Reviews (page 11 of 15)
Funky classic. These guys were always unique but never a favorite. I bought this in 1991 when I was 13!!
Tight funky sounds as usual with RHCP. Listening to the whole album at once tends to get a little boring.
Funky, upbeat, lots of sexual lyrics, didn’t know this album had 20 songs. Some classics for sure.
Better than I expected, had a Beastie Boys sound to it at times which was welcome. The singles definitely aren't the best songs on this album though
5/5 for flea. The rest are just alright. Definitely foundational, don’t need to listen to a whole album
So much funk. This album is absolutely great. The guitars, bass, and drums all sound brilliant on this. It has some RHCP classics along with some great deep cuts. A few throwaway tracks in my opinion but it’s still a great all around album.
I get why it's on here, but I really don't care for RCHP, their old stuff (like this album) had it's moments tho. Ultimately, the singles on this album are pretty timeless, but the majority of the rest of the album is pretty forgettable.
I have a weird feeling towards this album. At times Red Hot Chili Peppers achieve a sound I resonate with. I finally think: "Now, now I will enjoy it." And then they come up with the most goofy or chaotic song possible. Personally, I fail to understand what is the objective behind this. However, the good songs are incredible and some of them are unmistakable melodies to must of us. Including such legendary tracks in a record surely helps in the rating. Difficult listen, interesting experience and some great hits.
funky but long
Good for the time but besides under the bridge I don’t think it holds up
Meh
Best chili peppers I've heard
Moments of genius and moments of "cock my brain to shoot my load"
not my type.
The chillies are a funny one for me. Some great songs but largely from the later albums for me. This album is pretty good but isn't really for me. Fun fact the chillies is one of the worst live bands I have seen. The show was bland and kinda lifeless.
A funky blend of sub-genres. It must have sounded so different and fresh back then, I can understand why it had the impact that it did. It also makes me wonder what music of today will bee seen as groundbreaking and formative, in the future. Fun fact: This album was released on the SAME DAY as Nirvana's 'Nevermind'.
3/5
Classic RHCP that drove them to wild popularity.
Funk - like a few of the hits but not fussed on the stranger stuff
This album is undeniably fun, especially the first half. However, the runtime is way to long, and the songs begin to sound samey in the second half. A shorter tracklist would help a lot
I had never heard this album before so it was nice to find a couple of new songs I hadn’t heard before. RHCP is a great band but for me it’s one that I need to be in the mood for to listen to a whole album again. 3.5/5
I feel like I’m playing skateboarding game in the year 2005 that isn’t Tony Hawk Do you know what it feels like I’m playing, Tony hawk underground to and if you know you know Pretty good 3.5/5
RHCP heavy bass-forward tracks are on full display here. Lyrically fun and entertaining, but it's the bass that ultimately carries this band for me. Must of the songs don't really hit, with a few exceptions that went on to become his such as "Under The Bridge", where there's a little more depth and vocals are less rap style. 3/5 for the nostalgia and bass.
this album makes you smell like SWEAT!
Some real bops
I really like listening to their playing. Not to cast dispersions on the songwriting and singing, I do like it generally, though I liked it much more on Californication. Really fun guitar and bass parts to listen to. Addendum: I think the album is too long and that makes it less focused. Once again, I feel they improved on that in Californication.
AJ: gibberish and nonsense and great bass and Frusciante and sometimes I love them and sometimes it’s whatever.
Punk rock
Liked this a lot when it came out. Now it seems very long and the opening tracks before you get into the really famous stuff do bang on a lot. I would give this a 3.5 but since that's not an option, it's a 3 again which is a bit harsh but I can't give it a 4. I think the truth of it is that I'm not that bothered about the Chilli Peppers. Ho hum.
Another classic, but honestly, it's not really my thing anymore. Ask 19 year old me, and he'd be well into it, but the funky, dirty sound just isn't what I want to listen to now. There are some stand out tracks (Under The Bridge, of course; Breaking The Girl) but the rest of it feels too much like a "time and place" album.
Good album when I was 11. Still love Breaking the Girl.
Despite being long, I didn't feel the length very much. The songs I liked already were good, but everything else was pretty forgettable. Maybe it could've been stronger if it was a tad trimmed down? I don't know. My favourite song was Breaking the Girl.
yert
Solid instrumentals, weird lyrics.
kan bli litt mykje rhcp i lengden
Streit, men klare meg uten da i kvardagen
Some great songs, a few decent ones and then some that just did not do it for me.
Mixed feelings about that one, takes me back to HS but I'm not entirely sure it's a pleasant kind od journey
Breaking the Girl and Under the Bridge are high points but the rest kind of blends into one big jam which appealed to me much more when I was 15.
I've actually listened to this one before! It's not bad! I always find the vibes are a little off with RHCP when you're not listening to them on a roller coaster, but that's life. Favorite track is probably Under the Bridge (hot take, I know).
That white people shit. First half was horrible. After SUCK MY KISS, it picks tf up. I DONT EVER WANNA FEEELLL. Nothing like seeing a white man try to hit that in public.
I Could Have Lied is the kind of RHCP I like, the rest is the kind of RHCP I dont really care for. I really liked the cover on Jimi Hendrix's song in the end, Castles Made of Sand, really like that song. (Jimi did it better)
decently good
This is far too long and has so much filler but it's rescued by a couple of the hits being absolute bops that stand the test of time. They can only do so much though, 3/5 because Kiedis is really a tough challenge to listen to at length and to really tolerate at all.
Way too long, I don't mind Kiedis' singing style in small quantities, but I definitely don't need over an hour of it at once. Definitely more punky than the stuff that comes later, makes it a harsher listen but a more interesting one. That said, I think the later albums are better executed, this band are just better at pop rock than they are at punk - presumably the success of Under The Bridge sent them that way? 3/5.
The hits are hits for a reason but the album as a whole is really boring. Spaghetti on the wall situation.
It was okay. They all kind of sounded the same though. I would listen to it again.
First song sounds deadass like Mudslide Crush from Lemonade Mouth I like this overall
desolee paternel
3.5 solid.
3.5 Very good.
breaking the girl - catchy asf, I'm a sucker for the flow of this song easily a 9/10 and one of my favorites off the album. other notable songs suck my kiss and funky monk
liked this more than i expected?
Best Songs: -Under the brigde -Breaking the girl
mid, sounds like a mess imo
mid af
It's an ok album. Some great songs in there
The hits are great, couldn’t get into much else
Eh
The highs of this album are fantastic, but it’s just a little too watered down with filler.
its a red hot chilli peppers album all right. 1hr 19mins is too much red hot chilli peppers for the human body to endure. every song is about 2 minutes too long. fav songs: breaking girl, i could have lied, give it away, under the bridge, castles made of sand.
Funk Rock, dem am Ende bisschen die Luft ausgeht. 1-2 gute Nummern, ein Haufen mittel-gute oder "okaye" Nummern. Schlecht ist hier eigentlich nichts. Irgendwas zwischen 3 und 4. Tendenz eher zur 3.
All the songs are very hit or miss.
