Jason Mraz released his debut major label effort “Waiting for My Rocket to Come” on October 15, 2002. The album was his fourth release overall and followed his 2002 EP “The E Minor EP in F.”The released peaked at number 55 on the Billboard 200 chart and hit number two on the Heatseekers chart. Despite relatively strong sales for a newcomer, the release earned lukewarm reviews from critics, with AllMusic writing:“Mraz has a nice voice, perhaps a little too articulated at times, which manages to mostly avoid the histrionic despite a predilection towards show tuney melodic turns. His voice tumbles out on top of folk-reggae rhythms that will probably sound a bit dated with time, but his vocals are filled with enough internal rhythms and rhymes to keep them interesting.”