Stadium Arcadium

[LifeSwornToMusic]

So, I read a couple months ago that this is the name of the new Red Hot Chili Peppers album coming out. I think it will oust all their other albums. They have said they are combining the old funky hip hoppety sound with the new laid back mellow sound.

Here is the track listing:

Dani California ( The first acclaimed single to be out)
Stadium Arcadium
Hard to Concentrate
Desecration Smile
Charlie
Snow
For the 21st Century
Readymade
Tell Me Baby
Especially Michigan
Only 18

[Sound Boy]

im sorry, i'll get it and all but nothing will beat Blood Sugar Sex Magik

[W.M.A]

its a relatively short album for them.

im of the personal belief that both californication and mothers milk ousred BSSM anyway.

[neal_672]

its a relatively short album for them.

im of the personal belief that both californication and mothers milk ousred BSSM anyway.

Mothers Milk = awesome

Probably the only RHCP album i actually like, as catchy as most of their stuff is i just cannot stand Kiedis' vocal style, that half rap style is just too reminiscent of Fred Durst to be allowed. I just find them a bit bland really. But each to their own, i listen to (and love) lots of bands which many will find bland, it's all down to taste.

I'll listen to the singles, they may surprise me, the musicians certainly have enough talent to do so.

[PinkFreud]

I'm in a minority of big Chili Pepper fans in that I think By The Way was a seriously good album.
im with ya. tear is a really beautiful song and i thought the rest was great too.

[Kyle]

Mothers Milk = awesomeYeah, that album is brilliant.

I look forward to the new album, although I'm more looking forward to the prospect of seeing them live sometime this year.

[Chilifanthatsme]

I'm in a minority of big Chili Pepper fans in that I think By The Way was a seriously good album.

Same, i think it was great. I can't think of anything they've done i dont like.

I can't wait, 25 songs on this. They were gonna do 3 albums but instead gonna release the 3rd 2 years later i read.

[MaxLeighton]

Mothers Milk = awesome

Probably the only RHCP album i actually like, as catchy as most of their stuff is i just cannot stand Kiedis' vocal style, that half rap style is just too reminiscent of Fred Durst to be allowed. I just find them a bit bland really. But each to their own, i listen to (and love) lots of bands which many will find bland, it's all down to taste.
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I'm pretty sure you mean that Fred Durst's style is reminiscent of Anthony Kiedis. The Chili Peppers are over 20 years old and Kiedis has been using that same style practically the whole time.

[Recurring Jerk]

If you asked me a few months ago, I'd say I'll get this definately... but now I'm not so sure.

I used to be a huge fan but I kinda lost interest recently. If I hear some good songs of it, I'll pick it up, but I'm not that enthusiastic.

oh, and new RHCP > old, imo.

[RHCPaddict]

I'm their biggest fan, so yes, that is the name of the new album. It will infact be a double album released in April/May. The first single, Danni California, is the journey of the character mentioned in By The Way (Danni the girl is singing songs to me beneeth the marquee....)

And then I got this from Wikipedia:
In 2005, they completed their ninth studio album, Stadium Arcadium, which is to be a double album revisiting their funk, punk, psychedelic, and metal roots in turn producing some of the hardest material they ever released. Some songs, such as "21st Century", "Tell Me Baby", "Ready Made", "Desecration Smile", "Dani California" (which was confirmed to be the very first single), "Charlie", amongst others have been confirmed to be on the album and some were performed live in concerts in Atlantic City, Las Vegas, and New York. The album is to be released in April 2006 with a world tour being launched the following month.



http://onehotglobe.proboards47.com has some info in the NEWS section.

[Kayetan]

I'll probably get it, but I just don't have the same interest in them that I used to. Anthony Kiedis annoys the hell out of me as both a singer and a person.

[Neoteric]

I hope it isn't slow and clean like By The Way though.

[Radiobass81]

I actually can't stand their older stuff...

Mother's Milk, Californication, and By the way are mainly the albums I like.

*13,000th post

[Kyle]

I'll probably get it, but I just don't have the same interest in them that I used to. Anthony Kiedis annoys the hell out of me as both a singer and a person.Alot of people are saying they don't like Kiedis as a singer, it suprises me somewhat I think his vocals have improved over time.

[Kayetan]

Yeah, they've definately improved, but they're still not too great. And his lyrics aren't always the best.

[RHCPaddict]

Kiedis might not be your taste but some people love him, I include myself in that. He's a great singer and writer and has a great personality.

[neal_672]

I'm pretty sure you mean that Fred Durst's style is reminiscent of Anthony Kiedis. The Chili Peppers are over 20 years old and Kiedis has been using that same style practically the whole time.

