Inside Wants Out

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Inside Wants Out was released as an independent album by newcomer John Mayer. His soulful sounds and smooth, calming voice is apparent in this album and showed the new genre of Pop/Rock.

Inside Wants Out is a/an Rock / Pop album by John Mayer released in September 24, 1999 under Aware/Columbia.

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About

John Mayer released his first EP in 1999 entitled, Inside Wants Out. This would be his first studio album but was never released internationally. But singles from this album such as No Such Thing and Back To You put Mayer into the music map. He became an overnight sensation to millions of screaming fans.

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Tracks

Track	Title	Duration
1	Back To You	4:00
2	No Such Thing	3:51
3	My Stupid Mouth	4:16
4	Neon	3:56
5	Victoria	3:49
6	Love Soon	3:39
7	Comfortable	5:00
8	Neon (12:47 AM)	3:56
9	Quiet	3:20

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Awards & Certifications

Topped the Billboard Top Internet Albums chart.

The album went 2x Platinum.

Award	Category
MTV Music Video Awards	Nominated For: Best New Artist In A Video for "No Such Thing"
Orville H. Gibson Guitar Awards	Les Paul Horizon Award (Most Promising Up and Coming Guitarist)
VH1 Big in 2002 Awards	Can't Get You Out of My Head Award for "No Such Thing"
Pollstar Concert Industry Awards	Best New artist tour

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Chart Toppers

'No Such Thing', Top 40 Hits' number 10 by July 2002.

'Your Body is a Wonderland', Top 40 Hits' number 10 by December 2002

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Credits

Performance Credits

John Mayer Primary Artist, Vocals, Acoustic Guitar

Clay Cook Background Vocals, Guitar

David LaBruyere Drum Loop, Bass, Moog Bass

Sigurdur "Siggy" Birkis Drums

Steve Robertson Drums

Matt Magano Bass

Technical Credits

Clay Cook String Arrangements

Glenn Matullo Engineer, Producer, Mastering

David LaBruyere Producer

John Mayer Producer

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Trivia

John Mayer's singles "Your Body is a Wonderland" and "No Such Thing" were in the Top 10 Hits at the time.

The re-release of Inside Wants Out was so successful it debuted number 22 on the Billboard US Charts

John built his career touring without significant airplay. He made a name for himself by perfoming in small and big events and gained popularity in that matter.

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