Rock con toques de hip-hop y con estilo muy particular. Fácilmente identificables. Alguna canción buena, pero nunca me convencieron del todo
Bleh
Instrumentally, this album is very very good. I actually quite liked pretty much everything in that regard and I don't have much more to say about that. Lyrically, however, is where I struggle greatly with this album. Power of Equality started us off, and that is also where my ambivalence towards the lyrics of this album began as well. It is without a doubt a good message, and I absolutely applaud it, but everything here immediately struck me as very on the nose and in your face. Cheesy, almost. I wish that cheesy was the worst description I had for the rest of this album's lyrical content. Kiedis' vocals either lift these songs to higher heights, or just absolutely take me out of the song entirely. The highs are very high, I knew and enjoyed Give it Away and Under the Bridge going into this album, and I still absolutely enjoy them coming out of it. Especially after actually being able to listen to and understand the lyrical content of Give it Away(thank you, Genius). Other high notes were Breaking the Girl, and I Could Have Lied. But man, sometimes I was just jamming away to a track like Mellowship Slinky in B Major and then Kiedis would come in with some stuff like "Blush my lady when I tell her/That I do indeed love to smell her/Sopping wet your pink umbrella" Obviously I have to laugh, but man does it take me out of it. And that's how I felt for the vast majority of the album, honestly. I think I finally started to get it when Sir Psycho Sexy came on and I had the revelation: Is it a Slim Shady alter ego thing where we just say the most absurd shit we can think of for fun? As soon as I looked at these lyrics in that mindset, I laughed out loud at "Believe me, Eve, she gave good reason/Booty looking too good not to be squeezin'/Creamy beaver hotter than a fever." I still don't know if I can say I like it, but I did get quite a few laughs out of this one. I did get a good laugh as I was listening to The Greeting Song and saw that Kiedis also hates the lyrics on that one. Hopefully Rick Rubin enjoyed his song about cars and girls, at least. For a final verdict: This is an album with a lot of very very good music, but very not good lyrical content. With some very very key exceptions that carry the album.
Nirvana's Nevermind and this album, both release on 9/24/1991. I don't really call RHCP a hard rock band but more like and funk n roll band. I think you have to be in a certain mood to get into these guys, but they do have a lot of tunes I do enjoy. This album ran a little long for my taste and I was ready for it to end, but I do have several songs I enjoyed. Blood Sugar Sex Magik, The Power of Equality, I Could Have Lied and maybe the best off the album, Suck My Kiss. Pretty sure I was trying to convince Mindy to let me use a few lines from this song in our wedding vows. I was denied and further proof that my wife is the sensible one in this relationship. There are several songs that I think are solid, but radio managed to ruin for me over the years. Give It Away, Under the Bridge and to a lesser extent Breaking The Girl. This one tough for me to rate. Give me a few beers and tokes and I digging most of it. Trying to get into a good workout or just having as background music, kinda wears on you. I'm going to give a 3.5 but rate as a 3 for the scorecard. To my group, my phone is dead and will be several days before I'm up and running. Mindy has been hesitant to give up her phone for so some of my reviews may be delayed
Pretty good! Pretty familiar with this one. Flea really doing the work.
Man, this is one of those bands where sometimes they are really good, and other times I can't stand them. You really gotta be in a mood to listen to them which I think is due in part to the lead singer. The first track starts out pretty strong and has a really good bass part in it. You know it might just be that most of the time when the lead singer is singing is when I generally don't like the band/songs as much. Their instrumentation is great in this album though. If it were just someone else singing I think this would be a really good album. It's really interesting because the instrumental is actually really good, but the lead just ruins it most of the time. This album has 19 tracks and a run time of 1hr 19 minutes. This is too much of a band that I usually would rather not listen to. This is a low 3/5 only on the merit that the instrumental carries the fuck out of this album
I'd rate the documentary higher than the album itself. Sex-crazed Kiedis hasn't aged well and it isn't going to get better, plus the instrumentals overall don't make up for what's lacking lyrically.
This is my first dive into a full Chili Peppers album. I’ve always enjoyed the singles and… I think they’re gonna stay a singles band for me. The style is fun — really good hard rock and I love that slappy funk bass — but a lot of these songs are… kinda dumb (like “Suck My Kiss”). But I think this album benefits from a not-very-close listen. Not every album needs to be listened to closely on headphones. Some stuff is best played in the background so you can jam out without noticing that the lyrics are silly. But man I do love “Give It Away.” (That boing noise in the mix is so funny too.) And “Under the Bridge” is gorgeous. The album has a pretty even one-to-one ratio of eye-rolling lyrics to head-banging riffs so I can’t get mad at that.
Classic old school Chilis. Never a huge fan but there are some good tunes on here that remind me of my youth.
kiinnostavat instrumentaalit ja basson läpsytys pitää kiinnostuksen yllättäväm korkealla että jaksaa tuplatun, double albumin kuunnella liian pitkä silti. vokalistin köhinä tuhkainen heikko ääni on albumin heikoin osuus + pedofiili + +huumehörhöily breaking the girl
Heard it before?: Yes Enjoy it?: I did (not so much the deluxe version) it’s full to the brim of angelic vocals and snappy guitar work I adore Favourite song: Track 11 - Under The Bridge
Not a huge RHCP fan, but this is probably their best.
Jos ei olisi nostalgia-arvoa, en varmaan yhtään tykkäisi tästä, mutta mennyttä ei voi pyyhkiä. Tämähän on liian pitkä! Mutta "B-puolen" alku on tosi hyvä, huipentuu Under the Bridgeen
eu gostei de californication quando ouvi, mas nesse album as coisas parecem meio bagunçadas ainda pra eles, com rap e hard rock colidindo demais. eu tenho certeza de que é um bom album pros fãs de red hot, mas pra mim nada de mais.
Some gems, also some really samey songs I didn't have much interest in.
Anthony Kiedis is sucking my penis
Didn't really feel it just felt like a bunch of noise.
Great in parts but feels really dated
Wasn't as good as I remembered
Too long, singing is annoying, honks trying to be funky
Hit and miss
"Blood Sugar Sex Magik" is the fifth studio album by The Red Hot Chilli Peppers. This album was noted as having a different style than their previous album "Mother's Milk" with less heavy metal guitar riffs, funk and punk and having more melodic songwriting from guitarist John Frusciante. I will say that's true on their hits but they still bring the funk for the majority of the other songs. It was produced by Rick Rubin and have themes of sexual innuendos, lust, drugs and death. It was interestingly recorded in the mansion owned by Harry Houdini where they also lived. The album was a huge success selling over 13 million copies, propelling them to arena rock status and a seminal release in the alternative rock explosion of the 1990's. The album opens up with two funky songs. "The Power of Equality" has the groove going, singer Anthony Kiedis doing his rap-singing thing and a decent guitar solo (that happens throughout most of these songs). Racial equality, prejudice and sexism. "If You Have to Ask" was the fifth and final single. Kiedis whispering and stream of consciousness lyrics. The melody finally comes to the forefront in "Breaking the Girl." Acoustic guitar and interesting and strange percussion. All band members were involved and those instruments were from a garbage dump. It's Kiedis constantly shifting relationships and being left with nothing. The first song I remember from this album and their third single is "Suck My Kiss." A more aggressive and prominent bass. Kiedis strutting his stuff. A softer guitar is used in "I Could Have Lied" A subtle melody and one of the better guitar solos. Kiedis whispering and about a relationship he had Sinead O'Connor. A hidden gem on this album. "Give It Away" was the first single and was based on a conversation Kiedis had with Nina Hagen. Anytime I have the chance, I will mention Nina Hagen. Chaotic. The band jamming and setting into probably their best groove on the album. "Under The Bridge" is the song that sent them to that arena level. Kiedis writing about his drug addiction and low point. Frusciante tried to counter the sad lyrics with happier chords. Whatever they did, it worked. This album has probably the most popular Chilli Pepper songs that are pretty much rock radio staples. The songs are melodic but there is still very much a funk element throughout. Flea's bass is toned a lot relative to their other albums which was on purpose by the way. It is long at 73 minutes and they definitely could have trimmed it down but you can't argue with that 13 million number. For me, this is agood album ad probably their best along with "Californication."
under the bridge is one of my favorite songs. the rest of the album is ok. it's too long.