Lets not be pedantic, what i meant is that everytime i hear Kiedis it just reminds me of Durst, not that he was in any way the first one to do it, Limp Bizkit/Durst are just the most cringeworthy example of the style i could think of off the top of my head.

[givemeaname]

I'm in a minority of big Chili Pepper fans in that I think By The Way was a seriously good album.
Me too. It's a very close second for me, behind BSSM.


I was really dissapointed when they didn't release their new album last year as I'd first heard. But hearing now that it's going to be a double album, the delay's probably a good thing.

[EonBlueApcolyps]

I'm in a minority of big Chili Pepper fans in that I think By The Way was a seriously good album.

I'm with you their. Californication and BSSM are great albums, but I find that BTW is the only one thats solid from start to finish.



I also think as each new album is released I find them better and better, hopefully this trend will continue with the new album.

[EinzingerIsGod]

I hope it isn't slow and clean like By The Way though.

Agreed. I thought BTW was an extremely boring album overall. I really only enjoyed Minor Thing and Venice Queen. I hope that with this new album they go back to their old sound, especially on BSSM and OHM.

[chelsea713]

I also think as each new album is released I find them better and better, hopefully this trend will continue with the new album.[/QUOTE]

sooooo true...:chug: ive heard the new album is gonna be killer

[2muchket!]

Stadium Arcadium was set to be a treble album, but RHCP shortened to a double album. So that can't be the track listing well at least not all of it anyway.
Frusicante has also said this a reaction to 'mellow' sound of by the way

[Phototropic]

His voice bores me to death, the music however is good stuff

[Bukowski]

What an awful name for an album.

[Brownie Dude]

Why do bands have to keep putting out double albums? Listening to a good double album just gets me upset from thinking about how it could have been an incredible single album.

I do expect this album to be really good though. BTW was the best album they ever put out, in my opinion.

[Kaden]

I like about half of By The Way. I really like their melodic stuff, but NOT the rap/rock, that's just irritating to me. Californication is my favorite by them.

[Kyle]

http://www.nme.com/news/red-hot-chili-peppers/21865

bit o' news.....well, not really. but it says a UK Tour in Spring!! :D

[pika122689]

Scan of NME's article on the new album. Sounds good!


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v79/schubert/rhcp/chiisreview.gif

[Phototropic]

Except that NME dunno jack :rolleyes:

[JonM]

This record is going to suck, isn't it. I really don't want it to, but it is. I heard a few tracks on the radio last night. They didn't sound good.

[clearvision]

I listened yesterday as it has leaked... i was pretty bored. But maybe that's because it's such a large amount of new music.

21st century was pretty rockin' though...

[Aryeth]

I quite enjoy it. I will have to listen a few more times do get a clearer picture of it though

[Kyle]

I havn't listened to it yet, but I wish they hadn't made a double album. Even if they are good it takes me at least a year to get into them.

[Dead Star]

I think the first disc is pretty awesome, and the second one is a bit meh.

[Aryeth]

I agree, Jupiter is a lot beter than Mars

[dirtybass]

im so excited for this double album, only one more week.

[Loofslaw]

It's leaked. It's amazing. And yes im going to buy it.

[dirtybass]

I think the first disc is pretty awesome, and the second one is a bit meh.

thats how it seems to be for most double discs. i always find myself liking the first one alot and the second side being meh and then forgetting about the second disc

[dustinmm80]

I think they really put some effort in this album, and it shows. The songs are great, and Kiedis' singing is top-notch. Flea seems to have taken a backseat on this album, and Chad Smith displays some average drumming, but it works. From the tabs already online, it seems Frusciante's guitar work is more complicated than it has been on the past two albums. I'm not really digging the distorted leads with the wah though; liked his clean chorus tone more on the past two albums.

[clearvision]

Frusciante seems to want to be hendrix throughout this album. And i don't know if it was just the sheer volume of unfamiliar music but i was pretty bored the whole way through :-/

[Reywas]

Dani California has an awesome video. Frusciante doing Yngwie Malmsteen.

[ThaFleastyler]

Yeah, that video is mint. I can't say I'm too excited about Stadium Arcadium. And the old RHCP stuff pwns the newer stuff.

[rebelrocker]

Dani California is the best song ever

ok im dont,
and the red hot chili peppers rock so hard,every album is awesome and i cant pick my fav

[cap]

I quite like RHCP, I'm no huge fan but they have some songs which I dig. Though, this album, for me, is hard to listen to. All the songs sound similar and two hours of it just so bewildering. I quite liked Dani California, and I found Hump De Bump to entertaining, if anyone could point out other good songs in the album to listen to, so I don't have to sift through it all, that would be great. Overall, I think it's a pretty bad album, I listened to it once (not all the way through) and havn't gone back.

