Talk:Californication (album)
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This album is notorious among audio enthusiasts for poor mastering, and was the second loudest album ever released by a major label at the time it came out (second to Raw Power by Iggy and the Stooges). Shouldn't that be mentioned somewhere? Graue 03:30, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)
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[edit] mo,cause
i think that doesnt matter very much, graue, because that the audience can't here the difference. I think someone should add the numbers of sold records. thx, kevinhecken,wilsenroth, germany ( i wrote the german article about Californication )
[edit] One hot Minute
Wait, why does the One Hot Minute page say that it got generally good reviews, and then this article says that Californication brought RHCP back from it's bad One Hot Minute reviews...?
Something doesn't add up! --Discharger12 03:44, 30 March 2006 (UTC)
Another point about One Hot Minute - it seems to get overlooked in this article. It was that album, not Californication, that was the first one in the Chilis catalogue to feature a "strongly reduced number of rapped tracks" and add "heavy psychedelic influences" (both in tracks such as "Warped", "Transcending" and "One Hot Minute"). I could also argue that Californication was not at all "vastly different from its predecessors". If anything it is just One Hot Minute with a more commercially accessible sound.
Loganator, 20:19, 21 June 2006 (UTC)
- I feel the same, i hate OHM haters, massive backlash against it but BTW and SA are radio friendly albums which get lauded critically.
[edit] The 11th track
I just visited RHCP's site and saw that the 11th track from "Californication" is entitled "The Velvet Glove", not "This Velvet Glove". The cover of my album reads "This Velvet Glove". So which one is it? I'm getting really confused... By the way in [link to copyvio website removed] the song is listed under both names.
It's This Velvet Glove. The RHCP site is in a bit of disarray right now since the switch to the new format. For example, on the new album it says Billy Preston played piano on a track which he clearly played a different instrument, namely the clavinet. Cory 75.2.43.242 19:27, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] B-Sides, Outtakes and Non-Album Tracks
I changed the formatting of this section to match that of Stadium Arcadium's page, it looks a bit cleaner and has more info like where the song can be found on an official release. I have the CD singles so I added the song length from the inlay. Also, Parallel Universe on the Around The World single is a studio demo so I added that too. It isn't listed as a studio demo though, just as a Non LP Track, so I just left it as is. In case anyone prefers the old look I've saved the code and will reinstate it if anyone objects to the changes I've made, but personally I think it looks a lot better and gives the pages a uniform look. JedEgan 22:04, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
Wow. That's a lot. Thanks; incredibly helpful of you. G.AC 22:31, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Explanation of Album title
If you've read the Kiedis Autobiography, it is pretty clearly explained why he came up with Californication, and its prior meaning-as a cross between "California" and "Fornication" was in no way implied by Kiedis. I don't see why it needs to pointed out at the top of the page, in its irrelevance. Maybe somewhere else, but not at the top-it implies that the Prior meaning was the intended one. Just a thought. G.AC 13:39, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
