Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium

List Price: $21.98
Our Price: $10.57
You Save: $11.41 (52%)
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Buy Used: from $4.13 (click here)
Category: Music CD
See more new music releases

Music CD Cover

Free Music Notes for Stadium Arcadium

Free Music Review: getting your moneys worth
Hit: 5 Stars

Stadium Arcadium Poster

The title track, "Desecration Smile," and "She Looks To Me" finds them venturing further into laid back pop ballad territory, while the tricky rhythms of "Dani California," "Charlie," and "So Much I" eventually kick into familiar top gear on the pop-savvy "Tell Me Baby" and hip-hop seasoned "Storm in a Teacup." It's not that there's a paucity of musical adventure here ("If" and "Animal Bar" finds them wafting into Floydish neo-psychedelia while "Make You Feel Better" seems to channel no less than Joe Jackson) but that it's delivered with a subtlety--and dare we say it?--tasteful musical restraint that's a stark contrast to the band's early, overly overt nature. There's perhaps too much mid-tempo simmering and reflection going on; like most double-albums it could be focused into a much more compelling single disc. But that seems largely beside the Peppers' hooks-over-histrionics point here: an unlikely record to kick back to, and one that both challenges assumptions and eases the band into middle age with an oft languorous, if undeniably savory groove. --Jerry McCulley

Alternative Rock Music CDs

• Pop
• R&B
• Rock