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Red Hot Chili Peppers - Californication (25th Anniversary) [2LP Red & Blue]
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Californication (25th Anniversary) [2LP Red & Blue] Vinyl

Vinyl Blue & red
$45.99

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Californication is the sound of Red Hot Chili Peppers pulling back from the edge, a 1999 album that stares down the dark side of the sunburnt California dream.

The band was in rough shape after One Hot Minute, until guitarist John Frusciante returned following years away battling addiction. Reunited with producer Rick Rubin, the classic lineup of Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith and Frusciante found a new maturity, trading some of their manic funk for melody, space and reflection. The result became one of the best-loved rock albums of its decade and kicked off a remarkable second act for the band.

Frusciante's understated playing is the secret weapon throughout. "Scar Tissue" drifts on a sparse slide guitar line and Kiedis' bruised, hopeful vocal, while "Otherside" confronts addiction with haunting directness. The title track paints Hollywood as a seductive, hollow dream over one of the most recognizable guitar figures of the 1990s, and "Around the World" opens proceedings with a burst of Flea's elastic bass.

Californication still sounds warm and endlessly replayable, a record that finds beauty in damage and survival. It belongs on any shelf devoted to 1990s rock, and it remains the perfect entry point for anyone discovering the band for the first time.

UPC:093624843276

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