Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Just too horny for me.

Oh dammit. I used to own this album, really outgrew this band. I do have some fun memories pinned here, but blegh, Anthony Kedis really doesn't do these guys any favors. Nope, not a fan at all.

Instrumentals were fine, but the vocals were shockingly bad. The last track "They're Red Hot" is especially horrendous. My favorite RHCP track "Under the Bridge" is from this album, so I expected it to at least be decent, but I was wrong.

I must admit that i am a Chili Peppers Hater from way back. I also had to admit to never having listened to this entire album. Under the Bridge and Breaking the Girl were just awful songs. But giving them a fair shake I have to admit that this is not the worst band nor the worst album ever. There are 4 or 5 truly original well done songs here (of course there are 17 songs on the album so a blind squirrel am I right?). That being said I cannot give them the 1 I was sure they richly deserved. I can't get them to a 3 either just because 5 out of 17 is not a 3 in my book. A high 2 is all I can fairly muster here. But good on you, you forced me to actually listen to an album I would have bet yesterday I would die without playing. :)

Has two good songs in it with a whole bunch of garbage surrounding them. 2.5/5 at best.

Seems like a terrible mix? One very strong and beautiful song, rest kinda meh. Felt like you could really tell the vocal limitations this band always grapples with.

low 2 why does the mix sound so thin? all songs feel so long. keep looking back at the track list and finding im only 3 songs further down the list what seems like hours later. you could say its like rage against the machine but so much less exciting - its more make passive aggressive comments against the machine. something so unappealing about the chillis

Rating: 4/10 You know, it's really not that bad but even the 'best' of the chili peppers is really just on the edge of tolerable. In the case of this album, you can absolutely claim that this is a talented group of musicians making shitty music that sometimes turns out ok. I don't care for the funk rock and rap rock sound that they make, and Kiedis's vocals and lyrics are so annoyingly shit to me, sometimes ruining the songs for me entirely on their own. The best part of the album is the run of Give it Away-title track with its guitar work-Under the Bridge, pretty solid. As far as I'm concerned everything after that stretch could have been cut up until Sir Psycho Sexy, with a good outro that of course gets ruined by the inclusion of that last song.

The hits were decent, the rest of the 1hr14min album was offensively annoying. Pretty shallow, while also jumpy and hyper. ADHD in musical form, in a bad way 4.3/10

Nothing that special,. Liked a couple of songs.

Idk didn't really like it. Felt a bit too "I listen to this and therefore I'm cool"

Well one thing is for sure, no one can accuse Anthony Kiedis of being a great lyricist. He's made damn sure of that.

I feel like this is something Reese from Malcolm in the middle would listen to.

Way too long and just ok overall

Yeah its good but not for me...

could listen to Under the Bridge all day but would skip the rest

Anthony Kiedis found dead under the bridge. 2.3/5

These guys are obviously fantastic musicians. And I'm going to sound like my grade four teacher here... but this is why this album is so disappointing. They just didn't work hard enough to reach their full potential. One perfect song (Under the Bridge, or as I call it 'how to compress a strat to the point that you can hear the individual atoms in the strings), a few OK songs (Give it Away), and a lot of boring dreck in-between. Oddly, of the filler tracks, Sir Psycho Sexy was the most interesting song (musically) if one ignores the lyrics. Also, my wife noted that the lyrics to the title track made her vagina as dry as the Sahara. One other point. Why the hell are the snare hits so forward in the mix? They were like ice-pick hits that just annoyed the hell out of me.

I only know "Under the Bridge" as of now, and let's just say I'm not excited to hear "Suck My Kiss" based on the way people talk about it. It's the upcoming song and so far I don't hate this album. It's eh. I've always had a bit of a problem with the vocals in their songs. Okay, it's not the worst song ever. It's just like the rest of this album. So eh. I don't really like the funk element honestly. My little white ass is tickled pink Cock my brain to shoot my load Global abortion please She must be moist "I'm in love with the wilderness", Lottie Matthews at some point probably My dick got hard She liked the looks of me and my willy My hard-on bleeding (I can lend you a tampon for that, man) There's a devil in my dick and some demons in my semen Creamy beaver (just say wet pussy at this point; it's not making me cringe as much) Ooo that's tight Turned a cherry pie right into jam (that poor woman's clit) In your pussy I'd kill Put your kidneys to sleep And for my new favorite poem: "Twinkle twinkle little star Shining down on my blue car Driving down the boulevard She was soft and I was hard" Guys, as a woman I can assure you that talking so much about how hard your dick is will totally get you that woman (to call the police).

4 stars for Under the bridge, minus 2 stars for the rest of the album.

Whenever I listen to RHCP at the start I'm like "oh, this is better than I remembered/thought" and then the singer starts singing and I can bear it no longer. This could've been an amazing instrumental band, man.

Good stuff but bloated as hell

Op de achtergrond tijdens het schoonmaken van de keuken had ik er niet heel veel last van, totdat de line "theres a devil in my dick, some demons in my semen" kwam. Nu ik het zo uittyp is het lowkey highkey hilaar maar mijn god, niet met de delivery van dat nummer hahhaha. Hardop gelachen ook om de onintentionele 'wake up, twink- -kle little star' Het is ook wel echt een veel te lang album voor zulke sub-mid muziek. Ik zie uit naar een beter rhcp album in deze lijst (als ik voor die tijd ff kan inlocken en mn luisterachterstand kan inhalen)

meh. 11 nummers volgehouden en toen had ik t wel echt gehoord

Not for me, never particularly like the RHCP and this went on for far too long and ended upnfeeling like background noise not the focus of my attention. 2 cos I Under the Bridge is a cool tune.

Greatest musicians you know make slime slime music (derogatory)

meh

It is giving variations on a theme. Favourite track: Under the Bridge

Never been a huge RHCP fan. Most of their stuff sounds the same to me, the singer yelps like a dog whose tail has been stepped on. Californication is clearly the better album. There are some good songs here, but the album is way to long overall. Although I enjoyed some songs, most of them didn't appeal to me, and I couldn't find any interesting lyrics.

I was never a fan of RHCP, listening to an entire album doesn't change that. As talented as (at least some of) the band may be, the songs don't really catch my attention. A few titles (the obvious hits, I guess) may be fun pop rock tracks, but overall it's just okay.

A band I’ve never liked. Funk rock, Kiedis’ rapping style singing (or actually any of his singing),too American. And pretty terrible tunes, Suck My Kiss as an example is awful. A 2 all day long and that’s only because Give It Away is ok. Don’t trust a RHCP fan. Last words to Nick Cave- ‘I’m forever near a stereo saying, ‘What the fuck is this garbage?’ And the answer is always the Red Hot Chili Peppers’.

Like Under the Bridge quite a bit but the rest is just, like not really my thing man.

