Talk:Stadium Arcadium

Link?
The link at the bottom of the page to a RHCP fan site goes to www.stadium-arcadium.com, and for some reason today the site is missing, or something. I can't get to it any way I try. Does any one know if the site has permanently disappeared, or is going to come back? If anyone has proof that the site has permanently disappeared, we should remove the link. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.37.30.8 (talk) 23:02, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

First Paragraph
"The first-ever fan-made music video"? Would anybody care to take a shot at re-phrasing that? It can't possibly be true literally. Ramseyman (talk) 19:15, 25 November 2019 (UTC)

Previous album
According to WP:ALBUMS; "The chronology section should link to the previous album on the left and the next album on the right. (Only studio albums, usually excluding lives, compilations, singles and EPs.)", therefore..in the chronology section, we shouldn't link to Live in Hyde Park, or Greatest Hits, but to By The Way.  —♦♦ SʘʘTHING  (Я)  06:39, 21 December 2005 (UTC)


 * I thought this had been cleared up. Live in Hyde Park is a live album, a very good live album maybe so, but a live album anyway, and does not need to be referenced as the last album, By the Way.

Song collabrations
Can anyone add the citations of the collabrations with Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Billy Preston? I own the album myself, yet I can't find anything saying they have anything to do with the songs (I do have to say I can recognise Rodriguez-Lopez's style, but that's not sufficient).
 * Look in the middle of the album-booklet. Below the pic of Anthony and Flea in suits with bare feet, they are both credited.
 * I don't know who the last person was, they didn't separate their post or sign it. However, if you need internet citations, the official site has verification here:
 * Omar- http://www.redhotchilipeppers.com/discog/?v=so&a=1&id=183
 * Preston- http://www.redhotchilipeppers.com/discog/?v=so&a=1&id=203
 * You have to click on the drop box near the middle of the page and change it to Artist Comments though. Also, on the site it says he's credited for piano but the booklet maintains Clavenette, and on the commentary video for Warlocks, Anthony and Flea mention the Clavenette, and you can clearly hear the difference. Jondy 02:07, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Any idea whether or not it's Omar the whole time or just on the solo as it says in the booklet?


 * No clue at all, I was wondering that too.Jondy 02:25, 17 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Omar just played during the guitar solo. I'm 100% sure of that. Gibsoninside 21:49, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Confirmed song titles
I noticed that this section is rapidly changing. These "confirmed" song titles differ from day to day. My proposal is; let's not put songs in that can't be verified by a trustworthy source. So please, uphold WP:CITE.  —♦♦ SʘʘTHING  (Я)  19:53, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

The Confirmed Titles section is completely accurate as of now. Let's keep it that way...AdamSolomon 05:44, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

the cover
this is the cover, it looks like their style. so i put it on the main page, i am certain about this. --Taurus8 sam 06:35, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Image:Stadiumarcadium.jpg
 * I'm removing it again. This cover is clearly a paintjob, which becomes clear when you look at atversion of this cover. Unless you can provide sources that this Image:Stadiumarcadium.jpg (from any record company spokesmen, the bandmembers themselves, www.redhotchilipeppers.com, etc.., please don't readd this cover to the article.  —♦♦ SʘʘTHING  (Я)  09:58, 19 February 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, you're right - now that I look at it as a bigger picture, I can easily tell that it is fake. --Taurus8 sam 06:40, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Well you're both wrong because that is actually the cover of the album. Before you ask how I know I have the CD so don't try and argue against me

um. http://www.redhotchilipeppers.com/news/news.php?uid=137 HeadCheese 17:46, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

It was a different cover, it changed because the other one got deleted... --Taurus8 sam 06:23, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Oh. Well, does anyone have a picture of the fake cover? HeadCheese 13:17, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

There are actually several floating around forums etc. --Taurus8 sam 06:39, 17 March 2006 (UTC)


 * Please explain how you can easily tell it is a fake. I have been comparing it with my copy of Stadium Arcadium for over five minutes and to me it looks exactly the same down to the stars and clouds on the earth. If someone did make this on their own, not only is that incredible, but it should be considered a real album cover and not a fake, since it is the same picture. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.160.221.217 (talk • contribs) 18:30, 29 May 2006


