Nice!
If you are reading this you must have an idea what this album is all about. It's my favorite of the RHCP albums and is universally excellent; if you are thinking of buying it you won't be disappointed.

One of the greates albums of all time!
The Peppers are at the top of their game on this album. One of my all time favorites. Every track offers something new and creative. Fantastic album makeup. BUY IT!!! It will be one of the best decisions of your life.

a very excellent trip
I've been a fan of RHCP for years now. But had only bought one of their albums before now (Stadium Arcadium). So i decided to remedy that and i purchased Californication. I had only heard a couple songs on the cd (Scar Tissue and Californication). Both of which i really enjoyed and with the exception of maybe three songs on this cd. I found Californication to be a great trip into the minds of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. If its any indication of how good this one is. I will be back down that road again in the future buying another buy the guys as they all seem to be on a different level on this cd.

Check out tracks like Parallel Universe, Scar Tissue, Other Side, Californication, Easily, Savior, Right on Time and the mind boggling Road Trippin. Californication is a cd that i know will get many plays by me now and in the future, a worthy purchase either used or new. It's very wise to invest in this one as the various reviews say, but don't take my word for it drop a few dollars on this one. It's worth it.

A nice return from the uneven One Hot Minute!
Californication was an album I had received for Christmas and was pleasently surprised how good it was. This is a rather melodic affair, basically the template for the latter day Peppers. This is a rather consistent disc much like BSSM, but without any excellent songs. Instead the songs on Californication are relatively solid. Their melodic songs take the cake on cuts such as the Velvet Glove, Savior, Easily, and most of their biggest hits. Around the World is the perfect opener for it's usual flea bass plucking and funky guitars which turn into a spacey chorus. Parallel Universe is one of the best cuts with its speedy retro riffing by John Frusciante only to result with a jackhammer chorus. If only they wrote more songs like that one, imagine the posibilities. As usual there's filler and some crappy songs. Get on Top and Purple Stain stay stagnant in its old school funk and rapping. Also the downright boring Porcelain doesn't need to even to appear on this album. The track after Porcelain is even worse and I like dirt is serviceable but not essential. Surprisingly Californication closes with the break neck funk of Right on time only to end with the peaceful Road Trippin. The sequence of the songs are better than the songs themselves at times which is fine. This will be the last album woth owning from the Chili Peppers. Californication showed the hints at a different direction. I prayed they would not follow through with it, but you know what happened there.

Red Hot Chili Peppers put out another awesome album
Californication is a good album and certainly worth whatever you pay for it (assuming it's under twenty bucks). If you like the Chili Peppers at all this is a must-own along with One Hot Minute.