Californication

you know what yeah sure. favs r get on top and californiacation. the rest I could live without

Excellent album. I was familiar with the hits but was surprised by the quality of the lesser-known songs, particularly on the back half of the album. They really know how to make a catchy melody. Bass and singing stood out especially. Favorite Songs: Californication, Scar Tissue, Road Trippin' Least Favorites: Around the World, Get on Top

Nostalgically good

Probably their most popular album with plenty of songs that made their way onto the radio and into the common lexicon. They definitely seemed to find their preferred formula. Frusciante comes back with this one, Flea tones down the funk and distances himself from being the BIG BASSAPOTTAMUS, Smith is tighter but still just as aggressive as always, and Keidis finds where a balance of where innuendo meets radio play lyric wise.

Maybe it’s only nostalgia, since this was one of the CDs that my sister played on repeat back when we were kids, but this is my favorite RHCP album.

Good one

I’m a fair weather RHCP fan. I like most of the hits, but I’m fine to leave the other stuff behind. This was a solid comeback album for them, though.

Road trippin is a vibeee

All the hits are overplayed, the rest was meh. 3/5

Just can't get into it. Maybe b/c the hits were all so severely overplayed. But the deep cuts not really doing it for me, either.

Never heard the album before. Frusciante is great, the band sucks.

I really enjoyed this, but it got rather hit and miss at the end. Too many misses.

I had this CD and was a huge fan. Classic Chili Peppers sounds that mix energetic funk with sweet melodies.

Don't think I had ever listened to the entire album before. Really good.

There's a tiny part of me that wanted to give this a 3 but the album was just too long and there was nothing here that interested me enough to listen past the two minute mark of any song and at times, it was even difficult to listen for that long. This was just OK at best. 2.5/5

Fuck these guys.

Great album! Loved the sound although it gets a little repetetive towards the end, but still great! 7.5/10 prob

Scar Tissue is a decent enough track but the rest is a load of old cobblers! I like a lot of their stuff but Anthony and Flea have let us and them selves down with this piss poor effort!

While this is admittedly my favorite RHCP album, it definitely suffers from being very front-loaded with about 5 too many tracks. While I'm not as charmed by this band as I was in my teens, this album shows they have definite chops in the instrumental department and subject matter areas. This might have gotten into 5-star territory without some of the fluff tracks, but all in all, a very fun, nostalgic listen for me. Notable Tracks: - Around the World - terrific opener - Parallel Universe - Scar Tissue - Otherside - Californication - Road Trippin' 7/10

Jetzt schneiet da wider bangers nach bangers ine. Han viel viel Spass gha bi Californication, de Anthony Kiedis und sini gang het guet abglifferet, han viel neui Songs für mich gfunde woni nonie ghört han. Trotzdem chani ned me wie 4 Jalapeños geh, will bi mir bi so "classic rock" oder fast "soft rock" chli s chribble im Körper fehlt. Trotzdem e classic woni froh bin mal vo vorne bis hinde dureglost zha.

Red hot chili pepers und denn na das guete stück mit em ne wunderschöne cover. Irgendwie hyped inezlose id tracks, abgseh vo de 4 supersongs wo uf dem album eh druffe sind. Andersiits au, biz ahsträngend? Ja! Isch scho na ahsträngend gsi. Wie erwarted californication (by the way min lieblingsvideclip aller ziite) und die andere bekannte, grossartig. Aber für alles anderi bini irgendwie nöd empfänglich gsi. Bin mittlerwile au nüm e chline rockige nedi, sondern e chline nöd so rockige nedi. Han sie immer mal welle live gse und leider nöd gschafft gha. bis uf d red hot chili pipers, aber das isch die nöd so rockigi dudelsack coverband vo denne. die gönd meh uf de sack als dass sie dudled. So gnueg wortspiel. Es gid glich na 4 ‘yellow sweet citrus Lemons‘ für RHCP, wells doch krassi tracks druf hend und lang i mini top bands gsi sind. Han aber scho au gmerkt, dass sie aktuell mim musikgschmack gar nüm entspriched.

hot boys dont cry when i give them the 3 stage burn aber tbh ich glaub dasi mis rating kriterum usegfunde han (natürlich ufs ganze album bezoge) 1 - torture 2 - schlecht, aber han nöd müese brüele 3 - okay, würds aber ezt nöd namal lose for fun 4 - guet, das losi sicher mal wider 5 - ai caramber würd mich mal wundere wies mini fellow music enjoyers so gsehnd ;) aber ja das album hett scho em hoche nostalgie wert gha aber isch ezt au nöd revolutioniert worde dasis ganze am stück gloset han

klein noah hed amigs am papi sin iPod Classic döffe uslehne und red hot chili peppers isch so oft gloffe dasi churzzitig fast s'gfühl gha han, dass das die einzig band isch wo existiert... good times darum spielt bi de hütige bewertig de nostalgiefaktor en höchi rolle, will weni ehrlich bin magi mi ah üsserst wenig moment ih de letschte jahr erinnere woni freiwillig es RHCP lied ineballeret han, zum eine us musikalische gründ und zum andere will de anthony kiedis glaubs en grüsel isch hüt isch au so en tag gsi, obviously es paar richtig gueti songs drin woni für immer en sweet spot wird ha! aber wiedermal hed's strenge wuchenend sini folge gha und alles andere als 50s jazz isch z'vill für mini schwache öhrli gsi also wenn mer min mood nöd beachtet und vomne blinde aug gegenüber em kiedis als person usgahd isch es es super album

One of the big ones. Wonderful album.

No matter how good a Chili Peppers album is, it is always soured by Anthony Kiedis openly admitting in his autobiography to having sex with children. Seriously, why isn’t he in jail? Anyway, now that that’s out of the way, I didn’t realise just how many hits were on this album. I may sound biased because of the earlier statement, but I do always find the vocals to be the weakest part of the Chillis. Drum are cool and groovy, bass is super funky, guitar is usually interesting, then the vocals are awful. This pattern continues through this album. Overall, I can’t deny that there are some good songs here, but I’ve never really understood the level of hype. This is an ok album.

Very good album; nice range of vocals & arrangement.

Hasn't aged well for me. The excellent singles are still overplayed on the radio and consequently have lost some of their appeal, and the album tracks are pretty forgettable.

There's something to work with here but the songs all sound the same and the shouty rap thing is bollocks. Good people seem to like them, I am unpersuaded in spite of this

One of my favorite Chili Peppers albums. I have fond memories of listening to this album on the way to work for weeks on end when it came out. The album is a bit front loaded which seems to be consistent with most other Chili Pepper albums. I would still put this in my top 3 Peppers albums though and I don’t think they have done anything nearly as good since. Most of the albums since this one seem to be trying to relive the spirit and energy of this album and Blood Sugar Sex Magik but they fail. Not everything on this album is great. Some of the later songs sound too much like other songs. Cutting out a few lesser numbers like Purple Stain, I Like Dirt and Right on Time would have resulted in a much tighter, better listening experience. Unfortunately it was the norm to cram too many tracks on CDs at this point. Now that vinyl is back in vogue, I hope that modern artists are curating their track lists a bit more and saving some of these lesser tunes for EPs or singles. Still a great release overall.

Better than i remember. Front loaded with his. That's a four.

Frusciante returns and we all win.

I've heard this album before, but I still like it :)

Great

Melancholy vibe under the California sun

The rhythm and vocals stand out above the rest. Lyrics can be a bit all over the place. Which isn’t a bad thing when the lyrics hit they hit.

already have this album 4

All them feels of Australia

The Red Hot chili peppers best concert I’ve ever seen. Lotta stuff on this album. I like some of it not so much.

