Californication is mediocre in everything but a poppy sense, I kinda appreciate that in a way, like I appreciate Nirvana's Nevermind. Difference is that Nirvana compromised very little of their sound to produce the amazing pop album that was Nevermind. Their first album through BSSM blows that underwhelming, bore-ass pop crap away, because Kiedis is a horrendous singer, he shouldn't try to sing. If I wanted to hear an entire album of songs that sound exactly like Under The Bridge, maybe I'd be more interested in the post-BSSM stuff.
The latest album, though, was a joke.
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