Overall this is a really well produced album. Musically I think they're really strong and sound super tight. The drums and guitars are all solid. There's some interesting rhythmic things happening throughout. I agree with another reviewer that I really like the jamming moments and wish there were more of those / they were extended. Like I said, they play well together and those bits are great (found in songs like 'Sir Psycho Sexy'). On the other side I'm not a big fan of the general rapping and musical style for most of the songs, and it's also a long album. RHCP remain a band that I really like a number of songs from, but who I'm not that interested in overall. Under the Bridge remains a stone-cold classic.
Some good tracks but I didn't feel the whole album hung together very well.
I wish every song could be as good as Under the Bridge
I enjoyed myself with this. At least for a short while. And not just because of nostalgia. BSSM is entertaining and impressive in parts. And while there are elements of the wannabe-90s-funk I could do without—especially where it fuses with wannabe-hiphop—I admit, I am mildly interested in the space where RHCP fuses funk with punk. Though I am firmly uninterested where any of this attempts to cross over with alt pop or adult contemporary. Listen, RHCP (or was it Rick Rubin?) saw a hole in the billboard charts that the band’s perverse brand of punk/funk/alt-pop might just party-boy its way into. And it did. There is vision there. And there is immense talent in this band. Flea, for instance, is a vital American cultural and musical icon and one of the best-ever bass players. Kiedis, meh, I’m not so hot on him, his presence, or his voice. Rick Rubin and John Frusciante are likely the forces that made this album the cross-over success that it is and they’re both OK in book, and obviously immensely talented and important to their craft. But the buck stops there. Oh Chad Smith is fine too. Blood’s greatest fault is its runtime. I like the first 6 tracks and very little more than a riff after. It’s just repetitive, monotonous, and sounds quite like a headache. I like that Steve Huey of AllMusic called it "probably the best album the Chili Peppers will ever make.”That’s the best dig at a band that was doing something novel with pre-existing pieces and doing it well but not exactly combing the ocean floor for artistry, poetry, or depth. They really couldn’t and wouldn’t do much better than this using the formula they were using. All they could and would do is lean further and further away from the punk-funk roots that once made them interesting, in favor of an all-out, soft-rock sound designed for arenas, nostalgia, and radios. And I actually disagree with Mr. Huey; the best RHCP album is the George Clinton-produced Freakey Styley. But still, BSSM is a pretty good funk album for a bunch of strung-out white boys living by the beach. If the first 6 tracks are a 4/5, what follows quite nearly approaches a 1, which makes this a 2/5. But I'll give an extra half-point for Flea, and an extra half-point for nostalgia's sake. I used to listen to this album A LOT as a kid.
This is a LOT of album, and I'm not quite interested enough to playlist a shorter one. Brilliantly played with comically strange and horny lyrics. Flea tones it down to great effect. Love the bashy drum bit.
3.5
Rick Rubin earns a star, Flea earns another, and Under the Bridge gets the last. Everything else I'm very much indifferent to. A decent record.
Starts out weaker than I remembered. Gets better
Beetje aparte muziek voor de liefhebber, maar is ook voor anderen heel goed te luisteren. ***
Yeah, just ok. Good funky alternative. Great iconic hits in there as well. But, again, I gotta be in the mood.
Several good songs on this album followed by hard-snare slap-bass low-effort punk and two Hendrix covers. Three stars
This is an album that I owned when I was younger, but it's one that I remember skipping a lot of songs on so that I could get to the good tracks. Now I can remember why. This album is very repetitive. I don't know that I would say that it's a bad album. It certainly has its highlights. Unfortunately, listening to so many albums on this list has introduced me to a lot of music that sounds substantially similar to RHCP, which makes them feel much less revolutionary than I thought they were when I was younger. Now, this album feels very uninspired, and I still have 6 more songs to get through before I get to hear Give It Away. I have been listening to this album for 5 hours, and I'm only on song number 7. Is this album the secret to time travel? 3/5, with a handful of songs doing all of the work, since most of the songs on this album are so boring that I can't be bothered to look up their names to talk about them
Red Hot Chili Peppers thrash their way through 1991, as grunge bursts out of the floorboards all around them. I’ve only heard “Californication” in the past and really didn’t like it, but I haven’t been able to shake a second-hand respect for the Chilis as musicians: it’s an empirical truth that John Frusciante is a peerless guitarist, and that Flea is one of the greatest bassists of his era. In “Blood Sugar Sex Magik”, they’re key ingredients in an intriguing cocktail of blistering hard-rock, slightly abrasive rap and stomping funk, throwing in the odd radio-friendly hook. Sometimes it works, other times it doesn’t, and it’s much longer than it needs to be, but there’s an impressive raw energy running through this album which can’t be ignored. Most of the best songs are in the opening stretch, before things get too stale. I got a kick out of the bone-dry guitar scratching its way through “If You Have to Ask”. “Breaking the Girl” calls to mind the dark acoustic folk of Led Zeppelin III, and “Funky Monks” is the loosest and most enjoyable track to be had: danceable in the best way. There are nice moments scattered across the remainder of the record, including Flea’s liquid bass solo in “Naked in the Rain”, a surprise trumpet hiding in the left channel and singalong wordless refrain in “Apache Rose Peacock”, and the welcome outlier of the nicely melodic, undisputed hit single “Under the Bridge”. The sequencing is well done, with tracks running into each other to keep a nice sense of pace. The closer, a tossed-off cover of Robert Johnson’s “They’re Red Hot”, calls to mind Abbey Road’s “Her Majesty” or Night at the Opera’s “God Save The Queen” as a novelty throwaway coming in after an epic climax. It’s a fun, lighthearted way to finish such an unwieldy album. So “Blood Sugar Sex Magik” is funkier, rawer and- it has to be said- hornier than I expected. It doesn’t all land, and there’s not enough variety for such a long running time, with the band frequently resorting to shouted rap over fairly generic funk riffs. The shoutier it gets, the more grating and wearing: “Suck My Kiss” and “Give It Away” are both a real chore to get through. But at its best, there’s enough strength in this album to keep it lithe and lively. I’d take it over “Californication” any day.
A very well received album, a change in style from the band for sure but not in a bad way. A lot of solid songs here that helped bring RHCP to the top of the charts and into every house at this point. First time listening to it front to back, and it was all very solid, classic songs on there but also found some I haven’t heard that were all so good! Very solid album.
This album is a classic for a reason, and it deserves that credit. Tracks like Breaking the Girl and Give it Away still hold up, but overall it’s a product of its time. RHCP would go on to develop their sound a lot more subtlety and with a better focus on songwriting. The production here is “sharp” in a pretty unpleasant way, and the album is weighed down by filler tracks like They’re Red Hot. Give me Californication, let’s go.
The vibes on this album are absolutely bonkers. I was torn the whole time between whether I loved or hated it, settled in the middle. Excellent musicianship, deeply corny lyrics, mostly very fun but maybe better in short bursts.