I kind of like Scar Tissue, Otherside; I almost like Get on Top, Californication

So good. 5/5

Heavily frontloaded. The first half is amazing, full of hits, songs ranging from crazy funk to pretty pop songs. The second half is a bit of a mess and it's not clear where it's going, seems like a compilation of b-sides. 3/5.

Iconic, but too long and somehow doesn't hit the mark. The album didn't interest me enough to explore why exactly. Still, the experience was good enough to know straight away that this is good stuff. Open and shut case. 3.5/5

A truly exceptional album. There is so much soul in these songs, and the first half is just amazing song after song. The back half isn’t as well known, but the song quality is still great. I would say this is probably my favorite Chili Peppers album, and the one most people should give a listen to in order to give the band a fair shake.

Brilliant album 8.6/10

Ok so my thoughts on the Red Hot Chili Peppers have always been 1.) Flea is an absolute monster of a bass player. Like one of the best ever. 2.) Individually, Flea, Chad Smith, and whatever guitar player they have at the time are amazing players but for some reason when you put them together it's always a little lackluster. and 3.) While I respect the uniqueness of the vocals, Anthony Kiedis just isn't for me. Instrumentally, all of their albums are fairly decent and have some good grooves on them. Throw in the vocals and usually banal lyrics and you've lost me. This album pretty much ticks all of those boxes. And good god the sound on this album is terrible. Especially on the vocals, there's a weird quality about the vocals that just doesn't fit at all with the rest of the music. Like the highs on the vocals are turned all the way up and the bass on the instruments was boosted and it’s all just out of balance. The vocals and instruments are fighting each other the whole record. I can see the commercial appeal of this album though - it's pretty safe for most listeners. Like you aren't going to get a ton of people who just absolutely hate it. There are a couple of songs that are decent but it really does seem like an album they made by reworking discarded songs to sound more coherent when stuck together as an album. A little too safe and uninteresting for me. 2/5

So many classic singles but the album tracks don’t hit the mark

There are a couple classic singles here of course, but overall I don't find a lot of this super interesting. They kind of just stick to their established sound and keep it safe.

Fuck me, this dragged on a bit. Plus, the Chilli Peppers are one of the most overrated bands of all time so not an enjoyable time had here.

ótimo álbum

This album was alright. Towards the end it was very repeative.

Albumi #97, 02.11.2024 RHCP:n seitsemäs studioalbumi.

RHCP are not good. Lots of good musical ideas wasted by dumb as hell lyrics and awful vocals. They always seemed to be a band for people who only listen to the radio but think they know music. No thanks.

Yes I like it!

Loved this when it came out.

This is a fun album, albeit with bit too many filler tracks. It's probably the Chili Peppers best album, at least it seems to have the biggest amount of hit songs on it. Key tracks: Scar Tissue Otherside Californication Road Trippin

Again, dumb lyrics. But frusciante makes it so good.

Good

There was a RHCP album that came out in 2006, when I was in high school. I remember one of their hits coming on the radio, and as I was singing along, my dad turned to me and said, "How do you know this band? I listened to them in the '80s!" I think Californication from 1999 is RHCO's peak, but they've been making good music for decades. There aren't many things my baby boomer father and I, as a millennial, have in common. But they bridge the generations!

I was into Blood Sugar Sex Magic for a bit as a teenager, but overall the Chili Peppers don't do much for me. I recognize all of the singles from Californication, they're just ok, and the rest of the album is kind of the same. 2.5/3

I remember liking this album alright when it was new, but it hasn't held up in general. There's some fun tracks like Get On Top, but all the lyrics are way more sleazy than I remembered. My wife gives this a 1/5. I'm a little more forgiving. 2/5

I have much more nostalgia for BSSM and One Hot Minute than Californication, where only the hits really stand out to me. And the album is frontloaded with the singles, so that’s not a great look. The band’s funky roots do show up more profoundly later, which is good, but there’s still too much midtempo fluff to really appreciate, which is not. Eh, a C

I really wanted to like this more than I did. The softer rock songs are significantly better than the fast paced or hip hop stuff, and the lyrics are straight nonsense across the board.

Verry special. Not my Style

Californication has always been my favourite chill peppers album but it took just looking at the tracklist to see how much of it I love. The title track is my favourite but parallel universe and otherside are great too. Scar tissue I have fond memories of my mate playing it a ton. Then there’s emit Remmus and saviour where I just marvel at their absurdity. Easily is also one I just love. 5/5

Ah yes, this album was the rootcause of my first existential crisis. SO many good albums and i wont be able to listen to all of them in lifetime

3/5 it's alright don't really care for it

A well put together ensemble of rockin' tunes. Slow, introspective songs are paced well between high tempo headbangers. The basslines of Flea are immaculate. There's no tracks whatsoever that were bad in my opinion.

Beautiful, smooth and harsh at the same time, funky, rocking and mellow. The instrumentals are brilliant, the vocals are a love it or hate it deal. I am awfully biased by nostalgia, sue me if you must.

this is as good as it gets for the red hot chili peppers

Meh

Addicted to the shin dig

Very good

bangers

Just a great record. I do enjoy these songs.

I got tormented with the RHCP over the years and especially "Californication". It is a good song but overplayed. The rest of the album seems mediocre. I don't even dislike the band but if I have to listen to them I go for their earlier funk rock albums which just have a certain character. This one here? Fine but not very spectacular and one of the albums that don't need to be on the list.

Probably the most equal-opportunity album ever recorded - because no matter what device you listen to it on, it will always sound like it's being played through a McDonald's Drive-Thru speaker. The 'unmastered' version floating around the web makes no difference. The master tracks have all been brickwalled. Other than that, it's a post-Navarro Chili Peppers album, and probably the best of them. Pop-rock with a tight, funky rhythm section, well played but uninteresting Hendrixesque guitar work, and some sleazy guy who raps sometimes and strains to sing in tune while you wish the backing guy led. The more laid back tracks like Scar Tissue, Porcelain and Road Trippin' show that they've learned how to reflect on themselves a bit, but on the whole the lyrics are still shallow. If it sounds like I'm being reductive... I am. But sometimes it needs to be said. RHCP's legendary status far outshines their material. They had a classic album in '91 and an interesting album either side of it, and that's OK.

It was exactly what I expected it to be lol

Red Hot chili peppers have one of the most unique sounds I have heard.

“Have you ever paid money to hear music performed by California funk-rock band the Red Hot Chili Peppers?” “Yo, the Chilis? I saw them in concert like 50 times. I once got arrested trying to steal Flea’s bass guitar.” Hate all you want, but these dudes know how to make a hit. First half of the album is much stronger than the latter half. It definitely goes on longer than it should and the lyrics are occasionally (if not often) painfully braindead, but its tent pole tracks salvage it. 4/5 Highlights: Around the World Parallel Universe Scar Tissue Otherside

CALIFORNIA

Starts off with some amazing songs (otherside in particular) but the second half is a bit hit and miss. Overall though, I think they have quite a recognisable and addictive sound on this album. And of course, top notch bass playing by flea.

Of course incredible album, majority of their best songs. Agree that quality towards the end goes somewhat downhill, maybe the drugs catching up…

Top five favorite albums of all time. Hit me at just the right age. I remember listening to Around The World on repeat. I don’t even know how many times I’ve heard this. Probably more than any other album

This is a mess. Great musicians, but everything else is terrible - vocals, lyrics, songs, production. RHCP found a sound - based largely on Flea's unique talents - that makes them stand out. But this is just a lame milking of that cred - no spark.

