Californication

I prefer Blood Sugar Sex Magik over this one, and I'd give that one 4 stars, so makes sense to give this one 3. Don't intend on listening again.

So classic. Great bass riffs, fun lyrics, so catchy. A no skip album

Cool album. I liked pretty much the whole thing, but there were certain songs that didn’t do it for me.

i do not like this kind of music

RED AND HOT??? PEAK

This is one of the first albums I’ve come across that I was already pretty familiar with the artist, and knew a lot of songs on this album already. I really enjoyed it but I can’t deny the fact that after listening to the full album, it is a little … samey? I really enjoyed the first half but it got real monotonous anfter that. And the ones that are super different, like Porcelain, become almost jarringly so. I do like the noise they’re making, but there’s a lot of it without a lot of variation so I can’t score it higher based on familiarity alone. I would listen again, and if it was playing somewhere, I’d happily enjoy it. But I can’t say I’d be able to differentiate what song exactly is playing.

This has to be one of the most front loaded albums ever. The first 6 tracks are had me going. Then it went downhill so fast I was like this went from 5 stars to 3. The closing track thankfully saved the day and while I can't give it 5 stars when I would never play side 2 of a record it is a solid album and I think it might be my favorite from the RHCP. I know there fans would probably find that blasphemous but thats like just your opinion man.

Californication is punctuated by poignant funk bass lines and guitar riffs, however after the title track, the album falls into a state of inconsistent and uninspired tracks, running out of steam from an otherwise amazing and fresh first half.

IM NOT EXCITED FOR THIS Oh my god this is so ass Dog shit mixing Parallel universe is alright His voice being so fucking far up in the mix with no reverb or anythinh is pissing me off Had to listen to get on top in like 64kbps idk if thats the actual resolution or if that was my connection Californication is okay if you dont listen at all while its on Emit Remus pissed me off so bad im going to go listen to some good music we'll see if i finish it

I pretty much hate RHCP. This album did nothing to change that opinion. A couple decent song but there is nothing special here. I could definitely have died without ever hearing this one.

i honestly expected to enjoy this as I like the big singles from this album but man was I wrong. The other tracks here mostly don't sound like them at all and whenever Kiedis starts rapping on these other tracks all hope for a good song is quickly lost.

The hits stand out, but not as good as I remember it being when it came out.

• 2/5 • never understood popularity of this album. It’s essentially two songs: one funky/rappy with the same beat each time and no great innovation in the wordplay or flow; and one funky/ballady. If the album were 10 minutes long it might be 4 stars, but the repetitiveness kills it for me

Não me classificaria mesmo como fã ou até ouvinte de Red Hot Chilli Peppers, mas lembro dessas músicas tocando, estar de férias, e até ter tempo de realmente ouvir música.

I've heard every song on this album a million times over and I still tap my foot and sing along. Exists in my head perfectly in between cringe and gold in a way I think I'll like forever

Around the World 3 Parallel Universe 3.4 Scar Tissue 3.4 Otherside 3.5 Get on Top 2.7 Californication 3.5 Easily 3.4 Porcelain 2.8 Emit Remmus 3.2 I Like Dirt 3 This Velvet Glove 3.2 Savior 3 Purple Stain 3.3 Right on Time 3.4 Road Trippin' 2.9 Score: 3.18

album full of diff versions of same song?

Contender

not my fav

i like dirt i like dirt i like dirt i like dirt

Good balance of gritty, high energy songs and melodic ballads. Not bad. Californication is my fave song from the album.

Good album but still only the 4th best RHCP album (imo SA, BTW, BSSM are better). Songs after californication are quite mid tbh (liked the last 4 on relisten though). Overall I still love it.

enjoyable 3.30

Rayos!! El paso de los años está haciendo estragos en mi cuerpecito

I know probably 2 RHCP songs. I've heard of this album though! So I'm excited to hear it. I feel like the RHCP songs I've heard I've liked? But not enough to ever look into them obviously. A lot more pop than I expected? Like not as hardcore as I was thinking it would be. His voice is not my favorite but it's very late 90s/early 2000s. That Hootie/Dave Matthews sound lol. This is like... marketable grunge lmao. I like it though! It's not revolutionary for me but I'm not disliking it. It's gotten easier for me to rate things as I listen. I'm still waiting til the album is over to give my official rating of course but I usually know by the third or fourth song. I liked the slower songs surprisingly! I like dirt was silly lmao. This is a long album though!

Maybe the worst lyrics I've ever heard. John Frusciante is great though, could listen to homeboy play all day if it weren't for Mr. Ding Dong Deng Ding Dong.

I listened to this again, even though I’ve heard it a million tines. I particularly like the album tracks. It’s odd to me that this is some people’s ´peak chilli peppers’ - as that will always be ‘Blood Sugar Sex Magic’ for me. I don’t know whether to give this a five because I’ve listened to it so much or a four because it’s not my favourite album of theirs. Oh well. Whatever.

A slightly nostalgic bias in this rating, however still think it’s a solid album…

A classic. Always a great listen

-Around the World is my favorite chili peppers song and is an absolute banger way to start the album - liked Emit Remmus stood out more than on previous listens.

Pretty good

Yellow Chilled Bell Peppers

Guilty pleasure album. I've loved it for ages

There was a time period where I listened to this album every day. Some great songs here.

Never a huge fan of this band. It all sounds like it came from the same formula.

Oh boy. Real trip down high school memory lane, and not all in a good way.

This album is fantastic from start to finish. Where I think it shines is it's breadth - it has something for everyone and every song is very unique. Like drums? Savior is a very drum first song. Like fast-paced almost rap-like lyrics? Right On Time is yours. The title song Californication is almost ballad-like. And then it ends with Road Trippin' - an acoustic gem. Lots of others blend some of these traits into one song. The versatility and range of this album is just top notch (and the band itself is incredible). Every song on the album being unique is something more artists should strive to do.

puerile tosh, with an exhausting, compressed sound

Flea is a bass monster. But Anthony Kiedis’ voice isn’t my jam, and I don’t enjoy them on record as much as I do live.

Annoying

Californian vibes.

This is a very front loaded album. The back half is unmemorable, but not bad, with the exception of Road Trippin. RHCP has better albums, but it's nice to have John back on this one.

This was not as bad as I remembered. Exciting times.

rounding down bc it’s really hard to listen to a 63 yo man when you know they’re dating a 19 yo. bleck.

Un peu répétitif mais c’est un style. Quelques bangers

I would be hard pressed to rate this album any less than a 5 star. The musicianship is just phenomenal in this album, vocals are great (some of RHCP's best), and the songs are just so catchy and easy to vibe to. I could turn this album on whenever, in whatever setting with whatever mood I'm in, and I would rock out to every single track. I knew a few of the big hits going in (i.e Scar Tissue & Otherside), but it was really the songs I didn't know like Parallel Universes and This Velvet Glove that really made me fall in love with this album. Easy 5/5

Parallel Universe

Like with most RHCP records, its good but overstays its welcome

Pues muy bueno obviamente, es cierto que tiene alguna parte de alguna cancion un poco extraña, pero es un discazo, además creo que nunca lo habia escuchado entero

Drowns out my manager’s voice really well

This album really sounds like a product of its time now, and I'm not sure if that is a good thing or not. Also wish there was the option for half-stars on this rate scale. 2.5 stars.

i almost got lost in the woods while listening to this album 3,5/5

Vaya coñazo de grupo. Me ha parecido un disco doble. Tiene pasajes interesantes y un trabajo de guitarra excelente, pero sencillamente sus canciones no me interesan y su estilo es empalagoso.

