Not a big RHCP fan, so no surprises here in regards to my thoughts… The hits from this album were extremely well done - so “Scar Tissue”, “Other Side”, and “Californication”, but other than that there’s really nothing special here IMO… I tend to enjoy more complex compositions, and a lot of what is on here is pretty meat-and-potatoes as far as I am concerned – which is fine… Musically, all the songs were well-done, so I guess it was the vocals that dragged it down for me… And I’m definitely NOT a fan of Anthony Kiedis “scat rap” crap that he seems to think he’s good at (i.e. most of it is just nonsense that happens to rhyme, but that’s just me…). I know it’s hard to find a decent vocalist and frontman, but he is sort of the weak link in the band for me, as the guitars, bass, and drums were all excellent… “Porcelain” sucked total ass – so not sure what that was doing on this album, and it seemed like there were a couple of short songs that really would have been awesome as instrumentals/// Unfortunately, it seems that Mr. Kiedis felt he needed to be involved on every track – which basically ruined some of those for me… The one that really stuck out was “I Like Dirt” – and I was trying to imagine it as a jam – which would have been very interesting, but Mr. Kiedis’ 3rd rate sexual inuendo lyrics that litter the track just really ruined a good thing for me… Would probably give it a 2.50 if I was being critical, but I enjoyed the musicianship – especially John Frusciante’s guitar work, and the hits were really well done, so I’ll be generous and bump it up to a 3…