Some of these base lines alone earn 5 stars.

Around the World Scar Tissue Otherside Californication Road Trippin'

Great album that hit me at the right moment. End of the album gets a little muddied but pretty stellar

Some of this is really good, some excites me a lot less, but all of it is well done.

I own this album for years and have heared it a thousand times - but not recently. So I was quite surprised that - within this project - what I thought is an instant ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ turned into a tricky desicion. But even though from nowadays perspective there are some weaker tracks on the B-side there are still enough bangers and is more than enough quality and energy (especially in the bass- and guitarplay) to rock every party! most favourite: "Otherside" 4,5

First thought was “ugh I hate this band”; then they fool you for the first half dozen or so tracks and you’re like “wow this is good, some musicality, some decent content” and then bam, they revert to form and the whining thrashing BS is back.

Essential RHCP, not there best but probably the most popular. A Cali rock banger for sure

Such a summer vibe. I put my headphones and my bag and went to a little park by the museum. First time I heard the single Californication was in Italy, 12 years ago, at 7am on a sleepless night in Macerata

I love "Scar Tissue" and "Otherside" (yeah, basic, but they’re great!). The vibe of the band is exactly my kind of music, but as an album, it feels a bit repetitive (like the songs blend together). Everything sounds sort of familiar. The second half definitely picks up, but I wish there was more variety and maybe a clearer storyline overall. Nonetheless, 4 stars because it's still great

Listened to this on CD, as I thought I should have at least one Chili album in my collection, although I wasn't a big fan of their work. Wanted to give it another try, and wasn't disappointed. Brilliant listen.

Great bass lines throughout the whole piece, catchy and sad tunes alike.

Amazing

holy fuck amazing album. nostalgia is a bitch. i love flea. 10/10

The hits are fun but gets a bit samey tbh

No joke, this album generated the day I'm flying out to California for the first time. 1001 Albums knows too much... Anyway, what better way to prepare for a trip to Cali with LA's own Red Hot Chili Peppers! This is probably RHCP at their collective best. A bit front-loaded and nonsensical at times, massive hits such as "Scar Tissue", "Otherside", and the title track are instantly recognizable by many and helped shoot them back into the rock mainstream after a bit of a lull leading up at the time. But like I said, those hits are found within the first six tracks of the album. the second half is a bit hit or miss with some slower, more melodic tracks. Still one of the group's stronger works, though, and helped establish their more modern sound.

Having loved the funk jams of BSSM, this album is so very boring. I can't believe I endured the whole thing.

+: Around the World, Parallel Universe +-: Get on Top, Californication, Porcelain, Emmit Remmus, This Velvet Glove, Purple Stain, Right on Time, Road Trippin' -: Scar Tissue, Otherside, Easily, I Like Dirt 4,0/10

this is my boyfriends rating off the top of his head ty next album please

there’s only so much anthony kiedis i can take… 2.5

Album 560 of 1001 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (1999) Rating : 5 / 5 The first half is near perfect. The 2nd half doesn't live up to that but doesn't make it a dud. I like this a bit more each time I hear it. Wish I had caught on to it when it was originally released. I was about a decade late. "Ding, dang, dong, dong, deng, deng, dong, dong, ding, dang"

The RHCP album for people who don't like RHCP. One digs the mellow vibes and restrained playing throughout. They made a very wise decision not going any farther into rap-rock than they did.

#371. Hey guys, did you know they were from California? 2/5: Road Trippin was good. The rest you can have Song added to playlist: Road Trippin' I've created a playlist on Spotify that consists of the best and/or my favorite song from each of the albums in this book. This list can be found here if you are interested: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7MAXDGLWlwLkFLb8veGfkA?si=FqkQQPgZTFWG0jAUJXLFZA&utm_source=copy-link

Good one however overplayed.

I had this on minidisc and listened to it endlessly. It was pretty much the only album released on minidisc, so the amount of play it got doesn’t reflect the quality. It’s a good album, more listenable than BSSM, but I’m glad I haven’t heard it for years.

Not as bad as I was expecting.

If you’re a punk band who has gotten every rich, you have two choices: write music about how hard you still are, or try something different. This is one of the most successful versions of the latter choice I’ve ever heard. On the nose, yes, but still deeply enjoyable, and heartfelt, and even uplifting.

I think this was the first album in over 250 I've faced listening to with dread. The songs I heard from it at the time I thought were the worst excesses of bland mass fodder. I've reassessed. It's not bad. The songwriting seems more mature and the guitar is certainly tasteful. Flea always provides a joyful lower end. Even Keidis wasn't as annoying as I remember.

Californication is a nineties combination of funk, rock, singles, and excess of compression. Cool track list, but at some point repetitive if you’re not into types of distortions, slapping, and an average singer. It was quite influential, though. I was one of those kids that bought the CD and listened the first half + road trippin non- stop

Ok, this was one of those albums I really wanted to hate more than I actually did, but I have to admit, it had some good elements. That said, Anthony Kiedis is such an arrogant jerk, and it makes it incredibly hard for me to even want to give the Red Hot Chili Peppers a chance when they release new music. Honestly, he’s the biggest roadblock to me ever fully appreciating this band, and because of him, I doubt I ever will.

Great album. Great band. Read Flea’s and Keidis’ bios. It’s surprising they lived long enough to get to the Chili Peppers. Their history together makes their music even more magical and full of love which shines through on Californiacation.

This is an album I've listened to a lot when I was in high school. I still enjoy it a lot. It's instant nostalgia and the lyrics are still very familiar. Best track for me isn't specifically the hit Californication but roadtripping

after blood sugar sex magick, i thought i wasn’t a fan of RHCP. turns out i just didn’t gel with that album, really loved this

Masterpiece!!!

3.75

Idk pretty good. A lot of really plucky rat tat tat funk guitar lines. At times felt corny

Some pretty good highs but the lows kinda stunk. Not my jam overall, though I definitely had some of these on playlists in like 05

I used to like a lot of these songs, over time however RHCP have grown stale and repetitive for me. Pick another state to sing about and maybe I’ll come back to them.

Ah, a second RHCP album. In my previous review, for 'Blood Sugar Sex Magik', I stated that you could make a case for that particular LP all the way up to 'By The Way' and argue that any of those five projects are the band's best work; and I still stand by that. It just so happens that for me I'm usually in the camp of either 'Californication' or 'By The Way', and my preference for either can change depending on whatever mood I'm in at the time. Turns out today I was actually in the mood for 'Californication'. 'Around The World' starts things out with its heavy intro, funk driven verses and melodic chorus; setting the tone for the album. 'Parallel Universe' continues with those bouncy guitar licks, and phenomenal guitar riffs tearing it up for the chorus. Then we're treated to a double offering of, arguably, RHCP's best songs: 'Scar Tissue' and 'Otherside' - mid tempo tracks with some of the most addictive melodies you will ever hear. It's an absolutely perfect way to start an album. We all know the title track 'Californication', with its haunting atmosphere and surprisingly strong lyrics (and let's not forget that amazing music video). Other highlights include: The heavy 'Emit Remmus', The sombre 'The Velvet Glove', the short and catchy 'Right On Time', and the amazing acoustic finisher 'Road Trippin''. In all honesty, my one and only criticism of 'Blood Sugar Sex Magik' was that it was too bloated and lacked enough ideas for its huge 17 song tracklist. While ‘Californication’ is no slouch at 15 tracks, I feel like the band really tightened things up because there isn’t a hint of steam running out by the time it’s all over. It is by bar their best work - both artistically and commercially. They had already broken through before this was released. But I feel 'Californication' really catapulted them into superstars, putting eyes and ears the world over on them for some time. It's a tight tracklist, filled from top to bottom with huge hits and its own solid selection of deep cuts. Overall, it is the absolute best representation of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Now, I can only hope that 'By The Way' is on this list, too. 5/5

Loud and boring.