This is a difficult album for me to review because even though I don’t actually dislike the album, unsurprisingly at 79 minutes long, I have always found it a mammoth of a task to get through with an entire album’s worth of RHCP style filler tracks before we reach the Hendrix cover which closes it out. For that reason alone I can’t justify anything better than a two star review. It’s not captivating or consistent enough to score more, though a well edited 50 minute album would admittedly be a solid 3 pushing a 4. If I still owned this album, I’d give it away, give it away, give it away now.

Dude, after listening to that I get the sense that someone sat them down and literally said, cut the shit

For every song I like there are 4 or 5 I don't like at all. 2 stars or D+.

Rock, Rap, 1991 -> 2

RHCP are the greatest trio in rock history.

It was hard for me to listen to every song. I’m just not into it at this point in my life. Def a couple good sing-alongs. Under the Bridge and Breaking the Girl are great songs

Was quite keen to hear this again but honestly, don't much like it. And it goes on and on. 74 minutes of wacky, staccato nonsense, with a couple of transcendent high points. Thank goodness that's the capacity limit for CD as a format or they might still be bouncing, spanking, and gurning away at it even now 😅

Call me basic but I prefer RHCP’s more mainstream albums

Don’t like this 2

It’s sort of a miracle that the music can occasionally rise above Anthony Kiedis’s terrible vocal performances. He really is awful and drags every song down. Under the Bridge really is the standout and the only song on here that doesn’t have something embarrassing happen with his fuckass voice.

this jus sauceless nu metal, get this bullshit away from me

So overplayed … outgrown this band

idk im not a big RHCP fan. I like their popular songs and can see why those are the only popular songs.

Mid everything but bass

2/5 Energetic throughout but man is there a lot of uselessness on here.

1: Under the Bridge 2: If You Have to Ask 3: Give It Away

It was an important and nostalgic album growing up, but there is so much filler on it

Some great stuff on this collection, particularly Under the Bridge and Give It Away So its a shame I have never really enjoyed the bass-forward funky sound or the vocal delivery style

probably closer to a three and i'm definitely biased here by already not really liking rchp... album starts off real rough and i cringed at some of the songwriting throughout. kept thinking about how the rhcp frontman is ostensibly tone deaf and also that tumblr post that's like "why you hating on the red hot chili peppers man?" "although i disagree with your music taste i must applaud you for your ability to type this while skateboarding through campus"

Nah. Not for me. Noen godlåter trekker opp.

Not a fan of em. Heard em to much

This is how I remember RHCP

Only a couple of songs worth caring about.

Disappointed because I love other RHCP albums but this one wasn’t for me. The rap was cringe.

I had this album when I was a kid and thought I would enjoy it more than I did. In reality, the lyrics mostly range from weak to mildly cretinous, the vocals can be grating and the whole album is overlong.

Nice instruments, in particular the bass, shame about the vocals and lyrics.

I listened to all of it. A bunch of it was just noise. One banger

Trash apart from the bangers

As per usual, a good set of songs mixed within a whole lot of filler. Do these guys have an album that isn't like 40 minutes too long? Flea and Rick Rubin are probably the best two parts of the record for me.

Funk-rock doesn’t do it for me. The vocals were super cringy. Some of the Flea bass lines were cool but the overall instrumental feels like watered down funk with really heavy-handed drums and guitar, mostly makes me want to listen to the real stuff.

I thought this would be a 3, but its less fulfilling than that and it's in the process of being inconsequential. In 10 years noone will listen to this.

I’m just not a chili peppers kind of girl. I do not fuck with the vibe they’re putting out. That being said I have a soft spot for flea for some reason? Liked their hits in middle school, so there’s a nostalgia factor, but it’s just not for me. -Ruby Anthony Kiedis is one of the most obnoxious vocalists in rock history. White boy P-Funk can have its moments but this record is mostly too silly enjoy.

Pretty stupid

This album was not good enough to be this long - started out okay, and only went downhill. By the time I got to Sir Psycho Sexy, I was completely over it. The only thing saving me from giving this album a 1 is Under the Bridge and the mildly interesting instrumentation. I can’t believe I was excited for this album, what a disappointment! Listening to this album is what it feels like to interact with most men my age.

This has all of the worst parts about the RHCP amplified to 11. There are songs in here that are so good, ruined by weird shit that is so bad. Best Song: Under the Bridge Rating: 4/10 Stars: 2

I used to like this, but I grew over it, and Anton's lyrics and singing are as nails in a chalkboard now.

muito barulho na minha cabeça não é muito do meu gosto

Biggest issue with this album is how long it is, if they ended it with Under the Bridge, I would have actually quite enjoyed it! Sir Psycho Sexy can fuck off though - that and the 1+ hr running time makes this a 2 for me. I did also enjoy Breaking the Girl, Give It Away, and the title track; and the bass from Flea is pretty sick throughout. Wouldn't want to listen through the whole thing again, though.

some decent singles on here but my god why is this an hour and 15 minutes

Apart from the 2 songs that made it out of 1991 this album is trash

what the heck is this album cover. This album is a long ride and found it uninteresting!

This sounds like a parody of rock music an Evangelical moral crusader would find and make a huge culture war issue

interesting album title lol 5 songs in.. and i want an album by women.. please be one next 19 songs on one album is too many horny guys with instruments. it's not the type of music i would be throwing on personally. I don't really like the cadence the lead singer uses. Choppy sing-talking is not pleasant to me. I like the instrumentals on song of the songs.

Probably the only album I consider tolerable by RHCP.

Meh weet niet wat ik verwachte maar dit was m niet

ah chili pepers. jo da mue glaub do sii hä. bi au nüm de grösst fan bin aber au kein teenager meh. power of equality isch scho sehr funk und rap und so. scho irgendwie öpis eigets. if you have to ask au funny, quietschigi synths tüüfe bass. funky monks würklich? bin etz bi mellowship in B major und finds no streng. de sevi het recht d snare haut eim in grind. righteous and the wicked no cooli chords vode gitarre. aber de song isch nöd viel. give it away kenni natürli. scho lang nüm glost, isch jo insane nervig hahahaha under the bridge huuere overplayed aber schono guet. wenn de bads inechunt isch super. und de gitarre part isch 1:1 hendrix aber halt au drum cool. bi naked in the rain isch de flea eeeendlich mol im vordergrund er isch so klar s beste a dere band. he ich bin chli enttüscht egientli. ha gmeint da seg so mega ihres guete album. bin etz nöd sooo fan. het scho s paar gueti tracks aber s isch würkli z lang (90er halt) und chli gliich und s isch weder mega mega funky no hittets richtig hert. omg de 8 minute song geg de schluss hetmer gad de rest geh. 2.

