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| Name = Stadium Arcadium
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| Type = [[Double album]]
{{Infobox album
| Artist = [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]
| Covername = Stadiumarcadium.jpgStadium Arcadium
| type = studio
| Released = [[May 5]], [[2006]] <small>(Mainland Europe)</small><br/>[[May 8]], [[2006]] <small>([[United Kingdom]])</small><br/>[[May 9]], [[2006]] <small>([[North America]])</small><br/>[[May 13]], [[2006]] <small>([[Australia]])</small><br />[[May 21]], [[2006]] <small>(Internationally)</small>
| artist = [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]
| Recorded = [[March 2005|March]]–[[December 2005]] at [[The Mansion]] in [[Los Angeles, California]]
| cover = Stadiumarcadium.jpg
| Genre = [[Alternative Rock]]<br>[[Funk Rock]]<br>[[Rock music|Rock]]
| Lengthalt = 62:37 (Jupiter)<br>59:57 (Mars)=
| released = {{start date|2006|5|5}}
| Label = [[Warner Bros.]]
| Producer recorded = [[Rick Rubin]]2004–2005
| studio = [[The Mansion (recording studio)|The Mansion]], Los Angeles ([[Sound City Studios|Sound City]]), Van Nuys, CA
| Reviews =
| genre = {{hlist|[[Funk rock]]|[[alternative rock]]}}
*[[All Music Guide]] {{rating-5|3.5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ylf2zff5eh7k link]
| length = 122:19
*''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' (B+) [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1191005,00.html 5/5/06]
| label = [[Warner Records|Warner Bros.]]
*''[[The Guardian]]'' {{rating-5|3}} [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,1767464,00.html link]
| producer = [[Rick Rubin]]
*''[[Kerrang]]'' {{rating-5|3}}
| prev_title = [[Red Hot Chili Peppers Live in Hyde Park]]
*[[Pitchfork Media]] (4.7/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/21278-stadium-arcadium link]
| prev_year = 2004
*''[[Rolling Stone]]'' {{rating-5|4}} [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/10193413/rid/10203828/ 5/3/06]
| next_title = Road Trippin' Through Time
*''[[Stylus Magazine]]'' (C) [http://www.stylusmagazine.com/reviews/red-hot-chili-peppers/stadium-arcadium.htm link]
| next_year = 2011
*''[[Total Guitar]]'' {{rating-5|4}}
| misc =
*''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' {{rating-5|5}}
{{Singles
| Last album = ''[[Live in Hyde Park]]''<br />(2004)
| Thisname album = '''''Stadium Arcadium'''''<br />(2006)
| Nexttype album = studio
| single1 = [[Dani California]]
 
| single1date = April 3, 2006
| single2 = [[Tell Me Baby]]
| single2date = July 18, 2006
| single3 = [[Snow (Hey Oh)]]
| single3date = November 20, 2006
| single4 = [[Desecration Smile]]
| single4date = February 12, 2007
| single5 = [[Hump de Bump]]
| single5date = April 7, 2007
}}
}}
'''''Stadium Arcadium''''' is the ninth [[studio album]] by American [[rock music|rock]] band [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]. It is a double-album, first released in Germany on May 5, 2006, and released on May 9, 2006 in the [[United States]] on [[Warner Records|Warner Bros. Records]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://redhotchilipeppers.com/audio/playlists/4752/stadium-arcadium|title=Stadium Arcadium – Red Hot Chili Peppers|website=Red Hot Chili Peppers|access-date=January 8, 2017|archive-date=June 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170611161439/http://redhotchilipeppers.com/audio/playlists/4752/stadium-arcadium|url-status=dead}}</ref> It produced five singles: "[[Dani California]]", "[[Tell Me Baby]]", "[[Snow (Hey Oh)]]", "[[Desecration Smile]]" and "[[Hump de Bump]]", along with the band's first fan-made music video, for the song "Charlie". In the United States, ''Stadium Arcadium'' became the band's first number-one album. ''Stadium Arcadium'' was originally scheduled to be a trilogy of albums each released six months apart, but was eventually condensed into a double album.<ref name="NME">{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/red-hot-chili-peppers/21865 |title=Red Hot Chili Peppers back at the double |website=[[NME]] |date=January 8, 2006 |access-date=August 5, 2011 |archive-date=June 21, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110621082443/http://www.nme.com/news/red-hot-chili-peppers/21865 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
The album was praised for integrating musical styles from several aspects of the band's career.<ref name="RS">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/redhotchilipeppers/albums/album/10193413/review/10203828/stadium_arcadium |title=Stadium Arcadium |access-date=August 7, 2007 |last=Hiatt |first=Brian |date=May 3, 2006 |magazine=Rolling Stone |publisher=rs.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070127053111/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/redhotchilipeppers/albums/album/10193413/review/10203828/stadium_arcadium |archive-date=January 27, 2007 }}</ref><ref name="EW">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1191005,00.html |title=Stadium Arcadium |access-date=August 7, 2007 |last=Endelman |first=Michael |date=May 5, 2006 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |publisher=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |archive-date=August 16, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070816060443/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1191005,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The album gained the band seven [[Grammy Award]] nominations in 2007 including an [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Album|award for Best Rock Album]] and [[Grammy Award for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package|one for Best Boxed or Special Limited Edition Package]]. Winning four out of seven Grammy Awards,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/49th-annual-grammy-awards-2006|title=49th Annual GRAMMY Awards (2006)|publisher=grammy.com|access-date=July 1, 2021|archive-date=August 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804094153/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/49th-annual-grammy-awards-2006|url-status=live}}</ref> it was the most nominations that the band had garnered in their (at the time) 23 year career. ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' has included the album on its list of Best Albums of the 2000s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-best-albums-of-the-2000s-153375/red-hot-chili-peppers-stadium-arcadium-184122/|title=100 Best Albums of the 2000s|publisher=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=July 18, 2011|access-date=July 1, 2021|archive-date=July 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210707111837/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/100-best-albums-of-the-2000s-153375/red-hot-chili-peppers-stadium-arcadium-184122/|url-status=live}}</ref> Kiedis attributed the album's success to less abrasive dynamics within the band, saying that the band's "chemistry, when it comes to writing, is better than ever. There was always a struggle to dominate lyrically. But we are now confident enough in who we are, so everybody feels more comfortable contributing more and more valuable, quality stuff."<ref name="BILLBOARD">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/59998/peppers-double-the-pleasure-with-stadium-arcadium |title=Peppers Double The Pleasure With 'Stadium Arcadium' |access-date=August 7, 2007 |last=Cohen |first=Jonathan |date=January 19, 2006 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=billboard.com |archive-date=April 27, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140427204425/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/59998/peppers-double-the-pleasure-with-stadium-arcadium |url-status=live }}</ref>
{{For|the song with the same name|Stadium Arcadium (song)}}
'''''Stadium Arcadium''''' (2006) is the [[Grammy Award]]-winning ninth studio album by [[alternative rock|alternative]]-[[funk rock|funk]] rock band [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]].
 
After the culmination of the [[Stadium Arcadium World Tour|Stadium Arcadium tour]], guitarist [[John Frusciante]] left the band in July 2009. It was his last album with the band until the release of ''[[Unlimited Love]]'' in 2022, more than a decade later.
According to an interview with frontman [[Anthony Kiedis]] in ''[[New Musical Express]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/red-hot-chili-peppers/21865 | title= Red Hot Chili Peppers back at the double | accessdate=}}</ref> ''Stadium Arcadium'' was originally scheduled to be a trilogy of albums each released six months apart, but was condensed into one 28 track double album (the first in the band's career so far), and the remaining 10 tracks would be released as b-sides.
 
