Californication

Bom d+

love this album and rhcp. I think the band has great synergy and such a unique sound. The first half of this album is much stronger than the 2nd half. I think from Porcelain onwards it drops a bit in quality for me.

One of the most important albums of modern music, made with heart and funk. It leans more into rock in general, but it has space for peaceful slow songs and fast energetic rythms. Sure it's a little overplayed, but for good reason. Absolute banger of a record.

Definitely has a lot of good/great songs, but feels like something is missing for me

dog shit mastering of an otherwise good album a true victim of the 90's loudness wars

Admittedly, this is one of their better ones. It’s just been played to death.

Back half of this album is buns but the first 6 songs are good enough to get a 4

This album is so funky, and i would definitely recommend listening to it also since its so iconic. Lots of rlly groovy songs on it that are rlly fun to listen to, but mostly a similar sound on most of the songs.

5 stars for frusciante, flea and chad 1 star for Anthony Baseline on purple stain is out of this world.

a few songs i dont care for but the guitar riffs are so clean i cant help but bump a number

Yes a classic great rock album

4+

I honestly didn’t think I’d like it that much it’s a really good album until around “easily” where it becomes like a second album of songs that suck ass. Wish they would have trimmed it to like 9 songs then it would be a 5

Love it!

Probably a bit too long but not bad. Very front heavy

Around the World - 3.5/5 Parallel Universe - 3.5/5 Scar Tissue - 4.5/5 Otherside - 4/5 Get on Top - 3/5 Californication - 4/5 Easily - 3.5/5 Porcelain - 3/5 Emit Remmus - 3/5 I Like Dirt - 3/5 This Velvet Glove - 3.5/5 Savior - 3/5 Purple Stain - 3/5 Right on Time - 3/5 Road Trippin' - 3.5/5 I feel like there's been a recent trend of turning on the Chili Peppers, and I felt myself subconsciously included in that trend. I used to have a lot of their big singles on rotation, and that culminated in them finishing as my 5th most listened artist in my Spotify Wrapped last year. I thought to myself, "Wait, do I really like these guys that much?" The answer to that question, is a definitive no. Listening to this, they're really only big from their hits and all of the deep cuts pretty much fall flat. Scar Tissue is arguably their best track, and the other top hits (Otherside, Californication, etc.) are still good but I would not put them anywhere near the top of the best rock songs of all time. I really think it's a result of overexposure as for why they seem so popular. The real problem with this album is that it's effectively over after the title track, as there really isn't anything else interesting after that. If it ended there, than it would be a solid 4, but I think it really deserves a middling 3*. Overall: 3/5 Favorites: Scar Tissue

Very nice album. It has so many great songs all through. Greatest songs by the band are inside, so I feel compelled to rate it at least a 4. Considering their particular style, and the fact that their songs are quite different from each other, I will leave it at 4,5/5.

This is a strange one, musically most of these songs are quite interesting, but they are a little disjointed from each other musically sometimes, the lyricism also makes me feel like a minion wrote music for commercial shopping malls.

Flea is da goat. Anthony should not be allowed near any schools.

I can still hear the singles from this in my sleep, almost 30 years later. This was the beginning of the end for the Chilis, they found their successful radio sound and then went full steam ahead. I suppose this record isn't terrible, it's just boring and massively overplayed to this day given the quality of the songs here. Also, Anthony Kiedis is a creep.

My brother said, "this album was their last good one until they slid into dad rock." He's not wrong about it being their last good one. So many hits and they definitely try to get that early band energy back on a lot of them. Too many hits to name so I'll go with the ones I'm not a super fan of: Emit Remmus, I Like Dirt, and Purple Stain.

The front half is amazing. The second half... I like dirt.

I always hold this album in lower esteem to BSSM but damn if it doesn’t rock your socks off. Find the two pop singles Scar Tissue. And Califronication to be among the most boring

As Anthony Kiedis would say, "Awwww, aw yeah!" I listened to RHCP so much in middle and high school that I'm sure multiple people still associate me with them. I don't really care that it's not cool to like them anymore (if it ever was), they will always have a big piece of my heart. I always loved the breadth of this album - everything from the funk rock of Around the World to the punk of Get on Top to the melodic side of Porcelain and Road Trippin'. Listening again in 2026, I do think it's time for a remaster. A lot of the tracks sound blown out or muddy, and whether intentional or not, it just doesn't sound great in an era of Lossless. I also would have swapped in Quixoticelixir for either I Like Dirt or Emit Remmus. But, just for the sheer number of times I've spun this record, I think it has to go on my wall of 5s. No apologies if that makes me lame.

