Record Details
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Record ID
1955
Artist
John Mayer
Title
The Village Sessions
Field / Genre
Rock
Year Recorded
2007
Label
Sony
Pressing
Aus
Rating
****
Discs
1
Media
CD
Date Bought
18 Aug 2007
Cost
¤13.00
Cover Name
—
Review
<p>The Village Sessions is an EP released by blues-rock artist John Mayer on December 12, 2006. Collaborators include John Mayer Trio members Steve Jordan and Pino Palladino, along with others such as Ben Harper, Robbie McIntosh (of The Pretenders), and Ricky Peterson (of Mayer's touring band and former producer for Prince albums). The six-song EP contains acoustic and alternate versions of songs found on Mayer's third studio album, Continuum, and his Trio's live album, Try!. Mayer co-produced the album with engineer Chad Franscoviak, also his live engineer and flat mate.</p><p>Notable is that though the EP was released at about the same time as Mayer's single "Gravity," the song itself does not appear on this EP, much like Mayer's singles "Daughters" and "Bigger Than My Body" were not on his live album As/Is, despite being the current singles at the time of its release. Like the As/Is series before it, The Village Sessions was made available on iTunes on May 15, 2007.</p>