We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things

I had high hopes for this album after hearing "I'm yours" - which is a beautiful, simple song that is very reminiscent of his early work. After listening to the whole album, I found myself extremely disappointed.

It seems like ever since Mr. A to Z, Jason is making music for someone other than himself, and that he has gotten a tremendous amount of pressure to 'refine' his sound. This just means that he has lost the creative freedom that made his music free and flowing, full of entertaining lyrics and beautiful raw melodies (Check out his very first CD, live at Java Joe's). He has been crapping out music ever since his first official album 'Waiting for my Rocket' which was a wonderful blend of his personality and his producer's demands.

I think if he dropped a few band members, or heck, if he even remixed his new music in order to drop out some trumpets and percussion and background hoo-ha, then it might almost reach the simple beauty of what he used to make.

I still have faith in Jason that he will eventually realize that being a sell-out isn't worth it.

Again he delivers in his amazing way. I fell in love with it right away, to the point that it has not left the cd player in my car. I could listen to it all day long!

I had no idea who this singer/artist was. I saw his album cover in Starbucks (and it's sorta eyecatching with the drawing and the title) and said, "Hm. Interesting." Promptly forgot about it. Then heard "I'm Yours" on the radio and said, "Hey, this is great! What a fun song! Who is this?" The announcer said "Jason Mraz". So I said okay, gotta buy it. I did. Now I can't stop listening to it. And do I love Colbie Calliat? YES! Does he happen to have a duet with her on this CD? YES! Do I like every song? NOOO. 3 or 4 of them I can't stand. But the good far outweighs the "bad". And it's not bad, just not my style of music. But overall, a delightful CD. There is this one song, I often fantasize he wrote just for me, is "A Beautiful Mess". That song touches me in every way. The profound words, the melody, the delicate nature. What a gift Jason is. Again, not every song is my style, but the majority? Outstanding. (In case you're curious, my favs in the order of "favorite-ness" are: tracks 5, 2, 12, 6, 3, 11, 4). I highly recommend buying this interesting and fun CD! And listen to the songs more than once before making judgements. Let them play all the way through. The nuances you find time after time is quite remarkable!

How Jason Mraz doesn't get more radio play is a mystery to me. This is the best music anyone is putting out in this genre and for some reason we never hear it. I did see the video to "I'm Yours" on MTV, but he deserves more airplay. The music is layered and has complexity to it, but the sound is all summer and sunshine. It is perfect driving in the car heading someplace fun music. He takes chances musically and lyrically. I like the album top to bottom and I have listened to it non-stop since I bought it. And I almost never do that.

I love anything i can get my hands on by this guy. This is not my favorite Mraz album but it is still worth the purchase.