Shadows Collide With People

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John Frusciante - Shadows Collide With People

This is John's only full-produced studio album to date, as all the previous ones were producted at home and its follow-ups were recorded in a very, very classical way. With this long-awaited release, John certainly didn't disappoint anyone, except people who never liked any of his post-1997 songs. This album contains 18 songs (19 on the Japanese import), all of them are perfectly-produced by the man himself and yet again, they're showing how many talents a real musician can have. On this album, for the very first time, John was accompanied by his 10-years-younger friend Josh Klinghoffer, a former member of Bicycle Thief who was also working with PJ Harvey, The Sparks and many others. The results were great. Featured on this album are also fellow RHCP bandmates, Flea and Chad Smith, as well as The Mars Volta's Omar Rodriguez-Lopez. It's obvious that John's singing skills have improved a lot on Shadows Collide With People yet, one of the most interesting surprises on the album are two fast rock songs, Second Walk and This Cold. They're both a bit retro-sounding, but, as it will be seen in John's further albums, it's the direction he has obviously chosen for this type of songs. Three of the songs performed on the 2001's TROWFTD mini-tour have finally found their place on the album, Cut-Out, In Relief and Ricky. This albums doesn't follow any single existing pattern in the music scene, nor a specific genre. Some songs are pure experiments, mostly three instrumentals, some are pure rock, some are ballads, it's like an excursion in the storm of various influences, ideas and moods. It might be very confusing for the first-time listener, but once you collide with the shadows properly, you will understand how good it is. (© 2004)

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Track Listing, Song Information And Lyrics

Carvel [6:14]
Omission [4:34]
Regret [2:58]
Ricky [3:57]
Second Walk [1:42]
Every Person [2:38]
-00Ghost27 [3:50]
Wednesday's Song [3:31]
This Cold [2:00]
Failure33Object [2:55]
Song To Sing When I'm Lonely [3:17]
Time Goes Back [3:23]
In Relief [3:36]
Water [4:06]
Cut-Out [3:34]
Chances [1:50]
23 Go In To End [6:42]
The Slaughter [3:52]
+Of Before [3:17]

NOTE: All the songs' lyrics on the album was written by John Frusciante and it is © 2004 Niandra LaDes Music/BMI, except for "Omission" which was co-written by Josh Klinghoffer, so it's also © 2004 Earl Grey Songs ASCAP. This is the official lyrics from the album's booklet. I only added the repeating lines and backing/harmony vocals for your convenience.

Trivia

When he was asked about the three "songs with numbers" John made a reference as 27 as the worst year of his life, 33 as the age he was and 23 the age Josh Klinghoffer was when they were recording the album.

At the beginning of the song Every Person just after the intro, one can hear John say: "1, 2, 3, 4..."

This album reached place 196 on the Billboard charts, 98th place in The Netherlands, 54th place in Germany and 28th place in Finland.

Useful links

Buy this album at amazon.com
Go to John's official site, click on "demos" and enjoy the acoustic version of this album and some demos...
...and also have a look at who exactly played what and where on this album
Go to songmeanings.net to see other how other people understood what John had to say

Credits

Release date: 23rd February 2004 in US, 24th February in the rest of the world, 3rd March in UK and 6th March in Japan
Released: Worldwide
Publisher: Warner Bros
Duration: 1 hour, 4 minutes, 50 seconds
Bonus track: "Of Before" available on the Japanese import of the CD
John plays: Guitar, bass, synthesizer, drums and percussion
Other musicians: Josh Klinghoffer plays the same instruments as John (they're listed together in the credits); Chad Smith plays drums and percussion, Omar Rodriguez plays slide guitar on "Chances" and "23 go in to end" Flea plays upright bass on "The Slaughter" and Charlie Clouser did orchestral programming on "Regret" and "Chances"
Produced by: John Frusciante
Engineered by: Jim Scott, Ryan Hewitt; "23 go in to end" and "Failure33Object" by Ethan Mates
Mixed by: Jim Scott
Assisted by: Chris Holmes, Jason Grossman, Chris Ohno
Recorded/mixed at: Cello Studios, Hollywood, CA, USA
Mastered by/where: Bernie Grundman/Bernie Grundman Mastering Hollywood, CA, USA
Designed by: Richard Scane Goodheart
Cover painting by: René Ricard
Art direction by: John Frusciante
Equipment by: Dave Lee
Management: Q-Prime Inc.