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Live in Hyde Park | 
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| Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Label: Wea International
Category: Music
Buy New: $42.88
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Rating:  42 reviews
Sales Rank: 79874
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.4
UPC: 093624886327
EAN: 0093624886327
ASIN: B0002HTZJI
Publication Date: 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Intro | | • | Can't Stop | | • | Around the World | | • | Scar Tissue | | • | By the Way | | • | Fortune Faded | | • | I Feel Love | | • | Otherside | | • | Easily | | • | Universally Speaking | | • | Get on Top | | • | Brandy | | • | Don't Forget Me | | • | Rolling Sly Stone |
Disc 2
| • | Throw Away Your Television | | • | Leverage of Space | | • | Purple Stain | | • | Zephyr Song | | • | Californication | | • | Right on Time | | • | Parallel Universe | | • | Drum Homage Medley | | • | Under the Bridge | | • | Black Cross | | • | Flea's Trumpet Treated by John | | • | Give It Away |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Taken from their mammoth shows in June 2004, Live in Hyde Park captures the Red Hot Chili Peppers at their very best. The scene was set by changeable weather, the Godfather of Soul, James Brown, and Chicks on Speed being unfairly jeered off the stage. Heralded by a tense intro, the funky, fists-in-the-air sound of "Can't Stop" cutting through the ether is one of those moments that make live albums so compelling for those who were there and those who weren't. The Peppers go on to play through 2 CDs' worth of favorites from By the Way and Californication plus newer material such as "Fortune Faded," "Rolling Sly Stone," and "Leverage of Space". It's difficult to pick highlights, as the level of musicianship from the four was high as ever but unexpected, quirky numbers such as John and Flea's rendition of Donna Summer's "I Feel Love" stand out as memorable euphoric moments. Sadly, the only pre-Californication songs were old favorites "Under the Bridge" and "Give it Away," both sounding fresh despite being 13 years old. Live in Hyde Park is definitely a worthy addition to any record collection. It's amazing that a band in their third decade of success can release their full debut live album, but the Chili Peppers prove that they've still got it (now, more than ever) and will be around for a very long time to come. --David Trueman
Album Description
The Funky Foursome from LA crossed the pond to record this double live disc to capitalize on the vast reverence accorded them in continental Europe. "Live In Hyde Park" is a distillation of the three shows performed in London from June 2004. The setlist includes three previously unreleased songs: "Rolling Sly Stone", "Leverage Of Space" and "Mini-Epic" as well as covers of songs originally by Donna Summer, Looking Glass and 45 Grave.
Album Description
Import only 27-track double live album compromises material from all three London Hyde Park shows recorded in the summer of 2004. This release is the first official live album from the Chili's and features many of their live favorites, 'Around the World', 'Get on Top', 'Scar Tissue', 'By the Way, 'Give it Away', 'Californication' to obscure covers, Donna Summer's 'I Feel Love', Looking Glass' 70s hit 'Brandy (You're A Fine Girl)' among others. Live At Hyde Park comes with a magnificent photo booklet featuring live as well as behind the scenes imagery, including a spectacular heli shot panning the whole of London with Hyde Park and all its audience. Warner. 2004.
Album Details
Double CD Live Album Recorded in June 2004, Scheduled for Release Only in Europe and Japan. Includes Japan Only Bonus Content for the First Pressing.
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| Customer Reviews:
 awesome November 16, 2008
Thomas S. Kallman (farmington, ct usa)
this is one of the best audio recordings of rhcp since slane castle. the covers that they do especially "brandy" need to be heard. the song "rolling sly stone" is personally one of my favorite peppers songs ever. it was supposed to be recorded for their first album in 1984, it never got on and they played it on their by the way tour on the european leg. it is amazing. get this disc.
AMAZING!! April 16, 2007
C. R. Jade (Florida)
If you are a fan of RHCP, this is a must-have! John and Flea's guitar playing, Anthony's vocals, Chad's beats- powerful, moving, in short, nothing less than brilliant.
