Album of the Day

“There was very little tension, very little anxiety, very little weirdness going on and every day we showed up to this funky room in the Valley, and everyone felt more comfortable than ever bringing in their ideas,” noted vocalist Anthony Kiedis of STADIUM ARCADIUM. The Red Hot Chili Peppers' ninth studio collection, cut with producer Rick Rubin at “The Mansion” (where the quartet's breakthrough BLOOD SUGAR SEX MAGIK was recorded), shows the band working at peak form. The 28 songs on this double album, including singles “Dani California,” “Tell Me Baby,” “Snow (Hey Oh),” “Desecration Smile” and “Hump de Bump,” are both varied and powerful, and listeners responded. On this day in 2006, STADIUM ARCADIUM topped the U.K. chart; it followed suit in America, becoming the Chili Peppers' first U.S. No.1 album.