Arcadium Stadium

Arcadium Stadium
Studio album by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Publication (s)	May 5, 2006
Label (s)	Warner Music Group
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Alternative rock
Title (number)	28
running time	122: 21
occupation	Singing : Anthony Kiedis Guitar / vocals : John Frusciante Bass / trumpet / vocals : Flea Drums / Percussion : Chad Smith
production	Rick Rubin
Studio (s)	March to December 2005, The Mansion, Laurel Canyon , Los Angeles , USA
chronology By the Way (2002) Arcadium Stadium I'm with You (2011)

Stadium Arcadium is a studio album by the funk and rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers . It was released on May 5, 2006 in Germany (May 8 in the UK , May 9 in the USA ).

At first, Stadium Arcadium , according to frontman Anthony Kiedis , was intended as an album trilogy, but was reduced to a double album because the gap between the releases (6 months each) would describe too long a total period. The band recorded 38 songs. 29 of them were published on the album, nine more as B-sides . The two CDs of the double album are named Jupiter and Mars.

With a few exceptions (e.g. Dani California ), John Frusciante claims to have freely improvised his solos on this album in the studio. He is also credited with the greatest creative share of this album by the other band members, which was recorded in the same villa where Blood Sugar Sex Magik was recorded.

In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine , bassist Flea said the album was "by far the best" they have ever made.

The single released Dani California (Dani is the same character as the main character of the song By the Way and is also mentioned in a verse of the song Californication ), Tell Me Baby , Snow ((Hey Oh)) , Desecration Smile and Hump ​​de Bump .

Awards and press coverage

Grammy Award

Stadium Arcadium was nominated for seven Grammys in 2007: album of the year, best short music video (Dani California), best rock album, best rock song ( Dani California ), best rock performance of a duo or group with a singer (Dani California), best special edition with limited Edition, and Producer of the Year (Rick Rubin). The album won in all categories except for best short music video. This made Stadium Arcadium the most frequently nominated album in the Red Hot Chili Peppers band's 24-year history.

American press

Rolling Stone Magazine named Stadium Arcadium the band's best album (4/5 points). Q Magazine named it the best album of 2006 (5/5). At allmusic, the album did not do so well with 3.5 / 5. It has been criticized for being overproduced and in love with itself.

German-language press

In Rock Hard the album received 8 out of 10 points and was awarded "Dynamit". In the laut.de editorial evaluation, the album received full points (5 out of 5). The specialist magazine Guitar rates Stadium Arcadium as an “outstanding record” and describes Dani California , Snow ((Hey Oh)) and Make You Feel Better as “one of the greatest strokes of genius in Peppers history”. The album also attracted attention in magazines that primarily deal with other genres; the German-language webzine metal.de made the album a tip from the editors with a rating of 8 out of 10.

Track list

CD 1: Jupiter

1. Dani California
2. Snow ((Hey Oh))
3. Charlie
4. Arcadium Stadium
5. Hump ​​de bump
6. She's Only 18th
7. Slow Cheetah
8. Torture Me
9. Strip my mind
10. Especially in Michigan
11. Warlocks
12. C'mon girl
13. Wet sand
14. Hey

CD 2: Mars

1. Desecration smile
2. Tell me baby
3. Hard to concentrate
4. 21st Century
5. She looks to me
6. Readymade
7. If
8. Make you feel better
9. Animal Bar
10. So much I.
11. Storm in a teacup
12. We believe
13. Turn it again
14. Death of a Martian

Chart placements

album

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	1 (70 weeks)	70
Austria (Ö3)	1 (68 weeks)	68
Switzerland (IFPI)	1 (62 weeks)	62
United Kingdom (OCC)	1 (44 weeks)	44
United States (Billboard)	1 (66 weeks)	66

