- blues rock, rock, pop rock
- 47 min
- 11 tracks
- Columbia
Battle Studies is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter John Mayer, released on November 17, 2009, by Columbia Records. Production took place from February to August 2009 at Battle Studies recording studio in Calabasas, California, Capitol Studios in Hollywood, and The Village in West Los Angeles, California, and was handled by Mayer and Steve Jordan.
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Character
Spare, classical in form, grave and character-led.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
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Metacritic 64/100
- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyB−
- The Guardian2/5 ★
- The Independent3/5 ★
- Los Angeles Times2.5/4 ★
- Mojo4/5 ★
- Q3/5 ★
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
- Slant Magazine1.5/5 ★
- Sputnikmusic3.5/5
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Tracks
- 1Heartbreak Warfare4:30
- 2All We Ever Do Is Say Goodbye4:35
- 3Half of My Heart4:10
- 4Who Says2:55
- 5Perfectly Lonely4:28
- 6Assassin5:15
- 7Crossroads2:29
- 8War of My Life4:15
- 9Edge of Desire5:32
- 10Do You Know Me2:30
- 11Friends, Lovers or Nothing5:59
11 tracks, 47 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- John Mayer
- Label
- Columbia
- Released
- 2009
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- ZA
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