User Score
Universal acclaim- based on 40 Ratings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 31 out of 40
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Mixed: 5 out of 40
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Negative: 4 out of 40
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Nov 4, 2021
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Aug 31, 2021I'm sorry, I'm really sorry but this album didn't touched me at all. The first single was the best the album has ever had, for the little luck. I waited for something not so sweet, and suddenly shocking. John, you have talent and you're not using it properly.
fav tracks: "Wild Blue", "Shot in the Dark" & "Why You No Love Me"
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Aug 19, 2021Disappointing and awfully boring , I guess I expected so much better from him
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Aug 7, 2021
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Jul 19, 2021Heartfelt, crisp and on par for John Mayer fine guitar work, soft vocals and production,. You may want to listen to it a few times it's addicting!
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Jul 19, 2021Great feel good album, just relax and enjoy. The track "wild Blue" is really great !
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Jul 18, 2021Great song reminiscent of the past legends. Awesome writing, production arrangements and guitar. Just awesome.
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Jul 18, 2021Great album! The idea is solid, solos are amazing as usual and the 80's vibe is amazing. You can see clear Dire Straits, Lionel Richie and Phil Collins references, with some spice. Doesn't invest much on individual songs, and the album becomes less appealing because of this. As a fan, I'm satisfied :)
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Jul 17, 2021As a huge John's fan (f.e. i listened Still Feel Like Your Man 700 times. True story!) I really had great expectations. Last Train Home was a great single so my expectations even grew. Finally, i am satisfied. I think its a great "guilty pleasure" album, the one which you probably wont show to your friends because the songs are to clichy (Why You No Love Me,cmon).
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Jul 17, 2021
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Jul 17, 2021John has created the perfect soft rock album. Every song is a jewel. The older John gets, the better songwriter he becomes. And Don Was production is always top-knotch. Love this album. Great for long summer days that slowly fade into night. Add an adult beverage and it’s the perfect way to end the work week and slide into the weekend.
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Jul 17, 2021
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Jul 16, 2021Simple as only John Mayer can be. Guitar solos? Still there. Great voice? As aways.
Even still, a diferent one. Genius.
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Jul 16, 2021From 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.
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Jul 16, 2021
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Jul 16, 2021Amazing! 40 minutes long but it is not enough. I could hear it over and over again.
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Jul 16, 2021Not 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
Awards & Rankings
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Jul 27, 2021Sob Rock is a pleasant album whose thematic '80s affections add some stylistic flair to Mayer's laid-back songs.
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Jul 21, 2021In 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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Jul 16, 2021His performance style is just affectless enough that he’s always tended to be more of a heart-tugger than tearjerker. And yet there’s a real pathos at the bottom of these era-specific arrangements that lends itself to the idea that a lonely boy might seek solace from the troubles of today in the musical comfort food of the yacht-rock era. All of which is to say: The damn thing kind of works.