Before the blues obsession fully took hold, John Mayer was crafting some of the most carefully written pop-rock of the early 2000s, and Heavier Things remains the peak of that chapter. The songwriting is unhurried and precise — "Daughters" carries the emotional weight of a classic soul ballad, while "Come Back to Bed" builds with a slow-burning tension that owes more than a little to late-night R&B. Mayer's guitar is never just decoration here; it's the emotional throughline that would eventually lead him straight to the blues. A genuine grower of a record.Tracklist Clarity (4:31) Bigger Than My Body (4:26) Somebody's Missing (5:04) New Deep (4:07) Come Back to Bed (5:23) Home Life (4:14) Split Screen Sadness (5:06) Daughters (3:58) Only Heart (3:49) Wheel (5:33)
