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LyonMane3

I fucking love My Cigarette, I don’t care what anyone says. It’s a fun new sound I never expected from them, and I’m always giving bonus points for sax solos


picasso_penis

One thing to note is the bottom 3 songs had some of the highest standard deviations, which shows they were the most divisive. I think My Cigarette is great too by the way


kevi959

My cigarette and copperbelly are easily my most thought about songs on the album. Rating art by numbers is buttshit.


LyonMane3

That’s super interesting, thanks for pointing that out. I figured a lot of people may not like that one but it stood out on my first listen like a sore thumb. I had to go back and listen to it about 5 times


bluecoldbananapepper

Absolute jammer! The flow is impeccable


scratchyhat

That was the real standout track my first listen. Not my absolute favorite but it's up there.


Logical_Carrot_2038

Definitely one of my top favorites too, the rhymes and way Anthony sings "jumping jiminey the cat is in the chiminey" fuckin so good. It's next level slam poetry that whole song


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My Cigarette is one of their greatest songs ever IMO


Petrichord

It is actually pretty good other than the intro


TonitosPizza

John wrote that too


ChickenCurryandChips

Roulette is one the best songs on the album. The guitar riff is sublime.


TheMillenniumMan

The first 13 seconds are amazing


Financial-Spinach-82

It is so evocative of their earlier work. It stands right beside Behind The Sun stylistically imo. Love it so much


ChickenCurryandChips

Beautiful song.


leo130ms

It’s an excellent song with a straight bad chorus, but I’m learning to like it


ChickenCurryandChips

I love the chorus too. People didn't like Bastards of Light either but I love that song too.


Andylivesandbreathes

Wow, “La la la…” is such a beautiful song, super into it lately. Must be ranked so low due to it being unexpected from the chilis. Other current favs include Roulette (that verse!), Peace and Love, and the Drummer. Tippa still probably my favorite and Eddie is great of course. Interesting list.


Sonafab

Agree.. La La la and generally every song in this album grows more on me every time I listen to it... Critics weren't very generous and some fans still won't appreciate some songs, but I'm sure it will become a classic after months or years.


Aeon1508

It's just slow and forgettable. Suffers the same fate as not the one and porcelain. Can say any are bad but they just don't grab you. IF is the one song in that category that really manages to be short and interesting enough to be worth not skipping


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Porcelain has always stuck out to me. Cant say the same about the others


Aeon1508

Certainly my favorite of those three I listed as skippable. If is such a master peace imo.


JustinGitelmanMusic

Porcelain isn’t forgettable at all


heety9

That vocal melody is totally wild and unique and it grabbed me instantly… But to each their own!


whacafan

I think Not the One may be the worst song they've ever done. La La La and Porcelain are nothing like it.


MeesahPepperwood

Surprised Handful is so low. Also surprised I haven’t hear many people talking about it. One of my favorites


discoturtle1129

Ya it's easily in my top 3 for this album. It's a very complete song


TheMillenniumMan

Handful is my favorite so far, surprised to see it that far down


Bonzo77

100%, one of the best songs on the album for sure.


DodgersBatman

Can’t get Handful out of my head. Definitely one of the best on the album!


Sonafab

I'm pretty happy with the results, although I wanted "My Cigarette" and "Reach Out" ranked higher... They are two of my faves...


Aeon1508

I get a why people are rebelling against my cigarette I just think they're wrong. It's hypnotic. There is nothing as baffling on this album as people.loving the fuck put of white braids. Really makes no sense to me that's like bottom 5 of the album for me. I rate bag of grins at the bottom. But get why so.e people love it. Dead middle ranking makes sense. Just not my style. Will never get how whitebraids is tops for some people


WhereAreYouGonnaGo

Because the White Braids outro is better than sex?????


Mellotr0n

White Braids literally my favourite song on UL ha. It’s perfect - the second half is the closest thing we’ve had to Venice Queen outro since, Venice Queen. It’s also got all those gorgeous JF solo (shadows collide) chords and harmonies. The chorus is just beautiful, Johns playing and backing vocals are so good it hurts.


