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the rapping is offensively bad under the bridge is such a standout compared to the rest
Not my thing, and too long.
There is like ~2 good songs on this album. Most of it was just grating.
A funky mess of macho stolen black music. wow. these guys are pigs and the only thinfg that is redeeming about this album is that they know how to play their instruments well. i guess if you like pig headed dudes high on drugs barking about sex and being rock stars, glom on this shitty album. yuck.
groaned when this came up. i don't know that i ever bothered to listen to this in it's entirety back when i was discovering music but i hope this is the last time i do. "i could have lied" and "under the bridge" are the only standouts for me. god is this album a slog.
Just good classic punk rock, couple hidden bangers on this thing that you wouldn’t know about until you fully listened through. Will say I think the slower songs are much better, lot of the other songs come off a bit generic punk rock (even for the time). Overall solid but really wanted more from this, disappointing, don’t think I’m revisiting 70% of the songs ever again but they are solid
bass players dream but not really my style. did like some songs tho
p662. 1991. 2 stars, but should be 1.5. Distinctly average, and far too long for what it is. Not keen on the shouty white faux funk/rap, and most of the tracks sound the same and just blur into each other. Set against that, excellent musicianship and there are a couple of good tunes - but not enough to deserve repeated listening.
Oh lord, I was just thinking earlier today that sooner or later I would have to listen to one of this band's awful albums. I was spared for so long, but I guess I jinxed myself. RHCP started off even more aggressively mediocre than the Foo Fighters and while FF were content to waste away in banality, RHCP got worse and worse and worse until they made U2 look good by comparison. RHCP have been self-parody for several decades now, but let's take a look at the album that launched them into popularity in the early 90s. This is a sound that did not age well. Even much better bands who were playing around in a similar vein at the time like Faith No More came away much better after abandoning this late 80s/early 90s rap-rock/funk metal marriage. The best moments on this album is when they get away from this dated pastiche - Breaking the Girl stands out both in lyricism and its unique groove. Ultimately, this isn't a terrible album. It isn't a 1. All of the band members outside of Anthony Keides are actually quite good, but they are hampered by playing in a dated style that went no where and being led by an idiot manchild whose songwriting became more and more derivative as time went on. If this album was an instrumental, I would rate it significantly higher... it would still have its flaws, but the musicianship would shine through a lot more and not feel so aggressively stereotypically California. As it stands, this comes off as a white Lenny Kravitz blatantly thieving from Prince with milquetoast, Cypress Hill-adjacent raps over some solid grooves with dated production.
Half way between creative and bland. Funky and tedious. Aged hip hop. Singles good. Non-singles have no hooks and are not sonically interesting enough to be anything but filler. 17 tracks of similarity. Under the Bridge is magnificent so is strangely out of place. Best take the two or three hits and dump the rest. (2.5)
Don't care much for red hot, albums OK mostly background noise
Really nothing interesting going on here. Bland
The vocals on this record physically pain me on almost all songs. The lyrics really don’t help either and whoever decided it should be an hour and twenty should be burned at the stake. Sir psycho sexy is actually torturous to listen to. Under the bridge is still a great track tho. The instrumentals are consistently solid which saves it from a 1/5 Top track: Under the bridge Worst track: Sir psycho sexy
It's just.... not for me. I already knew I hated "Give It Away" before listening and this is just 60+ minutes of the same energy (minus Under The Bridge and Breaking The Girl). I can see how a person could enjoy it, but that person is not me.
Yeah it's fine. Some cool ideas but I think the next era of RHCP is where they figured out their sound.. then they got to know their sound too well and it got boring.
Didn't most of this, but I Could Have Lied is great. That "slap bass" really turns me off.
