Album Notes:

Californication is the seventh studio album by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers. It was released on June 8, 1999, on Warner Bros. Records and was produced by Rick Rubin. Californication marked the return of John Frusciante, who had previously appeared on Mother’s Milk and Blood Sugar Sex Magik, to replace Dave Navarro as the band’s guitarist. Frusciante’s return was credited with changing the band’s sound altogether, producing a notable shift in style from the music recorded with Navarro. The album’s subject material incorporated various sexual innuendos commonly associated with the band, but also contained more varied themes than previous outings, including lust, death, contemplations of suicide, California, drugs, globalization, and travel.

 

Californication is the Chili Peppers’ most commercially successful studio release, with over 16 million copies sold worldwide, and more than 5 million in the United States alone. As of 2002, the album had sold over 4 million copies in Europe. The record produced several hits for the band, including “Otherside”, “Californication” and the Grammy Award-winning “Scar Tissue”. Californication peaked at number three on the U.S. Billboard 200. The record marked a significant change in style for the band: Rolling Stone’s Greg Tate noted that “while all previous Chili Peppers projects have been highly spirited, Californication dares to be spiritual and epiphanic”.

 

Personnel:

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Anthony Kiedis: lead vocals

Flea: bass, backing vocals

John Frusciante: lead guitar, backing vocals, keyboard

Chad Smith: drums

Additional Musicians

Greg Kurstin: keyboards

Patrick Warren: Chamberlin organ on “Road Trippin’”

Recording Personnel

Lindsay Chase: production coordinator

Mike Nicholson and Greg Collins: additional engineering

Greg Fidelman: additional engineering

Jennifer Hilliard: assistant engineer

Chris Holmes: mix engineer

Ok Hee Kim: assistant engineer

Vlado Meller: mastering

Rick Rubin: production

David Schiffman: additional engineering

Jim Scott: engineer, mixing

John Sorenson: additional engineering

Additional Personnel

Lawrence Azerrad: art direction

Sonya Koskoff: photography

Red Hot Chili Peppers: art direction

Tony Wooliscroft: photography

 

Track List:

All songs written by Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Side A:

Around the World   [3:58]

Parallel Universe   [4:30]

Scar Tissue   [3:35]

Otherside   [4:15]

Side B:

Get on Top   [3:18]

Californication   [5:21]

Easily   [3:51]

Side C:

Porcelain   [2:43]

Emit Remmus   [4:00]

I Like Dirt   [2:37]

This Velvet Glove   [3:45]

Side D:

Savior   [4:52]

Purple Stain   [4:13]

Right on Time   [1:52]

Road Trippin’   [3:25]

 

The Californication 2xLP by Red Hot Chili Peppers is factory-sealed new. It has never been played and has always been kept in its original packaging. The LP is not a promo or cutout. There are no marks or punches of any kind. All our CDs and vinyl are new! If you have any questions or want to see additional photos, just email us.

 

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