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The discography of John Frusciante, who is best known as the guitarist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, consists of nine solo albums, and three EPs, as well as two albums with collaborators Joe Lally and Josh Klinghoffer under the name Ataxia. John Frusciante left the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1992 after being unable to cope with the huge success of Blood Sugar Sex Magik.[1] He released his first solo album Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt, in 1994 on American Recordings. His second record, Smile From the Streets You Hold, was released primarily for drug money in 1997 and later taken off the market at his request in 1999. After returning to the Red Hot Chili Peppers in 1998, Frusciante recorded Californication with the band and subsequently released his third solo album, To Record Only Water for Ten Days in February 2001 on Warner Music Group.
Red Hot Chili Peppers released By the Way in 2002. Following the album's tour, Frusciante released Shadows Collide with People in 2004; it became his first solo album to influence a music chart.[2] In 2004, Frusciante released a series of six records in six months, all signed to Record Collection. Each album also included collaborations with Josh Klinghoffer.[3] In 2006 the Red Hot Chili Peppers released a the 28-track double album Stadium Arcadium. Frusciante began work on his tenth solo record, The Empyrean shortly thereafter and subsequently released the album in early 2009.[4]
[edit] Solo material
[edit] Studio albums
| Year |
Title |
Notes |
| 1994 |
Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt
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| 1997 |
Smile From the Streets You Hold
- Label: Birdman (BMR #016)
- Released: August 26, 1997
- Formats: CD
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- Taken off the market in 1998 at Frusciante's request.[5][6]
- Planned for re-release by Frusciante in the future.[7]
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| 2001 |
To Record Only Water for Ten Days
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- First solo release on Warner Bros. Records.
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From the Sounds Inside
- Label: None
- Released: 2001
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- Internet release only.[8]
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| 2004 |
Shadows Collide With People
- Label: Warner Bros. Records (#2-48660)
- Released: February 24, 2004
- Formats: CD, vinyl
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| The Will to Death
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- Peaked at #109 on the UK Albums Chart.[11]
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Inside of Emptiness
- Label: Record Collection (#48907-2)
- Released: October 26, 2004
- Formats: CD, vinyl
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A Sphere in the Heart of Silence
- Label: Record Collection (#48949-2)
- Released: November 23, 2004
- Formats: CD, vinyl
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- Credited as a collaboration between Frusciante and Klinghoffer.
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| 2005 |
Curtains
- Label: Record Collection (#48595-2)
- Released: February 1, 2005
- Formats: CD, vinyl
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| 2009 |
The Empyrean
- Label: Record Collection
- Released: January 20, 2009
- Formats: CD, vinyl
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- Peaked at #190 on the Billboard Top 200; #7 on Top Heatseekers and #105 on the UK Albums Chart.[10][12]
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| Year |
Title |
| 1997 |
Estrus EP
- Label: Birdman
- Backed with "Outside Space"
- Released: 1997
- Formats: Vinyl
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| 2001 |
Going Inside
- Label: Warner Bros. Records
- Backed with "Time Is Nothing", "So Would've I", "Last Hymn", and "Beginning Again"
- Released: March 5, 2001
- Formats: CD, vinyl
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| 2004 |
DC EP
- Label: Record Collection (#48877-2)
- Backed with "Dissolve", "Goals", "A Corner", and "Repeating"
- Released: September 14, 2004
- Formats: CD, vinyl
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[edit] Miscellany
| Year |
Title |
| 2004 |
The Brown Bunny
- Label: Tulip Records
- Motion picture soundtrack; Frusciante contributed five songs:
- "Forever Away", "Dying Song", "Leave All the Days Behind", "Prostitution Song", and "Falling"
- Released: 2004
- Formats: CD, vinyl
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[edit] With Red Hot Chili Peppers