This album has its moments especially in the second. The first half sounds strained and sophomoric. Sounds like they just want to be a white Parliament/Funkadelic, but the funky sounds just ridiculous and the screaming guitars lack the taste of when funkadelic showed that side. After Give it Away things get better and the band seems to find their voice but by then the mold is cast. 2.5 🌟
Classic RHCP
Hmmm… never got into RHCP. Don’t know why. This is an ok album, although it does not really move me
Ein ganz und gar verzichtbares und nichtssagendes Album einer vollkommen überschätzten Band. Selbst die Gassenhauer sind schlecht gealtert und auch Under the Bridge taugt nur noch als Reminiszenz an den Anfang der 90er. Damals allerdings prägte der Sound das halbe Jahrzehnt. Man muss wohl dabei gewesen sein.
Is it bad? Not really. Is it my thing? Not at all. Besides a few songs the rest of the album is very lackluster.
BLOOD SUGAR SEX MAGIK | RED HOT CHILLI PEPPERS (1991) ⭐️⭐️ THE POWER OF EQUALITY ⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Good message but I don't like the melody or shouting vibe of it. A bit too rocky for me but interesting. - I like the bassline and guitar - “Can I get just a little bit of power” I like this bit. IF YOU HAVE TO ASK ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - I like this one, 90s hip hop kinda vibe added to the 1990s playlist. - sick bassline, groovy melody - Don't understand the message of it really but that's irrelevant - 2:18 instrumental is cool, 2:31 guitar solo very interesting touch, not sure if I agree with the rocky transition here but this isn't my genre. - 3:11, tear up at the end very nice BREAKING THE GIRL ⭐️⭐️ It- More of a country vibe, love the lyrics - Love the build of the first verse into the chorus - Moody and Mysterious vibe It- Still not my favourite - Gonna have to skip FUNKY MONKS ⭐️⭐️ - Nice melody and drums - interesting lyrics - Love the guitar and bass - Very groovy melody - repetitive...gonna skip forward - Don't like the instrumental feels random and doesn't fit. SUCK MY KISS ⭐️ - Rocky vibe - not a fan, skip I COULD HAVE LIED ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - enjoy the soft guitar I beg this is a nice song - Ok love this so far - Give me harry styles vibes maybe some into there? - OMG LOVE IT - LOVE THE GUITAR FLICKS - ok so 45s it starts to pick up, love this a lot a lot - not sure what playlist to put it in. - Put it in the eyes closed playlist - love the message of the song - AT 2:02 ELECTRIC GUITAR COMES IN, LOVE THAT - Love love love the guitar - THEY DIDN'T RUIN IT WITH A SHIT INSTRUMENTAL MELLOWSHIP SLINKY in B MAJOR⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Back to a rocky vibe with this one. - kinda 90s hip hop as well which I like - so far it's groovy, I like - ok really love this - 90s playlist is - very cool bass THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED⭐️⭐️ - if it wasn't for the screechy guitar at the start id like it but I don't. - They're just shouting - This would be cool like at a concert but not for my playlist - skipping. GIVE IT AWAY⭐️ - don't like it - very random and repetitive - skipping BLOOD SUGAR SEX MAGIK⭐️⭐️ - cool drums - hate the vocals - I feel like it's demonic - bye I hate this - feel uncomfortable - skipping - OK CHORUS IS KINDA COOL it'd be sick at a concert UNDER THE BRIDGE ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - yay another pretty guitar - ok these lyrics are looking deep - Gosh this ones nice - wow 1:23 I love - ok I can back this - this can go in my slow playlist NAKED IN THE RAIN⭐️⭐️ - are these vocals considered good? cus this guy is just shouting - I don't like the ones that feel panicky like this one feels stressful - not a fan - skipped APACHE ROSE PEACOCK⭐️⭐️⭐️ - k this ones groovy - still don't like the vocals but I can manage - Ok yes I do like it, 90s playlist it is THE GREETING SONG ⭐️ - rock vibes - what the fuck he sounds angry - I don't like rock vibes so I'm biased - not a fan at all - SKIP - of the guitar and bass are cool MY LOVELY MAN ⭐️ - don't like this one - feels panicky - UGH - I mean it's groovy but just not pleasant SIR PSYCHO SEXY⭐️⭐️⭐️ - Not too sure about this - absolutely not (Scream) - wouldn't listen to it but it's creative and interesting - twangy bassline love it - bro it's 8 mins long u must be mad THEY'RE RED HOT ⭐️⭐️ - feels like a farm song - fucking hell it's fast - ok interesting - I like it cuz it's different but also wtf LITTLE MISS LOVER ⭐️⭐️ - uh wtf - has potential but got some weird guitar thing going on - ok it's not my favourite but it's not awful. CASTLES MADE OF SAND⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ - YAY MORE NICE GUITAR FINALLY - ok yes it's a slow one - love this - eyes closed playlist it is - pretty and love the guitar, - LOVE THE CHORUS
i don't really like rhcp
The hits on the album are outstanding. “I Could Have Lied” is one of my favorite RHCP songs of all time. But, for all the songs that are truly epic, there are some real dog shit tunes. I feel that way about most Chili Pepper albums (minus By the Way, that’s amazing start to finish). A decent listen, but minus a few select songs which the radio has beaten to death, I probably won’t revisit
The band is funky as fuck but jesus does Anthony Keidis suck.
