- country rock
- 47 min
- 12 tracks
- Columbia
Born and Raised is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter John Mayer, released on May 22, 2012, by Columbia Records. It marked yet another change in Mayer's musical style, incorporating elements of folk and Americana, as well as influences from Bob Dylan, Neil Young, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash. Its cover, as well as that of the single "Queen of California", was designed by David Adrian Smith.
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Classical in form, grave, character-led and spare.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
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Metacritic 73/100
- AbsolutePunk91%
- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- American Songwriter3/5 ★
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- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Queen of California4:10
- 2The Age of Worry2:40
- 3Shadow Days3:50
- 4Speak for Me3:46
- 5Something Like Olivia3:01
- 6Born and Raised4:49
- 7If I Ever Get Around to Living5:22
- 8Love Is a Verb2:28
- 9Walt Grace’s Submarine Test, January 19675:10
- 10Whiskey, Whiskey, Whiskey4:39
- 11A Face to Call Home4:46
- 12Born and Raised (reprise)2:01
12 tracks, 47 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- John Mayer
- Label
- Columbia
- Released
- 2012
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- AU
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