Rock CD Reviews - Red Hot Chili Peppers: Stadium Arcadium Album

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Stadium Arcadium is the ninth studio album by alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on May 5, 2006 on Warner Bros. Records. It was a success for the band, selling 442,000 copies in the U.S. in its debut week and debuting at #1 on the Billboard 200. Singles from the album included "Dani California," "Snow ((Hey Oh))," and "Tell Me Baby." The album is notable for being the band's first studio double album; according to frontman Anthony Kiedis, Stadium Arcadium was originally scheduled to be a trilogy of albums each released six months apart, but was eventually condensed into a double album. Stadium Arcadium was critically acclaimed both for showcasing a more mature lyrical style from that of the Chili Peppers' earlier albums, and for integrating musical styles from all aspects of the band's career. The album gained the band seven Grammy Awards in 2007: the most nominations that the band had garnered in their 24-year career. Kiedis attributed the album's success to less abrasive dynamics within the band, saying that the band's "chemistry when it comes to writing is better than ever. There was always a struggle to dominate lyrically. But we are now confident enough in who we are, so everybody feels more comfortable contributing more and more valuable, quality stuff."

Stadium Arcadium CD Tracks:

Disc one: Jupiter

1. "Dani California" – 4:42
2. "Snow ((Hey Oh))" – 5:35
3. "Charlie" – 4:37
4. "Stadium Arcadium" – 5:15
5. "Hump de Bump" – 3:33
6. "She's Only 18" – 3:25
7. "Slow Cheetah" – 5:19
8. "Torture Me" – 3:44
9. "Strip My Mind" – 4:19
10. "Especially in Michigan" – 4:00
11. "Warlocks" – 3:24
12. "C'mon Girl" – 3:48
13. "Wet Sand" – 5:09
14. "Hey" – 5:39

Disc two: Mars

1. "Desecration Smile" – 5:02
2. "Tell Me Baby" – 4:07
3. "Hard to Concentrate" – 4:02
4. "21st Century" – 4:22
5. "She Looks to Me" – 4:06
6. "Readymade" – 4:31
7. "If" – 2:52
8. "Make You Feel Better" – 3:51
9. "Animal Bar" – 5:25
10. "So Much I" – 3:44
11. "Storm in a Teacup" – 3:45
12. "We Believe" – 3:36
13. "Turn It Again" – 6:08
14. "Death of a Martian" – 4:24

Current Band Members:

• Anthony Kiedis - lead vocals
• John Frusciante - guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
• Flea - bass, backing vocals
• Chad Smith - drums, percussion

Lyrics: Hump De Bump - Red Hot Chili Peppers

40 detectives this week
40 detectives strong
Takin' a stroll down Love Street
Strollin' is that so wrong
Can I get my co-defendant

Hump de bump doop bodu
Bump de hump doop bop
Hump de bump doop bodu

Bump de hump doop bodu
Hump de bump doop bop
Bump de hump doop bodu

Bump bump

Listen to me what I said
Try to get it through your head
A little bit of circumstance
A chance to make out

Livin' in a citadel
It's hard enough to be yourself
Waiting for the bell to toll
And I am wide awake now

Workin' the beat as we speak
Working the belle du monde
Believe in the havoc we wreak
Believin', is that so wrong
Can I get my co-dependent

Must have been a hundred miles
Any of a hundred styles
It's not about the smile you wear
But the way we make out

When I was an all aloner
Nothin' but a two-beach comber
Anybody seen the sky?
I'm wide awake now