Well…new for me that is.
A few months ago we decided to get rid of all the music which we “lent” instead of bought. We literally got rid of all of the MP3′s from which we could (miraculously) no longer seem to find the CD in our closet. To make sure our taste would not “get lost” with this cleaning operation of our ipod and PC, we made a list of all of the artists and bands from which we used to have digital music. One of these bands was the “Red Hot Chili Peppers”. So their name ended up on the “should buy” list, and eventually the album “Stadium Arcadium” ended up in the Amazon-Cart. I am not really an expert on the RHCP, to be honest we didn’t have this album but their “Californication”. So when this (double!) CD ended up in the mailbox, I didn’t really know what to expect. The only song that I knew from this album was “Snow”. I’ve seen their performance of this song from the Grammy Awards 2007, where flea “dressed” in yellow was bouncing up and down the stage like he was trying to impersonate big bird (as some youtube visitor subtle described it).

I have to be honest; I have only managed to really listen to the first CD of this double CD-Set. But I am really enjoying the tracks on this. I probably listened to it for about 20 times now, and I only have it since around 3 weeks. The CD seems to cover just about every mood & style of songs which you would expect from them, but you wouldn’t expect them all on one CD. My remembrance of the Californication album is totally different, can only remember a fourth of the tracks on that one. But I am 100% sure that nearly all of the tracks on CD1 will stick around in my head for quite a long time.
My taste of music covers everything from Classical Music up to whatever style pops to your mind now. Someone once used the expression: “it’s a mile wide, but only an inch deep” (was this Randy Newman?). And this is probably the best way to put it. This kind of disqualifies me of making any kind of grading for a RHCP album, but what the hell I still do: I’d give the first CD of this Album 8 out 10 points. And although I did not yet listen to the second CD, it’s worth every dime I paid for it.

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