Continuum
by John Mayer
- Type: Album
- Released: 12 September 2006
- Label: Columbia
- Country: United States
- Length: 49:57
- Community rating: 3.83/5 from 7 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Marking a deliberate shift from acoustic pop, this record fully integrates the artist's blues guitar proficiency with polished studio soul. The songwriting displays a mature, introspective focus on relationships and existential unease. It won multiple Grammy Awards and fundamentally redefined his commercial and critical standing.
Genres
Descriptors: breakup, melodic, guitar-driven, soulful, confessional, male-vocals, polished, bluesy
Tracklist
- Waiting On the World to Change (3:20)
- I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You) (4:52)
- Belief (4:02)
- Gravity (4:05)
- The Heart of Life (3:19)
- Vultures (4:11)
- Stop This Train (4:45)
- Slow Dancing in a Burning Room (4:01)
- Bold as Love (4:18)
- Dreaming with a Broken Heart (4:07)
- In Repair (6:09)
- I'm Gonna Find Another You (2:42)
Credits
- John Mayer - primary artist, art direction, design, lead vocals [uncredited], photography by, producer, songwriter, vocals [group]
- Glen Nakasako - art direction, design
- Jeri Heiden - art direction, design
- Pino Palladino - bass, vocals [group], songwriter
- Ken Helie - coordinator
- Steve Jordan - drums, percussion, producer, vocals [group], songwriter
- Martin Pradler - edited by [digital], engineer [protools]
- Chad Franscoviak - engineer, photography by
- Dave O'Donnell - engineer
- Joe Ferla - engineer
- Angie Teo - engineer [assistant], engineer [protools]
- Brian Montgomery - engineer [assistant], engineer [protools]
- Bryan Pugh - engineer [assistant], engineer [protools]
- Dan Monti - engineer [assistant]
- Jared Nugent - engineer [assistant]
- Jim "Bud" Monti - engineer [assistant]
- Peter Doris - engineer [assistant], engineer [protools]
- Vanessa Parr - engineer [assistant]
- Nathaniel Kunkel - engineer [protools]
- Ricky Peterson - keyboards, piano
- J. Reid Hunter - legal
- Serling, Rooks & Ferrara, LLP - legal
- Michael McDonald - management
- Mick Management - management
- Cal Financial Group - management [business]
- Rit Venerus - management [business]
- Greg Calbi - mastered by
- Manny Marroquin - mixed by
- Michael H. Brauer - mixed by
- Jared Robbins - mixed by [assistant]
- Will Hensley - mixed by [assistant]
- Mark Seliger - photography by
- Sam Erickson - photography by
- Tom Munro - photography by
- Artie Smith - technician [drums]
- Rene Martinez - technician [guitar]
- Roy Hargrove - horns
- Harley Pasternak - vocals [group]
- Jeannie Martinez - vocals [group]
- Kristen Moss - vocals [group]
- Lee Padgett - vocals [group]
- Maggie Slavonic - vocals [group]
- Ricky Cytonbaum - vocals [group]
- Sandy Vongdasy - vocals [group]
- Scotty Crowe - vocals [group]
- Willie Weeks - bass
- Ben Harper - guitar
- Manolo Badrena - percussion
- Larry Goldings - keyboards, organ
- John Alagia - engineer
- James Valentine - guitar
- Jamie Muhoberac - keyboards
- Jimi Hendrix - songwriter
- Charlie Hunter - guitar [8 string], songwriter
- Lester Snell - arranged by [horns, assistant], electric piano [fender rhodes], organ
- Boo Mitchell - arranged by [horns], recorded by [horns & vocals, assistant]
- Willie Mitchell - arranged by [horns], recorded by [horns & vocals]
- Jim Mahorn - baritone saxophone
- Chalmers Alford - guitar
- Lannie McMillan - tenor saxophone