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It
takes
a
lot
to
be
known
as
the
weird
one
out
of
the
Red
Hot
Chili
Peppers,
but
for
guitarist
John
Frusciante
the
title
comes
easy.
He
abruptly
quit
the
band
at
the
height
of
its
popularity
in
1992
to
become
a
full-time
drug
addict,
claimed
to
communicate
with
the
fourth
dimension,
and
released
a
couple
of
predictably
loopy
solo
albums
before
returning
in
time
to
record
the
group's
brilliant
comeback
discs,
1999's
Californication
and
2001's
By
The
Way.
The
odd
and
esoteric
music
on
Shadows
Collide
With
People,
his
fourth
release
outside
the
day
job,
proves
that
even
drug-free
he
remains
touched.
Only
now,
Frusciante
is
better
able
to
draw
life
out
of
his
lo-fi
experiments,
twisting
the
shiftless
strums
and
electronic
fizzes
of
songs
like
"Regret"
and
"Song
to
Sing
When
I'm
Lonely"
into
beautiful
explorations
reminiscent
of
Radiohead
and
the
Mars
Volta.
It's
no
wonder
the
Chili
Peppers
make
their
best
records
whenever
he's
around.
Tracks:
1.
Carvel
2.
Omission
3.
Regret
4.
Ricky
5.
Second
Walk
6.
Everyperson
7.
-
00
Ghost
27
8.
Wednesday's
Song
9.
This
Cold
10.
Failure
33
Object
11.
Song
To
Sing
When
I'm
Lonely
12.
Time
Goes
Back
13.
In
Relief
14.
Water
15.
Cut
Out
16.
Chances
17.
23
Go
Into
End
18.
The
Slaughter
Shadows
Collide
With
People
is
John
Frusciante's
fourth
solo
release
(fifth
if
you
consider
From
The
Sounds
Inside,
his
free
internet
album)
and
his
best.
While
the
music
is
more
polished
than
ever,
what
makes
it
different
from
his
other
albums
is
the
wider
range
of
instruments
and
sounds
used.
Now
it's
not
just
John
on
vocals,
guitar,
and
keyboards
with
a
drum
machine,
but
he
also
plays
bass,
and
has
Josh
Klinghoffer
(formerly
from
The
Bicycle
Thief)
on
guitars,
bass,
keyboards,
and
vocals;
and
Chad
Smith
(Red
Hot
Chili
Peppers)
on
drums,
in
nearly
every
song.
Other
guest
appearences
include
Omar
Rodriguez
(Mars
Volta)
on
slide
guitar
on
'Chances'
and
'23
Go
Into
End'
and
Flea
(Red
Hot
Chili
Peppers)
on
bass
on
'The
Slaughter'.
While
these
set
this
album
apart
from
the
others,
this
is
still
John
Frusciante,
and
each
song
is
charged
with
emotion,
and
represents
some
of
the
most
beautiful
music
ever
heard.
In
John's
own
words,
Shadows
is
all
about
"interesting
chord
progressions."
The
music
is
as
simple
as
it
can
get,
the
guitar
usually
plays
just
chords.
But
it
does
so
in
an
amazing
way. |
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