Not really my bag, though I remember listening to it a lot when it came out and I worked in the record store.
I used to dig this when I was in high school, but now it just sounds bad.
Might be the second time I've listened to this album since the mid-late 2000s. Did we honestly used to think that Anthony Kiedis could rap? His mouth just can't mouth it, it's really bizarre. The bass is just faultless. The drums can do little wrong. Overall though, this as an album is just that little bit too much of a wall of noise. Individually there are tracks that just fizz with energetic excitement. But considering it as a whole album, adds up to remind us that we can have too much of a good thing. It doesn't hang together as an album, taking us on a journey. It works just as well on random play, and that's sad. It should definitely be regarded as influential; back in the 90s, saying that you had a Chilli Peppers album was kind of like admitting that you breathed air or that the sun comes up in the morning. But that ubiquity seems to stem from their live performances. The Chillis were the gold standard of gigs - not that gigs appealed to me then or now - and I can't help but wonder if their scene presence - and indeed scene creation - is where their inclusion stems from. Album gets a 2 from me, it hasn't aged at all well.
Not a big fan of Red Hot Chili Pepper's jam and more funky sessions. I do think I prefer this album to their previous stuff where bass guitar is supposedly even more prevalent. Furthermore, I find most of Kiedis' lyrics pretty tedious. Yes we get you like to fuck. His more vulnerable lyrics as in Under the Bridge appeal more to me (even though it isn't a poetic sensation), but that song is also generally more melodic: which is also why I prefer some of their later stuff more (e.g. Californiacation, Dani California).
I have not listened to this album before, though I've listened to a lot of latter day RHCP. I see the core of what they'd become is there. It's not bad, but a lot of forgettable and repetitive tracks. They got much better as they aged.
I remember this album from a particular time in my life. It has its moments. Breaking the Girl is still a great song, whilst the 2 big singles haven’t aged badly. The rest though isn’t great and it’s overly long too
I'm sure I liked this album when I was in school but listening now, apart from Under the Bridge, I cannot remember why.
Les gros singles sont bons et beaucoup de tounes que je ne connaissais pas aussi, mais RHCP a quand même tendance à trop sonner pareil tout le temps, l'album semble plus long qu'il ne l'est vraiment
their best album
I see the appeal, but became bland for me after a couple of tracks. Didn't age that well overall. Fav tracks: The Power of Equality, Under the Bridge
It twas fine
Helt för långt och sångerna känns tomma. Sångaren är också helt usel, bortsett ett par sånger.
Hasn’t aged well…
tedious raunch dressing slathered on a rap-rock nothingburger
Can only handle RHCP in small doses
Not entirely as awful as I thought it would be, but a pretty painful funk.
It was alright, very tinny and a lot of the songs sounded the same.
