Best Ever Albums

Re: Thoughts on Red Hot Chili Peppers upcoming album THE GETAWAY

jhuik — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 06:46:28 GMT

Author: jhuik

Posted: 06/24/2016 10:46

sethmadsen wrote:

Totally agree with the comment that Frusciante made the band amazing.

How about Mother's Milk? Frusciante's debut?.

I have finally listened to this album actually (The Getaway) and I'm impressed. Josh has found his own groove. And yes I agree that OHM has its moments definitely. This great band has made a ton of amazing music.

Re: Thoughts on Red Hot Chili Peppers upcoming album THE GETAWAY

RoundTheBend — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 18:00:56 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 06/17/2016 22:00

jhuik wrote:

I would say there are more than two types. Let's see... those who love BSM and everything before, those like you who love Californication and thereafter, and those who love the Peppers no matter what. Me, I'm a Frusciante-or-nothing fan. Love every album with him on it, not interested in anything without him. I do not care for pre-BSM, never much into One Hot Minute (it has its moments, though) and can't get into anything post-Stadium Arcadium.

Totally agree with the comment that Frusciante made the band amazing. The band was alright before and after. I actually do like One Hot Minute though.

How about Mother's Milk? Frusciante's debut?

I like some pre-frusciante stuff. I wouldn't say any of those albums were fantastic, but I would say it is worth getting into "what hits?" There's some good stuff like:

Higher Ground
Behind the Sun
Me And My Friends
Fire (cover)
Get Up and Jump (mostly cause the slap bass, even if repeatitive)
Knock Me Down
If You Want Me To Stay (cover)
Taste The Pain
Catholic School Girls Rule (decent punk song)
Johnny Kick A Hole In The Sky

John Frusciante possibly is soley responsible for taking RHCP from being a party band to something rather beautiful. His vocals and guitar playing are just amazing and they will never be the same without him. It'd be like The Beatles continuing on with out Paul or John. They could do it, but that synergy is amazing. Don't get me wrong... I think why John in the RHCP is best is because he brought an artistic element to the pop element... and that bittersweet mixed world is what gets my goat. I like John's solo stuff... but it often is a bit too artsy fartsy and doesn't have enough of a pop element to really be that interesting.

Anyway - The Getaway is a bit better than I originally thought.

Ah what the hells... here's a play by play response:

01. The Getaway - I get a small Cure feel from the guitar work. It's an alright song.

02. Dark Necessities - Easily the best track of the album, in my opinion. Mature, yet definite RHCP sound.

03. We Turn Red - Fantastic drum and vocal work. Bass and guitar are ok, but nothing ball busting. Do like the duality of the song.

04. The Longest Wave - Possibly most impressive guitar work I've heard from Josh. I do like some of the effects and such he's done but this is the first song I've though... huh, this guy can play/has more than a background/ambient role.

05. Goodbye Angels- ending was cool, the rest, meh.
06. Sick Love - reminds me of Elton John somehow, and not the piano, rather the vocal
07. Go Robot - meh
08. Feasting on the Flowers - Cool guitar work at intro, other wise, meh, probably grower.
09. Detroit - like how rough the mix/tone decisions is are were can be... hehe.
10. This Ticonderoga - I liked how this was like Jeckyl/Hyde.
11. Encore - meh
12. The Hunter - I kind of connect with this Fatherless cliche
13. Dreams of a Samurai - above average

Overall... I'm not familiar with Josh's voice... but I think often there are female backup vocals that joined the album... and I liked that. Those would be these lady's from the Wiki:
Anna Waronker – additional vocals (1)
Beverley Chitwood - vocal solo (13)

I also like how this album isn't a sound wars album. The bass isn't distorted... the guitars are subdued (something I've noticed is Josh's thing I suppose, but totally miss the wailing beauties from John).

Re: Thoughts on Red Hot Chili Peppers upcoming album THE GETAWAY

RoundTheBend — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 17:25:25 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 06/17/2016 21:25

So I finally listened to the whole album... and starts out pretty good and ends alright.

