John Mayer News: John Mayer - Battle Studies (2009)

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After three years of relative silence, John Mayer, America's favorite heartbroken guitar virtuoso, has returned to the spotlight with his fourth studio record. The album's title, Battle Studies, is indicative of the album's overarching theme: that love is a universal struggle, full of compromises, joys, and hardships, and this is Mayer's introspective reflection on his personal "battles." Like Kanye West's deeply intimate 808's and Heartbreak, the album packs less punch than its predecessor; however, it still brings tangible emotionalism and some of the slick guitar licks that gained Mayer his well-deserved fame and numerous Grammy nods.

Mayer is obviously jaded on...