Favorites: Under the Bridge, Naked in the Rain You guys aren't gonna like me for this one. I really didn't care for this album. I'm not a huge chilis fan to begin with, and what I do like is more of the laid back, surfing tunes (Californiacation). I thought a lot of these songs were hard to follow. That being said, there were a few songs I enjoyed and you can definitely still hear the chili's distinctive funk in most of the songs. I understand that this is a very important album, but I personally don't care for it. Upon a second listen, I did enjoy a few more of the songs in this album, but it still just didnt connect with me
Erm...Under The Bridge is good. Never liked this socks on cocks version of RHCP. Imagine Steve Bruce scoring 19 goals in the season when this was released. What a superstar.
In the words of Krist Novoselic..."white boy funk sucks".
I expected to enjoy this more than I did. Maybe it's my frame of mind at this moment, or maybe it just doesn't quite stand up as the classic I anticipated.
det blixtrar till ibland
2.5 stars
Not my cup of tea
1 or 2 good songs. Red Hot Chili Peppers are overrated in my opinion.
Fantastic singles, shitty album
This album bordered on getting a 2. There are elements (e.g. Flea's bass work) that I liked about many of the tracks, and some tracks that I liked in general. As a whole, I wouldn't put this album on to play. Lyrics on tracks like "Suck My Kiss" almost sank this album from a 3.
A mess
Preferred their later stuff.
I've never been a fan of RHCP. They are also the worst 'big' live act I've ever seen (Roskilde 2007 - boring and awful). I therefore expected to hate this, and increasingly did. At first I thought it was a bit more listenable than other efforts of theirs and the first few tracks at least had me tapping my toe. It quickly wore thin though. The longer I listened, the lower the score got. And it's a long album. Noone needs 17 tracks of this. 1.5/5. A special shout out to 'Give it Away', which may be the worst song ever recorded?
Aside from maybe 3 tracks this is bloated rubbish.
more like the lukewarm chili peppers
Rap rock is okay for 2 songs, but an entire album is just not for me. Anthony’s voice is just not my cup of tea.
slappa da bass
I actually bought this CD back in the day in a conscious effort to be hip to newer music, but I quickly grew to hate it. I can appreciate some of the guitar but overall not a fan.
To this album's credit, the instrumentation is diverse and interesting - each track has its own sonic identity and stands out from the rest. It's in the composition that this album fails to impress. Once a groove is locked in, it remains in neutral while Kiedis' questionable RATM-esque delivery is the only dynamic element of the song. Things get stale quickly, though there are still flashes of pop-inspired brilliance that would foment in greater quantities in later Peppers albums.
Too R&R for me.
disappointing, expected more
I hate these creepy tedious weirdos. His voice is so annoying be it rapping or singing. High pitched then downlow Why oh why is this album 90 minutes
not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue
This sucks.
blech lol
Let me preface this by saying that I hate the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Everyone loves them, I know. I don’t. I hate them. I went into this album with an open mind and still came away disappointed. That said, there are moments that showcase undeniable musicianship and skill. I’m happy I can say I’ve listened to it in its entirety. I’m not happy that I had to.
1. pouuer - 1 2. azk - 1 3. girl - 1 4. funky - 1 5. kizz - 1 6. lied - 1 7. zlinky - 1 8. uuicked - 1 9. give - 2 10. blood - 1 11. bridge - 3 12. rain - 1 13. apache - 1 14. zong - 1 15. man - 1 16. zezy - 1 17. hot - 0 18. lover - 2 19. zand - 2
I listen to all albums on here and indeed all music with an open mind. However. I also believe everyone should be allowed one or two bands they just hate. I hate Red Hot Chilli Peppers. I've always hated them, and their fucking wompy domp performative male creeper so cal nonsense. And here's the thing, it's not that I don't know they're talented, or have some good songs. Hell I LIKE some of their songs. It's the whole package, the whole goofy fonky day-glo, virtuoso by way of horny clown shtick. I found it exhausting in high school and that was 3 decades ago and I'm still being sunjected to it. Shut the fuck up you slap happy dolts.
