Stadium Arcadium

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Stadium Arcadium
Double album by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Released	May 5, 2006 (Mainland Europe) May 8, 2006 (United Kingdom) May 9, 2006 (North America) May 13, 2006 (Australia) May 21, 2006 (Internationally)
Recorded	March–December 2005 at The Mansion in Los Angeles, California
Genre	Alternative Rock Funk Rock
Length	62:37 (Jupiter) 59:57 (Mars)
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer(s)	Rick Rubin
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Entertainment Weekly (B+) 5/5/06 Rolling Stone 5/3/06 The Guardian link Pitchfork Media (4.7/10) link Stylus Magazine (C) link
Red Hot Chili Peppers chronology
Live in Hyde Park (2004)	Stadium Arcadium (2006)

Stadium Arcadium is the Grammy Award-winning, first double album (excluding Live in Hyde Park), and ninth studio album by alternative/funk rock band, the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

According to an interview with frontman Anthony Kiedis in New Musical Express,^[1] Stadium Arcadium was originally scheduled to be a trilogy of albums each released six months apart, but was condensed into one 28 track double album (the first in the band's career so far), and that the remaining 10 tracks would be released as b-sides.

It was released in May of 2006. Over one million copies of the album were sold within the same month of release in Europe.^[2] The title has gone gold or platinum in 16 countries across Europe, and has sold over 7 million copies total worldwide to date, making it the best selling album of 2006.^[3] Rolling Stone named Stadium Arcadium the second best album of 2006 and Billboard named it the 8th best album of the year.

The album was nominated for seven Grammy Awards in 2007: Album of the Year, Best Short Form Music Video ("Dani California"), Best Rock Album, Best Rock Song ("Dani California"), Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal ("Dani California"), Best Boxed Set or Special Limited Edition Package, and Producer of the Year ("Rick Rubin"), all of which it won except for Album of the Year and Best Short Music Video.^[4] Stadium Arcadium has gone on to become the band's most nominated album of their 24-year career.

Contents 1 Background 2 Singles 3 Track listing 3.1 Disc 1: Jupiter 3.2 Disc 2: Mars 3.3 B-sides, outtakes and non-album tracks 4 Notable guest musicians 5 Credits 6 Chart performance 6.1 Album 6.2 Singles 7 Trivia 8 References 9 Touring Controversy 10 External links

[edit] Background

The band has said in many interviews that the album is written mostly about people coming together because of music, which the title track sums up, while several songs focus directly on love. It has also been quoted as a return to the band's distinct funk-rock style. Fan reaction has been mostly divided, just as it was for By The Way.

The song "Dani California" is about the death and demise of "Dani", the same character from their hit singles "By the Way" and "Californication". "Dani", according to Kiedis, is a representation of every girl that he has come across in his life. The album's last song "Death of a Martian" was also an ode to Flea's dog Martian, a Mastiff, who died during the album's recording.

Kiedis has said that the song "Animal Bar" was written about a strip of land in Australia in which there is no rainfall for a period of time, called the animal bar. In the same fashion, he has also said that "We Believe" is about African pixies out on the Serengeti.

Similar to Californication, Stadium Arcadium features a heavy use of audio compression during mastering. However, the vinyl versions of Stadium Arcadium have been mastered by Steve Hoffman and Kevin Gray at AcousTech from the 30 ips analog master tapes,^[5] "the mixes are all powerful, very dynamic, tuneful, exciting and quite high fidelity sounding."

[edit] Singles

• The first single, "Dani California," premiered on radio stations worldwide on April 3, 2006, and has been very successful in both rock and pop markets becoming one of the band's most successful singles to date topping many charts worldwide and reaching number six on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, which was the band's second highest charting single in the United States in their career, next to "Under the Bridge" which reached number 2 in 1992. The video leaked onto the internet on April 1, and was officially released to music television stations worldwide over the subsequent days.

