At last a good red hot chili album. This is the first good effort by the band since Blood sugar sex makic. Indeed this is softer and less sexy than previous albums, but still retains the amazing melodies that other bands find hard to repeat with the regularity that the peppers pump them out at. You will go back for more in this album again and again and will stop yourself from listening to it just in case on the off chance you get bored. Not Likely!! Every time I have listened to it and find something new to listen to, some different lyric or chord, that gives this album the new cd feel everytime you put it on.