The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ two-disk album, its first with new material since 2002, is reminiscent of the style changes the band has gone through since it started in the 1980s. Most of the songs draw on the band’s past styles from acoustic and folky to hard and ballad-like.
It’s disappointing, that the Red Hot Chili Peppers haven’t changed or evolved in any new way on this album. The songs sound as if they were taken from any Red Hot Chili Peppers’ album.
The band started out with the goal of making a 13-track album but instead ended up recording a total of 38 that eventually whittled down to 25. This weakened the album because the band decided to go for quantity rather than quality.
Overall, the first disk, “Jupiter,” is a little better than the second CD, “Mars.” It has a number of catchy songs, including the hits “Dani California” which has a strong drum and baseline. “Snow” is also good with its unusual melody and guitar riffs.
The first song on the “Mars” CD, “Desecration Smile,” is a great example of the band’s ability to create powerful acoustic guitar songs, but the rest of the songs start sounding the same after a while – one typical-sounding Red Hot Chili Pepper song after another.
Overall the album has a great sound, and it is sure to make the numerous fans of the Red Hot Chili Peppers happy, but it doesn’t make as much of an impact as was anticipated.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers “Stadium Arcadium”
Daily Emerald
May 31, 2006
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