- Record Label: Warner Brothers
- Release Date: Feb 24, 2004
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I feel patronising calling it a rebirth, return to form or a self-rehabilitation from the brink. Lets just call it evolution.
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MojoA work of uncommon beauty and torment. [Mar 2004, p.95]
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At eighteen tracks it comes close to outstaying its welcome, but it doesnt.
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Eighteen songs, is perhaps two too many, but a hint of over enthusiasm cannot mar what feels like a tour de force.
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Entertainment WeeklyIntermittently engaging if ultimately slight. [27 Feb 2004, p.96]
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BlenderMany of the songs here could be Peppers tracks, except for the absence of Anthony Kiedis's vocals. [Apr 2004, p.128]
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Full of a lush, bubbling beauty that proves Frusciante's personal rehabilitation has taken his music further than ever.
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Nothing earth shattering, but enjoyable nonetheless.
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Coming in at over an hour in length, the album drags at times and begins to wear near the last part of the tracklisting.
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UncutFull of surprising songs with some cracking tunes that step far outside the punk-funk-grunge-metal formula of the Chili Peppers. [Mar 2004, p.99]
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Frusciante has finally harnessed the energy and unqualified honesty that pulsed underneath the wandering Syd Barrett-ness of his weird work, and applied them to a reedy, vaguely psychedelic, and consistently melodic collection of songs.
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Shadows Collide With People mashes two of the region's mad pop scientists (Wilson and Buckingham) into a gurgling, early-GBV harmonic convergence.
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Mainstream, bleeding-heart balladry, tempered by slightly outre arrangements.
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Mercifully, Frusciante has toned down the screechy howl that made his earlier work almost unbearable, and while his songs aren't quite diamond-sharp, they have evolved into soft-focus pop tunes that display a keen melodic intuition and gift for beautiful torment.
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SpinJammed with cheesy effects, weak orchestration, and paper-thin vocals, this is a mix that nobody would dream of Californicating to. [Apr 2004, p.94]
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Q MagazineHis rudimentary songwriting skills and questionable quality control render this an exasperating experience. [Apr 2004, p.110]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 63 out of 71
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Mixed: 1 out of 71
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Negative: 7 out of 71
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Mar 17, 2022
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Mar 27, 2018one of the best albums ive heard. ..
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Sep 14, 2017