[bwell]

i love the album. fave tracks are Dani Cal, Tell Me Baby, Snow, 21st Century, Wet Sand, Strip My Mind, Especially in Michigan, Hey, Desecration Smile, Hard to Concentrate, and more....

yeah I like pretty much the whole album, but my VERY FAVORITE, has to be 21st century.


^have you listened to disc 2 any?

[Kayetan]

The more I listen to it, the more I realize it's just not too great.

[dirtyblueballoon]

i think the album is pretty sweet. i mean its gonna take like forever to really get into it cuz its so damned long, but from listening a couple of times i think im really going to end up digging this. its like a mix of a little everything they did in the 90's. the funkyness of b.s.s.m., the great stadium pop songs/chorus's of californication, and the moving melodies of by the way plus add on some hendrix-esque solos w/ massive wah and BAM! STADIUM F*CKING ARCADIUM. im going to see them oct. 23 in philly, and i know its a long while off, but w/ the mars volta, that shows gonna rock so effin hard.

also, you guys cant accuse me of stealing the leaked album really. i paid $20 for it thru i-tunes. im just getting it a week earlier from soulseek lol. mostly just cuz the i-tunes ticketmaster presale was a must and the message from flea about not downloading the cd cuz it would break thier hearts from thier website made me kinda feel guilty. i respect the chili peppers too much, but they have made thier damned money, so they shouldnt be too concerned with it. flea said he was just concerned with people getting the leaked cd with bad sound quality and it ruining the experience, but eff that, i got mine downloaded and it sounds just as good as any cd i've ever bought in the store haha.

[Aryeth]

Best track - Readymade

[JonM]

Hey, I think I might actually like it.

[Nicko_Shmicko]

Frusciante doing Yngwie Malmsteen.
which part of the video is that? theres a few characters im yet to work out.

[guitarded_chuck]

I like Dani California. Eww, but that cover..

[black guy]

Dani California has an awesome video. Frusciante doing Yngwie Malmsteen.
John does no such thing.

[dirtyblueballoon]

'wet sand' is just an epic f*cking rock song. love it

[bwell]

agreed

[lilsolsman]

It's not a bad album, it's just too many tracks.

I'll never listen to it all.

I like the song with the guy from Mars Volta though.

I think it's called Especially in Michigan. That song is cool.

[JonM]

Yeah, I too wish there was a little less to digest. I usually love double albums, and I was really excited about this one, but there's nothing really separating the records. I like double albums where you listen to the discs at different times for different reasons. These two discs are stylistically continuous; it's just one loooong album. Again, I think it's good, I'm just less likely to throw on a record this long.

[pgm]

2002 was quite a long time ago now, and I'm in a minority of big Chili Pepper fans in that I think By The Way was a seriously good album.

I think By The Way was their 3rd best album. I think it's pretty underrated.

I hope this album is good. I've heard some mixed reviews.

[bwell]

^^ya they should have made one disc for the funky hump de bump/charlie/etc stuff and one for the more rock/pop/rock stuff

[pgm]

^^ya they should have made one disc for the funky hump de bump/charlie/etc stuff and one for the more rock/pop/rock stuff

That sounds like a really interesting idea. One complaint I keep hearing about the album, is that the track order seems random.

[Kyle]

I like the song with the guy from Mars Volta though.Wow, so Omar actuall is in a track. It always seems to be John doing stuff with TMV, but it's cool to see it happening the other way around. I've heard that John is going to play a huge rolse in the new TMV album.

[dirtyblueballoon]

damn! $64 for a concert ticket! oh well, im still going lol

[guitarded_chuck]

It's so good guys. Buy it, try it. You'll probably find it boring the first time or two, just because it is so long, but it's awesome. The guitar is pure sexxxx.

[bwell]

storm in a teacup is now my fave song.

[dirtybass]

they definatly brought the funk back and mixed it in with the melodic stuff. next to blood sugar stadium arcadium is my favorite chilli peppers cd there just so amazing, johns definatly busted out his amazing guitar work and flea did some amazing bass lines even though he did hold back a little

[FIGHTCRIMEALLTHETIME]

i read in a magazine that john is intentionally trying to quote purple haze in the dani california solo and he went on to say that he was intensely studying henrixs music when he played all the solos

[italic zero]

He intensely studied Hendrix's music when he was 17. Move on, dude.

[FIGHTCRIMEALLTHETIME]

well he did it again

[italic zero]

hahaha

[ThaFleastyler]

Finally heard Stadium Arcadium last night - was quite impressed on first listen, moreso than the first time I listened to By The Way. Need more time to decide what I really think though.

[zabbit82]

So what song is it Omar Rodriguez plays on? Especaily In Michigan?

[bwell]

Storm In A Teacup and Turn It Again are amazing.

