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Rating: GENRE: Funk-Rock, Pop-Rock, Alternative Rock, Funk, AOR
After a first listen where I couldn't go beyond a 5, I made an effort to find not only the negatives but also the positives, listening to it about twenty times, and I must say that some noteworthy insights can be found especially by completely forgetting who they were and taking the CD as it is without making uncomfortable comparisons with the past, ultimately arriving at a 6.5.
Track by track commentary:
DANI CALIFORNIA:
positive aspects:
- gritty chorus
- powerful solo
- video
- It's Rock
negative aspects:
- nursery rhyme-like and not very charged verse
- borderline plagiarism (verse between Aerosmith's Dream On and Sweet Home Alabama, Solo of Hendrix's Purple Haze, chords to Petty's Mary Jane’s Last Dance)
- slightly long
SNOW:
positive aspects:
- Intro
- It's a Crescendo
- Not an obvious structure
negative aspects:
- somewhat whiny
- similar to Zephyr Song
- definitely too long
CHARLIE:
positive aspects:
- Offbeat bass-guitar weave à la Zeppelin's The Crunge
- funk vibe
- Flea's backing vocals
negative aspects:
- Anthony's lack of energy in the verse
- lively yet bland chorus
- a bit lost along the way.
STADIUM ARCADIUM
positive aspects:
- nice use of backing vocals
- melody not to be discarded and fairly epic
- atmospheric Floydian solo
- nice orchestration
- It's a bit Californication version 2.0
negative aspects:
- a little whiny
- hard to get to the end
- they could have cut the last minute and a half without changing anything
- first of too many ballads
HUMP DE DUMP
positive aspects:
- nice groove
- hints of rap in the chorus
- drum and Clintonian bass solo
- horn section
negative aspects:
- Anthony sings unconvincingly when he says hump de dump
- horns a bit haphazardly placed
- lacks a guitar riff
SHE's ONLY 18
positive aspects:
- epic chorus
- decent melody
- simple but effective structure
- vocal games in the verse
negative aspects:
- nothing particularly innovative
- something's missing
SLOW CHEETAH:
positive aspects:
- convincing acoustic-relaxed atmosphere
- melody and vocals in the verse
negative aspects:
- chorus too By The Wayish
- experimental but useless last minute
- a bit long
TORTURE ME:
positive aspects:
- Flea's intro
- Finally some energy
- Trumpets that fit perfectly
negative aspects:
- mediocre chorus melody
- really avoidable slow part
STRIP MY MIND
positive aspects:
- not among the longest slow tracks
- basic but decent melody
- would have stood out on BTW
- how many other bands do these ballads in 2006?
negative aspects:
- another ballad
- not very original
- dull and too frusciante-like
- how many other bands do these ballads in 2006?
ESPECIALLY IN MICHIGAN
positive aspects:
- New sound for the peppers
- Omar Rodriguez
- Epic chorus
- Solo
negative aspects:
- too much Edge-sound in the verse
- melody needs revising
- gets lost, structure needs revising
WARLOCKS
positive aspects:
- grooving
- nice verse
negative aspects:
- adds nothing
- melodies and vocals too BTWyane
- repetitive
C'MON GIRL
positive aspects:
- flea's disco bass
- light but nice melody
- Chad and overall explosion in the chorus
negative aspects:
- too repetitive towards the end of the song
- repetitive
- dispersive solo
WET SAND
positive aspects:
- atmospheric
- verse melody
- solo
negative aspects:
- verse melody repeated too much
- too long (cut a minute before and leave the solo, right?)
- comes before another sleepy song
HEY
positive aspects:
- new sounds for the peppers
- cheaper than valium
negative aspects:
- goodnight
- yawn-worthy chorus
- almost 6 minutes of pure whining
- never explodes
DESECRATION SMILE:
positive aspects:
- acoustic intro and accompaniment in general
- incredibly simple chorus but more convincing than the old version.
