Sob Rock
by John Mayer
  • Record Label: Columbia
  • Release Date: Jul 16, 2021
Metascore
70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. The Independent (UK)
    Jul 16, 2021
    60
    It’s genuinely enjoyable. Fairly forgettable. A pleasant enough middle-lane trip down what Mayer – with knowing cliché – calls “the highway of dreams”.
  2. The New York Times
    Jul 21, 2021
    40
    In places, like “Carry Me Away,” the triumph of the arrangement is potent enough to cloak the brittle lyrical bones it sits upon. But in general, Mayer’s songwriting is resistant to even the most thorough gussying up. And even at its most robust, “Sob Rock” is placid, never doing more than winking.

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#67 Most Discussed Album of 2021

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User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 40 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 40
  3. Negative: 4 out of 40
  1. ifixthingsjr
    Jul 16, 2021
    10
    From the track listing to the order of the songs. Everything fits in perfectly. This is a movie more than an album. "Shouldn't Matter But ItFrom the track listing to the order of the songs. Everything fits in perfectly. This is a movie more than an album. "Shouldn't Matter But It Does" hits so good, and just sets you up to feel the pain and sob rock.… Full Review »
  2. carolinakinter
    Jul 16, 2021
    10
    Amazing! 40 minutes long but it is not enough. I could hear it over and over again.
  3. AJKolevsohn
    Jul 16, 2021
    6
    Not a bad album. Kind of sounds like a standard John Mayer album but it does have some nice little flourishes. I just hoped that it wouldNot a bad album. Kind of sounds like a standard John Mayer album but it does have some nice little flourishes. I just hoped that it would deliver something a bit more exciting… Full Review »
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