Rarity - Sealed
Red Hot Chilli Peppers:
- Vocals: Anthony Kiedis
- Bass, Piano, Backing Vocals: Flea
- Drums: Chad Smith
- Guitar, Keyboards, Backing Vocals: Josh Klinghoffer
Piano: Greg Kurstin (C2, C4, D1)
Organ [Hammond B3] – Money Mark (pistes : B3)
Percussion – Lenny Castro (A3, C2, D2), Mauro Refosco (A1, A2, B1 to C1, C3 to D1, D3)
Percussion [Additional] – Lenny Castro (A1, A2, B1, D1, D3)
Trumpet: Mike Bulger (C1)
Written by Anthony Kiedis, Chad Smith, Flea, Josh Klinghoffer
2LP, standard sleeve
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : Black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Label : Warner Bros. Records – Because Sound Matters
Original Label : Warner Bros. Records – Because Sound Matters
Recorded September 14, 2010 – March 18, 2011 at EastWest Studio (Los Angeles, California) & Shangri-La Studio (Malibu, California)
Recorded by Andrew Sheps, Greg Fidelman, Ken Sluiter, Phillip Broussard Jr., Ryan Hewitt, Sara Lyn Killion
Mixed by Andrew Sheps (A3, B1 to C4, D2, D3), Greg Fidelman (A1, A2, D1)
Produced by Rick Rubin
Mastered by Vlado Meller
Design by Jason Beard
Originally Released in 2011
Reissued in 2024
Tracks:
Side A :
- Monarchy Of Roses
- Factory Of Faith
- Brendan's Death Song
Side B :
- Ethiopia
- Annie Wants A Baby
- Look Around
- The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie
Side C :
- Did I Let You Know
- Goodbye Hooray
- Happiness Loves Company
- Police Station
Side D :
- Even You Brutus?
- Meet Me At The Corner
- Dance, Dance, Dance
Review :
« Losing John Frusciante for a second time doesn't send the Red Hot Chili Peppers into a tailspin. By now, the Chili Peppers shed guitarists like a second skin, changing their outer layer but retaining their inner core. Such is the case with I'm with You, the band’s first album since 2006's Stadium Arcadium. If that double-disc was defined by its unwieldy sprawl, its songs spewed not sequenced, I'm with You is characterized by its focus, both within individual tunes and the songs as a whole. New guitarist Josh Klinghoffer -- veteran sideman and longtime pal of Frusciante who provided secondary guitar on the closing stretch of the Stadium Arcadium tour -- doesn't compete for center stage the way previous Peppers did. He doesn't strut, he weaves, disappearing so completely into the arrangements he doesn't seem to leave his signature despite the heavy layers of guitars on each cut. This makes I'm with You the flipside of One Hot Minute, where the Chili Peppers bent over backward to accommodate Dave Navarro: the Peppers don't miss a step, they almost seem relieved to be carrying on without Frusciante. Part of that could be due to a newfound musical elasticity, a reflection of Flea taking music theory classes at USC during the group’s half-decade gap between albums. Certainly a song like "Happiness Loves Company" -- half Beach Boys, half Kinks -- shows a compositional dexterity unthinkable for previous incarnations of the Peppers, but there’s no showiness here, the album is all about precision. This extends to Anthony Kiedis, who neither hams it up on the ballads nor goofs around on his raps, he merely serves the purposes of the song like the old pro he now is. Ultimately, the Red Hot Chili Peppers are served well by that professionalism; they're long past the point of proving themselves, they're no longer here for a party, they're rock & roll lifers, and I'm with You illustrates they can settle into maturity convincingly. » AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Ratings :
Discogs : 4.23 / 5 ; AllMusic : 3.5 / 5