Corny lyrics over mostly solid instrumentals. This would be a 2 without Give it Away and Under the Bridge. Most of the rapping is pretty bad and detracts from the overall experience, but Give it Away is hilarious and one of their best songs. I hope that Californication is on this list because that album is a 5.
Some fun, funky songs by a very talented band. The lead singer/rapper wasn't great, but good enough to not derail the whole thing. I award them 3 tube socks, someone is gonna have to go without. 🧦🧦🧦
Interesting stuff but nothing good
I like RHCP, but really only know the singles. I liked the songs I already knew, but none of the other songs enticed me to listen to this album again.
Rick James, James Brown, and RHCP all subscribe to the genre called Funk. Discuss, with examples. This aside (and all three have places in my musical heart, albeit for very different reasons), Under the Bridge is the ultimate bait and switcher. Personally, I think they deserved all the new people it introduced to them.
There are elements of this that are great, and then there are elements that are annoying.
"Give it away" "Under the bridge" spoko, reszta średnia. Californication lepsze. Trochę za długi i byle jaki rap. Takie 3.5, jakby był krótszy to pewnie 4- by wpadło.
1 absolute masterpiece, the rest mediocre rhcp has better albums
Hurr Hurr 'willy'. I've definitely listened to this plenty in the past, I think probably because boys liked it. I guess it would be a 3.5 because I prefer it to other 3 rated albums but I'm not sure it's a 4. Does go on a bit too.
Wasn’t a fan of the first half of the album but the second half was pretty good
1/1- Playing Xbox
One of their most popular albums is also one of their more popular titles. It's good in a commercially accessible way.
So, as I'm listening to this album, I thought to look over my earlier review (Californication), and god damn... it sums it up perfectly. So I copied and pasted it. I'm resolving to working smarter, not harder, in 2023. I can't quite put my finger on what it is about this band I don't enjoy. I appreciate their honesty, but something leaves me flat. As in the case of "Suck My Kiss" — I was thinking, "hey, this is a cool tune," but before the song was over, I was less smitten. Kind of emblematic of how I feel about the RHCP. There are plenty of great moments, and while Anthony Kiedis is a singular presence as a vocalist (and Flea as a bassist), I prefer him when he goes with a "less is more" approach, and that's not usually his style. I also wasn't knocked out by the guitar work. I guess this is just not a band I love. I've had bandmates (bassists, specifically) who love this band, and they've been on my radar from early on (1985's Freaky Styley), but I've never been drawn in. I like them on a song-by-song basis, but not enough to go all in.
i understand why this is here, just never been a fan of their sound. 7/10
I love the guitar but I also got stuck of it by the end. Good album
Really good also really strange in a way
Nostalgic soundtrack Emotes feelings of a time simpler and sunny
Its a low 3 from me. Almost creeping in to 2 terroritory but saved by one or two good songs.
I don't think there were any hidden gems on this album. The good ones all got played a million times on the radio. Reasonably entertaining, but whole album feels fairly juvenile/simplistic (or maybe that's just nostalgia and age-association)
Uh Oh. According to The Good Place I might go to hell for this one. I knew two songs off of this, Under the Bridge and Suck My Kiss. Under the Bridge is easily the big standout from this album. I'm just not in love with the rap singing from the rest of the album. The bass and guitar are solid for sure, the rest is not much to write home about.
It's been about 30 years since I've really given this album a listen. It does show its age, but this was still a fun listen. This is the Chili Peppers at their best - funky, confident and gleefully libidinous. I'm less tolerant of the horndog vibe than I was at age 20, but I will say as a woman that this is more sex positive than exploitative or demeaning. There's just a lot of it. But for all the bravado, there are also surprising moments of introspection and vulnerability that really add a lot of depth to the album. Most importantly, the musicianship on here is no joke, just really excellent. There are quite a few songs that are ultimately forgettable, but the standout tracks are pure classics. High 3, not quite a 4. Fave Songs: Give It Away, Breaking the Girl, Under the Bridge, Funky Monks, I Could Have Lied, The Righteous & the Wicked
ok
There were some standouts but a lot of songs that I didn't like.
Flea's cool, but I never really got into the RHCP. Don't get me wrong - there are a few great songs on this album, but I can only take their "style" for about 3 of them and then I'm out. Still, they warrant a spot on the list given how recognizable of a sound they created.
I've always liked "Mother's Milk" by RHCP. The band is really locked in, the vocals and everything else really grooves. The over of "Higher Ground," holy crap this kicks serious butt. Then this album comes out, and I listen to it and it just... yawn. I have two major gripes about this album: 1) It's too long. It was too long when I first heard it back in the 90s. I was like, "Geez how many songs is this thing?" 2) Anthony Kiedis is really not a good singer. I listen to songs like "Breaking The Girl" and even "Under The Bridge" and I think "man, the band sounds great. Imagine what this song would sound like if there was a better singer doing the vocals." He sounds like he has a cold. Or he's high. Probably both. Really detracts from the song. "Sheeeeee was a guuuuuuuhhhhhrrrrrrllllllll....." Yikes. And his scatting. Dude. Stop. Just, stop. Anyway, then there's songs like "Sir Psycho Sexy" and "Apache Rose Peacock". They just sound dumb and sophomoric today. "Under The Bridge" is still a good song, but "Take me to the place I luuuuuuuuuuuve." Gah. Sorry the vocals detract from it too much for me. He gets better on other ones. "One Hot Minute" is awesome. But this one I never got why it was so great.
I remember being super into this album as a teenager. I still like most of the songs, but the album as a whole runs way too long. 3.5/4
Not bad. Not great either. Why is this 72 minutes long? Some great things on here surrounded in duds. 3/5
i want to like it a bit more than i actually do. the ballad bits (breaking the girl and under the bridge) are phenomenal. give it away is also incredible, though the rest have a very cool RHCP energy and funk that is unique and exciting. though the remainder don't really elevate the album for me.
Liked this one, will give it another listen at some point, different Unique and interesting
A decent album from a very talented group of musicians. The album was perhaps a bit too long for my liking. After Under The Bridge, the album became harder to concentrate on and enjoy since the musical variety in the album is slim. Still, the musicianship in this album is world class. They are one of the most successful groups in the world for good reason. Flea is a master on the bass. Mellowship Slinky, Breaking The Girl and Under The Bridge are probably the best songs on the album. Decent album, but was glad when it was over. Would rate it a 4 if six or seven songs were cut off.
Ok.. I listened to this CD, on my disc man, for probably 6 months straight. It was like '91 and I was like 11 or 12 lol. That summer into fall it was this record, Nirvana's Nevermind and Pearl Jam's 10. There are so many songs about heroin on here which is wild as I had no idea as a pre teen. Also the lead singer and bassist both worked as hustlers in Hollywood before getting famous. So that's hot sort of if we're objectifying sex work. Are we anymore? Not sure. By the end of the 6 or so months, I honestly never touched this CD again. I don't know if it was the fault of RHCP's but also Nirvana just became my whole world and with them came like dozens of new bands from their scene and a bish got put on big time. Still the skill level is there, they were obsessed with funk and I think are owed a debt bringing that funk sound into rock or punk or whatever this is haha.
This is fun. Again, not the closest listen, but this this is a good time.
This band is very nice. I take the songs "Give it away" and "Under the bridge".
