Californication - Red Hot Chili Peppers > Reviews > the new album from the peppers

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Advantages:	some new sounds and something new as we havnt heard from them in a while
Disadvantages:	a bit too simaler to thier other albums

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

The Red Hot Chili Peppers's seventh album, Californication, is highlighted by the band's reunion with guitarist John Frusciante, who played on Mother's Milk and the brilliant album Blood Sugar Sex Magik. His return occurs at a crucial time in the Chili Pepper's career, as they struggle to come up with original stuff. The album combines the best elements of the Peppers wide range of funky sound, from healthy doses of power-funk on "Around The World" and the dirty "Get On Top," to more straighforward rock (the first single "Scar Tissue"), revealing the band's increased strength as songwriters. Frontman Anthony Kiedis's voice sounds much more confident and melodic -- his poetic crooning on "Otherside" and the dreamy acoustic "Road Trippin'" are really addictive. Having matured far beyond their drug-soaked sock-on-cock days, the band's surreal, dream-like verses on the title track and the great "Easily" reveal how peculiar and completely original the band's songwriting style has become. Californication doesn't necessarily mark a redefinition of the band's sound, but it is defiantly worth listening to for any log-term peppers fans!