 * If you'll look at the date on that post you'll see it's March 17. At that time we didn't know the real cover art and someone had made a fake that didn't really look anything like this.  It got removed pretty quickly.  Recently the broken link to the picture on this discussion page was replaced with the real cover simply because it always linked to a stadiumarcadium.jpg and now a real one exists.  So now you know.  75.2.7.203 13:07, 30 May 2006 (UTC)Cory

added cover..
Added the album cover, someone with half a brain unlike me can make it look better in the code (it shows up weird on the main page) or maybe add the correct copyright information?. - Snakzero 05:00, 6 March 2006 (EST)
 * It's alright.  —♦♦ SʘʘTHING  (Я)  15:00, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

is it just me or this is this an atrotious album cover???


 * I'm sure it's just... a change of style. Also, it's spelt "atrocious". BowserMarkII 20:00, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

I think it is quite an amusing album cover, possibly a spoof theme running through the album? If you have a look at the video for Dani California they are dressed up as loads of other bands from the past.. Perhaps this is a slightly ironic look at the past and commercialism of music? --Christopher.tomlinson@gmail.com 11:52, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

"Perhaps this is a slightly ironic look at the past and commercialism of music?" No, an example of that would be a band making a song called "Throw Away Your Television," which includes the line "it's a repeat of a story told," and then releasing a music video for an unauthorized remake of a horrible Tom Perry song. --Macarion

ATTENTION..
Could the user responsible stop removing all the external links. There used to be a good collection of links and now some fool has deleted them. If this continues to happen, im reporting those responsible so they can get their i.p's blocked by wikipedia.

AOL Sessions
I don't really know if it's important to anyone here, but the Desecration Smile and Tell Me Baby videos from AOL Sessions that were cut that are supposed to be "hard to find" are very easy to find on youtube. 75.2.54.176 00:55, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Samir Gossain
I don't want to say it's wrong, but what's the source on that Samir Gossain edit? I've found one website saying he performed alongside John on Californication, though I don't have the album insert or anything so I can't really say yes or no to that. Still, I've heard nothing about Samir on this album, and I check a few sources every day. Cory 75.2.54.176 01:08, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

Early 80's is on the album; it's called Strip My Mind
Early 80's is on the album; it's called Strip My Mind. Quit adding it to the outtakes section.

Ah ok. Sorry about that I wasn't aware, and I just added it the one time. Cory 75.2.23.49 02:23, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Track Lengths

 * What's the source for all these track lengths that have appeared? Durnar 08:53, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Well the entire album has already been leaked online, so that might have something to do with it (check your favorite BitTorrent tracker site). -- Cyde Weys 15:03, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Yep the album is all over the net. What a shame I think. 86.136.19.18 17:09, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Ah yeah, hadn't see it had leaked when all that went up. Although they don't seem to match exactly with the track times I've got. Hmm Durnar 07:49, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

VH1
Does anyone have a link to the full track preview as that was supposed to be on their site today buy i can't find it. Unless you can only see it in the USA or something like that. Any help appreciated and a link would be good on here anyway.

I believe this is where your wish is to be fulfilled http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/red_hot_chili_peppers/1260936/album.jhtml

Hey btw apparently the VH1 stream is in fact as some have suspected only available to US residents, but on mtv it's available everywhere...I don't know how that works, but if it's true and you want to hear the album, go here http://www.mtve.com/article.php?ArticleId=6301

Leaked
This album is free (albeit illicly) to download on the internet. Does anyone know when this was leaked?

It says so right at the beginning of the article.

At the beginning of the article it says the album leaked April 30 then at the end it says it leaked May 1. I'm pretty sure the date was April 30 but one of those needs to be deleted cause they're contradicting.

fixed. the correct date is april 30, at the beginning of the article.. Zmagic 21:09, 2 May 2006 (UTC)

Actually, the album was leaked on the 29th of April on the offical RHCP message board.

I dont think the whole letter should be there, maybe a link and one - two quotes. MrDark 18:32, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

Not true i dont think
"Underneath the booklet included on the inner sleeve of the album, the members of the band are wearing football uniforms with writing on the helmets; reminiscent of the album art for The Who's Odds and Sods."

