John Frusciante - The Empyrean
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Artist: John FruscianteEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2009-01-27
Music Label: Adrenaline Records
Soundtracks:
- Before The Beginning
- Song To The Siren
- Unreachable
- God
- Dark/Light
- Heaven
- Enough Of Me
- Central
- One More Of Me
- After The Ending
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Free Music Review: The Best Albums Are Those Which Can Draw No Comparisons
Hit: 5 Stars
John Frusciante's web site describes this album as "...the ways in which a person strives for what is beyond his reach. In his effort to go higher with every step, he sometimes dives down, only to find that when he reemerges he is always higher than he was before. The musical dynamics work in tandem with these inner rises and falls he experiences. He necessarily remains in a state of confusion and longing but is grateful for that, as without that he would not be becoming anything."
The record's concept of hitting rock bottom before ascending to heavenly heights accurately reflects the tone of the music, which ranges from solemn piano-guided nocturnes to epic rockers which peak with seemingly unending crescendoes. In between lies lush electronica, VAST-like soaring choirs, eerie orchestrals, and ambient noise. If there is an album with which to compare this to, it remains unknown here; The Empyrean sounds like every other John Frusciante album in that it doesn't sound like any of the other John Frusciante albums. This is the trademark which makes the man's music so sincerely unique; the pinnacle which every great musician must strive for.
Longtime Frusciante collaborator Josh Klinghoffer returns to this recording on keys and drums, while Flea delivers his own unmistakable style to many of the tracks, the lack of The Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez being the all-star lineup's only letdown. Though the album is still new on the market, it has already sunk in it's bittersweet claws in that there are enough odd intricacies, fine details, and moments of repeated track listenings to guarantee this to be a record which will only sink in deeper with time. Forgive the cliche, but The Empyrean reflects Frusciante's entire musical career up to this point as a fine wine which only improves with age.
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The eleventh solo album from this enigmatic singer-songwriter and producer, best known as The Red Hot Chili Peppers' guitarist. This concept record features Flea, Sonus Quartet, Johnny Marr, and The New Dimension Singers. It's a record suited to dark living rooms late at night.Alternative Rock Music CDs
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