We saw these guys live at a small club in Ottawa after the release of their 1985 album. It was a chaotic show that started with Flea smashing a beer bottle on the stage. Most of the band members wore diapers. The punky funk style was new at that time, I loved it, but it didn't hold my interest for long. This LP is more melodic, the guitar playing is great and I think "Give It Away" is one of the top hi energy pop songs of the 90s.
6,5/10
5/10. Couple of good songs on here, but as an album, boy does it drag.
Far more than the recommended daily amount of Red Hot Chili Peppers… 6/10
- First listen - Better than Californication - Way too long, mix of great and meh songs - UNDER THE BRIDGE is the best RHCP song by a distance - Not a fan of SUCK MY KISS at all - Best songs: UNDER THE BRIDGE, THE POWER OF EQUALITY, FUNKY MONKS
This was apparently the first album by the chili peppers that featured their trademark sound and I can definitely tell because it's not quite to the greatness of Californication but still very distinct. Under the bridge is a great song and the album got better as it went along but I still wasn't enjoying it as much as other peppers music. Also give it away is an overrated song.
I recall liking this at the time, but didn't like it this listen.
Pretty decent, not that much to say about it really.
Feeling a 3 on this one. I've heard a number of RHCP songs before, and generally been a fan of them, so I suppose i'm a bit disappointed that this doesn't quite live up to the image of them I built in my mind. There's a number of songs that I like on this album, but very few that I really enjoy. Lots of the songs sound very similar on this album, too. It's a good sound, lyricism similar to hip hop applied to rock, and it sounds great but it's hard to differentiate all the songs on the album.
They’re really just having fun this things goofy and funky but some go too goofy and funny and horny and it shidst
The instrumentals were very well done, and the vocal performance was decent. I liked the funky vibe of the album.
Lots of their classics, decent.
Yep, pretty classic. Not my favorite band or album of all time, but fun.
Im already a fan of the Chili Peppers though hadn't listened to this album in full before.
its alright, not the best for most occasions
under the bridge brings back some memories but there are gaps between good moments
Had like 3 or 4 interesting songs but if it came out today people would laugh
What can be said that Yasi Salek hasn't already explored? The episode of Bandsplain about RHCP really did change my view of the Peppers but this album is a solid work from a band that has evolved so much over the decades.
I remember watching the documentary of the making of this album. It's definitely a classic. I fell off liking them decades ago, but there's no doubt that this album has a great sound and classics. Just not for me.
I had never listened to the whole album. I hadn't realized the extent of rock and jam that was combined.
Mostly good unclean fun. The surfer-slacker vibe is not real credible given how much they wanted to be — and succeeded in becoming — big stars. Repetitive AF with nearly every song having the same gronky and crunching guitars and greasy licks.
I think RHCP are fine, but honestly it was a time and a place in High School for me and this style of rock doesn't do much for me anymore. For 1991 though it's banging.
Some class tracks punctuated by some dross
Les Red Hot s'aventurent ici dans deux voies qui ne sont pas les leurs : le rap, bien mieux maîtrisés par les artistes que l'on appelle "rappeurs", et le sexe, créneau monopolisé par Marvin Gaye.
Je tombe de très très haut avec cet album absolument minable des Red Hot Chili Peppers. Je saurais prendre les mesures nécessaires pour réevaluer mon comportement dans mes critiques futures.
I was looking forward to this one. "Under the Bridge" has always been a top favorite, and "Give it Away" has always been a solid jam. I loved about a third of the very long album. That third would get a five. But there’s that whole other hour there.
I dig the funk-rock sound of the Chili Peppers. I know that I have listened to this album, but it has been ages. I had fun with the first two-thirds or so of the album. I think that if the album would have ended at Track 12, it would have scored higher from me.
I'm pretty sure I've heard this whole album before but certainly not for a couple of decades. I didn't recognize more than a handful of the song titles and was familiar enough with the first couple of tracks. I love the full, bass-forward sound and the shouty singing that seems very 90s to me now. Oh, yeah, here's Breaking the Girl. That's nice and different. Then a bunch of songs. Then Give It Away, which is fantastic. Eventually Under the Bridge plays and that's ok, especially the key change and, surprisingly, the bridge. And then...there are like six more songs. None of which seem all that necessary. I was really ready for it to be over. Really ready.
its a decent album and what it does, it does well but considering the length of it, i feel it could lose some material without losing much value, under the bridge is a great song obviously
Not my favourite Chili’s album but can keep it on.
Such a push-pull for me and this band. I listened to this album a lot when it was first released, but quite a bit of their work kind of annoys me and I can never figure out why. After a short while, I just stopped listening to them.
Ahh the Red Hot Chili Peppers. A band that is so hard for me to judge. Some songs of theirs I love and other times I'm just like fuck off.
California. Should have warned ya. Played this a lot at the time, too much actually, as it’s over familiar and not in a good way. Still, some impressive riffs and licks and great production
the album has great music background; the lyrics are not what i am used to... but that is the choice of the performer.
Ah! Back when I was not embarrassed to admit I enjoyed RHCP. I could not get enough of this album when it first came out. The union of rock and funk was something my musical ear had apparently been craving. Flea, Frusciante and Smith (and arguably Rick Rubin) put together a masterpiece, that has easily endured the decades since. Smith's jazz drumming is relentlessly precise and uncharacteristically diverse for that era of popular music. Flea elevated the bass guitar to a main instrument and also brought explosive personality to the stage and to recordings. And yet, they together never compromised on remaining the tight-knit rhythm section. In and amongst all of that, Frusciante steers clear of the need for a rhythm guitar part at all by magically weaving a sonic fabric of riffs, solos and powerful chord explosions. What is on a bit shakier ground are Kiedis' contributions. While some of the sincere songs like 'I Could Have Lied' and 'Under the Bridge' are quite powerful, much of the lyrical content across the rest of the songs range from fractional thoughts, to gibberish, to outright celebrations of misogyny. I remember gleefully singing along to all of these songs, so this is definitely also a lot about my sensibilities changing over time, but it's sad how much it takes away from my fond memories of the album.
Rock
A bit hit and miss. Dislike shouty RHCP anyway and this was a bit too much of that.
Strong 3, I see the appeal and I like it but definitely don’t love it
very long
Already familiar. Would have been a 4 once upon a time. Probably just a 3 now
Tykkään överi funkkikitarameiningistä, mutta ei kyllä ole järin mieleenpainuvia biisejä. Muistelin jotenkin että Suck My Kiss ois ollu paljon vauhdikkaampi.
Onhan tää ihan hyvä levy. Ei jotenkin koskaan oo vaan kauheesti RHCP iskeny, joten 3/5
Ik vond het precies toch minder zot dan ik had herinnerd dat de RHCP waren.
Not RHCP's best album, kind of a mess, really. But has great songs, like Under the Bridge and Breaking the Girl.
I'm familiar with the Chili Peppers, and always liked them, more or less. Not enough to buy any of the albums, though, so I've never listened to this all the way through. About halfway through I'm willing to say this hasn't really aged that well. The actual music, especially the bass, is consistently fantastic. But the vocals, including the lyrics themselves, not so much. I was rather enjoying the groove on Mellowship Slinky in B Major, until the singing started. I can't help but enjoy Give It Away, silly as it is, and Under the Bridge will always be a great song. Otherwise this album is a mixed bag from great stuff (Breaking the Girl) to cringeworthy (the title track/Apache Rose Peacock/Sir Psycho Sexy). Also it goes on. for. ever. I guess I have grown out of RHP?