Awesome album. Solid bops all the way through.

Only caused mild pain.

Perfection. Peak Chili Peppers

Every song is 1/10 or 10/10

A surprising number of hits on this album, which holds up very well.

Solid album, just not quite as good as “Blood Sugar Sex Magik”

Excellent

Front heavy

1.5

The band with the great drummer Mr. Smith and a cool guitarist. Flea is a talented bassist (who can be a bit show-offish) and Anthony Kiedis exists. The album sounds baaad but there are some cool moments. Also, for all the cool moments, there are Anthony singing "ding ding, dong dong..." etc. Can I just suffer in peace? I like "Otherside", that's a good song. Highlights: "Otherside". 2.5 stars.

I really enjoyed revisiting pretty much all the way through. I will say that it is very front loaded, though I think the back half supports it really well, even if most of it are lesser versions of what was earlier in the album. "Savior" to me is a great late album track. Probably my favorite of the non hits on here. "Otherside" is still probably my favorite RHCP song. If there is one thing that I found frustrating is after "Savior" the sequencing just sucks. Though "Road Trippin" I think is a great song and a great way to end the album, and the other two songs aren't terrible, they just kind of feel like they were tacked in there without thought of flow or anything. Still overall a really good listen not quite 4½ stars to me but in the upper quarter of 4.

I like the title track, not so much the rest, especially the vocals and bass. 2.5 stars

I think the first half of this album is really great, and I think it starts really strong with "Around the World", "Parallel Universe" and "Scar Tissue". Really, all the singles from this album are quite solid. The band sounds great and this is some of their most consistent songwriting. I think the second half falls apart a little, and overall, trimming this by about 15 minutes probably would've given us a 4.5-5 star album. As it stands now, I'm going 4 stars on it.

1.5

"I'm forever near a stereo saying, what the f**k is this garbage? And the answer is always the Red Hot Chili Peppers." From Nick Cave, whose former band The Birthday Party is responsible for Junkyard. This on the other hand is a true out and out rock classic from the late 90s. A fantabulous comeback record after guitarist John Frusciante left and then rejoined the group. It’s fun, funky, rocky but not too cocky. A little older and a little wiser. Around The World, Otherside, Scar Tissue and the title track are all S tier songs for the decade and whilst the second half is not as strong there’s nothing here that falls below a 7 out of 10 and delicate tracks like Porcelain and Road Trippin’ show off the band’s incredible range with aplomb. Album score is 4.5 if I feel dutiful. Take a 5 because life is beautiful

Dans le fond j'aime surtout la guitare de Frusciante. Pas mal de choses m'ont laissé ni chaud ni froid

Way better than expected. I'm not a RHCP fan, uet this is probably the best collection of songs they have

Holds up mostly well

Nostalgic

Fav: Parallel Universe Least Fav: Get On Top It’s insane how much of a downgrade that second half was, WOW

This album features 15 tracks - one for every year that Anthony Kiedis’ girlfriend has been alive. 2 stars. RHCP has some of the most juvenile, vapid lyrics in rock music.

An all timer personally, I know it's flawed in a lot of ways. Lyrically it's horrendous at times but for pure funk, grove and melody. I'm absolutely in. 4 stars all day.

I think this album is good but a little overrated.

i do not like RHCP

Listened before?: Oh yes. Many, many times. I seem to be in a run of albums I listened to on repeat in the early 2000s.

Good, not great. Knew more of it than I realized.

Lyrics a little cringy at times, I feel like this is either your vibe or not. I am very much not a beach person. Last song is nice but I really just am not enjoying this very much.

Was actually better than I thought. I've always loved the peppers but had never really listened to them after One Hot Minute. This album has some really good jams on it!

So many hits off this album. I remember when this came out. I think it was the perfect thing for the time. It seemed fresh at the time, and still sounds relevant. I like this one because I feel like RHCP sort of reinvented themselves with this album. The things that came after this all sound like Californication to me.

Full of hits. Loved in then, still thinks it's great. Who can't love lyrics like "Ding, dang, dong, dong, deng, deng, dong, dong, ding, dang". 4/5

Ok

Classique album, ne fesse pas aussi fort que Blood Sugar Sex Magik malheureusement, s'essoufle pas mal vite sur la deuxième partie, léger 4

First half, "Oops, all bangers". Second half is for sure less iconic, but it's interesting enough not to drag. My favorite RHCP album.

Probably 4.5 really

Still one of the best RHCP albums, classic all the way throught

Half of this album didn’t age super well but there are some undeniable jams on it.

This album saw the return of original guitarist John Frusciante, who had left the band some years previously after struggling with drugs and alcohol. The recording process sounds like they had fun, creating a relaxed west coast garage feel with a mix of punk, funk and laid back vibes. There are a couple of instances of white people rapping, but fortunately not too many to spoil things.

The truth with this album is that many of us from my generation (millenials) enjoyed it when it was released, and it was one of our entry point to louder/heavier music. The "white dude rapping" thing was also probably part of its success for us, as hip hop was big for people around me, and all this *gesture* including nu metal, with white people rapping and collaborations between rappers and metalheads was a gateway to a whole new universe. And I think that, for many of us moving to other, "more serious" stuff, it started to be frowned upon to like this as it is way too mainstream. Yes, this white dude rapping is cringe sometimes; yes, the lyrics are totally dumb (but hey, English is not my first language so I generally don't really care to be honest); yes, some songs are too cheasy, but fuck it, it still works. It's not perfect -- far from it -- but it is an efficient album, very mainstream, but with some good bits in it, skillful musicians, and it was a gateway album opening to new horizons for many of us. So fuck self-righteous gatekeepers, this is good. The first half of this record is solid (with peak dumb lyrics in the first song, they really know how to open an album), with a strong progression until Californication. The second half is a bit more chaotic and it might have been shorter but, once again, it's not perfect.

Classic

Awesome songs + nostalgia = 5/5

Second album proposé après 'Blood Sugar Sex Magik' que je n'avais pas vraiment apprécié (noté 2/5). Ce second album commence bien, j'ai découvert "Parallel Universe" (++) en plus de "Scar Tissue" (+) et "Californication" (0) que j'avais déjà entendu. Et après ... rien de vraiment captivant. Par exemple 'Porcelain' (---) génère un ennui profond. Et on n'est qu'à la moitié de l'album. Que je n'ai pas du tout envie de ré-écouter avec tous ses morceaux moyens. =>2/5

I find that I do like this better than Blood Sugar Sex Magik but it's not something I would revisit. It does contain my all-time favorite RHCP song. Favorite: Otherside Would I listen to it again: Probably not (except Otherside)

The hit songs are pretty good but I've heard them a million times. All the less popular songs seem kind of lame sing songy type vocals. I really liked them back in the 90's but it seems to have worn off for me. Wouldn't really mind if I never heard this album again.