WAS isch das füre snare WO BASS for real wie scheisse ischs erste lied gsi de refrain isch na easy gsi aber alles andere...oof ok mal chli bass wo ich für länger als 5 min ghör häää ich cheggs nöd ok iwie findi de mix jz besser? han ich am lorge eifach gspunne blood sugar sex magik isch na funny han under the bridge rig nie mega gern gha aber hans jz eig na cool gfunde greeting song macht spass!! my lovely man het BASS OHA sir psycho sex isch eifach chli dumme spass gsi aber de schluss findi echt geil hahaha wär en perfekte schluss gsi fürs album aber chegge au de goofy schluss mit they're red hot han die erste paar lieder echt STRENG gfunde, sicher au wegem mix und nachane hets echt paar cooli lieder gha. wird es 2 oder 3 muss es mier na überlege

Not my 90s jams

Huge gap between the best RHCP songs and the worst. Huge. I'd really rather not deal with all the worst ones.

Pre-listen whining: Whyyyy is it so long why are all of these 90s albums so looooong why why why. Maybe CDs were a mistake Post-listen whining: I think I liked this more than ‘Californication’? This is long enough to repeat some ideas and I’m still really not crazy about the rapping, but the production is strong and I really dig Flea’s bass work and Chad Smith’s drumming. Guitar sounds good too. As a whole I understand the RHCP “thing” way better after this album than ‘Californication’. Elevated butt rock. I agree with streaming data: “Under the Bridge” is an obvious hit and the strongest thesis statement for the RHCP sound. The title track did elicit an “oh, yuck” from me.

meh.

the best album from a dogshit band

Angerrr

Terrible. Dunno how Antony keidis has made a career out of being a terrible singer with terrible lyrics. Everything starts OK then he starts singing. Stand out - breaking the girl, I could have lied

Music by that guy who doesn’t know how to keep his shirt on. I had a boss when I worked at Starbucks who was obsessed with RHCP. He put on album after album one shift and we teased him for it. He got so butthurt he said we could only play corporate approved playlists after that.

what the hell is this. ok funk rock can be cool but maybe this is also too hip hoppy? I dont like the vocals but the instrumental is good. I dont understand how some people call this red hot chilli pepper’s best album there are loads that are better (getaway, by the way.. etc) this definitely is very different to the rhcp albums i like

4/10

Lot of speak singing but the background bass/guitar/drums good. Not really the biggest fan of the vocals. Not for me.

rate: 2/10 fav song: castles made of sand (the only song i actually enjoyed) didn't really enjoy tbh! not my vibe and, potentially controversial, find his voice quite annoying oops. do quite like castles made of sand though!

Not great. A lot of tracks could have been left off in my opinion. 2.1/5.0

RHCP have some songs that I really like, but none of them are from this period. This album is the epitome of style over substance... they sound kind of cool, but the songs are just so dumb. I did not enjoy listening to this.

20 minutes of a good album and an hour of just grating nonsense.

The oversexualised lyrics come off crude and unpleasant. Prince somehow gets away with albums all about sex without sounding like a horny teenager. This just sounds like the work of horny teenagers for the most part, which might be why I quite liked it in my mid teens. Couldn't listen to the full 8 minutes of Sir Psycho Sexy. But listened to Under the Bridge twice to make up for it.

I don’t really know what to say, this was the first full red hot chili peppers album I’ve ever heard and it’s not something I expected but also not something unexpected either. pretty neutral about it, some songs were a bit more questionable than others, but maybe that’s their appeal anyways.

Listen, I know people like music like this. And it's not bad music generally. It is just not my music. This went way too long. Why was the second to last song 9 minutes? I started to lose my mind.

These guys are FUCKING lame. Everyday I thank god that this weird mix of grunge, hip hop and funk was short lived. The music is alright but I cannot get the image of absolute 90s clowns on the other side of the recording. It's genuinely upsetting that this was ever considered cool.

The opening track was so annoying it almost made me a conservative. I could barely turn much of this album up over a low volume because it was so annoying. Under the Bridge and Give it Away were good, and they’re obviously talented, but god please make it stop.

5/10 Favourite: The Power of Equality Least Favourite: Suck My Kiss

Few good song , otherwise boring and a mess

Bestes Lied: Apache Rose Peacock, Under the Bridge Lieder auf Playlist: 0

Apart from a couple of standout tracks this seems very forgettable

It's OK. Red Hot Chili Peppers' music is fine, but a bit gamey.

Ugh I tried to listen to this with an open mind, and there was a time when I liked this, but I think I’m way over RHCP. I tried to look up some criticism from the time and it was mostly good reviews, about their new and varied sound. It doesn’t get it past the point that this is nonsense bro funk rock.

RHCP is like goodish/okayish to me. Maybe because they're so popular I'm like ehh on them as a whole. 2.8 This probably got a 3.4

Oh fun. A RHCP album from when they were actually good. I’m using the word good liberally.

this album couldve been half the length and wouldve been 10 times better

I listened to RHCP for a while as a kid and teenager, but that time is gone. This is a good example of an album that is too long, and on top of that, uneven and toxic.

Such talented musicians and they let Anthony Keidis sing like an absolute dipshit and ruin this whole thing.

Woof, I was expecting better You can tell the band has some chops, but not a great listen at all.

Under the bridge - amazing The rest of the album - not it Sad bc I love a lot of their songs and other albums and I truely thought I’d love this

Every single song is the same. "Brap boo baa brap, bingy bangy bingo" Tedious then, tedious now.

Mærkelig blanding af ok numre og bras. I Could Have Lied sendte mig tilbage på efterskolen.

All pretension.

74 minutes is too long. Under The Bridge the only good song

Is there another band that has such highs and ridiculous lows than the Red Hot Chilli Peppers? Under The Bridge is such a tune, Give It Away isn’t bad either. The rest was slap bass garbage. Simpsons: Yes

Agree with Rozza's review. Under the Bridge is awesome. Give it Away is pretty good. I thought they would drag the album up to a 3... but by the time the album finished, absolutely not. Some really cringey songs on here.

The fun to dumb ratio is off with this one

Unimpressed by this. ⭐️⭐️

Its too long. Some great stuff but theres way too much filler

Lite för funkig för min smak, definitivt inte enkel att jobba till haha.

This album as a whole is pretty aggravating. I liked the vibe better when I was 20, but I think it has aged poorly and isn't really cool at all now. It's a long album filled with similar funky rock and a masterclass in Kiedis rapping. There are enough good parts to save it, but I really don't like this personally.

Vocals have never done it for me.

Not as bad as people make it out to be but I can take it or leave it.

decent album but holy hell it's so long and boring at times i just tune out

Very familiar with this album, know every track, but it's just not my cup of tea.

When I was 14 I thought these guys were cool. Now I’m 41 and think they pretty much suck. The singles are solid, “Under the Bridge” is still great. But the rest oscillates between totally forgettable and downright embarrassing. Anthony Kiedis may be the worst lyricist in rock history.

