Fortune Faded 1 [Single, Import]

Red Hot Chili Peppers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 23, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Single, Import
• Label: Wea International
• ASIN: B0000TI3FK
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #213,488 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Fortune Faded

2. Eskimo

3. Bunker Hill

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great B-Sides!, November 14, 2003

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s (Holland, Assendelft) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fortune Faded 1 (Audio CD)

This is a great single with 3 great tracks on it:
01Fortune faded - The chili peppers rockin' again great song, great lyrics 10.0/10.0

02Eskimo - Weird song, starts slow but gets great in the end 5 min + long! 10.0/10.0

03Bunker hill - this was a meant to be classic, absolutely a "could have been" standalone single 10.0/10.0

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Perplexing., July 30, 2006

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Collin L (Los Angeles, California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fortune Faded 1 (Audio CD)

This is the first version of the Fortune Faded single (released with red writing, instead of blue). The song can be heard, otherwise, on the RHCP Greatest Hits assemblage and Live In Hyde Park (for a live interpretation).

The song itself is a strange little number that is fairly funky, but mostly melodious. The lyrics are what really catches you, though, as it tells a tale of insightful anecdotes and interesting events. This would have to be up there in the best unreleased tracks.

The b-sides for this version are really well worth the digging-up. "Eskimo" is an inexplicable song that sounds superb. Pure bliss, if I do say so myself. The memorable chorus has many different things going on at once, which really set this song apart from most. A genuine jewel.

"Bunker Hill" isn't half bad either, but when you compare it to the greatness of "Eskimo", it simply can not live up. It, unfortunately, leaves you with an empty felling--unsatisfied.

Positively Recommended.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great b-sides, September 30, 2005

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Michael Stack (North Chelmsford, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fortune Faded 1 (Audio CD)

"Fortune Faded" was the single release from the Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Greatest Hits" compilation, and was issued in two parts. THis one contains two non-album tracks.

"Fortune Faded" is an odd little piece, with the sort of funky beat that was missing (not necessarily a bad thing) from "By the Way" and a suitably esoteric lyric. But on this single, it's really "Eskimo" that's the gem. A bizarrely arranged piece with a tense verse featuring upper register guitar work and a manic chorus, it really is one of the best songs in the Chili Peppers catalog. "Bunker Hill" is a decent funky rock tune that also deserves listen, though it feels a bit anticlimatic after the unnervingly superb "Eskimo".

All in all, this is an extroardinary single, well worth digging up. Recommended.