Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
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Free Music Review: Great album, sounds absolutely awful
Hit: 1 Stars
This is one of the worst mastering jobs I've ever heard (and lately I've been hearing a lot of really bad ones). Whoever did this (or forced the engineers to do this) does not deserve to be involved in the music industry and owes a huge apology to all the fans. It's really sad to think that so many music fans are being deprived of hearing the music they like with the sound as it emerged from the instruments, rather than some stupid digital compression machine that belongs in a radio station, not a recording studio.
Try to find the vinyl version of this album and listen to it side-by-side with the awful CD version. It will really open your ears as to what this music is supposed to sound like.
Free Music Review: Heeey Yooo, This is what I Sayooo?
Hit: 2 Stars
Your kidding me, right? I thought I would never NOT like the Peppers music, but I'm there! Has Anthony been taking voice lessons in a room with scented candles, an area rug and herbal tea? They need to visit that house that they recorded BSSM in or go back Under the Bridge. I am not inducing past habits so please don't attack me. It's a euphemism folks. It's almost sitting in the doctor's office' music. What happened to Flea's bass? Did he suffer 'Kirk Hammett'ism? I actually heard the entire cd from my brother who's also dissapointed in wasting 14 bucks. Let's Resurrect Hilal! Keep John, he's still a great guitarist but they need that fire under their tails again. They can keep this crap!
FISHBONE STILL RULES!
BROOKLYN,
S T A N D U P!
Free Music Review: This record suffers from the double album syndrome
Hit: 3 Stars
This new album from the Chilis has some good moments and some not so good moments. I have listened to the whole thing twice and i like 16 of the 28 songs. The album seems to really run out of steam on the second disc when the vocal melodies of Kiedis and Frusciante's guitar riffs seem to blend into the next song and nothing really stands out. They start sounding like a lukewarm radio rock band and sound a bit cliched. The Chilis are a great band and i liked californication and By The Way but i think this album suffers from a lack of quality control. The whole point of doing double albums is normally to broaden out and experiment, and try things that the band has not done before. Most of the great double albums like the White Album by The Beatles, Mellon Collie and the infinite sadness by the Smashing Pumpkins or London Calling by The Clash do this, they take creative risks which manage to hold the listeners attention. Unfortunately on this album the Chilis only have a couple of experimental songs like If. Most of the album is a mix of Californian pop ballads, light rock and some funk and basically offers nothing that the Chilis haven't already done better on previous albums. Having said that the album is good, the first 8 songs on the first disc are all good, but the album gets a bit patchy after that point. One of the major problems is Kiedis's vocals are a bit uninspired and the lyrics are random with nothing very interesting or evocative to say, so a lot of these songs sound a bit samey after a while. However, there are good songs on here and the album is worth buying if you're a Chilis fan and if the 16 best songs were on one disc this would be a 4 star album.Free Music Review: This album is definately worth it!
Hit: 5 Stars
From beginning to end, the Jupiter and Mars disks are both amazing, one of my favorite albums of all time (It's hard to compare it with Californication, because there are way more songs on this album, but definately one of their greatest yet.)
Lyrically, this is their best album. hands down, no argument there.
The bass has taken another step down, not that the talent has declined, just that you're starting to hear more of Frusciante and less of Flea. and if you're strictly an old-school pepper fan, this cd may not be for you, other than 4 or 5 songs.
In regards to the guitar, this may be the best album yet, though Californication and By the way were amazing as well.
some songs that haven't been played by radio that you MUST hear...
-Slow Cheetah. Rocks you slowly, steadily. It hooks you in lyrically.
-Torture Me. Quick paced, then slow paced. You need a breath when it's all over.
-Strip My Mind. Not everyone's favorite, but one of mine. Almost bluesy in some ways, really helps you reflect on why they wrote this song.
-Especially in Michigan. Excellent song, I'll leave it at that.
-C'mon Girl. Somewhat trippy, you'll love it while "under the influence"
-Hey. I don't like this song too much, but the band is very proud of this song.
-21st Century. Flea is back!
-She Looks to Me. Lyrically, one of their best songs ever.
-Readymade. Fast paced, you'll like it if you're "old-school"
-Make you feel better. One of the best songs on the album. Everything comes together perfectly in this one. It really does make you feel better!
-Storm in a Teacup. Another fast paced song. Excellent solos near the end.
-We Believe. It'll make you want to sing.
-Turn it again. Frusciante's bread & butter.
-Death of a Martian. Not an amazing song in my opinion, but it has good meaning to it. It has to do with Flea's dog, Martian, who died while they were recording the album. Lyrically, another great song.
If you've been a peppers fan from beginning to end and you haven't gotten this album yet, you should be ashamed of yourself.
Free Music Review: "Knock the world right off its feet and straight onto its head."
Hit: 4 Stars
A bit of a letdown, to be honest. The Chili Peppers pumped out two great albums in a row with Californication and By the Way, and we've been anticipating something new for four years, and then we learn it's a double album, and it ends up being a good two hours of music, but it's lacking that something that makes it great. It's possible it's just a fault with the multi-album format, it's harder to maintain a high level of quality for something that lasts that long. There are plenty of great songs to be found, but because of the sheer number, a lot of them blend together into solid, but unremarkable funky-pop-rock-whatever. None of it's bad, it's just stretched a little thin. Flea can still play bass like no one's business, and John Frusciante continues to hone his craft as one of the best guitarists in the world, and Anthony Keidis can actually sing these days. What they need to do next is go back to focusing on a smaller, more focused project. Not that they have to, with the mountains of money they must be swimming in.
Good songs: "Dani California", "Snow (Hey Oh)", "Torture Me", and "We Believe". There are plenty more, but those all jump to mind. I think the first disc is more enjoyable, but the second has its merits as well.