==Background==
It was released in May of 2006. Over one million copies of the album were sold within the same month of release in Europe.<ref>[http://www.ifpi.org/content/section_news/plat_month_20060614.html IFPI Platinum Europe Awards - April & May 2006]</ref> The title has gone gold or platinum in 16 countries across Europe, and has sold over 7 million copies total worldwide to date, making it the best selling album of 2006.<ref>[http://www.worldwidealbums.tk Worldwide Albums Selling Data]</ref> [[Rolling Stone]] named ''Stadium Arcadium'' the second best album of 2006 and [[Billboard]] named it the 8th best album of the year.
After the release of the band's previous album, ''[[By the Way]]'', the Red Hot Chili Peppers embarked on a world tour, from July 2002 to a mid-June 2004 date at London's [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]].<ref name=rhcpnews>{{cite web|url=http://rhcpnews.com/2004/07/red-hot-chili-peppers-set-world-record-at-london-hyde-park |title=Red Hot Chili Peppers Set World Record at London Hyde Park |date=July 14, 2004 |access-date=July 21, 2007 |publisher=RHCPnews.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715180748/http://rhcpnews.com/2004/07/red-hot-chili-peppers-set-world-record-at-london-hyde-park/ |archive-date=July 15, 2011 }}</ref> The band later appeared at the [[2004 Democratic National Convention]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rhcpnews.com/2004/07/chili-peppers-spice-up-convention |title=Chili Peppers Spice Up Convention |date=July 30, 2004 |access-date=July 21, 2007 |publisher=RHCPnews.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715180759/http://rhcpnews.com/2004/07/chili-peppers-spice-up-convention/ |archive-date=July 15, 2011 }}</ref> and at [[Rock am Ring]] to tie up their tour in support of ''By the Way''. The band then settled down to begin recording its with producer [[Rick Rubin]], with whom the band had recorded its previous four albums.<ref name="MALAYMAIL">{{Cite news|first=Adly |last=Ramly |title=Stadium Arcadium |publisher=mmail.com |url=http://www.mmail.com.my/Current_News/mm/Buzz/BFeature/20060706145552/Article/index.html |work=Malay Mail |access-date=August 7, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061128093140/http://www.mmail.com.my/Current_News/mm/Buzz/BFeature/20060706145552/Article/index.html |archive-date=November 28, 2006 }}</ref>
 
The formation and recording of ''Stadium Arcadium'' took place at "[[The Mansion (recording studio)|The Mansion]]" where the Peppers had recorded their 1991 breakthrough ''[[Blood Sugar Sex Magik]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ottawaxpress.ca/music/spin.aspx?iIDDisque=3645 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070912105221/http://ottawaxpress.ca/music/spin.aspx?iIDDisque=3645 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 12, 2007 |title=Stadium Arcadium |access-date=August 7, 2007 |last=Tousignant |first=Isa |date=May 18, 2006 |work=Ottawa XPress }}</ref> Given the house's reputation for being "haunted," guitarist [[John Frusciante]] recalled that he felt "there were beings of higher intelligence controlling what I was doing, and I didn’t know how to talk about it or explain it...it was very clear to me that the music was coming from somewhere other than me."<ref name="TOTAL">{{Cite news | first=Phil | last=Ascott | title=Total Guitar, July 2006 interview | date=July 2006 | publisher=Invisible-Movement.net | url=http://www.invisible-movement.net/articles/2006/07-totalguitar/2/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080122042237/http://www.invisible-movement.net/articles/2006/07-totalguitar/2 | url-status=dead | archive-date=January 22, 2008 | work=Total Guitar | access-date=August 7, 2007 }}</ref> However, Kiedis noted that during the recording process of the album "everybody was in a good mood. There was very little tension, very little anxiety, very little weirdness going on and every day we showed up to this funky room in the Valley, and everyone felt more comfortable than ever bringing in their ideas."<ref name="VH1">{{Cite news|first=Chris |last=Harris |title=Red Hot Chili Peppers' Stadium Arcadium Has Some 'Retardedly Painful Funk' |date=January 18, 2006 |publisher=VH1 |url=http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1520634/20060112/red_hot_chili_peppers.jhtml |work=MTV News |access-date=August 7, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001131030/http://www.vh1.com/news/articles/1520634/20060112/red_hot_chili_peppers.jhtml |archive-date=October 1, 2007 }}</ref> The band originally wanted to create an "old-fashioned ''[[Meet the Beatles!|Meet the Beatles]]''-like record", and to keep the number of songs down to about 12, to make "a small, digestible piece of art."<ref name="MALAYMAIL"/> They ended up writing 28 new songs, with Rubin producing all tracks.
The album was nominated for seven [[Grammy Award]]s in 2007: [[Grammy Award for Album of the Year|Album of the Year]], [[Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video|Best Short Form Music Video]] ("Dani California"), [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Album|Best Rock Album]], [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Song|Best Rock Song]] ("[[Dani California]]"), [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal|Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal]] ("Dani California"), Best Boxed Set or Special Limited Edition Package, and [[Grammy Award for Producer of the Year|Producer of the Year]] ([[Rick Rubin]]), all of which it won except for Album of the Year and Best Short Music Video.<ref>[http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/49th_Show/list.aspx 49th Annual Grammy Awards Nominee List, Grammy.com]</ref> Stadium Arcadium has gone on to become the band's most nominated album of their 24-year career.
 
==BackgroundMusic==
Described as a [[funk rock]]<ref>{{cite book |last=O'Reilly and Lazarevic |first=Eddie and Jade |author-link= |date=May 16, 2006 |title=LISTEN; REVIEWS: [Late Edition] |url= |___location=Newcastle, Australia |publisher=Fairfax Digital |page=38 |issn= |quote=...mix of funk-rock stadium anthems, strummy acoustic ballads and catchy choruses suitable...}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/music/remembering-stadium-arcadium-as-red-hot-chili-peppers-getaway-tour-comes-to-miami-9286428|title=Red Hot Chili Peppers' The Getaway Can't Compare to Stadium Arcadium|first=Chris|last=Joseph|website=Miami New Times}}</ref> and [[alternative rock]]<ref>{{cite book |last=Osegueda |first=Mike |author-link= |date=August 25, 2006 |title=MEET THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS; INFOBOX: [FINAL Edition] |url= |___location=Fresno, California |publisher=The McClatchy Company |page=E1 |issn=0889-6070 |quote=...mammoth double CD, "Stadium Arcadium," putting the Chili Peppers back near the top of the alternative-rock ranks}}</ref> album, ''Stadium Arcadium'' combines many aspects of musical style from throughout the band's career, with many fans and critics welcoming the return of the band's signature funk sound and the use of power chords after their significant absence from ''By the Way''. John Frusciante said in 2006, "I didn't want to necessarily have songs that were just [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] songs the whole way through, but I wanted to have a certain amount of songs that had choruses that were just heavy metal riffs."<ref>{{cite web |title=The Making of Stadium Arcadium |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO06RsDf1OQ |publisher=Warner Bros. Records |access-date=July 22, 2020 |archive-date=August 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818192119/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XO06RsDf1OQ |url-status=live }}</ref>
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The band has said in many interviews that the album is written mostly about people coming together because of music, which the title track sums up, while several songs focus directly on love. It has also been quoted as a return to the band's distinct funk-rock style. Fan reaction has been mostly divided, just as it was for By The Way.
 
It was also noted that Frusciante's playing style had changed from his signature 'less is more' style, inspired by punk and new-wave guitarists, to a more flashy approach, not seen extensively in his playing since ''[[Mother's Milk (album)|Mother's Milk]],'' his first album with the band; drawing influence from guitarists such as [[Eddie Van Halen]], [[Tony Iommi]] (of [[Black Sabbath]]), [[Jimi Hendrix]] and [[Steve Vai]] to even hip-hop artists such as [[Wu-Tang Clan]]. While he received moderate acclaim before ''Stadium Arcadium'', this change in style gained him far more recognition than before. Frusciante's approach to guitar on ''Stadium Arcadium'' was influenced by progressive rock group [[The Mars Volta]] and R&B singer [[Brandy Norwood|Brandy]]. Of Brandy, Frusciante says "she's doing something different, she's doing so many vocals that there is never a space. Whenever one voice stops, another one does something in its place. There's very little space, and there are so many vocal parts that are breathy, you don't know what you're listening to. There is so much going on, you can't hear her voice with your conscience, you have to hear it with your subconscience.[sic] Some of them have a watery sound, then metallic, she really creates a lot of dimension with her voice. I'm impressed with that." Of The Mars Volta, Kiedis states: "John's always had an understated confidence, but he likes being loud now, and part of that came from hanging out with The Mars Volta. [[Omar Rodríguez-López]] is such a rocker that John was like, 'It's time I let it all hang out.' Being at the forefront, going for the heavy blistering guitar in your face: John's always been capable of that. But he didn't feel it. Now he feels it."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.invisible-movement.net/articles/2006-press/0601-rollingstone/5 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090108124401/http://www.invisible-movement.net/articles/2006-press/0601-rollingstone/5 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 8, 2009 |title=Tattooed Love Boys &#124; John Frusciante unofficial website – Invisible Movement |publisher=Invisible-movement.net |date=January 16, 2010 |access-date=April 7, 2011 }}</ref> Rodriguez-Lopez appears on the album, performing a guitar solo on the track "Especially in Michigan". Frusciante subsequently appeared on The Mars Volta's next three studio albums and performed a few times live with them as well. Frusciante would also go on to release a joint studio album with Rodriguez-Lopez, ''[[Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & John Frusciante]]'', in May 2010.
The song "[[Dani California]]" is about the death and demise of "[[Dani (Red Hot Chili Peppers)|Dani]]", the same character from their hit singles "[[By the Way (song)|By the Way]]" and "[[Californication (song)|Californication]]". "Dani", according to Kiedis, is a representation of every girl that he has come across in his life. The album's last song "Death of a Martian" was also an ode to Flea's dog Martian, a [[Mastiff]], who died during the album's recording.
 
