from Telegraph magazine (?)

"It never ceases to amaze me that the Red Hot Chili Peppers have ended up as mega-selling elder statesmen of alternative rock- first, because I used to think their music was too cool ever to become really popular; second, because I was sure drugs would get them first. No way, though, would they have got anywhere near so big without John Frusciante, an obsessive muso who, when not playing guitar, sits at home all day listening to records. He features on all the Chili's best albums. On this, hid fourth, solo album, you can hear exactely which bits he contribuates: the slightly off-kilter melodies, the pensive acoustic parts, the general aura of yearning wistfulness. If what you don't like about the Chilis is their bombast and slap-bass funkiness, then this may be your solution. There are also some very good and exceedingly un-American, Boards of Canada-style ambient tracks, which manke it even more highly recommended still"

---James Delingpole