I thought there was only one image of Keidis with the football helmet on with 'peppers' on it, the rest are odd in there own way, but have nothing to do with american football. True? MrDark 11:18, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

They all have football helmets on. Four members, four words: Red, Hot, Chili, Peppers. 70.141.187.177 23:05, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

how come my copy of stadium arcadium doesnt have all 4 of them in the football thing. i only have anthony on the 1st page... actually the rest of the artwork on the album cover is pretty much buildings and boring things.

Copy Protection
Does anyone know if this album is copy-protected or not? I know the RHCP greatest hits was so i assume this is too? thanks

Well, it got leaked, so I doubt it, you know?

I realise it was leaked on the internet early but there are few albums these days which aren't leaked onto the net early. What i mean is has the actual album been released with the copy-protection system on the CD's???

There are also few albums with copy protection, which is quite nice seeing as I like to store most of mine on the computer in case something happens to them. I have them, I don't think they're copy protected.

-It isn't copy protected. End of story.

I think Stadium Arcadium IS copy protected because my current and previous copy automatically eject when accessed on my computer. However, back in the day I could rip it fine? Hmm... --86.167.7.214 (talk) 17:22, 13 February 2011 (UTC)

Clavinet
It's a funky keyboard instrument, and it's most certainly not a clarinet. The spelling is correct. It's spelled Clavenette in the booklet but go figure on that.70.141.187.177 23:05, 12 May 2006 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I was watching their commentary on their songs and came here to check out what a clavinet was, I was quite intrigued because Anthony and Flea said that it was quite the weird instrument and I didn't think a clarinet was all that weird. But just confirming, it is a clavinet/clavenette. Jondy 02:05, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Someone needs to fix the pricing of the super box set version - there's no way it costs that much. It's only $70 NZ - which is about $40 US, maximum.

I paid €80 when I got it off Amazon.co.uk but i don't think the clavenette section is where we should talk about that. Gibsoninside 21:53, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

I paid $50 US, I was puzzled by that super high price as well. BTW, no pun intended, the link may as well be to Clavinet, as that's how the wiki page is spelled, and when you search Clavenette on google you get about 30 results. Actually I "compromised" now, it might as well link to something and be spelled how they want it to be spelled.

Sadly the great Billy Preston who played the Clavinet passed away on Tuesday June 6th. A very legendary musician and some of his final work was Warlocks on Stadium Arcadium --Jason1978 1:09, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Track vandalism
Watch out for people vandalising the track listing. Song names such as "She's only 12" and "Fast Turtle" are such a disgrace. Arjunm 18:44, 13 May 2006 (UTC)

Getting rid of "Ur Mum's a Fat Cow"...

I'm sorry but however much of a huge Chili fan i am, i just have to laugh at that... Fast Turtle. *chuckles* Anyway, i'll keep an eye out for vandalism here. Mz.Kiedis 14:16, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

no its not
a while back the trivia said "Stadium Arcadium is the first album by the Red Hot Chili Peppers not to have the word "Fuck" in any of the lyrics - if you skip Storm in a Teacup that is... " the word fuck isnt in storm in a teacup, where did this person get their info


 * the trivia should still say that minus the Storm in a Teacup line, because as you said the word isn't in that song, either. The whole trivia didn't need to be removed, though.  On another point, and one I've been struggling with the past few days, where in the booklet is the word Jupiter upside-down if you've got the booklet turned right side up for the CD you're listening to?  Maybe the "error" or whatever it is isn't in the special edition, though I'm doubting there's a completely different booklet.

Trivia
If you can't disprove it, don't remove it. I checked before the "fuck" trivia was reposted and it is true as well as I know, so why remove it?

Ermm, in This Is The Place, he says The Fucking Ultimate, does that count? Or not? Cause the By The Way album got a Explicit lyrics sticker on the front, just for that, so....

I found that out when I was checking to see if it should stay or not. It counts to me. It's profanity. The special edition has an explicit lyrics sticker on it, although the only thing explicit is a bit of cursing in the track interviews.