I think this album more than any other so far has made me want to quit almost a year into this list. It doesn't have me just doubting the people who curated the list in the first place or even the validity of making a list of 'must hear music' that would apply to everyone. It straight up has me questioning why I feel like music is important in my life at all. Can humanity continue and should it really? This group has had profound success during my lifetime. I've had to hear some of the singles off of this album so much like they're some kind of just inevitable life event like trapped gas or dermatitis. The appeal this band has to a broad audience is confounding to me in a way that is alienating. Whether or not someone likes 'RHCP' is a helpful litmus for me to know if I will connect with another person on music in any meaningful way. "Oh that's pretentious" says the fan or casual RHCP enjoyer or "why does it bother you so much?" There's a formula here that has a few variables. 1. How much exposure I have to the band through airplay or people talking about it 2. How much the band rips off their influences 3. How competently they take the ripoff and make it their own thing What is RHCP offering here? Funk? That's a genre associated with this band both on Wikipedia and just from anecdotes. They covered the Ohio Players 'Love Roller Coaster' at some point and got airplay off of that. I never once heard Ohio Players on the radio stations available to me. That is some bs. If I want the funk it's gotta be the P-Funk and you're not finding it here. If there's a groove to be found its going to be ruined by Anthony Keidis saying the most embarrassing things overtop of it. So I'm going to say this shouldn't be on the list and try to reiterate that this group is an abomination and a generational scourge. No one has read this far but in the off chance you have and you like RHCP go listen to Bar-Kays 'Holy Ghost' right now and forget about this dumbass band.
I can’t bring myself to enjoy their work
En naken vit funkbasist.... Det här tål jag inte
Musik för basister med för stora shorts. De var förekommande under första halvan av 90-talet.
De hävdar väl att de är funkiga. Men varför svängt det inte då? Rytmsektionen är rejält undermålig (fruktansvärt tråkigt trummspel). Sånginsatserna är meningslösa. Samtidigt, vi har hört betydligt sämre alster inom eller i närliggande genres. Hjälper det då? Så klart inte. När de dessutom håller på i en hel evighet utan någon som helst variation zoomar jag ut och drömmer hoppfullt om morgondagens album.
Jag kan inte med den tillgjorda sången. Antitesen till funk.
Just garbage. Proud pdf file singer. Over rated more, red hot chili peppers or Kiss, i can't decide
Pedo
Just fucking shite tbh. Really quite hard to listen to. Guitar is uninspiring, and the vocals are fucking dogshit. Some of these songs sound as if someone had deliberately made it as shit and goofy as possible. The guitar playing is so bad at points it sounds out of tune. Suck My Kiss, and the 3 or 4 other songs like it were at least a decent instrumental, all because of Flea. It's not the worst album we've had here, but its in my bottom 5.
There are some albums I won’t listen to
Hated it
one of the worst bands of all time
Full disclosure : I never could bear RHCP. Besides some George Clinton inspired (and produced) good tracks on their first albums, a nice, if uninspired, funk-rock fusion collage. Mother Milk's chaos made it a relatively fun album Here, on their first foray into mass public recognition, they drop any pretense of being alternative. It's mainstream, full speed. It's the album that made them known and heard, for better or worse. And it was calibrated to. It's a mishmash of bland funk, boring and overheard bay area alt-rock, stadium-ready ballads and easy-listening radio-rock. It always sounded lazy and it's self-conscious, tongue-in-cheek winks to the listener and rad attitude from the 90's bay area get grating real fast. While the band is composed of fantastic musicians (and Flea!),they're in service of lazy compositions and angsty lyrics, sadly written by Anthony Kiedis, one of the worst singers and writers to front a rock band. The guy just can't sing. He wails with a nasal and robotic tone, he just can't hit the right pitch . Production can improve that on an album, but listen to a live from this era, and it's obvious the guy has no mastery over his voice. He's also a fucking rapist and a pedophile, a bully and an idiot, and he drags an otherwise good band to the bottom of the shitpile. It's Primus without the humour, otherworldly technical skills and crazy universe, Faith No More without the genius and the voice of Patton. It's fast-food music for californian middle-class teens. It's the embodiment of 90's mainstream alt-rock : bombastic, but empty. Don't listen to that crap.
