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I'm With You

Red Hot Chili Peppers

I'm With You

Tenth studio album from the LA funk rock quartet and first since the departure of guitarist John Frusciante

ADM rating[?]

6.0

Label
Warner Bros
UK Release date
29/08/2011
US Release date
29/08/2011
  1. 9.0 |   Blurt

    Genuinely a pleasant surprise. And undoubtedly one that grows more and more enjoyable upon repeated listens
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  2. 8.0 |   The AU Review

    Flea, Chad and Kiedis are as ingenious as ever
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  3. 8.0 |   The Irish Times

    Not as commercially viable as their previous albums, this is a transition album for the band that bodes very well indeed for future releases
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  4. 8.0 |   Evening Standard

    Kiedis is in fine voice throughout and the group's breathless and frantic urges have been curtailed. Less is nearly always more
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  5. 7.0 |   PopMatters

    There’s plenty of evidence that this newfangled Chili Pepper lineup could last another ten years
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  6. 7.0 |   Beats Per Minute

    An above average collection for a band well past their expected use-by date
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  7. 7.0 |   Spin

    A much more concise record, both thematically and sonically, than 2006's double-disc Stadium Arcadium
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  8. 7.0 |   DIY

    They’ve not lost their flare for hit-making
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  9. 7.0 |   Rolling Stone

    The peak moments on I'm With You balance swagger and sensitivity
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  10. 6.9 |   Paste Magazine

    Flea’s bass playing alone is worth the price of admission (as it will always be), and there are enough great moments here to suggest I’m With You won’t be the last we see of this formation
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  11. 6.0 |   Rave Magazine

    A huge part of the problem here is the album’s length: at 55 minutes it’s pretty flabby, and it’s hard to take in one sitting owing to its brickwalled-to-buggery dynamic
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  12. 6.0 |   Q

    An album more interested in subtle depths than instant, titanic funk-rock hooks. Print edition only

  13. 6.0 |   Mojo

    Nobody wants deep and meaningful from the Chilis, but perhaps it's time for long trousers and less gurning. Print edition only

  14. 6.0 |   BBC

    A solid, decent enough 10th album, but it’s far from vital
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  15. 6.0 |   Daily Telegraph

    Sprightly, involving, addictively catchy and sometimes surprising
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  16. 6.0 |   The Guardian

    Muscular funk-rock songs
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  17. 6.0 |   Scotland on Sunday

    What they miss is Frusciante's writing ability, which gave the more superficial of their recent records a bit of depth
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  18. 6.0 |   Consequence Of Sound

    What hurts I’m With You is what has plagued the last few Chili Peppers releases: Kiedis’ vocal tones
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  19. 6.0 |   Entertainment.ie

    When all is said and done, 'I'm With You' won't be the album that the Red Hot Chili Peppers are remembered for
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  20. 6.0 |   Slant Magazine

    There's still enough zip and zeal in the stronger tracks to affirm the Chili Peppers' relevance in the modern musical climate
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  21. 6.0 |   The Observer

    It's hard not to feel a grudging sort of affection at the sound of a bunch of dudes rocking out, older and, blissfully, none the wiser
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  22. 5.0 |   No Ripcord

    The sound of a band that continues to coast off past achievements
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  23. 5.0 |   NME

    An exercise in how a multi-million selling rock behemoth plays it safe
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  24. 5.0 |   FasterLouder

    The Chili Peppers are really at the end of their tether and whilst they are still capable of producing some quality music, it’s probably time to call it a da
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  25. 4.2 |   A.V. Club

    Professional yet lifeless
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  26. 4.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    This band simply have nothing more to say
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  27. 4.0 |   The Independent

    It's business as usual, but with diminishing returns
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  28. 4.0 |   The Scotsman

    Oscillates between functional funk/pop rockers with vacuous hooklines and group jams with unexpected Pink Floydian proggy flourishes
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  29. 4.0 |   State

    Even with a new guitarist in tow, the album mainly feels like more of the same
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  30. 4.0 |   Pitchfork

    I'm With You's hip thrusts and gyrations simply go through the motions, the work of a band with all kinds of capital to blow but no incentive to do anything differently
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