Good album. Well produced. Great order. A couple of clunkers in the middle, Porcelain and Emit Remmus. I struggle with knowing if the RHCP suck, belong in their own corner of the sand box, or are really very good. My opinion changes daily. Today this album gets 4 stars. If it was a Dave Navarro album it would get zero. IMO... this is their last good album And it's not the best with the Fruschante/Smith addition.

An incredible guitarist and bassist getting dragged down by one of the worst vocalists known to man. Less music made by paedophiles please!

Like the rhcp, was a decent album

Considering I’ve never had time for this band or this album really, I was a little surprised by how nostalgic it made me feel, I was expecting to rate it a 1 or 2 but I think a 3 would be more fair, hadn’t ever really listened all the way through before, can see why it was popular

Never really into them. Appreciate the talent.

Anything else than 5 stars would just be a disgrace

Honestly... this was really difficult to get through. Like, I didn't even actually finish it cause I just could not handle it after 40 minutes. Anthony Kiedis' vocal flows just grate on me, and some of the songs just go on for 2 or 3 minutes longer than they need to - even something like title track Californication, which is alright, could be almost half the length. The rhythm section is admittedly keeping things alive and is clearly full of talent, but there's something about this that just really gets under my skin a bit. To be honest, I almost lost it at track one when he goes ding ding, dong dong. I think the popular tracks besides Californication are decent (Otherside & Scar Tissue, basically) but it makes so much sense to me that I seemingly never hear anyone talk about any of their non-hit songs - they're pants. The singles are like a 5/10, but the album as a whole? 2/10. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood.

Real highs and real lows on this album. A lot of the songs are minor with a descending progression and gets little repetitive.

i like the alt rock, but the sounds are very similar. a few misses and no bangers

I already liked a couple songs but ended up adding a bunch more to my likes. Couple of okay ones, the only song I really didn't like was the dirt one

7/10

Refused to listen to it because Anthony Kiedis is a self confessed pedophile.

we're looking at a golden jewel when it comes to alternative rock, the often immature and smug, yet meaningful and creative red hot chili pepper's top albums is fun to listen to. catchy lyrics, infectious arrangements, sometimes you can't help but wondering how they cooked up some of this stuff in the studio. i think "california" is said at least 100 times in this album.

RHCP at their best, perfect combination of skills, songwriting, and production value

Some great songs. Not the best songs from RHCP, but the overall quality is really good. No particular bad songs.

Love this album. Grew up on most of these songs and discovered a few new ones. The whole vibe of this album is just fun beach druggie vibes.

I think Flea, John Frusciante, and Chad Smith are pretty great-to-amazing players who seem to have been born to make music together. But then there's Anthony Kiedis. Look, there's a reason I'm writing this while and he's a mega rock star. This I know, this I have accepted. That aside -- I mean, come on. His voice isn't necessarily bad, for the most part. Sometimes, not bad even when he doesn't quite hit the note (honestly, that adds some character). But these lyrics? Well, you know what I'm going to say. It's almost cliche to criticize them for that at this point. Some of Kiedis' lyrical hooks work in the choruses ("Scar Tissue," "Otherside"), but even the opening track ("Around the World") stoops to near self-parody with the "bing-a-bap-a-doo-wap" or whatever line in the verse. But he does give Flea and Frusciante the opportunity to harmonize from time to time, and those are always pretty good. Just watch "Under the Bridge" on SNL. What I described above is represented across their discography, of course. Californication is no exception. All of that said, this is a decent but generally solid album, and to whom we can attribute this success is primarily Flea, Frusciante, and Smith. But I recommend going into it viewing the vocals as just another instrument. Which is, of course, true of every album (i.e., not limited to RHCP). It's just that on Californication, the more you view them that way, and the more you disregard the actual words, the more effective the album becomes. The highlight of the album, to me, is the trifecta of "Scar Tissue," "Otherside," and "Get on Top." These songs are preceded by the two opening tracks, and I'd rank these two just below the trifecta. "Around the World" starts as a barn burner that came to rip your face off, only to descend into a middling chorus. "Parallel Universe" is high energy throughout, but, if viewed singularly, is just all right. However, at its place in the album sequence, it works well. And it maintains the album's opening intensity better than the opening track. This leads us to the titular track -- "Californication." This is just all right, I begrudgingly guess. It makes sense to slow the album down at this point. I understand how people have always found the song catchy (especially the chorus), but it's not for me. I don't find it particularly interesting on any level. After that, the album oscillates between mid-level energy and very low energy (I really found the guitar tone/playing at the end of "Porcelain" very interesting, and it completely saves the song), but it never reaches the heights of the first five tracks. Although those tracks with "Road Trippin'" (the albums final track) tacked on after "Otherside" would have made for an unimpeachable EP. But an EP, this is not. The pacing of this album makes sense when viewed as a whole product, but the album started wearing out it's welcome by track nine, "I Like Dirt" (See? I told you to ignore the words), leaving six to nine more songs depending on the version you give a listen. For our purposes here, I am not counting bonus tracks when rating albums, but will call them out if they're great (they're not great here). With that said, we have a 15-track album I'm ready to turn off by the ninth track, and really only care for a third of the songs. And of course, we must address the following: it is painfully obvious that this album is compressed to hell as part of the "loudness wars," but I feel like that aesthetic fits the album more often than not. I'm giving this album three stars (2.5 stars if a half star was an option). I wouldn't object to listening, but I wouldn't request it. The album is more like a great EP (the first five tracks) with some other stuff they wrote tacked onto it to justify an album. These tacked on songs are far from incompetent, they're just...there.

Dancin' around in their underwear. That is so degrading.

2.5 So much better than their earlier album and a solid start but a painful end

Porcelain is such a boring uninspired song and really detracts from the album. Fat dance is one of my favorites and cuntzilla always makes me laugh

Some great songs and some meh songs. Great drums perfectly matched to the songs, I really think he's one of the best drummers in rock today, gives the song exactly what it needs.

ding dang dong dong ding dang dong dong ding dang One of my more embarrassing opinions is that I kinda dig this album. Bite me.

Solid album! Classic

4.9

Used to listen to this so much growing up

Love RHCP and this album has a lot to offer! You can’t put this one on without immediately moving to the groove. Great record.

Great album. Some real bangers on it, and some more understated tracks.

OK

no

Frusciante’s return is appreciated but it’s not really until the next album where things click. But really nothing can save this album. Really the second half is barely worth listening to and as much as I love Otherside… woof.

3 stars for nostalgia.

Love scar tissue, probably my favorite rhcp track but the whole album got a bit boring

p852. 1999. 3 stars. Dated dad rock. A handful of great tracks on this, and on the plus side none of them outstay their welcome. There's a lot of filler though.

