But like 1999's Californication — another release that came after a hiatus and lineup reshuffle — I'm With You is greater than the sum of its many-cogged parts.

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‘I’m With You’ and its impressive spectrum of musicality proves there’s life in the old dogs yet.

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I'm With You is a much more concise record, both thematically and sonically, than 2006's double-disc Stadium Arcadium.

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The peak moments on I'm With You balance swagger and sensitivity.

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I’m With You is the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ 10th album and their first for five years.

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It’s far and away the least interesting single the Chili Peppers have ever released.

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All in all, the album is an above average collection for a band well past their expected use-by date

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..they’re rock & roll lifers, and I’m with You illustrates they can settle into maturity convincingly.

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With its blend of hard rock, funk, pop, punk, disco, psychedelia, and hip-hop, the album offers a few standouts

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All four members have referred to I’m With You as a creative rebirth. That might be a stretch.

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It's the band's refusal to sound older, or wiser, that's integral to their charm.

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And while I may appreciate this album despite some of its fundamental flaws, I’m still not exactly clamoring for another Chili Peppers record.

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