#762. Look, I know this probably deserves at least a three, but I've had a rough night, and I hate the fucking E̶a̶g̶l̶e̶s̶ Red Hot Chili Beppers, man. 2/5: please, spare me from this

‘Definitely a singles band’ - Luke

Literally only one good song

terrible

Kinda funky in a good way Although it does feel a little like men overcompensating for the fact that they can't pull

Even familiarity doesn't help this. I like their attempt at something funky and I get why a lot of my mates lived them but I can't buy in

Although I remember when this group was popular, I wasn't a fan, so I really never listened to any of their music until this album. After listening to this album, I'm still not a big fan, but I did like "Under The Bridge" which I thought was different than most of their songs, and more of a ballad than most of the other music this group produced.

This was a hard album to get through. I’m mot a fan of the peppers and when I saw how many tracks I let out a groan. It’s so funny cuz I can recognize the individual talent of all members, but put together it leads to results ranging from enjoyable to just kind of a funk-lite bore Standouts include breaking the girl(love that middle breakdown), I could have lied, and under the bridge (their biggest hit and can actually see why, Ive listened to it plenty of times) Everything else is just either annoying funk noises (give it away being the biggest offender) or just consistent 4-5 minute rock rap funk trials I’m just waiting to be over I did like “theyre red hot” as an ended, one of my fave Robert Johnson songs. But either way, not a fan and won’t be revisiting

I liked the more melodic tracks like "Breaking the Girl" and "Under the Bridge," but those felt unfortunately few and far between; maybe I haven't done enough drugs in my life, but the droning, monotonous, bored-sounding rap over funky bass lines did nothing for me. This album did manage to have some of the most blisteringly unsexy songs about sex, so I guess that's some kind of achievement. Best: "Under the Bridge" Worst: "Sir Psycho Sexy"

Ugh I usually enjoy the peppers (when I say this I mean I like their newest album and the hits) but this seems like it’s only the bad parts of whatever they put in all of their songs. I tried getting through this multiple times and Suck my kiss put me off every single time so it’s only so far I can go with this

Unlike other comments, I don’t think Frusciante or Smith are doing anything particularly special here. Both are undoubtly gifted, professional musicians, but what they do mostly serves as a tight but boilerplate backdrop for the songs. Aside from a few intriguing solos maybe (at the end of “I Could Have Lied” for example)… But what keeps this record from being a completely dull funk rip-off disaster is Kiedis’s idiosyncratic singing and the - undoubtedly - brilliant Flea. Of course, Kiedis lyrics are hit or miss (with far more miss than hit - just listen to „Suck My Kiss”, ouch), but at least his delivery is distinctive and charismatic. His full stylistic range - good and bad alike - is on display on “Mellowship Slinky in B Major”. I wouldn’t call anything on Blood Sugar Sex Magik (the Chili Peppers never fail to come up with stupid album titles) genius, or even particularly good, aside from Flea’s bass playing. However, with so many actually great funk (adjacent) records out there, there’s no compelling reason to ever sit through this one again.

Hated it. The funk and rap elements along with the lyricism are ridiculous. Understand The Bridge, Breaking The Girl, and I Could Have Lied are the only listenable songs

Went in with preconceptions. RHCP are a band I should love, in theory - I love so many of their influences: Gang of Four; James Brown; Iggy Pop/The Stooges. But they are so cringeworthy it hurts sometimes. Anthony Kiedis is a paedo.

RHCP is not my kind of rock in the slightest.

This is a long album at an hour and 14 minutes. Somehow it felt even longer than that. I don't like the Chilis, and listening to an entire album through didn't help that. A couple tracks were ok, but most of it I was just counting the seconds until it was over. 2/5

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wow that was long

Well, I don’t have much to say about this. I guess if you’ve heard one song from this album you’ve heard them all.

The soundtrack to a Michael Bay porn flick.

Very samey, each song sounded like the previous one. Tough listen

"Ba-di ba-da ba-zumba crunga cong gone bad!" Chili Willy did not age well. I played in a white boy funk band in college in the late 80's so early Chili's were a big part of our set. It all sort of embarrasses me now.

RHCP is fine and the music is well done but I just don't enjoy their sound.

Early 90s rock. Made them famous. California skater rock. 90s.

I like the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Their song "Californication" is one of my favorite songs of all time. However, I didn't really feel connected to this album. It is not bad per se but I did feel it drag on and it just didn't have the same feel that I expected from them. This is an old album, maybe their music evolved as time went on. I am giving this a 2.

1991 RHCP have made one good album and this isn't it. The misogynistic overtone of the lyrics, and Kiedis generally being an unlikable individual make this an unrewarding listen. Musically, in places, there's a decent noise being made, if a bit over-produced, but overall it's a bit '90s teenage lad centric. Heard before ✅️ Listened this time ✅️ Revisit ❌️ Noncy★★☆☆☆ (4/10)

They do some cool things with percussion but I absolutely despise their rancid vibes

Frusciante is the Jonny Greenwood of RHCP. A good musician in the midst of mediocrity.

Totally bloated. I can’t believe they recorded Soul to Squeeze during these sessions and decided to keep it off the record for all this other boring, generic white guy funk shit. I still love Breaking the Girl and Under the Bridge. Suck My Kiss has an amazing bass line but the lyrics are pretty gross. A decent chunk of songs could be cut off the record and you’d lose nothing. I’ve said it before: Anthony Kedis is so lucky he met Flea. But even the immaculate bass playing can’t save almost every song from turning into a snooze fest.

Maybe I don't like these guys as much as I thought I did. Californication, Scar Tissue, Can't Stop, Under the Bridge all fantastic songs, but that album came off as annoying if anything. The 6 minute sex song was not necessary. Under the Bridge is still great though.

I would assume that this was a hip-hop album cover were I a fool, though I fortunately know that Red Hot Chili Peppers are a rock band. Alternative I'm assuming, though I've never willingly listened to a single song of theirs. There's a decent chance I could like this, though that hour-ten runtime is giving me some bad juju. You never go for the hour-tenner. Some pretty interesting genres on this one. I guess I wasn't too far off in my hip-hop appraisal, and "funk rock"/"funk metal" are genres I can confidently say I've never heard of before. I'll just rip off the Band-Aid. This thing is way, way too long. Both in general runtime and individual track length. "Funky Monks" came as a particular surprise, as I checked my YouTube Music thinking I had accidentally repeated it only to realise that I still had a minute left of song to get through. The rocking atmosphere makes for an above-average listen, though much of this music winds up sounding the same - especially during the second half. I normally don't care for lyrics so long as the music is good, though I many of these lyrics also had me rolling my eyes. "Breaking the Girl" is a good tune. The vocals are pretty alright, and the acoustic guitar goes a long way in creating a vast, engaging atmosphere. "The Righteous & the Wicked" has a pretty sweet, silky smooth guitar riff in the middle of the track. The vocal style of "Give It Away" is interesting. I've heard that chorus emanating throughout other songs. Oh, hey. "Under The Bridge". I've heard this song a good number of times before - it used to be in me pappy's driving playlist. Good song. The way that the guitars transition and segue into one another is pretty great, and Kiedis' vocals mellow out into something much more palatable. The transition near the end of the song drives the piece to a solid finish, and I enjoy how his the vocals ride alongside the carefree instrumental. Book time. Genre-blending. Sold very well. Hmm. I'm checking Wikipedia. Stylistic shift for the band. Critical slam dunk. Credited with starting the alternative rock boom of the 90s. Okay, this album has definitely earned it's stripes. I cosign this inclusion.

