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Stadium Arcadium - Red Hot Chili Peppers
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73 out of 100

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9.2 out of 10

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  • Summary: Rick Rubin produced this double-disc, 28-song set for the veteran Los Angeles rock outfit.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 25
  3. Negative: 1 out of 25
  1. Los Angeles Times
    100
    It overflows with the kind of music the Chili Peppers do best: a physical, often psychedelic mix of spastic bass-slapped funk and glistening alt-rock spiritualism. Only they've never sounded this good as musicians.
  2. Dot Music
    60
    Attempting such an ambitious concept in an age of diminished attention spans should no doubt be applauded, but overstretching itself in a stab at immortality, "Stadium Arcadium" marks a step backwards from 2002's "By The Way".
  3. Prefix Magazine
    30
    The lyrics are especially vapid here in the Stadium Arcadium.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 302 out of 341
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 341
  3. Negative: 25 out of 341
  1. skyminster
    10
    Stadium arcadium is an awesome album, it's the best red hot chili peppers album ever! The first disk is probably better than the second disk. Disk 1: 11/10. Disk 2: 10/10. Overall as an album: 10/10. If you like red hot chili peppers, either get this album or listen to it!… Expand
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  2. Ricko
    5
    If you took the best 12 or 13 songs from this sprawling double record, you'd still have a pretty dull, funk rock affair. There are half a dozen good songs, another half dozen average songs and over a dozen tracks that just act as filler. That's way too much filler by anyone's standards. Dani California is very good but very little to like apart from that.… Expand
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  3. DougH
    3
    generic. irrellevant. not even fun.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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