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- Stadium Arcadium
- Released 2006
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- Greatest Hits (Parental Advisory)
- Released 2003
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- Californication
- Released 1999
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- By The Way
- Released 2002
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Five stars? Understatement.
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- By MassiveBoogers
- 6/18/2009 02:30:38
- One Hot Minute is without a doubt the most overlooked and frowned upon album in the Chili Peppers' catalog - and it's entirely without good reason.
Fans grew accustomed to the Slovak/Frusciante funk/rock guitar-work that helped propel RHCP to international stardom, so when the group recruited ex-Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro to help round out the line-up (due to an absent Frusciante), it goes without saying there was going to be a very noticeable change in sound, structure and overall direction, and to my ears it was for the better.
Now don't get me wrong, I love all the hit singles and a big handful of their other tunes that came before One Hot Minute, but this album is pure sonic bliss. It's obvious there was a ton of work and thought (and drugs) put into this and the end result was beyond words. As a matter of fact, this album is perhaps my favorite of all-time as well as my most influential, being a musician myself.
To be truthful, my opinion may be a little biased because I'm a big fan of Navarro's, but I have to say if this incarnation of the band were a local band and not the well-known giants that they were, and this particular album was their first - they would've hit the big time immediately and people would've had a completely different perspective of them, simply because they wouldn't have had all that history and all those hits behind them.
So if you've got an open mind and you can manage to clear your memory banks of RHCP's other works, try giving this album another listen. And for those who have never heard this album before, I'll dare to say you're in for a treat. - Be the first person to rate this review!
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- By JoeCoolCat
- 11/21/2008 13:34:17
- I love this album and my favorite song is One Big Mob.Its very different than most of their albums and thats why i love it. Its interesting to hear Flea sing in Pea but its kinda stupid.
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Sub-par album - Avoid.
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- By Major Flankage
- 9/18/2008 01:04:55
- If I had to describe "One Hot Minute" in one word, it would be mediocre. The albums preceding & succeeding ("Blood Sugar Sex Magic" & "Californication", respectively) are both much better listens start to finish. Highlights of the album for me are "Aeroplane" and "Walkabout". Mainly because these two songs best capture the funkified alt-rock that RHCP is best known for. Aside from those two, it seems that there is a tug-of-war going on between the band's funk roots & guitarist Dave Navarro's prog-rock influences. Many of the songs feel forced. Also, another thing that sets this album apart from "Blood Sugar Sex Magic" & "Californication" is the dark overtones to both music and lyrics. RHCP is typically a fun, upbeat band, and composing an album full of darker songs & subject matter just doesn't work well for them. From an artistic standpoint it is tough to give kudos to a band that that inserts such lyrics as "I'm feeling sick now - what the fuck am I supposed to do?" into what would otherwise be a beautiful low-key ballad (Tearjerker). That just totally kills the mood of the song. Surely Kiedis could have come up with a better way of expressing himself.
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