Excellent

Many years ago, a new restaurant opened down the street from me, and it was the talk of the town. Despite my proximity, I missed out on the opening weeks, then I forgot about it, and even though the restaurant opened with great fanfare and media coverage, had great reviews, and I heard multiple word of mouth ravings, eventually I stopped hearing about it. Then, a year-on I heard the place was going to close shop. Feeling tremendous fomo, like I’d missed out on a vital cultural event, I made a reservation during its last few death-throw days. I had trouble finding people who wanted to come with me (and although that could be because I’m a wretched, hated individual, I’m going to blame the restaurant). The service was abysmal, but the food semi-decent. Still, the decor was top notch, and overall I couldn’t find too much wrong with it. I asked myself, why is this place closing so soon? What brought about its failure? Then, I noticed the music in the background. They only played Red Hot Chili Peppers. Songs repeated, sometimes back to back. It all became clear. In all seriousness, Californication isn’t the worst album of all time or anything. I actually saw the Chili Peppers in my youth at Lollapalooza, and it was fairly epic. I crowd-surfed the distance of like three football fields and wound up dumped in a tight mosh-pit of sweating naked bodies. Really, it was a Dante-esque experience. But, I’ve heard these songs so many times under so many horrible contexts with so many horrible people, it’s hard to listen to this objectively. My point of reference will be the songs I didn’t know so well on this album. They were actually pretty good. So, a four for the songs I didn’t know, and a two for the associations with the songs I knew too well. I’ll give it an even Steven three.

I've enjoyed and loved songs by them, some included on this album, but haven't ever really enjoyed a project front to back from them. Favorite Songs: Otherside / Californication

RHCP makes me sad in such an odd way. There is clearly a talented group but, for whatever reason, never put it together. Great songwriting is paired with incredibly mediocre songwriting. 6/10 Favorite Song: Californiacation

Fuck the haters, this album rules

I think I really like this record, but haven’t listened to it in a long time. Starts strong but really trails off at the end. Probably their best work overall.

I enjoyed this album, I need to read more into the lryrics but a few songs were good and I enjoyed Californication.

Nostalgic drive through the end of the 90s, not my favorite RHCP album but definitely one of the top classics.

Son una de las grandes bandas, por sonido, por actitud y por discografía. Flea y Kiedis, más el inestimable apoyo de Frusciante, configuran una máquina díficil de igualar. Este no es su mejor disco, obviamente es Blood sugar, sex magik, pero sí es uno de los mejores. Desde la imponente portada, que los incendios de California hacen que siga vigente, hasta temazos como el titular o la inicial Around the world. No es un disco cualquiera, es ya el séptimo, y va entre la continuación de Blood sugar (el subestimado One hot minute) y su último gran disco, By the way. Luego publicaron algo así como su White Album, luego se fue otra vez Frusciantes, luego dejó de producir Rubin, luego volvió todo pero había pasado el tiempo... Produce como es habitual, Rick Rubin. Vuelve (limpio) Frusciante, vuelve la alegría. Nada menos que 6 sencillos, y un fabuloso éxito de crítica y ventas. De hecho es su mejor disco en cuanto a ventas. Además premio Grammy como regalo. A las ya comentadas se les une la melodía de Scar Tissue y Otherside, la fuerza de Get on top. De hecho la primera mitad del álbum entra como un cuchillo sobre mantequilla. Los Chili Peppers han vuelto!! Luego meten cosas más psicodélicas y complejas, pero son sabor a Chili Pepper: Savior o This Velvet Glove. En resumen, ponga al menos un disco de los RHCP en su vida, y si no es BSSM que sea este.

Zero stars. I hate it so very much.

real nice

Really liked this one, haven’t actually heard any of the songs from it before so not affected by hearing some of these over and over again, the guys vocals took like one song to get into but it was easy to adapt to. Favourites: scar tissue, get on top and the last song which was a nice change of pace from the rest of the album. The guitar was one of the highlights of the album but I think the chemistry of the entire band works really well aswell. Overall 8/10.

2.8 I think, alright, few nice songs, overall not my thing tho

This album is a classic, and even though I don't like RHCP that much, I appreciate this record, and it can be fun to listen to at times.

För tankarna till hobbyband på lokal stadsfestival. Lättuggat utan motstånd. Enformigt, blir snabbt tjatigt. Fjantig sång. "Rappen" i Get on Top är direkt pinsam. Det som gör det hela så svårt att ta till sig är att det verkar vara på fullt allvar. För tankarna till bandet i Boogie Nights. Jag skruvar olustigt på mig när jag läser texterna samtidigt som jag lyssnar. Är engelska textförfattarens modersmål? Ordförrådet verkar vara på en 10-årings nivå. Min första tanke var att ge albumet en tvåa i betyg, men ju mer jag lyssnar desto sämre blir det. Aldrig förr har funk och disco låtit så torrt, trist och stelt.

Mixed feelings about this one. The songs I enjoyed I really enjoyed but there were some I didn’t like very much - usually the ones with the strange rapping. I liked that there was some variation with some more intense songs and some slower songs. Fav song: Scar Tissue Least fav: Purple Stain

Another childhood classic! Not quite a 5, but a strong 4!

Hailed as the return of Frusciante, this also had, to my surprise in the summer of 1999, uh, singing? Not by Kiedis, a necessary evil that I can sometimes overlook here, but backing vocals from Flea and Frusciante that actually do something for the concept of the record. That is, if you are making a record about California, well, multi-part harmonies should come with the territory a la the Beach Boys, John and Michelle Phillips, the canyon, etc. This all works for a handful of songs but this is still a peak CD era release and the Peppers never turned in a short and sweet effort. It’s easy for me to say cutting back some of the funk rock meets folky melodies cuts would’ve made a better record, but as some of the retrospective histories point out you could NOT escape the singles throughout 1999-03. I worked at a Harvard bar around then and ooof. Kiedis really does have a solid voice for this material and while his goofy raps largely work on BSSM and the earlier funk material, hoo boy, so much of the album feels like an attempt by Frusciante and Flea to make a serious, melodic effort and AK’s lyrics are so hamfisted and awkward...at least we have Scar Tissue.

Another review called these guys a waste of talent and I think I agree. Frusciante and Flea are incredible players, hell the drummer is pretty lit too. But does that talent go toward making great songs, music with meaning? Nah. It goes toward anthems of fucking around. First-draft bullshit delivered with no conviction. I dunno, it’s RHCP. I’m giving it 2 because some of these songs I can’t help but like (Scar Tissue & Californication namely, and only because they’re nostalgic).

Straight bangers and the musicianship and production is great

É diluído né

Classic, but I've heard it so many times I'm kinda sick of it at this point

Even though some of the songs on this album have been played over and over and over on rock radio through the years (hell decades) this is the first time I've listened to the whole album. This is a great album!

Really great

i'll say it: i'm born and raised in California, and I do not care about the red hot chili peppers.

Ja takk. 8/10.

I feel like this album had such a cultural impact for those exact reasons. It's an album that doesn't have to really have a deep meaning, and it's just about being catchy and a good listen. I can see why people would be tired of the Nirvana-esque music of the 90's - that sub-genre is just about being angry and loud. So when RHCP's came along, it must've been a sigh of relief and a extremely refreshing album. But it's not just the intention of the music, it's also the execution that makes this album great. Every song develops in a intriguing manner. Every song for me is catchy and full of great music.

