Anyone else a bit disappointed with Stadium Arcadium?

ved_zep · June 2006

rhcpjam6306 wrote:

thats such a great song! anthony used to call hillel slovak "huckleberry" and i was just wondering if when he says "come on huckleberry finn, show me how to make a grin" refers to hillel. also, how great is readymade. its an ode to johnny ramone by john frusciante.

oh shit!
i get it
'move over rover, and let mr huckleberry take over' in the live version of fire,
just before the solo- hillel is mr huckleberry!
cool thanks for that
and yes readymade is great, the solo is .... wow

aNiMaL · June 2006

Not a dissappointment at all....in fact i am really digging on it!!!

I think Readymade is one of my favorites.....but there really isn't a bad song out of the 28. Which is pretty incredible!!!

AxlUlrich · June 2006

to be honest..I never had much expectations for the new one til I heard Dani California.
overall..it's a great album..me fave RHCP release since BSSM.
currently me fave tracks are "Storm in a Teacup", "Charlie", "She's Only 18" and "Hump de Bump"
can't believe "Storm in a Teacup" was gonna be a b-side til the last minute!

aNiMaL · June 2006

AxlUlrich wrote:

to be honest..I never had much expectations for the new one til I heard Dani California.
overall..it's a great album..me fave RHCP release since BSSM.
currently me fave tracks are "Storm in a Teacup", "Charlie", "She's Only 18" and "Hump de Bump"
can't believe "Storm in a Teacup" was gonna be a b-side til the last minute!

Those aer all good songs. I also am really liking Animal Bar

LedZepFan · June 2006

aNiMaL wrote:

Those aer all good songs. I also am really liking Animal Bar

I love that song. I find it so cool that the Peppers can put out a 28 song album and its all so consistent and good that the people who do like the album all have different favorites and everything.

Personally, these are the ones I think are the best(after more than a month and many listens):

Snow*
Stadium Arcadium
Torture Me
Especially in Michigan
Wet Sand
Desecration Smile*
Tell Me Baby
Hard to Concentrate*
She Looks to Me*
Animal Bar
Readymade
21st Century

The ones I starred are the ones I think rank amongst the very best Chilis tracks. Kind of interesting, becasue if you had asked me week 1 or 2 after release, it probably would've been completely different. Hard to Concentrate was good but sounded weird to me at first, now I absolutely love it. She Looks to Me was just average awhile and then it grew on me, A LOT! Same with Snow.

DCGARDEN · June 2006

I like it a lot. I really dig the Guitar work on it more so than their other albums.
I seem to be in the minority here, but ....oh well

Turn it Again is a pretty amazing song

Great Melodies throughout the two discs, as usual too

Could they have made just one great album? Sure. But, I've got no problems with it

tama_drummer91 · June 2006

DCGARDEN wrote:

I like it a lot. I really dig the Guitar work on it more so than their other albums.
I seem to be in the minority here, but ....oh well

Turn it Again is a pretty amazing song

Great Melodies throughout the two discs, as usual too

Could they have made just one great album? Sure. But, I've got no problems with it

I love it too. Its most likely my fav. RHCP album.

jhawk98 · June 2006

DCGARDEN wrote:

Great Melodies throughout the two discs, as usual too

I can't disagree with this statement. The problem with the melodies is not that they aren't good, it's that they sound almost exactly like pieces of their last three albums.

zelda4ever · August 2006

jhawk98 wrote:

I'm very disappointed in it. it's not a horrible album by any means, but so many of the songs sound rehashed. Not only are they not breaking any new ground musically, which I could forgive if that were the only problem. The bigger issue is that a number of songs have similar if not EXACT same structures, lyrical delivery, timing and even melodies as things they have done previously. Probably will be my last new RHCP album purchase. I still need to pick up FreakyStyley, and UpliftMofo though so its not my last RHCP purchase all together.

they are getting old, i mean is mick jaggar really any better than athony? didnt think so...,well um yeahBUY STAIDIUM ARCADIUM!!!!

IWishIWasASailor · August 2006

If by dissapointed you mean utterly thrilled, than yes.

SVRDhand13 · August 2006

stadium arcadium is better than californication and by the way.

attics26 · August 2006

SVRDhand13 wrote:

stadium arcadium is better than californication and by the way.

and it needed to be !!!

IMHO def 2nd best they've ever done........ BSSM still way out on its own as best.

warehouse · August 2006

I listened to the album a couple of times and haven't felt an urge to listen since. There were a couple of songs I like but overall I did not enjoy the album.

ved_zep · August 2006

i think its cool not to like it

look i think if you sit back and dont be judgemental/righteous you can really enjoy it...

most people who dont like it dont like the chilis in general, are overcompensating for their hatred for commercial/mainstream music, or come up with the "oh its not original"- (which is the most fucked up thing i have ever heard. Why the fuck does that hold ANY ground???!!!?!? The chili peppers do not have to assign to any formula or avoid any formula)

I am open to well grounded reasons as to why people have not enjoyed it, and i have heard some valid ones

All in all, i think it's great and i regularly give it a spin

Zoso · August 2006

tell me baby could be the worst single I have ever from a 'big important' rock band.

Pearl Jam and toast · August 2006

attics26 wrote:

and it needed to be !!!

IMHO def 2nd best they've ever done........ BSSM still way out on its own as best.

i agree.

I think if trimmed down a bit it would've rivaled BSSM for consistancy.

I love the record, although i'm not very thrilled by the two singles.. oddly enough those are basically the only 2 songs i don't like on the record.

Cropduster84 · August 2006

Pearl Jam and toast wrote:

I love the record, although i'm not very thrilled by the two singles.. oddly enough those are basically the only 2 songs i don't like on the record.

Same here, I hardly listen to Dani California, although Tell Me Baby is a good bit of harmless fun, VERY uplifting.

darthvedder88 · August 2006

Personally, I thought the album was great. I've always really liked the Chili Peppers but my only problem with it is the fact that Anthony can't write like he used to. John and Flea's work on the album are amazing, but the lyrics are overall good at best. Still, great double album.

Anyone else a bit disappointed with Stadium Arcadium?

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