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The Will To Death
Generally favorable reviews
Based on 9 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 11 votes
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Album Info
Label: Record Collection
Release Date: 22 June 2004
Discs: 1 disc
Genre(s): Indie, Rock
Summary
The stripped-down 'The Will To Death' is not just the second solo disc in 2004 for the Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist, but marks the first of a whopping six planned albums for Record Collection this year.
Also By This Artist: Shadows Collide With People The Empyrean To Record Only Water For Ten Days
Also On The Web: Official Artist Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Tiny Mix Tapes
This is undoubtedly a stronger effort than Shadows Collide, and maybe that's due to [Frusciante's] ability to just let the music fly instead of attempting to overwork things.
Read Full Review >Alternative Press
It's all very simple, organic and, best of all, easy on the ears. [Oct 2004, p.140]
Pitchfork
As another impressive portion of his potent '04 output, Will to Death's immediacy and quality should quiet the critics-- particularly those who pegged his early solo records as the work of a narcotics pain-train washout.
Read Full Review >All Music Guide
There's almost nothing in the way of guitar heroics and it's far from groundbreaking, but fans of darkly personal skewed pop should enjoy Will to Death.
Read Full Review >Mojo
Stirring but sombre stuff. [Aug 2004, p.86]
Q Magazine
Contains some potentially highly commercial music, were it not for the underwhelming production. [Sep 2004, p.118]
PopMatters
The Will to Death is an existential song cycle that finds Frusciante more dedicated to the "song" than ever before -- and even though the record isn't exactly perfect, his unwavering desire to create and explore, to cut an album and move on to the next pending project, is admirable and easy to appreciate.
Read Full Review >New Musical Express
Zooming sheets of spacious wind-tunnel prog and raw, solo-spattered soul. Commercially, it's suicide. [26 Jun 2004, p.55]
Stylus Magazine
His intention here was to create something unpolished and free of studio edits, acting as contrast to Shadows. His result, unfortunately, reeks of squandered potential.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this album is 9.4 (out of 10) based on 11 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Jonathan B. gave it a10:
Perfect.
pat m gave it a10:
Anything john plays is amazing.
Patrick B gave it a10:
I really believe that this guy is the greatest musician of this decade. Not only is his guitar work always brilliant, but he can churn out 6 albums in 6 months - all of which are amazing. The Will to Death, along with Inside of Emptiness, is probably my favourite of all John's albums (including Blood Sugar Sex Magik, my favourite Chili Peppers album).
Davey D gave it a10:
an absolutely amazing album.hes amazing and this album shows his briliance once again. his lyrics are deep and meaningful and each song takes you to another plain...
No Future gave it a10:
God Bless Frusciante
Wich Ita gave it a9:
Lets be honest here, the guy is a guitar god. He's got the freakiness of Barrett, he's become as prolific as Zappa and he's sold as many albums as Hendrix. This album see's him develop more clarity, and as usual there's a couple of tracks that you just wish he'd left out, and a couple of pieces of music that you wish just went on forever. I'd love to see a best of of Johns. I've made a few different ones on the iPOD but if you put his best songs together he might just get the solo recognition he's more than deserving of.
carly w gave it a 10:
Amazing, obviously punk isnt dead yet. When i listened to it i cried beacause of its raw origionality and beauty.