4/5

It's a nice record, with nice songwriting and the most unfortunate production decision ever. Get rid of any dynamics and just be loud. That happens when a band gets greedy and teams up with one of the most overrated producers ever (ok, Mr Rubin managed to revive Cash to greatness, but the cost of sound is always imminent with his production - he should have become a spiritual mentor and leave the engineering and production to more technical people). I remember playing this first time in my car radio and taking it to the dealer because I thought it was broken. I rarely listen to this one because I get ear-bleed. Shocking waste of musical talent

Instant 5 from me

Its a 5. No brainer

Red Hot Chili Peppers has become an artist that I used to look at with hope and intrigue, mostly because my dad liked them, and I liked the songs I did know by them. Even when discussing specifically this album, Scar Tissue was a big hit for me in my formative years, although I can't really tell you why. Basically, what I'm saying is that I used to look at people who wore RHCP shirts and wouldn't very lightly cringe at the sight. I don't really, now, either, but maybe I will after hearing this album. The hits are most definitely still strong, and I can at least see why Scar Tissue appealed to my younger self's music taste, but any deep cut on this album is pure filler. I tried latching on to any instrumentation present on the album in my hour with it, but often my brain just went, "These drums are alright... doesn't that guy kind of look like Will Ferrell? That's so silly..." then I'd tune out anything else the song did for its often bloated runtime. It isn't technically bad, but despite Anthony Kiedis' popping vocal style, the whole thing just felt very sleepy, and ironically only woke me up a bit at the very end when they took things in a softer, slower direction. Perhaps a shorter album wouldn't of suffered from this fluff issue, but considering it is an album of the 90s, alas, it must. Just something I don't consider essential listening, and even makes me consider if RHCP was a singles band this whole time.

The songs are ok but i dont really like the guitar tone in some

Probably the best RHCP album and still fuckin trash. I hate Anthony Kedis. Who cares about Flea or the drummer whose only relevancy is looking like Will Ferrell. Frusciante is cool but being in a band with a pedophile is messed up. Simply for Scar Tissue I'll give it a 2. It's groovy but also hot fucking ass.

Brings me back to Pinkpop 2016

A bit long but doesn’t overstay it’s welcome. Great sound and I like Kiedis’ voice for the most part.

First listen to this, loved it!

Super Album mit genialen Songs. „Californication“, „Otherside” und vieles mehr. Sauberer Rock !

The biggest problem for the Chili Peppers has always been Anthony Kiedis's voice — and his confidence that he can sing. This is a band whose success wasn't driven by his vocals, but one that got big in spite of them. I say this as someone who was really into Mother's Milk and The Uplift Mofo Party Plan — even parts of Blood Sugar Sex Magik — for a good stretch: it's with great trepidation that I hit play on this album. (Having moved on from them pretty hard after BSSM ran its course in my life, I've actually never listened to Californication all the way through.) Lol — first two tracks make my case, at least where my ears are concerned. But here's the thing: this is some of the tightest, most delicious music Kiedis has ever had the pleasure of spoiling. Flea is still the heart of the band — his basslines are funky, melodic, and full of character. Chad Smith is a superb rock drummer, playing with power and precision — always landing exactly where the song needs him. And John Frusciante? He's like a student of Hendrix, Beck, Marr, and McGeoch all at once: fluid and forceful, expressive and inventive — an exemplar rock guitarist. It took until "Savior" before I checked the track list to see how much was left. That's a testament to how strong the music is on this record. Great players. Great sound. Shame about the vocals. 5 stars for the music minus 3 for Kiedis.

Ok, so these boys are coo-koo! When Anthony Kiedis said, "ding ding, dong dong, ding ding", I felt that! Nah, but it's not a great complete album, but it's a 4 because of the certified hits on this album -- Scar Tissue, Californication, and Otherside...Come on, man. Favorite Track: Scar Tissue

I don’t like when they rap lol

I feel like if you grew up in the late 90s early 00s you heard this album at least a dozen times. Californication is fucking inescapable. Somehow against my will I know every word to most of the songs, so this one is a miss for me because I'm so sick of hearing it.

Porcelain...

Important album of the new millennium 🌶️

It’s hard to argue against Flea’s talent and innovation on bass. And I enjoy RHCP for the most part, but usually only in short bursts. I can go a really long time without listening to them and not miss a thing.

I still feel like making fun of the hip hop rock songs, even if they are okay.

3.5* rounding up. There's definitely some filler in here, but overall, it's an enjoyable listen. Couple bangers definitely don't allow me to round down.

Surprisingly good for about 15 minutes! Unfortunately, there's still 40 minutes after that...

Favourite songs: Scar tissue, Californication, otherside

Nostalgia: 4.5 Enjoying the music: 3, sometimes 3.5 If I could, I'd give this a 3.6.

come on reviewers loosen up

nice album, i like it when i like most songs on an album and this one is delivering that

Great album with a place in my high school heart. Amazing intro song. Powerful gems like around the world and parallel universe. The songs all flow so beautifully one into the next. Porcelain is so slow for them and it's so perfect.

You cant find a better opening 4 songs on an album. Track 5 is an old school throwback sound and then the title track. Great album overall.

I don't listen to RHCP much these days, there are some great songs on this album but plenty I'd have been happy to skip.

Catchy and funky. Good album overall but a few misses on some tracks. Singers lyrics are always a bit weird. Overall an averagely good album. 3/5

Definitive Chili Peppers album. 5/5. All the bonus tracks are fire too. They need to make an expanded edition already

Has some standouts, but mostly just okay.

I've listened to this album a lot growing up. There are some real hits on here for sure, but every song starts to melt together into a pretty boring mess of sound and vocals who's novelty wears off pretty quickly.

God I fucking hate Anthony Kiedis. This album suffers from so many problems - incredibly brick-walled mastering that makes it sound like it's playing out of a cereal box toy, weirdly sexed-up lyrics, a frontman whose voice and general personality/actions are offputting and disgusting in every way, and generally just being uninteresting. The verses of the title track and the closer are the only parts I can really say I enjoyed. Flea and Frusciante deserved better - they should've dumped Kiedis into a sewage canal and shacked up with The Mars Volta full-time instead. Did I mention I hate Anthony Kiedis?

I’m conflicted about this one. The run from Around the World to Californication is superb. Scar Tissue and Otherside, specifically, are great. After the title track, though, it severely falls off and includes too many stinkers. But I can’t let the back half bring down the overall enjoyment THAT much because of those other four songs being on it. 3.5/5, rounded down to a 3.

I have many memories with RHCP, and always enjoyed their bigger hits but never really bothered to sit down with their albums. This record has an insanely good run from tracks 1-8, and proceeds to shit the bed for the rest of its runtime. I'm fairly used to the band's questionable lyricism, and yet I Like Dirt still stood out as particularly awful writing. The last song, Road Trippin', is at least a real breath of fresh air to close the album, genuinely good song. Overall this is a bad album with some absolute banger tracks. Even the bad songs have some great instrumentations that are soured by Anthony Kiedis' weird-ass singing/rapping.

I have to respect that Otherside is a generationally good song and one that is stuck in my head all the time. However, other than that, Californication, and Parallel Universe, I really did not like any other songs on this album. If it were instrumental I think I would have really enjoyed it, but Anthony Kiedis ruins everything yet again.

I like the first few tracks, but the ending gets a little tedious. Nevertheless, I really enjoy this album

I wonder why I never got into the 90's RHCP? I like this album but they often sound very repetitive and have to be in a certain mood to enjoy.