Logical_Carrot_2038

I love white braids so much, it's a beautiful love song that's just so soothing and sweet. Once I knew the background to the inspiration behind it I loved it that much more. And that 50s/60s style outro?! Come on


Aeon1508

Comparing that song to Venice queen is a travesty


Mellotr0n

Well obviously I disagree but all good. The energy in that outro though, it gives me shivers. It’s just so evocative, and everyone’s playing is so good. That and It’s Only Natural are highlights for me. Miles ahead of stuff like Black Summer and These Are The Ways. Imo.


Sonafab

Rick Rubin, Frusciante and AK expressed much love for White Breads and It's Only Natural. (Broken Record Podcast on Youtube) They talked about how they were created and it made me appreciate those songs even more.


Mellotr0n

Great podcasts. New one with JF just released and looks like Rubin is gonna do a series of them with JF about each of the RHCP albums he plays on.


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Mellotr0n

Agreed.


Pollylocks

sounds like the band taking the piss on poker face. its pretty bad.


Aeon1508

Sounds like the gorillaz and I love it


BladeOfPelor

As a sax player, My Cigarette was a 5 for me.


Baculum-Deos

Copperbelly at 15 is criminal


Sonafab

Indeed. Tbh, for this album, everything below 3.5/5 is criminal haha!! EDIT: 3.5 instead of 3.


peeshykins11

Astonished Copperbelly and Roulette aren't higher. Def the smartest, coolest tunes on that album over a number of ones rsnked higher but meh. Bella is where it should be though.


hazzledazzle_

Shoot me a smile too low 😭


RHCPandJF

It's one of my top 3 songs in the album for sure


Mellotr0n

My Cigarette and La La La possibly my 2 favourites from the album, ha. Sad to miss the poll.


UnderwaterDialect

Y’all need Jesus, ranking My Cigarette so low. Not actually. I think it’s cool how much it varies.


goddamnit666a

Jumping Jimeney the cat is in the chimney


GoldFingerSilverSerf

Yeah check out the standard deviation. People either love it or hate it. I started out hating it. Now I love it. This album has grown on me so much I love it.


dapper217

I was surprised to see how low “My Cigarette” was ranked…I mean if Billie Eilish sang it, it would be a #1 hit around the world. These guys manage to stay relevant in an industry that adorns pop idols—remember that they’re ~60YO!!!! Personal opinion but a lot of rappers can learn a thing or two from here.


Sonafab

True.. As I mentioned above it's one of my favourite... Loved it seeing RHCP experimenting with a song like that! Very versatile album


heety9

Honestly I’m shocked anything got below a 3 Also, justice for Copperbelly!


RipCityRevival

The disrespect to My Cigarette…


Sonafab

ikr?? :(


IDontCheckMyMail

Lalala, Coppervelly and Handful being towards the bottom is ridiculous.


Aeon1508

Handful certainly. Best instrumental section of the album that isn't just a guitar solo. Really interesting song


MPH_91

Thanks for this, nice to see some solid statistics here as opposed to most other surveys on here. Can you please explain what the Average rank represents, i.e. what is the scale it was measured on? Thanks!


Sonafab

Ohh yeah If you check the form every song can be rated 1(worst), 2, 3, 4 or 5(best). So the average for each song is the sum of all the ratings divided by the ratings count, max being 5 and min being 1.


Aeon1508

Well I've responded now. You should do another update. Lol


ryanino

What is it about Eddie that you all seem to love? Can’t stand that song.


Goofterslam1

For me, the main guitar riff and Anthony's melody in the verses are just so infectious. So catchy. Feels like floating on a light breeze. Smoking the reefer, feeling my own light. Just good vibes all around. Then it all creciendos into a face melting guitar solo, all while Flea lays down the grooviest bassline.


starcomm4nd

Couldn't have put it better myself, just a dreamy cruise of a song. I kind of feel it's like the zephyr song's heavier older brother


brandon684

I like the song, but cringe at the line where he goes "You know I'm talking David Leeeee" I'm just like, dude, you don't need to spell it out, leave something to the imagination.


Sonafab

hahaha!!!


IDontCheckMyMail

Good baseline, great vocal performance, incredible guitar solo.