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
2006	Dani California Stadium Arcadium	DE12 (15 weeks) DE	AT7 (33 weeks) AT	CH4 (57 weeks) CH	UK2 (25 weeks) UK	US6 (26 weeks) US	First published: April 3, 2006 Sales: + 3,083,000
	Tell Me Baby Stadium Arcadium	DE37 (9 weeks) DE	AT39 (15 weeks) AT	CH43 (18 weeks) CH	UK16 (10 weeks) UK	US50 (19 weeks) US	First published: July 17, 2006 Sales: + 500,000
	Snow (Hey Oh) Stadium Arcadium	DE5 (22 weeks) DE	AT5 (26 weeks) AT	CH9 (60 weeks) CH	UK16 (15 weeks) UK	US22 (20 weeks) US	First published: November 20, 2006 Sales: + 1,874,000
2007	Desecration Smile Stadium Arcadium	DE67 (6 weeks) DE	-	-	UK27 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: February 12, 2007
	Hump ​​de Bump Stadium Arcadium	DE83 (2 weeks) DE	-	-	UK41 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: April 7, 2007

B sides

• Million Miles of Water - 4:06 (B-side by Dani California (US))
• Whatever We Want - 4:48 ( Dani California (EU))
• Lately - 2:55 ( Dani California (EU))
• A Certain Someone - 2:25 ( Tell Me Baby (US))
• Mercy Mercy - 4:01 ( Tell Me Baby (EU))
• Lyon 06.06.06 - 4:53 ( Tell Me Baby , live recording of the Endjam from the concert on June 6th 2006 in Lyon)
• Permutation (live) - 3:41 ( Snow ((Hey Oh)) )
• Funny Face - 4:46 ( Snow ((Hey Oh)) (EU))
• I'll Be Your Domino - 3:54 ( Snow ((Hey Oh)) (EU), maxi single)
• Joe - 3:54 (B-side of Desecration Smile )
• Save This Lady - 4:17 (B-side of Desecration Smile )
• Funky Monks (live) - 6:30 (B-side of Desecration Smile )
• An Opening (live) - 4:01 (B-side of Hump ​​de Bump )
• Blood Sugar Sex Magik (live) (B-side of Hump ​​de Bump )

Contributors

• Anthony Kiedis - vocals
• John Frusciante - guitar , backing vocals, keyboard
• Flea (Michael Balzary) - bass , trumpet , backing vocals
• Chad Smith - drums
• Brad Warnaar - French Horn at Arcadium Stadium
• Richard Dodd - cello at She Looks to Me
• Billy Preston - Clavinet at Warlocks
• Emily Kokal (ex-girlfriend of John Frusciante ) - Chorus Vocals on Desecration Smile
• 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 at We Believe
• Michael Bolger - trombone at Turn It Again
• Omar Rodriguez-Lopez ( The Mars Volta ) - guitar solo at Especially in Michigan
• Paulino De Costa and Lenny Castro - additional percussions
• Rick Rubin - producer
• Gus Van Sant , Michael Muller - Photography (Booklet)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} album. In: Official website of the band. Archived from the original on August 24, 2010 ; accessed on November 14, 2010 (English). 
2. ↑ Red Hot Chili Peppers back at the double. "Arcadium Stadium" on the way. NME, January 8, 2006, accessed November 14, 2010 . 
3. ↑ Eberhard Dobler: The best album since Fruiscante's return. Review on laut.de. laut.de, accessed on November 14, 2010 . 
4. ↑ Brian Hiatt: Review of the album for Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone, September 5, 2009, accessed November 14, 2010 . 
5. ↑ Stephen Erlewine: Review for Allmusic. Allmusic, accessed November 14, 2010 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b c d e f} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US

Web links

• Official website of the Red Hot Chili Peppers (English)
• Official German website of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Stadium Arcadium on MusicBrainz

Interviews

• intro.de: The best thing we've ever done - Lobhudeln with the Chili Peppers , March 20, 2006
• nme.com: Red Hot Chili Peppers reveal new album details , March 16, 2006 (English)
• mtv.com: Chili Peppers Stoked About New Album , February 17, 2006 (English)

Reviews

• CDstarts.de: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stadium Arcadium
• Guitar Player: John Frusciante Puts His Stamp on Stadium Arcadium ( Memento of 26 November 2006 at the Internet Archive ) (English)
• metal.de: California above everything
• laut.de: The best album since Frusciantes return