Jupiter is upside-down? There isn't really "up" or "down" in space. And even on earth it depends from where you look at it. I think you should just drop it or add "as seen from the northern hemisphere" or "with the north pole downwards" (if that is correct) or something like that...

Wiki is not censored, and Stadium is the first album to not contain the word, it's interesting trivia, at least say why you're removing it since it's disputed?

Limited Special Edition, how many released?
I am one of the luckiest people to get the awesome brand new 'Stadium Arcadium Limited Special Edition' from Virgin Megastore in the UK (I bought two, one for me, one for my friend for his birthday). (Damn, cost me a £100/$188.56!!!)

I just had a quick search on the internet, and I cannot believe that there is a Wikipedia article about it. Anyway, just for curiosity, does anyone know how many of these are floating around (worldwide, or the number for each country distributed)?

I already got the ultra rare 'Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex 1st GIG Log Book 1' (only 15,000 released, although I think that is for individual countries and not worldwide), and this just adds to my collection.

Thanks

-- Day One Will Suffice 15:38, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

They don't seem to be that hard to find right now. I got mine at Best Buy the day after the album came out.

whats the difference between the normals and these special ones??

Total Sales
I altered a sentence in the first paragraph & the Chart Performance section to more accurately reflect the album's first week sales. While this is their first #1 it's also their first double album, and one "unit" of a double album counts twice when sold, meaning they sold 221,000 units of Arcadium and By The Way is still their biggest debut in terms of copies sold. This can be verified here: http://www.riaa.com/gp/certification/criteria.asp Wangoed 14:32, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Yes, RIAA do it, but this data (442,000) was from Soundscan/billboard monitor and Soundscan consider Double-disc like a single cd,so for RIAA Stadium Arcadium is near 884000 untis. from from UKMIX Chart Analysis forum -> http://www.ukmix.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=20740&start=75 zagozagozago

...I don't think that's going to count as a source, but given that this is ridiculous, I'll let someone else deal with it. Wangoed 16:54, 18 May 2006 (UTC)
 * And can you find a list of the 24 countries where this album debuted at #1, and add the remaining six to the chart on the main page? There are 20 on that list, and only in Spain & Poland did it not debut on top. Wangoed 17:06, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

-no, i can't find..i find 24 only in that news..

Wangoed, you confirm me that for By The Way? "1° WEEKS The album has sold a whopping 281,948 copies in the U.S. and 1.8 million copies internationally, all in the first week of its release"zagozagozago

Snow ((Hey Oh)) Redirect
Why the hell does everybody keep deleting the "Snow ((Hey Oh))" single page and making it just redirect to the "Stadium Arcadium" album? Last night I spent about 20 minutes trying to remake it and I saved it too! But somebody must think that it's not worthy enough to have a page, 'cause they keep making it redirect to the album!! Can you please stop doing that? (Telecat 04:37, 19 May 2006 (UTC))

--the single release in not already official, only frusciante.net say it but not confirmed by Warner Bros. Personally i hope that Frusciante.net is true (i hope in Storm in teacup, not snow that i don't like) but is not official already.


 * The result of the AfD was redirect, that's why this is happening, keep it that way until its a chart climbing single.--RWR8189 07:27, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Well, I heard it on the radio, and its the second most downloaded RHCP song on iTunes, and anyway, does it have to chart to have a page?

(66.8.222.248 01:30, 29 May 2006 (UTC))
 * Who gives a damn if its a single (even though it is)? Go to iTunes, and see for yourself.


 * It's not a single. And the only version you can buy on iTunes is straight from the Stadium Arcadium album. --mdmanser 11:24, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Both Anthony and John have confirmed in a few articles/interviews that Snow (Hey Oh) will be released as a single. It is not known exactally when though most people are speculating that it will be as the 3rd single, though that is still unconfirmed. Storm In A Teacup and Stadium Arcadium are only rumors but could be true but neither the band or label has mentioned them as singles. I actually deleted parts on the Teacup and Arcadium song pages claiming they would be singles. I also got rid of the info for She's Only 18 and 21st Century as future singles since neither have even been mentioned as possible singles. --Jason1978 7:07, 3 June 2006 (UTC)


 * You know what? I Never said that the Snow ((Hey OH)) single was on iTunes!

