Album Review: "Continuum" by John Mayer (2006)

John Mayer fails to live up to the promise of his excellent 2003 sophomore effort "Heavier Things" on this disappointing release. The songs are weaker, blander, and demonstrate less artistic growth than I had hoped for. Perhaps hanging around Jessica Simpson explains Mayer's loss of creative spunk and his turn towards inoffensive and forgettable Jewel-esque adult contemporary, but this quite frankly is music for Sunday dinner with the in-laws and is sadly worth little more than that.

The only bright spots, despite their hokey titles (and I'm a country music fan!), are "I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You)" and "Slow Dancing In a Burning Room".

Keep your expectations in check if you're going to take a flyer on this one because it doesn't deliver.

Overall rating: 4.5/10