Lot of skips on this one, and even the hits...I wouldn't change the radio station but I wouldn't be singing along either

Epic

I’ve never understood this lot. They sound actively bad, especially the vocals which range from bored one note droning to something from a comedy sketch about a white rapper. You expect the turntables to start up any second. At one point in this album (not even that far in) he dispenses of even that effort and literally starts going “nying nyong nying nyong nyang” in the middle. Despite the impressive Flea and John Frusciante both being in this band for some reason, all of that plays out over a canvas of fifteen (FIFTEEN!) torturously long tracks of pure butt rock crud. Maybe the world once needed funk metal but by the turn of the century this was truly ghastly stuff. The only positive I can think of is that at least it isn’t the even more heinous follow up album By The Way. :: shudder ::

I have been too harsh on RHCP for too long. This whole albums slaps

I am surprised by how thin the songwriting is. Like they thought of 1 idea quickly and just recorded it. The lyrics are banal. The guitar work is feeble considering the hype and the vocals are barely in key. I am mystified by this albums inclusion in the list.

Frustratingly uneven, but highlights are awesome

It's okay

Not a huge Chillys fan anymore. Still a good album for sure

Weak and predictable.

no

Yeah. Remember why I didn’t ever listen to this album end to end. Couple of gems - generally pants

Broadly I think this is a really good album. There's a number of fair-to-middling tracks, but there's also plenty of really big songs on here that really hit. A lot of those ARE the singles, but still. I think the instrumentation is really good. I'm not sure I'd ever credited these guys with that before, but there's some great grooves in here, and other songs are really quite melodic. 3.5 rounded up.

everything kind of sounds the same, there are some bad songs but there are also some good songs and all of it is tinted by nostalgia for me so 2.5 i guess faves are scar tissue and porcelain, and i'm surprised i didn't remember road trippin', i would've eaten that shit up as a teenager

Popular, easy listening doesn’t mean bad lol. In fact, this was a breath of fresh air compared to a lot of the shit on this list. The slower songs were kind of a drag, though. RHCP is at their best with the groovy, up-tempo songs.

3/5 what I expect from RHCP

It was fine

I knew a few of the songs on here before, like a lot of others - "Scar Tissue", "Otherside", "Californication", and "Road Trippin'". The title song from this album reminds me of a nightmare I used to have after watching the song's promotional video for the first few times, so this left a bitter taste in my mouth. HOWEVER, "Otherside" is an absolute masterpiece, I cannot say this enough. I love everything about that song, the lyrics, the music, the surreal PV, what have you. So I think this song was especially standing out to me. Enough to make me want to give this album a solid 6 or 7 points. Many of the songs unfortunately are kind of short, and some sound like others, so that's why I wan to give it this rating. But since I am not a meanie, I will go with 7/10.

This was a fun one for sure. Soooo many hits ("Californication" , "Around the World" , and "Otherside" obviously). A RHCP album is going to be bass heavy and Flea doesn't disappoint. I think the rap style singing starts to get old throughout the 1 hour and 7 minute long play, but it isn't bad. The instrumentals are soooo talented (everyone in this band is). Lots of lyrics about resistance and freedom. "Road Trippin' " was a shocking song and sooooo nice. I want to learn it on guitar now. So many fun tracks but "I Like Dirt" annoyed me until the solo. Actually a 3.5. Liked Songs: "Around the World" , "Parallel Universe" , "Scar Tissue" , "Otherside" , "Californication" , "Easily" , "Porcelain" , "Emit Remmus" , "This Velvet Glove" , "Savior" , "Road Trippin' " , "Fat Dance" , "Quixoticelixer"

liked songs: first half of the album (through Easily), Road Trippin', Over Funk, The first 7 tracks of this album are perfect 5/5 bangers. As seems common for the band, the other half of the album isn't nearly as strong; the songs aren't bad, but they do not hold up to the high standard set by the earlier tracks. That said, this is probably the best Chili Peppers album. The highs are so high, and the lows really aren't that low. 4.5

I rate this album 3/5 because it is okay album with good songs like i like dirt and purple stain but my least favourite is around the world. So that is all.

Love me sum divorced dad music.

Objectively solid album, important for music history, but not for me

Already favorite

I might now have aged the best but the singles still bang. Far from the best RHCP though 7/10

Some great songs, but not a perfect album

Struggled to get through it. Never have understood them

Some great songs on here, but as a whole album I found myself getting bored and a bit sick of it. Maybe I wasn't in the right mood idk?

Replace the lead singer and I'd probably like it a lot more. Production grating at times. Musical talent is there, but not front and centre. Ultimately I found it annoying.

Boring, faux-hippie, lumpen wank. Anthony Kiedis is maybe the most useless man in music.

Decent. A few great songs separated by either boring or bad ones with no ambition, just feel like filler. Many really good songs on here, just lacks consistency and drags on towards the end.

This album dominated MTV / the radio back in high school. Listening again makes me nostalgic for winamp skins. Like a lot of things involving Anthony Kiedis, the lyrics have not aged well. I do still enjoy Scar Tissue.

Worst band beside guns n' roses

I've unwillingly heard about half the songs on this album. I'm not going to purposely listen to the rest of it. I know what's going to happen: a great bass player, some other decent musicians and a horrifically annoying singer are going to make the dumbest decisions imaginable and somehow conclude that this should be recorded and released to the public

Echt zo'n typische soundtrack van de jeugd, waar je vervolgens niet perse heel veel meer uithaalt dan wat nostalgische waanbeelden. De eerste helft is best aardig, maar ik was vooral nieuwsgierig hoe de rest - los van de wereldberoemde singletjes - zich staande zouden houden. Maar dit valt toch wel heel erg tegen, en de tweede helft van het album mist alle vormen van inventiviteit. Maarja, die paar iconische singles blijven fier overeind. 6/10 Highlights: Around the World Scar Tissue Road Trippin'

Nog meer dan Californication is Stadium Arcadium echt een soundtrack van mijn puberjaren. Maar Californication is dan misschien wel weer het grootste album uit het RHCP oeuvre. Bijzonder vind ik toch wel de eigen sound van RHCP. Echt de optelsom van een aantal unieke muzikanten. Na het stoppen van John Frusciante was deze sound echt verdwenen. Na de hits in het begin vind ik de tweede helft van de plaat erg tegenvallen. Scar Tissue is mijn favoriete RHCP nummer en Otherside en Californication zijn wel echt steengoed. Road Trippin' vind ik een pareltje in het tweede deel maar verder is het zonde dat het album zo lang duurt. 7/10 Highlights Scar Tissue Otherside Californication Road Trippin'

This is a very good album that’s let down by tracks not being good enough to be there, if they’d left the weaker tracks off this album it would’ve been stronger for it.

