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By the Way
by Red Hot Chili Peppers
from Warner Bros / Wea

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Great, essential, classic album
  How can this not get five stars from someone? It takes many, many listens and all the songs grow on you at their own rates. My favorites are the title track, Universally Speaking, Dosed, The Zephyr Song, Cabron, On Mercury, Minor thing, and Venice Queeen, which are all essential. This group has taken it upon themselves to get our generation out of the shadows of the Beatles the Doors, and Hendrix. Fortunately, they are succeeding. Stadium Arcadium is also very good.

• The Not-So-Hot Chili Peppers
  I've been a RHCP fan since their debut. As such, I'm much a fan of the style of music they pioneered in the 1980's and played on their early efforts, even as late as 1995's One Hot Minute. I faithfully bought By The Way right when it came out, as a loyal RHCP fan. Boy.... What a let down. Where, uh, is the "red hot?" The band took the musical idea behind "Otherside" from Californication (probably the most annoying song on that album) and created a whole album of "Otherside" remixes and reworkings. Well,... more info

• close to flawless album
  Some reviewers said they lost their passion and energy during this album. I'd like to state clearly that they certainly did not, but they definitely redirected it into a somewhat slower-paced but more introspective group of songs. I see this album as so much more of a reflection on what the group had done as a whole, the obstacles they overcame, the people they lost along the way (Hillel is def. referenced), and a great bunch of somber-type love songs. The California sun-drenched melodies permeate through... more info

• What happened to the intensity?
  Man, what happened to the Chili peppers? I love the vocal harmonies, but the passion and intensity are nowhere to be found on this CD. It bored the hell out of me.

Tracks:

1. By The Way
2. Universally Speaking
3. This Is The Place
4. Dosed
5. Don't Forget Me
6. The Zephyr Song
7. Can't Stop
8. I Could Die For You
9. Midnight
10. Throw Away Your Television
11. Cabron
12. Tear
13. On Mercury
14. Minor Thing
15. Warm Tape
16. Venice Queen

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