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The Red Hot Chili Peppers have become as reliable as U2 and REM in the past two decades. Like the other two bands, TRHCP have straddled the fine line of making broadly appealing music without exactly losing their souls to corporations. Yes, “By The Way” sounds like their most commercial cd to date, but as fans we have their first four cds that were not commercial to reflect on. I don’t think the band is completely commercial anyway, and I don’t they could be. I mean, my father wouldn’t buy “By The Way”. Instead, the band is attracting new, younger listeners while keeping many of the old fans. With that said, “By The Way” is a solid recording with the band’s usual range of offerings from “By The Way”, “Universally Speaking”, “The Zephyr Song”, “Cabron” and the rest of the 12 other tracks. The cd holds together very well, staying consistent throughout. Some might say this is a continuation from “Californication” and they’d be right. “By The Way” has the same lush feeling, the same maturity and growth in song structure and lyrics. The band is at the beginning of greatness I believe, with many more cds ahead that in years to come will be as classic as any U2 or REM cd.