I'm With You (studio album) by Red Hot Chili Peppers

From SomethingSpecial 07/11/2025 16:48

The first album without John Frusciante since One Hot Minute, I'm With You proved to be a faithful continuation of the classic lineup's sound, whilst simultaneously introducing new shapes and sounds, inspired in part by Flea and Josh's trip to Ethiopia. And like its predecessors, I'm With You consists of a lighter sound, and contains classics like Brendan's Death Song, the then-anticipated debut single The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie, and the powerful whirlwind-of-a-song that is Police Station.

Yes it's not their best work, but even without Frusciante it's still a good album. My highlights are Look Around (Criminally underrated Chilis song in my opinion) and Did I Let You Know. Surprised at the low rating.

A fine album, although it displays a very different side of the Peppers. But not a bad record.

From Boltzmann 01/09/2020 09:17

Really The Peppers are really genius when it comes to adapting; not often I see a band handle the fact that they're not really relevant anymore, they've all changed a lot, and even that the line up has changed so well. When you think they're really gone now, they come back with something that makes you say "that's not that bad at all".

From VictorVale 01/07/2019 12:04

Álbum sólido com excelente músicas.

From AAL2014 04/24/2018 15:52

Special album for me. It was the newest RHCP album when I became a fan and I was able to share it with people close to me. Recently, I've given it a couple more spins and it seems to be aging well.

I agree with previous comments that this record lacks a bit of direction. RHCP also rely a bit too heavily on previous ideas that worked well with John Frusciante but lack that spark of originality and flat out soul. Speaking of flat, I've never been a fan of the flat drum sound here although there are a few really great drum tracks from Chad Smith here.

Overall a solid album where the Chili Peppers went pretty pop and one worth listening to if you've ever been into their sound.

Underrated album. It has good basslines and melodies. The highlights for me are Goodbye Hooray, Police Station and Ethiopia.

From Joeingram 04/04/2018 03:21

This album is actually very good, it has a solid track list and good composition as well. All it lacks is Frusciante.

From IgnacioJoaquin 12/17/2016 23:44

I don't care about Frusciante, this is not a good record

From Brandon8 10/20/2016 23:43

The next chapter for the group and its nice to hear a different sound that keeps them interesting. It has a lot of good songs maybe not as many standout as in the past but its a nice listen.