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RHCP: By The Way

ForBetterOrForWorseForBetterOrForWorse Posts: 52
edited May 2006 in Other Music
Who else loves this album?!?!?! Such a strong set of songs... Dosed, Minor Thing, Tear, Zephyr Song, Can't Stop, On Mercury, Venice Queen is an amazing closer....there is not one weak song.
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  • melodyman22melodyman22 Posts: 326
    Great album by a great band, also there new album is great too Stadium Arcadium no matter what people say on here, go out and buy it.
  • XiangXiang Posts: 73
    Awesome stuff!! It's their best and most mature release...
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  • rage333rage333 Posts: 157
    my favorite Chili Peppers album!
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  • culot4culot4 Posts: 775
    Solo at the end of Minor Thing leading right into Warm Tape followed by Venice Queen is so fantastic. A lot of people didn't care for this album, I think it is phenomenal.
    Once in a while you can get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right.
  • thecrackedjackthecrackedjack Posts: 148
    SA absolutely wipes the floor with it, but it's not a bad album. I like Venice Queen quite a lot.
  • AxlUlrichAxlUlrich Posts: 12,652
    I only really like Can't Stop,Venice Queen and Don't Forget Me from this album..I think Stadium Arcadium is alot better...but still BTW was a decent effort.
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  • SoupySoupy Posts: 171
    BloodSugarSexMagik & Californication are the only 2 RHCP's album I love.

    I don't actually like By The Way much at all, find it pretty boring to be honest. SA is alittle better but not a patch of Blood & Cali IMO.
  • chris01chris01 Posts: 559
    Yup, love it. Dosed is probably my fav from it.
  • stonesgstringstonesgstring Posts: 4,613
    Dosed is probably my favourite song off the album. Totally love the whole CD though.
    Reminds me though, I haven't listened to it much lately. I think my lunch break will be a very good time to correct that.
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  • VONVON Posts: 259
    I love it! Dosed and Zephyr song are my favorite tracks. Great album.
  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    By The Way is easily their most consistent and focused album. To me it is pretty much a perfect pop album. Nearly every song has a strong memorable chorus, the same can not be said of Stadium Arcadium. Had they made SA a one disc album, I think it could have been much more impressive, even John Frusciante admitted he would have preferred it to have been shorter. This is not to say I don't like SA, it's just not as good as By The Way.
  • scratched vinylscratched vinyl Posts: 742
    culot4 wrote:
    Solo at the end of Minor Thing leading right into Warm Tape followed by Venice Queen is so fantastic. A lot of people didn't care for this album, I think it is phenomenal.

    Solo at the end of Minor Thing reminds me of New Year's Day by U2, when Bono sings "I will be with you again". The patterns the exact same, I always wondered if John did it on purpose, because it's absolutely identical. Anyways, loved Can't Stop, wasn't sold on the rest of the album. I think it's their worst album with John F. on it.
  • oktacomaoktacoma Posts: 335
    ForBetterOrForWorse wrote:
    Who else loves this album?!?!?! Such a strong set of songs... Dosed, Minor Thing, Tear, Zephyr Song, Can't Stop, On Mercury, Venice Queen is an amazing closer....there is not one weak song.
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    I agree 100%!! By The Way is an amazing album!! Stadium Arcadium is pretty good but is nowhere near By The Way. I actually think the new one would have been better as one disc with the best 14 songs from the two discs.
  • stonesgstringstonesgstring Posts: 4,613
    I'm always suspicious of comparing albums that bands have done though. I mean when they write albums they are at different places in their lives and that is reflected through the music.
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  • BinauralBinaural Posts: 1,046
    I looove this album. It gets so much unfair and just plain unjustified criticism. Nice to know other people dig this masterpiece.






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  • Shawn Smith CollectiveShawn Smith Collective Posts: 986
    By the Way is like RHCP's version of Binaural in that it has some of the best songs they've ever written, but not a great album overall
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  • HasiHasi Posts: 4
    I love the last song, repeat-repeat-repeat.....
  • The DarknessThe Darkness Posts: 41
    I love this album too. Been a Chili Peppers fan since Mothers Milk, and I can truly say this one is my favorite. It's such a stretch from anything else they've done. This is kind of hard to describe, but I can almost hear the ocean and the california beaches speaking through this album. It's transcendent.
    I've got to admit, it's getting better.
  • allornoneallornone Posts: 269
    facepollution wrote:
    By The Way is easily their most consistent and focused album. To me it is pretty much a perfect pop album. Nearly every song has a strong memorable chorus, the same can not be said of Stadium Arcadium.

    I completely agree. I don't understand why so many people on this board don't like By The Way. I loved it - I thought it was much better than Califonication.
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