An 8 minute song titled Sir Psycho Sexy, okay Buckcherry. 1/5
I don’t like the Red Hot Chili Peppers, so this was a hard listen. I made it through though.
I do not like this album
Fuck you
On a re-listen this is not as bad as I thought, but it's not a masterpiece. It's not nu-metal, but a lot of the songs give me that same feeling of rap where it doesn't belong.
Wish they would let us vote zero
Unlistenable to be honest. I liked one track but then I went back and listened afterwards and I felt regret for even enjoying that
This album is repetitive and full of cheap thrills.
Shallow and commercial.
ass. skipped through most of it
So shit
Bad music made worse by the fact that there's 74 minutes of it. I think Anthony Kiedis is one of my least favorite vocalists ever
The guitars are intrusive, the vocals nasal, and the bass rubber band twanging. Made worse by the production or mastering which is tinny and too loud. The album has moments but the arrangements are all of the place that the song then veers into a bit of unneeded bass or guitar frippery. The album’s too long. 1 star but not the worst one star album out there.
One thing I did not realize going in was that this came out in 1991. I had it pegged as late 90s or early 2000s, which honestly just goes to show how timelessly shitty the Chili Peppers are. What makes it worse is there is a good album hiding in here somewhere. Some of the guitar riffs are legit good, and the bass lines are strong too. But then Anthony Kiedis opens his mouth and the whole thing falls apart. Give this a different vocalist and better lyrics and it could have been great. Instead it is just a bunch of solid instrumental ideas trapped inside a Chili Peppers album.
Hated it.
uma banda que sempre pensei que iria gostar quando parasse para escutar, mas a verdade é que não deveria ter escutado. primeira contato ruim.
I don't think I can. Back in the day I tried and tried to like this album. I still don't.
Это просто ужасно
This whole album aged very poorly. It feels dated and boring—possibly the worst crime an album can commit. Power of Equality is definitely a song...
god afgrijselijk.
I’ve already heard this far more times than I want to.
30
Absolute rot. Annoying from beginning to the end. Music for people who do not like Music
Boooooo! Nothing special.
Cool album but I do not want to support the band and the lead singers sketchy history
One of the worst bands ever, though probably mostly due to the god-awful Anthony Kleidis. Didn't really want to listen to this, but am committing to the project. This record came out when I was 12, and even when I heard it at that age I could tell it was terrible and infantile. I sort of had it in my mind that the instrumentalists in RHCP are all great, and that is true, but the taste is really lacking. Some of the guitar work is surprisingly spidery and minimal, but then for the most part it's highly uninspiring funk-rock, one of rock & roll's worst genres. Send them to The Hague for Give It Away (though the reversed guitar solo is quite nice). The title track is nauseating. Sir Psycho Sexy is an abomination - like shitting all over George Clinton's legacy. Cool front cover, though.
This project has led me to reevaluate artists in both softer and harsher lights. It's fashionable to hate RHCP and I actually like(d) them decently enough but won't go out of my way to listen much these days. This is RHCP at the peak of insufferable, wacky white boy rhymes that make no sense. And there's 73 minutes of it. 1 star for Breaking the Girl and Suck My Kiss.
I can't believe this is on the list. And I guess I get it, this really shaped a whole subgenre of 90's music and also a whole subgenre of 90's burnout dude, but oh my god what I would give to take back having to listen to "Sir Psycho Sexy" and "Apache Rose Peacock". I was already having a really terrible day and this pushed me over the edge into hating everything. I hate this album, I hate the people who put those words to music, I hate AI, I hate people who don't get Fight Club, I hate myself, I hate clover, and I hate bees.
Trash and satanic
Jedinica iz principa. // Bila bi četvorka jer iako ima svega od genijalnih (Breaking the Girl, Power of Equality, I Could Have Lied, Under the Bridge...) do prebolesno loših pjesama (Give It Away prvenstveno), opći dojam je više pozitivan nego negativan muzički. Ali je malo reći da sam zaprepaštena šta sam slušala kao desetogodišnjakinja.