• "Tell Me Baby" was the second single and video was released on July 17, 2006. The song didn't show the success of "Dani California," but it did reach number one on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, their 10th song to do so.

• "Snow ((Hey Oh))" was released in November 20, 2006. It would be the band's third single and video released and would also top the Modern Rock Chart and also make chart history by becoming the Peppers eleventh single to top that chart. The song proved to be much more successful than "Tell Me Baby" on many charts.

• On February 12th, 2007 the band released the fourth single, "Desecration Smile." The single and video was a international release only, charting on several European charts.

• "Hump de Bump" was slated as a US, Canada, and Australia only single to be released in March 2007, but after the release of the video over the internet, the band was given lots of positive feedback and the song release was pushed to May 7, 2007 and will be a worldwide single.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc 1: Jupiter

1. "Dani California" – 4:42
2. "Snow ((Hey Oh))" – 5:35
3. "Charlie" – 4:37
4. "Stadium Arcadium" – 5:15
5. "Hump de Bump" – 3:33
6. "She's Only 18" – 3:25
7. "Slow Cheetah" – 5:19
8. "Torture Me" – 3:44
9. "Strip My Mind" – 4:19
10. "Especially in Michigan" – 4:00
11. "Warlocks" – 3:24
12. "C'mon Girl" – 3:48
13. "Wet Sand" – 5:09
14. "Hey" – 5:39

[edit] Disc 2: Mars

1. "Desecration Smile" – 5:02
2. "Tell Me Baby" – 4:07
3. "Hard to Concentrate" – 4:02
4. "21st Century" – 4:22
5. "She Looks to Me" – 4:06
6. "Readymade" – 4:30
7. "If" – 2:52
8. "Make You Feel Better" – 3:51
9. "Animal Bar" – 5:25
10. "So Much I" – 3:44
11. "Storm in a Teacup" – 3:45
12. "We Believe" – 3:36
13. "Turn It Again" – 6:06
14. "Death of a Martian" – 4:24

[edit] B-sides, outtakes and non-album tracks

1. "Million Miles of Water" – 4:06 (B-Side of Dani California)
2. "Whatever We Want" – 4:48 (B-Side of Dani California)
3. "Lately" – 2:55 (B-Side of Dani California)
4. "A Certain Someone" – 2:25 (B-Side of Tell Me Baby)
5. "Mercy Mercy" – 4:01 (B-side of Tell Me Baby)
6. "Funny Face" - 4:46 (B-side of Snow ((Hey Oh)))
7. "I'll Be Your Domino" - 3:57 (B-side of Snow ((Hey Oh)))
8. "Joe" - 3:54 (B-Side of Desecration Smile and Hump de Bump)
9. "Save This Lady" - 4:17 (B-Side of Desecration Smile and Hump de Bump)

[edit] Notable guest musicians

The late soul musician Billy Preston played Clavinet on "Warlocks", and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez of The Mars Volta performed the guitar solo for "Especially In Michigan". Both Flea and Frusciante previously worked with Rodriguez-Lopez on The Mars Volta albums De-loused in the Comatorium and Frances the Mute. Frusciante would later play guitar on nearly every track on their album Amputechture.

[edit] Credits

• Anthony Kiedis – Vocals
• John Frusciante – Guitar, backing vocals, keyboard
• Flea – bass, trumpet
• Chad Smith – Drums
• Billy Preston – Clavinet on "Warlocks"
• Omar Rodriguez-Lopez – Guitar solo on "Especially in Michigan"
• Emily Kokal – Chorus vocals on "Desecration Smile"
• Brad Warnaar – French Horn on "Stadium Arcadium"
• Richard Dodd – Cello on "She Looks to Me"
• Natalie Baber, Mylissa Hoffman, Alexis Izenstark, Spencer Izenstark, Dylan Lerner, Kyle Lerner, Gabrielle Mosbe, Monique Mosbe, Sophia Mosbe, Isabella Shmelev, Landen Starman, Wyatt Starkman – Chorus vocals on "We Believe"
• Michael Bolger – Trombone on "Turn It Again"
• Paulino De Costa and Lenny Castro – Additional percussion
• Rick Rubin – Producer
• Gus Van Sant – Photography
• Shane Jackson – Assistant photography

