Matt Collar of called it 'a gorgeously produced, brilliantly stripped-to-basics album that incorporates blues, soft-funk, R&B, folk and pop in a sound that is totally owned by Mayer.'īryan Borzykowski of felt that 'Mayer's melodic voice, warm production, complex riffs and thoughtful lyrics should cure the violent reactions Mayer's name used to evoke.' 's gave Continuum a three-star honorable mention, indicating 'an enjoyable effort consumers attuned to its overriding aesthetic or individual vision may well treasure'.
At, which assigns a rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an score of 67, based on 18 reviews.
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After a month of release, the single peaked at #17 on the Australian on November 19, 2006.Critical reception Contemporary reception Professional ratingsAggregate scoresSourceRating67/100Review scoresSourceRatingB−4/5Continuum received generally positive reviews from music critics. To date in the US, the single has sold 1,632,137 in digital downloads, and was certified platinum by the when it crossed the one-million mark in sales. The Ben Harper version of 'Waiting on the World to Change' and an alternative acoustic-only version of 'Good Love is on the Way' are also available on Mayer's subsequent release, the EP.The first single, ', was released on July 11, 2006.Ĭontinuum held the record for the most album downloads in history with over 326,000 copies downloaded until June 29, 2008, when it was surpassed by the album.On February 22, 2007, the lead single, 'Waiting on the World to Change', peaked at #14 on the Singles Chart, where it stayed for forty-one weeks. The EP includes a bonus acoustic version which features, as well as a studio recording of 'Good Love is on the Way', a live version of which was released on the 's.
The iTunes pre-release included the exclusive bonus track, 'Can't Take That Plane'.A limited edition of 'Waiting on the World to Change' was released featuring the album version of the song. Subsequently, the album was made available for on Clear Channel Music website and for pre-purchase on, all prior to the album's official release. He repeated the event for different media outlets several more times before the album's September release, such as 'Sneak Peek' through he also performed three songs live for. On August 23, 2006, the entire Continuum album was played on Los Angeles radio station, with the segment hosted by Mayer himself.
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( January 2009)By the time of release, Mayer had performed almost all of the songs live at least once, either with a full band or alone in an acoustic set during the Hotel Cafe shows from the previous winter.
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