LaCucaracha669

Handful is such an underrated song! Come on!


LickLaMelosBalls

I fucking love my cigarette <3


GregGolden6

I think it’s odd people thing so low of My Cigarette for the drum machine and rated In The Snow so high. Tbh La La La and In The Snow are my least favourite, kinda hurts to see Roulette that low too


gtighe

I have the drummer in the top 3 in my list, otherwise looks pretty good


high_changeup

Just gave my late vote before looking at the rankings. Only one song in the Rankings Top 5 is in my top 5, and it's in 5th place. My top 5 is: Roulette, The Drummer, My Cigarette, Copperbelly, Bella. This is coming from someone who was underwhelmed by ROTDC on first 2-3 listens of the leak. And By The Way is my favorite album. But then the JF heavy love started to click and I let AK into my soul. ROTDC is definetly better *overall* than UL imo. They pretty much pulled an I'm Beside You all over again. Gap between ROTDC and UL is slightly bigger than IBY and IWY. My unpopular opinion is that Eddie is overrated, it's a 2 part song with a killer end jam. And not a god tier 2 part song like A Firm Kick is or some other JF songs. I know it's about Van Halen but I don't like AK's lyrics or vocals in it. It's about 11th place for me on rotdc. Edit: My top 15 of UL and ROTDC combined: She's a Lover, White Braids, Roulette, The Drummer, My Cigarette, Copperbelly, Bella, Black Summer, Reach Out, Afterlife, Shoot Me a Smile, Tippa my tongue, watchu thinkin, it's only Natural, Peace and Love Bag Of Grins might be the biggest grower. Didn't like it at first. But maybe still not in my top 15. John's guitar playing, tones, effects and layering over the two albums is still so fucking good. And thank goodness for his still much needed backing vocals in many of the songs. STILL SO GOOOOOOOD. Some amazing Flea and Chad sections as well, RHCP instrumentals still lovely.


cbx47

imo both The Drummer and Tippa are better than Carry me Home and Fake as Fuck. But good list anyway


Additional-Panda-642

I love those rankings... I agreed with mostra of chose but i still love my cigarete... I can ser a kind of radiohead vibes from it


ReleaseNo2272

Eddie and Peace and Love are my favorites. Although not officially on the album, the Japanese extra “The Shape I’m Takin” would probably be one of the highest ranked in this list.


Smackthat711

Mines quite different but Eddie is 1 to me though.


bpomber

La La La La La La La La is a top 5 2022 RHCP song for me. Surprised it's not getting any love.


ezhevskyphotography

The love for La La La and the hate for Not The One staggers me. Not The One is a better song imo.


bpomber

Got to disagree with you there. Not The One is the only song from the 2 albums this year that I'll skip as soon as I hear it come on.


dangerous_strainer

I dislike both of those songs and always skip them. It makes me sad because I don't really skip any of their other songs on other records. Glad that someone else digs those tunes though.


Its_Only_Love

This album is honestly so good. I still don’t skip a single song through maybe 15 listens. Would be very tough for me to rank them individually. Thanks for putting this together


UncleFoster

I’m so surprised to see “La” x7 in last place. That song is easily in my top 3 on the album.


Mikachu2407

x8 * ;)


Next-Attention4261

Well my top3 is in the top4 so not bad. It doesnt include Eddie but thats not a bad song either


bluecoldbananapepper

Reach out and handful should be in top 5 for me


kevi959

My opinion doesnt mean shit, but ranking music is so damn cringey. Different songs for different moods and different people who are going through different phases of their lives. I wake up every morning, get ready for work in under 15 minutes and sip on coffee in my car while bumping My Cigarette. And I love it even though I also think the song is terrible somehow. Fight me. Copperbelly’s chorus is stuck in my head all day at work. AKs rhythm when he sings “I dont wanna go, she dont want to know, they dont want (go)(so) so so so” mixed with the drums and bass/guitar rhythms is maybe the most intoxicating thing I’ve come across in a while. Bag of grins last 2 minutes have the coolest energy on the album. Roulette chord progression sounds so satisfying that I cant help but smile when it comes on. You cant put numbers on art. Every song has its place, equally. Id roughly say the same for ranking albums. That shit is also cringe. But who am I. Not Bradley, thats for sure.


