This came out in 2004 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
There’s a fine line between being prolific and being a pest.
Red Hot Chili Peppers’ guitarist John Frusciante hasn’t crossed it yet — but he’s definitely inching closer with The Will To Death, his second solo CD this year and one of several due in coming months. A tender concept disc about love, loss and existence, The Will To Death’s dozen sketchy cuts contain the poetically confessional lyrics, organically flowing arrangements and basement-fi experimentalism that have already come to define Frusciante’s solo approach. Which is a nice way of saying that if you’ve heard one of his discs, you’ve sorta heard them all. But unless he plans to vary his routine a little — or at least write some stronger choruses — you might not need to hear too many more.
