• Record Label: Columbia
  • Release Date: Apr 14, 2017
User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 62 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 52 out of 62
  2. Negative: 7 out of 62
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  1. Mar 11, 2018
    2
    I've never met a John Mayer album I liked and this one fully meets those expectations. He's good for a few singles here and there (but not many in the last 5 years) but overall his music is boring. Yes, it's intended to be mellow, but there's a gulf of difference between enjoyable mellow music and boring music.
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61

Generally favorable reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 4
  2. Negative: 1 out of 4
  1. Apr 19, 2017
    49
    It’s progress, probably, that Mayer keeps the condescension to a dull sneer, but this also makes everything sound that much more anodyne.
  2. Apr 14, 2017
    90
    The Search for Everything succeeds because he's not donning a new costume: instead, he's settling into a groove he can claim as his own, and it feels like he's at home.
  3. 83
    The most deeply personal album Mayer has ever released. At the same time, the slickness of the music blunts some of the impact. To nearly the same degree that Mayer’s lyrics explore the limits of control, his music seeks to enforce it.