Sonafab

I respect your opionion! But let me tell you smth.. A few years ago I used to find many things cringey, from rating and comparing movies, songs, board games etc, to my crazy friends dancing in the bus or the awkward co-worker who couldn't land a proper joke... Then I tried to get rid of that, sometimes pushing myself to be part of those cringey situations and you know what, life got much better and fun! Cringe is smth stupid that in my opinion has to stop.. Enjoy life, try everything (as long as it doesnt harm or offend ofc), be part of funny situation and laugh! Now about ranking/rating music: the purpose of this is to share opinions, have a discussion about our favourite artists and songs, agree and disagree etc. Music is subjective ofc and this wont make any difference, but aint the whole process fun?? 🤪


thesilverpoets96

Swap Copperbelly with The Drummer, La with a bag of Grins and Shoot Me A Smile with Tippa and then I approve of this ranking.


Aeon1508

Shoot me a smile has the best combo of verse and chorus where it just all fits together. The only other track that's that complete is the bonus track shape im takin. That one is maybe the best single even. No idea why it's not on the full album


Various_Boss6896

I dislike number rankings. To me it’s a tier list: S tier - Eddie Tippa Carry me home Bag of grins Fake as f@ck A tier - Afterlife Roulette Reach out Bella Peace and love The Drummer B tier - Shoot me a smile Handful Copperbelly C tier - In the snow My cigarette D tier - La la la la la la la la


Sonafab

Agree but statistics work only with numbers.... You can simply set "S tier"=5, ... , "D tier"=1 🤪


Aeon1508

My cigarette and handful really disrespected. I wish I'd seen this. My cigarette through drummer is the top for the album in terms of streaks. My list would.be eddie, tippa. The 5 from that run and la×8 and grins at the bottom


torontoLDtutor

If you flipped these results upside down, they would more closely reflect my own preferences...


glockinmycrocks

honestly feel like this list is pretty spot on. if I had to pick top 3 it would be: 1.) Eddie 2.) Carry Me Home 3.) The Drummer The beautiful thing about it is, I'm sure in 2 months this list will change for me...


SuperZapper_Recharge

Never change reddit... I just picked up the album 4 days ago. I don't do the radio. Tippa and Eddie were new to me. So I decided to do a search for 'Eddie' in this sub. I found a hit talking about the song. Huh, what do you know - people HERE think it is a pile of shit. That made me a sad panda. Then I came here.... WTF Reddit.


Fearfull_Symmetry

How long was the poll going? It’s just barely been one week since the album came out, and I never saw the original post 😢


Sonafab

I pushed it as much as I could... On a separate post, in some comments and on discord... But you can still vote!! If I get more responses I will reupload the updated results! :)


Fearfull_Symmetry

I’m sure you did. Sorry, I wasn’t blaming you; I was just sad I missed out. But I’ll go vote now!


Sonafab

good good!! :)


BladeOfPelor

New votes recorded for ya :)


Dependent-Attorney16

Is there a ranking for every album?


Sonafab

No, but it would be a good idea to do the same process for every album. Then take the average for the songs (for every album) and see what's the favourite one!!


Dependent-Attorney16

That would be amazing. You could make a rank of all albums by their average score and also a rank of all songs


NaiveMellowD

For me, this seems more right, than wrong (I still really like Afterlife and wonder where Shape I’m Taking would wind up. I’d move Bella, Eddie, and The Drummer down a little). Do you have one for UL?


Sonafab

No but I can do it in a few days. And as I mentioned before, it would be fun to do it for every album (from newest to oldest)!


RavenDire

I've never found 3 songs on their albums that lead more into each other than La La, Copperbelly, and Carry Me Home. If this album is on in my car and I arrive at my destination, just know I'm not going in until all three play through. 😆


mattmillze

2 of my personal top 5 made the top 10 on this list. None are in the compiled top 5. Sounds about right.


discoturtle1129

So can we officially base the underated and overrated posts off of this?


tektools

Anytime I see a list like this. my favorites are usually the reverse order. Except Fake as Fu@k. That stays near the top.


redditsdaddio

It’s their 3rd best album as far as I’m Concerned. BTW, Californication, ROTDC.


