“Stadium Arcadium” by Red Hot Chili Peppers

"Stadium Arcadium" is the title track of Red Hot Chili Peppers' ninth album, a double set that first appeared in Germany on May 5, 2006, before Warner Bros. released it in the US four days later. All four members share the writing credit: Anthony Kiedis, Flea, John Frusciante and Chad Smith. Ryan Hewitt, Mark Linett and Andrew Scheps recorded it, Hewitt mixed it, and there's a curveball in the credits: Brad Warnaar on French horn.

The album began as a far bigger plan, three records released six months apart, before the band boiled it down to two discs, and Kiedis credited better writing chemistry, with the old tug-of-war over lyrics finally gone. It was also Frusciante's last album with the band until Unlimited Love in 2022; he left in July 2009, once the tour was done.

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