Shadows Collide With People
by John Frusciante
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.3/100, a mean average of 77.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.7.
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pedro1976 03/10/2023 09:50 | #294877
some editing would have helped with the bloat! couple of those instrumental tracks are brutal on the ears
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2004 was a great year for John Frusciante, coming up with 2 such albums (plus 2 somewhat weaker ones) in the space of a year is no small feat. This is the more challenging/experimental of the two, though I find The Will To Death slightly more enjoyable.
Not my personal favorite, but some of the best producton and musicianship of Frusciante's discography. Flea, Chad Smith, and Klinghoffer are all over this one, would recommend if you're on that "I love the Chili Peppers and am interested in Frusciante's solo stuff" boat.
nitomano 01/02/2017 02:06 | #181450
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What a great album. I cannot fault many bits of this album, there is even a lovely volta in the middle of five or so songs that I believe are just perfect starting with 'Song to Sing When I'm Lonely' and ending with 'Water'.
Easily the peak of his solo efforts and, retrospectively, even better than everything the Chili Peppers have issued albumwise. Still, I feel that he should have left out the two synth/noise/distortion bits "-00Ghost27" and "Failure33 Object". They don't add anything valuable and just tend to interrupt the overall flow/vibe of the album. Just my 2 cents.
Total fucking genius. Can't believe how people stare at me blank when I mention this album
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If it wasn't for "Il Duce" Frusciante, RHCP might still be that pot smoking happy-go-lucky jamming group full of love and democracy... whose songs no one would remember, let alone could sing along to.
It would be an understatement to call the man "merely" a guitarist.
Never did understand what was so great about BSSM apart from three (3) great songs ("I Could Have Lied", "Breaking the Girl", "Under the Bridge") and one infectious tune to jump up and down to in a concert ("Give it Away").
Can you guess who wrote those?
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