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  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,777
    Yes. Really got me into them. Lost touch after that, picked up the new one b/c of all the hype. Didn't listen yet but liked the one song I heard on the radio.
  • KICK7071
    KICK7071 In My Tree, ON Posts: 745
    matt84 said:
    How I’d probably rate the albums 1991-2022

    1. By The Way 5/5
    2. Californication 5/5
    3. BSSM 5/5
    4. One Hot Minute 4/5
    5. Unlimited Love 4/5
    6. The Getaway 4/5
    7. Stadium Arcadium 3/5
    8. I’m With You 2/5
    Id have to change the order up

    1. BSSM
    2. By The Way (2nd half of that album is untouchable)
    3. Unlimited Love
    4. The Getaway
    5, Stadium Arcadium (always felt this album was too polished, songs are way better live)
    6. Californication (Id love a remaster of this one, drums and vocals drowning out Flea and JF)
    7. Im With You
    8.  One Hot Minute (this rarely gets played, if ever)
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  • nicknyr15
    nicknyr15 Posts: 9,277
    KICK7071 said:
    matt84 said:
    How I’d probably rate the albums 1991-2022

    1. By The Way 5/5
    2. Californication 5/5
    3. BSSM 5/5
    4. One Hot Minute 4/5
    5. Unlimited Love 4/5
    6. The Getaway 4/5
    7. Stadium Arcadium 3/5
    8. I’m With You 2/5
    Id have to change the order up

    1. BSSM
    2. By The Way (2nd half of that album is untouchable)
    3. Unlimited Love
    4. The Getaway
    5, Stadium Arcadium (always felt this album was too polished, songs are way better live)
    6. Californication (Id love a remaster of this one, drums and vocals drowning out Flea and JF)
    7. Im With You
    8.  One Hot Minute (this rarely gets played, if ever)
    I LOVE one hot minute. Always loved the second half of BtW. The first half is so good that it often gets overlooked. 
  • southp
    southp Posts: 307
    edited May 2022
    Update on surface noise issues: Maybe I'm the only one here bothered by the quality of the pressing on the colored vinyl.  I had the Orange (made in Canada) version purchased at my local independent shop. In between tracks was an ungodly amount of surface noise, and even with a full VPI vacuum clean it wasn't any better. I decided to get the Deluxe version that's currently available on Amazon (Canada). I zoomed in on the picture of the listing and it clearly had the "made in Germany" logo. 

    Needle hits the lead-in to Black Summer and instantly I hear nothing but dead silence until the opening notes. I had intended to only listen to the first few tracks but it's Unlimited Love, and as it does, I was completely drawn in and sat through the whole thing.  Finally a worthy pressing of a beautifully recorded album and the best RHCP record in over a decade.

    Consensus: If you're shopping for this record I would recommend anything made in Germany, and possibly stay away from the colored variants. It used to be a snobby collectors thing to say that colored vinyl didn't sound as good as black, but in this case at least it was proven true for me with a small sample of course.
  • Cropduster-80
    Cropduster-80 Posts: 2,034
    The clear one (Germany) has good reviews as well 
  • Cropduster-80
    Cropduster-80 Posts: 2,034
    Amazon has a “Amazon UK blue exclusive” listed.

    yet another variant?

