The Getaway
by Red Hot Chili Peppers
  • Record Label: Atlantic
  • Release Date: Jun 17, 2016
User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 294 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 238 out of 294
  2. Mixed: 34 out of 294
  3. Negative: 22 out of 294
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  1. Scraper
    Jun 27, 2016
    2
    It's serves as an exemplary model to young artists of what happens when you have nothing to say and filter it through a concept that's been beaten to death. If I had a friend who claimed to still like this band, there would be an intervention.
  2. rwindmann
    Jul 10, 2016
    1
    I hate smart, intelligent rock and roll. Here are the 5 things that happened to them, in order of importance:

    1. John Frusciante left.
    2. They left Rick Rubin.
    3. They are not writing songs, they are writing "compositions."
    4. They got a keyboard player.
    5. They got a bongo player (WTF?)

    As for the CD, I still have to give it a one, because I can give it away now.
  3. somedude14
    Jul 10, 2016
    0
    One Hot Minute lacked inspiration, but at least it had enthusiasm. This is adult contemporary rock. I can't believe how boring they've become. I guess we all get old.
  4. marycreek
    Jul 23, 2016
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Really bad and boring album, sounds like an improvised work of constrution as they were recording a demo, with various kind of mellows from the beginning to the end which give a general sense of frustration, following the usual repetitive style of their last records. They were probably attempting to create some different music even if they got pretty much old now, but they just obtained another mockery from people who dislike the band.… Expand
  5. S0LiD
    Jun 17, 2016
    1
    Bored as hell, like the last album... I just can save 2 or 3 songs max, "Goodbye Angels" the only decent song... Goodbye Red Hot Chili Peppers...
  6. ThatGuy007
    Feb 20, 2022
    3
    It’s just a boring rhcp album and fails to meet the high expectations of a chilis album.

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#23 Most Discussed Album of 2016
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#24 Most Shared Album of 2016

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
66

Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. Under The Radar
    Jul 21, 2016
    70
    The Getaway is generally a surprising success--the sound of a band having the intelligence to know when the time has come to move on and having the skill to actually achieve it.
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  2. DIY Magazine
    Jul 1, 2016
    40
    They’re an easy punchline, in fairness--perennial whipping boys, probably deserving of a break at some point--but when they continue to churn out nonsensical self-parody, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ continued stratospheric success is nothing short of baffling.
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  3. Q Magazine
    Jun 29, 2016
    60
    An odd, deliberately unpunchy comeback. [Aug 2016, p.114]
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