Inside Of Emptiness
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Recorded in March and published in October 2004, John’s fastest album to date might as well be the first one to think of when someone who hasn’t followed his career and who’s a fan of Red Hot Chili Peppers asks what to start with. From the distorted hot rocking beats of What I Saw to the melancolic falsetto of Scratches, with the floor vibrating from the screams in 666 and hearts melting at the warmth and openess of I’m Around and cruel reality of Look On, the song which features one of John’s best guitar solos ever; Inside Of Emptiness is most likely the album where no skipping will occur, no matter who you are. Lyrically, just like all of John’s other albums, it is much more complex. According to the author himself, three songs on the album were written while thinking about British occultist/mystic Aleister Crowley. Some of the music critics are refering to Inside Of Emptiness as something similar to what Shadows Collide With People would sound had it been unpolished and more raw. On the other side, this is obviously album where the electric guitar dominates, unlike on SCWP where each song has an accoustic guitar as the base instrument. Apart from usual contributor Josh Klinghoffer, the album also features a guest appearance of The Mars Volta’s guitarist, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, and therefore the first of two times he and John experimented with what John called “joined guitars”. Introverted, yet somewhat furious, slow-speaking yet unstoppable as he’s always been; John’d created yet another memorable chapter in the history of modern rock music. (© 2004)
Samples
[xspf]_start(FALSE, ‘order=23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32&mode=3’)[/xspf] Disclaimer: All the songs’ lyrics on the album was written by John Frusciante and it is © Niandra LaDes Music/BMI. This is the official lyrics from the album’s booklet. I only made a couple of tiny corrections on the places where John has obviously altered the “official” lyrics and/or added the repeating lines and backing/harmony vocals for your convenience.All samples are around 30 seconds long and used with the publisher’s permission. If you want the CD, scroll down to “useful links” for information on how and where to buy it.
Trivia
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Useful links
Get the CD and/or vinyl from John’s official site; or, if unable to do it that way buy this album at amazon.com
Go to John’s official site to see hand-written IOE notes
Go to songmeanings.net to see other how other people understood what John had to say
Credits
Release date: 26th October 2004
Released: Worldwide
Publisher: Record Collection Music
Duration: 39 minutes, 32 seconds
John plays: Guitar, synthesizer, keyboards and bass on The World’s Edge and 666
Other musicians: Josh Klinghoffer plays drums, bass, keyboards, and guitar on I’m Around. He sings some of the backing/harmony vocals as well plays guitar solos on Inside A Break and Emptiness. Omar Rodriguez-Lopez of The Mars Volta plays lead guitars on 666.
Produced by: John Frusciante
Engineered by: Ryan Hewitt
Mixed by: Ryan Hewitt
Assisted by: Kevin Dean
Recorded/mixed at/when: Sunset Sound (08-13th March 2004)
Mastered by/where: Bernie Grundman/Bernie Grundman Mastering Hollywood, CA, USA
Designed by: Mike Piscitelli, John Frusciante
Cover photograph by: Lola Montes
Equipment by: Dave Lee
Management: Q-Prime Inc.
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