Californication [PA] by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Pros: Several amazing rock songs
Cons: A bit of tapering off after a strong first half

Things cooled off a bit for The Red Hot Chili Peppers with 1996's One Hot Minute.  It was stylistically all over the place and contained several dark oddities, but it was a great album nonetheless.  Unfortunately, it may have been a bit ...

Pros: A few catchy singles with good lyrics
Cons: A majority of tracks that are tired, boring or just plain silly.

I'm still amused at the "Helpful" rating I received for my rather extensive ePinion on the Red Hot Chili Peppers single "Otherside." I don't know what people want if reading a review longer than the single isn't worthy of a "Very Helpful." :)
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Pros: Great album finds the Peppers in top form.
Cons: Runs out of steam towards the end.

By now, most people know about how Californication brought the Red Hot Chili Peppers back to the top ...

Pros: A rebirth for the Chilis, one of the finest albums of the 90s.
Cons: Kinda tails off in the second half.

Okay, so I’ve decided to re-write my Californication review. My first review of this album ...

Pros: Around The World, Road Trippin’ & Everything In-Between
Cons: They Spelt “Alderaan” Wrong In The Booklet – Seriously, You’d Have To Be That Picky!

This is one band who have been around for so long, they were created before I was. Obviously, I haven’t been a fan from the beginning, in fact, I haven’t been a fan for very long at all. By The Way was released in 2002 and I remember ...

Pros: The first half, a few others.
Cons: Emit Remmus is the worst song I've ever heard.

To be honest, I'm a recent RHCP fan. I've never heard BloodSugarSexMagik. I've never heard One Hot Minute. Just By The Way, and now, Californication. So I can't tell you how Cali saved the Chilis from the grave after the embarrasment that supposedly ...

Pros: Better than the follow-up. Otherside, Right On Time.
Cons: Almost idiotic at times. Shameless mass-media pandering.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers, long known for their defining brand of sloppy funk-rock, gave up what they were so adept at to wade in the poppy waters of banal AOR. The transition started with One Hot Minute, a ho-hum attempt at a heavy-metal record -...

Pros: Amazing songs, stellar musicianship, and beautiful vocals
Cons: "Porcelain" is a weak, pretentious song

The Red Hot Chili Peppers have been one of the most solid, consistent rock bands throughout the past twenty years or so. Their survival can be linked to their ability to constantly evolve and shift between many genres of music, blending their influences...

Pros: Good blend of rock and grunge with the bands’ trademark funk
Cons: The funk

I never thought the Peppers would manage to make an unquestionably good album. Yes, I accept that “Blood Sugar Sex Magik” was a good album, especially for the dedicated fans of the band and who somehow managed to see something in their early releases....

Pros: Some of their best songs yet
Cons: Some of their worst songs yet

I got this album for Christmas a few years ago, after listening to and enjoying By The Way. While the overall style is not too different, there is some funk similar to that of Blood Sugar Sex Magik. Track 1 - Around The World Around The World is a ...

Pros: an essential rock album, one of the top releases of 1999
Cons: some songs deal with recovery from drug addiction, which may not be interesting for some.

This is the album that features the return of John Frusciante, who battled heroin addiction after leaving the band after the fame he experienced from the Blood Sugar Sex Magik release so many years previously. Frusciante replaces his replacement,...

Pros: Compound musical style the way only RHCP can do it, reminiscient of old school pure Chili Pepper albums
Cons: Falters here and there, too much radio time for singles could wear them out

Once in a great while, a band comes along that is truly indescribable. The Red Hot Chili Peppers are nothing short of that. With a melting pot of musical styles and a back catalog of hits to make any artist jealous, it's hard to deny the impact the RHCP...

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I am not an avid fan of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Though I like my music their sound is not always been for me. This is the first album from them that I have really got into, and I have to say that I am impressed.

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Pros: Mix of chili's styles. Otherside. Decent length
Cons: Erm it ends. It has Porcelain on it

Californication was the first Red hot chili peppers album I bought and is still probobly the best album I own now. I suppose more than anything it is a transitional album for the peppers moving from their funky party music (blood sugar sex magic) to the ...

Pros: When the Peppers are great, they're great; at least half of these tracks are BRILLIANT.
Cons: A few mediocre songs and two horrendous ones make it fall short of five stars.

If the Red Hot Chili Peppers' CALIFORNICATION was a burger...

Wait. Allow me to back up and go through some mandatory history. Red Hot Chili Peppers were a genre-hopping underground band back in the 80's who enjoyed a cult following. When...