Overrated, funky, overplayed

boo

RHCP has always been one of those bands that I have liked and appreciated, but not so much that I ever felt the need to extend a lot of effort to hear outside of their normal exposure ( which was a lot). Listening to this all the way through didn’t really do anything to change that. They have the landmark hits here which gives it the round up. 3.5/5

I had peeled away from listening to the RHCP after Mother’s Milk and Blood, Sugar, Sex Magik, but this album overall holds up upon return listen. I was a bigger fan of their earlier stuff including Uplift Mofo Party Plan, and while this effort expanded their sound into the more commercial rock feel, rating down solely on over saturation and length. There’s def 4-5 songs on here that are filler material and if it had been presented as a solid 10-11 tracks probably would’ve upped my rating. 3.75/4.

Not my fave band, but hard to argue that this album isn’t pretty stacked. This album got lots of play when it came out, and a handful of songs have lived on well past that. Where are these guys from again?

Makes me want to put a tube sock on my weiner and dance around. A most solid return of John Frusciante.

RHCP are one of those bands I typically skip when their songs come on. Not because they’re bad…probably more overexposure than anything. And this album is def one that got played over and over and over again (Californication…looking at you). That said, the quality of the musicians in this band is undeniable. The opening track rocks with all musicians on full display. Yes, the lyrics are pretty med, but the funk is real. Cut 3-4 songs from the album and we could be pushing for a 5*. 4/5

Another modern classic

Hot, nonsensical garbage.

Ok so I knew the hits from this album ("Scar Tissue", "Otherside", and "Californication"), and while I'm not a huge RHCP fan or anything, I figured I'd probably enjoy this. Turns out I wasn't missing much beyond the hits. I'm giving this a 3 because the best songs are great, but I don't think I've come across an album with such a wide variance in how I felt. I swear basically every song was either awesome or almost painfully bad, with very little in between. It's definitely not nu metal, but I had moments where this reminded me of Limp Bizkit (which is not a good thing). I don't know, maybe I'm missing something here, but I just really thought this was all over the board. It's closer to a 2 than a 4 for me, but the hits are good enough to keep it at a 3. You can comfortably ignore the rest. Favorite song: Otherside Other: Scar Tissue, Californication, Porcelain, Savior, Road Trippin' 9/20/24

It's been a few years since I last listened to this one all the way through and I had forgotten how much I like its sound. Even though I'm not a huge Chili's fan, I can't really think of anything I don't like about this album. That said, it just doesn’t resonate with me enough to be a 10/10. The Vibe: Two friends are taking a road trip up the California coast.

I haven't listened to the album for a while. Good opportunity to change that today. I first became acquainted with the band through the track Scar Tissue. That was an eye-opener for me. I've since had the pleasure of seeing the Peppers live a few times. It's incredible how much energy they have. Californication is a great album. 5/5

For some reason I don’t enjoy this. I should. But I don’t.

Love a lot of it. Not so much on some of it.

Otherside, Easily, Road Trippin'

Great album

Ugh.

RHCP. Vinilo.

Started off fun but got boring

I can't relate to the Red Hot Chili Peppers at all. Not my thing, though a few catchy songs and good instrumentals.

Some OK songs with shit lyrics

Maybe my parents were onto something with this one

What the fuck are these lyrics?! Favourite Songs: Scar Tissue, Otherside, Californication. Least Favourite Songs: Get On Top, I Like Dirt.

A classic album that cross genre, something there for all listeners without a need to compromise. Hard rock, funk, classic rock, rap, and all the others. Play it loud or soft works in both modes.

Great album, red hot chilli poppers

bing dinga donga california! gotta gotta gotta get three stars now!

decent sound, very similar sound to prior albums, funk/rock.

When this came out, I disliked it, I felt like RHCP sold out and changed too much. It took me about 10 years to appreciate it, now it’s one of my favourite albums. I think it’s always been great and amazing they could re-invent their sound. For me it’s really the instrumentals that drive this one, I could care less what they’re singing about. Light 5

A classic

This is a special album, not my go to usually but damn it holds a lot of classics

Great album

Enjoyed when I was younger, still know a lot of the words. Fun to sing but ultimately not my jam these days

Very solid album. 3.5-4 stars for me :)

ooooooooookay maybe it's great

The cover of the album is so bad that the music feels worse because of it. How was this approved by the band? But away from badly designed covers and over to the Red Hot Chili Peppers legendary album 'Californication' which features the song of the same name and a couple of others Alt Rock and Funk Rock songs that give off the pure Summer California vibe that we all long for in the winter (well except me because I hate summer but let's ignore that for now). The album is pretty diverse both sonically but also with quality as there are some actual bangers as well as some dozy snoozers. The very funky 'Around the World' starts things off with one of the best songs on the album. It has a nice groove and the Rap verses just add to the playful and energetic song. It's just a really good song that's super fun to listen to and has a surprisingly good structure and chorus. I really like it and think that it's pretty much the essence of what makes the RHCP for so many people: early Rap Rock with a lot of groovy Funk, great bass lines and overall good made music that's easy to enjoy. And it is a really good song even if I think that some passages might not be the strongest, it still turns out to be a really well made track. It gets a little heavier and noisier on 'Parallel Universe' which seems to have some big influences of Post-Punk Revival in the chorus. It's a pretty good song but they could've done a little more with the song as it turns out a little bit washed and unfocused. The highlights are definitely there but one or two major problems arise in the verses mainly the vocal delivery which doesn't really fit at some points. But the lead guitar towards the end together with the fast bass is just crazy. Great song overall but with room for improvement. The heavy and raw energy is tuned back 'Scar Tissue' and replaced with some nice Pop Rock melodies. The detail work here is done really well: The guitars slight build up, the background vocals fit incredibly and the rythmn section's on point. It is a really enjoyable and just great written song which makes it overall just a really great track from start to finish. 'Otherside' keeps the Pop aspect but adds a more sentimental and dark twist to it. The song is just really beautiful in how it's written and performed. The vocals do not collide with the bass or the guitar rather they work together which is quite special on this album with how many raw and loud pieces are found here. It's another great maybe even incredible song and one of my personal favourites from the band. The Funk and Rap return right away on 'Get on Top' together with some Rap Metal which is really nice to hear right after the last song to get the mood up again. The song is pretty silly but it feels like they try to sound much more genuine then they turn out which does harm the song as this is a goofy song and not a genuine and deep song like how some parts are presented. It's still "good" but I just don't really like the presentation of how this "good" is set infront of you. It turns the song average and even annoying. 'Californication' is legendary and everyone's heard it but every time I hear it now I always think about how this is the same melody that Akira Yamaoka used on Promise for the Silent Hill 2 soundtrack which is like my 5th favourite album ever. But back to the song: You know it, the Psychedelic Pop Rock sound and the cute David Bowie reference, the chorus which everyone had stuck in their ears at least once. And yeah, the song is pretty good. Nothing crazy, nothing incredible. It's good but it should've been a little bolder with what it does. The little bits of Hard Rock on 'Easily' are quite nice but they don't save the song from being straight up bad. It's boring and when it isn't that boring it's annyoing. This is pretty much the worst thing music can be: forgettable and the things that aren't stuck in your mind as "not good". Straight up terrible music at least gets stuck and leaves with strong emotions of hate and opinions that you'll fight for. This just flows through one ear, scratches a litte, and leaves right through the other. The albums second half is started with something completely different. 'Porcelain' is dreamy and psychedelic Slowcore which is a pretty interesting touch and they perform this style pretty well considering that they normally are a loud Funk Rock band. It's quite the beautiful song and I really like how the guitar is used here. It's a really good song full of emotional moments and deliveries. They return to their usual style on 'Emit Remmus' which is pretty energetic and Punky with the chorus and the song is pretty alright as a whole but some of the structured moments do feel a little bit unfinished and not fully fleshed out. The track 'I Like Dirt' can be summarized with this meme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a02zyht8B0. No but seriously, the song is bad but it knows that and it doesn't try to be good. It just plays with the silly and downright stupid aspect of it and turns out to be much more enjoyable than some other Rap Rock songs on this album. It's genuinely a really funny track to listen to and I absolutely love it, it's really good. 'This Velvet Glove' is maybe quite well made and the background vocals are a nice touch but I am really uninterested by it. Nothing really grabs my attention and it just flies past me with neither positive nor negative thoughts about it. It's just an average and basic song. The exact same thing is happened with 'Savior', it just flies past me and I do not care for it. It isn't bad but... it isn't good either. Still, the chorus is pretty nice but not enough to make me care for the song especially when the bridge is just that unfocused in how it's presented. The Rap Rock is continued on 'Purple Stain'. The lyrical reference to their guitarist is hilarious and the chorus is really fun. It isn't the craziest song on this album but it's quite good, I like it even if it looses its focus after a while. 'Right on Time' is short but but energetic with some Dance-Punk influence which happens to work really well with the Funky Rap Rock. It's pretty decent but you can't really f*** up a song this short, so even if I am not overly impressed, I still enjoy it. The album closes on the more laid-back Acoustic Folk inspired song 'Road Trippin'' which is a nice ending to the album. It is another song with a switch up of genres and again, it works fine. It feels a lot like an Elliott Smith song which is a nice touch but it doesn't feel overly inventive or like they actually know what they are doing as lyrically, this isn't great or fitting and the guitar carries this whole song. It's still pretty enjoyable though. favourites: Otherside, Scar Tissue, Around the World, Porcelain least favourites: Easily, Get on Top, This Velvet Glove, Savior Rating: strong 6 https://rateyourmusic.com/~Emil_ph for more ratings, reviews and takes

