John Mayer – Room For Squares

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Label:	Aware Records – C 85293, Columbia – C 85293
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album
Country:	US
Released:	2001
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Alternative Rock, Acoustic, Soft Rock, Pop Rock

Tracklist

A1		No Such Thing Electric Piano [Wurlitzer] – Brandon Bush Music By – Clay Cook Omnichord, Synthesizer [Korg Triton] – John*
A2		Why Georgia Backing Vocals – Clay Cook, Doug Derryberry Loops – Nir Z*
A3		My Stupid Mouth
A4		Your Body Is A Wonderland Congas – Chris Fisher (2) Electric Piano [Wurlitzer] – Brandon Bush Organ [Hammond] – John Alagia Toy Piano, Synthesizer [Korg Triton], Vibraphone – John*
A5		Neon Backing Vocals – Clay Cook, Doug Derryberry Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes] – Brandon Bush Guitar – John Alagia Music By – Clay Cook Omnichord – John*
A6		City Love Cello – Carol Rabinowitz, Jon Catchings Electric Piano [Wurlitzer] – Brandon Bush Viola – Kristin Wilkinson Violin – David Angell, David Davidson
A7		83 Synthesizer [Korg Triton] – John*
B1		3x5 Drums – Jerry Marotta
B2		Love Song For No One Backing Vocals – Clay Cook, Doug Derryberry Electric Piano [Wurlitzer] – Brandon Bush Guitar – John Alagia Music By – Clay Cook
B3		Back To You Omnichord, Synthesizer [Korg Triton] – John*
B4		Great Indoors Percussion, Synthesizer [Korg Triton] – John*
B5		Not Myself Mellotron – Brandon Bush Omnichord – John*
B6		St. Patrick's Day Bells [Jingle] – John Alagia Electric Piano [Fender Rhodes], Mellotron – Brandon Bush

Companies, etc.

Copyright © – Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Manufactured By – Columbia Records

Credits

Arranged By [Strings] – John Mark Painter
Artwork By [Art Direction By] – Dan And Alex Fallon
Bass – David LaBruyere
Drums – Nir Z* (tracks: A1 to A5, A7, B2 to 14)
Engineer – Jeff Juliano, John Alagia
Engineer [Pro-tools] – Jeff Juliano
Lyrics By, Music By – John Mayer
Mastered By – Scott Hull (2)
Mixed By – Jack Joseph Puig (tracks: A1, A3, A4, A7, B1 to B4), Jeff Juliano (tracks: A2, A5, A6, B4 to B6), John Alagia (tracks: A2, A5, A6, B4 to B6)
Organ [Hammond] – Brandon Bush (tracks: A1 to A3, A7, B2, B6)
Percussion – John Alagia (tracks: A1 to A5, B1, B2)
Photography By – Joshua Kessler*
Producer – John Alagia
Recorded By [Assistant | At Applehead Studios] – Adel Hinawi, Cyrille Taillander*
Recorded By [Assistant | At Loho Studios] – Greg DiGesu*
Vocals, Guitar – John*

Notes

Basic tracks recorded at Loho Studios, NYC.
Recorded and mixed at Sunny Acre, Easton, MD and 33 & 1/3 Studios, Brooklyn, NY.
'3X5' recorded at Applehead Studios, Woodstock, NY.
Strings recorded at Media Mix Studios, Nashville, TN.
Mastered at Classic Sound, NYC.

<font size=1>(C) 2001 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
(P) 2001 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
Manufactured by Columbia Records.

All songs Specific Harm Music (ASCAP),
except 'No Such Thing', 'Neon' and 'Love Song For One' Specific Harm Music (ASCAP) / Me Hold You Music (ASCAP).</font>

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 6 9699 85293-1 1
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 Side 1): AL-85293-1B X1
Matrix / Runout (Variant 1 Side 2): BL-85293-1B X1
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 Side 1): C85293 A3 RJ STERLING 1
Matrix / Runout (Variant 2 Side 2): C85293 B2 RJ STERLING 1
Matrix / Runout (Variant 3 Side 1): C85293 A5 RJ STERLING 1
Matrix / Runout (Variant 3 Side 2): C85293 B3 RJ STERLING 1
Matrix / Runout (Variant 4 Side 1): C85293-A4 RJ STERLING 1
Matrix / Runout (Variant 4 Side 2): C85293-B3 RJ STERLING 1

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Room For Squares (CD, Album)	Aware Records, Columbia	CK 85293	US	2001
Recently Edited	Room For Squares (CD, Album)	Aware Records, Columbia, Columbia	508135 2, COL 508135 2, 5081352000	Europe	2001
Recently Edited	Room For Squares (CD, Album, CD, VCD)	Columbia, Aware Records	508135.7	Asia	2001
Recently Edited	Room For Squares (CD, Album, CD, Single, Promo)	Aware Records, Columbia, Aware Records, Columbia	CK 85293, CSK 32691	US	2001
New Submission	Room For Squares (CD, Album)	Aware Records	AWA110	US	2001

Reviews

andthejets Mar 23, 2023
I put off buying this for years due to comments on here. Got it for cheap and IMO it's not nearly as bad as a lot are making it out to be. Is it quiet? Yes. Does it sound better than passable if you turn up your system? Yes. Would it benefit from a 2 LP pressing? Sure. Is it worth <$20? Yup. Far from the worst sounding record in my collection.
alan.schweitzer Jan 2, 2023
This is an absolute dumpster fire of a pressing. The edge of the record is uneven with heavy skipping on Side A track one. Visually I can see tons of pressing flaws even though it was bought sealed. Sounds like garbage too. Avoid, avoid, avoid!!!
lee.c.dylan Mar 25, 2021
It's definitely a very quiet pressing (I have to turn it up way more than my other records) but no pops/clicks anything so I can deal with it okay
alexiscamposenriquez Oct 31, 2020
fuck I just bought this guys. so I suppose it was laying somewhere for 19 years? some serious problem at the beggining of side B and some skiping in side A. I dont recommend this LP.
MrShocktime Oct 6, 2019
I have to agree with every review below. Just pulled out my copy to play for the first time in years and its mastered super quiet yet pressed on noisy vinyl (and my disc is cleaned). The sound isn't good either, very one dimensional as speedingdeacon mentioned. It definitely needs a 2LP version.
technics11 Aug 7, 2019
This pressing isn't that bad. It has a fair amount of surface noise even after a few cleanings. It's not very dynamic but it's not flat. It's passable for now, I really hope it gets a reiussue.
speedingdeacon Dec 28, 2018
This is by far the worst sounding LP that I own. This was my first experience with Aware Records and I have been avoiding their releases ever since. The main issue was releasing so many songs on a single LP. The volume is exceptionally low, so you have to turn your amplifier way up, hear tons of background noise and nearly make the whole system rumble and feedback. And on top of that the sound quality is atrocious. Completely one dimensional and distorted. I borrowed my friend's 2017 We Are Vinyl/Legacy Records release and, while it was definitely much better than the Aware release, the sound quality was still lacking in a lot of ways. Long story short, this album is far too long to be crammed onto one LP and it deserves a proper 2 LP release by a quality company that respects the source material and knows how to translate it to vinyl.
reynovinyl May 28, 2018
I have this,press 1st Released, but the vinyl is so light.
morart Jan 13, 2017
The pressing I have lacks depth and clarity missing midrange. It actually sounded worse than my downloaded version of this album. Hoping the European 180 gram import will sound better.
onicody Jan 23, 2016
Nice first album! Good quality, fine release. It's just a little under-mixed (sound is low), and it's probably not an analog master. Still a good vinyl to have!