs again, good ones, with all the leanness and directness that distinguish his strongest work”
“’Continuum’ has the musical gentility that's made him the favorite mellow love man of the text-messaging generation, but the lyrics tell another story. Our hero is ‘slow dancing in a burning room’ with his soon-to-be-ex lady love; he's eyeing vultures outside his door. ‘Keep me where the light is!’ he moans on the soul ranter ‘Gravity’. He's in the throes of a serious reckoning”
“Where his earlier music was a parade of bright primary colors, these plaintive melodies come in delicious shades of gray”
½ (of 4) 
”Many musicians with his all-star-level guitar skills will go reeling off into jam-band indulgence at the least opportunity, but Mayer always plays understated, lacing his catchy songs with crystalline blues licks and subtle jazz-style filigree”
“We're convinced we’re witnessing the emergence of a true artist.”
“…the album is driven by serious themes, fat guitar sounds and Mayer's stirring voice. ‘Continuum’ reveals his maturity as an artist, both in content and style - a development he attributes to his collaboration with drummer Steve Jordan and bassist Pino Palladino, who collectively form the John Mayer Trio, which released a live blues album last year. Mayer has returned to the pop world with his new release, "Continuum" – finding a way to blend the authenticity of the old-time music he loves with his new material”.
Associated Press
“’Continuum’ contains enough tender ballads, jazzy shuffles, and silky-smooth singing to satisfy the young girls and radio programmers, plus a cover of Jimi Hendrix’s ‘Bold As Love’ that Mayer wears like a badge of honor. ‘Continuum’ is lean, buffed, and consummately poised””.
“’Continuum’ offers his most sensitive, pretty and contemplative music to date. Amid his usual mix of folk, blues and soul, the new album leans closer to the later”.
New York Daily News
“Mayer gently coasts through this diverse set of songs, sounding equally comfortable playing an up-tempo rock anthem like In Repair or a melancholy ballad like Slow Dancing in a Burning Room. He also steers into R&B and funk and country, but it's like he's walking into these genres with his head down, unpretentiously and quietly”
