Shadows Collide with People

Shadows Collide With People is the fourth studio album by John Frusciante, released February 24, 2004. The album was written during the recording of By the Way,[12] and is widely regarded as his most accessible work, featuring a mix of guitar-driven alternative rock, folk ballads, and electronica. Frusciante has stated that this was his most expensive album to date, costing around $150,000 to produce, a significant departure from his earlier albums, which had been recorded at home on multitrack recording devices.[13] Frusciante noted, "I was sick and tired of people dismissing my records as being fucked-up and unprofessional."[14]

Shadows Collide With People
Studio album by John Frusciante
Released	February 24, 2004
Recorded	2003 at Cello Studios in Hollywood, California
Genre	Experimental rock, art rock, alternative rock
Length	62:23
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	John Frusciante
John Frusciante chronology
From the Sounds Inside (2001) Shadows Collide With People (2004) The Brown Bunny (2004)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	70/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Blender	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B[4]
The Guardian	[5]
Mojo	[6]
Pitchfork	6.9/10[7]
Rolling Stone	[8]
Stylus Magazine	A–[9]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[10]
Uncut	[11]

Flea plays a double bass on "The Slaughter", the closing track of the album. All songs were written by John Frusciante, except "Omission" and "-00Ghost27" which were written with future Red Hot Chili Peppers member Josh Klinghoffer. Klinghoffer and Frusciante share the album credits for "Vocal, Guitar, Bass, Synthesizers, Keyboards & Percussion". Shadows Collide With People is the only Frusciante solo album to feature Red Hot Chili Peppers' drummer Chad Smith.

Frusciante also made acoustic and demo versions of these tracks available to fans through his official site as an alternative to the highly produced sound of the record. The demo tracks feature Josh Klinghoffer on drums. A promo version of the album was also made, with the tracks "Omission", "Song to Sing When I'm Lonely", and "Failure33Object".

The album reached number 191 on the Billboard 200 and #11 on Heatseekers.[15]

On the vinyl release of the album the words "One step away" were inscribed on side A, "There's riddles in the shadows" on side B, "A hint of sadness" on side C, and '"What they least suspect is coming next" on side D. All of these were hints to lyrics on John's next solo album The Will to Death, specifically the songs "The Will to Death" (side A), "The Days Have Turned" (sides B and D), and "Loss" (side C).

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Frusciante, unless otherwise noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Carvel"		6:15
2.	"Omission"	Frusciante, Josh Klinghoffer	4:33
3.	"Regret"		2:58
4.	"Ricky"		3:59
5.	"Second Walk"		1:42
6.	"Every Person"		2:38
7.	"-00Ghost27"	Frusciante, Josh Klinghoffer	3:50
8.	"Wednesday's Song"		3:31
9.	"This Cold"		2:00
10.	"Failure33Object"		2:56
11.	"Song to Sing When I'm Lonely"		3:16
12.	"Time Goes Back"		3:23
13.	"In Relief"		3:36
14.	"Water"		4:06
15.	"Of Before" (Japanese release only bonus track)		3:17
16.	"Cut-Out"		3:34
17.	"Chances"		1:49
18.	"23 go in to End"		6:42
19.	"The Slaughter"		3:53
Total length:			62:23

Acoustic version

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Carvel"	4:17
2.	"Omission"	4:36
3.	"Regret"	2:50
4.	"Ricky"	3:44
5.	"Second Walk"	1:41
6.	"Every Person"	1:53
7.	"Wednesday's Song"	3:48
8.	"This Cold"	1:30
9.	"Song to Sing When I'm Lonely"	3:18
10.	"Time Goes Back"	3:23
11.	"In Relief"	3:27
12.	"Water"	3:07
13.	"Cut-Out"	3:32
14.	"Chances"	1:53
15.	"The Slaughter"	3:56
Total length:		43:35

Demo version

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Omission"	3:31
2.	"The Slaughter"	4:04
3.	"Ricky"	3:51
4.	"Cut-Out"	3:26
5.	"In Relief"	2:28
6.	"Every Person"	2:04
7.	"Time Goes Back"	3:26
8.	"I Regret My Past" (Original title of "Regret")	3:01
9.	"Carvel"	4:15
Total length:		29:26

Personnel

John Frusciante – lead and backing vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, synthesizers, bass, piano, Mellotron, producer, art direction Josh Klinghoffer – lead vocals (on "Omission"), backing vocals, bass, electric guitar, synthesizers, keyboards, piano, mellotron, synare, vocoder, percussion, timpani Chad Smith – drums, percussion Flea – upright bass (on "The Slaughter") Omar Rodríguez-López – slide guitar (on "Chances", "23 Go in to end") Greg Kurstin – wurlitzer piano (on "Of Before") Charlie Clouser – orchestral programming (on "Regret" and "Chances")

Production Jim Scott – engineer, mixing Ryan Hewitt – engineer Dave Lee – equipment technician Ethan Mates – engineer Chris Holmes – assistant Chris Ohno – assistant Joe Mankin – assistant Alex Marshall – assistant Daniel Carlotta Jones – assistant Serena Deakin – assistant Bernie Grundman – mastering Rene Ricard – cover painting Vincent Gallo – photography Richard Scane Goodheart – design

Charts

Charts (2004)	Peak position
Belgium	80[16]
Finland	28[17]
France	127[18]
Ireland	44[19]
Netherlands	83[20]
Switzerland	51[21]
UK	53[22]
US Billboard 200[23]	191[24]

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3. Many of the songs here could be Peppers tracks, except for the absence of Anthony Kiedis's vocals. [Apr 2004, p.128]
4. Intermittently engaging if ultimately slight. [27 Feb 2004, p.96]
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