Maybe I'm remembering wrong, but I'm pretty sure that before the release of this album, the Red Hot Chilli Peppers were something of a spent force. Looking back at the statistics, the singles from the album didn't do ever so well, but this album sold a ridiculous number of copies, and was very well regarded. I'm pretty sure this was one of Tessa's from a long way back, and it's been a long time since I listened to it.Eleven years on, it still sounds pretty good. Some of it is even excellent. 'Scar Tissue', 'Otherside' and the title track still sound fresh, and buried away in the world of the album track, 'Parallel Universe' is particularly good. After many years as walking cartoon characters, the band step up their musical game. Despite everything, Flea is an excellent bassist, but the album is strongest where he and John Frusciante guitar parts gel together.
There are still some points where the album drags. It's fifteen track long, which is two or three more than it needs to be, and Kleidis' lyrics are occasionally guilty of lapsing into old and tasteless habits, but the good points make the lesser points forgiveable.
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