Stadium Arcadium: A Review

Upon listening to the new Red Hot Chili Peppers' album, something unusual happened: I knew how I felt about it. Generally upon listening to a newly released album, I have to hear it a couple times before I really start to enjoy it. But what makes this album a good one is that it gives you more; more songs, more music styles, more instumentals. Upon hearing the 28 track double disc album, I was amazed that they could fill about 2 hours of disc space with good music as the styles shifted gears between rock, funk, and hip-hop. Flea is incredible when the album goes into funky instrumental mode. I read some other reviews of the album and the negative ones criticized the album for being too soft. I can see where they are coming from, but the soft times make he album listenable for 2 hours. The weakness they point out may be a strength as the instrumental and vocal interludes round out the rest of the songs. The most amazing thing about this album is that these are my first impressions and I'm sure that they will become stronger after listening to album a couple more times through.