I still can't decide whether I like Mars or Jupiter more though, they both have so many songs that I like

[FIGHTCRIMEALLTHETIME]

what do yo uguys think of animal bar
i think its sweet cuz chad only taps the high hat in the chorus at first before unleashing and the guitar effect in the verse is pretty cool too and so is the guitar riff in the bridge i think its an outcast song but i really like it

[Nandrucu]

Its pretty cool, nice melody with some interesting chords, reminds of green day a bit actually, which is a bit random

[Holyed]

Just arrived this morning - didn't want to download it like a lot of people I knew, of whom i proceded to shout at (when it was leaked they got it, just something i'm against, only one of them has subsequently brought it too.)

I'm really enjoying it so far, had heard a few of the tracks, but it is really good, but mainly on disc 1 at the moment - love the way they've got some good funk back into the music (Charlie is one of my favourites so far.) Still can't decide if to see them in Summer, a ticket is waiting for me, but its £45 and i've already spent a lot on festivals v_v.

[Scuba_Steve]

Just arrived this morning - didn't want to download it like a lot of people I knew, of whom i proceded to shout at (when it was leaked they got it, just something i'm against, only one of them has subsequently brought it too.)




if a band has a history of let down albums, it's stupid not to listen to it prior to purchasing.

[dei]

if a band has a history of let down albums, it's stupid not to listen to it prior to purchasing.
If a band has a history like RHCP, it's stupid to listen to them.

[italic zero]

If a band, it's stupid.

[6stringslinger]

Stadium Arcadium=Very good album

They said on the Fuse they have 10 other tracks that did not make the album, they will eventually be released as B sides.


John F. is insane, I like the solo on "She's only 18". I have played that song 10-12 times a day. My favorites are "Hard to Concentrate", "Dani California" and the rest of the whole damm album.

[Bron-Yr-Aur]

I like this more than 'Blood Sugar'.

[Broken Arrow]

She's Only 18 was probably written about my friends sister.


/random fact

[Little Man being Erased]

Did one of the Chilis totally get up on your friend's sister or what?

[Sound Boy]

i wouldnt doubt it ...Anthony is a slut

i've been payin more attention to this album(s) the past couple days. i really like "slow cheetah" and "hey"

[Holyed]

if a band has a history of let down albums, it's stupid not to listen to it prior to purchasing.

£10 is hardly going to break the budget is it. I had heard it was good anyway, and they were right, I love it.

[toxicmudd]

this album is completely amazing. Just so many good songs, and all different styles. But seriously the solo on turn it again is like *orgasm noise*. that good. no ****. argh god i cant beleive they made it so well

[b00mer]

I REALLY didnt like this album when I first listened to it, i thought it was a pretty mediocre album NOT just a bad chilis album, and I was annoyed at how the Chilis had basically just rehashed their older stuff, but this has grown on me so much, it is probably one of my favourite albums now (I have 4000 tracks or roughly 350 albums lol random fact), but I think I will need to listen to it a bit more to see if it is my favourite one

P.S. I also am in the minority who think By the Way was a great album, but I mean come on how could you NOT like it, it has some of my favourite songs on it!

[dr._feelgood]

Off of By The Way I only like The Zephyr Song

[Sound Boy]

yeah..same here

the basslines are easier on this album..but they're good basslines still

[Cal_on_drums]

She's Only 18 was probably written about my friends sister.


/random fact

:confused:

[Broken Arrow]

Anthony was dating model Jessica Stam who was only 18 at the time. She's my friends sister. I dont know for sure but it sounds like it was written about her.

[W.M.A]

Off of By The Way I only like The Zephyr Song

That's weird, I hate that song most off of that album.

[eburton04]

i think its a purely amazing album


i can tell that a lot of work went into this album


definitely one of their best if not their best.

[Noyana]

I like this more than 'Blood Sugar'.

...what?

:confused:

[Bron-Yr-Aur]

I'm one of those rare fans who likes By the Way more than Mothers' Milk. Same for this and Blood Sugar.

[Noyana]

i like by the way more than mother's milk. probably because i got into RHCP late

[Tooth Ache]

the whole album is great, you hardly ever find an album as amazing as this.

[Nannou]

I agree that it is a good album and I know that they put lots of effort into it but I still stand by Mother's Milk. Stadium Arcadium definately rocks but I still prefer previous efforts compared to it.

[W.M.A]

Anthony's lyrics are really starting to piss me off. It was ok to sing stupid things when you sing stupidly and wear a sock on your groin, but now it's just irritating...to me anyway

[TojesDolan]

Dosed is a great mellow song.

[Sound Boy]

"dosed" vs. "hey"

[italic zero]

Hey ftw

[bwell]

hey is waayyyyyyy better than dosed if you ask me.

better than everything on BTW except maybe Can't Stop and Don't Forget Me.