Favorite Song: Parallel Universe Least Favorite: Emit Remmus

Red Hot Chili Peppers are one of those bands that I really enjoy their albums, but I could never give one a five-star rating. Maybe it's because the most person in their band is an Ephebophile, and ultimately a scumbag. Sure, it's not fair to punish the entire band, but the face of the band is what we first notice. Favorite Track: "Californication".

15/15

Nope 1.9

JL : 4, Californication

liked this way more than i thought. obsessed with "savior".

Die Peppers fanden bisher bei mir keine Beachtung! Schade! Aber es ist ja noch nicht zu spät! Ok!

Ugh. Opening song is already genuinely disgusting in light of everything that has come out about them… since 1989/1990? Jfc. Love that the generator - via a possibly unhinged feud with Mike Patton - is how I became clued into how fucked they are. This is a rough one to listen to and rate because I’ve liked so many of these songs since I was a kid but… (Star lost for being at least 75% shitty)

Just a further reinforcement of the fact that I don't enjoy RHCP at all. Two or three songs were enjoyable, at least.

Californication is a more mature Red Hot Chili Peppers—though not too mature, considering they still worked 'fornication' into the title. Thank God John Frusciante is back; as much as I like Dave Navarro, he didn't belong in this band, and Frusciante's sweet guitar work here is some of the best I've ever heard. After seeing slower tracks like 'Under the Bridge' and 'Breaking the Girl' become their biggest hits, the band finally leaned into that formula, making the heavier stuff a rarity. A friend of mine noted at the time that the album was much slower and less effective when it tried to be heavy. Aside from the hard-hitting opener 'Around the World,' he was right—the slower-tempo songwriting on 'Scar Tissue' and the title track is where this record truly shines. Anthony Kiedis may not be the greatest lyricist, but he's a top-tier delivery man, and Flea is an absolute joy—one of the few bassists with an instantly recognizable signature sound.

First half is chock full of legendary rock songs. The bass intro to "Around the World" is an absolute all-timer. And "Scar Tissue" is one of the very first songs I learned on the drums, so it will forever hold a soft spot for me. Latter half is definitely weaker - but I'd argue still quite good, especially compared to some of their later offerings - and Kiedis's vocals feel a bit more obtrusive in certain spots. Like, the instrumental vibe between Frusciante, Flea, and Smith in the last minute of "Savior" is incredible... makes me long to see what they could come up with sans singer (or at least a different style of singer). Ding dang dong dong ding dang dong donngg dingg daannggg

10/10

It’s a classic for a reason, and an undeniably huge part of my musical development as a 10/11 year old, but I’m not sure I’ve ever listened to it of my own volition as an adult. There’s definitely going to be a lot of albums on this list that that is true for, and how pleased I am with being presented with it will be a good guide for my ranking… make what you will of these 3 stars

Gotta be one of the most front loaded albums ever Yeah some alt rock classics on here but nothing I’d really really consider great. Can’t dispute the talent everywhere aside from vocals, and even then Keidis does just tie it all together First time listening to some of these songs on actually decent headphones that have let me realise how much the production was lacking, but I feel like these were always songs meant to be cranked out of car stereos or noisy bars so it’s not such a big deal

I’ve never actually heard this all the way through before, it started off really strong but did kind of drone off in the second half of the album Some proper bangers on here though 3.5

This is one of those albums I think I know well but just haven't listened to in a while for reasons unknown. Turns out the reason is the wall of sound, some terrible lyrics that bring this down. There are some gems certainly, and Road Trippin' remains one of my favourite RHCP songs. It is just RHCP don't rate highly in my book.

An all time favorite. No skips for me. Perfect mix of funk rock nonsense and sincere songwriting.

I actually owned this CD. Thats's saying something

Such a strong start to this album! I was optimistic for the rest, given how many classics I know from this album specifically, but it didn't meet my expectations. I have a difficult time taking Anthony Kiedis seriously with how goofy some of his lyrics are (the "ding dong" series was so distracting lol). This is fine but I wouldn't revisit this album as a whole, just the hits.