I don’t love this album, but I don’t hate it. I’ll admit, it’s probably mostly because the singles are played out and everyone’s parents say this is the greatest thing to happen to music since the Beatles, but it’s ok.

That was mean of them to put two RHCP albums in a row. I disliked this album less than I disliked Californication, but I still disliked this album. If the other one is a low 2 star (2.1), this is a mid 2 star (2.6).

Why is it soooo loooong. There’s a couple of songs I enjoyed due to nostalgia, but the rest was a chore to get through. Tbh I feel like I would like this album more if it was instrumentals only

This is a very cohesive album both in style and title. It holds 2 of their better known songs "Give it Away" and "Under the Bridge". This album was okay. It just didn't spark joy.

Musically, this is excellent. Lyrically, it’s poor. It’s also far too long.

Edgelord fedora ahh album

A couple decent tracks, but this is a slog to get through.

My immediate response was to groan when I saw the band. But I did like them when I was younger and so I wanted to try and listen without finding them a bit lame/ annoying. The funk sound was a bit grating for me. I still love californication though.

A boring album that took effort to get through. They only have one sound and it gets old.

Really quite boring. That one track that was a hit stands out.

Some albums just stand the test of time, exposing new layers and depths when you listen at different stages of your own life. Fine wine classics. This is not one of them.

I have pretty much always disliked RHCP and I am sorry to say this album hasn't changed that. There was some good instrumentals here and there but even the best songs have the annoying singer. Whaddayagonnado?

Blood Sugar Sex Magik might have been groundbreaking at the time, but listening now it feels very dated. The mix of funk grooves, rap-style vocals, and rock riffs locks it firmly into the early 90s, and not always in a flattering way. Tracks like “Give It Away” and “Suck My Kiss” still have plenty of energy, but the juvenile lyrics and over-the-top delivery make them harder to take seriously today. There are a few moments that hold up better, like “Under the Bridge,” which shows a more vulnerable side of the band, but much of the album leans into a style that has not aged gracefully. The production is crisp, the musicianship is tight, yet the overall vibe feels stuck in its era. What once sounded fresh and rebellious now mostly comes across as a relic of its time.

Honourable mention for the album’s ability to instantly make everything a bit sleazier

I have never been a fan of the Red Hot Chili Peppers so I hadn't listened to any songs not played on the radio. My first impression was a jamming bass line an there's way more funk than I thought there would be. The music videos were more psychedelic than expected. I am definitely stupider after listening to "Apache Rose Peacock".

Solid, but I was never the biggest RHCP fan.

Under the bridge is the only thing that saves this album. Something about RHCP I just cannot do.

I do jot like the Chili Peppers

𝘉𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘚𝘶𝘨𝘢𝘳 𝘚𝘦𝘹 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘬 showcases a band playing tightly together, and tracks like 𝘎𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘐𝘵 𝘈𝘸𝘢𝘺 and especially 𝘜𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦 prove they could write genuine classics. But at over 70 minutes it drags, bloated by the urge to fill an entire CD. The real weak link is Anthony Kiedis, whose nasal, often grating delivery quickly wears thin. In the alternative landscape of 1991, there were far stronger albums to spend that time on.

Gives me anxiety. 2 for Under the Bridge

Ehh

I liked "Breaking the girl" and "Under the Bridge", but most of the other songs didn't work for me.

Yikes. “Under the Bridge” is a classic, but most of the rest are forgettable, obnoxious bro rock (well I guess you have to give them credit for helping to invent that category).

I liked how upbeat it was halfway through the album. The drums and bass were good, in fact, the whole rhythm section was good and the guitar gave me hints of metal riffs at times, however, I felt like their were just reheating nachos halfway through the album and I got bored of it. The vocals, which are very important to me, weren’t giving me any or any sort of emotion, so I stopped listening halfway through, but I know people love the red hot chili peppers, so I MIGHT come back later once I’ve listened to more albums.

One decent song that has been overplayed.

This was okay. RHCP are decent enough band but I’ve never really thought they made great albums. They have some good hits but I don’t think they have enough depth to fill an album with truly great songs. It’s very true for this because this album is way too long and full of stuff that just isn’t that great. It’s carried heavily by its instrumentation (I adore Frusciante’s playing and Flea is one of the funkiest bass players around), Keidis just isn’t that great. Under the Bridge is a great song and probably put this album higher than it should be.

"A little boy came along name of Louis Armstrong Said that girl who left me silly she liked the looks of me and my willy"

Funky bass lines. Listened to it a few times while at work. Honestly didn't think much of it. It reminds me of what I think Mom's vibes were when she was all sun-bleached in California. Like a super cool teenager. Definitely not my favorite of the Chili Peppers. I think I like their later stuff better.

It’s a Red Hot Chili Peppers album.

I remember how big of a deal this album was when it was released, but it's really a mixed bag. Most of the songs have goofy lyrics rapped over repetitive funk grooves. But the album does have its surprises, such as the lovely "I Could Have Lied", a standout moment in an otherwise underwhelming group of songs.

It's got the two Red Hot Chili Peppers hits I like (Give It Away and Under the Bridge) on it, so I guess this is my favourite of their albums, if only by default. Ultimately though, they're just not a band I enjoy listening to for more than a couple of songs, let alone for over an hour. By the time Anthony Kiedis started going on about the demons in his semen, I'd mentally checked out.

Tis okay

peak incelcore music

I am familiar with some of their newer songs. I am familiar with Give It Away and Under the Bridge. This is my kind of music I will listen to the rest of their discography at some point. For some reason, this particular album took me awhile to get through. Not sure if it was because of what else was going on or if I was just bored. It could also be because I’m more familiar with their later albums. But I made it through. There were really no standout songs for me on this album.

Hasn’t aged well and the crass sexual innuendo even worse. Quieter songs are OK. Can’t get past the awful lyrics though.

