Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits and Videos
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Artist: Red Hot Chili PeppersEdition: Music CD
Format: Enhanced, Explicit Lyrics, Special Edition
CD Release Date: 2003-11-18
Music Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Under The Bridge
- Give It Away
- Californication
- Scar Tissue
- Soul to Squeeze
- Otherside
- Suck My Kiss
- By The Way
- Parallel Universe
- Breaking the Girl
- My Friends
- Higher Ground
- Universally Speaking
- Road Trippin'
- Fortune Faded
- Save the Population
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Free Music Review: Buy it for the DVD, if anything
Hit: 2 Stars
I won't doubt the Red Hot Chili Peppers as one of the greatest bands of the last 20 years, but this compilation seems to refute this claim. I'm not going to complain that the band's early material is not covered (What Hits?! does that) nor am I going to complain that the album is too superficial. The purpose of this compilation is to represent the band's work in the '90s and the By The Way album, but those expecting a trip back to the heyday of alternative rock will be sorely disappointed.
The CD fails to document some of their well-known hits, such as "Aeroplane" and "Can't Stop," yet includes lesser-known singles like "Suck My Kiss" and "Parallel Universe." It also seems to dismiss the fact that the Chili Peppers were ever a rock band, dropping some of the heavier numbers like "Around The World" in favor of more mellow songs like "Road Trippin'." They likely did this to appeal to newer fans who are familiar with the more recent, "poppy" material (e.g. "Universally Speaking," though strangely enough "The Zephyr Song" is not here), but again this is folly, as it barely represents the diversity of the Chili Peppers' sound. Also worthy of note is the fact that only one song from the One Hot Minute era ("My Friends") appears on the disc. The band has basically disowned that album but many fans believe it to be one of their strongest, and expect it to be documented alongside their other work as deserved. Another low point is the CD's awkward running order. "Under The Bridge" is hardly an album-opener and "Higher Ground" does not fit between "My Friends" and "Universally Speaking." The final two songs, "Fortune Faded" and "Save The Population," are okay songs but dilute the impact of the true hits. If I had compiled this album, I would've kicked "Suck My Kiss," "Parallel Universe," "Higher Ground," "Universally Speaking," "Road Trippin'," and "Save The Population" and would've included "Warped," "Aeroplane," "Love Rollercoaster," "Around The World," "Can't Stop," and "The Zephyr Song," and all tracks would've been arranged in chronological order, the natural choice for charting a band's musical evolution.
The DVD is better. I've actually had no problem with the "play all" feature on my DVD. The Greatest Videos disc misses little. It includes videos for many songs that were not included on the CD: "Aeroplane," "Around The World," "The Zephyr Song," and "Can't Stop," not to mention it's in chronological order. It still misses the videos for "Breaking The Girl," "Warped," "Coffee Shop," "Love Rollercoaster," and an alternate (and perhaps better) video for "My Friends." I also see no reason why the "Fortune Faded" video is absent. If making a video compilation, why not include everything? There's enough extra footage on the DVD to make you scream, though one might find it a bit extraneous at times--footage of the band taking a cab around Japan is not necessary for the record. Commentary on the songs would have been a better choice; they could've even done that for the liner notes.
All in all, this package is lackluster and could've had better documentation and could've included more than just a look-back on the old with the perspective of the new, which seemed to be the theme of this compilation. The parts missing from the CD basically render it useless. If you're a new fan and thoroughly enjoy the band's more recent material, then, by all means, buy this set. If you're an old fan, though, and find the Blood Sugar Sex Magik, One Hot Minute, and Californication tracks the most listenable, don't waste your money--keep your '90s albums and buy the DVD alone.
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DVD HIGHLIGHTS : Also heard via their music videos are four more Top 10 Modern Rock hits: "Around The World," "The Zephyr Song," "Can't Stop" (#1) and "Aeroplane." The directors represented on the DVD are among the most acclaimed in music video history.Alternative Rock Music CDs
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