First Born Unicorn 1001 Albums Generator 363 (10/4/2026) When he said ding ding dong dong ding ding dong dong ding dang, I felt that. RHCP are a band with amazing songs but no stone-cold classic albums. Even as the world's biggest Blood Sugar Sex Magik defender, I can admit that the last quarter of that album is pretty rough. And Californication is similar, but the cutoff is closer to the midway point of the album. All the hits and nearly all the great songs are in the first half, and the second half feels like it really drags. 3/5. Favs: Around the World Otherside Californication Least Fav: I Like Dirt

One of my old friends used to play this all the time at work for a while, so I heard it *lots* despite not being a Chillis fan. It was fine, which is probably why we allowed it to be played so often, but I’d not listened to it since he left (mid-00’s).

I remember this album. Wasn't keen on it originally, couldn't finish it this time.

I really ought to like this more - but I just don't.

this was great in high school, less so now

This is a mixed bag, kind of like their other albums. Some really good songs and some extra tracks.

Interesting music but not a fan of the singer.

I liked this so much more than I thought I would. Parallel Universe was a stand out. Some cool disco grooves on other tracks. Next time someone says they don't like RHCP I'm going to say play this album and skip the songs you know from the radio.

With John Frusciante back in the band, RHCP are back to putting out safe funk-adjectent pop rock after going through an experimental phase when Dave Navarro was with the group. "Around The World" kicks off the record with promise. The song is a high energy alternative rocker that is let down down by that ridiculous but admittedly hilarious culturally insensitive verse. Kiedis does less rapping on here than usual, so he's a lot more tolerable here. With the title track, "Scar Tissue" and "Otherside" being featured here, this thing is stacked with some of the band's most memorable songs, but the second side of the record is stuffed with so much unnecessary filler. "Porcelain" and "Emit Remmus" aren't even deserving of being b-sides. The album is wrapped up with the tender acoustic ballad "Road Trippin'" to end things without leaving too much of a bad taste in my mouth. Listen to the singles if you desperately need more Chili Peppers in your life, but the whole record definitely is not essential listen.

Anthony Kurdish is a garbage human and almost as bad a lyricist/singer

음 RHCP 좋아하는뎀 삼삼한 앨범이여뜸

As good as this album is, I'm much more of a Stadium Arcadium guy. There's some absolute bangers here, such as "Parallel Universe" and "Porcelain", but then the whole thing starts to drag towards the second half, becoming rather repetitive and honestly a little long in the tooth. A very top heavy album honestly, with the hits strategically placed at the front and everything else in the back, making it so that listeners would hear their favourites first without having to go through what is essentially filler. Thank goodness this was an earlier effort for the RHCP, otherwise I'd be incredibly worried.

If you strip away the hits from this album, what’s left? Curiously, one of RHCP’s best-known albums is also one of their weakest. It’s full of songs that get tiresome, even though it does feature some great classics. Personally, I only listen to this album for the sheer pleasure of hearing Flea play bass. That, for sure, never gets old.

Surprisingly good

I liked parts of this album, but overall it overstayed its welcome and the vocals really started to grate by the end. Rating: 2.5

Chili Peppers aren’t really my style and this album didn’t make up for that - but still decent just not my thing!

quite a few bangers on this one

Very strong album. 2nd part hurts the note a bit, except for Road Trippin’. 4/5. Even though the first half is practically flawless, I think overall, Blood, Sex, Sugar, Magic is better. Around the World : 5 Parallel Universe : 4 Scar Tissue : 5 Otherside : 5 Get on Top : 4 Californication : 5 Easily : 4 Porcelain : 3 Emit Remmus : 3 I Like Dirt : 4 The Velvet Glove : 5 Savior : 3 Purple Stain : 3,5 Right on Time : 3 Road Trippin’ : 5

Love this album. Have listened to it from start to finish of my own volition. Reminds me of my mom in the best way. Has a consistent tone that makes it feel complete and that all the songs belong together without being too same-y.

One of THE major albums of my life, and the Chili Peppers in general. I'd probably give this 4.5 stars if I could though. It's an amazing record but I still think there's just a small bit of filler on this one.

É um daqueles álbuns que tu fica de cara com a inspiração da banda na época. Meter 3 hits gigantes é foda... Os caras tem uma energia e um estilo muito único, instantaneamente reconhecível.

