My review of "Heavier Things"

Let me preface this with the fact that I refuse to pay money for music by certain people that I enjoy listening to. (Recently one of these people was removed from the list, but that's beside the point) I don't mean I steal the music (well.. I admit to burning a few songs once or twice) just that I don't buy the CDs myself. I gladly accept them as gifts, and I appreciate such gifts. John Mayer is one of those people. I have two John Mayer CDs, both gifts from my brother, who is a huge fan. I didn't want Heavier Things, so I asked him not to buy it for me, and so he didn't. A week ago, I finally gave in to curiousity, and put it on hold at the library. I picked it up last night. Listened for the first time this afternoon. And overall, I like the sound of the album.

Clarity: 4/5
I love the sound of this song. The tempo is good, the percussion is cool and I love those trumpets. Lyrics are good, and I feel like I understand what he's talking about without fully getting all of it. His falsetto, however, gets annoying, so I docked one point.

Bigger than My Body: 4/5
Fun song. Not much more than that to say. Lyrics are pretty much typical John Mayer to me. He seems to be expecting to be better when the situation makes it easier. Sounds like bull to me, but that's just my opinion. (Personally I believe you should be better despite the situation, and once I master that I'll write a best selling book about how... /sarcasm)

Something's Missing: 3/5
Not being able to relate to feeling like something is missing from my life, I didn't get into this song. The music doesn't interest me, either. I did however like the end.
"Friends
(Check)
Money
(Check)"
And so on, cute.

New Deep: 2.5/5
Frankly, if I were to take a line from this song to name the CD, I'd have taken "Numb is the New Deep" instead of Heavier Things. Frankly, I'm being petty by taking a whole point off for four lines; "Is there a God?/ Why is he waiting/ Don't you think of it odd/ When he knows my address?" It's my review, I can do that. Otherwise, This song is cool. Like the music, like (most of) the lyrics. And tempo, too.

Come Back to Bed: 1/5
I don't like this song. I haven't listened to it all the way through because I couldn't stand it after about a minute. And is it just me, or is the intro really country?

Home Life: 4.5/5
I like this song. The lyrics are a little weird, but yeah, some people just crave the basic homelife. I love the chorus "I want to live in the center of a circle" and such. Plus the music is good.

Split Screen Sadness: 3/5
All right, we've got stalker tendencies here. I've frankly forgotten my impression of this song, and I'm listening to it as I write this. I think I liked it pretty well. Sad songs don't do it for me, really.

Daughters: 4/5
The first song on this CD that I was acquainted with. Last Christmas my brother played a clip of this on I-tunes for me to hear. I thought it sounded ok. It does, all the way through it's ok. Good message, except for the boys part, I don't think you can just ignore boys emotionally. Sure, they better handle things, but still, they can be damaged, and repeat the cycle of a bad life. But it's a pretty cool song.

Only Heart: 5/5
This song is fiendishly romantic and fun to listen to. Being the guitar solo junkie that I am, I love this song. If I were to ever spend money on John Mayer, I'd head to I-tunes and buy this song right here. Then I'd play it to death, and potentially hate it for the rest of my life. Or it could turn into one of those songs that I don't get tired of listening to no matter how much I hear it. I just love this song.

Wheel: 4/5
I remember I liked this song. I don't remember why. It's a slower tempo, basic lyrics, and just fine. I do like the lyrics, they seem a little hopeful, yet sad.

So the overall album would seem to get a 3/5. Definitely not enough to take John off of my "No $" list. But now, I wouldn't mind getting this CD. I won't be disappointed if I never get it, though. I'll end up rating the good songs on Launch cast radio and listen to them there whenever the program decides to play them for me.

Till next I write.