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Generally favorable reviews- based on 76 Ratings
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Positive: 56 out of 76
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Mixed: 14 out of 76
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LisaBNov 30, 2009As usual, John lied. This album, as always, is for me and mostly about me, not Jennifer Aniston. Although, I must hasten to add that I wasn't the one who said John couldn't or shouldn't do half a dozen things. And I wasn't the other half of his many vulgar relationships. Just his former co-writer and muse. Please ask him when I'm getting paid.
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RichardMNov 29, 2009
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PaulK.Nov 25, 2009Is Mayer just trying to fulfill a record contract before moving on? That's what it sounds like here. This guy is just wasting his talent with these melodramatic, sentimental little ditties. Big disappointment. Mayer is capable of so much more than this.
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DustinPNov 18, 2009
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MaxLNov 18, 2009
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BrianNNov 17, 2009At times a bit too introspective and whimsical, but when Mayer hits the right notes (Assassin, Who Says), he really hits the right notes. Sadly what most of what this album is comprised of though, his die hard fans will swoon over and love, but as for drawing in new fans or people on the fence about music, he wont see much of a Continuum.
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Awards & Rankings
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While the artist has raised some eyebrows by asking, "Who says I can't get stoned?" (on the album's first single, 'Who Says'), the rest of the collection certainly has the goods to eclipse that overblown controversy.
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Even when the proceedings threaten to get turgid, the intimacy of Mayer’s expression never wavers, and in many ways that’s the album’s greatest victory.
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Battle Studies is, for the most part, status quo Mayeromics — an expertly calibrated study in soft-pedal confessions, searching lyricism, and mildly groovy guitar licks.