Torn on this one. Minus anthony kiedis they’re a really talented band but it’s hard to enjoy much else because fuck anthony kiedis. They have a good sound overall, but it’s a very one note album. Under the bridge is sweet, some of the other tracks get old fast. Lyrics aged horribly. Did I say fuck anthony kiedis?

"Under The Bridge" is excellent, but the rest of the album sounds like a teenage funk band playing the third concert.

I liked Under The Bridge but it's a long slog to get to it and a long slog left after it has finished..

I know this is considered one of their essential albums, but it's honestly probably my least favorite of theirs

As sleazy as Aerosmith but with none of the fun. Under the Bridge is a great song. The rest are hard to listen to, knowing that the lead singer likes underage girls.

Niet mijn vibe, iets te mannelijk

ok in small doses. 2

I’m not a fan of the Chili Peppers in general to start and I found this album underwhelming.

red hot chili peppers

This album's fine, but not much more. It's also far too long for something as mediocre as it is. If the first half were dropped, I think this could be 3, maybe 4 stars.

4/10 A load of relentless Meh, punctuated by the awesome Under the Bridge. Rest of it is too long and boring

Me in 1991: "Can't wait for the RHCP show!" Me in 2025: "JFC this album won't end." These guys have been at it a million years and are good at what they do (well, Kiedis is debatable), but what they do grates on my nerves. "Give It Away" doesn't bother me as much as the rest, so that's something, I guess.

Five stars for Flea, John Frusciante, and Chad Smith. Unfortunately, when you mix manure and ice cream, it doesn't really affect the manure but it does affect the ice cream. On the not so bright side, not sure why this was 2.5 times as long as classic Van Halen album.

I find them boring and repetitive

I’m kinda done w it sorry I gotta catch up not for me

This album is kind of whiplashy, the funk rock then the non-funk rock. A few take aways: Mike Patton > Anthony Keidis Hearing him sing these funky songs is like listening to Bradley Nowell doing patois. He should stick to the slow bangers. But always “magik” was spelt correctly Feel bad for Flea, slaps and then take the back seat. Shows the musical range of John Frusciante.

No. Look, Frusciante and Flea sure know their stuff but Kiedis' rapping quickly turns this thing into a real slog to get through. It's not even on every song but if I have to sit through even half of it on a 73 minute album, it's too much. I like Breaking the Girl and some of jamming, that's about it.

Honestly, not my kind of music. It was definitely funky, and 'Under the Bridge' was my favourite, but it was my favourite of a bad bunch... I probably won't even listen to that again! This album has been my first major flop during my journey of 1001 albums! :(

Apart from the well known songs nothing to commend this and I’m not even sure about those

Remember loving this one when I was a kid, thank god I grew out of it. Anthony Kiedis, in addition to being a creepy, douchey pedophile by his own admission, is just really fuckin annoying. He pretty much ruins the very good instrumentals with his shitty lyrics ("cock my brain to shoot my load") and aggravating vocal style on a ton of these songs. Suck my Kiss sucks, and is even grosser with the knowledge that he's a sex pest. A Greatest hits RHCP would be an ok listen, and I remember liking Californication more, but they basically parody themselves on so much of this, and it's way too long, didnt know if it would ever end

Flea gets the stars. Otherwise, it is a shit bucket.

Mega-talented but ultimately unrealized, the Chili Peppers are all over the place but posses very little range. I'd normally enjoy an effective amalgam of genres, in this case funk, hip-hop, punk, and grunge, but this doesn't blend as much as it fails to make up its mind. That's probably why it's so long: at 73 minutes, Blood Sugar Sex Magik either meanders or lingers on the cheesiest aspect of a particular genre. Here's corny hip-hop lyricism: 'My lily-white ass is tickled pink / When I listen to the music that makes me think.' And here's tacky rock lyricism: 'My face will never show / What is not real.' It's tediously disappointing b/c there's a whole lotta talent behind the schmaltz and stupidity. +, Mos Def's 'Brooklyn' > 'Under the Bridge.'

5/10 Highlights: Under the Bridge Give it Away

Good god, indeed. Hvordan var dette noen gang populært? Sutrete, treg klimprerock med blikkboks-lyd. Eneste pluss: Under the bridge er fortsatt en veldig god låt.

Not my favorite band, but definitely a recognizable sound

Some great songs amongst a lot of meh

Not only did you make me listen to RHCP, you made me listen to 70+ minutes of RHCP…

As an Australian bass player I feel I should like this. And yes, bass playing is great. But songs are shite, Keidas super annoying and RHCP over exposed. I can't handle more than 9 minutes of this. Nick Cave was right.

Favorites: Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Under the Bridge I always learn something new about myself when I do big review projects like these, and this time around I've learned that I do not like Red Hot Chili Peppers. At all. Too bloated for me.

2/5 only one good song others are meh

Holy shit I struggled to get through this album. I have a love hate relationship with the Peppers, they have some truly great songs but the rest of their catalog I just don't enjoy. When I was younger I vibed a lot more with that chaotic off the wall rap/rock style, but the older I get the more it hate it. It has a crack-head energy that just feels like drivel. If this album didn't have Under the Bridge on it (great song, overplayed though) it would get 1 star from me. Also, this album is wayyyy too long. I listened to it driving through rural boring Idaho on my way to Bozeman and it made that 1.25 hrs of the drive feel like 2. Standouts: Under the Bridge, Suck my Kiss (I hate it but also kinda love it?) Rating: 1.8/5

2.5

Don't like the funk, don't like the rapping. Still, I do like a few songs. 2 stars

Good until the vocals begin...

Why the FUCK is this album almost 80 minutes long. I've never really much cared for RHCP aside from admiring Flea's talent but this gets really grating really fast. There are some good grooves here and there and Under the Bridge is a classic but overall: No thanks.

Can't really get on board with this. 1 star for Under the Bridge but that's about it

red hot silly peppers. reddit hot shitty peppers. Flea plays a mean bass lick, John Frusciante is a great guitarist, and Anthony Kiedis delivers some of the worst lyrics in any album this significant with a very obnoxious delivery. deserves to be one of the 1001? (begrudgingly) yea sure i guess. i hope i don't get Californication anytime soon

Ok, nothing special.

mah

typical chili peppers album imo. i think i like californixqtion better

Dated.

There’s a good album in here somewhere but this was so long. Really liked the crispness of the drumming. The songs I knew were great, but Sir Psycho Sexy feels like a joke song.

Good album for the time. But it doesn’t transcend for me…stuck in an era.

I had some nostalgia for the singles. Overall, i just didn't connect to this album.

I like Give It Away and Under the Bridge. But beyond that, this album didn't impress me. Another 90's album that far overstays it's welcome. 2 stars.