Frusciante also began layering his guitar playing, something he had not done before (many layered guitar parts appeared on ''Mother's Milk'', but this was mostly because of the insistence of the producer, although it was against John's will); he also used a modular synthesizer on many songs after doing so on his 2004 album ''[[Shadows Collide with People]]''. While Frusciante was pleased to have used the modular synthesizer on the album, he admitted that when the band began rehearsing for the tour, it was frustrating because many of the songs sounded empty without it. This meant the band had to rework many of the songs to perform them live.
Similar to ''[[Californication (album)|Californication]]'', [[Vlado Meller]]'s mastering of ''Stadium Arcadium'' features a heavy use of [[Audio level compression|audio compression]]. However, the vinyl versions of ''Stadium Arcadium'' have been mastered by [[Steve Hoffman]] and Kevin Gray at AcousTech from the 30 [[Inches per second|ips]] analog master [[Magnetic tape|tapes]],<ref>[http://www.stevehoffman.tv/forums/showthread.php?t=80835 Red Hot Chili Peppers: Amazing sounding analog masters for LP confirmed] [[May 11]] [[2006]]: Vinyl versions mastered by Steve Hoffman and Kevin Gray</ref> ''"the mixes are all powerful, very dynamic, tuneful, exciting and quite high fidelity sounding."''
 
{{Quote box
==Singles==
| quote = That thing at the end of Wet Sand – where the guitars come in and sound like a harpsichord – they’re just the treble pickup of a Stratocaster, three tracks in harmony with one another, playing that same riff you hear in the first part of the cycle of that section. But I recorded it with the tape slowed down, so that when it’s sped up it sounds like a harpsichord.
*The first single, "[[Dani California]]," premiered on radio stations worldwide on [[April 3]] [[2006]], and has been very successful in both rock and pop markets becoming one of the band's most successful singles to date topping many charts worldwide and reaching number six on the [[Billboard]] [[Hot 100]] chart, which was the band's second highest charting single in the [[United States]] in their career, next to "[[Under the Bridge]]" which reached number 2 in 1992. The video leaked onto the internet on [[April 1]], and was officially released to music television stations worldwide over the subsequent days.
*"[[Tell Me Baby]]" was the second single and video was released on [[July 17]], [[2006]]. The song didn't show the success of "Dani California," but it did reach number one on the [[Billboard]] [[Modern Rock Tracks]] chart, their 10th song to do so.
*"[[Snow ((Hey Oh))]]" was released in [[November 20]], [[2006]]. It would be the band's third single and video released and would also top the [[Modern Rock Tracks|Modern Rock Chart]] and also make chart history by becoming the Peppers eleventh single to top that chart. The song proved to be much more successful than "Tell Me Baby" on many charts.
*On [[February 12]], [[2007]] the band released the fourth single, "[[Desecration Smile]]." The single and video was an international release only, charting on several European charts.
*"[[Hump de Bump]]" was slated as a US, Canada, and Australia only single to be released in March 2007, but after the release of the video over the internet, the band was given lots of positive feedback and the song release was pushed to [[April 7]], [[2007]] and will be a worldwide single.
 
When I went home and listened to Burning Of The Midnight Lamp by Jimi Hendrix it had the same sound and, despite the Jimi Hendrix box set saying it was a harpsichord, I’m positive it’s a guitar that’s sped up.
==Critical reaction==
| author = —John Frusciante
"Stadium Arcadium" has been met with generally favorable reviews, with [[Rolling Stone]] stating it the band's best album yet and rating it 4/5 and [[Q magazine]] said it was one of the year's best albums and rated it 5/5 whilst [[All Music Guide]] called it over-produced and self-indulgent and thus rewarded it 3.5/5. Either way, the album has been generally well received by critics and fans alike and was a great commercial success, selling over 7 million copies worldwide to date and its first three singles reaching #1 on the US Rock 100.
| source = (Total Guitar, 2006)<ref name="TG">{{cite web |url=https://www.musicradar.com/news/classic-interview-john-frusciante-im-a-person-who-likes-to-contradict-himself-and-go-against-what-he-was-doing-before |title=Classic interview: John Frusciante – "I'm a person who likes to contradict himself and go against what he was doing before" |date=February 11, 2021 |publisher=Musicradar |access-date=September 9, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-date=September 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908133212/https://www.musicradar.com/news/classic-interview-john-frusciante-im-a-person-who-likes-to-contradict-himself-and-go-against-what-he-was-doing-before }}</ref>
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Unlike ''[[By the Way]]'', where bass player Flea was displeased with what he felt was Frusciante dominating the songwriting, ''Stadium Arcadium'' saw both Flea and Frusciante on even footing in the writing process.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9E8livzmRM |title=John Frusciante – Interview part 1 (2006) |publisher=YouTube |date=February 25, 2007 |access-date=April 12, 2012 |archive-date=May 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501172148/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9E8livzmRM |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Track listing==
===Disc one: Jupiter===
 
According to Kiedis, the album is musically and lyrically influenced by the various relationships the band members were experiencing at the time of its conception. Kiedis states that "love and women, pregnancies and marriages, relationship struggles – those are real and profound influences on this record. And it's great, because it wasn't just me writing about the fact that I'm in love. It was everybody in the band. We were brimming with energy based on falling in love."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.invisible-movement.net/articles/2006-press/0601-rollingstone |title=Tattooed Love Boys &#124; John Frusciante unofficial website – Invisible Movement |publisher=Invisible-movement.net |access-date=April 7, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603060432/http://invisible-movement.net/articles/2006-press/0601-rollingstone |archive-date=June 3, 2013 }}</ref>
# "[[Dani California]]" – 4:42
# "[[Snow ((Hey Oh))]]" – 5:35
# "[[Charlie (song)|Charlie]]" – 4:37
# "[[Stadium Arcadium (song)|Stadium Arcadium]]" – 5:15
# "[[Hump de Bump]]" – 3:33
# "[[She's Only 18]]" – 3:25
# "[[Slow Cheetah]]" – 5:19
# "[[Torture Me]]" – 3:44
# "[[Strip My Mind]]" – 4:19
# "[[Especially in Michigan]]" – 4:00
# "[[Warlocks (song)|Warlocks]]" – 3:24
# "[[C'mon Girl]]" – 3:48
# "[[Wet Sand]]" – 5:09
# "[[Hey (Red Hot Chili Peppers song)|Hey]]" – 5:39
 
Kiedis recalled that the band "wanted to [release all 38 songs] on three separate discs that [would] be released in installments...something about those songs made us really like each one. However, by the time we planned to release the third installment in two years, we’ll be writing new music."<ref name="MALAYMAIL"/> This was the impetus for the band to pare those songs down to 28, a process Kiedis described as "heartwrenching."<ref name="MALAYMAIL"/> Nine of the unused songs have been released as B-sides. He explained the reasoning behind the decision to name the album "Stadium Arcadium" by saying that it had more "variety and verve compared to its predecessors [and] we each have things we do best and it’s all in there. Everybody played their part and expressed their creativity to the max."<ref name="MALAYMAIL"/>
===Disc two: Mars===
#"[[Desecration Smile]]" – 5:02
#"[[Tell Me Baby]]" – 4:07
#"[[Hard to Concentrate]]" – 4:02
#"[[21st Century (song)|21st Century]]" – 4:22
#"[[She Looks to Me]]" – 4:06
#"[[Readymade (song)|Readymade]]" – 4:30
#"[[If]]" – 2:52
#"[[Make You Feel Better]]" – 3:51
#"[[Animal Bar]]" – 5:25
#"[[So Much I]]" – 3:44
#"[[Storm in a Teacup (Red Hot Chili Peppers song)|Storm in a Teacup]]" – 3:45
#"[[We Believe (Red Hot Chili Peppers)|We Believe]]" – 3:36
#"[[Turn It Again]]" – 6:06
#"[[Death of a Martian (song)|Death of a Martian]]" – 4:24
 
To date, 37 of the 38 songs recorded have been released. During pre-album interviews, many of the songs were known by alternate/working titles: "Early Eighties" ("Strip My Mind"), "Forty Detectives" and "Ghost Dance 2000" ("Hump de Bump"), "Wu-Tang" ("Dani California"), "Funkadelicish to Me" ("She's Only 18"), "Fela Funk" ("We Believe") and "Public Enemy" ("Storm in a Teacup").<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/rhcpsessions/stadium-arcadium|title=Stadium Arcadium – RHCP Sessions|access-date=April 11, 2015|archive-date=July 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722221450/https://sites.google.com/site/rhcpsessions/stadium-arcadium|url-status=live}}</ref> The vinyl version of the album contains an alternate guitar solo on "Especially in Michigan" and also released was a promotional instrumental version of the album, mostly given to radio and TV stations for on-air play.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rhcpsessions.com/2005-stadium-arcadium |title=STADIUM ARCADIUM Recording Info |website=rhcpsessions.com |access-date=April 11, 2023}}</ref>
===B-sides, outtakes and non-album tracks===
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
The album was only released on cassette in Indonesia and Malaysia, and was slightly sped up in order to get the entire contents of each disc to fit on each side of the tape, in addition to featuring slightly edited versions of "Hey" and "Desecration Smile".
 