I just said that it is the second most downloaded RHCP song on iTunes (Dani California being the top most downloaded). That means that more people are downloading Snow ((Hey Oh)) then Scar Tissue, Otherside, Californication, Under the Bridge, Give It Away, Can't Stop, The Zephyr Song, By The Way etc. Now why would that be? Maybe because its a fucking single! and a hit single! It's an even bigger hit then Tell Me Baby (on iTunes anyway) which has been hitting the radio for a few weeks now! Now, I am going to make the fucking page again, so please don't mess with it. If Stadium Arcadium and She's only 18 can have pages, then so can this one

"Snow" is the second most downloaded RHCP song ever? I highly doubt that. I even liked the By The Way album, but Stadium Arcadium so far is nauseatingly horrible and pointless to me. "Hey oh. Listen what I say oh." That isn't even proper fucking English, even with the "oh"s disregarded, AND it's meaningless. I finally agree with Pitchfork about something. --Macarion

Same thing happens for the 'Hard to Concentrate' link. It just redirects you to stadium arcadium album page Plebmonk 23:56, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

cleanup tag
I've added a tag to the main article as it appears that large sections, particularly in the latter half of the article, have simply been copy/pasted off other sites. There are also lots of irrelevant pieces of information and excessive quotations. I have made a few improvements to the earlier paragraphs to improve their quality, but the latter half is quite dense. DJR (Talk) 09:41, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

Pitchfork Review: Professional?
I don't know if pitchfork would be considered "professional" i would see fit to remove it

Pitchfork do nothing but bash albums. It sort of goes along with their name. Anyhow, removing it would make a lot of sense to me. 75.2.7.203 13:07, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Pitchfork is valid, and notable (it even has a parody on Sub Pop's website). It's just a different POV. maxcap 18:20, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

What are you guys talking about? Why wouldn't Pitchfork be considered "Professional"?! Underwater 00:50, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Just because they seem to bash things all the time. If I'm speaking without experience I'm sorry and withdraw my vote. SandwichHat 01:23, 5 June 2006 (UTC)

I hate Pitchfork as much as the next guy, but of course they're considered professional. They don't only "bash albums." They also occasionally give an 8.3 to a band so obscure that no one could possibly challenge their judgement. --Macarion

Here is another reason to remove the Pitchfork review: their website installs spyware on your PC. I visited the SA review, and a subsequent scan with Ad-Aware yielded the presence of a 'Critical Object'; a 'Data Miner' tracking cookie titled @adserv.pitchforkmedia.com.

Pitchfork is not professional. They recently gave the Jet Album "Shine On" No score and instead put a video of a chimpanzee drinking its own Urine. This was all they put, if you don't believe me go check it out. I don't call that professional at all. --adam

Pitchfork were right, this album is shit. There is no critism of the album on the main page so its obviously biased considering it was the main concensus of most reviews was that the album was shite.

Should we include how ROLLING STONE thinks this is their greatest album ever?
source - http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/10463968/tattooed_love_boys
 * Absolutely. Of course. 100%. Quoting established sources like Rolling Stone is what WP:NPOV is all about. We should report what the "experts" say, not what we as editors think. --kingboyk 22:03, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Does it say that? I couldn't find it. maxcap 22:09, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

It says it on the image of the magazine's cover on the right. 129.180.1.214 05:11, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
 * hmm, I don't know. I personally don't consider headlines reference quality exaclty maxcap 11:49, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Car Music
I've talked with a number of people who have said it's "the" album for driving in your car and singing the harmonics. It's a "harmonics" album, as underlined by Frusciante's staccato singing in the background. Does this carry meaning, in any way?

