Ready to Rock...and Review!

I know that reviewing a "Greatest Hits" album of any band is "not really" a true studio album. To start this blog off, am I maybe cheating the blog when reviewing this album? Yes! But my explanation for reviewing this album has ground to stand on because it gives me a challenge to work with. Every studio album I've listened to has either had great songs or not so great songs. This album makes my job a lot harder, so this will be a more interesting review than normal. Like always, let me first explain why I listened to this album. I loved MANY RHCP songs, so many that I wanted their greatest hits. Truthfully speaking, I don't think this album has all their greatest hits. I have two problems with this album, first, they are missing quite a few songs such as "Can't Stop" and "Stone Cold Bush." Second, they didn't add many songs from the band's early years, but I love this album to death because it has the majority of their best s...

I really thought I would never listen to classic rock after my introduction to alternative rock, but I was wrong. I was told to listen to this album by a friend of mine who really liked classic rock and Aerosmith. I was like "what the heck, I might as well give it a shot." I finished the album in about an hour, and my first reaction to it was that I really liked it. It wasn't too long, it wasn't too short, it was the perfect length. Another thing, the songs were so catchy. For example, I wanted to listen to the first song on the album so many times because of the awesome start to the song. Not only that, It was fast-paced. To be completely honest, Aerosmith was never my "go-to" band when it came to classic rock. In that genre, I preferred AC/DC or Steely Dan, but not Aerosmith. Sure, Aerosmith had great songs like "Sweet Emotion" and "Walk This Way," but other than those songs, I really never listened to them. I like every song on this al...

Before I first listened to "Dookie" by Green Day, I wasn't very interested in specific bands. Sure, bands such as the Beatles had a few great songs, but I liked music from all different types of genres. Some genres of music I liked was Pop, Reggae, Rock, and Funk. However, Dookie by Green Day, truly introduced me to Pop/Punk. I listened to a few Green Day songs on the radio before I was introduced to "Dookie," but I always forgot to look up their albums. I heard from somewhere (I still can't remember to this day where) that "Dookie" by Green Day was an awesome album, so I decided to give it a try. After finishing the album, I thought it was alright. It didn't stick with me at first, but the more I listened to it, the more I wanted to hear more Green Day. I went through a Green Day phase in high school. I listened to their albums such as "American Idiot," "Insomnia," and "Warning." However, this Green Day period wou...

To be honest I wasn't a really big Red Hot Chili Peppers fan before listening to this album. I preferred to surround myself with music from my previous favorite band Green Day and classic rock gems. I was even skeptical about listening to the Chili Peppers because there were only two songs I knew they performed that I enjoyed. These songs were "Under the Bridge" and "Give It Away." Once I started this album though, I knew there was no going back to the music I used to listen to. Every time I listened to it, I thought I was heading on vacation to the beaches. It has a great "traveling feeling" to it that I love. Not only that, but I love the funky riffs in this album. Most of the songs on this album were catchy and had a beautiful hook to them. I say most because not every song was a masterpiece. No more songs like "Hooked On A Feeling" by Blue Swede, or "American Idiot" by Green Day. I wanted to listen to every song on the Chili Pep...