- there's worse on the album
negative aspects:
- self-plagiarism of the verse (dosed)
- ridiculous lalallalalalala backing vocals
- slightly long
- 3 consecutive slow songs are heavy
TELL ME BABY:
positive aspects:
- John's intro
- rhythm and funky groove shift
- Flea's slap bass
- some guitar bursts
- semi-rap piece
negative aspects:
- Anthony dim and follows the guitar too much in the verse
- nursery rhyme-like chorus repeated too much
- better live
- leaves nothing
HARD TO CONCENTRATE:
positive aspects:
- slight experimentation
- verse a bit lou reed-like
negative aspects:
- melodic passages too by the wayish
- generally a bizarre drag
- lasts less than other mind-numbing tracks
21st CENTURY
positive aspects:
- flea's duck-bass
- good rhythm
- chorus with decent energy and melody
- final solo
negative aspects:
- anthony in the verse is slap-worthy
- lost a lot of power in the chorus compared to live
- gets lost a bit in the slow part followed by the verse.
SHE LOOKS TO ME
positive aspects:
- not sure there are any
negative aspects:
- some melodic resemblance to on mercury
- says nothing
- typical by the way song
READYMADE:
positive aspects:
- a bit of energy
- 70s hard rock atmosphere
- RATM-like riff
- Chad in counter time
negative aspects:
- no Zack to sing
- bass plagiarism (mountain song by Jane's Addiction)
- too repetitive and poorly structured
- not their territory and at times it shows
IF:
positive aspects:
- pretty little dittiana-like instrumental part
- short duration
negative aspects:
- replaceable
- pure sleepiness
MADE YOU FEEL BETTER:
positive aspects:
- decent verse
negative aspects:
- first 30 seconds too similar to iggy pop's works (worse)
- another typically By The Wayana song
- forgettable refrain
- chad does practically the same thing throughout the song
ANIMAL BAR:
positive aspects:
- flea's bass as the protagonist
- 80s atmosphere
- aggressive chorus with excellent choral interweaving
negative aspects:
- too long
- somewhat dull verse and filled with unnecessary harmonies
- too much a midpoint between whining and powerful song
SO MUCH I
positive aspects:
- speed and rhythm section
- catchy and earworm of a chorus
- they didn't drag it forever
negative aspects:
- the A-A-A-AAA-AAA-AAA
- when he says Somaccia it's cringe-worthy
- chorus too catchy bordering on Cheap Trick
STORM IN TEACUP:
positive aspects:
- similar to OHM era (One Big Mob, Love Rollercoaster)
- finally some convincing rap
- potential single
- one of the best
negative aspects:
- when anthony indulges in similar rap ending each verse with "som"
- strange structure (intro-verse-chorus and copy-paste x3)
WE BELIEVE:
positive aspects:
- jazz-fusion-like intro and background
- unique verse
negative aspects:
- predictable and dull chorus
- easily avoidable
TURN IT AGAIN
positive aspects:
- funky instrumentation even if slow
- power shift between verse and chorus
- frusciante practically does a solo during the chorus
- very long solo
negative aspects:
- should have been half as long
- somewhat annoying melody
- avoidable central part
- too many harmonies
DEATH OF A MARTIAN
positive aspects:
- kiedis's monologue with apocalyptic atmosphere in the background
- melody not to be discarded
negative aspects:
- third slow consecutive song
- somewhat sluggish
- ghosts of by the way and some b-side resurface in the verse and chorus
- dedicated to a dog
Summary/commentary:
The sound of "By The Way" was hard to shake off, so we are faced with an album that attempts to combine the sounds of the last CD with more "Californication"-like sounds and some vain attempts to dive back into funk, a genre that seems distant from their souls now. Probably this desire (or rather an attempt) to please everyone led to the creation of a double CD with 28 songs, where we find almost all the facets of the peppers' sound, except perhaps that raw and crazy early sound (which is only natural at 40 years old). Here everything is well thought out, clean sounds, melodies between catchy and sophisticated, but the melodies themselves seem to be one of the weaker aspects of the CD when compared to the epic and virtually perfect ones of "Californication". Other issues arise from the excessive length of both the album and some negligible songs and the lack of energy and explosiveness released by the production.
In some songs, we also find hints of experimentation, but barely noticeable, that an untrained ear wouldn't even notice. A slight step forward compared to "By The Way" if only because the 15 best songs of "Stadium Arcadium" overall are better than "By The Way", due to the greater variety and more presence of Flea.
