Red Hot Chili Peppers - Unlimited Love (April 1, 2022) • Page 8

"aquatic mouth dance" better than anything on the getaway imo, though i feel bad about how little i love that record

 

I’m a huge fan of John’s playing and he’s the main reason I bought a traditional strat. But what’s funny about this album so far is that it would benefit from Josh’s influence way more.

 

pluralone is so good

 

just started this interview, it's wonderful

 

enjoyed my first listen. quite easy to get through nothing groundbreaking. not going to complain!

 

was my first thoughts as well

 

I want to listen to this because Rick Rubin but damn why would anyone would make an album this long in 2022

 

I came here because I am listening to this rn

 

Poster Child is BAD

enjoyed the rest though

 

Must have had a ton of material. Always in favor of more songs.

 

I know it’s irrational but long albums turn me off somehow

 

that's why i don't go back to any of the last couple 1975 albums. and also why i go for a shorter movie if i see that there's another one that's 2+ hours long.

 

rhcp love to make unnecessarily long albums, practically central to their identity post-mother's milk. to their credit i would not cut anything off of blood sugar (and honestly, would barely cut anything from either disc of stadium arcadium). this album is the exact same length/track amount as blood sugar and... well... i'd probably make some edits yeah but for the most part i'm really impressed by how little i feel the length, which is probably related to how light their touch is across the whole record. for comparison's sake, i love by the way to death and that album feels like it lasts for a billion years

 

This is their best album since By the Way imo.

 

every time i listen to this song i get to appreciate john frusciante and josh klinghoffer simultaneously

 

I mostly hate it when an album is only like 10 tracks. So I don’t mind a long album.

But at the same time most bands aren’t capable of putting together at least 13 good tracks in one studio recording span. I used to get mad about the first three Weezer albums having only 10 songs. Then as years went on I’m just like please stop making music.

 

To me, its that an album is very rarely perfect and i'd rather have more material to pick through.

 

Aquatic Mouth Dance is a city pop song so it’s awesome

 

that ones my fav so far.

 

ok here's my tracklist for i'm with/beside you, which ended up being an hour long lol:

1. monarchy of roses
2. factory of faith
3. brendan's death song
4. long progression
5. how it ends
6. never is a long time
7. police station
8. victorian machinery
9. did i let you know
10. hanalei
11. goodbye hooray
12. in love dying
13. meet me at the corner

this is pretty much a perfect pop-rock (with some prog-psychedelia excess) album to me. criminal that "long progression" and "how it ends" were cut from the record imo. still it's a tribute to the strength of the actual album that i struggled with cutting "annie wants a baby" and "ethiopia." this is a controversial opinion but "brendan's death song" is the best rhcp single of all time next to "soul to squeeze." "did i let you know" should've been a single and it would also be way up there

 

Cool, I'll give it a spin. I have always thought that "Brendan's Death Song" was a clear standout from this era.

 

Im kind of digging the sound to the new album...

 

That funky-ass Flea bass in Aquatic Mouth Dance though...

 

I'm currently enjoying the bass in "one way traffic". Unmistakably and uniquely Flea as always.

 

just popping in to say i really like the new album. but i will admit that a lot of the songs make for just good background music with some parts that i'll turn the volume up on.

also since i’ve been catching up on this thread, i think theres a difference between voicing your opinion and just being obnoxious towards people who like a certain band. and if you are the latter you don’t look cool.