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The Red Hot Chili Peppers' Greatest Hits is a compelling listen, culling tracks from the band's 1989 breakthrough, Mother's Milk, to its melodic 2002 release, By the Way. In some ways, one could view this as the best of the John Frusciante years, charting most of the band's work with the talented guitarist after the death of original member Hillel Slovak. The tracks here are all hits, including such stellar singles as "Give It Away," "Under the Bridge," and Frusciante's first single after his phoenix-like resurrection from heroin addiction, "Scar Tissue." It should be noted, though, that as a Warner-issued hits collection such fan favorites as "Taste the Pain" and the touchstone antidrug anthem "Knock Me Down" -- both from the 1989 EMI release Mother's Milk -- aren't included. (Similarly, nothing from the Chili Peppers' rambunctious early efforts -- including 1984's Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1985's Freaky Styley, and 1987's The Uplift Mofo Party Plan -- appears on this hits collection.) Nonetheless, Greatest Hits still portrays the band as one of the most consistently brilliant groups of its generation. Helping to paint this picture are such solid cuts as the group's searing, albeit overplayed, 1989 cover of Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground" as well as its rarely available addition to the Coneheads movie soundtrack, "Soul to Squeeze." Not surprisingly, "My Friends" is the sole cut to make it from the band's disappointing one-off effort with Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro, One Hot Minute. Throw in two new tracks ("Fortune Faded" and "Save the Population") that easily match the quality of the material collected here, and you've got one of the most consistently listenable Chili Pepper releases since Blood Sugar Sex Magik. For fans who gave up after Frusciante left the band, Greatest Hits is the perfect reintroduction. [Warner also released a clean version of Greatest Hits
Product Details
Release Date: | 11/18/2003 |
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Label: | Warner Records |
UPC: | 0093624865421 |
catalogNumber: | 48654 |
Rank: | 5896 |
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Album Credits
Performance Credits
Red Hot Chili Peppers Primary ArtistKristen Vigard Background Vocals
Vicki Calhoun Background Vocals
Lenny Castro Percussion
Greg Kurstin Keyboards
Dave Navarro Guitar
Brendan O'Brien Mellotron
Jack Sherman Background Vocals
Merrill Ward Background Vocals
Patrick Warren Organ
Peter Weiss Juice Harp
Iris Parker Background Vocals
Julie Ritter Background Vocals
Gretchen Seager Background Vocals
Bruno Deron Background Vocals
Joel Virgel Viergel Background Vocals
Wag Background Vocals
Aklia Chin Background Vocals
Gail And Friends Frusciante Choir, Chorus
Spinosa Background Vocals
Babe Background Vocals
Randy Ruff Background Vocals
Jack Virgel Viergel Background Vocals
Technical Credits
Red Hot Chili Peppers Art DirectionMichael Beinhorn Producer
Flea Composer,Liner Notes
John Frusciante Composer,Liner Notes
Dave Jerden Engineer
Anthony Kiedis Composer
Dave Navarro Composer
Brendan O'Brien Engineer
Rick Rubin Producer
David Schiffman Engineer
Jim Scott Engineer
Chad Smith Composer,Liner Notes
Stevie Wonder Composer
D. Sardy Engineer
Greg Fidelman Engineer
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