RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS — The Getaway (review)

RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS — The Getaway album cover Album · 2016 · Non-Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
aglasshouse
They're back...but are they red hot?

Absolutely! Granted, the Chili Peppers aren't as "rock out with your cock out" as they were in their heyday, but that's okay. This album arose from the ashes of the rather disliked I'm With You which was back in 2011, so they had about five years to recuperate. The result is a few slamming tracks guaranteed to bring you back to the past, but mostly laid-back lounge funk songs. One thing I must mention is the greater and well-deserved spotlight on the keyboards played by the master himself, Flea. It's most prominent on 'Dark Necessities' and 'Dreams of a Samurai', but for the rest of the songs it creates a lovely background decoration for those of them that are more atmospheric in nature.

The playing is of course wonderful, with the over-the-top slap bass of Flea, the master-drummer Ferrell- err, I mean Smith wields his set as good as ever, and the much more out-there guitar playing of Klinghoffer is something a bit different compared to Frusciante on the previous albums, but is still welcomed. There is also of course Kiedis, who sounds practically the same as if it were '99 again.

The Getaway may not be a super-powered swagger-fest as some people may have hoped for, but the album's catchy nature and infinite replayability is sure to impress even the most grouchy of Grinches.
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Necrotica wrote:
more than 2 years ago
I thought I'm With You was completely atrocious, but this was actually pretty good. Some parts actually reminded me of Californication, and it was great to hear some of the funk elements make a return
siLLy puPPy wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Looking forward to this one. The last one was a little ho hum
Unitron wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Great review, this was a pleasant surprise. Their best album in quite a while imo.

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