Very tight band who can lay down some funky grooves...but on a deeper level this music does not speak to me at all. It quickly became very tedious. Sorry, not my jam...

Maybe it's nostalgia. I don't know. I'll make it to the moon if I have to crawl. 5/5

listened once months ago. didn’t want to revisit for this. chili peppers suck

YES!!!! Totally awesome album!!!

The album starts with a string of hits and then it just kind of loses steam. If the album had ended after 'Californication' or just a few tracks later this would have been a very strong album, but as it stands it instead just fades and I ended up losing interest a bit. The funk-rock mix works for me in general though Standouts Scar Tissue Otherside Get on Top Californication 4/5

Not a huge fan of RHCP but this was enjoyable

This a good album, in particular the first half. But the production on this is an example of one of the worst mixed and mastered albums of the loudness wars era of music production. Just brickwalled to all hell, smashing any and all dynamic and overall making it fatiguing to the ears.

Long time since listening front to back, still really solid.

The first album I’ve heard from this band, still holds

Really liked this album! Have listened to it through before and was glad to revisit it again a few years later!

solid summer brahhh

I never really got into the Chilis. Still don't love them, but no special reason why. It's a pretty accomplished album, just doesn't do it for me.

Very good rock record! 4/5

Hadn’t listened to this in years, and it brings me back to good times

Great!

Questo disco mi è stato sparato addosso quando avevo 11 anni e mi ha sverginato.

Don't tell anyone...

Too many danglers, close to 5* though

Transported back to the 90s - warm sunny times with great tunes

RHCP are such an interesting listen to me and this album is a microcosm of that experience. The hits are anthemic, timeless, and undeniable, and within an hour I’m really tired of hearing the band. My non-hit-song highlight from here would be “Road Trippin” as it’s a good break from the slappy funk-rock that starts to otherwise blend together as the album lengthens out

This is absolute perfection!!! From start to finish The Chili Peppers deliver. Kiedis reinvents his style and cuts out most of the rap he did before. The lyrics are more melodical and have an outer world quality to them. As opposed to his previous style where he spoke about concrete things, like sex, woman and drugs. Now the style is about the universe, being mindful and California. Frusciante comes back with a new personality. A more peaceful guitarist. A technical ability unmatched, now backed with an idea of production and making the sound fuller. After a decade in the wilderness, a welcome return with a greater appeal. Flea! Oh my God, Flea! The gift that keeps on giving. He holds this together, gives it flavour. I can't fathom how he does it. A power that just flows through the music and simultaneously create a bridge between the big banging drums and the ethereal nature of the guitar. The bass creates so much in the music. Flea provides in a way that is unmatched in rock music. Chad Smith, what a rock star. He eats drums for breakfast! Without Chad this is really anything. He defines it. He gives the artists in the band the foundation of Rock. His style is so heavy but so technically adept. A true rock star guiding this band into genre. This album is a combine of love. The people making it do it out of love for the music. The Chili Peppers are reborn from here on out and the world was never the same again!!

A pretty good album, although I did love the lyrics or the singing. The guitar work is good. 3.5

Not their best, but it's alright. Most songs are good, except when he tries to rap. Lyrics are very adolescent for a bunch of almost 40 year olds. He said fornication, huh huh. Favorite song: Parallel Universe. Not as good as Blood Sugar Sex Magic, which was ****. Not bad enough for ***.

Californication I really liked By The Way when it came out (and very much enjoyed them at V) and I subsequently listened to this a fair bit around that time. I haven’t listened to any RHCP since then so I was really looking forward to revisiting it. I don’t know whether I've changed or it hasn't aged well in the intervening years but overall I found this a bit of a struggle. There’s lots I should like; Frusciante’s guitar, Chad Smith’s drumming, Flea’s obvious skill as a bassist, and it's clear they can write some good catchy hooks as there are a few very good songs, Scar Tissue, Otherside and Road Trippin’, but there’s just something about the whole thing I couldn’t connect with. I found Kiedis’s voice tough going, in a way I didn’t 20 odd years ago, and while he can come up with the odd gem there is a lot of lyrical stupidity presented seriously. Also, I thought this sounded quite ropey - even on really good headphones it felt like I was listening on a portable FM radio from the 90s. It sounds like it’s all on one narrow band with no sense of depth, everything all bunched in the middle. The snare sound is also quite distracting. I do find Rick Rubin interesting, and he’s produced a lot of great records, but he does have quite a few bad sounding records in there too, this included. Overall it’s not that I disliked it, or I thought it was bad, or that they aren’t very skilled, I just found it hard going over the course of a few what felt like pretty long listens. Maybe it’s a result of the production, or Kiedis’s voice or that there is a distinct sameyness to their formula but I just felt like it’s not really for me, and doesn’t hold a great deal of interest beyond those few good songs. Somewhat with regret, as I was expecting more enjoyment, it's a 3, and an album I’m unlikely to come back to. 🌶️🌶️🌶️ Playlist submission: Otherside

Loved Red Hot Chilli Peppers and this album when I was a teenager. That love has diminished somewhat in recent years but you can’t deny that this is one of their best albums. Loved a whole bunch of songs here, pretty much everything from the first half, and didn’t care for others. It’s still pretty great however and more soulful than I remember.

This was too much Red Hot Chili Peppers at once; I prefer smaller doses of them. Also, the hits were miles better than the rest of the album. Stand-out: Road Trippin'

La prima metà spacca davvero

l'unico motivo per cui non sono cinque stelle piene è la ripetitività di alcune canzoni che trovo molto simili l'una con l'altra, ma comunque spacca.