Some Chili Pepper albums that I later loved I remember being that way. Californiacation's later tracks grew on me for example.

Might be one of my favorites from 2016 to be honest... like top 20 possibly.

Re: Thoughts on Red Hot Chili Peppers upcoming album THE GETAWAY

jhuik — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 16:43:45 GMT

Author: jhuik

Posted: 06/17/2016 20:43

dihansse wrote:

there are really two types of RHCP lovers.

Re: Thoughts on Red Hot Chili Peppers upcoming album THE GETAWAY

dihansse — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 14:54:34 GMT

Author: dihansse

Posted: 06/17/2016 18:54

I'm especially a fan of Californication and By The Way so not so much from their earlier albums (it's always good to mention that because there are really two types of RHCP lovers) and I'm listening to the new one now and I think it's a great album, especially the last half of it.

Re: Thoughts on Red Hot Chili Peppers upcoming album THE GETAWAY

Lachapelle — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 13:23:51 GMT

Author: Lachapelle

Posted: 06/17/2016 17:23

https://play.spotify.com/album/43otFXrY0bgaq5fB3GrZj6

Re: Thoughts on Red Hot Chili Peppers upcoming album THE GETAWAY

Lachapelle — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 13:06:43 GMT

Author: Lachapelle

Posted: 06/17/2016 17:06

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Re: Thoughts on Red Hot Chili Peppers upcoming album THE GETAWAY

AAL2014 — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 11:31:52 GMT

Author: AAL2014

Posted: 06/17/2016 15:31

kramerfan86 wrote:

AAL2014 wrote:

sethmadsen wrote:

Lachapelle wrote:

Just finished listening to the album in full. Honestly pretty good.
Some similar sounding tunes on it but overall I'm sure any true fans will be impressed.

I will say that when they talked about working with Danger Mouse they said basically they'd come to the studio and have something ready... he'd say... I don't like it. Let's do something new. Like right now... write a song now and that's the song going on the record.

As I understand it, RHCP had essentially an album's worth of material ready to work with and record and dumped it. I'm interested to hear some of that stuff after The Getaway, and I'm interested in how much input Josh had on it as opposed to The Getaway.

Either way, I'm excited to pick up my copy tomorrow.

They also have a rather robust collection of b-sides.

Yeah just thought of that too, they are all over Youtube. Don't know exactly how many there are but a very cool, and I have no doubt successful, set could be made. Cool idea.

Re: Thoughts on Red Hot Chili Peppers upcoming album THE GETAWAY

kramerfan86 — Fri, 17 Jun 2016 01:20:19 GMT

Author: kramerfan86

Posted: 06/17/2016 05:20

AAL2014 wrote:

sethmadsen wrote:

Lachapelle wrote:

Just finished listening to the album in full. Honestly pretty good.
Some similar sounding tunes on it but overall I'm sure any true fans will be impressed.

RHCP are a band I really really want to see do a box set, seems like they have at least a couple of just entirely abandoned albums that are just sitting around getting dust. They also have a rather robust collection of b-sides.

Anyways this album is solid, not really a contender for album of the year for me but I still like it a fair bit.

Re: Thoughts on Red Hot Chili Peppers upcoming album THE GETAWAY

AAL2014 — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 22:35:13 GMT

Author: AAL2014

Posted: 06/17/2016 02:35

sethmadsen wrote:

I totally went and watched that after you suggested, and thought it was great.

Right on man!

Re: Thoughts on Red Hot Chili Peppers upcoming album THE GETAWAY

AAL2014 — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 22:34:37 GMT

Author: AAL2014

Posted: 06/17/2016 02:34

sethmadsen wrote:

Lachapelle wrote:

Just finished listening to the album in full. Honestly pretty good.
Some similar sounding tunes on it but overall I'm sure any true fans will be impressed.

Re: Thoughts on Red Hot Chili Peppers upcoming album THE GETAWAY

RoundTheBend — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 22:31:21 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 06/17/2016 02:31

AAL2014 wrote:

Best one since Stevie Wonder.

I totally went and watched that after you suggested, and thought it was great.

