Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits

Greatest Hits

by Red Hot Chili Peppers

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17/11/2003
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Red Hot Chili Peppers: Anthony Kiedis (vocals); John Frusciante (guitar); Flea (bass); Chad Smith (drums).

Compilation producers: Rick Rubin, Michael Beinhorn.

Although the Red Hot Chili Peppers have received the hits treatment before (most notably on 1992's WHAT HITS?), this compilation serves to highlight the band's peak years with guitarist John Frusciante, both before his sudden departure in 1992 and after his lauded return for 1999's CALIFORNICATION. (The group's intriguing-yet-mismatched union with Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro yields only one track, "My Friends.")

The Chili Peppers are best known for their energetic punk-funk anthems but their mainstream breakthrough, the gently building ballad "Under the Bridge" opens GREATEST HITS. It's followed in short order, however by the boisterous, slaphappy "Give It Away." Other Peppers high points include the beautifully melancholy "Scar Tissue," the hard-to-find "Soul to Squeeze," the folky "Breaking the Girl," and the only pre-1990s track--the group's wonderfully rocked-out cover of Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground." Of course, this HITS collection includes the seemingly requisite (and quite good) two new tracks--the driving "Fortune Faded" and the dreamy "Save the Population." GREATEST HITS effectively chronicles the Peppers' transition from goofy party boys to mature, highly inventive rock band.

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Product Details

Artist
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Recording Environment
Studio
Label / Studio
WEA/WARNER BROS.
CD WOW! Sales Rank
#490
Media Content Format
Album
Original year of release
2003
Media Format
Audio CD
Year of release
2003
Number of Discs
1
CD 30days Sales Rank
#413
Cast & Crew
Red Hot Chili Peppers (Music Performer)

Press Reviews

...[This collection culls] the good stuff..." - Rating : B+ Entertainment Weekly (11/14/03, pp.126-7)

4 (out of 5) - "...this is a must for aficionados of the sensual, the stylish and the sexy. Kerrang (15/11/03, p.60)

4 stars out of 5 - "It's an astonishing feat of creative solidity. Q (1/04, p.142)

Tracklisting

Disc 1:

  1. Under the Bridge
  2. Give It Away
  3. Californication
  4. Scar Tissue
  5. Soul to Squeeze
  6. Otherside
  7. Suck My Kiss
  8. By the Way
  9. Parallel Universe
  10. Breaking the Girl
  11. My Friends
  12. Higher Ground
  13. Universally Speaking
  14. Road Trippin'
  15. Fortunes Faded - (Previously Unreleased)
  16. Save the Population - (Previously Unreleased)

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  • Can listen over and over (4)
  • Hit songs (4)

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    4.0

    I would buy this product again and again

    By Marco Gonçalves

    from Porto

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    Pros

    • Can Listen Over And Over
    • Original

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      • At Home
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      Comments about WEA/WARNER BROS. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits:

      I use this cd in home on my hi-fi system. This CD is original.

       
      4.0

      Woo woo

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        Comments about WEA/WARNER BROS. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits:

        A great colection of old and new stuff

         
        5.0

        One RED HOT compilation of their best...

        By Steve

        from Adelaide

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        • Engaging
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          Comments about WEA/WARNER BROS. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits:

          Worth the wait, an excellent CD!

           
          4.0

          Hot For all Ages

          By Grayzee

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            Comments about WEA/WARNER BROS. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits:

            I thought this was just young kids head banging music, however I liked what I heard and added to my collection.

             
            5.0

            Classic Chili

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            from Gold Coast

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                Comments about WEA/WARNER BROS. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits:

                Classic high energy music from HCP - great for driving, working out and making love

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                Swift delivery of a perfectly presented product at a great price

                 
                4.0

                good tune for driving

                By Mik

                from West Sussex

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                • Hit Songs
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                • Too Few Tracks

                Best Uses

                • In The Car

                Comments about WEA/WARNER BROS. Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits:

                use it in the car, relaxing music

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