We couldn't expect 28 masterpieces, but surely a bit more energy and an Anthony less focused on singing and more on explosiveness would have made the album much more interesting. It's not an immediate album also because there are 28 songs to absorb and let grow slowly, but they never surpass (except in a few moments) the level of medium-good.
POSITIVE ASPECTS:
-Flea is more present
-More solos and space for instruments than in BTW
-28 songs at the price of one CD
-Some pleasant tracks
-Anthony has learned to sing
-Minimal hints of experimentation
-Grows with listens
-Interesting insights
-3-4 excellent songs
NEGATIVE ASPECTS:
-Anthony has learned to sing
-Anthony lacks grit and energy
- Production needs revising and is a bit bland
- The Funk tracks are not authentic and too melodic in the choruses
- Melodies not always up to par if compared to classic ones
- 4-5 bland and unnecessary ballads too many
- Some negligible songs are too long
- Hard to reach the end without skipping
SCORE: 6.5
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 Dani California (04:42)
Getting born in the state of Mississippi
Papa was a copper
And Mama was a hippie
In Alabama she would swing a hammer
Price you gotta pay when you break the panorama
She never knew that there was
Anything more than poor
What in the world does your
Company take me for
Black bandanna, sweet Louisiana
Robbin' on a bank in the state of Indiana
She's a runner, rebel and a stunner
On her merry way sayin', "Baby watcha gonna"
Looking down the barrel of a hot metal .45
Just another way to survive
California rest in peace
Simultaneous release
California show your teeth
She's my priestess; I'm your priest
She's a lover, baby and a fighter
Shoulda seen it comin' when it got a little brighter
With a name like Dani California
The day was gonna come when I was gonna mourn ya
A little loaded she was stealin' another breath
I love my baby to death
California rest in peace
Simultaneous release
California show your teeth
She's my priestess; I'm your priest
Who knew the other side of you?
Who knew what others died to prove?
Too true to say goodbye to you
Too true to say say say
Push the fader, gifted animator
One for the now and eleven for the later
Never made it up to Minnesota
North Dakota man was a gunnin' for the quota
Down in the Badlands, she was savin' the best for last
It only hurts when I laugh
Gone too fast
California rest in peace
Simultaneous release
California show your teeth
She's my priestess; I'm your priest
California rest in peace
Simultaneous release
California show your teeth
She's my priestess; I'm your priest
02 Snow ((Hey Oh)) (05:34)
Come to decide that
The things that I tried
Were in my life
Just to get high on
When I sit alone
Come get a little known
But I need more
Than myself this time
Step from the road
To the sea to the sky
And I do believe
That we rely on
When I lay it on
Come get to play it on
All my life to sacrifice
Hey oh
Listen what I say oh
I got your hey oh
Now listen what I say oh
When will I know
That I really can't go
To the well once more
Time to decide on
When it's killing me
When will I really see
All that I need to look inside
Come to believe
That I better not leave
Before I get my chance to ride
When it's killing me
What do I really need
All that I need to look inside
Hey oh
Listen what I say oh
Come back and hey oh
Look at what I say oh
The more I see, the less I know
The more I like to let it go
Hey oh, woah
Deep beneath the cover
Of another perfect wonder
Where it's so white as snow
Privately divided
By a world so undecided
And there's nowhere to go
In between the cover
Of another perfect wonder
Where it's so white as snow
Running through the field
Where all my tracks
Will be concealed
And there's nowhere to go
When to descend
To amend for a friend
All the channels
That have broken down
Now you bring it up
I'm gonna ring it up
Just to hear you sing it out
Step from the road
To the sea to the sky
And I do believe
What we rely on
When I lay it on
Come get to play it on
All my life to sacrifice
Hey oh
Listen what I say oh
I got your hey oh
Listen what I say oh
The more I see the less I know
The more I like to let it go
Hey oh
Deep beneath the cover
Of another perfect wonder
Where it's so white as snow
Privately divided
By a world so undecided
And there's nowhere to go
In between the cover
Of another perfect wonder
Where it's so white as snow
Running through the field
Where all my tracks
Will be concealed
And there's nowhere to go
I said hey, hey, yeah
Oh yeah, tell my love now
Hey, hey, yeah
Oh yeah, tell my love now
Deep beneath the cover
Of another perfect wonder
Where it's so white as snow
Privately divided
By a world so undecided
And there's nowhere to go
Deep beneath the cover
Of another perfect wonder
Where it's so white as snow
Running through the field
Where all my tracks
Will be concealed
And there's nowhere to go
I said hey, oh yeah
Oh yeah, tell my love now
Hey, yeah, yeah, oh yeah
03 Charlie (04:37)
All aboard... stitch in time
Get yours... got mine
In a minute... I'll be there
Sit tight... get square
You can do it at the hippodrome
Slide back, trombone
Anybody got a TV tome?