If you mean harmony, rather than harmonics, and falsetto rather than staccato, then possibly. im not quite sure what you're on about 88.109.157.142 19:11, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

"Mary Jane's Last Dance"
I don't think the similarity between "Dani California" and "Mary Jane's Last Dance" is insignificant. Numerous bloggers and fans of both bands picked up on the similarity immediately following the release of the single. Perhaps if we could find some published material detailing the similarity, we could include a quick section on this? If not, maybe in the "Dani" article? Realbrvhrt 20:35, 6 June 2006 (UTC)


 * I disagree, it's just a chord progression. I'd say we leave it out until Tom Petty sues them. maxcap 22:28, 6 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Agreed. I don't think the Peppers really even listen to Tom Petty, though I think they even note the similiarity on the special edition DVD.

http://blogcritics.org/archives/2006/05/31/104324.php They're absolutely identical. I have no idea why they decided to rip off such a shitty song though. They used to be a decent band. --Macarion

pettys not gonan sue them. BOTH SONGS mary janes last dance and dani california were both produced by rick rubin. maybe thats why they sound similar. i think theres like the tiniest cord difference there.

The only similarity is the chord progression, and even that isn't exactly the same, there's a small difference. The RHCP don't steal songs. It's completely against their morals and ideals. Tom Petty's not going to sue them because he has a brain in his head and working ears that can tell him that there is almost no similarity between the two songs. Use your ears, people! There is no plagarism here!

Merge required
"If" is a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers from their 2006 double album, Stadium Arcadium and was written by bassist Michael "Flea" Balzary and is the only song on "Stadium Arcadium" to not feature drummer Chad Smith.

Would greatly appreciate it if someone could merge in the above text, taken from If (Red Hot Chili Peppers song), per the consensus at Articles for deletion/If (Red Hot Chili Peppers song). As we're required to keep the history of any page we merge, I am redirecting the article to this page. Essjay (  Talk  •  Connect  )  10:57, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
 * It appears every song on this album has its own page. Why?  &mdash; Gaff  ταλκ 02:57, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
 * - Why not? Some of them may need merging but I think, like Smithcool, we need more detailed articles on the songs themselves - whether singles or not - to add some more in-depth info to the RHCP Wikiproject. I don't think these pages are a bad thing, somebody just needs to add to them. Mz.Kiedis 14:16, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

when is a current album not a current album
its been a month now since release? Behind the veil 21:35, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
 * oo i see *slaps himslef* Behind the veil

Canadian sales
Where did the Canadian sales figures come from (that are located in the trajectories)? &mdash;Eternal Equinox | talk 20:25, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

Trashing the trivia
I'm going to trash the trivia section in a day or so...if anyone feels any of this info is important they should integrate it into the article. maxcap 19:11, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

Sound Quality
"The overall sound in this album is much more natural and warm in quality than that of previous albums."

I don't agree with this at all. --Macarion 23:06, 13 July 2006 (UTC)
 * It's POV for sure, maube someone could dig up a review from a recording magazine like Mix, or TapeOp or something.maxcap 23:56, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

I just want to add that the article says that the highly compressed, loud, maximised sound gives the CD a "punchy" sound; I would argue that as the sound level is pushed to the maximum, there is no range, so it is in fact NOT punchy. You need dynamic range to have "punch". --D. Kapusta 14:49, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

"Stadium Arcadium returns back to the distinct funk-rock sound the Chili Peppers have been known for in albums such as Californication and Blood Sugar Sex Magik."

Just because there are more funk-rock songs on it than By the Way doesn't mean it returns to that sound. The pop-rock ballad-type tracks still dominate the album to a large extent. It's sound bears virtually no similarities at all to Blood Sugar Sex Magik and arguably nor does Californication to Blood Sugar for that matter.

First Double Album?
The first sentence is awkward, would someone mind fixing it, I'm not sure how to reword it. Live in Hyde Park is technically their first double album, Stadium Arcadium is their first studio double album.

best band ever
Can someone remove the line "the best band ever" from below the very bottom of the page, i would my self but i dont know how (my god i suck at wikipedia) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 198.214.229.81 (talk) 09:47, 1 January 2007 (UTC).