No thanks xx
This is terrible beyond salvation. This almost broke me. That's it, I couldn't bring myself to finish this awful record.
Didn't enjoy it. Samey.
The only band that I dislike… dreadful sounds, dreadful singer, that one Nick Cave quote about them being shit, not listening to this
Not listening to no pedophile rapist rhanksv
I read another review that started with a 5* and then deducted points to ultimately get a 1*. I feel exactly the same. One the one hand, this is an impressive artistic step up for this band, showing new range in styles and songwriting. On the other hand, I detest this band with the fire of three suns. I hate their appropriated funk, their appropriated hip hop, their stupid Venice Beach homeless look, and the number of filler, meandering songs that wander around and go nowhere. And I even hate the songs I kind of liked at one point, like "Give It Away", because they were pounded into my ears relentlessly by MTV and radio back in the day. I'm glad this funk/metal genre was short-lived, and please no more of this crap.
I have to listen to another hour and a half of this crap. The first album didn't deserve to be here. Not sure why this is either. It's music for people who don't like music. Got to suck my kiss and stopped. First album I failed to complete.
It was ok. Some great guitar riffs but overall not really a standout album for me. I thought a couple of the songs eg Under the bridge were completely unlistenable so wouldn't listen to this again
not my style
Don't like rhcp out the gate. First 2 songs set a really weak tone like watered down ratm. I do appreciate the flow from track to track think the fluidity is really well done. Instrumentals are really fun I think my biggest grievance is that songs that start exciting don't go anywhere and by the end of a 5 minute run time I'm bored.suck my kiss was a exciting change of pace.
War nicht meins :((
I hate the singles but the deep cuts are even worse. Not sure any band has ever had a steeper drop off that the one they had from Mother's Milk to this dreck.
Fuck these guys. 1.0
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This is the album I would use to describe how difficult smalltown American life was in the early 90s when there was a song you absolutely needed to own (e.g. 'Under the Bridge') and the only access you had to music was Sam Goody at the local run-down mall and had to make the choice between shelling out $7.99 for the single or $15.99 for the full album of seventeen tracks (one of which you vaguely recognize (e.g. Give It Away)) so you naturally do the math and conclude that the more expensive full album is the better bargain and then spend the rest of your youth lamenting your lost $8 and glaring at the CD on your shelf because it's complete unlistenable shit encasing that one song you just "had to have" and can't be bothered to skip to every time you want to hear it so you end up never listening to it at all and ultimately wasting your entire $15.99 and resenting the very single that started the whole sorry mess. Whew... it's been a long time since I unpacked that one...
i hated it
fuck no
At least California isnt mentioned every 30 seconds
great musicians, their singer is just the woooorst
Aweful
Really do not enjoy this band
I used to like a few songs on this album but Anthony Kiedis is a dick and the Chili Peppers are really overrated, so they get a 1.
Shoot me now
Holy gen X
Does Anthony Kiedis think he can rap?
not my type of music
there aren't any songs with "california" in the title. disappointing
Kut muziek, zeurderig AF.
There’s no chance. Dnf. Brutal listen. Drew the line at an the 8 minute long sir psycho sexy for
So overrated
No
(28/100)
Binned it half way.
Spoke too soon in that ZZ Top review. RHCP top everyone when it comes to unappealing creative output in pop music.
Never been a big RHCP fan, just not my jam
Second concert I ever went to, same venue as the first all the way down in Miami. Gnarls Barkley opened, I was obsessed with them at the time. RHCP had just released Stadium Arcadium and I was pretty into all of their music thanks to Limewire. I've since had an about face with this band and could almost laugh while listening to some of their music. Will be glad to never listen to some of these songs again after this. "Give It Away" is so-bad-it's-good for me. I want to give it 0 and 5 stars at the same time. "Under Bridge" is the only piece of music on this album. It's even pretty alright at that. Still, Kiedis' lyrics and singing make it a chore to listen all the way through. Second album in a week that has a Robert Johnson cover. That's about 10% his songs. How influential the man was.
