Stadium Arcadium

I decided I'll leaf through my iTunes library and review something from that. This is not a very easy task either. 299 albums, 2025 songs and they're there because I like them. All of them. See the problem here? Looking through my reviews also helped me narrow it down. I've done some Rush,  Zac Brown Band, KISS, and some other random stuff that has come out recently. And answer is apparent to me. This time around it's going to be a Red Hot Chili Peppers album review. Wait.... which one? Well the only one that's 2 discs long.

Stadium Arcadium by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Released: May 9, 2006

Label: Warner Brothers

Let me get this out of the way and say that any album I picked would have had a raving almost perfect review from me for these guys. They're my all time favorite band and I think all of their music is good so it's gonna be a good review. As both a guitarist and bassist I look up to Frusciante and Flea as major inspirations because they are so damned good at what they do. Anyways, on with the review of the album. There are two parts here and I will do them separately. I picked this one because it was long.

Jupiter

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

Track One - Dani California

This song is pretty universally known. It's solid and the band really rocks the hell out of this one. Amazing? No, but it is damn good and a great way to start off a really long album.

Track Two - Snow ((Hey Oh))

Honestly, this is an overrated track. It's decent enough, but not enough to gain the reception it did from pretty much everyone everywhere. 

Track Three - Charlie

This is a great song no one seems to talk about. It's got a real grooving feel to it and the bass is so killer. 3 great mini guitar solos spaced throughout it as well. This one is good. And damn, those are some killer back up vocals. 

Track Five - Hump de Bump

If you want to talk about a funky sound from any Peppers songs, this would be it. This song is amazing and it is largely overlooked. The music video is hilarious as well, I would recommend checking it out.

Track Six - She's Only 18

Once again I have to mention Flea here. Not many bassists can make a line this intricate mesh with a guitar line, and a lot of the credit goes to Frusciante as well. His back up vocals here are great again. This song also has my favorite guitar solo on the album.

Track Eight - Torture Me

This whole song is great. The intro, the chorus is something you've come to expect from the Chili Peppers, and the breakdowns are great. They offer a change of pace and of overall tone in the same song all due to great work all around. 

Track Ten - Especially In Michigan

This one has a great melody that is really driven more by the bass than the guitar. This is rare. 

Mars

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

Track Two - Tell Me Baby
Dat bass. But really, it's amazing. This half of the album is actually about as bass heavy as albums can get without being named Primus.

Track Four - 21st Century
This is one hell of a track. There are a lot of things going on here including one hell of a bass line. 

Track Six - Readymade
Again, the bass. The bass bass bass bass BAAASSSS (imagine those getting lower as you read them). Many people today talk about bass in hip-hop/rap music and while that's all good and well, nothing beats an authentic BASS line. 

Track Ten - So Much I
Nothing in this song makes sense lyrical wise.... I mean really, how the hell do you come up with those things if you're supposedly "clean"? Anyways, this is the last one I'm doing for this album because I don't want it to be too terribly long. Hoped you enjoyed it. 

Stadium Arcadium gets 10 growling bass tracks outta 10

It's good to be back.