Stadium Arcadium

Here's how I'd rate the songs on the first disc, Jupiter, after about three or four listens -

1) Stadium Arcadium
2) Snow ((Hey Oh))
3) Wet Sand
4) She's Only 18 - Amazing chorus and guitar work, but Kiedis' vocals almost ruin it.
5) Especially In Michigan
6) Torture Me
7) Hey
8) Strip My Mind - Not a real big fan of Kiedis' vocals on here either, but love Frusciante's. He should have sang the song.
9) Hump de Bump
10) Dani California
11) Slow Cheetah - Sounds nothing like Californication though.
12) Charlie
13) C'Mon Girl
14) Warlocks - Really disappointed with this song. I heard Billy Preston was on it. Where is he? If he's there, he's unnoticable.

I think Mars is better than Jupiter so far, but I've only heard it all the way through once, so I won't rate those songs yet.

I also think my list will be different in the middle of the summer, because the Chilis tend to write songs that take a while to grow on me but that I eventually fall in love with.

 

After another listen to Mars, here are my rankings for it -

1) Make You Feel Better - Just really loving the drums and vocals in this song so far. It's probably the best vocals on the c.d., not necessarily lyrically, but in terms of the quality of his voice.
2) If - I know a lot of you just don't get this song. It's super slow, very mellow, but it's beautiful. I love it.
3) Desecration Smile - They originally had a different chorus that I didn't like that much. It was great to put the c.d. on and hear they changed it.
4) Hard To Concentrate - See "If"
5) Readymade - Great, old school Chilis sound. They did it live about a year before the album came out though, and the solo was different/better. Although, on the studio version the drums after the guitar solo were turned up and Kiedis' vocals were turned down, which is great, because when done live, his vocals are way too loud on that part.
6) Animal Bar
7) Death of a Martian - Beautiful song, but I think I'm just not rating it top five because I had higher expectations for it after everything I had read on it. I expected it to be an epic, like "Venice Queen" or "Warm Tape".
8) 21st century - Like "Readymade", this song has been out there for about a year now, so I've had a chance to let it really grow on me.
9) Storm In A Teacup
10) She Looks To Me
11) So Much I
12) Turn It Again
13) Tell Me Baby - I know it's their next single, but it's just too 'poppy' for me to get into right now.
14) We Believe

 

Alright, I've finally gotten a good feel of the album, so here's how I'd rank the songs on the whole. ***Note: It's inconsistent with my individual albums list, but that's because since I've listened to it more, my opinion of some songs has changed.***

1) Stadium Arcadium
2) If
3) Snow ((Hey Oh))
4) Desecration Smile
5) Death of a Martian
6) Make You Feel Better
7) Storm In A Teacup
8) Wet Sand
9) She's Only 18
10) Especially In Michigan
11) Tortue Me
12) Hey
13) Hump de Bump
14) Readymade
15) Hard To Concentrate
16) Tell Me Baby
17) Slow Cheetah
18) 21st Century
19) Dani California
20) Animal Bar
21) Strip My Mind
22) Charlie
23) We Believe
24) Turn It Again
25) She Looks To Me
26) Warlocks
27) C'Mon Girl
28) So Much I

 

I have had the first disc in my car stereo since I bought it, and I'm not sick of it yet RHCP is truly the greatest American band since the Doors

 

i cant believe i havent gotten this yet. i want to so bad, but i keep forgetting.

 

Am I the only one who thinks that the best vocals on the entire album are on "Make You Feel Better"? It's too bad that the lyrics are mediocre. If you replaced the vocals on "If" with those, it'd be the perfect song, but the vocals on "If" almost ruin it.

Here's my new top five after becoming very familiar with the album -

1) Wet Sand
2) She's Only 18
3) Death of a Martian
4) Hey
5) Stadium Arcadium

"If" would be #1 if it didn't have those vocals by Kiedis on them, or if it was just Frusciante singing.