Stadium Arcadium Review

Stadium Arcadium is the newest installment in the already talent-prolific collection of Chili Pepper albums. Its strong drum beats and long edgy guitar riffs accents the attitude and collective energy of the band. Their album seems to have an underlying flow that subconsciously draws you to feel closer to the music as it tells you the story. Both of its albums start out strong and end slow with a grand "finish" feel.

Stadium Arcadium is unique in its own right of having two completely separate, yet intertwining LPs. They each tell different stories with their sound. The "Mars" album goes back to the group's origional funk roots while the "Jupiter" album brings forth the band's new alternative sound.

And last but not least the vocal performance for this album sets the bar ten feet higher for a next chili peppers album. With Kiedis five years sober from drugs and alcohol his voice has finally found its place with his melodic rhythms and pitches, his singing has reached new heights.


I would recommend this to anybody who is a fan of contemporary rock music and give it a 5
out of 5

Required Listening Post

In this project we were assigned to listen to a vast veriety of songs from the 50's up to the 70's. I then picked three songs that particularly stood out to me:

Pat Boone's recreation of "Tutti Frutti", originally by Little Richard, was lackluster to say the least. It was clear that Pat's version was directed towards the white middle-aged demographic of America that wanted nothing else but to sit at home with a good glass of wine and enjoy bland music. Well Boone certainly accomplished his goal but ended up massacring the original song by Little Richard that was filled with soul, meaning and energy. The song really struck me as funny in comparison to its original because of its complete lack of character and energy.

The second song that I listened to was "Purple Haze" by Jimi Hendrix. Contradictory to "Tutti Frutti" by Pat Boone, I was really turned on to this song. Purple Haze epitomizes the late 60's and its Woodstock culture. Its rhythmeic and trippy beats were really cool and sort of energized while relaxing at the same time.

Elton John's "Benny and the Jets" is a really great song. John's hard beat piano style really comes out during this performance. The emphasized beats and slight additions of synthesizers made the song a lot better than it was to begin with. This song enduced a strong listening power by captivating your interest with the unique sounds and beats that went along with the chorus very well.