 Ive seen RHCP live and they can do much better than is recorded here February 4, 2007
Barn Girl
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This CD definately captures the energy of the audiance but not the quality of a good RHCP show. When you first listen tothis album you will be stunned at how amazing it sounds, but as you listen to it a couple of times you will soon realize some major problems with it. first of all the vocals are really weak and you can barely here them on many of the songs. Second Anthony Kiedis sound almost out of breath half the time, and having seen a concert my self i know that this is not how he really performs. third John Frusciante just wasn't on his game for this show as his harmonies sound pretty bad most of the time and especially on the song californication. Once again having seen the band perform i LOVE John and think that he is an amazing guitarist and vocalist, that being said, this album does him no justice. I think that the 2 songs really worth listening to on this CD are Leverage Of Space, and Rolling Sly Stone other than these 2 the concert is mediocer for such an amazing band as RHCP! if you want an example of an AMAZING Chili Peppers concert Live ant Slane Castle is definatly worth your time
awesome live album January 5, 2007
Susan E. Bradley (rochester, ny)
I bought this a few months ago, figuring it would be unavailable eventually, as most import live records are. It's great, I'm glad I bought it.
 3.5 stars-- late-period-heavy live album. December 21, 2006
Michael Stack (North Chelmsford, MA USA)
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
"Live in Hyde Park" is the first live record released by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, although for whatever reason it was never distributed in the United States (import copies, such as this one, however, are readily available). The show does a pretty good job capturing the live energy and atmosphere of the Chili Peppers live show, but before talking about the good, I'll talk a bit about what's been perceived as the bad about the show.
The first, and most glaringly obvious thing, is the show's reliance solely on new material-- the band performs 20 originals-- no less than 15 of them come from "Californication" (9) and "By the Way" (6), with a pair of new-at-the-time songs that are as-yet unreleased as studio recordings and one piece from the "Greatest Hits" album. In short, there's only a pair of songs from "Blood Sugar Sex Magick" and the rest of the band's catalog is completely unrepresented. I suppose the real final result is that this is what was played by the band at the show, and the choice was to either break up the live energy and integrity of the show by compiling it from a number of performances or just go with it as is.
Other complaints have to do usually with the performance and the sound. As to the former, it's a decent enough show-- the Chili Peppers are, regardless of how cooled out their music gets, an energy band, even live, but vocalist Anthony Kiedis has shifted himself away from the rap styles of the early records to more singing on the later ones-- when he reverts to his earlier styles, he tends to sound a bit clumsy and forced ("Give it Away"). This is a pretty small point however, the other criticism of the performance that's easy to make is that the sound tends to be kind of thin-- this is no doubt a result of a lack of overdubs that the band leaned on in the studio for "Californication" and (particularly) "By the Way"-- this means a number of pieces have substantially more stripped down arrangements ("By the Way"). It's not bad, it's definitely different though, but given the choice between somewhat stripped back arrangements or the Peppers touring with an entourage of supporting musicians, I'd go with the former. As far as the sound of the record goes, it's not quite up to snuff with some of the live albums released in the past few years-- I can't quite put my finger on it, but the record doesn't seem to have quite the crispness that live records tend to have these days. It's definitely well recorded, but it sounds like someone went out of their way to give it a natural feel-- this means it's not flawless in its sound, but it ends up with a charm all of its own.
The performance itself-- like I mentioned, the Chili Peppers are an energy band live-- they tend to excel best when they push tempos and dig deep, which they do pretty much everywhere. I found listening to this that a number of pieces I didn't care for on the albums came off quite well ("Easily") and also noted that cleverness in (re)arrangement was of serious benefit to a number of pieces (tagging Joy Division's "Transmission" to the front of explosive "Right on Time", the great coda on "By the Way" that adds a moody swirl to the piece). And while it ends up being an enjoyable listen throughout, one thing I will say is that it's not something I come back to very much, and I think in a way this is the sharpest criticism I can offer-- when I think of the Chili Peppers, I don't think "Live in Hyde Park".
Worth having? For fans, definitely, for the more casual types, stick to the studio records.
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