Shadows Collide With People

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It takes a lot to be known as the weird one out of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, but for guitarist John Frusciante the title comes easy. He abruptly quit the band at the height of its popularity in 1992 to become a full-time drug addict, claimed to communicate with the fourth dimension, and released a couple of predictably loopy solo albums before returning in time to record the group's brilliant comeback discs, 1999's Californication and 2001's By The Way. The odd and esoteric music on Shadows Collide With People, his fourth release outside the day job, proves that even drug-free he remains touched. Only now, Frusciante is better able to draw life out of his lo-fi experiments, twisting the shiftless strums and electronic fizzes of songs like "Regret" and "Song to Sing When I'm Lonely" into beautiful explorations reminiscent of Radiohead and the Mars Volta. It's no wonder the Chili Peppers make their best records whenever he's around. --Aidin Vaziri

Shadows Collide With People,John Frusciante,Warner Bros / Wea,Adult Alternative Pop/Rock,Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop

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Shadows Collide With People

Average customer rating: nice genuinely surprised Sorry guy but this isn't that great Amazing To Drew

Shadows Collide with People John Frusciante Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: To Record Only Water for Ten Days Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt Mother's Milk Red Hot Chili Peppers - Live at Slane Castle Red Hot Chili Peppers - Off the Map ASIN: B00018TI5E Release Date: 2004-02-24

Tracks:

1. Carvel
2. Omission
3. Regret
4. Ricky
5. Second Walk
6. Everyperson
7. - 00 Ghost 27
8. Wednesday's Song
9. This Cold
10. Failure 33 Object
11. Song To Sing When I'm Lonely
12. Time Goes Back
13. In Relief
14. Water
15. Cut Out
16. Chances
17. 23 Go Into End
18. The Slaughter

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It takes a lot to be known as the weird one out of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, but for guitarist John Frusciante the title comes easy. He abruptly quit the band at the height of its popularity in 1992 to become a full-time drug addict, claimed to communicate with the fourth dimension, and released a couple of predictably loopy solo albums before returning in time to record the group's brilliant comeback discs, 1999's Californication and 2001's By The Way. The odd and esoteric music on Shadows Collide With People, his fourth release outside the day job, proves that even drug-free he remains touched. Only now, Frusciante is better able to draw life out of his lo-fi experiments, twisting the shiftless strums and electronic fizzes of songs like "Regret" and "Song to Sing When I'm Lonely" into beautiful explorations reminiscent of Radiohead and the Mars Volta. It's no wonder the Chili Peppers make their best records whenever he's around. --Aidin Vaziri

Customer Reviews:

nice.......2007-07-03

his voice and style requires an acquired taste, but i love it. i never realized how few of lyrics each song has. for how long and moving they are, it seems like a huge long story. good job johnny.

genuinely surprised.......2007-04-28

I was a fairly self-proclaimed RHCP fan around the time I picked this album up. I kicked myself repeatedly for not realizing that John does work separate from the peppers earlier than I did (around summer of 2004 that is). Anyway, I found out he did solo work and I found this album in my local record store one day and decided to pick it up. I popped it in my car on the way back, and was literally blown away.

It's not the sheer fact that John makes music this interesting to me. It's the whole story behind his music, where he's come from, how dedicated to his work he is and his ongoing ability to output, maybe not perfect, but truly amazing work consistently. I was very fortunate to pick this album up when I did, it just so happened that The Will to Death came out only two weeks later and I basically was bombarded with John Frusciante for the next six to eight months.

However, out of all the albums that he's made, Shadows Collide with People has always seemed to me to be the most genuine John. Combine the earlier self-depreciating, drug-ridden works of Smile from the Streets you Hold and Niandra Lades and Usually just a T-shirt, the original vision and creativity of to Record Only Water for Ten Days, the output quantity and variety of his six albums in six months campaign and polish it up just a little, and that's Shadows Collide With People. It's really the sum of all the parts coming together.

There are some very clever depictions of John's past in this album as well. "Wednesday's Song", which depicts his favoring of one specific prostitue once a week around the time of BSSM, is a great example of this. I would certainly classify this album as the one to introduce others to his solo works, it's certainly his most accessible but doesn't sacrifice too much to that fact either. The electronic influence of other of his works is evident too in tracks such as "Double-0Ghost27", "Failure 33 Object", and "23 Go In To End". For some reason, "Chances" throws me back to the Beatles in some aspects and is always a nice fun, quick listen. And "The Slaughter" is just a song I could listen to over and over again, the absolute perfect way to end the album.

In short, Shadows Collide with People currently is and likely will be my favorite John Frusciante album. It does truly have "something for all his fans." Tracking John's growth as a musician both solo and with the chili peppers is something I continue to enjoy day after day and this is certainly, in my opinion, the best place to start.

Sorry guy but this isn't that great.......2007-03-15

I Love John Frusciante, but i hate people who use their love for J.F. as an excuse to love all his music. this CD is disapointing, i really did think that it would be good. there are many problem with it:
1)the drums sound like a metronome
2)everything has been so overly produced and digitalized that for most of the songs you can barely hear the music

this sound like something John Frusciante threw together late at night on his computer and decided to produce it

there are however 3 very good songs (but ONLY 3!) and they are
1)Carvel
2)Song To Sing When Im Lonly
3)The Slaughter

Amazing.......2007-02-09

This album is totally amazing. I'm not one for electronic parts of music, so that's probably the downfall of the album, but all of the actual songs are really solid. I'd love to use this album as part of a movie someday. It's one of my top ten albums of all time.

To Drew.......2007-02-09

Shadows is great and I think that John has a required taste type thing, I guess. I think DC EP is amazing, so is the Will to Death. They are very creative and not the norm, if you don't like other John just stop trying because I don't think you will grow into his music, it is different, I am pretty suprised that so many people like it too. I am not suprised that you don't like that much. Save your money dude, go the red hot route if you want the best of john frusciante.

Average customer rating: a must have Outstanding disc

Shadows Collide with People John Frusciante Manufacturer: Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Snow (Hey Oh) Pt. 1 ASIN: B0001BUFHQ Release Date: 2004-03-22

Tracks:

1. Carvel
2. Omission
3. Regret
4. Ricky
5. Second Walk
6. Every Person
7. 00ghost27
8. Wednesdays Song
9. This Cold
10. Failure33object
11. Song To Sing When Im Lonely
12. Times Goes Back
13. In Relief
14. Water
15. Of Before (Bonus Track)
16. Cut-Out
17. Chances
18. 23 Go In To End
19. The Slaughter

Album Description

Full title - Shadows Collide With People. Japanese edition of the Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist's 2004 album includes one exclusive bonus track 'Of Before'. Warner.

Album Details

Includes the Bonus Track "of Before".

Customer Reviews:

a must have.......2004-06-09

this cd is awesomely great it shows the listener what a genuine and true musician john is, it also features a young talented musician by the name of josh klinghoffer who has proved himself to be a worthy musician the album is great from start to finish frusciante has some extremely wonderful tracks wednesdays song is one of them, this cold , second walk, song to ply when im lonely, and one of my personal favorites water.this cd is a must have u will ask yourself how could have went living without having this cd in your life

Outstanding disc.......2004-04-10

If you thought "Going Inside" rocked, that was an intro to "Shadows Collide with People"! As in "Going inside", this CD is personal, thought provoking, raw, and rocking. Frusciante's musicianship and song writing is much stronger. If your a fan, get the CD.

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