By the Way

Excellent record arrived on time

This is my favorite Chili Peppers album. It's presumably their first sober album and in my opinion, peak Frusciante and Kiedis. If you watch live concert videos from this era, everyone in the band is on point. Even Anthony, who usually doesn't sound as good live as he does on the album (no disrespect, I love his live voice regardless), sounds incredible and sometimes better live during this time period. It has some great upbeat tracks like Can't Stop, Cabron, and the Zephyr Song, but it also has a melancholy vibe on the majority of the other tracks. The lyrics are deep and it's just a very full sounding, well rounded album. There's a song for every mood. Some people complain that it has too many songs on it, but it honestly left me wanting more. It has classic RHCP elements like rap, funk and their essential California rock sound with a hint of Spanish thrown in. Also, the b-sides are incredible, Out of Range is my personal favorite. I know this album is 14 years old, I'm only writing this because with the release of their newest album, the Getaway, there's a lot of new RHCP fans who are young and don't have much knowledge of their discography. By the Way is a must-have. If you have a record player, absolutely buy the vinyl!!! It sounds incredible on vinyl. The copy I received was in perfect condition and there were no skips or scratches or warping on the album. Sometimes its hit or miss buying albums on Amazon, but because this is an import from another country, the quality is higher.

Hermosa pueza de colección, llegó en exelentes condiciones y tiempo de llegada menor al establecido, totalmente recomendado.

Sounds excellent!! Loving this vinyl

El LP es de acuerdo a la descripción, el único problema que encontré es que el empaque en el que llego, no era el más adecuado para un LP debido a que tenía mucho espacio para moverse dentro de la caja y podía ocasionar que la caja del LP se doble o se golpee ocasionando daños visibles, afortunadamente no fue mi caso, pero si se debería proveer un mejor empaque para que no sufra daños durante el envío.

Red Hot Chilli Peppers make some good music.

When the Red Hot Chili Peppers first hit the music scene, they were indeed a bad boy Alternative rock act. Whereas the band has retained some of those funky and rapping styles as well as some Explicit lyrics, the style on the By The Way CD is so much more melodic and even mature. This CD actually has many classic rock overtones and the many changes of pace really have me hooked. Sixteen songs on this CD and not a bad one in the lot. Heck the worst songs I would rate as good and many of them are great. The title track is super catchy with its many hooks. The rap parts are ultra cool. Can't Stop, Throw Away Your Television, and On Mercury are loaded with funky stylings and some tasty guitar and keyboard parts. Not too mention Flea's tasteful bass licks on the Television tune. Some great softer more melodic tunes such as Tear, The Zephyr Song, and Dosed stand tall on this disc as well. The great thing about these particular tunes is that they don't sound sappy in any way. The band just explores more structure here and the harmonies and instrumentation are extremely ear catching. Some fans may dissappointed that the Chili Peppers may have softened their appeal a bit. However, these people need to realize that change is good otherwise bands become yesterdays news all too quickly. My verdict here is to pick this CD up at once. If you wrote off the Chili Peppers in the past for being a bit too hard core, you might want to try this one on as it has more elements for classic rock fans.

A few days before my By the Way order from amazon.com arrived I read were critics were saying that this By The Way CD was The Red Hot Chili Peppers Best ever or at least as good as Blood Sugar Sex Magik. And of course my first thought was No Way, that album is an all time classic. And on first listen to this new CD I still said no way. But I have to tell you as I continue to listen, over and over again, it gets better and better every listen and I do think it is a great album, almost as good as the aforementioned classic. Ever song is anywhere from good to great on this CD, the singing and especially the harmonies are wonderful the CD has such an upbeat feeling and it has an experimental feeling that reminds me of the latter Beetles. The Music is absolutely top notch, the lyrics are great along with the fantastic harmonies and wonderful playing (John and Flea are the best going today) the CD puts me in an introspective yet upbeat mood. I love the whole CD and the highlights are By The Way-a rocker, Universally breaking a Bettlesque ditty, Don't Forget Me-wonderful Guitar work, Minor Thing-very cool song, Warm Tape-anotehr rocker, I can go on and on, This CD is good from cover to cover. This will go down as a classic for sure.