Okay so I almost completed the assignment. Put on the RHCP album. As someone who's only familiar with their radio songs, some of it was surprisingly funky and antiracist. That said, I eventually had to turn it off and put on some Brian Eno to cleanse my ears.

listen i love some catchy tunes but for like the HISTORY of music… i dont know…

fantastic instrumentation dragged down by tedious vocals and juvenile lyrics. flea and chad smith were locked in and laid down a funky rhythm section. john frusciante came in and overlaid some absurd guitar parts; then here comes anthony kiedis to ruin it all. the vocal delivery ranges from tuneless talk singing to half hearted crooning. the discrepancy between the amount of talent possessed and effort put in by ak vs the rest of the band is absolutely mind boggling and i can't for the life of me understand why they've put up with him as the frontman for so long. without ak this would be 5 easily, with him its hard to justify more than a 3. the fact that its 74 minutes of him pulls it down to a 2 for me

solid singles hated everything else

Other than breaking the girl and under the bridge - I hated this album.

i feel like i gotta confess something: i don't hate the Red Hot Chili Peppers. i know, i know, they're basically Zoomer Styx and if you profess a little affinity for them your qualifications as a critic and tastemaker are essentially null, ant beneath boot, your opinions worthy of transformation into palimpsest. they're fucking stupid; however, hear me out -- that's the point. stupid wacky bullshit lyrics with occasional shallow social commentary and emotional navel gazing does have its place. i don't think they deserve to be tossed aside as a band just for lacking in emotional maturity and the general staleness of their white funk deep cuts. you can allot yourself some affection for boomer ass "REEL RAWK" guitar and/or bass solos. it's okay. you're estranged from your shitty dad; he won't know you like the same music as him. get him out of your head. but it didn't have to be 74 minutes. you could have ended the album after "Under the Bridge". finish on a high note. could have been a solid B- album if they'd just cut it off after that song. instead, the band and Rick Rubin decide to just let the record's finish line downhill after its arduous journey upwards. i am exhausted, please let me go, guys. please. eight minute jam? creamy beaver, hotter than a fever? fuck you. let me go. i wanna watch the new Louis Theroux special on West Bank settlers before it gets deleted from YouTube. please. (sidenote: every time i hear the intro to "Under the Bridge", i expect it to give way to Santeria. does anyone else?)

I have always disliked the Peppers. And now I can't unhear the fact that Anthony Kiedis' "rapping" sounds like Keenan Thompson playing his character on SNL. I know the 1990s were a different time, but this shit is cringe as hell. Yuck.

This gets two stars because I like Under the Bridge. It's much too long and too annoying. If it were annoying at a shorter length it might even end up kind of fun, but we do not live in that timeline.

i kind of liked this record back then, but now revisiting after some years it sounds very corny. didnt age well for me personally.

It boggles my mind the chain of events that made them as big and long lasting as they have been. I was on track 6 and thought oh this must be over soon. This should be 10 tracks long max. Very talented musicians, that could be doing something else. This guy is gross. It's a well constructed album, tho too long. I understand why it's on the list. I don't like it.

Some of the songs are nice, the others not as much. It was really hard listening to the full album

Not rlly comparable to By the Way or Californication imo this one’s very samey throughout

Potentially heretical to say but…other than a few hit tracks wasn’t wowed eek but maybe my bad for passive listening but didn’t leave huge impression

As a card carrying RHCP hater, I have been dreading this one since I started. I did enjoy it more than I expected, by which I mean I made it through the whole album, but I still never want to hear it again. Honestly, it's just the rap singing and lyrical content/songwriting that sinks it for me. The bass, guitar, and drumming are all are pretty great, I was just sick of listening to Kiedis by the time Suck my Kiss came on and was ready to turn it off by the time Give it Away came on. Wow, I thought Give it Away was bad, but Sir Psycho Sexy is making me physically cringe. Why is this album so long?

There's no reason for this to be so long. It was heading for a three star rating, but eight minutes of Sir Psycho Sexy is taking that down to a two.

Not for me. Blending funk and alt rock is fun, but I’ve heard a lot of much better versions.

Not my thing but I did enjoy the song "I Could Have Lied."

Not something id usually listen to.

2.5

Just not for me. The singer kind of ruins each song. I'm too old for this shit

I'm generally quite fond of RHCP, but I'm not gonna lie, this album just doesn't do it for me overall. I think it's one of the albums is trying way too hard to be 'of its time'. There are a few highlights, such as Under the Bridge, they simply do not make up for the repetitiveness of the sound. By the second half, I was kinda waiting for it to be over. Suffice it to say, I will continue listening to my favourites off of this album but I don't think I'll give the whole another go.

Don’t really like RHCP

This was going to be a 1, but I quite like Under The Bridge.

A few good songs.

Very difficult to find enjoyment in this album past a couple of songs. Don't get it. Almost want to give it a 1 because of how much I despised listening to it

I actually do kind of like some RHCP songs (albeit, in a guilty pleasure sort of way), so I was surprised how little tolerance I had for this album. Too long, obnoxious lyrics, and with none of the songs I may feel more charitable toward.

Chad Smith is amazing. Flea is decent. They get two stars. Frusciante is technically accomplished. But he's one of the legion of guitar players who lack any musicality. He ends up sounding lost most of the time; like his brain - fingers and not his ears - heart are driving his contributions. Kiedis sounds developmentally disabled; regardless of whether he's singing, shouting, or doing that cringe-inducing rap thing. Lyrically, he's like a 13 year old trying to convince someone he's a man. And together it's so disjointed - just a total mess to these ears.

meh

Nope. Can’t do it.

Piss og dritt. Men Under the Bridge er jævlig kul så plata karrer seg til en farlig svak 2'er

Been there, done that. Did not like it first time around. Ill give it a listen

The hits are great, but the rest is unremarkable. Just can’t get with the funk rap.

A few catchy songs, but the album as a whole doesn’t hold up, too juvenile. I’ve outgrown much of what I listened to as a teenager including this.

Considering my low expectations for this album it actually wasn't that terrible. I wasn't expecting the funkiness? Too bad the lyrics just sound borderline cringy to me ("your mouth was made to suck my kiss" ??) and I could have done without the awful rapping. But if you're able to ignore that the instrumentals are actually quite good.

No

2 stars

I like the polished chili peppers better. I know it’s not as punk to like the polished ones but I do.

Apart from Apache Rose Peacock, which is a lot of fun in a porno soundtrack sort of way, I hate this record so much. This is actually very similar to Aerosmith aesthetically, just for a younger crowd. Really difficult to sit through. Crazy how incredible of a year 1991 was for alternative music and this shit makes its way into the list.

Blood, sugar, sex, magic? Where did the Red Hot Chili Peppers find my shopping list! Bad jokes aside, I still don’t really like this band. There’s some moments of cool instrumentation and every now and then I’ll slip into a bit of a groove, but overall they just kind of bother me. It’s like teenage boy vibes somehow, plus all the songs start to sound the same.

