Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way
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Music CD Cover Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers Edition: Music CD CD Release Date: 2002-07-09 Music Label: Warner Bros / Wea Soundtracks:
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Free Music Notes for By the Way Album
Free Music Review: I Like the Music
Hit: 5 Stars
"By the Way" is, undeniably, a stellar album, representing yet another tremendous offering from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. It easily equates its predecessor, "Californication", in terms of its accessibility and the consistency with which it displays quality musicianship and meaningful lyrics. As always, Anthony Keidis' wonderfully unique vocals are complemented expertly by Flea's mastery of the bass guitar, Fruisciante's great guitar performances and Chad Smith's rhythmic drum beats. It is understandable, then, that, in a similar vein to "Californication", all 16 of the album's tracks are excellent, and are not let down by any pointless `filler' tracks. However, the Chili Peppers appear to have significantly stretched their musical boundaries since "Californication", as "By the Way" manages to encapsulate an earnestness and emotiveness that the band has rarely revealed to its legion of fans. While the album retains the band's raw edge, especially through hard-hitting songs such as catchy first single "By the Way" and the bittersweet funk tune "Can't Stop", it also introduces a wealth of songs based around beautiful vocal harmonies and soaring melodies. Moving ballad "I Could Die For You" illustrates this point perfectly, as it stands as among the most beautiful three minutes in the Chili Peppers' recording history. Thankfully, the band has definitely not transformed into a soppy, dull, Train-esque rock act. Even the album's most tender moments either maintain a degree of intensity or are balanced out by more unrefined moments, such as those involving rapping and chanting. For instance, the juxtaposition of Keidis' aggressive rapping with moving vocal harmonies in "Minor Thing" culminates in an aurally appealing contrast.
All in all, after careful consideration of the album's 16 superb songs, I would have to say that "Midnight" is my personal favourite. It is a rocking, lyrically-rich, orchestral monster of a song that is home to one of the Chili Peppers' most powerful, uplifting choruses to date. The album attains five stars from me for this song alone; its fellow 15 stand-out tracks make this album worthy of much more than just five stars.