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Release date: 16-10-2011 (originally released in 1989)
2011 EU 14-track vinyl 2-LP, pressing on 180gram vinyl - I'm With You was written collectively by the four members: founding singer Anthony Kiedis and bassist Flea, drummer Chad Smith (who's been with the band since 1989) and guitarist Josh Klinghoffer (the new guy, though he's been a long-time friend of the band and served as second guitarist on much of the Stadium Arcadium tour). That process, coming after the band took two years off following its 2006-2007 world tour, happened in a full year of sessions starting in a Hollywood basement and continuing in the unlikely idyll of Big Sur, where they used a studio converted from a barn at Beach Boy Al Jardine's spread. Recording was done in Los Angeles and at Malibu's Shangri-La Studios. The result is the most heartfelt, playful and accomplished album in the band's storied career.-sealed in gatefold sleeve
Tracks: LP1 01. Monarchy Of Roses 02. Factory Of Faith 03. Brendan's Death Song 04. Ethiopia 05. Annie Wants A Baby 06. Look Around 07. The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie
LP2 01. Did I Let You Know 02. Goodbye Hooray 03. Happiness Loves Company 04. Police Station 05. Even You Brutus? 06. Meet Me At The Corner 07. Dance, Dance, Dance
Children are born, but a friend dies. A new guitarist arrives as the old one leaves. And a band is reborn after an overdue break. Beginnings and endings. That's I'm With You, truly the beginning of a new era for the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The 10th album of the Los Angeles band's singular career sees the band refreshed, renewed, once again working with producer Rick Rubin (their fifth partnership, including the last album, 2006's monster Stadium Arcadium double album tour de force). It expands the same combination of funk and finesse, intensity and tenderness that's made the Peppers sine qua non in modern rock, but with a new set of life experiences from the intervening years that coalesced into a dynamically fresh start.
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