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As/Is

{{Short description|2004 live album by John Mayer}}

{{About|the John Mayer series of live musical recordings named "As/Is"||As is (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox album

| name = As/Is

| type = Live album

| artist = John Mayer

| cover = John Mayer As Is cover.jpg

| alt =

| caption = As/Is Volume Six Cover

| released = October 19, 2004

| recorded = July 16 – August 14, 2004

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Pop rock, blues rock

| length = 96:17

| label = Columbia (Cat: C2K 93542)
Aware

| producer = Chad Franscoviak
John Mayer

| prev_title = Heavier Things

| prev_year = 2003

| next_title = Try!

| next_year = 2005

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = The Rolling Stone Album Guide

|rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/john-mayer/albumguide|title=John Mayer: Album Guide|work=Rolling Stone|accessdate=2013-03-24}}

}}

As/Is is a live album by John Mayer, released October 19, 2004, available for download from iTunes and also available as a double-CD release. The albums were released from live concert performances across the United States from the tour following the release of Mayer's second album, Heavier Things. The recordings include five albums-worth of material as sold on iTunes. As of July 2009, the four concert-specific albums were still available on iTunes in the United States, though Volume One is no longer available; Each album has its own artwork. A two-disc compilation was released physically and digitally which features the "best" of the iTunes series, plus an additional song, "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)", a Marvin Gaye cover. In "Inner City Blues", Mayer called upon DJ Logic, the support act of the Heavier Things tour, to join him to perform a turntable solo.

Performing band

The songs all feature Mayer's touring band of the time:

Cover art for the series

File:Great Wave off Kanagawa2.jpg is the basis of the CD cover.]] Volume one features a cut-out silhouette version of Mayer (from the cover of Heavier Things) with two tones of blue. As it is separate from the other volumes, its artwork is rather distinct from the rest.

Artwork for the covers of volumes two, three, four, and five is by the artist Kozyndan. They feature bunnies in out-of-character situations on their covers, including hanging from helium balloons (two) and in washing machines (three). The bunnies on the cover of four begin as amoeba and diagonally evolve into bunnies. The cover of volume five has several bunnies with their midsections replaced with springs.

The CD release continued the use of bunnies, using the artwork 'Uprisings' by Kozyndan, which has hundreds of bunnies in formation to appear like revered Japanese artwork The Great Wave off Kanagawa. The artwork was originally created as a cover for issue 28 of the magazine Giant Robot.[http://www.kozyndan.com/art/uprisings Kozyndan - Uprisings], Kozyndan.com Notably, the CD is considered volume six (the last) of the series, and The Great Wave woodblock printing is the first of a 36-part series of art.

Track listings

=''As/Is'' iTunes EP=

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|bgcolor="#bb99bb" align="center" colspan=2| Volume one

align="center" valign="middle" style="font-size: 9pt;" bgcolor="#ddbbdd"

|width="50%"|

|width="50%"|Released:
December 1, 2003

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|bgcolor="#ddbbdd" align="left" colspan=2|

  1. "Come Back to Bed"
  2. "Your Body Is a Wonderland"
  3. "Neon"
  4. "St. Patrick's Day"
  5. "83"
  6. "Bigger Than My Body"

=''As/Is'' iTunes concert releases=

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|bgcolor="#ddbbbb" width="22%" align="center" colspan=2| Volume two

|bgcolor="#ddddbb" width="22%" align="center" colspan=2| Volume three

|bgcolor="#bbddbb" width="22%" align="center" colspan=2| Volume four

|bgcolor="#99bbdd" width="22%" align="center" colspan=2| Volume five

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|bgcolor="#ffdddd" width="22%" align="center" colspan=2| Mountain View
California

|bgcolor="#ffffdd" width="22%" align="center" colspan=2| The Woodlands
Texas

|bgcolor="#ddffdd" width="11%" align="center"| Cleveland
Ohio

|bgcolor="#ddffdd" width="11%" align="center"| Cincinnati
Ohio

|bgcolor="#bbddff" width="11%" align="center"| Philadelphia
Pennsylvania

|bgcolor="#bbddff" width="11%" align="center"| Hartford
Connecticut

align="center" valign="middle" style="font-size: 7pt;"

|bgcolor="#ddbbbb" width="22%" align="center" colspan=2| Shoreline Amphitheatre

|bgcolor="#ddddbb" width="22%" align="center" colspan=2| C.W. Mitchell Pavilion

|bgcolor="#bbddbb" width="11%" align="center"| Blossom Music Center

|bgcolor="#bbddbb" width="11%" align="center"| Riverbend Music Center

|bgcolor="#99bbdd" width="11%" align="center"| Tweeter Center

|bgcolor="#99bbdd" width="11%" align="center"| Meadows Music Theatre

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|bgcolor="#ffdddd" width="11%" align="center"|

|bgcolor="#ffdddd" width="11%" align="center"|Recorded:
July 16, 2004
Released:
August 10, 2004

|bgcolor="#ffffdd" width="11%" align="center"|

|bgcolor="#ffffdd" width="11%" align="center"|Recorded:
July 24, 2004
Released:
August 17, 2004

|bgcolor="#ddffdd" width="11%" align="center"|

|bgcolor="#ddffdd" width="11%" align="center"|Recorded:
August 3–4, 2004
Released:
August 24, 2004

|bgcolor="#bbddff" width="11%" align="center"|

|bgcolor="#bbddff" width="11%" align="center"|Recorded:
August 14–15, 2004
Released:
August 31, 2004

