11 - John Frusciante - Helical (The Will To Death)

John Frusciante - Helical 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] 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. http://invisible-movement.net/