[edit] Studio albums
| Year |
Title |
Notes |
| 1989 |
Mother's Milk
- Label: EMI
- Released: August 16, 1989
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- Debut album with Red Hot Chili Peppers
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| 1991 |
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
- Label: Warner Bros. Records
- Released: September 24, 1991
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- Frusciante left the Chili Peppers during the album's tour in 1992[13]
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| 1999 |
Californication
- Label: Warner Bros. Records
- Released: June 8, 1999
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- First album after returning to the Chili Peppers in 1998[14][15]
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| 2002 |
By the Way
- Label: Warner Bros. Records
- Released: July 9, 2002
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| 2006 |
Stadium Arcadium
- Label: Warner Bros. Records
- Released: May 28, 2006
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[edit] Live and compilation albums
| Year |
Title |
Notes |
| 2003 |
Greatest Hits
- Label: Warner Bros. Records
- Released: November 11, 2003
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- Frusciante plays guitar on all songs except "My Friends"[16]
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| 2004 |
Live in Hyde Park
- Label: Warner Bros. Records
- Released: July 26, 2004
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- First and only live album released by the Chili Peppers
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[edit] With Ataxia
| Year |
Title |
Notes |
| 2004 |
Automatic Writing
- Label: Record Collection
- Released: August 10, 2004
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- First half from the ten track session Ataxia held in 2004[17]
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| 2007 |
AW II
- Label: Record Collection
- Released: May 29, 2007
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- Second half of the Ataxia session[18]
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[edit] DVDs and videos
[edit] Solo music videos
[edit] Red Hot Chili Peppers
[edit] Music videos
[edit] References
- ^ Kiedis, Sloman, 2004. p. 284
- ^ "Shadows Collide with People charting". Billboard. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=305&cfgn=Albums&cfn=The+Billboard+200&ci=3053046&cdi=8123385&cid=03%2F13%2F2004. Retrieved on 2007-08-31.
- ^ The Will to Death, Inside of Emptiness, A Sphere in the Heart of Silence liner notes.
- ^ "John Frusciante to release The Empyrean on Record Collection 1.20.2009". RedHotChiliPeppers.com. November 12, 2008. http://www.redhotchilipeppers.com/news/news.php?uid=737. Retrieved on 2008-13-11.
- ^ "Smile from the Streets You Hold". Johnfrusciante.com. http://www.johnfrusciante.com/music/smile.php. Retrieved on 2006-09-04.
- ^ Raggett, Ned. "Smile From the Streets You Hold review". Allmusic. http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:d9fixqqjld0e. Retrieved on 2007-09-22.
- ^ ""A Little Message from John to the Fans"". Johnfrusciante.com. March 16, 2005. http://www.johnfrusciante.com/news.php. Retrieved on 2006-06-08.
- ^ "Official downloads". Johnfrusciante.com. http://www.johnfrusciante.com/demos.php. Retrieved on 2007-09-15.
- ^ Shadows Collide with People liner notes.
- ^ a b c "Billboard positions". billboard.com. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=62412&model.vnuAlbumId=1203135. Retrieved on 2 May 2009.
- ^ a b "UK Chartlog". zobbel.de. http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_F.HTM. Retrieved on 12 January 2009.
- ^ "UK Chartlog 2009-02-07". zobbel.de. http://zobbel.de/cluk/090207cluk.txt. Retrieved on 02 May 2009.
- ^ Kiedis, Sloman, 2004. p. 295
- ^ Kiedis, Sloman, 2004. pp.398-400
- ^ "Red Hot Chili Peppers Biography". Rolling Stone Magazine. http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/redhotchilipeppers/biography. Retrieved on 2007-09-25.
- ^ One Hot Minute liner notes
- ^ "Automatic Writing information". Johnfrusciante.com. http://johnfrusciante.com/music/automatic_writing.php. Retrieved on 2007-09-12.
- ^ "AW II album info". Johnfrusciante.com. http://johnfrusciante.com/music/ataxia_II.php. Retrieved on 2007-09-12.
- ^ "John Frusciante music videos". Music Video Database. http://www.mvdbase.com/artist.php?last=Frusciante&first=John. Retrieved on 2007-09-15.
- ^ "Red Hot Chili Peppers music videos". Music Video Database. http://www.mvdbase.com/artist.php?last=Red+Hot+Chili+Peppers&first=. Retrieved on 2007-09-24.
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