===Additional tracks===
 
{|class="wikitable"
|+''Stadium Arcadium'' outtakes
! Title
! Source
|-
| "Million Miles of Water"
! Song
| "[[Dani California]]" {{small|CD1}}
! Length
! Release(s)
|-
| "Whatever We Want"
| "[[Million Miles of Water]]"
| rowspan="2" |"Dani California" {{small|CD2}}
| 4:06
| B-side of "[[Dani California]]"
|-
| "Lately"
| "Whatever We Want"
| 4:48
| B-side of "[[Dani California]]"
|-
| "A Certain Someone"
| "Lately"
| "[[Tell Me Baby]]" {{small|CD1}}
| 2:55
| B-side of "[[Dani California]]"
|-
| "Mercy Mercy"
| "A Certain Someone"
| "Tell Me Baby" {{small|CD2}}
| 2:25
| B-side of "[[Tell Me Baby]]"
|-
| "MercyFunny MercyFace"
| rowspan="2" |"[[Snow (Hey Oh)|Snow ((Hey Oh))]]"
| 4:01
| B-side of "[[Tell Me Baby]]"
|-
| "I'll Be Your Domino"
| "Funny Face"
| 4:46
| B-side of "[[Snow ((Hey Oh))]]"
|-
| "[[I'llJoe Be Your DominoStrummer|Joe]]"
| "[[Desecration Smile]]" {{small|CD1}}
| 3:57
| B-side of "[[Snow ((Hey Oh))]]"
|-
| "Save This Lady"
| "[[Joe (song)|Joe]]"
| "Desecration Smile" {{small|CD2}}
| 3:54
| B-side of "[[Desecration Smile]]" and "[[Hump de Bump]]"
|-
| "[[Save This Lady]]"
| 4:17
| B-side of "[[Desecration Smile]]" and "[[Hump de Bump]]"
|}
 
==Commercial performance==
==Notable guest musicians==
''Stadium Arcadium'' sold 442,000 copies in the United States in its first week and debuted at number one on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] making it the band's first number one debut in their career.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58396/chili-peppers-post-stadium-at-no-1 |title=Chili Peppers Post 'Stadium' At No. 1 |access-date=August 7, 2007 |last=Hasty |first=Katie |date=May 17, 2006 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=billboard.com |archive-date=September 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140921191342/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58396/chili-peppers-post-stadium-at-no-1 |url-status=live }}</ref> In its second week, the album remained at number one on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling 157,000 copies (down 65 percent).<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58329/chilis-warm-to-no-1-album-post-again|title=Chili's Warm To No. 1 Album Post Again|last=Hasty|first=Katie|date=May 24, 2006|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc|access-date=February 4, 2009|archive-date=September 15, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915220948/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58329/chilis-warm-to-no-1-album-post-again|url-status=live}}</ref> In Canada, the double album debuted at #1 on the [[Canadian Albums Chart]], selling 64,000 copies in its first week.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/R/Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers/2006/05/17/1584387-ca.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120719151034/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/R/Red_Hot_Chili_Peppers/2006/05/17/1584387-ca.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=July 19, 2012|title=Chili Peppers spice up Cdn. charts|first=John|last=Williams|magazine=[[Jam!]]|access-date=April 3, 2011 }}</ref>
The late [[soul music|soul]] musician [[Billy Preston]] played [[Clavinet]] on "Warlocks", and [[Omar Rodriguez-Lopez]] of [[The Mars Volta]] performed the guitar solo for "Especially In Michigan". Both Flea and Frusciante previously worked with Rodriguez-Lopez on ''[[The Mars Volta]] albums'' ''[[De-loused in the Comatorium]]'' and ''[[Frances the Mute]]''. Frusciante would later play guitar on nearly every track on their album ''[[Amputechture]]''.
 
"Dani California" spent fourteen weeks at number one on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Alternative Songs]] chart and is one of three songs in the history of the chart to debut at number one.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nerdy-frames.org/2011/07/red-hot-chili-peppers-to-release-brand.html |title=Circus of the underrated music oddities!: Red Hot Chili Peppers To Release Brand-New Single, "The Adventures Of Rain Dance Maggie," On July 18th |publisher=Nerdy Frames |date=February 27, 2004 |access-date=August 5, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818083523/http://www.nerdy-frames.org/2011/07/red-hot-chili-peppers-to-release-brand.html |archive-date=August 18, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/8bfac288-ccc5-448d-9573-c33ea2aa5c30#p00d8vx4 |title=Music – Red Hot Chili Peppers |publisher=BBC |access-date=August 5, 2011 |archive-date=August 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820195625/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/8bfac288-ccc5-448d-9573-c33ea2aa5c30#p00d8vx4 |url-status=live }}</ref>
==Credits==
*[[Anthony Kiedis]] – [[vocals]]
*[[John Frusciante]] – [[guitar]], [[backing vocals]], [[Keyboard instrument|keyboard]]
*[[Flea (musician)|Flea]] – [[bass guitar|bass]], [[trumpet]]
*[[Chad Smith]] – [[drums]]
*[[Billy Preston]] – [[clavinet]] on "Warlocks"
*[[Omar Rodriguez-Lopez]] – [[guitar solo]] on "Especially in Michigan"
*Emily Kokal – chorus vocals on "Desecration Smile"
*Brad Warnaar – [[french horn]] on "Stadium Arcadium"
*Richard Dodd – [[cello]] on "She Looks to Me"
*Natalie Baber, Mylissa Hoffman, Alexis Izenstark, Spencer Izenstark, Dylan Lerner, Kyle Lerner, Gabrielle Mosbe, Monique Mosbe, Sophia Mosbe, Isabella Shmelev, Landen Starman, Wyatt Starkman – chorus vocals on "We Believe"
*Michael Bolger – [[trombone]] on "Turn It Again"
*Paulino De Costa and Lenny Castro – additional [[percussion]]
*[[Rick Rubin]] – producer
*[[Gus Van Sant]] – photography
*Shane Jackson – assistant photography
 
==ChartCritical performancereception==
{{Music ratings
===Album===
| MC = 73/100<ref name="MC">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/stadium-arcadium/red-hot-chili-peppers |title=Reviews for Stadium Arcadium by Red Hot Chili Peppers |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=April 12, 2012 |archive-date=October 15, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015004739/http://www.metacritic.com/music/stadium-arcadium/red-hot-chili-peppers |url-status=live }}</ref>
After 52 weeks the album has sold an estimated total of 7 million worldwide,<ref>[http://www.worldwidealbums.tk http://www.worldwidealbums.tk] ''http://www.worldwidealbums.tk'' </ref> debuting at number 1 in most parts of the world. Stadium Arcadium became the [[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]' first album to debut atop [[The Billboard 200]] after selling 442,000 copies in the U.S. during its first week.{{Fact|date=February 2007}} The band's previous best week was the debut of [[By the Way]], which yielded 282,000 copies and a debut at number two on the Billboard 200. Stadium Arcadium recently went double platinum in the United States.
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref name=AllMusic>{{cite web |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/stadium-arcadium-mw0000400165 |title=Stadium Arcadium – Red Hot Chili Peppers |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=March 17, 2020 |archive-date=April 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404012654/https://www.allmusic.com/album/stadium-arcadium-mw0000400165 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev2score = B+<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Endelman |first=Michael |url=https://ew.com/article/2006/05/08/stadium-arcadium/ |title=Stadium Arcadium |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=May 8, 2006 |access-date=April 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214104447/https://ew.com/article/2006/05/08/stadium-arcadium/ |archive-date=December 14, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite news |last=Lynskey |first=Dorian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/may/05/popandrock.shopping2 |title=Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stadium Arcadium |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |___location=London |date=May 5, 2006 |access-date=June 12, 2013 |archive-date=September 22, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140922085128/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/may/05/popandrock.shopping2 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|4}}<ref name=LATimes>{{cite news |last=Kun |first=Josh |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-may-07-ca-peppers7-story.html |title=Deep into a Golden State of mind |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=May 7, 2006 |access-date=March 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061008063006/http://www.calendarlive.com/music/cl-ca-peppers7may07%2C0%2C4701193.story?coll=cl-suncal |archive-date=October 8, 2006 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[MSN Music]]'' ([[Robert Christgau#Consumer Guide|Consumer Guide]])
| rev5score = B−<ref>{{cite web |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cg2007-04.php |title=Consumer Guide |work=[[MSN Music]] |date=April 2007 |access-date=March 17, 2020 |archive-date=October 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20181020121124/http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cg2007-04.php |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev6score = 7/10<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Chester |first=Tim |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/red-hot-chili-peppers/7925 |title=Red Hot Chili Peppers: Stadium Arcadium |magazine=[[NME]] |date=April 28, 2006 |access-date=April 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113184412/https://www.nme.com/reviews/red-hot-chili-peppers/7925 |archive-date=January 13, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev7score = 4.7/10<ref name="pitchfork">{{cite web |last=Mitchum |first=Rob |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6710-stadium-arcadium/ |title=Red Hot Chili Peppers: Stadium Arcadium |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=May 9, 2006 |access-date=March 17, 2020 |archive-date=April 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200430064624/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6710-stadium-arcadium/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev8score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="Q">{{cite magazine |title=Red Hot Chili Peppers: Stadium Arcadium |magazine=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=239 |date=June 2006 |page=106}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev9score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=Hiatt>{{cite magazine |last=Hiatt |first=Brian |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/stadium-arcadium-20060503 |title=Stadium Arcadium |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=May 3, 2006 |access-date=April 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501214803/http://rollingstone.com/artists/redhotchilipeppers/albums/album/10193413/review/10203828/stadium_arcadium |archive-date=May 1, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev10score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Scoppa |first=Bud |url=http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/red_hot_chili_peppers/reviews/8751 |title=Red Hot Chili Peppers – Stadium Arcadium |magazine=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |date=May 10, 2006 |access-date=March 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060929201259/http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/red_hot_chili_peppers/reviews/8751 |archive-date=September 29, 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
''Stadium Arcadium'' received generally favorable reviews. ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' critic Brian Hiatt deemed it the band's best album to date and noted Kiedis' growth as a singer and songwriter: "the guy [Kiedis] who once yelped, 'I want to party on your pussy!' whisper-sings a gentler, though not unrelated, proposition: 'All I want is for you to be happy/And take this moment to make you my family.' The delicate 'Hard to Concentrate' is the most vulnerable Peppers tune ever—a full-on marriage proposal from Anthony Kiedis, with Flea's muted bass and John Frusciante's layered guitars slow-dancing over [[Afrobeat]] hand drums."<ref name=Hiatt/> The magazine later ranked it as the second-best album released in 2006, behind ''[[Modern Times (Bob Dylan album)|Modern Times]]'' by [[Bob Dylan]]. ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' magazine said it was one of the year's best albums,<ref name="Q"/> while Andrew Perry of ''[[The Observer]]'' stated it was "relentless, purposeful, as moreish as [[McDonald's]]... mainstream America in excelsis."<ref name=observer>{{cite news |last=Perry |first=Andrew |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/apr/23/11 |title=Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stadium Arcadium |newspaper=[[The Observer]] |___location=London |date=April 23, 2006 |access-date=April 12, 2012 |archive-date=December 9, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209020227/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/apr/23/11 |url-status=live }}</ref> Josh Kun of ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' wrote that "they've never sounded this good as musicians. The use of analog tape lends a raw, organic touch to the whole album and the Chili Peppers come off more assured and confident than they ever did back when they made a career out of bragging."<ref name=LATimes/> [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] of [[AllMusic]] was more reserved in his praise, finding the album overproduced and self-indulgent despite the presence of "something pretty great and lean buried beneath the excess".<ref name=AllMusic/> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' critic Rob Mitchum wrote that the album "is split between slightly askew mid-tempo pop and regrettable relapses into funk and muso noodling".<ref name="pitchfork"/>
 
[[File:RHCP Snow Hey Oh waveform.png|thumb|Waveform of the song "Snow (Hey Oh)", comparing the CD and LP releases.]]
{|class="wikitable"
A problem often pointed out by [[audiophile]]s is Vlado Meller's mastering for the CD release. It can be regarded as a product of the [[loudness war]], with heavy use of [[dynamic range compression]], and suffering of frequent [[Clipping (audio)|clipping]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hydrogenaud.io/forums/index.php?showtopic=42376&view=findpost&p=389625 |title=Red Hot Chili Peppers, Stadium Arcadium – Hydrogenaudio Forums |publisher=Hydrogenaudio |access-date=August 5, 2011 |archive-date=January 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113184413/http://www.hydrogenaud.io/forums/index.php?showtopic=42376&view=findpost&p=389625 |url-status=live }}</ref> The vinyl was mastered by [[Steve Hoffman (audio engineer)|Steve Hoffman]] and Kevin Gray.
 
==Tour==
{{Main|Stadium Arcadium tour}}
In May 2006 the Chili Peppers announced that they would be touring Europe in May through July, followed by 26 dates in the US and Canada from August to November. [[Josh Klinghoffer]], friend of John Frusciante, and multi-instrumentalist joined the band on tour in 2007 (Klinghoffer would replace Frusciante two years later as the band's lead guitarist until 2019, after which Frusciante rejoined the band).<ref name="tourmtv">{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1529939/20060502/red_hot_chili_peppers.jhtml|title=Red Hot Chili Peppers Reveal Stadium Arcadium Tour Dates|publisher=MTV|access-date=September 12, 2008|date=May 2, 2006|archive-date=July 25, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725003754/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1529939/20060502/red_hot_chili_peppers.jhtml|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="rollingstone20060502">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/redhotchilipeppers/articles/story/10203445/red_hot_chili_peppers_prep_tour |title=Red Hot Chili Peppers Prep Tour |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=September 25, 2016 |date=May 2, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917004607/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/redhotchilipeppers/articles/story/10203445/red_hot_chili_peppers_prep_tour |archive-date=September 17, 2008 }}</ref> ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' named it "Most Anticipated Summer Tour" in an online poll.<ref name="tourmtv"/> [[The Mars Volta]] were the opening act. The band also headlined the [[Voodoo Music Festival]] in [[New Orleans]].<ref name="rollingstone20060502"/>
 
==Cover art==
Artist [[Storm Thorgerson]], known for providing seminal album artwork for numerous bands including [[Pink Floyd]], [[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]], [[Audioslave]], [[The Mars Volta]], and [[Muse (band)|Muse]], was asked to create the cover art for ''Stadium Arcadium''. Thorgerson provided at least three possible covers for the album, however, his ideas were ultimately rejected and a simple cover featuring yellow "Superman" lettering and a blue background with planets was used instead.
 
The inside artwork of the album featured a band portrait, another band portrait recreating the classic cover of the ''[[Odds & Sods]]'' by [[the Who]] as well as images of the band floating and on fire.
 
==Track listing==
All songs written by Red Hot Chili Peppers.
 
{{Track listing
| headline = Jupiter
| total_length = 62:29
| title1 = [[Dani California]]
| length1 = 4:42
| title2 = [[Snow (Hey Oh)]]
| length2 = 5:34
| title3 = Charlie
| length3 = 4:37
| title4 = Stadium Arcadium
| length4 = 5:15
| title5 = [[Hump de Bump]]
| length5 = 3:33
| title6 = She's Only 18
| length6 = 3:25
| title7 = Slow Cheetah
| length7 = 5:19
| title8 = Torture Me
| length8 = 3:44
| title9 = Strip My Mind
| length9 = 4:19
| title10 = Especially in Michigan
| length10 = 4:00
| title11 = Warlocks
| length11 = 3:25
| title12 = C'mon Girl
| length12 = 3:48
| title13 = Wet Sand
| length13 = 5:09
| title14 = Hey
| length14 = 5:39
}}
 
{{Track listing
| headline = Mars
| total_length = 59:50 <br/> <small>Total:</small> 122:19
| title1 = [[Desecration Smile]]
| length1 = 5:01
| title2 = [[Tell Me Baby]]
| length2 = 4:07
| title3 = Hard to Concentrate
| length3 = 4:01
| title4 = 21st Century
| length4 = 4:22
| title5 = She Looks to Me
| length5 = 4:06
| title6 = Readymade
| length6 = 4:30
| title7 = If
| length7 = 2:52
| title8 = Make You Feel Better
| length8 = 3:52
| title9 = Animal Bar
| length9 = 5:24
| title10 = So Much I
| length10 = 3:44
| title11 = Storm in a Teacup
| length11 = 3:45
| title12 = We Believe
| length12 = 3:36
| title13 = Turn It Again
| length13 = 6:06
| title14 = Death of a Martian
| length14 = 4:24
}}
 
==Personnel==
Credits adapted from AllMusic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/stadium-arcadium-mw0000400165/credits|title=Stadium Arcadium - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Credits|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=March 8, 2021|archive-date=September 30, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930165108/https://www.allmusic.com/album/stadium-arcadium-mw0000400165/credits|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
'''Red Hot Chili Peppers'''
* [[Anthony Kiedis]]&nbsp;– lead vocals
* [[John Frusciante]]&nbsp;– guitars, backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizer, [[mellotron]]
* [[Flea (musician)|Flea]]&nbsp;– bass guitar, trumpet
* [[Chad Smith]]&nbsp;– drums, percussion
 
'''Additional musicians'''
* Natalie Baber, Mylissa Hoffman, Alexis Izenstark, Spencer Izenstark, Dylan Lerner, Kyle Lerner, Gabrielle Mosbe, Monique Mosbe, Sophia Mosbe, Isabella Shmelev, Landen Starkman, Wyatt Starkman&nbsp;– background vocals on "We Believe"
* Michael Bulger&nbsp;– trombone on "Turn It Again"
* Lenny Castro&nbsp;– percussion
* [[Paulinho da Costa]]&nbsp;– percussion
* Richard Dodd&nbsp;– cello on "She Looks to Me"
* [[Emily Kokal]]&nbsp;– chorus vocals on "Desecration Smile"
* [[Billy Preston]]&nbsp;– [[clavinet]] on "Warlocks"
* [[Omar Rodríguez-López]]&nbsp;– [[guitar solo]] on "Especially in Michigan"
* Brad Warnaar&nbsp;– [[French horn]] on "Stadium Arcadium"
 
'''Recording personnel'''
* [[Rick Rubin]]&nbsp;– [[Record producer|production]]
* [[Andrew Scheps]]&nbsp;– [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]] and [[Audio engineering|engineering]]
* Ryan Hewitt&nbsp;– mixing and engineering
* [[Dana Nielsen]] – engineering
* Kevin Gray and [[Steve Hoffman (audio engineer)|Steve Hoffman]]&nbsp;– [[Audio mastering|mastering]] (vinyl)
* [[Vlado Meller]]&nbsp;– mastering (CD)
 
'''Additional personnel'''
* Shane Jackson&nbsp;– assistant photography
* [[Gus Van Sant]]&nbsp;– [[art direction]]
 
==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+2006 weekly chart performance for ''Stadium Arcadium''
!Chart (2006)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|1|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|album=Stadium Arcadium|rowheader=true}}
|Australia
|1 (3 weeks)
|-
{{album chart|Austria|1|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|album=Stadium Arcadium|rowheader=true}}
|Austria
|1 (7 weeks)
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|1|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|album=Stadium Arcadium|rowheader=true}}
|Argentina
|1 (2 weeks)
|-
{{album chart|Wallonia|2|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|album=Stadium Arcadium|rowheader=true}}
|Belgium International albums
|1
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|1|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|album=Stadium Arcadium|rowheader=true}}
|Brazil
|8
|-
{{album chart|Denmark|1|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|album=Stadium Arcadium|rowheader=true}}
|Canada
|1 (2 weeks)
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|1|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|album=Stadium Arcadium|rowheader=true}}
|Croatia
|1 (4 weeks)
|-
|Czech Republic
|1 (1 weeks)
|-
!scope="row"| [[European Top 100 Albums|European Albums]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QxYEAAAAMBAJ|title=Eurocharts: Albums|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=June 24, 2006|volume=118|issue=25|page=77|issn=0006-2510|access-date=November 19, 2021|archive-date=May 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513113348/https://books.google.com/books?id=QxYEAAAAMBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>
|Cypro International albums
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|1
|-
|Denmark
|1 (3 weeks)
|-
{{album chart|Finland|1|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|album=Stadium Arcadium|rowheader=true}}
|European albums
|1 (7 weeks)
|-
{{album chart|France|1|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|album=Stadium Arcadium|rowheader=true}}
|Finland
|1 (1 weeks)
|-
{{album chart|Germany|1|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|album=Stadium Arcadium|id=33924|rowheader=true}}
|France
|1 (1 weeks)
|-
!scope="row"|Greek Albums ([[IFPI Greece|IFPI]])<ref name="gre" />
|Germany
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|1 (5 weeks)
|-
{{album chart|Hungary|2|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|album=Stadium Arcadium|year=2006|week=21|rowheader=true}}
|Greece International
|1 (5 weeks)
|-
{{album chart|Ireland|1|year=2006|week=21|rowheader=true}}
|Hungary
|2
|-
{{album chart|Italy|1|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|album=Stadium Arcadium|rowheader=true}}
|Ireland
|1 (5 weeks)
|-
!scope="row"|Japanese Albums ([[Oricon]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/184081/products/647624/1/|script-title=ja:ステイディアム・アーケイディアム {{!}} レッド・ホット・チリ・ペッパーズ|trans-title=Stadium Arcadium {{!}} Red Hot Chili Peppers|language=ja|publisher=[[Oricon]]|access-date=September 25, 2016|archive-date=September 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927080546/http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/184081/products/647624/1/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|Iceland
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|2
|-
!scope="row"|Mexican Albums ([[Top 100 Mexico]])<ref name="Mexico"/>
|Israel
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|1
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|album=Stadium Arcadium|rowheader=true}}
|Italy M&D
|1 (6 weeks)
|-
{{album chart|Norway|1|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|album=Stadium Arcadium|rowheader=true}}
|Japan
|1
|-
|Korea
|1
|-
|Mexico
|1
|-
{{album chart|Poland|1|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|album=Stadium Arcadium|id=313|rowheader=true}}
|Netherlands
|1 (5 weeks)
|-
{{album chart|Portugal|5|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|album=Stadium Arcadium|rowheader=true}}
|New Zealand
|1 (3 weeks)
|-
{{album chart|Scotland|1|date=20060514|rowheader=true|access-date=November 17, 2021}}
|Norway
|1
|-
!scope="row"|South African Albums ([[Recording Industry of South Africa|RISA]])<ref name="SA">{{cite web|url-status=dead|url=http://www.rsgmusiek.co.za/top20.asp|title=
|Poland
Suid-Afrika se enigste amptelike Top 20 is eksklusief aan RSG|publisher=[[Recording Industry of South Africa]]|access-date=April 15, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061229093508/http://www.rsgmusiek.co.za:80/top20.asp|archive-date=December 29, 2006}}</ref>
|1
| style="text-align:center;"| 4
|-
{{album chart|Spain|2|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|album=Stadium Arcadium|rowheader=true}}
|Slovenia
|1
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|1|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|album=Stadium Arcadium|rowheader=true}}
|South Africa
|1
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|1|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|album=Stadium Arcadium|rowheader=true}}
|Spain
|2
|-
{{album chart|UK2|1|date=20060520|rowheader=true}}
|Sweden
|1 (2 weeks)
|-
{{album chart|UKRock|1|date=20060520|rowheader=true}}
|Switzerland
|1 (5 weeks)
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|1|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|rowheader=true}}
|UK
|1 (3 weeks)
|-
{{album chart|BillboardRock|1|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|rowheader=true}}
|U.S. Billboard 200
|1 (2 weeks)
|-
|Worldwide chart
|1 (4 weeks)
|-
{{album chart|BillboardTastemaker|1|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|rowheader=true}}
|}
{{col-2}}
 
====SalesYear-end to date=charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+2006 year-end chart performance for ''Stadium Arcadium''
!Region
!Chart (2006)
!Sold units
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/ARIACHarts-EndofYearCharts-Top100Albums2006.htm|title=ARIA End of Year Albums Chart 2006|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140127032212/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/ARIACHarts-EndofYearCharts-Top100Albums2006.htm|archive-date=January 27, 2014|access-date=August 18, 2020}}</ref>
|USA
| style="text-align:center;"|8
|2,048,938
|-
!scope="row"|Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=a&id=2006|title=Jahreshitparade Alben 2006|website=austriancharts.at|language=de|access-date=August 18, 2020|archive-date=January 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210125204653/https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?id=2006&cat=a|url-status=live}}</ref>
|UK
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|742,693
|-
!scope="row"|Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2006&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten 2006 - Albums|publisher=Ultratop|language=nl|access-date=August 18, 2020|archive-date=September 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200915015944/https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2006&cat=a|url-status=live}}</ref>
|Japan
| style="text-align:center;"|3
|447,590
|-
!scope="row"|Belgian Alternative Albums (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2006&cat=aa|title=Jaaroverzichten 2006: Alternatieve Albums|publisher=Ultratop|language=nl|access-date=December 13, 2020|archive-date=August 9, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180809025458/https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2006&cat=aa|url-status=live}}</ref>
|Worldwide
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|6.653.000–7.151.975
|-
!scope="row"|Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2006&cat=a|title=Rapports Annuels 2006 - Albums|publisher=Ultratop|language=fr|access-date=August 18, 2020|archive-date=September 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918090428/https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2006&cat=a|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|14
|-
!scope="row"|Danish Albums (Hitlisten)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://top20.dk/chart/2006 |title=Chart of the Year 2006 |publisher=TOP20.dk |language=da |url-status = dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202141920/http://top20.dk/chart/2006 |archive-date=February 2, 2014|access-date=January 18, 2021}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|12
|-
!scope="row"|Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2006&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 2006|website=dutchcharts.nl|language=nl|access-date=August 18, 2020|archive-date=January 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121234929/https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2006&cat=a|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|6
|-
!scope="row"|European Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://login.vnuemedia.com/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2006/european_top_100_albums.jsp|title=2006 Year-End European Albums|magazine=Billboard|access-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629080425/http://login.vnuemedia.com/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/2006/european_top_100_albums.jsp|archive-date=June 29, 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|5
|-
!scope="row"|Finnish Albums (Suomen viralinen lista)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/myydyimmat/2006/ulkomaiset/albumit|title=Musiikkituottajat - Tilastot - Myydyimmät levyt 2006|publisher=IFPI Finland|language=fi|access-date=March 2, 2021|archive-date=April 6, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130406014303/http://www.ifpi.fi/tilastot/myydyimmat/2006/ulkomaiset/albumit|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|8
|-
!scope="row"|French Albums (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-albums-annee/?annee=2006|title=Top de l'année Top Albums 2006|publisher=SNEP|language=fr|access-date=August 18, 2020|archive-date=July 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715065813/https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-albums-annee/?annee=2006|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|36
|-
!scope="row"|German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-2006|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts 2006|language=de|work=[[GfK Entertainment]]|publisher=offiziellecharts.de|access-date=August 18, 2020|archive-date=January 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106150827/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-2006|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|4
|-
!scope="row"|Greek Albums (IFPI)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.gr/annual_charts.htm |title=Annual Chart&nbsp;— Year 2006 Top 50 Ελληνικών και Ξένων Αλμπουμ |language=el |publisher=[[IFPI Greece]] |access-date=January 26, 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202161447/http://www.ifpi.gr/chart04_annual.htm |archive-date=February 2, 2007 }}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|12
|-
!scope="row"|Greek Foreign Albums (IFPI)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.gr/chart01_annual.htm |title=Annual Chart&nbsp;— Year 2006 Top 50 Ξένων Αλμπουμ |language=el |publisher=[[IFPI Greece]] |access-date=January 26, 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070202161722/http://www.ifpi.gr/chart01_annual.htm |archive-date=February 2, 2007 }}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
!scope="row"|Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/album_db/2006|title=Összesített album- és válogatáslemez-lista - eladási darabszám alapján - 2006|publisher=Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége|language=hu|access-date=December 13, 2020|archive-date=February 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213040719/https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/album_db/2006|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|48
|-
!scope="row"|Irish Albums (IRMA)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irma.ie/best-of-20061|title=Best of 2006 – Albums|publisher=Irish Recorded Music Association|access-date=January 11, 2021|archive-date=March 16, 2016|archive-url=https://archive.today/20160316014556/http://www.irma.ie/best-of-20061|url-status=live}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|12
|-
!scope="row"|Italian Albums (FIMI)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/classifiche.kl#/charts/11/2006/0|title=Classifica Annuale 2006 (dal 02.01.2006 al 31.12.2006) – Album & Compilation|publisher=Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|language=it|access-date=January 28, 2021|archive-date=March 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318054616/https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/classifiche.kl#/charts/11/2006/0|url-status=live}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"|12
|-
!scope="row"|Japanese Albums (Oricon)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/y/2006/p/4/ |script-title=ja:オリコン年間 アルバムランキング 2006年度 |trans-title=Oricon Annual CD Album Ranking 2006 |language=ja |publisher=Oricon |access-date=January 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627200805/http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/ja/y/2006/p/4/ |archive-date=June 27, 2015}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|35
|-
!scope="row"|Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)<ref name="Mexico">{{cite web|url=http://www.amprofon.com.mx/Archivos/PDF/top_anual/Top_100_Album_2006.pdf|title=TOP 100 ALBUM DE ENERO A DICIEMBRE DE 2006|publisher=Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas|language=es|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100215041230/http://www.amprofon.com.mx/Archivos/PDF/top_anual/Top_100_Album_2006.pdf|archive-date=February 15, 2010|access-date=January 3, 2021}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|71
|-
!scope="row"|New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/2006-12-31|title=Top Selling Albums of 2006|publisher=The Official NZ Music Charts|access-date=December 13, 2020|archive-date=January 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112162109/https://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=2218|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|3
|-
!scope="row"|South African Albums (RISA)<ref name="SA"/>
| style="text-align:center;"| 19
|-
!scope="row"|Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/83?dspy=2006&dspp=1|title=Årslista Album – År 2006|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|language=sv|access-date=August 18, 2020|archive-date=October 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008054226/https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/83?dspy=2006&dspp=1|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|5
|-
!scope="row"|Swedish Albums & Compilations (Sverigetopplistan)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/42?dspy=2006&dspp=1|title=Årslista Album (inkl samlingar), 2006|language=sv|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=January 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116075401/https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/42?dspy=2006&dspp=1|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|7
|-
!scope="row"|Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2006/alben|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2006|website=hitparade.ch|access-date=August 18, 2020|archive-date=November 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211105143635/https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2006/alben|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
!scope="row"|UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20060108/37502/|title=End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2006|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=August 18, 2020|archive-date=May 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524011613/http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-artist-albums-chart/20060108/37502|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|15
|-
!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2006|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 18, 2020|archive-date=January 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150101185138/http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/top-billboard-200-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|24
|-
!scope="row"|US Tastemakers Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/tastemakers-albums|title=Tastemakers Albums – Year-End 2006|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 24, 2021|archive-date=May 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525020738/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/tastemakers-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|3
|-
!scope="row"|US Top Rock Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/top-rock-albums|title=Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2006|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 18, 2020|archive-date=October 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007192134/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2006/top-rock-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|3
|-
!scope="row"|Worldwide Albums (IFPI)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/top50-2006.pdf|title=Top 50 Global Best Selling Albums for 2006|publisher=[[IFPI]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081117003806/http://www.ifpi.org/content/library/top50-2006.pdf|archive-date=November 17, 2008|access-date=November 27, 2020}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|2
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|+2007 year-end chart performance for ''Stadium Arcadium''
!Chart (2007)
!Position
|-
!scope="row"|Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/2007/albums-chart|title=ARIA End of Year Albums Chart 2007|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|access-date=August 18, 2020|archive-date=December 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215024314/https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/2007/albums-chart|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|90
|-
!scope="row"|Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=a&id=2007|title=Jahreshitparade Alben 2007|website=austriancharts.at|language=de|access-date=August 18, 2020|archive-date=March 3, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303174211/http://www.austriancharts.at/year.asp?id=2007&cat=a|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|20
|-
!scope="row"|Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2007&cat=a|title=Jaaroverzichten – Album 2007|website=dutchcharts.nl|language=nl|access-date=August 18, 2020|archive-date=June 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618112117/http://www.dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2007&cat=a|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|27
|-
!scope="row"|European Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/european-top-100-albums.jsp |title=Year End Charts – European Top 100 Albums |website=Billboard.biz |year=2007 |access-date=July 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114233522/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/charts/yearendcharts/european-top-100-albums.jsp |archive-date=January 14, 2010}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|33
|-
!scope="row"|French Albums (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-albums-annee/?annee=2007|title=Top de l'année Top Albums 2007|publisher=SNEP|language=fr|access-date=August 18, 2020|archive-date=July 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200707154756/https://snepmusique.com/les-tops/le-top-de-lannee/top-albums-annee/?annee=2007|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|181
|-
!scope="row"|German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-2007|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts 2007|language=de|work=[[GfK Entertainment]]|publisher=offiziellecharts.de|access-date=August 18, 2020|archive-date=January 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106150827/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-2007|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|47
|-
!scope="row"|Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/album_db/2007|title=Összesített album- és válogatáslemez-lista - eladási darabszám alapján - 2007|publisher=Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége|language=hu|access-date=January 11, 2021|archive-date=February 28, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228053535/http://www.mahasz.hu/?menu=slagerlistak&menu2=eves_osszesitett_listak&id=album_db&ev=2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|80
|-
!scope="row"|Italian Albums (FIMI)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/classifiche.kl#/charts/11/2007/0|title=Classifica annuale 2007 (dal 01.01.2007 al 30.12.2007) – Album & Compilation|publisher=Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana|language=it|access-date=January 29, 2021|archive-date=March 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318054616/https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/classifiche.kl#/charts/11/2007/0|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|56
|-
!scope="row"|New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-albums/2007-12-31|title=Top Selling Albums of 2007|publisher=The Official NZ Music Charts|access-date=December 13, 2020|archive-date=January 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106031815/http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/albums?chart=2088|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|32
|-
!scope="row"|Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2007/alben|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2007|website=hitparade.ch|access-date=August 18, 2020|archive-date=November 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211110215001/https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2007/alben|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|52
|-
!scope="row"|UK Albums (OCC)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2007.pdf|title=UK Year-End Charts 2007|publisher=[[ChartsPlus]]|access-date=August 18, 2020|archive-date=April 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120418025307/http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/ChartsPlusYE2007.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|172
|-
!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2007/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2007|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 18, 2020|archive-date=February 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150228075828/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2007/top-billboard-200-albums|url-status=live}}</ref>
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==Certifications and sales==
*1° of best sellers albums released in 2006 during 2006 Worldwide<ref>[http://www.worldwidealbums.tk/ http://www.worldwidealbums.tk/] ''Worldwidealbums.tk'' </ref>
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Certifications and sales for ''Stadium Arcadium''}}
*2° of best sellers albums during 2006 Worldwide (so comprensive also of 2005 albums, #1 is James Blunt - Back to Bedlam).
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Argentina|type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=2006|certyear=2006|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|title=Stadium Arcadium|certref=<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=&album=&LanDesde_MM=1&LanDesde_AA=1980&LanHasta_MM=12&LanHasta_AA=2010&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110820130534/http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=&album=&LanDesde_MM=1&LanDesde_AA=1980&LanHasta_MM=12&LanHasta_AA=2010&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP| archive-date = August 20, 2011 | language = es | publisher = [[Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas]] | title = Discos de Oro y Platino}}</ref>}}
*1° in Year-End Chart in Austria and Switzerland, 1° in Year-End International chart about album released in 2006 in Austria, Switzerland, New Zealand, Belgium Vlaanderen, Germany and Worldwide.
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{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=2006|title=Stadium Arcadium|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|region=Austria|award=Platinum|certyear=2006}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=2006|title=Stadium Arcadium|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|region=Belgium|award=Platinum|certyear=2006}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=2006|title=Stadium Arcadium|artist=Red Hot Chilli Peppers|region=Brazil|award=Platinum|certyear=2006}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=2006|title=Stadium Arcadium|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|region=Canada|award=Platinum|number=4|certyear=2006}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=2006|title=Stadium Arcadium|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|region=Denmark|award=Platinum|number=4|certyear=2022|id=11168|accessdate=April 5, 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=2006|title=Stadium Arcadium|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|region=Finland|award=Gold|certyear=2006|salesamount=21,159}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=2006|title=Stadium Arcadium|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|region=France|award=Platinum|certyear=2006|relmonth=5|certmonth=5}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=2006|title=Stadium Arcadium|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|region=Germany|award=Platinum|number=3|certyear=2019}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Greece|type=album|title=Stadium Arcadium|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|award=Platinum|id=20060718011003|relyear=2006|certyear=2006|accessdate=December 21, 2017|refname="gre"}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=2006|relmonth=5|title=Stadium Arcadium|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|region=Hungary|award=Gold|certyear=2006}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title=Stadium Arcadium|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|type=album|region=Ireland|award=Platinum|number=4|certyear=2006}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|title=Stadium Arcadium|relyear=2006|nocert=true|salesamount=180,000|note=sales in 2006|accessdate=May 19, 2020|salesref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicaedischi.it/mdonline/7046.pdf |title=Le Cifre Di Vendita - Album - Dati 2006|publisher=[[Musica e dischi]]|page=7|access-date=March 14, 2014|language=it|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106032032/http://www.musicaedischi.it/mdonline/7046.pdf |archive-date=January 6, 2014 }}</ref>}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=2009|title=Stadium Arcadium|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|region=Italy|award=Platinum|certyear=2024|note=sales since 2009|id=12528|access-date=May 10, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=2006|title=Stadium Arcadium|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|region=Japan|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=2007|certmonth=8|accessdate=May 19, 2020}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|title=Stadium Arcadium|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|region=Netherlands|award=Platinum|relyear=2007|certyear=2007|accessdate=October 22, 2020}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|title=Stadium Arcadium|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|region=New Zealand|award=Platinum|number=6|source=radioscope|access-date=December 31, 2024|relyear=2006|certyear=2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|title=Stadium Arcadium|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|region=Poland|award=Platinum|relyear=2006|certyear=2006|certmonth=5|accessdate=March 25, 2025}}
{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Portugal|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|title=Stadium Arcadium|award=Gold|relyear=2006|certyear=2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120015629/http://artistas-espectaculos.com/topafp/pt/200625.htm |archive-date=November 20, 2010 |id=200625|access-date=November 12, 2020 }}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=2006|relmonth=5|title=Stadium Arcadium|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|region=Spain|award=Gold|certyear=2006|certweek=35|access-date=January 28, 2021}}
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{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=2006|title=Stadium Arcadium|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|region=Switzerland|award=Platinum|number=2|certyear=2006}}
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{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=2006|title=Stadium Arcadium|artist=Red Hot Chili Peppers|region=United States|award=Platinum|number=4|certyear=2021}}
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==Release history==
*Sales site<ref>[http://fanofmusic.free.fr/Site-Charts-BestSellers-RHCPStadiumArcadium.htm http://fanofmusic.free.fr/Site-Charts-BestSellers-RHCPStadiumArcadium.htm] ''Fanofmusic.free.fe'' </ref> - Total Worldwide Sales : 6.845.000 (last update [[April 8]] [[2007]])
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
 
|+Release history and formats for ''Stadium Arcadium''
===Singles===
! scope="col"| Region
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!rowspan scope="2col"| YearDate
!rowspan scope="2col"| SongFormat
|-
!colspan="6"| Chart positions
! scope="row" | Germany
| May 5, 2006
| rowspan="8" | [[Compact Disc|CD]]
|-
! scope="row" | United Kingdom
| May 8, 2006
|-
! scope="row" | Australia
!style="font-size:85%"| [[Billboard Hot 100]] <ref name="billboardsingles">{{Cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Singles&model.vnuArtistId=5507&model.vnuAlbumId=815996|title=Red Hot Chili Peppers single chart history|accessdate=2007-04-20|publisher=Billboard}}</ref>
| rowspan="5" | May 9, 2006
!style="font-size:85%"| [[Modern Rock Tracks|US Modern Rock Chart]]
!style="font-size:85%"| [[Mainstream Rock Tracks|US Mainstream Rock Chart]]
!style="font-size:85%"| [[UK Top 40]] <ref name="everyhit" />
|-
! scope="row" | Canada
| 2006
| "[[Dani California]]"
| #6
| #1 (14 weeks)
| #1 (12 weeks)
| #2
|-
! scope="row" | Japan
| 2006
| "[[Tell Me Baby]]"
| #50
| #1 (4 weeks)
| #8
| #16
|-
! scope="row" | Poland
| 2007
| "[[Snow ((Hey Oh))]]"
| #22
| #1 (5 weeks)
| #3
| #16
|-
! scope="row" | United States
| 2007
| "[[Desecration Smile]]"
| -
| -
| -
| #27
|-
! scope="row" | New Zealand
| 2007
| May 15, 2006
| "[[Hump de Bump]]"
|
| #8
| #27
|
|}
 
==Trivia==
*The album was leaked as early as [[May 2]], [[2006]], prompting Flea to post a complaint[http://www.redhotchilipeppers.com/news/journal.php?uid=213] in his online journal ''Fleamail''. News of his complaint spread quickly on the [[internet]] and Flea's complaint was mocked by many.[http://www.stereogum.com/archives/002564.html], with some even charging that it was a publicity stunt. [http://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/142/9/]
*The songs "[[Stadium Arcadium (song)|Stadium Arcadium]]", "[[Especially in Michigan]]", "[[Tell Me Baby]]", "[[Readymade (song)|Readymade]]", "[[If]]", "[[Turn It Again]]" and "[[Snow ((Hey Oh))]]" were used in advertisements for the [[X-Games]].
*The [[Japan]]ese film ''[[Death Note (film)|Death Note]]'' features "[[Dani California]]" as its theme song. Its sequel uses "[[Snow ((Hey Oh))]]" as its theme song.
*[[John Frusciante]] does not use his [[Gretsch White Falcon]] guitar on this album, for which he reportedly paid $30,000. A 1969 [[Gibson Les Paul Custom]] was featured on the album mainly on the track "[[Readymade (song)|Readymade]]."
*This is the only Red Hot Chili Peppers album that does not feature an asterisk anywhere on the album packaging, except in the special edition vinyl which it is featured holographically on the front of the LP.
*This is the only Red Hot Chili Peppers album to not have the word "fuck" in any of its songs, because of this ''Stadium Arcadium'' is the first RHCP album to not need a [[Parental Advisory]] label, although many other Red Hot Chili Peppers Albums .e.g. [[By The Way]] rarely had the label.
*The song [[Dani California]] was the first Red Hot Chili Peppers song to have radio airplay on [[Radio Disney]].
 
==References==
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==External links==
* {{Discogs master|type=album|38645|name=Stadium Arcadium}}
*[http://www.redhotchilipeppers.com Official Site]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070116040540/http://mediaserver.kataweb.it/katanew/musica/interviste/john_frusciante_intw_250k.wmv 15 minute video interview with John Frusciante] which includes thoughts on the new album.
*{{MySpace|redhotchilipeppers|Red Hot Chili Peppers}}
*[http://stadium-arcadium.com English Red Hot Chili Peppers Fan Site]
*[http://mediaserver.kataweb.it/katanew/musica/interviste/john_frusciante_intw_250k.wmv 15 minute video interview with John Frusciante] which includes thoughts on the new album.
 
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