Bell’album, ringrazio Gemitaiz per avermelo fatto conoscere

play that funky music white boy

Otherside, Californication are my favorites from the album. A really nice introduction to RHCP and none of the tracks are annoying or boring.

the number of times they say I really might dream of californication. But lots of great tracks on here though. Road trippin was a good find.

Had more fun listening to the non-singles. The rest I’ve heard 1000 times and go hard

Such an amazing album

Pretty good, some songs were very eh.

I enjoyed this one from the Chilis. The guitars sounded great. I liked the bass being so prominent.

The Chili’s never fail to impress

Such a great album. They sound so good, the songs have range and variety from catchy and fun to slow and more melancholy, like "Porcelain". Then you have some real classics on there with "Around the World" (which is such a great way to kick off an album), "Otherside" (which was the first Chilis song that I can recall listening to and really liking), "Scar Tissue" (first Chilis song I learned on guitar), and "Californication" (which is one of their all time best songs). Top to bottom its just great music, everyone in the band is on point and it doesn't have any super weird, super sexual songs like "Sir Psycho Sexy" which kinda ruined Blood Sugar Sex Magik for me. Overall awesome album.

it's their best album. love the combo of John & Flea. more maturity in their music. does feel like album lags a bit toward middle, but still overall an excellent album

Had to restart this album several times cause I thought something was wrong with my streaming settings. Might have been a four if it didn’t sound so bad.

Day226 - not many bands get better after fifteen years together but to me this is better than blood sugar sex magik. this album kinda defined their sound since then

I'm not the biggest Chili Peppers fan. I think BloodSugarSexMagic was amazing, but after that I think they're just fine. This album, though, has to be considered a classic. Although I've never listened to this album all the way through, it's one of those that you kind of *feel* like you've listened to the whole thing because there were so many major hits released. I'll give it 4 stars, well deserved.

Great. Kind of missed this when it first came out.

the attempted "mature" reconfiguring of potential worst-band-of-all-time red hot chili peppers' image does not mean that their usual panic-attack-inducing levels of abhorrent douchebag vibes are gone, but rather smothered in a layer of boring detachment and faux-gravity that only takes everything further into the deepest levels of artistic hellishness. one of the smallest, most claustrophobic experiences ive ever had with any music ever, i genuinely do not think there is a single second on here that is of Any aesthetic or emotional value to me. im so not used to having blindspots like this anymore, because clearly people like the band, including multiple ppl in my Life who i love and care ab, but in my heart of hearts i have absolutely no idea why anyone would make or listen to music like this. and holy shit why does it SOUND LIKE THAT i was prepared for an overloud brickwall not, whatever the fuck this burnt cornchips palate is

Some bangers but ultimately enjoyable until we hit Savior and then I hated it all until the last song

pretty solid actually

This was the album that launched them into a stadium band. Had it tears ago and played it to the death, not listened for years but loved it. Showed how good they could be on their day.

This is a classic. I almost feels light hearted in its simplicity.

2.5

Interesting fact, when you use Apple Music Karaoke feature that isolates the music, the RHCP sound amazing, the music is really good. However once you add the vocals it all takes a nose dive. Don’t like the voice and the lyrics are all too often laughable. Never really enjoyed the band and don’t ever listen to them, listening to this was tough….

Lots of great songs

I've always enjoyed the instrumentals of RHCP, but the vocals can grate on me at times. There's something about the vocals that sound almost lazy, which might be on purpose, but I don't like it. Flea and John definitely carry the band in my eyes. Californication has some RHCP songs that I do genuinely like, such as Californication and Otherside, but I just don't think it is that great. I really hate the intro to Around the World as well, and all the poor attempts at rapping, if that's what it is meant to be.

There are some tracks I really don't like, but the highs are enough to bring the average up

师弟推荐过，不戳

Pretty good album with a handful of classic songs.

Er staan wat hits op, het klinkt bekend en is uit 'onze tijd'. Maar sorry, sorry, sorry, ik vind dit geen prettig luisterbare muziek. Veel nummers zijn voor mij het muzikale equivalent van iemand die in je oor staat te schreeuwen. Of van een gortdroog beschuitje dat je zonder beleg op moet eten. Misschien zijn dit wel mijn Beatles: ik snap de hype niet.

Al even terug geluisterd, maar nog geen tijd gehad om te schrijven. Hij lijkt nog goed in het hoofd te zitten. Wat ook al een prestatie op zich is. Kan ook komen door de voorgerechten die ik geserveerd kreeg. Want man, wat een meuk kwam er die week voorbij. Waar ligt dat aan? Dat weet je op zo'n moment niet helemaal. Maar als je dan een plaat aanzet als dit, wordt het duidelijker. Wat een verschil zeg. Een album dat als geheel de aandacht heeft gegeven. Natuurlijk helpen de hits. Maar die vormen samen niet het enige onderdeel van de stevige fundering. Alles zit ontzettend sterk in elkaar. En het is heel afwisselend. Zelfs met zo'n kenmerkende stem kan je nog heel wat kanten op. Deze band laat zich zeker niet beperken. En dus, ondanks dat het niet echt mijn smaak is, heb ik hier met plezier naar geluisterd. En verdient de afgeleverde kwaliteit niets minder dan 5 sterren.

Een klassieker onder de klassiekers. Het samenspel tussen Flea en Frusciante, Chad Smith als funky drummer. Dit album staat misschien wel in mijn top10 aller tijden, dus dit wordt een hele simpele 5 sterren. Ga ik verder weinig woorden aan vuil maken.

Unbelievable first half of the album strong second half

Four too many songs. 11 would’ve been perfect. But I mean, RHCP a whole vibe, as the kids say.

Pretty good album. If I’m gonna be honest, I felt it was a bit too long - it dragged in parts and by the end I was waiting for it to be over. Not that it was a bad album, I enjoyed it quite a lot. There was some nice softer passages which I thought nicely complimented the harder/rockier/louder parts. Overall a really good album, I will need to listen to it again in hopes that it will grow on me a bit more. 6.5/10

I wanna hate on this album, but man, have you heard John Fruiscante sing backing vocals?

They pick their singles well, and they write some catchy musical phrases. Most typically, the guitar particularly stands out, and the whole band really plays well together. But I just can't get over this apparent man-child who can't stop rap yell-rapping at me. Man is his vocal delivery obnoxious when he doesn't just sing. When he does sing, it's nice. But most often, I can't wait to move on.

2.5☆/5 08.06.2024

4 stars

Great overrated album

DREAM OF CALIFORNICATION. this shit happened to me. around the world- 5 parallel universe- 4 scar tissue- 7. song i listen to when my wife leaves me cause im on a bender. otherside- HOW LONG HOW LOOOOONGGG. 6 kinda boring get on top- gorilla. 5 californication- DREAM OF CALIFORNICATIONNNN. the thing about this song is its not very good. 4 easily- 4 porcelain- 5 or 6 emit remmus- dont care 4 i like dirt- me too. 5 or 6 this velvet glove- 4 savior- 3 purple stain- 4 right on time- 5 or 6 road trippin- 3 or 4 mid

Definitely deserves to be on this list. I've got a couple of other RHCP albums and listen to them regularly.

mmmh kiedis schwirig. intrumentals cool. finds mit de ziit streng und langwilig. schlusslied cute. aber sorry leider es zwei. sorry sorry chili pepper fanz

jo nervig aber au paar cooli lieder

ding ding dong dong ding ding dong dong ding ding 5.3/10 instagram reels carried me through this listen 😴

Not as good as I wanted it to be, the only track I've heard from this album is Californication and I've always loved that track, I was genuinely hoping that there was more of the same on it but it seems to have missed The Mark a bit

Never listened to this all the way through before, very good

There are a lot of good songs on the album but this solidified for me that rhcp aren’t an album band - more anal bum band

This was great. First time listening to a full RHCP album and I really enjoyed it.

