Paradise Valley

The charm of *Wildfire* is in its skillful understatement. While tunes like “Paper Doll” and “Who You Love” have glossy, delicately harmonized hooks, the album features understated, country-inflected shuffles and lots of impressive musicianship. (A perfect example is the gently rambling cover of J.J. Cale’s “Call Me the Breeze.”)

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Check out our album review of Artist's Paradise Valley on Rolling Stone.com.

John Mayer invites his girlfriend Katy Perry to duet with him on his new album of typically self-serving AOR, writes <strong>Caroline Sullivan</strong>