[edit] Chart performance

[edit] Album

After 45 weeks the album has sold an estimated total of 7 million worldwide,^[6] debuting at number 1 in most parts of the world. Stadium Arcadium became the Red Hot Chili Peppers' first album to debut atop The Billboard 200 after selling 442,000 copies in the U.S. during its first week.^{[citation needed]} The band's previous best week was the debut of By the Way, which yielded 282,000 copies and a debut at number two on the Billboard 200. Stadium Arcadium recently went double platinum in the United States.

Chart (2006)	Peak position
Australian albums chart	1 (3wks)
Austria albums chart	1 (7wks)
Argentina albums chart	1 (2wks)
Belgium International Albums chart	1 (1wks)
Brazil albums chart	8
Canada albums chart	1 (2wks)
Croatia albums chart	4 (1wks)
Czech Republic albums chart	1 (1wks)
Cypro (International albums chart)	1
Denmark albums chart	1 (3wks)
European albums chart	1 (7wks)
Finland albums chart	1 (1wks)
France albums chart	1 (1wks)
Germany albums chart	1 (5wks)
Greece International albums chart	1 (5wks)
Hungary albums chart	2
Ireland albums chart	1 (5wks)
Iceland albums chart	2
Israel albums chart	1
Italy M&D albums chart	1 (6wks)
Japan albums chart	1 (1wks)
Korea	1
Mexico albums chart	1 (1wks)
Netherlands albums chart	1 (5wks)
New Zealand albums chart	1 (3wks)
Norway albums chart	1 (1wks)
Poland albums chart	1 (1wks)
Slovenia albums chart	1
South Africa albums chart	1
Spain albums chart	2
Sweden albums chart	1 (2wks)
Switzerland albums chart	1 (5wks)
UK albums chart	1 (3wks)
U.S. Billboard 200	1 (2wks)
Worldwide chart	1 (4wks)

Sales To Date
USA	2,009,633
UK	700,000+
Japan	441,803
Worldwide	6.513.000-7.001.475

• 1° of best sellers albums released in 2006 during 2006 Worldwide^[7]
• 2° of best sellers albums during 2006 Worldwide (so comprensive also of 2005 albums, #1 is James Blunt - Back to Bedlam).
• 1° in Year-End Chart in Austria and Switzerland, 1° in Year-End International chart about album released in 2006 in Austria, Switzerland, New Zealand, Belgium Vlaanderen, Germany and Worldwide.

• Sales site^[8] - Total Worldwide Sales : 6,195,000 (--last update 19 January 2007--)

[edit] Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2006	Dani California	Mainstream Rock Tracks	#1(12wks)
2006	Dani California	Modern Rock Tracks	#1(14wks)
2006	Dani California	Billboard Hot 100	#6
2006	Dani California	Pop 100	#10
2006	Dani California	Hot Digital Songs	#3
2006	Dani California	UK Singles Chart	#2
2006	Tell Me Baby	Mainstream Rock Tracks	#8
2006	Tell Me Baby	Modern Rock Tracks	#1(4wks)
2006	Tell Me Baby	Billboard Hot 100	#50
2006	Tell Me Baby	Pop 100	#49
2006	Tell Me Baby	Hot Digital Songs	#34
2006	Tell Me Baby	UK Singles Chart	#16
2006	Snow ((Hey Oh))	Mainstream Rock Tracks	#3
2006	Snow ((Hey Oh))	Modern Rock Tracks	#1(5wks)
2006	Snow ((Hey Oh))	Billboard Hot 100	#22
2006	Snow ((Hey Oh))	Pop 100	#28
2006	Snow ((Hey Oh))	Hot Digital Songs	#13
2006	Snow ((Hey Oh))	UK Singles Chart	#16
2007	Desecration Smile	UK Singles Chart	#27

