OK, so upon second full listen to the first disc, I feel I didn't give it enough credit or listen to it properly the first time round. It's a lot better than I remember it, John especially showing his genius

But, despite the fact that individually the songs are mostly all good, I still have a couple of problems with it as an album ... for a start, it tends to drag a bit in places, and secondly, it almost seems like they set about to recreate their own sound through various eras .... there's not really a defining Stadium Arcadium sound that I've discovered so far, its just song that sound like they could be BSSM era, songs that sound like they could be Mother's Milk era, songs that could be Californication era and songs that could be By The Way era. And as such, the whole thing comes across as more of a compilation of b-sides from each of those albums ... very impressive b-sides, but it still lacks the cohesion of an album

I'll keep you informed as to how this progresses