#1: Continuum
Short version: Shortly before college, I lost my desire for playing guitar. Early Freshman year, Continuum gave me motivation to play guitar again. No other album has had a more significant impact on my life than Continuum. Until that happens (if it does), it will remain my favorite and most influential album of all-time. If you want to read a more detailed version of how/why, read the "long version". If not, that should be enough for you to understand why it's my favorite album.
Long version: There was a 5-6 month period before Fordham during which I stopped playing guitar. I just got bored on not really progressing, and eventually I didn't feel motivated to play at all. Now, I had always, for whatever reason, been somewhat of a fan of John Mayer's music. A month or so into Freshman year, in the midst of an "illegally-download-as-many-full-albums-as-possible" phase, I downloaded Continuum. Probably one of the first albums in decades that I listened to the whole way through and enjoyed, I went about trying to learn a few songs off of the album. As it turns out, my boy J-May has a somewhat unique way of playing that I'd never seen before. To keep it short, trying to learn the songs got me interested in playing guitar again. For that reason alone, it is favorite album ever. The amount of times I've listened to it is obnoxious (to save what little face I have left, I will not divulge the number).
As for the album itself, it isn't perfect by any means. There are some sappy love songs that aren't my cup of tea, and the last few songs aren't anything spectacular (some songs fit both of these categories). However, I enjoy the album immensely nonetheless. "Gravity" is an incredible song, and the arrangement of "Stop This Train" into "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room"into an awesome cover of Hendrix's "Bold as Love" is my favorite part of any album, for now.
And so it is,
Mai
Short version: Shortly before college, I lost my desire for playing guitar. Early Freshman year, Continuum gave me motivation to play guitar again. No other album has had a more significant impact on my life than Continuum. Until that happens (if it does), it will remain my favorite and most influential album of all-time. If you want to read a more detailed version of how/why, read the "long version". If not, that should be enough for you to understand why it's my favorite album.
Long version: There was a 5-6 month period before Fordham during which I stopped playing guitar. I just got bored on not really progressing, and eventually I didn't feel motivated to play at all. Now, I had always, for whatever reason, been somewhat of a fan of John Mayer's music. A month or so into Freshman year, in the midst of an "illegally-download-as-many-full-albums-as-possible" phase, I downloaded Continuum. Probably one of the first albums in decades that I listened to the whole way through and enjoyed, I went about trying to learn a few songs off of the album. As it turns out, my boy J-May has a somewhat unique way of playing that I'd never seen before. To keep it short, trying to learn the songs got me interested in playing guitar again. For that reason alone, it is favorite album ever. The amount of times I've listened to it is obnoxious (to save what little face I have left, I will not divulge the number).
As for the album itself, it isn't perfect by any means. There are some sappy love songs that aren't my cup of tea, and the last few songs aren't anything spectacular (some songs fit both of these categories). However, I enjoy the album immensely nonetheless. "Gravity" is an incredible song, and the arrangement of "Stop This Train" into "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room"into an awesome cover of Hendrix's "Bold as Love" is my favorite part of any album, for now.
And so it is,
Mai
i was way off. i thought it was going to be songs in the key of life
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