Continuum is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter John Mayer, released on

September 12, 2006, by Aware and Columbia Records. Recording sessions took place from
November 2005 to September 2006 at The Village Recorder in Los Angeles, Avatar Studios
and Right Track/Sound on Sound in New York City, and Royal Studios in Memphis,
Tennessee.[4] Produced by singer and drummer Steve Jordan, it marked a change in Mayer's
musical style, incorporating elements of blues and soul more heavily than in his previous
work with pop rock.[3][5][6]
The album debuted at number 2 on the US Billboard 200, selling more than 300,186 copies
in its first week of sales. It also reached the top-10 of several other countries and sold over 5
million copies worldwide. Upon its release, Continuum received generally positive reviews
from critics, and earned Mayer several accolades, including a Grammy Award for Best Pop
Vocal Album at the 49th Grammy Awards. Rolling Stone named it the 11th best album of
2006.

Contents

• 1 Background
• 2 Cover art
• 3 Release and promotion
• 4 Commercial performance
• 5 Critical reception
• 6 Track listing
• 7 Personnel
• 7.1 Musicians
• 7.2 Production
• 8 Charts
• 8.1 Weekly charts
• 8.2 Year-end charts
• 9 Certifications
• 10 Accolades
• 11 References
• 12 External links

•Background
•Mayer made the decision to name his third album Continuum at least a year before the
album was released. In his column in the April 2005 issue of Esquire, Mayer wrote,
"I'm obsessed with time lately, constantly crunching the numbers to get some sense of
where I stand in the continuum."[7] In his column in the September 2005 issue of
Esquire he confirmed the title, writing, "I've never experienced anything like the
recording process involved in making Continuum, my third-album-to-be. [8]
•The album features mainly new songs, though "Gravity" and "Vultures" are available in
live versions from John Mayer Trio's Try!, and "Bold as Love" is a Jimi Hendrix
cover: the first Hendrix cover that Mayer has ever recorded as a studio release,
although Mayer had played "Bold as Love" live many times prior to the release of
Continuum such as on the televised Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope on January 15,
2005, and has since recorded other Hendrix songs such as "The Wind Cries Mary"
and "Wait Until Tomorrow" in live settings. The album contains a collaboration
between Mayer and 8-string guitarist Charlie Hunter on "In Repair". The song "Stop
This Train" was written during a time of, what Mayer calls, "solitary refinement"; he