As of March 3, 2007

[edit] Trivia

• The songs "Stadium Arcadium", "Especially in Michigan", "Tell Me Baby", "Readymade", "Turn It Again" and "Snow ((Hey Oh)) were used in advertisements for the X-Games.
• The Japanese film Death Note features "Dani California" as its theme song. Its sequel uses "Snow ((Hey Oh))" as its theme song.
• John Frusciante does not use his Gretsch White Falcon guitar on this album, for which he reportedly paid $30,000. A 1969 Gibson Les Paul Custom was featured on the album mainly on the track "Readymade."
• This is the only Red Hot Chili Peppers album that does not feature an asterisk anywhere on the album packaging, except in the special edition vinyl which it is featured holographically on the front of the LP.
• This is the only Red Hot Chili Peppers album to not have the word "fuck" in any of its songs.

[edit] References

[edit] Touring Controversy

John Frusciante, guitarist, is currently battling a recent bout of food poisoning, presumebly linked to the bands food service whilst flying to Adelaide. Concert promoter Michael Chugg has told sources the upcoming concerts may be postponed to later in the month.

Ticket holders are currently being advised via the bands official message board to hold onto tickets in case of any changes in the touring itenary. The band has not issued any comments as yet regarding the issue.

Having said that, the Adelaide concert went ahead as scheduled so one would presume that the others will.

[edit] External links

• Official Site
• Red Hot Chili Peppers at MySpace
• English Red Hot Chili Peppers Fan Site
• Review on Absolutepunk.net
• Unofficial Turkish Forum
• Stream Stadium Arcadium
• MTV.com article
• 15 minute video interview with John Frusciante which includes thoughts on the new album.

Red Hot Chili Peppers
Anthony Kiedis | John Frusciante | Flea | Chad Smith
Hillel Slovak | Dave Navarro | Cliff Martinez | Jack Sherman | Arik Marshall | Jesse Tobias | D. H. Peligro | Jack Irons
Discography
Studio albums: The Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984) | Freaky Styley (1985) | The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (1987) | Mother's Milk (1989) | Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991) | One Hot Minute (1995) | Californication (1999) | By the Way (2002) | Stadium Arcadium (2006)
EPs, Live albums and compilations: The Abbey Road E.P. (1988) | What Hits!? (1992) | Live Rare Remix Box (1994) | Out in L.A. (1994) | Under the Covers: Essential Red Hot Chili Peppers (1998) | The Best of the Red Hot Chili Peppers (1998) | Greatest Hits (2003) | Live in Hyde Park (2004)
Singles: 1984: True Men Don't Kill Coyotes, Get Up and Jump | 1985: Jungle Man, American Ghost Dance, Catholic School Girls Rule, Hollywood (Africa) | 1987: Fight Like a Brave, Me & My Friends | 1989: Knock Me Down, Higher Ground, Taste the Pain | 1990: Show Me Your Soul | 1991: Give It Away | 1992: Under the Bridge, Suck My Kiss, Behind the Sun, Breaking the Girl | 1993: If You Have to Ask, Soul to Squeeze | 1995: Warped, My Friends | 1996: Aeroplane, Coffee Shop, Shallow Be Thy Game, Love Rollercoaster | 1999: Scar Tissue, Around the World | 2000: Otherside, Californication, Road Trippin', Parallel Universe | 2002: By the Way, The Zephyr Song | 2003: Can't Stop, Dosed, Universally Speaking, Fortune Faded | 2006: Dani California, Tell Me Baby, Snow ((Hey Oh)) | 2007: Desecration Smile, Hump de Bump
Other pages: Videography | Songs | B-sides Compilation
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