Track Listing 1. Under the Bridge 2. Give It Away 3. Californication 4. Scar Tissue 5. Soul to Squeeze 6. Otherside 7. Suck My Kiss 8. By the Way 9. Parallel Universe 10. Breaking the Girl 11. My Friends 12. Higher Ground 13. Universally Speaking 14. Road Trippin 15. Fortune Faded 16. Save the Population 17. Higher Ground 18. Suck My Kiss 19. Give It Away 20. Under the Bridge 21. Soul to Squeeze 22. Aeroplane 23. My Friends 24. Around the World 25. Scar Tissue 26. Otherside 27. Californication 28. Road Trippin 29. By the Way 30. Zephyr Song, The 31. Cant Stop 32. Universally Speaking
| Details | | Distributor: | Phantom Import Distributi | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes Red Hot Chili Peppers: Anthony Kiedis (vocals); John Frusciante (guitar); Flea (bass); Chad Smith (drums). Compilation producers: Rick Rubin, Michael Beinhorn. This Japanese import version contains the bonus tracks "Fortune Faded" and "Save the Population," and comes packaged in a handsome digipak. Although the Red Hot Chili Peppers have received the hits treatment before (most notably on 1992's WHAT HITS?), this compilation serves to highlight the band's peak years with guitarist John Frusciante, both before his sudden departure in 1992 and after his lauded return for 1999's CALIFORNICATION. (The group's intriguing-yet-mismatched union with Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro yields only one track, "My Friends.") The Chili Peppers are best known for their energetic punk-funk anthems but their mainstream breakthrough, the gently building ballad "Under the Bridge" opens GREATEST HITS. It's followed in short order, however by the boisterous, slaphappy "Give It Away." Other Peppers high points include the beautifully melancholy "Scar Tissue," the hard-to-find "Soul to Squeeze," the folky "Breaking the Girl," and the only pre-1990s track--the group's wonderfully rocked-out cover of Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground." Of course, this HITS collection includes the seemingly requisite (and quite good) two new tracks--the driving "Fortune Faded" and the dreamy "Save the Population." GREATEST HITS effectively chronicles the Peppers' transition from goofy party boys to mature, highly inventive rock band.
Editorial Reviews ...[This collection culls] the good stuff... - Rating : B+ Entertainment Weekly (11/14/2003)
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