Stadium Arcadium [Limited Edition, Import]

Red Hot Chili Peppers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 9, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 3
• Format: Limited Edition, Import
• Label: Warner Bros UK
• ASIN: B000ENV2P0
• In-Print Editions: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,871 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #76 in Music > Rock > Funk Rock
  • #80 in Music > R&B > Funk > Metal

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Dani California

2. Snow (Hey Oh)

3. Charlie

4. Stadium Arcadium

5. Hump De Bump

6. She’s Only 18

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Desecration Smile

2. Tell Me Baby

3. Hard to Concentrate

4. 21st Century

5. She Looks To Me

6. Readymade

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Dani California (video)

2. Track by track interviews with the band

3. Making of Dani California

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Four-year career hiatuses followed by sprawling double-albums could spell trouble for a band of the Chili Peppers' stature: consider they'd originally recorded enough for three discs. The restless, trouble-plagued outfit that helped break alternative rock into the mainstream with a potent fusion of punk 'n' funk in the '80s finds itself two decades on almost completely devoid of the former's energetic abandon, while the latter's effusive rhythms are considerably subdued over the course of this two-hour, 28-track collection. It's not so much that the Peppers have lost their muscular, often uber-macho edge as they have willfully tamed it in service of mature reinvention here. The mellower, often introspective, if no less potent pop ethos that characterized the crossover hit "Under the Bridge" blossoms fully here on tracks like disc one's "Snow," "Wet Sand," and the jazz-cool of "Hey."

The title track, "Desecration Smile," and "She Looks To Me" finds them venturing further into laid back pop ballad territory, while the tricky rhythms of "Dani California," "Charlie," and "So Much I" eventually kick into familiar top gear on the pop-savvy "Tell Me Baby" and hip-hop seasoned "Storm in a Teacup." It's not that there's a paucity of musical adventure here ("If" and "Animal Bar" finds them wafting into Floydish neo-psychedelia while "Make You Feel Better" seems to channel no less than Joe Jackson) but that it's delivered with a subtlety--and dare we say it?--tasteful musical restraint that's a stark contrast to the band's early, overly overt nature. There's perhaps too much mid-tempo simmering and reflection going on; like most double-albums it could be focused into a much more compelling single disc. But that seems largely beside the Peppers' hooks-over-histrionics point here: an unlikely record to kick back to, and one that both challenges assumptions and eases the band into middle age with an oft languorous, if undeniably savory groove.

This deluxe edition contains a 90-minute bonus DVD featuring Tony Kaye's video (and a half-hour "making of" featurette) for "Dani California," a kaleidoscopic romp through rock history that finds the appropriately costumed and bewigged Peppers conjuring everything from early Elvis and British Invasion to P-Funk, Glam Metal, and Grunge. All four band members also participate in a casual, track-by-track discussion of the album that runs nearly an hour. --Jerry McCulley

Product Description

Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers calls the band’s first new album in four years, Stadium Arcadium, the most-anticipated album of the spring, "the best thing that we’ve ever done…. There’s this weird kind of sublime, subliminal undercurrent that is suggestive, in a spirited way, of our earliest records." Exuding all the passion, energy and funked-up rock that have made the Red Hot Chili Peppers one of the most popular bands in history, the 2-CD Stadium Arcadium, simply put, will knock your socks off. The Limited Edition is a 3D-image shadow box containing a 28-page book, velvet bag with marbles, a wooden top, a matchbook notepad and four art notes, one by each band member. DVD (LIMITED EDITION) Dani California (video), Track by track interviews with the band, Making of Dani California

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 5 stars for the music, -1 for the "deluxe version", May 10, 2006

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babydestro - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stadium Arcadium (Audio CD)

i have remained a hardcore frusciante fan since he left, yet found the peppers albums since his return more and more disapointing (not entirely, just mostly).
then..this album. WOW! if you have given up on them after bssm or even before, you must give them another chance! by far the best thing they have ever done. too many favorite songs to list, although slow cheetah is currently my fav.
now, about the expensive version...
i hate to say i feel ripped off because the music contained is worth every penny and then some, but, well...i feel ripped off.
an extra $30 or so for basically a dvd is what i feel like i got.
the packaging just makes getting to the cd's harder, the dvd is just ok, nothing great. another funky monks type documentary would have been pure magic, the album being recorded in the same mansion, etc. the "28 page booklet" is merely the lyrics and credits and some photos, basically what they probably added in a smaller version on the regular version of the cd. the "original artwork" also could've just been part of the cheaper versions booklet (and maybe it is). everything else is just junk trinckets not worth the extra mony. marbles, blank paper, and a wooden top.
anyways...i cant recommend the more than double price sticker for a crummy gimmick, but the actual album has got to be one of my all time top 5 albums already, and this coming from someone who basically gave up on them after bssm. buy the new cd without hesitation, but proceed with caution on throwing down your money for an overpriced box of junk is all im trying to say.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Music aside, the box set is not all it's cracked up to be., July 25, 2006

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Dyraks12 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stadium Arcadium (Audio CD)

I'm not going to write about the music, cause you can read about that in one of the other reviews, so I'll instead talk about the boxed set.

If this boxed set was $29.99 it would be worth every penny, but for $49.99, the contents aren't worth it. Included with the set, you get:

2-Amazingly good CDs
1-DVD about the making of Dani California
4-Marbles
4-Notes from the band
1-28 page book
2-Wooden things (tops?)
1-Killer box to store it all in

Cds- Personally I think it is about the best RHCP has to offer. You be your own judge.
DVD- Video is about the best I've seen. Making of the video has little-to-no John, which sucks. Making of is bland, but it's a making of, so what do you expect?
Marbles- DISSAPOINTING! I thought they were going to be in theme with Stadium Arcadium. Instead, you get four, and they are just regular marbles you could get at Toys R' Us.
Notes from the band- Actually just pieces of scrap paper. John and Chad's are cool.
28 page book- Probably the best of the extra stuff. Same as the book you get with the regular album version (lyrics and pictures), but has more pictures, and is of very high quality.
Wooden things- what are these??? I guess I could use them as drink coasters...
Killer box- The outside of the boxed set is undoubtedly the coolest packaging I've seen in a long time. It's a 3-D version of the album cover. Really Cool.

Well I hope my breakdown of what is inside the Boxed Set was helpful. If I would have read a review like this, I wouldn't have gone out and bought another copy.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ABSOLUTELY THE BEST, May 9, 2006

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Andrew Butler (Rockville, MD) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stadium Arcadium (Audio CD)

Wow I got my copy this morning, and this is the most musical album of all time!! If this doesn't win a grammy for Best Album, then I have lost faith in NARAS..

Thank you John, Anthony, Chad, and Flea for all the good vibrations, musical harmonies, thunderous solos, and good times that are found on this album of a lifetime..