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PERFECTION.It makes me sick to think that some people could say that in this album they lost their "funk" or whatever. I like all of their albums, but this one is just, just. Anyone who would say this just doesn't understand what the chili peppers are about.This is the only album which I have listened for over 10 years and I'm still not tired of (I just appreciate it more and more)BUY THIS ALBUM If I was stranded on an island for the rest of my life all I would need is food and this "By The Way" CD. I am guy who likes music in all its different forms, and I have come to the conclusion that this album is the most PERFECT album ever made.My love for this album cannot be described in words, but the feeling I get from listening to every one of these tracks is just amazing.
"By the Way" is the most musically-accomplished LP yet from the Chilis, revealing subtleties and even a certain sweetness heretofore unheard of from these often-naked fratboys. They harmonize. The funk is still there, although this time tamed (perhaps a bit too much for longtime fans), and the musical palette widens to include country-rock, Beatle-esque harmonies, and an overall feeling of intimacy and relaxed studio discipline. They sing. They croon.
The cover makes no sense and I have no idea what they want to convey with this. It has some all the lyrics and but not a list of whom plays what. The photographs of the band is great but the font is so so. By the Way being RHCP's 2002 release and their 8th studio album was met with positive reviews from the critiques with Allmusic, Rolling Stone and Q giving it 4/5. 4/5. These being "By the Way", "The Zephyr Song", "Can't Stop", "Dosed" and "Universally Speaking". The album spawned 5 singles. The booklet is a mixed bag.
Read Kiedis' autobiography- Flea almost left the band because this album sucked so INCREDIBLY bad. Anyone who equates By The Way with ANY of these albums or somehow thinks it is pffffff (HA). Highlights from this album are ONLY "On Mercury," "Can't Stop," and "The Zephyr Song". If you want solid RHCP, check out Freaky Styley, Mother's Milk, Blood Sugar Sex Magic, Californication, or Stadium Arcadium. better than any of these albums is a complete Idiot and ought to be dragged out into the street and shot. Most disappointing follow-up album EVER. Only the "One Hot Minute" album is worse in the RHCP catalog.
Universally Speaking 3. Midnight10. Minor Thing15. For some lame reason, Amazon does not have the track list displayed for this CD, so here it is.1. Warm Tape16. I Could Die For You9. Venice Queen
Dosed 5. On Mercury14. Tear13. Don't Forget Me 6. Cabron12.
By the Way 2. Throw Away Your Television11. Can't Stop8. This Is the Place 4. The Zephyr Song 7.
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