I didn't like the last red hot chilli peppers album, and I thought maybe it was just not my album. Now I realise - it's just not my band. A shame because they have some great hits.

one red hot chili peppers song can be a jam, but an album is exhausting

like, ok...

Not my cup of tea.

it's easy to dunk on RHCP, but the truth is I think there's a lot of elements to how they function as a band could result in some great songs. when John Frusciante, Flea and Chad Smith hit a successful pocket, I damn near start head-bobbing. but, in a band, you're only as good as your weakest member; RHCP's is, unfortunately, frontman Anthony Kiedis. Kiedis is the butt of the wide majority of jokes made at the expense of this band. a lot of it comes down to his lyricism, which flip-flops between free-associative rambling, gibberish, and sexual innuendo. again, this isn't a problem in a vacuum; a band like the Melvins, (existent for about as long as the Chili Peppers) gets a lot of mileage out of lyrics that are pretty meaningless. that might sound like a strange comparison, but I think they've got at least one thing in common: their lyrics communicate a focus on the music being played, rather than the message being communicated by the words being said over that music. that would be all well and good, and this would be a pretty great funk rock album... but Kiedis kills the vibe whenever he touches the mic! his rapping just sounds silly, and his singing is pretty out-of-tune even at the best of times. songs like "Suck My Kiss" and "The Power of Equality" aren't too rough, but even then, they're heavily carried by the work of the three instrumentalists backing Kiedis up. I'm also not sure the inclusion of the ballad tracks like "Breaking the Girl" or "Under the Bridge" is doing the flow of this 17-track, 75-minute album any justice. I mean, those are two of this band's most successful songs, so what do I know? the more they lean into funk rock jamming, the more tolerable the material gets, with the exception of the excruciating 8-minute closer, "Sir Psycho Sexy". light 4/10.

Unfortunately the good songs are the ones I have heard before and the songs I have not heard are not good. Alas.

While I enjoy a few of the RHCP songs, they have never been a band I seek out to listen to or give me any pause when their song comes on. My fav song on this album is breaking the girl. Some songs are skips, and others are listen (give it away, under the bridge).

I don't like rappy-funky rock songs, but it gave me an american vibe what i liked. I hate the cover.

weirdly horny in a gross way

This fell into the category of albums that didn't hold up. I enjoyed this album as a young teen but probably haven't listened to it since 1999 and it's not nearly as good as I remembered.

Lite tråkig stil...

I saw this album pop up and was excited. Haven’t really listened to RHCP other than big hits you hear everywhere and thought I would be really into it. I wasn’t. It just all kinda sounds the same and is a lot of noise. Very disappointed.

Hated this album. Only good song is Under the Bridge. Confirmed, not a fan of Red Hot Chili Peppers. I can see why other people might like it though.

fine

Yeah

I have nothing anymore with the RHCP. This is absolutely dull and way too long.

Ja jezus... Ik zit echt even in de rock hoek. Opzich grappig dat dit album en mn vorige(Nevermind van Nirvana) op dezelfde dag zijn uitgekomen. De peppers zijn voor mij echt niet zo spannend, ik snap dat hun hits hits zijn geworden, die zitten vaak best wel goed in elkaar, maar alles daaromheen is zo ontzettend matig. Ik kan een halfuur hiernaar luisteren en je niets erover vertellen. Is het goed? Mwah, het is gewoon een beetje op de achtergrond... Het word wel weer tijd voor een goed album als je het mij vraagt, heb het hier ondertussen wel weer mee gehad. 2e helft van het album is wel echt een stuk beter dan de 1e helft. Maar ik hoop echt dat dit het laatste Peppers album is, ze zijn echt niet zo goed dat ze meer albums op de lijst verdienen. FAVO: Give it away en Under the bridge. Had ik je ook van tevoren kunnen vertellen. Oh en they're Red Hot, gewoon omdat het een belachelijk nummer is, gelukkig is ie kort!

Pretty dreadful fucking vocals propped up by some talented performers on instruments. Was considering giving this a 3 for how they balance out but it started really getting on my nerves with how long this album was

Vaguely Predatory rock

RHCP is an interesting vehicle. Each of the band members are pretty talented, Flea is a good bassist, Frusciante is a competent guitarist. Unfortunately this is art in capitalism so talent is not the reason that these guys were able to achieve huge success. Anthony Kiedis' father is a failed actor and a failed father. At age 12, Anthony Kiedis moved to Hollywood because his father wanted to be an actor. Giving up after only 2 years, his father turned to dealing heroin to actors and ruined his son's life. The silver lining here is that Anthony Kiedis would have plenty of connections later in life to make his band really popular even though it sounds like shit!!!! The fact that this is one of the best selling bands of all time, along with the Police, proves that capitalism is a disgusting system that needs to be ripped down by violent revolution. Overly-long, dogshit album full of nonsensical lyrics with 2 "good" singles out of the FIVE on this album. This shit is ass. Frusciante left the band after the release of this album/subsequent tour and the reason cited is he was uncomfortable with the group's success which is probably a euphemism for he was sick of seeing Anthony Kiedis have sex with children. I envision that the storming of Warner Bros. records HQ will be as beautiful as when the workers sacked the Winter Palace in the October Revolution. 2/5 Highlights: Under the Bridge

This album reminded me why I don't like red hot chilli peppers. Some songs were good, and memorable hits, but for the most part I was waiting for it to end

If you asked me when I was a teenager, I probably would have said I was an RHCP fan. Hell, I owned one of their shirts! That said, I never felt super passionate about them, despite wearing the fuck out of Californication, and have not listened to them with any regularity for at least 15 years now. There seem to be two very strong camps concerning the Chili Peppers ("this is one of the worst bands to ever exist" and "y'all are dramatic af, their best stuff is awesome"), and I can honestly fall into either one of them depending on the song. As it pertains to Blood Sugar Sex Magik, I think "Breaking the Girl", "I Could Have Lied", and "Under the Bridge" are pretty fucking great. Everything else? Well...not all of it falls into "worst band ever" territory. I can't say I love "Give It Away" ("Bedrock Anthem" is lightyears better), but I don't hate it, and there are at least a few other tracks I feel relatively indifferent about. But holy shit, any interest that I might have once had in their stilted "funk" numbers has almost completely dissipated, as has my patience for Kiedis' rapping. I acknowledge and respect his distinctness, and I do think it works in moderation, but on this album in particular, he wears out his welcome with me pretty quickly. The terrible lyricism doesn't help; I love and appreciate a good nonsensical lyric when it's done right, and hell, I think there are songs on both this album and Californication where he gets away with it pretty well. For the lack of a better word, though, quite a few of these songs just sound stupid, and not in a very fun or interesting way for me. 2.5/5

Ugh! I wanted to like this album and all but one song was hard to listen to.