I'm with You (album)

Occupation

Vocals: Anthony Kiedis
Guitar: Josh Klinghoffer
Bass / vocals: Flea
Drums: Chad Smith
Percussion: Mauro Refosco, Lenny Castro
Piano, Organ: Greg Kurstin, Money Mark
Trumpet: Mike Bulger

I'm with You is the tenth studio album by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. It was released on August 26, 2011 in Germany and on August 29, 2011 in the UK and the USA. It is the first studio album in five years and also the first studio album with their new guitarist Josh Klinghoffer. The album consists of 14 tracks.

Music style

The bassist of the band, Flea, described the album as "very rock and funk ", furthermore, it contains also " touching and profound songs ". The German edition of Rolling Stone also led radio - elements as a sign of some tracks of the album, in addition to the " melody bliss " that remember choruses of Stadium Arcadium, and praised the backing vocals of Klinghoffer. In the lyrics of I'm with You turned the lead singer Anthony Kiedis "big issues of life ", the lyrics are about life and death, betrayal and its relationship to the outside world. Musically, criticized the reviewer Arno Frank, have lost much of the band after the departure of their guitarist John Frusciante: "In fact, I'm with You gapes a hole at exactly the point where the music should have her heart. "

Genesis

Following the Stadium Arcadium tour in August 2007, the band recorded an initially planned for a year off, which was later extended. During this period, guitarist John Frusciante left the band, but this was made public until late 2009. When his successor early 2010 Josh Klinghoffer was named, who had previously played with the Red Hot Chili Peppers live during their tour and had also worked with Frusciante.

According to drummer Chad Smith, the band members have worked over a period of eleven months of songs for a new album and it changed despite the new guitarist little of the procedure: " We are four guys who play together in a room. " According to Flea was the songwriting differently than before, as he usually wrote the songs on the bass. The bassist studied during the break at the University of Southern California music theory and began to learn piano. " Now on the piano, I write the chords, the rhythm, the bass and a melody. That's a completely different feeling. " Further explained Flea in an interview that the songwriting has also changed by the new band member. "He [ Klinghoffer ] is a completely different musicians as John [ Frusciante ]. [ ... ] Josh is a skilled, textural player who writes songs by playing on many different instruments. "

In February 2010, during the genesis of the album, Flea and Josh took a trip to Ethiopia, where they played together and with local musicians. According to Flea inspired her to travel to the song Ethiopia and led to African music influences in some songs.

Anthony Kiedis explained how the title of the album I'm with You was born. After the producer Rick Rubin had spoken out against it to name the album after a single song, there was initially no idea for a title. One day before the deadline set Klinghoffer wrote the words " I'm with You " on a piece of paper and slid it to Kiedis, who was enthusiastic as well as the rest of the band of it.

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Reception

The magazine Spin awarded seven out of ten. Mikael Wood described the album as Arcadium " concise " compared to stage. Even the editors of laut.de judged the plate with four out of five positive, author Eberhard Dobler certified her " a fresh vibe [ ... ], which distinguishes them from other Peppers albums" and cited as reasons for the new guitarist Josh Klinghoffer as well as " Fleas studying music theory as well as its newly acquired piano playing ." In CDstarts.de the album reached 7.5 out of 10 points; Arne Janssen compared the new guitarist with the old guitarist John Frusciante: "His [ Klinghoffer ] game is subtler, song oriented and less rifflastig, but his guitar sounds of Frusciante's confusingly similar, " called I'm with You as a "very pop slab ", but definitely " radio outbursts " contained, and mentioned the use of piano and trumpet with individual pieces.

Plattentests.de awarded seven out of ten, making the e-zine I'm with You better than the previous album evaluated. The author Mark Read According show, the album does " no radical break in style " as One Hot Minute after the first departure of Frusciante; he called as I'm with You " album that shows a band deserved the dignified aging" and guessed that the band was ready to " usher in the autumn of their careers ." A feature of the album was Fleas " driving bass ", as with the first two songs, while the guitar " discreetly hidden in the background ", but the Red Hot Chili Peppers dared to consult with quieter pieces. These critics praised the use of the piano. The highlights of the album in particular Brendan's Death Song and Even You Brutus were? mentioned.

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