To me I feel this is an album that had to be experienced when it was released for it to be real meaningful. I've only heard this for the first time when this album popped up as my album a day to keep the doctor away (though I already knew the title track.) Flea is a wonderful bassist, on this one he fully knows when to play and when to hold off, which is a masterful talent. I love some of the unorthodox approaches to guitar that John Frusciante brings along to the album. Chad Smith's drumming is pretty amazing. I didn't ever felt they were too overbearing unlike some other drummers. I think the vocals were my least favourite 'instrument' of the album, just a bit predictable and complacent, though I can totally see the appeal why people like it. I don't think this is an album that would ever appeal to me. I believe this one was a right album released at the right time, and I think it's worthy enough to be on a must-hear list. Highlight Song/s: "Scar Tissue" and "Porcelain"

Amazing album

Helvítis negla. Langar ekki alveg að splæsa fimmunni samt. 4.8.

Okay team, look... the Red Hot Chili Peppers have some fucking bangers. I'm not ashamed to admit it. Around the World, Scar Tissue, Otherside, and Californication are all just great songs. The first half of the album is banger after banger, but the quality drops in the second half. Only the final song, Road Trippin', is bad, but the quality drop is noticeable.

Gotta hand it to the Peps, this one's a winner.

3 or 4 very good songs, eventually gets increasingly tedious

Pretty much wired into my brain chemistry, but lmfao. Like every new track does scratch an itch with my neurons. I think Kiedis pretty much stifles any chance these songs have, but he's sometimes more tolerable. I stand by "Porcelain" being a great song, one of their best.

Never listened to this one in full before! Pretty decent all around but the classics definitely stand out for a reason. 4 but probably more like a 3.5 for me.

OK but not too exciting to me.

Some editing of tracks would have made this album better. Great production.

I've always been of the opinion RHCP songs are either really good, or really shit. This album is more evidence that there's no in between. Some really good songs (the first 4 songs, Californication, Road Tripping and a couple others) and some really shit songs (basically every song where there's some rap). It's definitely a better than average album, so gets a 3.5 but I wish they'd cut out the cRap.

My fav till now

Not a huge fan of Kiedis (as apparently others have shared as well), but a lot of what he does here works and the songs are mostly bangers. The hits are hits for a reason and I didn't hate the filler. Might get to 4.5 for me eventually.

⭐⭐⭐+ Av någon anledning så går jag återigen in i det här albummet med tron att jag ska tycka det är bättre än vad det är. Det finns utan tvekan riktigt bra spår på men jag tycker inte det riktigt håller upp albumet igenom och det finns gott om spår jag tycker är meeh. Kan bero på att jag ofta tycker att Red hot chilli peppers soundet kan blir lite tjatigt, albumet är också ganska lång, några spår färre och albumet hade kanske känts mer solidt. Tack vare starka spår på första halvan blir det en stark 3a, men då är jag nog lite snäll. Bäst är Sar issue. ... Otherside, Californication, Easily, Porcelain

I really like RHCP ❤️

The album where RHCP became mainstream. I really like Flea's funky bass, but the songs that became popular stepped away from their punk roots. The songs that I like most never got much radio play.

So, I only just realised what a creep Anthony Keidis is. But I already knew the music his band makes is shit. At least I didn't have to listen to a deluxe version of the album and I probably saved about 15 mins so the album was under an hour, small mercies. 1 star.

Just a week ago I said this was a better album than Blood sugar sex magik! This album is very nostalgic to me, and almost every song is a banger. Hearing it now, man the guitar/bass/drums just had so many good moments, but the front half feels more loaded than the back. Highlights: - around the world (what a groove) - otherside (one of my faves for decades now, love the harmonies), scar tissue (guitars!) - californication (iconic groove; I still use "the sun may rise in the east but at least it settles in a fine location" to know my cardinal directions) - road trippin' (iconic line: "blue you sit so pretty west of the 1" when you go to big sur).

My honest opinion is that it wasn't that bad, I like RHCP and the vibe of their music. Their rap/rock mix is unique and the album is full of enjoyable beats with a very strong start. However, there is a lack of structure or meaning to the album which I feel By the Way does a little bit better. I would say the first 5 songs were a 5, and the rest were 3s and 2s.

RHCP will always have something to say. This record is a mature band and I mean that in the best way.

I really don't like Red Hot Chili Peppers, and I'm afraid that Californication has done nothing to change my opinion.

