Despite its polished production, Unlimited Love sees the Red Hot Chili Peppers throw caution to the wind as they take risks and revel in a genuine sense of weirdness; ultimately, Unlimited Love can stand strong as a latter career highlight as the most exciting release from the Red Hot Chili Peppers in nearly twenty years.
Reunited with guitar wizard John Frusciante, the band channel the best moments from their heyday to prove there's plenty more gas in the tank.
The sound is lean and clean, sharply separated with individual instrumentation shining through and not a lot of over-dubbing or effects.
The Chilis are back together, having fun. And it feels good.
Not every tune on this long album sticks. Still, it offers breezy, mature acceptance and enthusiasm for life.
The problem with Unlimited Love is that it sounds more like a jam rehearsal session rather than a complete album.
At heart Unlimited Love is an intoxicating, moving and occasionally backbone-freeing return from a justly legendary band. It’s a good record; just not a great one.
An impressive consolidation of their strengths.
You can do a whole lot worse than Unlimited Love, its main sin homogeneity rather than insufferableness.
Is it really good or i just have a soft spot for quirky funky dad rock?
By being the band that released classic game-changing albums like blood sugar sex magik, puting out massive hits like californication and under the bridge, having their own unique and incomparable style, the los angeles originated band "red hot chilli peppers" have already secured their place as one of the most popular and admired acts in the rigorous and harsh world of rock music.
But considering that the guys ... read more
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Damn, I remember my first joint.
I mean, it’s a Red Hot Chili Peppers album. They’ve been putting out the same album for at least twenty five years, regardless of who is playing guitar. If you like RHCP, you’ll probably like this album. They still sound like RHCP - have fun, go nuts.
Me personally, I don’t care if Frusciante is back on guitar, or if they brought back Rick Rubin for producing duties, or if they managed to bring Hillel Slovak back from ... read more
I don’t need to listen to an hour of this to know that this is boomers living out the glory days, and I will find no value in it
Average track rating: 57
Album as a whole:-4
Total: 53
This is a very weird album. And I don’t know how to feel about it. It’s very experimental, but it’s also very repetitive, uninteresting and boring. I feel like they have had their prime. You notice that they try to be the Peppers they always were on songs like One Way Traffic and Poster Child, but they fail horribly, simply because it sounds corny and goofy. The most of the songs are okay, and just filler, and I think this ... read more
yo se que los critics son super expertos y toda la bola, pero como le vas a poner un 100, sos un deficiente mental. solido 30, super largo para que solo me guste here ever after y she is a lover
1 | Black Summer 3:52 | 81 |
2 | Here Ever After 3:50 | 71 |
3 | Aquatic Mouth Dance 4:20 | 76 |
4 | Not the One 4:26 | 67 |
5 | Poster Child 5:18 | 68 |
6 | The Great Apes 5:01 | 68 |
7 | It's Only Natural 5:33 | 74 |
8 | She's a Lover 3:41 | 70 |
9 | These Are the Ways 3:56 | 71 |
10 | Whatchu Thinkin' 3:40 | 70 |
11 | Bastards of Light 3:38 | 68 |
12 | White Braids & Pillow Chair 3:40 | 74 |
13 | One Way Traffic 4:10 | 67 |
14 | Veronica 4:28 | 67 |
15 | Let 'Em Cry 4:23 | 71 |
16 | The Heavy Wing 5:31 | 75 |
17 | Tangelo 3:37 | 69 |
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