Waiting For My Rocket To Come (CD)

Singer-songwriter Jason Mraz made a big showing straight out of the gate with his platinum-selling major-label debut, WAITING FOR MY ROCKET TO COME, in 2002. His mix of pop melodies, funky grooves, and organic, often acoustic-based production earned him immediate comparisons to the likes of John Mayer and the Dave Matthews Band. Over the next few years, Mraz's subsequent albums attained increasingly higher levels of popularity for the singer, and by 2007 his songs had already become AMERICAN IDOL fodder.

• Category:  Music  »  Rock & Pop  »  General Rock & Pop
• Format: CD   Learn more about the CD format using Tower WIKI.
• Release Date: October 15, 2002
• Label: Elektra Entertainment
• UPC: 075596282925
• WAPI (Tower ID): 106700444
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• Tower.com Sales Rank: #1313 in Music (See Top 100 Music Bestsellers)
• #647 in Rock & Pop (See Top 100 Rock & Pop Bestsellers)
• #483 in General Rock & Pop (See Top 100 General Rock & Pop Bestsellers)

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Personnel includes: Jason Mraz (vocals, acoustic guitar); Michael Andrews (acoustic, electric & slide guitars, banjo, ukulele); John Alagia (electric guitar, Wurlitzer piano, Hammond B-3 organ, percussion); Alex McCallum (electric guitar); Greg Kurstin (electric piano, Clavinet, Fender Rhodes piano, organ, synthesizer); Shane Endsley (trumpet); Stewart Myers (bass); Brian Jones (drums); Toca Rivera (background vocals).

Although young Jason Mraz's percussive acoustic guitar rhythms, tumbling verbiage, and funk/folk/jazz/pop concoctions may occasionally bear echoes of John Mayer and Dave Matthews, that's only one part of a bigger musical story as realized on the singer-songwriter's debut album WAITING FOR MY ROCKET TO COME. "Absolutely Zero," for instance, is a sophisticated, atmospheric ballad that bears echoes of Jeff Buckley and Coldplay. With its sunny horns, wah-wah guitar, and bouncy groove, "No Stopping Us" sounds like a lost '70s AM pop classic. "I'll Do Anything" alternates a rock chorus with a percolating reggae feel on the verses. And while the aforementioned Mayer and Matthews are admittedly predisposed toward a somewhat mumbling vocal style, Mraz sports a strong, bright voice loaded with both range and personality, making it that much easier for him to glide from style to style throughout the album.

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