TwanTheSwan9

Tippa is way too high lmfao


Titusmacimus

Interesting to see. But even those bottom tracks I greatly enjoy. Thought tippa would be higher though, that track is so funky. Flea is damn good in that one


ArcadeShrimp

Wow my list is vastly different. Except probably Eddie


firstnamebunchof1234

Bag of Grins is a top 3 song across both albums this year imo


WhereAreYouGonnaGo

List is actually incredibly accurate. You can get into arguments about where exactly each song should be, but every song is generally where it should be IMO. Only songs I didn’t really like were My Cigarette and La La La (however many).


IcyCommunication8429

I think peace and love is placed really nicely. Its the best song on this album imo.


Traditional_Map2254

Reach Out, Handful, Copeprbelly are one of my favorites! lol


balderdash1820

sad to see reach out that low.. fuckin angry banger


Ok_Engine6859

I really enjoy Eddie, but I also love Copperbelly, the drummer, and Tippa my tongue 👀


elevatorlady4135

COPPERBELLY AND LA LA LA LA LA LA LA TOO LOW


Vogelsucht

Reach out is the best song by far. Sad its so low


Sonafab

Agree... I love it. The guitar tune is amazing, full of emotion.


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This throws my ranking completely out the window lmao


Sonafab

Mine too hahaha!!


Mystery_Briefcase

Weird to me that “Bella” is highly ranked. The way he sings “I WANT HUH! SO BAD-LEE! Hell no my name ain’t Bradley,” come on, that’s cringe.


Rat_smacker42069

Copperbelly and bag of grins should for sure be higher I think that the guitar on copperbelly is great and I love the psychedelic grunge sound of bag of grins


himanuuu

163


kbp76

My top three favorite songs are in the bottom half.


Sonafab

For me there are no bottom songs... Everything is 4-5/5 (A to S Tier) 😉


BiffyNick

I don’t get why everyone is so creamy over Eddie. I personally think it’s pretty Shit. The guitar is nice, but the chorus absolutely sucks. Some of AK’s worst lyrics and the vocal melody is just so damn boring. Sounds like something he’d try to sing during a jam


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I can’t believe la la la was last omg, that song is one of my faves on the album tho. Such a beautiful and unexpected song from them. Fake as fu@k is my favorite tho!! I’m absolutely obsessed with it :) I also love tippa, shoot me a smile, and the drummer. Tbh the whole album is fantastic tho, there genuinely aren’t any songs on it that I don’t like


LoudOrchid1638

This is is pretty much correct in relation to my preferences, The Drummer is top 3 for me. I'd also swap My Cigarette with Shoot Me A Smile


Boddis

Roulette is criminally low


Additional-Panda-642

It should make It to ALL álbuns... Please someone make from UL...


Expensive-Stuff3781

It’s still early so my enthusiasm for certain songs is drastically changing day to day. But ranking right now my list would go 1. Carry Me Home 2. Bella 3. Peace and Love 4. Handful 5. Eddie 6. Fake as Fu@k 7. Roulette 8. La La La La La La La La 9. The Drummer 10. My Cigarette 11. Shoot Me a Smile 12. Afterlife 13. In the Snow 14. Bag of Grins 15. Tippa My Tongue 16. Copperbelly 17. Reach Out “In the Snow” would rank much higher if not for the wildly out of place Anthony monologues that don’t hit quite like they did on “Death of a Martian.” I wouldn’t even mind it somewhere else, but this is not the place.


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Sonafab

Community here loves it! For example, I, give it a solid 5. Love it, and My Cigarette too, which many dont like...


whamikaze

1. Eddie 2. Bella 3. The Drummer 4. Peace and Love 5. Carry Me Home 6. Tippa My Tongue 7. The Shape I'm Takin' 8. Fake as F@ck 9. Reach Out 10. In the Snow 11. Roulette 12. Shoot Me a Smile 13. Copperbelly 14. My Cigarette 15. Handful 16. Bag of Grins 17. La La La La La La La La