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John Frusciante - The Will To Death

Album: The Will To Death (2004)

The Will to Death is the fifth studio album by John Frusciante, released on June 22, 2004 on Record Collection. The album reached #36 on the Top Independent Albums chart.

Frequent collaborator Josh Klinghoffer appears, performing drums, bass, and keyboard.

In 2004 Frusciante announced that he would produce six albums during a six month break from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, with The Will to Death being the first of these. Following the long and costly recording of his previous album, Shadows Collide With People, Frusciante decided to experiment with recording music quickly and in a minimalist fashion, performing a maximum of two takes per track.

Frusciante has stated that the album is intended to be "the opposite of Shadows Collide With People": "On The Will to Death, I thought it would be a good idea to make a record with very little backing vocals, because we'd done it so much on Shadows. I always have to have a new idea for each album. For The Will to Death, the idea was to have very little backing vocals. There's a lot of other huge differences. In every way, I wanted the opposite of Shadows. "

1. A Doubt [4:19]

2. An Exercise [3:47]

3. Time Runs Out [4:00]

4. Loss [5:20]

5. Unchanging [3:54]

6. The Mirror [3:01]

7. A Loop [4:34]

8. Wishing [2:48]

9. Far Away [2:17]

10. The Days Have Turned [2:23]

11. Helical [2:13]

12. The Will To Death [3:48]

Lyrics:

And they're thought to be lies

But we saw them, saw them

We looked right in their eyes

Right at them, at them

Pinning space to the world

We're slaughtered, slaughtered

Not a sound to be heard

We're awful, awful

And have you seen how they run out of gas

They beat the pain

They sing in the rain

Endless and formless they fly to the end

And back to the beginning again

Have you put them aside

Your crazy thoughts and dreams

No, they're a part of me

And they all mean one thing

The will to death is what keeps me alive

It's one step away, step away

Limitations are set

Only then can we go all the way, all the way

And have you seen how the cars when they pass

They come your way then they're speeding away

Coming to you and then going away

But for them nothing's changed, no, nothing's changed

Credits:

Release date: 21st June 2004

Released: Worldwide

Publisher: Record Collection Music

Duration: 42 minutes, 29 seconds

John plays: Guitar, piano, synthesizer and bass on "Far Away", "Unchanging" and "The Will To Death"

Other musicians: As expected, Josh Klinghoffer. He plays drums, bass, keyboards, and guitar on two last songs. He sings some of the backing/harmony vocals as well and he co-wrote "Helical"

Produced by: John Frusciante

Engineered by: Ryan Hewitt

Mixed by: Ryan Hewitt

Assisted by: Rafael Serrano, Jeff Moses

Recorded/mixed at/when: Mad Dog Studios (18-19.12.2003), Larrabee East Studios (8-10.1.2004)

Mastered by/where: Bernie Grundman/Bernie Grundman Mastering Hollywood, CA, USA

Designed by: Mike Piscitelli, John Frusciante

Cover photograph by: Lola Montes

Equipment by: Dave Lee

Management: Q-Prime Inc.

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