(Huh, somehow I've only just realised this album title is "Cali" + "fornicate". For over two decades, I've been reading it as "Californiacation", like the process of becoming Californian...) This album was ubiquitous for any rock-adjacent listener in the 2000s. I never owned a copy, but it seemed like System of a Down, Rage Against the Machine, and RHCP were common denominators between most of my early teenage peers. The first half of this holds up really well. I'm got no qualms with brash funk-rock, even with a bit of pseudo-rapping thrown in. There are some irresistibly fun tracks here. I like the impressionistic songwriting as well. Some aspects of their sound feel over-polished for the radio and stadium audience, at least to my ears. Personally, I would like more punchy, rough-around-the-edges sound from funk-rock, and maybe they had this on their earlier albums (Blood Sugar Sex Magik was a popular one when I was younger, but I never heard the four albums before that.) From the 25-minute mark onwards, there are at least 4-5 tracks I would happily lose. They are capable of writing slower/quieter songs well (like "Road Trippin'"). But at their worst, this band can be very boring. Still, there's enough to like on here. 3.5* The band always looked like a sleazy sex-pest group to me, and that seems to track with everything I've read about them. But I won't let that colour my rating of the album. My other impressions of the band are: A) did they only own one shirt between them for most of their career?; B) Anthony Kiedas looks like someone put Dave Grohl and Iggy Pop through a "what would our merged offspring look like" app.

This album holds a special place in my heart, because way back in the day when some friends and I got together to form a band in high school, the first song we played on stage was Californication. It was also the song that introduced me to RHCP, and this album, and started my love affair with them. So naturally, I love this album. 5/5

This is actually a very strong record with a lot of hits by ver talented musicians. But the fact that they are all convicted abusers makes it harder to like it.

3.5

i dont like the voice

First time listening to RHCP and I am loving it

What an absolute banger of an album. Love this start to finish. Lots of variety and many iconic tracks.

Around the World, Scar Tissue, Otherside, and Californication are all absolute bangers. Parallel Universe was ok. Get on Top wasn't, but if it ended after Californication, it would have been a 4 star album. The problem is it didn't, and everything after Californication was middling to terrible

I have a love-hate relationship with RHCP. I love their singles, as does most people. They're catchy, groovy, just overall really, really well made. Then they have their B-Sides, which are usually just straight up terrible. It's almost like they make 3 songs, and then just mess around for the rest of the music on the album. That said, Flea is still one of the greatest bassists around, Chad Smith is an incredibly underrated drummer, John Frusciante has such a unique style to his playing that you can definitely hear a difference when he's not involved with the band. Lastly, Anthony Kiedis is a character. He writes completely nonsensical lyrics that make absolutely no sense, I don't think I've ever seen him with a shirt on, and he sings in a voice that's so easily accessible to the audience that it's incredibly easy to sing along to. Overall, an incredible band with incredible singles throughout the many years they've been around. As for this album as a standalone art piece, I'll give it a 3.

No-one does funky, punky rock like the RHCP - I think they're amazing. Their songs have a great drive. Flea's basslines are the best - not overly complicated (mostly pentatonic) but so funky and effective. Chad is a fine drummer. Frusciante is a great guitarist - in fact he shines on Emit Remmus which is one of my favourite (but lesser known) songs on the album. Anthony Kiedis is... the singer. Few people would say he's a great singer but I like his timbre and if he keeps his pitch he's alright. I love this album because it still has the early RHCP funk-like energy but also has some softer, more melodic, more mature you could say, songs. A lot of stunners on this album and no bad ones. The only BUT is... the production. This Rick Rubin guy has a talent for completely messing up the sound (he did that with Metallica too). This is rock music - where is my kickdrum! Where are the dynamics! The whole thing is compressed to death and sounds as if it comes out of a transistor radio with Chad playing on a toy drum kit. Still 5* for me because music is much more important than sound quality, but with half decent mastering this could have been even more amazing.

Best song about fingering I've ever heard

Some classics, some misses, and some decent songs after that. Overall good record/5.

hell fuckin yeah i need a beer on a patio NOW damn that title track slaps frontloaded i dont think you understand i need that fucking beer on a patio or im gonna crash out

Masterpiece by the Peppers. Funky and melodic.

This will always be associated with the senior year road trip to CA when Matt pulled this brand new album out and put it in. Rock solid 4/5 for this one, a little 90's bloat but doesn't sound dated the way a lot of 90's stuff does

Don't really care for it. Not something I really enjoyed listening to and definitely not something I want to listen to again. It has some good songs here and there, but not enough to make it good.

Some great tracks but too much filler on side B. Could've easily been 10 tracks instead of 15. Such was life for albums in the 90s.

Very very enjoyable!

Californication is one of those albums which really defined my childhood and early relationship with music. It was blasting from the CD palyer of our Land Rover in the '90s, all over music TV in the 00's and I had another look later in the '10s. This is my first listen since then, and it's an album which is both very much of its time and holding up well. The first half is full of bangers and huge songs, great enough music to overcome the annoying production (it peaks!!) but the second half drags on. Favourite tracks: Around the World, Parallel Universe, Scar Tissue, Californication, Easily, Savior, Road Trippin

Lo tenía súper idealizado y que decepción. Un sólido 3.5 Fun fact que no leerás, mi mamá me regañaba por escuchar californication porque pensaba que decía fornication

4.5/5. Hell yeah.

Listening to this in high school and college I thought it was great. Now, less so.

No band could be as good as RHCP think they are. It is to their credit that sometimes they get close. There's an inventiveness musically here that marks it apart from contemporary bands. But... The production is very late-90s shallow. And it's not as good as Blood Sugar Sex Magick.

I was not an RHCP fan when this came out. As a bass player, I loved Flea's work, and I could admit that it was always catchy, but I was too punk for Top 40 songs. Now, I've slowed down, and I can fully listen to this album. It's good. Some of the grooves are great. Some feel like filler. Overall, it's still a good album, and I can finally admit that it was very good at the time.

Allright, overplayed. Anthony Kiedis cant sing.

Classic

Some great songs but the lows are pretty low. Overall good, with simple lyrics trying to generate a catchy song but it works most of the time

Decent album cover, the colors are strong and texture is good. Not iconic or anything, but memorable enough and good. 1. Chorus and verse feel like different songs. But hey, chorus is good, and the bass really brings it all together— even if I’m not a huge fan of the vocals 2. Can already hear the loudness war shit here, this song clips to hell and back. Chorus is unforgivably poorly mixed 3. Classic riff, vocals match the beachyness perfectly. Frusciante’s solos are super tasteful. 4. Good song, but damn the bass is loud dude. Just weird to listen to this when everything is at least competently mixed these days. 5. This kinda stuff is when the pseudo rapping works. Little bit of Primus, just less weird. Never really opens up, feels claustrophobic til the end 6. Lyrics stand out here more than a lot of peppers songs, even beyond the classic titular coining. Drums really drive this song forward while strings take a backseat, works well though. Band has good balance throughout the album so far. 7. Drums sound god fucking awful, like recorded with an iPod touch bad. Very forgettable overall. Guitar solo at the end is fine, I like the layers. Def not worth sitting through the rest of the track. 8. Good choice for the sequencing of the album to slow it down a bit, but even besides those kind of logistics I think this song is pretty interesting. Does kind of feel like they didn’t know where to go with it, but I really like how the titular “porcelain” is sung, the brushes are a nice touch, and I like that the subdued tone doesn’t overstay it’s welcome. Good 9. What a nothing burger man, boring verse and boring chorus. Sometimes Keidis’s choruses sounds like he’s just some guy doing a Peppers song for karaoke 10. Good energy, I like the delivery of “living the dream,” and the fun effects. Short but great Frusciante solo, woulda loved an actual hook/chorus though. 11. Unplugged electric guitar sounds cool on this, and I like the backup vocals— wish they popped up more, gives the song a nice little beachy sense of camp. Drums are good, this song just suffers from not having something super memorable— guitar line or lyric or whatever, like it’s a fine song but just one I don’t easily remember. Muddy mix when the hook kicks in doesn’t help. 12. Theater-core featuring the Peppers is kinda odd, but Keidis’s voice works with a bit of a melodrama behind it all. It’s fine, I like the work on the toms and the sleighbells are fun. This just isn’t what people listen to the Peppers for, ultimately. Doesn’t feel very cohesive, either; —the tempo changes for one, but the effects and instrumentation don’t convince me of their synthesis. 13. God fucking dude the vocals peak so hard. Flea fucks on this though, and it’s fun, just a little shallow. Love the breakdown at the end, though, Chad Smith really gets to show off his chops; wish he had the chance to more, but that’s also my bias as a drummer. 14. Nah man, they just can’t pull this neutered punk sound off. They just doesn’t commit to the edge needed to justify these explorations, dipping back into chord progressions and smooth vocals so quickly. Meh. 15. Fine last song. I like the strings, and think Keidis shows his range off well. The Peppers are really really good at their chosen instruments, like to such a degree that I’d say they’re underrated musicians despite there being a decent amount of respect for each member here and there. Still, wish they could more consistently find form and execution the way “Scar Tissue”, feels like there’s some ambition missing or something.

