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Generally favorable reviews- based on 49 Ratings
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Positive: 41 out of 49
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Mixed: 5 out of 49
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Negative: 3 out of 49
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Dec 17, 2013Very competent album, shows his guitar-side better than other titles but still one step behind Joe Bonamassa. Mayer still a "singer" instead of a "guitar player" and some choices here might appeal better to radios, but grown old fast.
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Nov 15, 2013Hoped to give this album a higher score, as always, I try to stay optimistic, although this one did not hook me at all and basically bored me to tears.
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Apr 8, 2021This is a good, not great album by John Mayer. While the album doesn’t have the dynamic genre-hopping sensibility that Born and Raised had. But just like any Mayer record, there will always be some great songs, this album just seems to have too many lackluster moments. Sounds like Born and Raised b-sides.
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Aug 23, 2013Eleven songs that hit the mark where last year’s overwrought "Born and Raised" mostly missed, Paradise Valley is a more lyrically restrained and less generically reflective affair. And musically, it’s bigger, more accomplished and more approachable.
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Aug 21, 2013The level of growth on Paradise Valley with respect to Mayer’s ability as a singer/songwriter is remarkable, especially considering how the first go-round of this sonic experiment happened only last year.
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Aug 20, 2013These new songs are so amiable that you wonder where they’re meant to take you. Often the breezy journey--while pleasant enough--leads to dead ends.