A brilliant album, of course, with loads of well-known tracks. Four stars…

Bang average. Sorry

The A side here is one million miles an hour peak RHCP. B side is a little too full of mindless funk. Could listen to just an instrumental of this too, Flea's basslines are irresistible

Love the bass and guitar together. Great melodies too. Really nice album.

does not age well

Beri beri beri bidi bidi bidi boo Ditty dirty dirty dirty dirty dirty Doo Maddie nadivadi daddy daddy daddy poo Bloody bloody bloody funny muddy muddy coup La la la bridge la la rainbow Just another peppers album mixed in mono by Rick Rubin. Pleasant if formulaic

Interesting trivia: I wasn't aware that this album basically was ground zero for the loudness war. Listening to the original vinyl release it actually was pretty bad with audible clipping etc. Later remasters fixed this, and I didn't think it was particularly bad on Spotify's version so either my headphones are bad or it's one of the new releases. Certainly a stain on Rick Rubin's CV, no doubt. Now, to the music. I consider myself quite a big fan of Red Hot Chili Peppers so this won't be unbiased. I think this is one helluva album, to put it mildly. Their best one, without a doubt. If you look at RHCP's past albums, they don't come nowhere near this in my opinion. They really pulled themselves together and put something quite amazing together here. CD1 is packed with bangers. 'Around the World' rips it up and sets the tone with the distorted bass. You think you'll get something, then it takes a turn and you get this funky percussive guitar line from Frusciante. I won't go into the details on all songs, but they're all good in their own sense. They fit the mood of the record, while also being different. I think the whole album juxtaposes itself in an interesting way with the album cover of the gorgeous beach, while the content of the album mostly being depressing and bleak in a sense. Especially in Californication who isn't a very happy song, despite being played on radio tons of times. CD2 hasn't reached the spotlight as much as CD1, but there are good things there as well. 'I Like Dirt' is a high energy track. Heard it once live at a small venue and it blew the lids off. 'Purple Stain' is bizarre but funky. 'Savior' feels like something that's been the main theme to Spider Man or something, quite grand sounding. The lyrics and Anthony's singing/rapping is probably where I expect people to have the most negative to say. Some lines really are silly and can be quite juvenile at times. Still, they are quite memorable, so that's worth something I guess. I personally don't have any problem with the vocals, I think they are quite unique - you won't Anthony's sound anywhere else. Overall I think this is a masterpiece of a record. Strong 5.

I’m honestly not a huge fan of Red Hot Chili Peppers. I listened to them in middle/high school and kind of fell off what they were doing after One Hot Minute. This album has them fully in their formula. I prefer crooner Kiedis to ‘rapper’ Kiedis. Actually I prefer zero Kiedis, but that’s not an option. Overall, the album is fine. It was a little too long and probably should have been sequenced differently. The band did a great job though. 2 stars

Dave Navarro from Jane's Addiction had to say goodbye to Red Hot Chilli Peppers after recording with them One Hot Minute. A record that incorporated Hard Rock and Heavy Metal elements to the funky, chill, mellow and somehow lusty and sexy sound that the californians brought to the table starting the decade. Flea had to rescue John Frusciante sending him to rehab and also offering him another opportunity ¿the result? This album. Californication it's an ode to the lifestyle of the whole state, sometimes making emphasis on how Hollywood sells it to the world, incorporating themes like lust, sex, suicide and drugs. With songs like "Porcelain" whose lyrics where wrote about a mother fighting against alcohol while she lived with her child, the band realized that the time for playing something more mature and deep had came in, and this is something you can clearly hear when the riffs and lyrics from "Scar Tissue" and "Otherside" comes on. Around the World as an opener and Parallel Universe also where included as singles and they are a singularity since they kept showing the funky sound of the band but even then, it is still less in comparison with records like Blood Sugar Sex Magik. The 90's as a decade were convulsive, tributes like the one you hear for Cobain in the homonimous song, sensual and almost pornographic songs like Get on Top. ¿What else can you say? The world was changing, and the Red Hot managed to put the nail on the coffin to one of the most special decades in rock history. Reaching Top 3 in Billboard 200 after just a week, winning a Grammy for Scar Tissue, this record simply was that. A Swan Song for alternative rock in one of his primes. It was 1999 and The other prime, the other special decade for the genre was just around the corner. Californication was just the advice.