Can't tell if I really like it or if it is just nostalgia. I like the funk rock groove

I was very generous to Play by Moby yesterday and what did I get for such softness, but another unavoidable mega-seller from 1999?! Like Play, I don't have to listen to it, as the songs entered my bloodstream by osmosis during that summer. Why this overlong stream of thumbed bass and puerile rapping didn't coagulate into a thrombosis in my brain, I don't know. Life's cruel like that. To make it less cruel this time around, I only listened to the song Porcelain back to back with the song of the same name from Play. Moby's bad Porcelain was better than the Chili Peppers bad Porcelain: somewhat hooky, a little propulsive, something approaching intelligible. If I was generous to Play, I can't do the same to Californication. The former tugged on a nostalgia, the latter pushes on a gag reflex. Bad music by three good musicians and a person who should have been under house arrest since 1991. 1.5 To be fair to these godfathers of sex pest funk-rock the formula by which they piece together these tracks is their own. Still there is nothing here that improves on Give it Away or Under the Bridge, in fact it’s all considerably worse and those two songs weren’t that good to begin with. I know people who love this album but I do not sympathise and today was the last time I will ever try. Californication is awful in every way. 1/5

It gives me the impression that California is somewhere between kinda shite and mediocre. 6.6/10

An album I've probably listened to well over 100 times, and one which I credit with making me want to pick up the bass guitar (which eventually lead to playing guitar.) It was the first rock music I can recall where the bass guitar was just as prominent, if not more, than the guitar - really opening my eyes to how the bass guitar could elevate rock based music. I still remember getting this cd for christmas, probably around 2001/2002, and I'd guess it was one of the first 15-25 cds I ever owned. Still a great listen, but these days I might enjoy By the Way more. Back in the day Californication was easily my favorite RHCP record, and still probably ranks in my top 3.

An incredible 30ish minute EP with 20 minutes of mindless filler thrown in. The section between title track and road trippin is tough.

I love RHCP and this album is a classic in my eyes. Nothing new but a great start to my Saturday with a cup of coffee and this in my ears.

One of my faves!

This is a great listen! I love the voice and lyrics. The bass is great and guitar js just cool. Would recommend.

Listening to this album made me realize I’m not a fan of Anthony Kiedis’ rapping. I’ve always been a bigger fan of their pop hits & that’s no different here. Scar Tissue, Otherside & Californication are all great, there’s a couple others I like too but the rest of it isn’t really for me. There's not much here I'd consider outright bad though, just... average overall.

It ain’t terrible. Except for Get on Top which is.

Oiva albumi, iso kasa hyviä ralleja, joita säestää muutamat epämielenkiintoiset kappaleet.

I've never been a massive RHCP fan. This album is solid, but I don't click with it.

Their early stuff is much better but this is still a fun listen.

This is probably one of the first CDs I ever bought, but I didn't remember much on it besides the singles. Those are still, overall, pretty great. The rest of the album I'm not sure has aged as well.

Alternative rock. Chill and groovy. Love the bass.

Probably my favorite RHCP album. First half is amazing, but loses steam halfway through. As always, if they had cut the runtime down by like 15-20 minutes it would’ve been a 5.

The first half of this album was stellar! 3.75

About 6 songs too long, but plenty of great songs.

Best RHCP albums. Some of the Greatest Hits!

A lot of great songs

big album

I keep handing out 5s but these are all albums I already love

Classic

Ya escuchado. Muy buen disco, probablemente mi disco preferido de los RHCP. El trabajo de guitarra es perfecto. Muy Fugazi a momentos. 4,5 de 5.

Ouvi a versão deluxe no spotify, acho que deu uma enriquecida no álbum, tem 18 musicas nessa versão, adicionei umas 5 que nunca tinha ouvido na minha playlist. No geral um álbum bacana de se ouvir se você é alguém que cresceu nos anos 2000

Funky timeless

Great

Four very good numbers and a a very nice cover

A classic band with a classic album. I really like the amount of times I’ve played Californication cause bass players cant get enough of the song

This makes me not want to go to California, as most of the songs are either a slurry mess or resemble bad white rap. This might be one of the most overrated rock bands ever...

This is really good, especially the first half is just hit after hit. The band is on great form, John Frusciante is such a great guitarist and everyone knows how awesome Flea is. The second half is not quite as strong so 4* seems fair

OKAY!

Scar tissue 10

blood sugar sex magik was a pleasant surprise, suffice to say this was much much more in line with my preconceived notions of rhcp's whole "deal"

it was fun this morning when it was 65 and sunny, very cool main character energy. but then driving home tonight felt like when a character in a movie is having a mental breakdown and the radio clicks on at the worst time to play anticlimactic music

Listened for the first time since high school and the highs are high (Scar Tissue still holds up, fight me) but outside of the 3 or 4 bangers everything else was a chore to listen to.

Third enjoyed first off has some absolute classics second half a bit more relaxed and up my alley

A Must have

Fun, funky hard rock. The hits on this album are fantastic. Classic songs. And there’s plenty more where they came from. This is one of those albums that delivers on the promise of the singles. I like that RHCP don’t take themselves too seriously either. But they’ve got serious musical chops! They’re loose and rowdy and cool as hell. This is a strong album all around with a great mix of moods. I like that sometimes the bass sounds like it gets a little ahead of the drums. It creates a fun, chaotic energy, like the whole band could break apart at any moment.

