Red Hot Chili Peppers

Attaway77 said:

dankind said:

SmallestOceans said:

Mother's Milk should be atleast 5th best. That's a damn good album.

I don't like the production at all. Great songs, though.

"Californication"... The production of this album hurts to listen to. Great album but damn, wish it had a little more strength to the sound. 

There's an unmixed / mastered version out there that is SO much gentler on the ears. Highly recommend. 

https://youtube.com/watch?v=3f88BFdy-EE

1. Bloodsugarsexmagik - This is a perfect record; front to back there's not a bad song on it

2. Mother's Milk - The album that got me into RHCP in the first place

3. By The Way - 'Can't Stop' alone makes this a favourite of mine

4. The Getaway - I liked this much more than I was expecting to. I think it's a great record 

5. Californication - I probably overplayed this when it came out, otherwise it may be higher on the list

6. Stadium Arcadium - Just too damn long, with a few too many fillers for me

7. I'm With You / I'm Beside You - I liked I'm With You a lot at first, but it has faded over time. I'm Beside You has some really good songs too, but you can see why the others didn't make the original cut 

8. One Hot Minute - 'My Friends' is still a great song, but the rest of the album kinda passes me by.

9= Uplift Mofo Party Plan / Freaky Styley / RHCP - These were fun when I was a kid but I honestly can't remember the last time I listened to them

1.  Blood Sugar, etc
2.  Californication
3. By The Way
4. The Getaway
5. One Hot Minute
6.  Stadium Arcadium
7.  Im With You
8. Mother';s Milk
9. RHCP

dudeman said:

Not much love for One Hot Minute? 

I know it's just not the same without JF but everyone else in the band fucking brought it for those sessions. It's probably my top pick just for the basslines alone. 

Dave Navarro is awesome. In Jane's Addiction.

dankind said:

dudeman said:

Not much love for One Hot Minute? 

I know it's just not the same without JF but everyone else in the band fucking brought it for those sessions. It's probably my top pick just for the basslines alone. 

Dave Navarro is awesome. In Jane's Addiction.

That's exactly how I felt until last year. I pretty much refused to listen to it when it first came out.... I'm a J Fru addict.  I listened to the OHM songs on the radio...blah blah blah. Pretty much tuned them out. Then, around three years ago My Friends came on my car radio and I was overwhelmed and captivated by the pure sadness and beauty of the song... I was really getting into it and starting to appreciate Navarro and then Bammmmm!! I got into a a car wreck. First I've ever caused. Didn't hurt anyone fortunately, but totaled my car and gave my self a concussion.. At that point I completely wrote off the album. Decided it was cursed.

... Last year a new friend told me how much they loved the album and I hesistantly gave it another go. Amazing. This album did not make sense to me back then, yet now I can identify with it. Those geniuses were way beyond my comprehension back then. It's funny how albums just click with you at different points in your life. I believe it's all relative, or at least that is how some albums seem to hit me.

^ It really has aged well over time, or as you said, better than you thought it would. That's an interesting way to think about it.  

^^^Hear! Hear!

2-feign-reluctance said:

Thirty Bills Unpaid said:

Okay.

I heard Desecration Smile randomly while having drinks with some friends at a pub. I had to feign enthusiasm for conversation as I sat back and let the song wash over me. It had been over five years (maybe even more) since I last heard it.

When I got home I cranked it up on my turntable. I can't stop listening to it.

This band is freaking awesome.

* I've tried a few times now to rank my albums in order of preference as others have done. It proved to be a challenging task. Stadium is number one for me. I get stuck on deciding number two (Blood? Californication?). Eesh.

Strip My Mind off that set is fucking fantastic!

"Wet Sand" is good for the soul. 

^All that  Definitely my favorite RHCP album.
It's all just so good. Turn it Again...holy fireballs!
And my daughter's favorite song off that album, Slow Cheetah....one of the coolest song on Earth.

* I watched the Desecration Smile video on YouTube a couple years ago. Fantastic song and great video. I never knew the video existed until I stumbled across it.  At one point J. Fru plays the air keyboard. That has to be my favorite part.