That's right, unknown
When I pick up on that smell
Pick it up and run like hell
Little woman save me some
Better get up on your run
So much more than Charlie's wakin' me
To my core and Charlie's shakin' me
Tell my story and Charlie's making me
And Charlie's making me smile
Everybody... do the twist
Get the the message... on Flea's fist
Move around like a scientist
Lay down... get kissed
Big picture and it never lies
Big daddy will advise
Eveready in disguise
Sunset... sunrise
When I pick up on that smell
Pick it up and run like hell
Little woman save me some
Better get up on your run
So much more than Charlie's wakin' me
To my core and Charlie's shakin' me
Tell my story and Charlie's making me
And Charlie's making me smile
My heart, your skin, this love I'm in
We don't arrive without a suprise
You're right, I'm wrong, be free, belong
Intimate sight has come in to light
When I pick up on that smell
Pick it up and run like hell
Little woman save me some
Better get up on your run
All I ever wanted to
Was pick it up and run with you
Slip it into a summer spell
Double up and run like hell, ooh
So much more than Charlie's wakin' me
To my core and Charlie's shakin' me
Tell my story and Charlie's making me
And Charlie's making me smile, woah now
My heart, your skin, this love I'm in
We don't arrive without a suprise
You're right, I'm wrong, be free, belong
Intimate sight has come in to light
My heart, your skin, this love I'm in
We don't arrive without a suprise
You're right, I'm wrong, be free, belong
Intimate sight has come in to light
04 Stadium Arcadium (05:15)
Bells around St. Petersburg
When I saw you
I hope I get what you deserve
And this is where I find
Smoke surrounds your perfect face
And I'm falling
Pushing a broom out into space
And this is where I found a way
The stadium arcadium
A mirror to the moon (mirror to the moon)
Well I'm forming and I'm warming (to you)
State of the art until the clouds come crashing
Stranger things have happened both
Before and after noon (before and after noon)
Well I'm forming and I'm warming (to you)
Pushing myself, and no, I don't mind asking now
Alone inside in my forest room
And it's storming
I never thought I'd be in bloom
But this is where I start
(Derelict days and the stereo plays
For the all night crowd that it cannot phase)
And I'm calling
(Tedious weeds that the media breeds
But the animal gets what the animal needs)
And I'm sorry
The stadium arcadium
A mirror to the moon (mirror to the moon)
And I'm forming and I'm warming (to you)
State of the art until the clouds come crashing
Stranger things have happened both
Before and after noon (before and after noon)
Well I'm forming and I'm warming (to you)
Pushing myself, and no, I don't mind asking now
And this is where I find
Rays of dust that wrap around
Your Citizen
Kind enough to disavow
This is where I stand
The stadium arcadium
A mirror to the moon (mirror to the moon)
Well I'm forming and I'm warming (to you)
A state of the art until the clouds come crashing
Stranger things have happened both
Before and after noon (before and after noon)
And I'm forming and I'm warming (to you)
I'm pushing myself, and no, I don't mind asking
The stadium arcadium
A mirror to the moon (mirror to the moon)
Well I'm forming and I'm warming (to you)
State of the art until the clouds come crashing
Stranger things have happened both
Before and after noon (before and after noon)
And I'm forming and I'm warming to you
05 Hump de Bump (03:33)
40 detectives this week
40 detectives strong
Takin' a stroll down Love Street
Strollin' is that so wrong
Can I get my co-dependent
Hump de bump doop bodu
Bump de hump doop bap
Hump de bump doop bodu
Oh no!