There's nothing I love more than to share anecdotes about times in my life where I was embarrassingly wrong about a band or song or album here in these reviews, so I'll share a short one here. Red Hot Chili Peppers have been kind of a meme band for me and my friend groups for most of my life. When I was younger and in a heavy metal band, we often played shows with another local band that sounded like RHCP... they were fun and poppy and funky and it was a nice blend for our concerts. I have no idea where the idea came from to have these two different kinds of bands be put together on the same bill but it was actually really great, and we did this for years. Unfortunately, from then on, RHCP's music started to sound kind of silly to me and my friend groups. Maybe it's because we heard that other bands songs too many times and essentially were hearing an amateurish take on RHCP's very defined sound, or maybe it's just because we saw that girls at our concerts were way more into music they could dance to and that had initiated some kind of subconscious resentment. From there and going into college after that I then had instantly met many "bro's" who loved RHCP. It became a caricature of a stereotype of someone that I would meet and then unfairly have expectations for. Almost like what you would call a "red flag" these days? But it wouldn't really be a red flag, it just be like "ah that guy is a bro. When it comes to music he loves RHCP (and a little bit of John Mayer and Jack Johnson but that's it), he watches "the Office", and only "the Office", he isn't really into sports or play videogames, he can't do any magic tricks and doesn't have any good jokes. Unfortunately RHCP became this canary in a coal mine for "you're about to meet a dude and have a pretty boring conversation". Not that that's the worst thing ever, but I'm just aware of it now I think? Regardless of all of that, this album rocks. The first 6 tracks are all fantastic modern classics (ugh this album is 26 years old, is that not "modern" anymore?), with everything that makes the band great- it's funky, poppy, catchy, heavy, cool, fun, and overall enjoyable. Even the two non-singles (maybe they were singles I'm not sure), "Parallel Universe" and "Get on Top" are both awesome songs in their own right. This album could be those 6 songs and it would be amazing. I want to take some points away for the rest of the album because nothing else really hits as hard as those first few songs, but it wouldn't be fair to those 6 because they are so good. Even now I'm listening to "Scar Tissue" after hearing it a million times in my life and I'm just absorbing all of this beautiful and sorrow-filled track. Great harmonies on this one too that I'm hearing now through my studio monitors that you don't often get to hear through crappy car speakers. Many of these songs have a timeless quality that I think is partly because of John Frusciante's guitar parts. I don't know how but he really churned out so many great guitar moments on this album. "Scar Tissue", "Otherside", and "Californication" all have clean guitar intros and each of these riffs is unique, memorable, and timeless. It's almost like he's teasing the listener and saying "these riffs are so good that I'll deliver them the same way to you each time. I don't need any fancy effects or pedals, just take the content for what it is". I find that so impressive. All of his guitar solos are so good here too, all very tasteful and never take on too much when it doesn't need it. I can't mention any RHCP release without mentioning Flea though too, who is always being a creative force and carving out a path through the rest of the band with his bass. I love that the album starts with a super gritty distorted bass part on "Around the World". Killer entrance for an album. It's a clear 5/5 for me. These tracks are so good and really ushered in the 2000's in a great way.

It’s ok just not my style

Sometimes this album sounds really good, and other times it’s an absolute disaster. I tend to like it more than I dislike it though. It’s a 3.5 but a really good 3.5

I expected side 1 to be the better side because it contains almost all of the hits from this record, but side 2 really surprised me as well with some funky tracks and great guitar work. This one was an enjoyable record throughout.

I have heard this band at least two hundred times -- all of them against my will. Growing up in a beach town known for dumbass watered-down reggae-lite like Rebelution necessitated that I heard shit like this weekly. Really foul shades of west-coast Beastie Boys. That is to say: even if this wasn't brickwalled to shit with zero dynamic range and lazy lyricism, it's unlistenable garbage.

huoh.. iknnoow ik nonow know.. tiedän tieedän. mä tiedäään mä tiedän ikkoonow i know.. en voi vittu uskoa että lapsena, pikku tyhmä lapsi meikäläinen tykkäsi tästä.. onneksi ei pysynyt tämä vitun paska aikakausi pitkään.. jotain tekstintäytettä ei tässä jaksa vittu kirjottaa tästä mitään niin basic bitch joo on hyvä sinänsä mutta jos tämä on sun suosikki bändi tai suosikki albumi niin olet mahdollisesti aika saatanan tylsä henkilö heh määrittelin lunteenpiirteesi yhdestä fmusiikki maku faktasta heh good game ja nyt en voi olla lähellä sinua... meneppä pois mun suosikki om tää pieni sveitsiläinen bändi young gods... leau rouge.. parallel universe

Fun listen, not too much to say about it - I wasn't paying too close attention.

Really great album. Definitely liked the first half much better than the second half though. I think for me, the bass parts and certain guitar and vocal parts carried a lot of the bad songs, although I didn't particularly think they were the greatest songs I was able to enjoy those specific parts.

Midifornication. There’s a reason you only know the hits off this album. First 2 songs and the hits are good but other than that mid to bad. I feel like my time was wasted by a lot of the songs. 4/10

I feel like I’ve finally gotten to listen to music again. Honestly, the garbage I’ve had to listen to lately took away from my enjoyment of this album. Wut the heck man. I feel like music is best listened to at one’s own leisure. Great album. But it felt like a chore to listen to it. I’ll have to circle back to it.

the highs are high but a lot of these songs are absolute slop

Unlistenable — hated this all of this.

Väldigt funky ibland. Californication är en klassiker. Skulle inte lyssna själv, men uppskattar sundet!

The first half is really good but this one doesn't hold up for me as an overall great album. I started losing interest near the end and didn't immediately want to hit replay like I've done for my higher rated album from this project.

This is a very good album. It has some killer hits and some fluff as well. Overall, it's a good listen. The Peppers are a very talented band with a funky groove. I do not like every song, but "Otherside" is probably my favorite RHCP song.

kind of astonishing that you can have the most interesting guitarist of the 90s alternative rock scene, an incredible bass player, and a guy who looks like will ferrell and still be the worst band in music history. everything kiedis touches turns to trash.

America thing?

There's some really good melodic stuff on here, and then suddenly it gets whiplashed by Anthony thinking he is either a Bloodhound Gang-style comedic genius or the second coming of George Clinton. Realistically this is probably a 3.5, but I'm rounding generously because I *adore* the title track.

I must have listened to this all the way through before, but I don't remember most of it. Like it though.

What a tune the title track is, and there's some certified bangers on here as well. The rest is a little inconsistent, and while I love PHCP as a general rule I don't think this showcases their strongest stuff. Still great though!

I know Eric’s going to disagree but I feel like there are some great songs; rest of album needed editing! 3.5

* Had this a while, but not listened to it much until now. Liking it more now than before.

Love the drums. A bit lengthy and some songs I couldn’t remember for the life of me after first listen

Some of their best songs. Mixed terribly

YES.

I lost my v-card to this album, no way it wouldn’t get a 5/5

Every morning Anthony Kiedis gets on his knees and thanks Christ in Heaven that these talented musicians ever let him make that awful noise over their music. Back in the day he must have had the vanor the bag. There are some 2 or even 3 star RHCP albums but this isn't one of them.

It's pretty good, I like rhcp is small bursts usually Will I listen to again: 75%

вторая половина альбом конечно уже не такая пиздатая, но синглы здесь мощные + ностальгия присутствует. поэтому 4

Pure gold

Red hot chili peppers mid change my mind

The first 6 songs on the album are a 5/5, unfortunately the middle to end (except road trippin) blend together and are just a bit too grating. 4/5

I remember this being a more full sounding album. The mix is terrible. That being said the band is so in sync it's a great album. I also think the singing is kinda terrible, but I don't think it really needs to be good. It just sets a general tone. First side would be a 4 but they get a bit lost in the weeds on the second side.

Listned way back excellent

Some bangers some meh. I don't need a whole album of these guys. If you like them you should check out a band called Black Pontiac

I won't be able to give this an unbiased review (not that I review in general) because it was so formative in my music taste despite not being a huge RHCP fan