Posted May 7, 200619 yr Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium http://www3.hmv.co.uk/hmv/Large_Images/HMV/9362442222.JPG Release date: 8-5-2006 Availability: available for pre-order Number of Discs: 2 Catalogue Number: 9362442222 Label: WARNERS Produced by long time collaborator Rick Rubin, this brand new studio album from Red Hot Chili Peppers is an extra special treat as it will be released as a 28-track double disc epic, with discs entitled 'Jupiter' and 'Mars' respectively. Including the single 'Dani California', a character first visited in their classic 'Californication', 'Stadium Arcadium' also includes the tracks 'Charlie', 'Hard To Concentrate' and 'Desecration Smile'. - HMV track listing Disc One 1. Dani California 2. Snow (Hey Oh) 3. Charlie 4. Stadium Arcadium 5. Hump De Bump 6. She's Only 18 7. Slow Cheetah 8. Torture Me 9. Strip My Mind 10. Especially In Michigan 11. Warlocks 12. C'mon Girl 13. Wet Sand 14. Hey Disc Two 1. Desecration Smile 2. Tell Me Baby 3. Hard To Concentrate 4. 21st Century 5. She Looks To Me 6. Readymade 7. If 8. Make You Feel Better 9. Animal Bar 10. So Much I 11. Storm In A Teacup 12. We Believe 13. Turn It Again 14. Death Of A Martian
May 7, 200619 yr I can't wait to buy this. It looks awesome. Its just a shame that it leaked onto the net.
May 7, 200619 yr I'm always very unsure about bands releasing double albums... :unsure: In the past you could argue for it because of the very limited space on a vinyl album (usually 45 mins tops for both sides), but a CD can get something like 80 mins of music on it, I don't see the need to labour the point. The average album has no reason to last longer than an hour; you should always leave the punter wanting more, too many bands fall into the trap of doing long albums just because they can... Less is more 99.999999 times out of 1000...
May 7, 200619 yr Dani California is a bit of a let-down, a bit RHCP-by-numbers I think... but the rest of the album is pretty great... some stunning slower tracks on there which is where I think this band's strengths lie. One thing, though - isn't that the tackiest, nastiest album sleeve?!?!? Why on earth did they OK that? Dreadful.....
May 7, 200619 yr I'm buying it tomorrow (hopefully) :dance: Haven't heard any of it except Dani California. I'm not going to be disappointed am I? The reviews on Teletext haven't been great :(
May 13, 200619 yr Anyone got any early standout tracks from Stadium Arcadium? Personally I feel Desecration Smile and Stadium Arcadium (the single) are two GEMS in themself :heart:
May 14, 200619 yr I love this album. Jupiter and Mars are both on par for me, and Dani California is c**p compared to the rest of the album. Tracks that stand out for me off the top of my heard are: Snow, Charlie, Tell Me Baby, Stadium Arcadium, 21st Century and Pom De pomp of whatever it is.
May 14, 200619 yr Pom De pomp of whatever it is. Hump De Hump ;) I like that one too. It has an old style Chili's feel to it.
May 14, 200619 yr I'm underwhelmed by the new album. 28 tracks is much too much. IMHO it is not as good as their previous two studio albums Californication & By The Way.
May 14, 200619 yr It's rubbish. Nothing seems to stand out. Everything is just average. Snow (Hey Oh) is the only song I would rate above 7/10. Every other Chili's album has ATLEAST five I rate 9/10 or higher. Hump de Bump is one of, if not THE worst song I have heard in AGES. It's really hard to distinguish the filler. I knew there was going to be filler, double albums will ALWAYS have filler. By The Way was not a great album by any stretch of the imagination but if you take Stadium Arcadium's best 14 tracks By The Way PISSES on it!