Don't take this the wrong way but if you know how to add to the discussion page why can't you remove the line from the main article, it's pretty much the same thing. Gibsoninside 22:00, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Sound quality
I'm not gonna quote the above... and I'm not going to stay checking the history to see who or why the section on sound quality was removed. But here is my definite statement: the CD version of this album is HORRID. It is absolutely impossible to listen to with headphones with all the pops. A 12-year-old kid would have made a better job at mastering this. I returned mine, bought the vynl and ripped it onto CD myself. Sound quality deserves an important section in this article. -- └ VodkaJazz / talk ┐ 22:07, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

I have listened to the entire album at least 30 times through my headphones and have noticed no pops or anything that makes the CD unlistenable. I don't really know what you're hearing, but I'm certainly not having the same problems that you had. 67.161.108.173 06:49, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Vodka Jazz is right, the sound quality isn't great because of the heavy compression (the same with By The Way). The heavy compression makes the whole thing louder (which is just a commercial stunt that I'd say the record label insisted on because I can't imagine that any band would want to sacrifice their sound quality like that). There is a lot of heavy clipping. The Dani California (or maybe it was the stadium arcadium (album) page) page used to have a really good section showing where the "pops" were during Dani California. Someone removed it though.Gibsoninside 22:06, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

Themes.
This section needs major revamping and a complete re-write. It's so far down the drain that there is no way to fix the current version. Anyone up for writing a new one, with credited sources? NSR77 22:10, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Trivial notes
I changed the title of the "trivial notes" section to "trivia". Is this okay?

Jedi feline 11:08, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Stadium Arcadium displayed on iPod trivia
On your trivia section, I think you should also add that the Album "Stadium Arcadium" as well as the song "Dani California" are displayed on the iPod Video packaging, as well as the official iPod website. If you need proof of this, ill give you the links...

Apple's Ipod website... http://www.apple.com/ipod/ipod.html http://www.apple.com/ipod/gallery/ http://www.apple.com/ipod/gallery/index2.html http://www.apple.com/ipod/gallery/index3.html

On the ipod packaging box... http://img408.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture140rj3.jpg

hehe, i took that image right off of my iPod packaging box

Anyways, I think you should add this in your trivia section

5 singles?
Quote from the article: "it was confirmed in January of 2007 that there would only be five singles from the album."

Can someone cite this? Because the only time ive heard this is from the radio, not management or any affilates to RHCP. Cdylan13 01:29, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Make You Feel Better
When you click on the link for this song it takes you back to the Stadium Arcadium page. Needs to be fixed on the articles it is on. Cdylan13 03:11, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Singles... No more of them
http://www.redhotchilipeppers.com/members/community/mboard/index.php?topic=32108.0

This is from the Fan Club, and the person who answered is the fanclub manager or whatever you wanna call it, aka the most direct person to them we have. You may have to sign up to the site to see it, but it says that Hump de Bump is the last single to be released from Stadium Arcadium. Cdylan13 22:52, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

Trivia copied here

 * The songs "Stadium Arcadium", "Especially in Michigan", "Tell Me Baby", "Readymade", "If", "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, because of this Stadium Arcadium is the first RHCP album to not need a Parental Advisory label, although many other Red Hot Chili Peppers Albums (e.g. By The Way) rarely had the label. However some retailers have labeled such previous albums with the label.
 * The song Dani California was the first Red Hot Chili Peppers song to have radio airplay on Radio Disney.

 S t. J immy 21:13, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Song Pages
I have been using wikipedia for years but I am new to editing and i was wondering why do people keep deleating song pages. I think if we make pages for each song INCLUDING songs that are NOT singles and write about the song (example=lyrics, good sections in songs, catchy bass lines ect.) so people can learn more about rhcp songs and maybe buy their albums. please reply. smithcool 22:00, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

yeah I was hoping for some more in depth info on some of the songs like Wet Sand -Derek

I agree. Mz.Kiedis 14:16, 24 June 2007 (UTC)


 * No, we're not here to help convince people to buy albums. Please see WP:SONG for notability guidelines. If you can find reliable sources to discuss the songs, by all means, write an article, but if you cannot then the articles should not exist. Kamryn Matika 15:19, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

I agree that we are not try to sell things on wikipedia, but there is no reason to delete pages about songs. these pages still contain information that people may want to know. And isn't making information available and important part (if not the only part) of wikipedia?Bryce32 20:43, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Link
This Rolling Stone magazine's cover story might be very helpful. --Efe (talk) 09:23, 29 May 2008 (UTC)

rock guitar album of the year
If I'm correct, this won Guitar Player's rock guitar album of the year in 2006. Am I right? If so, is this significant? Pickledawg (talk) 21:44, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

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