Red Hot Chili Peppers

G-MAN2004 · 13 Jun 2016 at 03:34

Californication was their one and only brickwalled album. They've all be fine since then so that certainly won't be a worry.

ncncore · 15 Jun 2016 at 15:45

I will concur that I loved californication, will have to have a listen to this new one. Hopefully it will be good.

G-MAN2004 · 15 Jun 2016 at 18:12

It's... very different, I'll say that! Certainly a completely new direction for them and I wouldn't be able to pair it with anything else they've done. Massive Danger Mouse influences and he appears to have moved them away from the typical rocky sound they usually have going on. A bit soft with the pianos and stuff.

It sounds completely devoid of guitar work. If you compare it with the previous album, there are far less catchy guitar riffs and hardly any solos. Josh might as well have not turned up. I just don't understand why he'd limit himself, especially when he's always being compared with the absolute guitar god before him. You'd think he'd go crazy on it, which I'm sure he's more than capable of doing.

Only heard it once though so will come back in 20 more listens.

Edit: Hmm, jumped the gun a bit there. I was tired when I listened to it at like 5am. It is still pretty rocky to be fair.

esoteric · 15 Jun 2016 at 20:44

By The Way was a good album too.

G-MAN2004 · 16 Jun 2016 at 16:39

10 plays later, it is awesome. :cool:

That is all.

D1craig · 16 Jun 2016 at 16:41

I'll ha e to check this out. My taste seem to be going more pop now a days.

The californication album can't be beaten. Like 75% of it. The other 2 I've had I can only pick 1 or 2 songs.

Marky · 16 Jun 2016 at 17:08

Hmm not that keen on "We Turn Red" to be honest...

I've liked the other two songs though! Looking forward to hearing the full album tomorrow

baz178 · 16 Jun 2016 at 23:15

In my opionion there most complete album since cali. Really enjoyed it so far.

Marky · 17 Jun 2016 at 17:13

Okay so I've been listening to the album all day...

I'm really enjoying "Goodbye Angels" - Very cool song (See below @16:04)

But apart from that, it's sounding a lot more tame than I thought it would be... I'll let it grow on me though - I didn't really like I'm With You at first either, but now I love it.

beachBOYken · 17 Jun 2016 at 23:54

esoteric said:
By The Way was a good album too.

Blood sugar sex magik is also a brilliant album, my personal favourite.

G-MAN2004 · 18 Jun 2016 at 01:52

beachBOYken said:
Blood sugar sex magik is also a brilliant album, my personal favourite.

The outro to Sir Psycho Sexy is just the best thing ever. He is a god.

Akagi · 18 Jun 2016 at 02:03

This new one sounds good.

RHCP have always seemed like a bit of a mixed bag to me... I like a fair few of their songs, but I don't think most are anything special. A few are just plain awful.

beachBOYken · 18 Jun 2016 at 14:52

G-MAN2004 said:
The outro to Sir Psycho Sexy is just the best thing ever. He is a god.

Since listening to the new album, I decided to go back and listen to their older stuff and it just blows this new album away, it's not a bad album but it's got some weak songs on it and it does not come close to their earlier stuff personally.

All their early work is funky mayhem and it rocks. I love the heavy funky bass lines.

james.miller · 18 Jun 2016 at 20:02

G-MAN2004 said:
Californication was their one and only brickwalled album. They've all be fine since then so that certainly won't be a worry.

Stadium arcadium CD release was all over the place as well. Right now i'm listening to Can't stop (on By The Way) and its pushed so hard the vocals are distorted. Most of the CD releases post-BSSM are poorly mastered.

It was trash.

aardvark · 18 Jun 2016 at 21:34

beachBOYken said:
Since listening to the new album, I decided to go back and listen to their older stuff and it just blows this new album away, it's not a bad album but it's got some weak songs on it and it does not come close to their earlier stuff personally.

All their early work is funky mayhem and it rocks. I love the heavy funky bass lines.

BSSM is a masterpiece imo - not a single bad track, and the best album they will ever make.

G-MAN2004 · 18 Jun 2016 at 22:24

james.miller said:
Stadium arcadium CD release was all over the place as well. Right now i'm listening to Can't stop (on By The Way) and its pushed so hard the vocals are distorted. Most of the CD releases post-BSSM are poorly mastered.

Work of art and sounds great.

dl8860 · 19 Jun 2016 at 23:08

Only listened once through so far. Not entirely sure, but I never ever am for at least a week.

I liked I'm With You a lot more than most others, and to me this album sounds quite like that still on first listen. This is quite possibly an opinion to be revised though.

Go Robot and The Getaway my favourites so far, but extremely early days.

Josh's guitar playing is a very interesting one. I think he's just shy essentially. He's minimalistic, and I can see Flea easily dominating the creative process in that sense and Josh not wanting to rock the boat. I once read his playing described as 'textured', which I think is perfect. His style is understated but very considered and well placed. I wish he would be a bit more expressive though, a few more solos would be nice. He was quiet on I'm With You which I thought he'd get over by now.

More listening required.

floatindolphin · 20 Jun 2016 at 00:31

The Longest Wave is an amazing song.

MookJong · 21 Jun 2016 at 13:43

floatindolphin said:
The Longest Wave is an amazing song.

Yep that is the one that stood out for me too.

Marky · 21 Jun 2016 at 16:28

It's definitely growing on me as I thought it would! Goodbye Angels is still my favourite, but I'm even starting to like "We Turn Red" which I didn't like at all on first listen!