"Room For Squares" - album by John Mayer Video Showcase

Room for Squares is the first major-label album by John Mayer, released commercially on September 18, 2001.

All songs from the album were written by Mayer; however, three of the songs, "No Such Thing", "Neon", and "Love Song For No One", were all co-written with Clay Cook, with whom Mayer had a duo group known as "The LoFi Masters."

As the duo, they also wrote other notable songs performed by Mayer, such as "Man On The Side" (from Any Given Thursday) and "Comfortable" (from Inside Wants Out).

The album's title is an inside joke/reference to Hank Mobley's No Room for Squares album.

In early 2001, Mayer released an internet-only version of Room for Squares with Aware Records. During that time, Aware formed a deal with Columbia Records which gave Columbia first priority for signing Aware artists.

Through this partnership, in September of the same year, Columbia remixed and re-released Room for Squares (for which the artwork was commercialized, as well as the addition of "3x5", which didn't appear on the original as the recording wasn't yet complete at the time).

This full-length debut included several of the songs that had been previously released on Mayer's previous EP, Inside Wants Out.

The album was relatively unknown at its time of release, but it became more well-known through word of mouth and John's touring.

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