This is an excellent album wow. Just hit after hit

The hits from this album have been in the ether to such an extent that it's easy to take for granted its place in the elder-mid millennial pop culture canon. Front-loaded with big hits, it drags in the second half. For better or worse, RHCP certainly have a distinct sound and vibe.

Classic

Californication, around the world, and get on top are definite highlights. It’s a fun but pretty chaotic soundscape that often feels like it lacks direction. But for all that, it’s pretty good stuff

Not my style

Favorite Track: Scar Tissue

This is probably one of the best RHCP albums to listen to front to back. Typically there's a huge swing in quality from track to track on a RHCP release but there's less of that here. The album is still very front loaded, with some of their most iconic songs appearing one after the other, but there's still a lot of good material in the back half. "This Velvet Glove" and "Road Trippin'" were surprisingly good in particular. Overall, very good album. It's a classic for a reason (though I think By The Way is a little better).

Some catchy tunes but I'm extremely indifferent to the themes here. Very self-indulgent. The song "Porcelain" is downright cringey. Keidis' is no Freddie Mercury, let's just say that. Or T.S. Eliot. Flea and Chad Smith are a top-tier rhythm section (of course) and the harmonic interplay between Frusciante and Flea is compelling, and the thing that makes this an album not to miss before you are dead: in the ground or in an urn on your grandchild's mantlepiece, never really knowing whether you had an impact on others, never having the fulfillment of a life well lived. Perhaps your death will be a glorious one, say, fighting for the liberation of a righteous people whose only hope is to live autonomously, unburdened by interlopers, overlords, or autocrats. More likely though is that death will come to you through the inevitable and unremarkable disintegration of your physical being. If you heard this album before your imminent demise, well at least there's that. But like so many others, I wish Anthony Keidis was a better singer and they could think of something besides drugs, sex, and California to write about. There's nothing pulling me in on this.

Fantastic album. I know its singles were way overplayed but even the lesser played tracks were bangers.

Not a fan, but it was alright.

the Red Hots are somehow both underrated and overrated.

Funk rock fusion!

If I can name 3 of the 4 members of a band it’s a good chance I like ‘em. And I can and I do. Album has a cool vibe to it and despite’s the obvious innuendos the lyrics work.

I liked Scar Tissue and Around The World. I gave up during Easily. I don't think this album is for me.

Its ok. Generic somewhat. Front loaded with the dingles

Banger! All de hits!

Undisputed!

I got into t this album more than expected. Will definitely revisit some of these songs

annoying (derogatory)

Simply phenomenal.

Never liked this album.

So. Many. Hits. More polished than their 90s work, this is RHCP at the peak of their powers. Listened to: at home. Favorite tracks: Scar Tissue, Otherside, Around the World

Some brilliant tunes but album spoilt by being too much filler

Really enjoyed this. Liked it before but seemed to enjoy it even more now.

Nothing can adequately explain what makes music so personal. Often it gets tied symbolically to something- a time, a film, a live concert, an event- and that’s what explains it. Mostly it just connects. In this case for me it was the soundtrack for one of the worst drives in the country, the most expensive highway in the continental US and a near 6 hours of absolutely nothing to see. No beautiful views. No impressive feats of human engineering. Just road and average roadside. For hour after hour. The Pennsylvania Turnpike really is a long haul. To this day Californication immediately brings me back to that day in 1999 where a 5 1/2 hour drive took me almost 10. If you asked me what the PA Turnpike Sounds like - it sounds like this record. Mostly medium tempo. Flashes of excitement mixed mostly with daydreaming and nearly nodding off. Thematically similar to my life at the time I was growing up fast. More mature than what came before with this tinge of excitement for what would be the next stage of my life while nostalgically wishing not to lose the past. And by the way this album flows a lot like the drive- starting off energetic and ending with a whimper. I learned some very important lessons that trip. You sometimes have no control. Plans don’t always work out. Know yourself and ask for what you want. Take what you can get. One of those lessons happened on the way across state. A huge tractor trailer overturned West of Harrisburg- on a stretch with no exits for tens of miles. We were stuck. Like put it in park and get out if the car stuck. People were initially fuming and then this strange camaraderie took hold. I was sitting in the hood of my car playing guitar (trying to figure out Scar Tissue). Families with kids were picnicking. These two bikers, an “old” couple (probably my age now) were walking up and down the aisles of cars ‘dancing’ for all the little kids and laughing. We were there for quite literally hours with nowhere to go. Some dude ended up walking down the median with a wheel behind cooler handing out bottled water and drinks. The couple in the pickup next to me (I still remember her name was Candy, don’t remember his, and she did NOT like like a Candy- more like a Martha) joked about unpacking their grill and cooking dinner for our “block”. Eventually things started to happen and I never saw the Bikers or Candy ever again. And yet whenever Parallel Universe comes on or I hear Scar Tissue I vividly remember looking up at the clouds playing guitar like I was all alone. Peaceful, unafraid. Unencumbered. Sometimes when you realize you’re stuck and you just accept it things just seem to work out. I absolutely loved this album in 1999. The same year I almost saw them at Woodstock ‘99 (my friend Ron and I woke Sunday morning in Rome NY and decided that we were about to be inside some semblance of a riot so we split) Hearing it now it takes me back. And the feeling I get is this terrible boredom of driving, a sense of unease. And memories of my impromptu friendships that afternoon. “With the birds I share this lonely view”. It’s a really good record that for a very very long time I would occasionally put on and listen to. Porcelain is one of my favorites. But… the Peppers have always been outside of my wheelhouse. They’re just one tiny bit from great in my opinion- but the closest they’ve ever come for me was in 1999 when I drove to Pittsburgh from Philly to see the woman I loved. This one gets a 4 for actual musical impact and a 5 for nostalgia so since we can’t go halvsies…..

Chill funky 90s vibes.

I was a huge RHCP fan when I was in high school (1992 - '95). I enjoyed every album up through Blood Sugar Sex Magik (some more than others, Freaky Styley, Uplift Mofo, Mother's Milk). I don't know if it was the drugs, or what, but man did they turn to garbage. Clearly I don't want them to start doing heroin again, but dude....

It's not... BAD, it just kind of washes over me a bit. I think the vocal style has aged quite badly. 2.5

Really good album. I think my biggest negatives are that it can sound fairly similar at times, is probably a little longer than it needs to be, and it front loads the best songs at the start. Ultimately those aren't that bad, just the things that kept this album from a 5. With that said, it's an easy to listen to album that throws the listener right in with Around the World. The first 6 songs are the best part of the album and the back end starts to listen more like filler but is still good music. Definitely one that will get play going forward, atleast songs from it will.

It's always funny when the frontman is by far the worst part of the band. Flea and frusciante really push every song with their skill and Smith really locks in with flea to hold down the rythym. Keidis' lyrics are pretty nonsensical a lot of the time, but to his credit, when it works it works. When it doesn't it comes off as rather cringey. He also is not a great singer. However, this album features plentiful hits and highlights their ability as a band to write a great album, and demonstrate how the sum can be greater than it's parts.

I mean, def one of Chili's best, but I'm not chilis fan :/

Best Song: Otherside

These guys sure know how to make music huh? 4/5

Freshman year of college. Not their best.