Is the art cover for the new Red Hot Chili Peppers, ‘I’m With You’ an ad for a campaign anti-drugs? I mean it could be anything you want, but this is the first idea that went through my mind: A pill, an amphetamine pill? Attracting a fly,… knowing that flies are usually attracted by dead and rotten things…
I know, they have a taste for crazy art covers, remember this pool on fire for ‘Californication’? So this is rather austere for them, and morbid.
The cover was designed by Damien Hirst, who has used many times death as the central theme of his work, working with dead animals preserved in formaldehyde, or with a human skull in platinum decorated with 8,601 diamonds!
According to RHCP's Anthony Kiedis, ‘It’s an image. It’s art. Iconic. We didn’t give it its meaning but it's clearly open to interpretation.’
The album will be released on August 26, 2011 on Warner Brothers, but here is the track list:
01. Monarchy of Roses
02. Factory of Faith
03. Brendan’s Death Song
04. Ethiopia
05. Annie Wants a Baby
06. Look Around
07. The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie
08. Did I Let You Know
09. Goodbye Hooray
10. Happiness Loves Company
11. Police Station
12. Even You Brutus?
13. Meet Me at the Corner
14. Dance, Dance, Dance