John Frusciante kicked it into high gear in 2004, not only releasing Shadows Collide With People through Warner Bros., but also planning to release an album every other month or so through the rest of the year on the Recordcollection label.
The first of these releases is Will to Death, a collaboration with Josh Klinghoffer (who also helped out with Shadows Collide With People).
Those familiar with Frusciante's other solo work will know that this material will be far from Red Hot Chili Peppers lite: Frusciante definitely has his own (somewhat haunted) muse.
The songs are basically nice little pop tunes, with hard-panned oddball production and very personal, introspective lyrics.
This album also marks a new personal aesthetic for Frusciante: he wanted these songs to be raw and immediate (as inspired by some of his favorite albums), and to this end there were very few takes involved with any of these songs, and mistakes and elements of chance found their way in as well.
Frusciante's voice has come a long way, and there are some really interesting production touches like all the backwards touches on "A Loop" and the double-tracked piano tinkling on "Wishing." There's almost nothing in the way of guitar heroics and it's far from groundbreaking, but fans of darkly personal skewed pop should enjoy Will to Death.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A DoubtJohn Frusciante | John Frusciante | Play | 04:19 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 2 | An ExerciseJohn Frusciante | John Frusciante | Play | 03:47 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 3 | Time Runs OutJohn Frusciante | John Frusciante | Play | 04:00 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 4 | LossJohn Frusciante | John Frusciante | Play | 05:20 | 12 MB | 35 MB |
| 5 | UnchangingJohn Frusciante | John Frusciante | Play | 03:54 | 8 MB | 23 MB |
| 6 | The MirrorJohn Frusciante | John Frusciante | Play | 03:02 | 6 MB | 17 MB |
| 7 | A LoopJohn Frusciante | John Frusciante | Play | 04:34 | 10 MB | 28 MB |
| 8 | WishingJohn Frusciante | John Frusciante | Play | 02:48 | 6 MB | 17 MB |
| 9 | Far AwayJohn Frusciante | John Frusciante | Play | 02:17 | 5 MB | 14 MB |
| 10 | The Days Have TurnedJohn Frusciante | John Frusciante | Play | 02:23 | 5 MB | 13 MB |
| 11 | HelicalJohn Frusciante, Josh Klinghoffer | John Frusciante | Play | 02:13 | 5 MB | 10 MB |
| 12 | The Will to DeathJohn Frusciante | John Frusciante | Play | 03:48 | 8 MB | 19 MB |
| 42 mins | 97 MB | |||||
| 42 mins | 261 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Frusciante | Audio Production, Bass, Composer, Design, Guitar, Guitar (Bass), Main Personnel, Piano, Primary Artist, Producer, Synthesizer, Synthesizer Arrangements, Vocals |
| 2 | Bernie Grundman | Mastering |
| 3 | Ryan Hewitt | Audio Engineer, Engineer, Mixing |
| 4 | Josh Klinghoffer | Bass, Composer, Drums, Guitar, Guitar (Bass), Keyboards, Main Personnel |
| 5 | Dave Lee | Equipment Technician |
| 6 | Jeff Moses | Assistant |
| 7 | Mike Piscitelli | Design |
| 8 | Rafael Serrano | Assistant |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |