To Record Only Water for Ten Days
Red Hot Chili Peppersguitarist John Frusciante's third solo album isn't far removed from a demo. Taking the idea of a solo album literally, Frusciante is responsible for everything here, playing guitar over drum machines and adding occasional keyboards to the 15 songs,à laBill Callahan's excellentSmog. The opener "Going Inside" offers promise thatTo Recordwill be an entertaining ride thanks to Frusciante's characteristically incandescent fretwork. The project is a little one-dimensional, however, hampered as it is by Frusciante's sub-J. Mascisyelp.--Mike Pattenden