Quite good but I still prefer Californication better. I much more like the more regular rock or funk rock tracks than the rap rock ones which I feel is a bit dated as a genre nowadays (at least for me).
Did not age well. Some killer songs but the overall start-to-finish album doesn't hold up.
OK I guess
I don’t really like it. The guitar and the bits of rapping sound amazing ,but I don’t enjoy listening to it.
A good, solid album with a number of highlights and not a great deal of filler. It would benefit from being tighter and shorter though.
Too long
Enjoyable but as I often feel with RHCP, becomes tedious. Some songs were hits for me and others misses.
Slightly exhausting album. Very Red Hot Chili Peppers. Several hits one has known for a long time.
7/10, really grew on me as I listened, fantastic riffs, truly excellent, not quite my thing, but so we'll made I like it.
Weow duude
Better than I was expecting with a nice swagger, the talent of the musicians also helps
Despite my growing antipathy towards RHCP, I actually quite enjoyed that album.
Two cracking singles and plus Breaking The Girl and the title track save a bland melange of funk rock rap. Fop? I think I'm saying the bad Fop outnumbers the good Fop 2 to 1, but the good Fop is twice as good as the bad Fop. Middle marks.
There are few songs I like there
Revisiting a staple of my mid teens. Bits really hold up. Other bits… do not.
I have a certain amount of nostalgia for this album, and some of the singles are still absolute tunes, but there's a lot of cringe on here too... Think I prefer RHCP in alt rock mode, rather than funk mode... Fave track - "Give it Away", predictably enough!
Meh
Flea and Frusciante are top tier bass and guitar players but Anthony Kiedis’ vocals and songwriting haven’t aged well for me
Deeply embedded in the college experience of the early 90s, the music jams pretty hard but I can't fully get past the juxtaposition of the extra dirty silliness with the super self-important kinda dumb pontificating.
Will Ferrell is such a talented drummer. Not the best actor really. Not the worst mind. He’s not Alec Baldwin running round the set shooting people kind of bad.
Have you ever rubbed chilli under your foreskin and then nailed a deaf girl? It's total bedlam. We sounded like a broken accordion being squeezed by a cartoon donkey on crystal meth. Similar to this album.
This alternative & funk rock album is the Red Hot Chili Peppers' fifth, and launched the band into worldwide fame. The album achieved a platinum certification in just under a year and is now certified seven times platinum. Fans & critics appreciated the band having less emphasis on the heavy metal style, because it allowed the other musical elements - as well as the lyrics - to shine. "Give It Away" & "Under The Bridge" were the most popular songs on the album. I really enjoyed listening to this earlier work from the RHCP band.
I mean there are some classics on this, and very nostalgic, but by the end I felt like it was all a bit repetitive funk!
Here we go again. More slappin' the bass and quickly saying 'hoot, hee, hat, badababa heet har' then doing some slow singing then slappin' the bass again. Guess it's okay though.
It is certainty way better than any of there (more successful) albums that followed. But I find the horror of the albums that followed (and much of the garbage that precedes this) can taint the memory of perfectly listenable funk-rock album. "mellowship Slinky in B Major" or "suck my kiss" are probably the best examples of the agreeable funky nonsense on offer.
I loved this album back in the day, but it feels a bit immature and dated to this fortysomething dad now. Still, "Under the Bridge" and "Give it Away" hold up fairly well. God help him, Anthony Kiedis really could have benefited from autotune :)
it was nostalgic, for some of the wrong reasons. does listening to the acoustic version of the album count?
There’s some classic RHCP tunes on this one. The record starts off great with the power of equality down to suck my kiss supply the energy with the whole band in their prime funky state.
Czlowiek sie ludzil, ze zna czili peppersy, a tu dostaje takiego picka i rzeczywistosc plyty zweryfikowala, po pierwsze nie przypuszczalem, ze to takie potezne wydanie, podwojna plyta, bite godzina dwadziescia materialu na 19 trakach, z czego dwa ostatnie to remastery z 2k06, bo orginalne wydanie jest z 91, kolejnym zaskoczeniem bylo to kto wyprodukowal ten album, a takze wszytkie kolejne, az do ostatniego wydania nie kto inny a sam murzynsko metalowy guru muzyczny, Rick Rubin, wiec do kolekcji zrobionych karier muzycznych musze dopisac mu czili peppery, bo wlasnie po tym albumie stali sie banda grana i sluchana na calym swiecie, a nie tylko lokalnie i to jeszcze jaka plyta, bo takim misz maszem stylow i brzmien sprzedac sie, takie rzeczy to tylko pan Rubin, a co do tego misz maszu, to jesli swoja wizje brzmienia RHCP laczylem z under the bridge, ulubionego numeru z plyty, tak plyta o wiele bardziej przypomina funkowy rock zmieszany z metalowymi rifkami gitarkowymi przeplatanymi ostrym drumieniem, ktore jest po rubinowsku prosto w twarz, do tego dodac czarujace wokale frontmena, to jest pana Kiedisa Anthonego, ktory jak snejk zmienia nie tylko maniere wokalna, ale calkowicie brzmienie swojego glosu w zaleznosci od kawalka od wolnych baladowych brzmien jak z under the bridge i breaking the girl, przez funkowy rapcore suck my kiss czy, wstaw polowe kawalkow plyty, po brzmienie dzikiego zboczenca z sir psycho sexy, tytul plyty dobrze nakierowuje na kontent liryczny, bo zdecydowana wiekszosc funkowego brzmienia, to seks krew i cukier magikowa, tym cukrem nazwalbym bakujace wokale, ktore na wczesniej sir psycho sexy zmuszaja do reflekcji nad dalszym katowaniem sie materialem, ktory w takich momentach strasznie meczy, ale przy takiej objetosci trakowej znalazly sie kawalki o troche mniej seksualnym zabarwieniu, jak my lovely man opowiadajacy o ziomeczku, bylbym czlonku bandy ktory zbyt ostro walil po kablach, mostowy song rowniez porusza podobny motyw, chociaz nie wiem czy chodzi o te sama osobe, odkad nasluchalem sie o tym jak bonzo robil drumem brzmienie zeppelinow o wiele bardziej doceniam jak potrafia one wplyna na melodyjnosc songow, w tym wypadku dochodzi jeszcze rubinowa produkcja, ktora w metalu obok wyeksponowanych ostrych riffow jest wlasnie znana z dobrego uwidocznienia na sceniu drumiarza, dobrym okresleniem gatunkowym tego krazka bedzie funk metal jak czytam, bo laczy on w sobie takze elementy z rapcora, wiec ultimejt alternatywny starter pak lat 90 tak mozna nazwac ten album, bo obok metalowych riffow poslugiwac sie cymbalkami, jak na wspominanym juz sir psycho sexy, to naprawde trzeba miec fantazje, no i wolnosc w tworzeniu muzyki, ale chyba Rubin jest z tego znany, ze dawal wolna reke artystom, a potem szlifowal co wymyslily tegie glowy, a to ze chlopaki mialy wolna reke tworcza zdecydowanie czuc, wiec o ile wiekszosc lustowego materialu nie trafia w moje gusta, to instrumentalnie slychac, ze jest to grane tak jak chcieli grac, a nie jak musieli, a autentycznosc w popowym materiale, to rzadki okaz, na plyte obok under the bridge, ktorego juz mialem wrzuconego leci kawalek z przeciwnego konca spektrum, wiec wspominany psycho sir, dodatkowo najbardziej powtarzalny lirycznie trak, wiec give it away, ostatnim pickiem bedzie my lovely man zeby zbalansowac troche te wybrane numery
Весь альбом скучно слушать. Есть хиты, благодаря которым можно простить всякую вату между ними.