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|bgcolor="#ffdddd" width="22%" align="left" colspan=2|

  1. "No Such Thing"
  2. "Come Back to Bed"
  3. "Something's Missing
  4. "Split Screen Sadness"
  5. "New Deep"
  6. "Why Georgia"
  7. "Bigger Than My Body"
  8. "Home Life"
  9. "Tracing"
  10. "Comfortable"

|bgcolor="#ffffdd" width="22%" align="left" colspan=2|

  1. "Clarity"
  2. "No Such Thing"
  3. "Back to You"
  4. "Daughters"
  5. "Blues Intro"
  6. "Come Back to Bed"
  7. "Your Body Is a Wonderland"
  8. "Bigger Than My Body"
  9. "Comfortable"
  10. "Neon"

|bgcolor="#ddffdd" width="22%" align="left" colspan=2|

  1. "Only Heart"
  2. "New Deep"
  3. "No Such Thing"
  4. "Something's Missing"
  5. "My Stupid Mouth"
  6. "Daughters"
  7. "Clarity"
  8. "Quiet"
  9. "3x5"
  10. "Wheel"

|bgcolor="#bbddff" width="22%" align="left" colspan=2|

  1. "Your Body Is a Wonderland"
  2. "Only Heart"
  3. "Something's Missing"
  4. "New Deep"
  5. "Daughters"
  6. "My Stupid Mouth"
  7. "Covered in Rain"
  8. "Come Back to Bed"
  9. "83"
  10. "Hummingbird"

=''As/Is'' CD release=

Volume Six

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|#

|Title

|Composer(s)

|Date

|Venue

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|colspan=5|Disc one

align="left" valign="middle" style="font-size: 8pt;" bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|bgcolor="#bbddbb" align="center"|1.

|"Only Heart"

|John Mayer

|August 3, 2004

|Blossom Music Center

align="left" valign="middle" style="font-size: 8pt;" bgcolor="#bbddff"

|bgcolor="#99bbdd" align="center"|2.

|"My Stupid Mouth"

|Mayer

|August 14, 2004

|Tweeter Center

align="left" valign="middle" style="font-size: 8pt;" bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|bgcolor="#ddddbb" align="center"|3.

|"No Such Thing"

|Mayer
Clay Cook

|July 24, 2004

|C.W. Mitchell Pavilion

align="left" valign="middle" style="font-size: 8pt;" bgcolor="#bbddff"

|bgcolor="#99bbdd" align="center"|4.

|"Covered in Rain"

|Mayer

|August 14, 2004

|Tweeter Center

align="left" valign="middle" style="font-size: 8pt;" bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|bgcolor="#ddbbbb" align="center"|5.

|"Split Screen Sadness"

|Mayer

|July 16, 2004

|Shoreline Amphitheater

align="left" valign="middle" style="font-size: 8pt;" bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|bgcolor="#ddddbb" align="center"|6.

|"Blues Intro"

|Mayer

|July 24, 2004

|C.W. Mitchell Pavilion

align="left" valign="middle" style="font-size: 8pt;" bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|bgcolor="#ddddbb" align="center"|7.

|"Come Back to Bed"

|Mayer

|July 24, 2004

|C.W. Mitchell Pavilion

align=center bgcolor=black

|colspan=5|Disc two

align="left" valign="middle" style="font-size: 8pt;" bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|bgcolor="#ddddbb" align="center"|1.

|"Your Body Is a Wonderland"

|Mayer

|July 24, 2004

|C.W. Mitchell Pavilion

align="left" valign="middle" style="font-size: 8pt;" bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|bgcolor="#bbddbb" align="center"|2.

|"Something's Missing"

|Mayer

|August 4, 2004

|Riverbend Music Center

align="left" valign="middle" style="font-size: 8pt;" bgcolor="#eeeeee"

|bgcolor="#cccccc" align="center"|3.

|"Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)"
Featuring DJ Logic

|Marvin Gaye
James Nyx

|July 27, 2004

|Sandstone Amphitheater,
Bonner Springs, Kansas

align="left" valign="middle" style="font-size: 8pt;" bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|bgcolor="#bbddbb" align="center"|4.

|"Clarity"

|Mayer

|August 3, 2004

|Blossom Music Center

align="left" valign="middle" style="font-size: 8pt;" bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|bgcolor="#bbddbb" align="center"|5.

|"3x5"

|Mayer

|August 3, 2004

|Blossom Music Center

align="left" valign="middle" style="font-size: 8pt;" bgcolor="#ffdddd"

|bgcolor="#ddbbbb" align="center"|6.

|"Home Life"

|Mayer
David LaBruyere

|July 16, 2004

|Shoreline Amphitheater

align="left" valign="middle" style="font-size: 8pt;" bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|bgcolor="#ddddbb" align="center"|7.

|"Comfortable"

|Mayer
Cook

|July 24, 2004

|C.W. Mitchell Pavilion

align="left" valign="middle" style="font-size: 8pt;" bgcolor="#ffffdd"

|bgcolor="#ddddbb" align="center"|8.

|"Neon"

|Mayer
Cook

|July 24, 2004

|C.W. Mitchell Pavilion

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