Aeroplane

by

Red Hot Chili Peppers

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A word of warning, there are two "Aeroplane" singles out there, a regular one and a limited edition one, I'll review them both here and hopefully you can pull apart which is which when looking at Amazon listings.

The title track itself is common on both (clearly) and was the third single from "One Hot Minute". It's a catchy piece with a nice clean tone main riff and a catchy chorus, although I think by and large it doesn't succeed as well as much of "One Hot Minute", it's a decent enough piece.

The regular edition adds three live tracks-- "Backwoods", "Transcending" and "Me and My Friends". The limited edition has a holographic jewel case (yeah, kind of hokey) that allows simulated motion by shaking the thing and two live tracks-- "Suck My Kiss" and a cover of David Bowie's "Suffragette City".

These CDs both paint a pretty compelling portrait of the Dave Navarro-era Chili Peppers-- Navarro drives the band explosively-- "Suck My Kiss" turns into a guitar workout, he meanders into "Hey Joe" briefly before "Transcending", and by and large all the pieces are guitar-driven. It really is quite a different portrait from the band with Frusciante or Slovak.

All in all, both of these are worth digging up-- the limited edition is pretty hard to find, but the "Suffragette City" cover alone is worth the effort. Recommended.