Bump de hump doop bodu
Hump de bump doop bap
Bump de hump doop bodu
Bump bump
Must have been a hundred miles
Any of a hundred styles
It's not about the smile you wear but
the way we make out
When I was another loner
Nothin' but a two beach comber
Anybody seen the sky? I'm
I'm wide awake now
Workin' the beat as we speak
Working the "belle du monde"*
Believe in the havoc we wreak
Believin', is that so wrong
Can I get my co-dependant
Hump de bump doop bodu
Bump de hump doop bap
Hump de bump doop bodu
Bump de hump doop bodu
Hump de bump doop bap
Bump de hump doop bodu
Bump bump
C'mon!
Must have been a hundred miles
Any of a hundred styles
It's not about the smile you wear but
the way we make out
When I was another loner
Nothin' but a two beach comber
Anybody seen the sky? I'm,
I'm wide awake now
Hump de bump doop bodu
Bump de hump doop bap
Hump de bump doop bodu
Oh no!
Bump de hump doop bodu
Hump de bump doop bap
Bump de hump doop bodu
Bump bump
Listen to me what I said
Try to get it through your head
A little bit of circumstance and
A chance to make out
Livin' in a citadel
It's hard enough to be yourself
Waiting for the bell to toll and
I am wide awake now
Must have been a hundred miles
Any of a hundred styles
It's not about the smile you wear but
the way we make out
When I was another loner
Nothin' but a two beach comber
Anybody seen the sky? I'm
I'm wide awake now
06 She's Only 18 (03:25)
She's only 18
Don't like the Rolling Stones
She took a short cut
To being fully grown
She's got that mood ring
A little sister rose
The smell of Springsteen
A pair of pantyhose
This talking picture show
Is leaking from a silhouette
She said my man you know
It's time to get your fingers wet
Your hustle's busted when
You can't afford a cigarette
The last I heard from you
You were screaming "handle it"
Knock the world right off its feet
And straight onto its head
The book of love will
Long be laughing after you are dead
Fascinated by the look of you
And what was said
Make a play for all the
Brightest minds and light will shed
I heard some P-Funk
Out on the road again
To get your head shrunk
Is what I recommend
It's in your bloodline
A perfect Frankenstein
Out on that lone pine
I'm gonna make you mine
It's understood you wrap
Your voodoo right around my neck
You've got some glitter on your
Kitty at the discotheque
I put my lovin' in your oven
Not a head to check
The last I heard from you
You were screaming "resurrect"
Knock the world right off its feet
And straight onto its head
The book of love will
Long be laughing after you are dead
Fascinated by the look of you
And what was said
Make a play for all the
Brightest minds and light will shed
Knock the world right off its feet
And straight onto its head
The book of love will
Long be laughing after you are dead
Fascinated by the look of you
And what was said
Make a play for all the
Brightest minds and light will shed
07 Slow Cheetah (05:19)
1-2-3-4
Waking up dead inside of my head
Will never never do, there is no med
No medicine to take
I've had a chance to be insane
Asylum from the falling rain
I've had a chance to break
It's so bad, it's got to be good
Mysterious girl, misunderstood
Dressed like a wedding cake
Any other day and I might play
A funeral march for Bonnie Brae
Why try and run away
Slow cheetah come before for my forest
Looks like it's on today
Slow cheetah come it's so euphoric
No matter what they say
I know a girl she worked in a store
She knew not what her life was for
She barely knew her name
They tried to tell her she would never be
As happy as a girl in a magazine
She bought it with her pay
Slow cheetah come before for my forest
Looks like it's on today
Slow cheetah come it's so euphoric
No matter what they say
Everyone has so much to say
They talk, talk, talk, their lives away
Don't even hesitate
Walking on down to the burial ground
It's a very old dance with a merry old sound
Looks like it's on today
Slow cheetah come before for my forest
Looks like it's on today
Slow cheetah come it's so euphoric
No matter what they say
Slow cheetah come before for my forest
Looks like it's on today
Slow cheetah come it's so euphoric
No matter what they say
10 Especially in Michigan (04:00)
Life is my friend
Rake it up to take it in
Wrap me in your cinnamon
Especially in Michigan
...Well I could be your friend
White clouds I'm in
A mitten full of fisherman
C'mon huckleberry finn
Show me how to make her grin
...Well I'm in Michigan
Cry me a future
Where the revelations run amok
Ladies and gentlemen
Lions and tigers come running
Just to steal your luck
A rainy Lithuanian
Who's dancing as an Indian
