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Red Hot Chili Peppers
Artist Icon Californication (1999)
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Californication est le septième album studio du groupe de rock californien Red Hot Chili Peppers, sorti le 8 juin 1999 sous le label de Warner Bros. Produit par Rick Rubin, cet album marque le retour à la guitare de John Frusciante, qui avait quitté le groupe après la sortie de l'album Blood Sugar Sex Magik en 1991. Le retour de John Frusciante coïncide avec le changement complet du son du groupe, produisant un changement notable dans le style par rapport à la musique enregistrée avec Dave Navarro, son remplaçant. L'essentiel du sujet de l'album intègre diverses connotations sexuelles communément associés au groupe, mais contient aussi des thèmes plus variés que les précédents albums, incluant la luxure, la mort, la contemplation du suicide, la Californie, la drogue, la mondialisation et les voyages.

Californication est l'album des Red Hot Chili Peppers ayant eu le plus grand succès commercial avec 16 millions d'unités vendus dans le monde, dont 5 millions d'album aux États-Unis. En 2002, l'album s'est vendu à plus de 4 millions d'exemplaires en Europe. Le disque produit plusieurs hits pour le groupe, comprenant Otherside, Californication et a reçu un Grammy Award pour Scar Tissue. Californication atteint la troisième place dans le Billboard 200. L'enregistrement de cet album marque un changement significatif dans le style musical du groupe. Greg Tate du magazine Rolling Stone note qu'« alors que tous les précédents projets des Red Hot Chili Peppers étaient très animés, Californication a osé être spirituel et épiphanique ».
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It was the album that confirmned them as world class. - Dennis O'Dell, 2009-01-05


Everyone's favourite sock wearing funk rockers had, by 1998, been through the mill. Drugs, death, divorce, heartache and some dodgy acting jobs do not a happy bunch of Californians make. It was bassist Flea's visit to former guitarist John Frusciante, asking him to re-join the band which saved the day (in place of Dave Navarro who, himself, had exited stage left pursued by his own chemical demons). At first befuddled by reativity without the aid of stimulants, Frusciante in sessions at home started melding with his old bandmates and Californication- the band's most succesful album - was born.

On the surface filled with the usual punk funk, the band had now matured enough to make it sound more convincing. Keidis' voice, ravaged by age and excess, now emerged as a mighty instrument, while Frusciante's guitar held far more subtle nuance.

The album yielded four hit singles (Around the World, Otherside, Californication and the Grammy Award”“winning Scar Tissue) but even more interesting waas the way the band let more than just fun and frolics into the mix. Frusciante on Get On Top even fused Public Enemy with prog rock, admittting that his unsdersatated solo had been influenced by Steve Howe of Yes.

Overall the album has a far more meditative feel, allowing you to finally believe that they'd come to do more than just party your town dry. It was the album that confirmned them as world class. They remain such today, and it's all down to this re-birth.


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