Album #201: Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Red Hot Chili Peppers were the first band I was ever into. As in, literally the first music I ever decided to put on myself, rather than just listen to what my dad or my brother were playing at the time, or watching random stuff that was on MTV. I think the first album I ever bought was Blood Sugar Sex Magik, which was much to my mother’s dismay. So I do have a soft spot for them, but today, I’m not really a fan. I want to get the bad stuff out of the way here. This is one of the hallmark albums of the loudness wars, but this is also one of the first albums I ever really listened to, and I probably played this album a thousand times in my youth. And I am coming to an eye-opening realisation that maybe one of the reasons my hearing has been so shit for as long as I can remember is because of this album. I want to know who I can sue for damages. It sounds awful. It really, really, really sounds dreadful. It’s the loudest thing in the world. Turn it down, honestly. It’s all just compressed into a big block of fucking noise being pushed through a can. It doesn’t matter what volume you seem to be playing it at, it’s too loud. Put the volume back in the hands of the listener. If I want to play it loud, I can turn it up. And if it’s not too compressed, I’ll be able to hear the different nuances and the different sounds that are going on. You’ve got these intricate bass parts, and you’ve got these beautiful guitar licks from John Frusciante and all this stuff, but it all is just crammed into this block of noise that’s so loud. And Anthony Kiedis is just sitting on top of this thing spouting absolute bollocks, which I’ll get to now in a minute. I don’t know if I’m the only one, but it’s such a physical sensation for me to listen to this music, and it’s not a positive one. I feel this music slapping against my eardrums. At the end of a song, they literally feel numb. They feel dead for a little bit afterwards. Fuck Rick Rubin and whoever else was involved in the production of this album. They should be ashamed of themselves, genuinely. Deafening the youth of the world. Anthony Kiedis is another problem. With the best will in the world, the dude is not a good lyricist. His lyrics are total bullshit nonsense, meaningless crap for most of the album. Now, that works on some songs. I mean, the band’s name is Red Hot Chili Peppers. How seriously are we supposed to take this band? In their early days they were much more funky and fun and silly, and they used to go on stage bollock naked, and I thought, that’s your brand. That’s the way you’ve branded yourself. But it was around this album when they decided they wanted to start being something akin to U2. And U2 write some pretentious lyrics. I mean, just look at most of the lyrics on The Joshua Tree. Here, I think Anthony Kiedis is trying to write something like The Joshua Tree. On some songs, like Savior, for example, it’s just really pretentious, but it’s also the same nonsense. It’s the same tone of it. Why is it so serious? It works on tracks like Purple Stain, Right on Time and Around the World, where they go back more to their funky roots. The nonsense lyrics are suited then. But when you’re trying to make some sort of big, pretentious point, you’re just not able to do it, Anthony. You’re still writing the same nonsense for all the other serious songs. The album is also way too long. I’d cut at least four songs from it and bring it down to somewhere around 40 minutes. It’s bloated, but I suppose that kind of fits the aesthetic of the whole thing. Now, why am I giving it four stars? I’ve had absolutely nothing positive to say about it so far. I’ll tell you why. Because if you can write a hook, all is forgiven. If you can write a song that sticks in your mind the way 80% of these songs do, you are onto something. You are a class songwriting band. These guys just strike me as lovers of music. They understand music, and they understand what makes a song tick, and they’re able to take a chorus where it needs to go. Their music is actually really satisfying in that regard. They give you what you want. And as much as John Frusciante wanted the Red Hot Chili Peppers to be this underground, cool, hip band that nobody knew about, they’re just too good at writing a chorus. They were always going to be huge. I think this is going to sound very snobby, but I think one of the reasons they appeal so much to kids is not just because they sing about sex and drugs and all this kind of stuff, and they’ve got a very funny name. I mean, that does matter. But, it’s because they make hooky music. They have hooks in absolute abundance. And I think a young mind is not fully developed to experience different nuances in different music. When you’re 12, you’re not really that far away from The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round, that simple kind of easy-to-follow, hooky music. I don’t mean that their music is simple. They’re all exceptional musicians, and their music can be quite complicated. It’s just that they’re able to make a hook that sticks in your head. I have not listened to this album in years, other than the odd track off it, and I remembered most of it because the hooks are so strong throughout. Despite all that, I’m still not a fan. I still don’t think I’ll be listening to much Red Hot Chili Peppers. I just cannot be doing with Anthony Kiedis. He’s just too annoying. But I cannot deny the songwriting ability here is top notch.

I can take these guys in small doses but a whole album, well, it begins to grate...

yep yeah pretty good I like it listen to it alot

Well it's not bad is it - just not really my thing

Ненавиджу цю групу. Але буду слухати і буду намагатися не бути упередженим. З першого треку Around the world якийсь крінж, типу реп, речетатив і поп завивання. Гітарка ок, але не шедевр. Otherside сподобалось. Де вокаліст співає і менше кривляється, треки не погані. Поки слухаю, хоча на початку альбому було бажання вимкнути.

Great band, awful lead singer/lyrics 3/5