release date: Feb. 13, 2001
format: digital
[album rate: 2,5 / 5]
Track highlights: 2. "Someone's" - 3. "The First Season" - 4. "Wind Up Space" - 5. "Away & Anywhere" - 7. "Fallout" - 9. "With No One" - 15. "Moments Have You"
3rd album by John Frusciante. After the debut in '94 he released his second solo album Smile From the Streets You Hold in '97. I haven't heard the album but after reading reviews and Frusciante himself telling that many of the tracks are from the same period as his debut album, I have neglected it - also, Frusciante himself has disowned the album as to poor.
This album is quite different from the debut, and it's said to have been made after a rehab period for his drug addiction. At least the songs seem organized in concordance with traditional songwriting procedures, which is also to say, that they appear as compositions with a start, a middle, and an end. On top of that, they have verses and choruses, and several tracks are rather good songs. The style is neo-psychedelic, indie rock and synthpop with a singer / songwriter touch.
It's not bad. It's just not really great.
[ allmusic.com 4 / 5, Rolling Stone 3 / 5 stars ]
[ allmusic.com 4 / 5, Rolling Stone 3 / 5 stars ]
