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| Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Label: Warner Bros UK
Category: Music
List Price: $26.99
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 419292
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 5.3 x 5 x 0.2
UPC: 093624423423
EAN: 0093624423423
ASIN: B000JR0P6S
Release Date: January 13, 2008
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Album Description
Limited edition Japanese pressing of the 2002 album comes packaged in a miniature LP sleeve. Features fan favorites like 'Universally Speaking', 'Dosed' and the title track. Distriibuted for a limited time in Europe with new UPC number. WB. 2006.
Album Details
Japanese Version featuring a Bonus Track
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It's like a symphony... February 11, 2008
finulanu (Here, there, and everywhere)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
So at first I was gonna be a jerk and ruin everyone else's fun and go, "Sure, this is a good one but aren't there better examples of what this group can do?" But then I listened again. And again. And again. And the potency of this one really started to sink in. It's subtle potency, though, because this is a very subtle album. It was very carefully produced and arranged, resulting in an almost symphonic album - there's even a string section on "Midnight". It's like a modern Pet Sounds, only better. There's very little stripped-down funk-rock in attendance, but I think the band found their niche playing sophisticated, mature pop and only occasionally getting funky in the first place. As usual, the best songs in attendance are the singles: :the title track switches from melodic ballad to full-on funk, "Universally Speaking" is a tasty slab of Beatlesesque psychedelia with nice harmonies, the multi-part "Dosed" features nicely double-tracked guitars, "The Zephyr Song" is a sunny genre-blender (a little rap, a little alt-rock) that still sounds fresh after every listen, and "Can't Stop" is the only song that really harkens back to the early days, merging a tense guitar riff with a strong funk pulse. The key difference is that the lyrics, rather than being about sex, are instead about nothing at all. To make things even better, John Frusciante's solos are a delight ("Zephyr Song", "Can't Stop", "Dosed", "Don't Forget Me", "Minor Thing"), and a combination of intricate arrangements and hummable melodies make some songs that got no airplay at all just as memorable as the big singles ("This is the Place", the two-part "Venice Queen", the romantic ballad "I Could Die for You", "Midnight", whose lyrics owe a strong debt to Smashing Pumpkins; the gorgeous Beach Boys-esque "Tear", "Warm Tape"). And there is one powerful funk-rocker, the protest "Throw Away Your Television". Plus the lyrics are fantastic: Anthony Kiedis comes off as an intelligent middle-aged man reflecting on the assorted directions his life has taken, though "Cabron" (A Mexican slang term, as in "Isaac Hayes is one bad cabron") could've been written by a hormonal middle-schooler strangely fascinated with both Mexican folk and country music. A few five-minute running times slow things down a bit, but not to the point where it really detracts from the value. Besides, that's only to be expected when you give an indulgent group SIXTEEN TRACKS AND SIXTY-EIGHT MINUTES (as advertised on the sticker on my copy - talk about being open about your flaws) of music to deal with. Maybe... fourteen tracks and an hour would've worked better. "Cabron" is awful; as is "On Mercury", whose chugging harmonica and bizarre lyrics and harmonies make it reek of stupid novelty. But on a whole this is a gorgeous, heartfelt, thought-out album. I'm normally not one to praise or harp on a record because of its production, but it's really a large part of what makes this so good. Hey, get rid of either "Cabron" or "On Mercury" and it's my favorite Chilis record. Get rid of both, and it's a masterpiece.
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