Re: Thoughts on Red Hot Chili Peppers upcoming album THE GETAWAY

RoundTheBend — Thu, 16 Jun 2016 22:28:25 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 06/17/2016 02:28

Lachapelle wrote:

Just finished listening to the album in full. Honestly pretty good.
Some similar sounding tunes on it but overall I'm sure any true fans will be impressed.

I just heard an hour "radio special" where they played all (maybe half?) of the songs from the album. The fail of this hour with the chili peppers is that they played one song off new album and then their amazing work with John Frusciante and, well... the new stuff sounds like elevator music to it.

I do still look forward to the album as a life long fan of theirs (the zoo and the beauty).

I will say that when they talked about working with Danger Mouse they said basically they'd come to the studio and have something ready... he'd say... I don't like it. Let's do something new. Like right now... write a song now and that's the song going on the record.

While that allows for new creativity, it also doesn't allow for a good final product (not always at least)... that's why there's drafts and demos, right?

What I do like about Danger Mouse doing this record is we won't have the terrible sound wars on this record. Even the last record has the bass often distorted out (and not on purpose).

Anyway, I felt what I heard was a step below the last record and the last record was a step below what I love about the RHCP... so we'll see.

Re: Thoughts on Red Hot Chili Peppers upcoming album THE GETAWAY

Lachapelle — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 20:38:06 GMT

Author: Lachapelle

Posted: 06/16/2016 00:38

Just finished listening to the album in full. Honestly pretty good.
Some similar sounding tunes on it but overall I'm sure any true fans will be impressed.

Re: Thoughts on Red Hot Chili Peppers upcoming album THE GETAWAY

souplipton — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 18:12:35 GMT

Author: souplipton

Posted: 06/15/2016 22:12

I'm cautiously optimistic about this album. Liked the singles, but not thrilled. Liked the last album, but not blown away by it, so hoping that another album together will mean improvement.

Re: Thoughts on Red Hot Chili Peppers upcoming album THE GETAWAY

AAL2014 — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 01:34:45 GMT

Author: AAL2014

Posted: 06/15/2016 05:34

sethmadsen wrote:

Link

Best one since Stevie Wonder.

Re: Thoughts on Red Hot Chili Peppers upcoming album THE GETAWAY

RoundTheBend — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 01:28:26 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 06/15/2016 05:28

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Re: Thoughts on Red Hot Chili Peppers upcoming album THE GETAWAY

RoundTheBend — Sun, 12 Jun 2016 22:16:53 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 06/13/2016 02:16

AAL2014 wrote:

sethmadsen wrote:

Gowi wrote:

I think they were more "interesting" before Frusciante replaced Slovak, even considering Californication is a hugely nostalgic for me. There is certainly a case to make that the band without Frusciante is still Red Hot Chili Peppers. The opinion really does not hold much weight, honestly.

I'm not looking forward to The Getaway, but I wish the band the best as they try to carry on.

I get where you are coming from, but for me Frusciante is what makes the synergy explode, for me at least.

Having said that I actually enjoyed One Hot Minute and thought Dave Navarro was a better fit than Klinghoffer.

I enjoy Frusciante's solo work, but not on the same level. There's a certain synergy when you hear them all together, imo.

I think the issue with Klinghoffer vs Navarro is Josh has been brought in to replicate what John did including the higher register backing vocals. Navarro was a different story. But yeah the synergy so far on The Getaway so far is just not RHCP.

Good point.

Klinghoffer isn't terrible, but there's no way in hell he can fill John's shoes for me at least.

Re: Thoughts on Red Hot Chili Peppers upcoming album THE GETAWAY

RoundTheBend — Sun, 12 Jun 2016 22:15:45 GMT

Author: RoundTheBend

Posted: 06/13/2016 02:15

exileonthehell wrote:

Expecting to be on the same level as By The Way

What does that mean to you... some people think that's their best and some people think that album is boring.

Re: Thoughts on Red Hot Chili Peppers upcoming album THE GETAWAY

Anonymous — Sun, 12 Jun 2016 19:53:36 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 06/12/2016 23:53

Expecting to be on the same level as By The Way