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Sep 12, 2011Perhaps for the first time ever on a Chili Peppers record, it is Flea who takes the reigns as the lead instrument here, going Jaco all over this mofo so to speak, which ultimately proves to be this album's saving grace.
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Aug 26, 2011I'm With You is greater than the sum of its many-cogged parts.
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Kerrang!Sep 8, 2011Bar the addition of piano on a few tracks, I'm With You is not so much a fresh start as a wonderful, trouble-free return to the familiar, laid back West Coast rock terrain of their back-to-back classics, Californication and 2002's By The Way. [27 Aug 2011, p.50]
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Sep 6, 2011However, despite losing a key member, the Red Hot Chili Peppers come out triumphant with I'm With You.
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Aug 31, 2011Some may have written them off already, but on the strength of their best album in a decade, I'm with them.
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Sep 1, 2011Klinghoffer wisely makes no attempt to mimic Frusciante; the new boy on the block's musical talent is obvious in its own right here, and the musical partnership that has formed between the older members of the band and Klinghoffer is evident. Red Hot Chili Peppers are not quite ready to slope off yet.
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Aug 30, 2011Ultimately, the Red Hot Chili Peppers are served well by that professionalism; they're long past the point of proving themselves, they're now longer here for a party, they're rock & roll lifers, and I'm with You illustrates they can settle into maturity convincingly.
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Aug 29, 2011Mr. Klinghoffer leaves only a few faint marks, most notably on the contemplative "Brendan's Death Song," which ends with two moving minutes of chaos with Mr. Kiedis wailing and the drummer Chad Smith bashing away. More of this would be welcome on this overly polite album: this band once thrived on such abandon.
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Aug 29, 2011The peak moments on I'm With You balance swagger and sensitivity.
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Aug 29, 2011There are spots that are curiously flat, which feels illogical given how much Flea's bass bubbles, Chad Smith's drums skitter and thump, and how captivating Klinghoffer's left-turn fillips can be.
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Aug 29, 2011As the title implies, I'm with You is a love letter from the band to itself. It's also a token of appreciation to the Chili Pepper fans that have stuck by the band through countless line-up changes and solid reassurance that the band is still vital without John Frusciante.
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Aug 29, 2011All in all, the album is an above average collection for a band well past their expected use-by date; and with new blood injected into them, a world tour booked, and promises that they'll continue writing on tour, they don't seem to be stopping any time soon. This could be the beginning for a highly successful era of the band.
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Aug 18, 2011I'm With You is a much more concise record, both thematically and sonically, than 2006's double-disc Stadium Arcadium.
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Aug 31, 2011All four members have referred to I'm With You as a creative rebirth. That might be a stretch. But judging by the flashes of promise, one might be waiting just around the corner.
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Oct 9, 2012Throughout, Klinghoffer never takes over like Dave Navarro did with One Hot Minute, but he's not knocking down any doors, either.
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Sep 21, 2011New axe-slinger or not, I'm With You is a given for this band--at least four songs too long and Rick Rubin's nonchalance leaves everything sounding precisely and consistently the same.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 132 out of 187
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Mixed: 42 out of 187
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Negative: 13 out of 187
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