Elektra / Wea
2004
Tonight, Not Again: Jason Mraz Live
About This Album
Jason Mraz made quite an impression in 2003. With his lopsided eyes and irritatingly cockeyed cap, he was the anti-John Mayer even as he was his peer. For Mraz didn't so much wish to be the junior Dave Matthews as he did the non-threatening folk-pop jangle dealer -- a one-man O.A.R. for the spaghetti-strapped masses. And who needs bubblegum lips when you have the Matrix in your corner? Mraz built a nationwide coffeehouse on the strength of singles like "The Remedy (I Won't Worry)" and "You and I Both," and those tracks anchor this pleasant holdover live set. Tonight, Not Again finds Mraz to be an engaging performer, able to flutter his voice up and down through registers with incredible ease. He's performing music tailor-made for the Aware Records crowd -- Midwestern college students, open-mike hosts, and guys with beards. His backing band is quite capable, if a little too clean -- it's the same quibble that dogged Waiting for My Rocket to Come, but it still holds true. Can't someone buy these dudes a distortion pedal? Well, no need. Like Mayer's own live placeholder Any Given Thursday, every second of Mraz's Tonight, Not Again is populated by smitten screaming.
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Disc 1 (try tracks 1,2,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14 and 15)

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