Painted in my tiger skin
(Especially in Michigan)
Double chins and bowling pins
Unholy presbyterians
Land is full of medicine
I find it when I'm slipping in
...Into Michigan
The tainted new librarian
Who fainted when she tucked you in
Let's float away like zeppelins
(On stoic gusts of northern wind)
Out on the farm we'll be
Swimming with the mother duck
Deep in the mitten where
Lions and tigers come running
Just to steal your luck
Life is my friend
Underwater violins
Order now from ho chi min
A porcelain that comes in twins
...When I'm in Michigan
Throw me in the looney bin
Cause I can take it on the chin
The cleavage of your pillow skin
(Is moving like a violin)
11 Warlocks (03:25)
Warlocks in wonderland
I've got a megatropolis in my hand
And a subterranean marching band
Making noise for the boys in the Vatican
A little package and off we go
Oh, ticky ticky tackety tic tac toe
I know everybody's Eskimo
We've got another thing coming and that's our show
Every night I go looking for you
Everyone in the world adores you
A little packet of something kind
To find your reason
Coming up on it everyday for
Look at me and it's what I stay for
A little locket of fantasy
That we believe in
Lilacs and contraband
I've got Santa Monica in my hand
A little Beatlemania when I can
I've got two big bags of old Japan
Ring side and blow-by-blow
Another main event at the old rainbow
We're comin' right on top of the tupelo
When she looks just like Bridgette Bardot
Every night I go looking for you
Everyone in the world adores you
A little packet of something kind
To find your reason
Coming up on it everyday for
Look at me and it's what I stay for
A little locket of fantasy
That we believe in
Make a deal with Uncle Weezer
Sign your name to claim
China Chow will try to please her
Sweetness come from Jane
Warlocks in wonderland
I've got a rockapotamus in my hand
With a happy ending that's made of sand
With a little bit of loving is all I plan
Every night I go looking for you
Everyone in the world adores you
A little packet of something kind
To find your reason
Coming up on it everyday for
Look at me and it's what I stay for
A little locket of fantasy
That we believe in
Every night I go looking for you
Everyone in the world adores you
A little packet of something kind
To find your reason
Coming up on it everyday for
Look at me and it's what I stay for
A little locket of fantasy
That we believe in now
13 Wet Sand (05:09)
My shadow side, so amplified
Keeps coming back dissatisfied
Elementary, son, but it's so...
My love affair with everywhere was innocent
Why do you care?
Someone start the car, time to go...
You're the best I know
My sunny side has up and died
I'm betting that when we collide
The universe will shift into a low
The travesties that we have seen
Are treating me like Benzedrine
Automatic laughter from a pro
My, what a good day for a, walk outside
I'd like to get to know you a little better, baby
God knows that I really tried
My, what a good day for a, take out bride
I'd like to say we did it for the better of...
I saw you there so unaware
Those hummingbirds all in your hair
Elementary, son, but it's so...
The disrepair of Norma Jean
Could not compare to your routine
Balarama beauty goin' toe to toe
My, what a good day for a, let it slide
I'd like to say we did it for the better of...
I thought about it and I brought it out
I'm motivated by the lack of doubt
I'm consecrated but I'm not devout
The mother, the father, the daughter, yeah
Right on the verge, just one more dose
I'm traveling from coast to coast
My theory isn't perfect, but it's close
I'm almost there, why should I care?
My heart is hurting when I share
Someone open up, let it show
My, what a good day for a walk outside
I'd like to think we did it for the better of...
I thought about it and I brought it out
I'm motivated by the lack of doubt
I'm consecrated, but I'm not devout
The mother, the father, the daughter
Oh, you don't form in the wet sand
You don't form at all
Woah, you don't form in the wet sand
I do, yeah
You don't form in the wet sand
You don't form at all
Woah, you don't form in the wet sand
I do, yeah
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The guitar always or almost always manages to enliven everything, and in any case, there are no completely useless songs.
By GrantNicholas
Frusciante (notoriously not a technically brilliant guitarist) truly in shape, even stunning when he has the chance to 'make himself heard' more.
Despite the recycling into a purely 'mainstream' genre, the quality of writing is still at an incredibly high level.
