| The Will to Death | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | June 22, 2004 | |||
| Recorded | December 2003 and January 2004 | |||
| Length | 42:23 | |||
| Label | Record Collection | |||
| Producer | John Frusciante | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 68/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| Alternative Press | [3] |
| NME | 6/10[4] |
| Mojo | [5] |
| Pitchfork | 7.4/10[6] |
| Q | [7] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | [8] |
The Will to Death is the fifth studio album by American musician John Frusciante, released on June 22, 2004 on Record Collection. The album reached #36 on the Top Independent Albums chart.[9]
The vinyl edition of the record saw a repressing from Record Collection on December 11, 2012. These reissued records are 180 gram and come with a download of choice between MP3 and WAV formats of the album.
Frequent collaborator Josh Klinghoffer appears, performing drums, bass, guitar, and keyboard.
The album cover is a photo taken on Cimitero Monumentale di Milano. The man is Luigi Ontani.
- ^ "The Will to Death Reviews". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2016-12-18.
- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ It's all very simple, organic and, best of all, easy on the ears. [Oct 2004, p.140]
- ^ Zooming sheets of spacious wind-tunnel prog and raw, solo-spattered soul. Commercially, it's suicide. [26 Jun 2004, p.55]
- ^ Stirring but sombre stuff. [Aug 2004, p.86]
- ^ Pitchfork Media review
- ^ Contains some potentially highly commercial music, were it not for the underwhelming production. [Sep 2004, p.118]
- ^ "John Frusciante - The Will to Death". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
- ^ "John Frusciante Chart Performance". Billboard. Retrieved 2007-09-17.