The Village Sessions

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The Village Sessions
Extended play by John Mayer

Publication
(s)

December 12, 2006

admission

Late 2006

Label (s) Aware Records ( Columbia )

Format (s)

CD , download

Genre (s)

Blues rock

Title (number)

6th

occupation

Studio (s)

The Village Recorder , Los Angeles, CA

chronology
Continuum
(2006) 		The Village Sessions Where the Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los Angeles
(2008)
Robbie McIntosh (left) and John Mayer in a performance in 2007

The Village Sessions is an EP that the American guitarist and singer John Mayer released on December 12, 2006 on Aware Records ( Columbia ). It includes acoustic versions of pieces previously on the Continuum and Try! have appeared.

Emergence

John Mayer recorded the EP in Los Angeles in late 2006 with Robbie McIntosh , who is also a member of his tour band . The guest singer and musician on "Waiting on the World to Change" is guitarist Ben Harper , who also contributed to this track on Continuum . The recording location was the studio The Village Recorder , through which the EP got its name. Mayer had previously recorded parts of his album Continuum there .

Publications

The Village Sessions was released on CD and was sold in limited numbers and initially only through independent record stores.

In May 2007, The Village Sessions was also released as a download from iTunes . As a bonus, there was a short film called In Repair: One Song, One Day , which documents the creation of the song "In Repair" for the album Continuum .

Reception and awards

The Village Sessions was generally well received by the critics. All reviewers unanimously praised Mayer's guitar playing, which proves his qualities as a musician. It was also repeatedly pointed out how simple the arrangements are. This creates a special intimacy with which Mayer leads his music back to its beginnings.

Opinions were divided about Ben Harper's interpretation of "Waiting On The World To Change". It was criticized that the title did not match the rest of the EP and that Harper did not enrich the piece. Other critics, however, found it to be the best track on the album.

For the acoustic version of "Belief" included on The Village Sessions , John Mayer was nominated for the 2008 Grammy Awards in the Best Male Pop Vocal Performance category.

Track list

The EP contains 6 tracks that - with the exception of "Good Love Is On The Way", which is on Try! appeared - previously published on Continuum .

  1. "Waiting On The World To Change (featuring Ben Harper)" (Mayer) - 2:54
  2. "Belief" (Mayer) - 3:44
  3. "Slow Dancing In A Burning Room" (Mayer) - 3:54
  4. "Good Love Is On The Way" (Mayer, Steve Jordan , Pino Palladino ) - 3:26
  5. "I'm Gonna Find Another You" (Mayer) - 2:46
  6. "In Repair" (Mayer, Charlie Hunter ) - 5:48

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c John Mayer: "The Village Sessions" EP available for digital download. ( Memento of the original from November 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Blog post from May 15, 2007. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.johnmayer.com
  2. ^ A b c John Mayer: "The Village Sessions" released today. ( Memento of the original from November 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Blog post dated December 12, 2006. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.johnmayer.com
  3. ^ David John Farinella: John Mayer - Taking Chances With His Trio. ( Memento of the original from October 16, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Published on mixonline.com on October 1st, 2006. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / mixonline.com
  4. ↑ a b c d Tyler Fisher: John Mayer: The Village Sessions. Review from December 19, 2006 on sputnikmusic.com .
  5. ^ Tammy La Gorce: The Village Sessions Review. Published on Amazon .
  6. ^ A b c Janine Macdonald: Music Review: John Mayer - The Village Sessions . Review from May 25, 2007 on blogcritics.org
  7. ^ Grammy.com: 50th Annual Grammy Awards Winners List. No longer available, a copy may be found. a. here.