I only say that because Kiedis did sound tired on SA, everyone else was fine. He's usually the one people complain about, and I was surprised to hear some spirit from him after that album. I was just trying to keep things relative to the snarkfest regarding the band on these boards. Stadium Arcadium did feel bloated…

Where would you start Nick Cave's 5?
If you were to even consider him, that is.

Isn't it sort of obvious that he's taking the piss out of the duo's essay with that twitter post? I'm not saying I can get behind all of Tyler's music (especially some of the unfocused, gutter-mouthed tracks on the latter half of Goblin), but some of the more shocking content of his album actually, you know, ties into…

Rome's definitely an easy listen with no track overstaying its welcome, but I feel like they could have made it more affecting if they wrote bigger melodies and threw in a couple more Danger Mouse-produced bells and whistles to keep things interesting. I was most concerned with how the production was going to sound,…