Album · 2012
Born and Raised
by John Mayer
Born and Raised is a 2012 country rock album by John Mayer. It runs 13 tracks across 49 minutes on Columbia. Riffiter listeners rate it 3.7/5 from 6 ratings.
Country Rock · Blues Rock · Folk Rock
Your rating
- 3.7 /5
- 6 ratings
- 66 /100
- 6 critics
- 13
- Tracks
- 49 min
- Runtime
- 132 bpm
- Tempo
- C major
- Key
Ratings
6 ratings · avg 3.7
Reviews
1 review
- 2.0
The drums on this sound like they were miked from two rooms over, and his voice sits so close and so soft that nothing else on the record ever has to compete with it. Queen of California opens well enough, then it finds a mid-tempo shuffle and stays there. Blunderbuss came out the same spring with a band actually trying to break something. I gave this three goes because people I trust swear by it, and the third time I was asleep before Walt Grace. Two stars: one for Queen of California, one for the nap.
2 people have played it start to finish
Critics
6 publications
- Rolling Stone4/5
- Entertainment WeeklyB
- AllMusic3.5/5
- Uncut7/10
- American Songwriter3/5
- The Independent2/5
- Metacriticaggregate73/100
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Tracklist
13 tracks · 49 min
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According to Riffiter listeners, the best track on Born and Raised is Queen of California — rated 5.0/5 by 1 listener.
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About
Born and Raised is the fifth studio album by American musician John Mayer that was released on May 22, 2012. The first single, "Shadow Days", was released February 27, 2012, on Mayer's blog. It was made available for purchase as a digital download on March 6, 2012. The music video for the second single, "Queen of California", was released on July 30, 2012. "Queen of California" will officially impact adult contemporary radio on August 13, 2012. This album marks the return of John Mayer after a two-year break from the public eye due to the surgical removal of a granuloma near his vocal cords. Born and Raised marks yet another change in Mayer's musical style, incorporating musical elements of folk and Americana that take influences from Bob Dylan, Neil Young, David Crosby and Graham Nash. American Songwriter stated that "Mayer approaches Born and Raised like a method actor, diving headfirst into his new sound — a mix of Laurel Canyon folk and California country-rock," praising Mayer's technical skills as well as Don Was' production work. Born and Raised has received generally positive reviews from most critics, some calling it "his best album to date".
In brief
- Is Born and Raised good?
- Riffiter listeners rate Born and Raised 3.7/5 from 6 ratings.
- What is the highest-rated track on Born and Raised?
- Queen of California, rated 5.0/5 by 1 listener on Riffiter.
- When was Born and Raised released?
- Born and Raised was released in 2012 on Columbia.
- How many tracks are on Born and Raised?
- Born and Raised has 13 tracks, with a runtime of 49 minutes.
- What genre is Born and Raised?
- Born and Raised is catalogued under Country Rock, Blues Rock, Folk Rock.
- What BPM is Born and Raised?
- Born and Raised runs at a median tempo of 132 BPM across its tracks, most often in C major, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to Born and Raised?
- Listeners of Born and Raised also rate A Head Full of Dreams by Coldplay, x by Ed Sheeran, In Between Dreams by Jack Johnson.
Born and Raised at a glance
- Labels
- Columbia Records, Sony Music
- Produced by
- Don Was
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