Rhcp was interesting..... Would give it at least a three
Okay, I've liked some pieces, but less than a half :/
3.3 + Back during the Napster days, I downloaded like 3 tracks off this album and didn’t bother to listen to the rest until I found the CD a few years later in some cut-up bin. It’s overlong like so many albums of this peak CD era. The interplay between Frusciante and Flea is exceptional but Kiedis often tanks the sound with his pseudo-intellectual musings and psycho-sexual babble (“Yama daba girl from Alabama…”). To give credit where it’s due, “Under the Bridge”, “Breaking the Girl” have remained among my favorite songs of the 1990s - they are both cinematic and build to dramatic crescendos. “Give it Away” is funky AF. Those would’ve been the songs in my original mp3 stash and 25 years later I stick by that assessment.
I do want to like RHCP, but just can't seem to get into them. Flea and Chad Smith lay down a good groove, but the actual songs don't do that much for me. Maybe a few more listens are needed
Love under the bridge, some of their other stuff I couldn't really get into. It was my first time listening to a full album. I would say it is too long, despite the reasonable range of songs on there. Despite the occasional excellence, a lot of the funk stuff didn't do it for me, as well executed as it was.
RHCP is not my favorite, but they are consistent and they can be a lot of fun. I'm not a big fan of some of the vocal choices that Anthony Kiedis makes, but I can't deny the talent of the rhythm section of Flea and Chad Smith or the amazing guitar playing of John Frusciante. This album has some amazing songs, but I still prefer Californication to this.
Very well put together and produced. Very catchy songs and groovy music
Okay... Funky Bass mixed with brutal rhythmic and vocal styles of funk and rap music with the brutal guitar-driven style of heavy-metal. (6/10) Favorite Tracks: Funky Monks, I Could Have Lied, Under the Bridge
its okay
Good not great
This cd is long and I can see why my mother banned it from the car. Two songs made me laugh out loud literally, some obvious classics from my youth, and a lot of songs I’ll never listen to again. Not my fave but I feel compelled to respect this ridiculous band because of my childhood. But not TOO much respect.
Could use some trimming.
The high water mark for RHCP. The single's from this are all good to great. Some decent deep cuts, but a lot of this album sounds dated now, and dropping the last 6 songs would have resulted in a tighter, better record. Highlights: Breaking the Girl, Suck My Kiss, Give It Away, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Under the Bridge
The best Rhcp album but I don’t vibe with 100% of the tracks
Really in yo face with some bangers sprinkled in
Really not my cup of tea at all. I just can’t get into the Peppers. Can see why people do like it, but just ain’t for me.
Not my favorite Chili Peppers album, but a classic.
voice was pretty low
Funky, fresh, but also super long, could have been edited down tighter. I like this more than most later Chili Peppers albums because it displays a sense of fun that disappeared over the decade.
Fun, different, nostalgic, great instrumentals, 80s vibes, funky vibes, good album but I can't listen to the singer for a full album.
Its allright i think
Meh. OK, but I like their earlier albums better.
honestly just fine they really thought they did something with power of equality idk the angle of their jaws is making me uncomfortable i need a nap i’ll be honest, i am not understanding a word no cause the potential this album has for my ‘on a date with rodrick heffley’ playlist one minute red hot chili peppers make a song under 4 minutes challenge
More funky than I remember.
A good album, with some great tracks, but a little long and repetitive.
Mostly enjoyable, I like the style of music, although the album is way too long... They really could have cut it down to half the length. The production irritated me for some reason: the audio quality seems poor and I don't like the mix. Some of the lyrics are a bit much too, sir pyscho sexy was the worst example of this
Very good
I'm not the biggest fan of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, but this album was diverse in style and still unifying in sound. I enjoyed a couple of the songs and already knew a couple
Give it away now was my favourite song in it. That's all I am saying.
Ja, dit was voor mij destijds wel echt een vernieuwing. Het bandje heb ik dan ook "grijs-gedraaid". Nu weer heel fijn om eens te luisteren, wist alleen niet dat het album zooo lang duurde
I had this album back in the day. I haven't listened to it in years. It's really pretty good. A bit long, but some really good songs.
BSSM by RHCP- I stopped listening halfway through, as the heat death of the universe occurred. This is one of those albums that I think are without any deep cuts, but I’m fine without actually listening to the entire thing to find out. _Breaking the Girl_ is my favorite on this album
"Twisting and turning Your feelings are burning You're breaking the girl (She meant you no harm)" (Breaking the girl) "K-i-s-s-i-n-g Chicka chicka dee Do me like a banshee" (Suck my kiss) Cómo puede ser tan aburrido el disco con una portada de una gente con lenguas de tatuajes tribales dosmileros, no me lo explico. Menos mal que tiene "Give it away" y "Under the bridge".
Bangers'n'cheese. Too long really - trim off the second half of the album and you'd have a classic.
FINALLY AN ALBUM ABOUT SO CAL. This album is too long by half, but I still love some of the hits (Under the Bridge, etc). Weird Al's versions are better though. YOU HEARD IT HERE.
Great bass. Great guitar. RATM vibez at times. The guitar riffs really make the album though. Idk what pedals they're using but it's FUN.
few good songs i'd go to a concert but this one album aint super amazing
It's decent funky rock. I didn't love it, I didn't hate it. Probably not coming back to listen to it again.
This is a long record. Fun to revisit. But... it's a long record. Cut 3-4 tracks and it'd get a fourth star.
War scho in anderer Liste - 3
Too long and gets a little samey but I like the general sound and funk. 7/10
Un disco largo y a ratos repetitivo pero con un energía impresionante. El epítome del sonido de los RHCP antes del cambio del Californication. Un gran disco aunque a ratos cansa. Songs: Under the bridge, Give it away
I enjoy the RHCP, but I am not sure what they are doing on this list. I lost track of how many times the lyric "suck my dick" was sung.
giveitawaygiveitawaygiveitawaynow
Classique
It's overly long but the singles are masterpieces.
El funk siempre va a ser muy agradable, me gusta como le dan siempre una importancia sonora al bajo, algo muuuuy característico de los Red hot chiles muerdes sin dejar detrás a músicos tan grandes como Frusciante y Chad, No creo que sea su mejor disco y después del By the way ya nada es igual
Los RHCP me gustan más en su faceta más pop, con el Californication. Sin embargo este disco es muy bueno y aun sin tener esa producción lista para ser digerida en MTV es muy disfrutable y explica su salto a la fama. No puedo ver este disco sin acordarme del Macaco diciendo el nombre "completo" Red blood hot sugar chili sex peper magick.
Not my favorite RHCP album. They’re clearly talented, but really hit their stride after californication.
Meh. Some catchy songs, but some annoying ones. His voice is kind of annoying too.
