To Record Only Water for Ten Days is the third solo album by John Frusciante

John Frusciante

John Anthony Frusciante is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, record and film producer. He is best known as the former lead guitarist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, with whom he had been for a number of years and recorded five studio albums...

, released in 2001 through Warner Music Group

Warner Music Group

Warner Music Group is the third largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry, making it one of the big four record companies...

. Unlike his previous two solo albums, Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt

Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt

Niandra Lades and Usually Just a T-Shirt is the debut solo album by John Frusciante, released on March 8, 1994, on American Recordings. Frusciante released the album after encouragement from several friends, who told him that there was "no good music around anymore."Niandra Lades and Usually Just a...

and Smile from the Streets You Hold

Smile from the Streets You Hold

Smile from the Streets You Hold is the second solo album by John Frusciante. The record was released during a time when Frusciante was not performing with the Red Hot Chili Peppers. It was released on August 26, 1997 on Birdman Records, while Frusciante was still addicted to heroin...

, the record differs significantly in that Frusciante explores elements of electronica

Electronica

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, synthpop

Synthpop

Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...

 and New Wave

New Wave music

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. It was recorded subsequent to his heroin addiction. Following a month in rehab for his addiction and his rejoining the Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers is an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles in 1983. The group's musical style primarily consists of rock with an emphasis on funk, as well as elements from other genres such as punk, hip hop and psychedelic rock...

, Frusciante felt deeply connected to the spiritual plane and was inspired by the many visions he had of spirits; the ideology of recording water for ten days refers to ten separate periods of time in which an album is conceived. The lyrics express this theme and deal mostly with philosophical and spiritual matters as well as delving into his usual brand of psychedelia

Psychedelic rock

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-tinged personalism. It reached #30 on Heatseekers. Vincent Gallo

Vincent Gallo

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 directed a video for every track on the record. "Murderers" is featured in the segment Invisible Boards of the skateboarding home video Yeah Right!

Yeah Right!

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. The Track "Remain" features on episode 18 of Fox Network's hit series "24".

Frusciante's main influences for this album were 1980s synthpop

Synthpop

Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...

, post-punk

Post-punk

Post-punk is a rock music movement with its roots in the late 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the mid-1970s. The genre retains its roots in the punk movement but is more introverted, complex and experimental...

 and electronica

Electronica

Electronica includes a wide range of contemporary electronic music designed for a wide range of uses, including foreground listening, some forms of dancing, and background music for other activities; however, unlike electronic dance music, it is not specifically made for dancing...

 bands that did their own programming, including bands such as Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode

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 and New Order

New Order

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.

Track listing

All tracks written by John Frusciante.

1. "Going Inside
   Going Inside
   Going Inside is the second EP by John Frusciante, released on March 5, 2001. The tracks "Time Is Nothing" and "The Last Hymn" are B-sides from To Record Only Water for Ten Days, although "Time Is Nothing" can also be found on the leaked demos of To Record Only Water for Ten Days...
   
   " – 3:36
2. "Someone's" – 1:52
3. "The First Season" – 4:13
4. "Wind Up Space" – 1:59
5. "Away & Anywhere" – 4:09
6. "Remain" – 3:57
7. "Fallout" – 2:10
8. "Ramparts" – 1:11
9. "With No One" – 3:32
10. "Murderers" – 2:41
11. "Invisible Movement" – 2:21
12. "Representing" – 1:46
13. "In Rime" – 2:13
14. "Saturation" – 3:03
15. "Moments Have You" – 3:30
16. "Resolution" - 2:46 (Japanese release only bonus track)

Non-album tracks

Dozens of songs were recorded for the album but left off. The following have been released in some form:

Officially released B-Sides and non-album tracks

• "Beginning Again", "Leave All the Days Behind", "Resolution", "So Would've I", "Time Is Nothing", "The Last Hymn"

Digital releases

(Note: Most of these tracks were NOT titled by John, but by fans. As of now, the official titles are unknown. Also, most tracks remain unfinished or unmixed.)

• "Beginning Again" (rough mix), "Dying (I Don't Mind)", "Fallout" (rough mix), "Fallout" (alternate version), "How High", "Interstate Sex", "I Go Through These Walls", "I Will Always Be Beat Down", "Leave All the Days Behind" (entitled "Cut Myself Out" here), "Leaving You", "Murmur", "Nature Falls", "Place to Drive", "Penetrate Time" (titled "Purity" or "Low Birds" by John), "Sailing Outdoors", "Saturation" (rough mix), "Slow Down", "So Would Have I" (rough mix), "The Battle of Time", "Three Thoughts", "With Love"

Unofficially released rough mixes

• "Moments Have You" (rough mix), "Representing" (rough mix), "Resolution" (rough mix), "The First Seasons" (rough mix), "Time Is Nothing" (rough mix), "Someone's" (rough mix), "Wind Up Space" (rough mix), "With No One" (rough mix)

Unofficially released tracks

(Note: All of these tracks were NOT titled by John, but by fans. As of now, the official titles are unknown. Also, most tracks remain unfinished or unmixed.)

• "All We Have", "Back and Forth (To the Sun)", "Drift Down", "Every Light Will Burn", "Fill My Nights", "Instrumental", "Untitled 2000"

Personnel

• Lawrence Azerrad – design, art assistant
• Jimmy Boyle – mixing
• Vladimir Meler – mastering