    international blue is transparent this one looks solid 
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    Almost went there with all the variants, really just wanted a version with the poster though! Thanks to @JeBurkhardt I've got the dudes on a wall in my garage! 
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  • brewdog123
    brewdog123 ATL Posts: 685
    i have the black gatefold and it sounds excellent
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  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    RSD press is flat and solid as hell I can report. What a punchy sounding record! Wish they would go back and fix Californication. 
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  • KICK7071
    KICK7071 In My Tree, ON Posts: 745
    edited May 2022
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    RSD press is flat and solid as hell I can report. What a punchy sounding record! Wish they would go back and fix Californication. 
    "and fix Californication"    Ive been saying the same since it was released!
    Toronto 10-05-2000 / Toronto 06-28-2003 / Toronto 09-19-2005 / Toronto 05-09-2006 / Buffalo 05-10-2010 / Toronto 09-11-2011 /
    Hamilton 09-15-2011 / London - Canada 07-16-2013 / Buffalo 10-12-2013 / Ottawa 05-08-2016 / Toronto 05-10-2016 / Toronto 05-12-2016
    Amsterdam 06-12-2018 / Amsterdam 06-13-2018 / Chicago 08-18-2018 / Boston 09-02-2018 / Boston 09-04-2018 / Quebec City 09-01-2022 / Ottawa 09-03-2022 / Hamilton 09-06-2022 / Toronto 09-08-2022 / New York City 09-11-2022 / Chicago 09-05-2023 / Chicago 09-07-2023 / Austin 09-18-2023 / Austin 09-19-2023
  • nicknyr15
    nicknyr15 Posts: 9,277
    KICK7071 said:
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    RSD press is flat and solid as hell I can report. What a punchy sounding record! Wish they would go back and fix Californication. 
    "and fix Californication"    Ive been saying the same since it was released!
    It’s unlistenable 
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    So drastic too. I had RHCP on shuffle and the transition from a song off UL to Cali was jarring. 
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  • pjpitt89
    pjpitt89 Posts: 1,874
    Correct me if I'm wrong but there is a vinyl cut or 2 of californication that significantly improved the sound quality
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  • KICK7071
    KICK7071 In My Tree, ON Posts: 745
    pjpitt89 said:
    Correct me if I'm wrong but there is a vinyl cut or 2 of californication that significantly improved the sound quality
    True, the 2012 repress does sound better than the CD version.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJoquNEuJbw
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    Hamilton 09-15-2011 / London - Canada 07-16-2013 / Buffalo 10-12-2013 / Ottawa 05-08-2016 / Toronto 05-10-2016 / Toronto 05-12-2016
    Amsterdam 06-12-2018 / Amsterdam 06-13-2018 / Chicago 08-18-2018 / Boston 09-02-2018 / Boston 09-04-2018 / Quebec City 09-01-2022 / Ottawa 09-03-2022 / Hamilton 09-06-2022 / Toronto 09-08-2022 / New York City 09-11-2022 / Chicago 09-05-2023 / Chicago 09-07-2023 / Austin 09-18-2023 / Austin 09-19-2023
  • southp
    southp Posts: 307
    Guys… it’s been a long time since I made a new friend. Just sayin’
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    Picked up the 2020 cut of the 2012 ‘better’ pressing. 
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  • Cropduster-80
    Cropduster-80 Posts: 2,034
    brewdog123 said:
    i have the black gatefold and it sounds excellent
    Just got mine the other day and I concur 

    german pressing is the way to go.  Black deluxe also has Canadian variant too I believe.

    amazon has the German pressing.  Way better than orange 
  • southp
    southp Posts: 307
    It’s such a killer album. On any given day I can have a different song from Unlimited Love stuck in my head. 

    Lately it has often been “One Way Traffic”…. “Anyway made a left on third.  Got distracted jumped that curb.”

    what UL song is stuck in your head?
  • nicknyr15
    nicknyr15 Posts: 9,277
    southp said:
    It’s such a killer album. On any given day I can have a different song from Unlimited Love stuck in my head. 

    Lately it has often been “One Way Traffic”…. “Anyway made a left on third.  Got distracted jumped that curb.”

    what UL song is stuck in your head?
    Yea this album is still dominating my music listening. Incredible album. 

    Anyway I was heading south
    taste of coffee in my mouth

    One way traffic is definitely stuck in my head lately and White Braids and Only Natural haven’t left my head since April 1st. 


  • Cropduster-80
    Cropduster-80 Posts: 2,034
    nicknyr15 said:
    southp said:
    It’s such a killer album. On any given day I can have a different song from Unlimited Love stuck in my head. 

    Lately it has often been “One Way Traffic”…. “Anyway made a left on third.  Got distracted jumped that curb.”

    what UL song is stuck in your head?
    Yea this album is still dominating my music listening. Incredible album. 

    Anyway I was heading south
    taste of coffee in my mouth

    One way traffic is definitely stuck in my head lately and White Braids and Only Natural haven’t left my head since April 1st. 


    White braids for me too.

    really minus Tangelo every single song is listenable over and over 

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