I didn’t mind it😎
Wasn't a big fan, just not enough melody and song structure
Rocket som kun red hot kan være det, lidt råt, men et par gode bangers
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik Huff… Først Limp Bixit - så dette… Veit de kva eg hatar? Eg hatar rockevokalistar som “spyttar” ut setningane? Veit de kva meir eg hatar? Når kvar linje blir presentert som om det er den kulaste statementen verda har høyrt. Men dette er ikkje titusen versjonar av russekortet til Doffen Sædstad (“Det er aldri så gæli at det ikkje er godt for noko”) - det er ei heilt grusom lang plate av det soniske takraset Red Hot Chili Peppers var i 1991. Eg veit mange av dykk var i ein slags perfekt, motstandslaus alder då denne plata kom ut, men fytti helvete kor stygg denne stivbeinte funken er. Det høyres ut som om kvar song her er laga for å gi ein eller anna superhelt-utkledd wrestlar ein eigen tema-låt å ankomme ringen til. Sjå på meg. Pappaen min har større tiss enn pappaen din! Og igjen, eg veit dette skjedde på tidleg 90-tal, og at reglane er annleis… men med to kuler i løpet og Fred Durst og Anthony Kiedies i same rom så gir eg lett ei til kvar. 3/10
It’s fine. Anthony Keidis creeps me out.
RHCP is quickly becoming how i think of the rolling stones. Aging rock stars who prey on younger girls and their music is mid outside of a few hits. I used to really like this group
I don't know if this is true everywhere but in my world I hear the Chili Peppers all the freakin' time, whether I like it or not. This is not as annoying as hearing Aerosmith against my will on a near-daily basis, but it's not great. In any case, I've had enough for one lifetime. Two stars.
There's a half way decent 35 minute album hiding in here somewhere, but this didn't need to be nearly an hour and a half long. Excellent playing, although it doesnt quite get away from the idea that P-Funk did it first, but some of the songs are pretty ordinary and whoever told Keidis that he could write lyrics needs to reconsider their life choices. Most of them are at the level of "Baa Baa Motherfuckin' Black Sheep." I'm thinking the Greatest Hits compilation might fill my Chili Pepper needs
Yeah no! I didn't like this! I actively felt like it was making me dumber and it made me dislike the RHCP more and more as I listened. I think it could have been salvaged to a 3 but then I had to listen to Suck my Kiss which is by far the grossest song I've heard in a LONG long time. So it gets a 2 and I think that's being generous.
There are some great sounds in this that show the Chili style that makes them so unique. But I found it a slog mostly.
There are a few great tracks here :Suck My Kiss, Under the Bridge and Break the Girl but the rest is pretty relentless rap/funk.
Probably wouldn't have minded this if it was just 30/40 mins
Started off enjoyable but it just goes on and on and on...
Offensive to the ears
Just something about RHCP I don't like or get. I may have bumped this up to a it's alright (3) if it weren't so long
This did not live up to my nostalgia. I still enjoy some of the non singles.
Sure, there are couple of fun nostalgia songs on here, but who are we kidding. It's bunch of dudes (and at least one pedophile and his pedophile apologists) cosplaying as teenage goofballs and somehow fooling a portion of the buying public.
I find this album pretty boring at points. I think have I heard any of these songs individually I would just brush it off but listening to it back-to-back is so repetitive and I just need something different. I'm someone who doesn't really like Red Hot Chili Peppers, so this was already not gonna work for me. Think 'under the bridge' is cool and the rest of the album isn't offensively bad, but it's just so uninteresting to me. Fav Track: Under The Bridge
At the start, I was hoping to vibe with this, the second song is a bit funky and to me, not the typical red hot sound. But I was let down pretty soon, cause after that they do all sound the same. This is not an album you need to hear, cause it's all drums everywhere and it is crazy long. We do not all of those, no one can say there is no filler here, cause this longer than Man with a Movie Camera and just as boring. They do however have an essence and they are quite distinct from other bands, I may not enjoy it, but I respect it
Something something nick cave radio garbage chili peppers
listening to this feels like doing chores.
ick
Suffering till Under The Bridge and then suffering again
this album felt never ending oh my stars. it’s no scar tissue 🤷 2.5
Meget skuffende. Et par gode sanger, men alt for langt album og for det meste bare læven.
Mwoah, for me Red Hot Chili Peppers was interesting in the 80's. But with Blood Sugar Sex Magik they went spiraling downwards. This release is hard to come through with almost 75 minutes of music with a few good tracks but also a lot of fillers. With the different styles showcased here the only constant negative is the 'singing' of Anthony Kiedis.
In all my years of having this on my iPod, I don't remember listening to it the whole way through very often. That's probably because it's about 30 mins too long, and has many mediocre-to-terrible songs. There are some great ones on here, don't get me wrong! Breaking the Girl, I Could Have Lied, Give It Away, Under the Bridge. Everything else is pretty solid musically, because the band are great. But the singing, rapping and lyrics, are largely terrible. Anthony Kiedis is also an unapologetic child rapist, which I find hard to set aside.
Marginally better than Californication, but still pretty shit
2.3 Carried by Under The Bridge.
Not good 🐷
I struggle to articulate how thoroughly this album disagrees with my taste. I’d never call it talentless, or even unoriginal, but the lack of finesse is simply sickening to me. This is such a garish, puke-colored pastiche of jock-jam machismo and drug-addled psych-pop. I’ve always written off RHCP, and having to sit through 74 minutes of this album was the greatest possible validation my dislike could have ever had. Is it abysmal? Fineeeee, I guess not, if we’re being objective. “Breaking the Girl” and "Under the Bridge" are pretty great, but nearly every time a song started turning in a direction I liked, some stupid, spicy-white bullshit came along to ruin the fun. This is music for middle-aged, foul-mouthed beach bums living in Malibu and dodging the sex offender registry. Fav Tracks: Breaking the Girl, I Could Have Lied, Under the Bridge Least Fav: Suck My Kiss Score: 2.5
The good news is that this is the last album from RHCP I'll ever be forced to listen to, since I got Californication fucking yesterday. The bad news is that this is mostly shit. Music made by edgelord wannabes who really wanted to tell the world the very topical message that the KKK's philosophy is bad. In 1991. How daring. This shit is so white the melanin of my tanned skin left me. At LEAST the album has energy, which Californication lacked, but I wish that energy was used on doing something more intelligent and bearable.
An initially fairly good funk album. Way too long though. It does become quite irritating and repetitive and I eventually couldn't wait for it to end.
I got bored of this album half way through. They have one banger on it but apart from that not for me.
there are flashes of decentness but generally i think it's bloated and not too interesting. also doesn't help that kiedis likes kids
Sometimes I feeeel like this album was not that fun to listen to. He talks a lot. It’s very abrasive. Not for me.
Three incredibly talented musicians making great music combined with a singer lacking in any talent who writes songs as juvenile as his girlfriend.
I swear Under the Bridge must have been ghost written because practically every other song on this WAY too long of an album sounds like it was written by a 12 year old who heard about sex for the first time but doesn't even really understand what it is or how it works, he just knows some of the terms. Kiedis is on the Mount Rushmore of terrible lyricists who managed to surround themselves with incredibly talented musicians. He has an interesting voice but if you stop and listen to the things he's saying its hilarious how poorly written it all is. He's also a self-admitted pedo, which is not surprising given the lyrical content of his songs. I'm giving this album a 2 instead of the 1 it probably truly deserves just because Under the Bridge is a fantastic song and John, Chad, and Flea are all very talented and deserve a better lyricist.
"suck my kiss", come now
Not my fav but I can appreciate it