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8.0
87833
8.0 |
The Arts Desk
As The Getaway closes, you can't help feeling that there is plenty of life in these old rockers yet
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8.0
87834
8.0 |
Clash
A subtle, intimate and expressive album
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8.0
87917
8.0 |
The Independent
As ever, California gets plenty of mentions, though there’s less filler than usual, the album reaching a yearning epiphany in the string-draped song for a son, “The Hunter”
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8.0
87930
8.0 |
All Music
A nuanced album, rife with journeyman craft and poetry, that proves the Red Hot Chili Peppers still have plenty of their own creative fire
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8.0
88048
8.0 |
Gig Soup
While they won’t hit the heights of the previous decade again, the red hot machine is still rolling
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8.0
88092
8.0 |
State
For a bunch of ageing rockers, they’ve proven that with a little guidance and some fresh ears to reign them in, they’re capable of making a well-polished and new-sounding album
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8.0
88190
8.0 |
musicOMH
Even after more than 30 years in the business Red Hot Chili Peppers still have something new to offer
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8.0
88414
8.0 |
God Is In The TV
This is an energising and motivational album about struggle in time when the world needs it
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7.0
88783
7.0 |
Under The Radar
After a decade and a half of clichéd sterility, they sound potent again
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7.0
87936
7.0 |
Rolling Stone
The sound is top-shelf modern-rock splendor: shimmering guitar fractals, flashing string arrangements, artisanal rhythmic flourishes
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7.0
87831
7.0 |
The Music
It is album closer 'Dreams Of A Samurai' that really blows the listener out of the water
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6.5
88018
6.5 |
Beardfood
They’re chasing vibes up the walls, and when it works it’s loud and life-affirming
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6.0
88023
6.0 |
Exclaim
It's a pleasure to hear the Red Hots dabbling in new sounds, and The Getaway's production has a novelty factor that makes its exciting for the many fans who have been following them for decades
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6.0
87962
6.0 |
Evening Standard
Nothing leaps out as the single to take them back to their mega-selling peak, but many will prefer these tamer, less hot Chili Peppers
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6.0
87969
6.0 |
The FT
The Getaway marks an arrest in their creative decline
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6.0
87920
6.0 |
The Guardian
A mournful, streamlined return
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6.0
87876
6.0 |
NME
The Californian rockers take few chances on their frustratingly cautious 11th album
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6.0
88170
6.0 |
Q
An odd, deliberately unpunchy comeback. Print edition only
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6.0
88208
6.0 |
Earbuddy
One of the band's most consistent records also happens to be a snoozefest
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6.0
88012
6.0 |
Spin
They’re unrepentant goofs, who try to write songs about what matters to them, and sometimes they’re great, and sometimes they’re funny, and sometimes they’re both
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6.0
88376
6.0 |
Drowned In Sound
Not so much the sound of a band growing old gracefully as one abdicating from the pressure of being a big pop act
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5.8
87925
5.8 |
A.V. Club
What makes The Getaway different is Burton’s push into a more soul-driven arena, giving the Peppers’ brand of vanilla pop a slightly stronger taste
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5.8
87939
5.8 |
Consequence Of Sound
While the band doesn’t commit to reinvention quite fully enough to make The Getaway the knock-down drag-out comeback it wants to be, it’s refreshing to see them try
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5.4
88000
5.4 |
Pitchfork
The Getaway proves far more successful when Burton steps back and lets the band funk around
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5.0
88191
5.0 |
PopMatters
There’s no passion, no tension, no thrills, nothing memorable to draw the listener into the sonic world the Chili Peppers and Danger Mouse have tried to create
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4.0
88295
4.0 |
DIY
Red Hot Chili Peppers have become something of a self-parody, as rearward-facing as they come. The perennial whipping boys could be getting a harsh treatment, but ‘The Getaway’ gets them nowhere
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4.0
87973
4.0 |
The Observer
Sceptics will continue to boggle at their enduring charmlessness, a problem not even Danger Mouse can fix
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4.0
87995
4.0 |
Tiny Mix Tapes
Danger Mouse does wondrous things with his production work. Although The Peps have largely shed their P-Funk overtones in favor of (aggravatingly infectious) emo crooning
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4.0
87916
4.0 |
The Irish Times
It could have – and should have – been better
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