The Search For Everything (180g 2LP) | Mint (M) Mint (M)

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Tracklist
A1        Still Feel Like Your Man
Bass – Pino Palladino
Drums, Percussion – Steve Jordan
Keyboards [additional keys] – James Fauntleroy*
Keyboards [keys] – Larry Goldings
Percussion – Aaron Sterling
Strings – Davide Rossi
3:55
A2        Emoji Of A Wave
Bass – Pino Palladino
Keyboards [keys] – Larry Goldings
Percussion – Steve Jordan
Strings, Arranged By [strings], Recorded By [strings] – Davide Rossi
Vocals – Al Jardine*, Matt Jardine
4:00
A3        Helpless
Bass – Pino Palladino
Drums, Percussion – Steve Jordan
Keyboards [keys] – Larry Goldings
Vocals – Tiffany Palmer
4:10
B1        Love On The Weekend
Bass – Pino Palladino
Percussion, Drums – Steve Jordan
3:33
B2        In The Blood
Bass – Pino Palladino
Drums, Percussion – Steve Jordan
Keyboards [keys] – Larry Goldings
Lap Steel Guitar – Greg Leisz
Vocals – Sheryl Crow
4:04
B3        Changing
Bass – Pino Palladino
Dobro – Greg Leisz
Drums, Percussion – Steve Jordan
Harmonium [pump organ] – Larry Goldings
3:34
C1        Theme From 'The Search For Everything'
Bass – Pino Palladino
Drums – Steve Jordan
Strings [arranged and recorded by] – Davide Rossi
1:52
C2        Moving On And Getting Over
Bass – Pino Palladino
Drums, Percussion – Steve Jordan
Keyboards [keys, additional] – James Fauntleroy*
Keyboards [keys] – Larry Goldings
4:26
C3        Never On The Day You Leave
Bass – Pino Palladino
Drums – Steve Jordan
Strings – Davide Rossi
3:41
D1        Rosie
Bass – Mike Elizondo, Pino Palladino
Drums – Steve Jordan
Horns [arranged and conducted by] – Jerry Hey
Keyboards [keys] – Larry Goldings
Saxophone – Dan Higgins
Trombone – Andy Martin
Trumpet – Chuck Findley, Gary Grant
4:01
D2        Roll It On Home
Bass – Pino Palladino
Drums – Jim Keltner
Drums, Percussion – Aaron Sterling
Keyboards [keys] – Larry Goldings
Pedal Steel Guitar – Greg Leisz
3:23
D3        You're Gonna Live Forever In Me
Strings [arranged and recorded by] – Davide Rossi
3:11

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Art Direction, Design – Jeremy Dean
Coordinator [production] – Ken Helie
Cover, Illustration – Soey Milk
Editor [Digital] – Martin Pradler
Engineer – Chad Franscoviak
Engineer [additional] – Martin Pradler
Engineer [assistant mix] – Jeff Jackson (7), Robin Florent
Engineer [mix] – Chris Galland
Executive-Producer – Steve Jordan
Lacquer Cut By – Ray Janos
Mastered By – Greg Calbi
Mixed By – Manny Marroquin
Photography By – Frank Ockenfels 3*
Production Manager – Chris Gott
Written-By, Producer – John Mayer
Recorded at Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA).
Assisted by Chandler Harrod and Jeff Fitzpatrick
Additional assistance from Nick Rives, Steve Genewick, Jake Gorski, Charlie Paakkari, Travis Ference.
Guitar Technicians: Rene Martinez, Alex Alvarez, Kurt Kasinoff.
Additional Recording at EastWest Studios (Hollywood, CA). Assisted by Jeremy Miller and Tyler Shields.
Additional Recording at Village Studios (Los Angeles, CA).

John Mayer first teased his seventh album, The Search for Everything, through a pair of EPs that contained eight of the record's 12 songs. It was a sly way for the singer/songwriter to ease back into his soulful side, a sound he largely abandoned during an extended dalliance with Laurel Canyon country-rock -- an infatuation that culminated in his position as a substitute Jerry Garcia in the Grateful Dead satellite group Dead & Company. Although it's ostensibly a breakup album, The Search for Everything doesn't feel haunted: Mayer glides through the record so smoothly, the supple sound seems almost insouciant. It is also quite alluring. Mayer may be reverting to the sound of Continuum, alternating between R&B workouts and soul-baring ballads, but forward movement is the unifying sentiment here. The nimble funk opener, "Moving on and Getting Over," makes that plain, as does the plaintive "Changing," which summarizes his plight simply: "I may be old and I may be young/But I am not done changing." Some of Mayer's change can be charted in how he hangs onto his romantic past, burying some of his heartache on the deceptively exuberant opener, "Still Feel Like Your Man," and offering a bittersweet denouement in the admission "You're Gonna Live Forever in Me." Mirroring his emotional maturity is a sharpening of his songcraft. While he's always shown a knack for slow-burning soul, the progression and arrangement of the smoldering "Rosie" feel as sophisticated as the lithe grace of "Emoji of a Wave," while "Roll It on Home," an easy-rolling country-rocker that tips its hat to the Dead, shows how he absorbed the lessons of his Laurel Canyon detour of Born and Raised and Paradise Valley. Those two records, along with such earlier workouts as Try! John Mayer Trio Live in Concert, reveal the extent of Mayer's ambition, but The Search for Everything succeeds because he's not donning a new costume: instead, he's settling into a groove he can claim as his own, and it feels like he's at home. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
• Format: Vinyl
• Genre: ALTERNATIVE
• Format Type: 2xLP
• Released: 05/26/2017