Anthony kiedis completely ruins this album. The lyrics are dogshit. The instrumentals are nice though
Not for me
Nasty and horrible sounds. Tasteless. 0/5
Stundtals riktigt uselt.
Someone at songmeanings paid their rent from page views for lyrics like “There’s a devil in my dick and some demons in my semen” They could have made this 1000 Albums Favorite tracks: Breaking the Girl (I guess?)
For today's 1001 albums to hear before I die, I rolled a project I was both very excited to hear and equally not excited at all to hear, today I got Red Hot Chili Pepper's Blood Sugar Sex Magik. As much as I tried giving this a fair shot I really don't see what so many people see in this album, it is quite bland and all over the place listening experience headed by one of the most polarizing voices in Rock ever. My dad used to play a decent amount of Red Hot Chili Peppers for myself and I always enjoyed listening to their hits, but after hearing one of their albums in full I totally understand the hate these guys get. Yes each person here is very talented, but they waste everyone's time with doing next to nothing coherent for 1 hour and 13 minutes on this project. The only songs I could genuinely enjoy here were Breaking the Girl and Under the Bridge which are leagues above almost everything else here. This project feels like a parody of what popular music is and not in a good or funny way whatsoever. Again I am in disbelief at just how bad this album is as I am sure RHCP have better projects but if this is the bar for their most popular album I can't imagine it getting much better with any of their other releases...
Not great! I’ve never loved RHCP, and this is not the best way to start this album-listening-thing. Breaking the Girl and Blood Sugar Sex Magik were the only 2 I’d listen to again willingly. I don’t get this band! It was bad!
so far, not my vibe too much talking and less melody and don't think I'm a fan of spoken rap it's very clearly a product of its time
Not bad. Sad to see the joke they became. Generic white guy funk.
Awful
"Blood Sugar Sex Magik", malgré l'aura quasi-mystique que lui prêtent les critiques en mal de sensations fortes, n'est pas le chef-d'oeuvre annoncé mais une prise d'otage auditive de soixante-quatorze minutes, un marathon épuisant au coeur de la vacuité la plus totale, maquillée en génie créatif. Le problème fondamental, c'est cette omniprésence d'un "funk" de pacotille. Ce n'est pas le funk de James Brown, viscéral et possédé. Ce n'est pas le funk psychédélique de Funkadelic, cosmique et révolutionnaire. Non, le funk des Red Hot Chili Peppers, c'est un funk de plage, un funk pour surfeurs décolorés qui ont confondu énergie musicale et boisson énergisante. C'est une caricature, une version aseptisée et bodybuildée, où la subtilité est remplacée par une démonstration de force permanente. Au centre de ce tapage, il y a cette section rythmique que l'on nous vend comme légendaire. En réalité, elle est surtout pénible. La basse de Flea, souvent citée en exemple, s'apparente davantage à une crise d'épilepsie virtuose qu'à une véritable ligne de basse. Elle ne soutient pas, elle agresse. C'est une avalanche de "slap" qui vous gifle l'oreille à chaque mesure, une tentative désespérée de remplir un vide mélodique abyssal par une gesticulation technique. Derrière, la batterie martèle sans relâche le même tempo binaire, avec la finesse d'un marteau-piqueur sur un chantier. Le groove, le vrai, celui qui ondule et qui respire, est ici remplacé par une pulsation de club de sport sous stéroïdes. On n'a pas envie de danser, on a envie de faire des pompes jusqu'à l'épuisement. Ensuite nous avons Anthony Kiedis, le grand manitou du yaourt pseudo-rappé. Est-ce du chant ? Est-ce du rap ? Personne ne le sait, et visiblement, lui non plus. Il navigue dans une sorte de no man's land stylistique, une zone de non-droit vocal où le charisme est confondu avec le volume sonore. Sa voix, monocorde et nasillarde, débite des textes d'une pauvreté confondante. On y parle de sexe avec la subtilité d'un adolescent, de la Californie avec les clichés d'une carte postale et de spiritualité avec la profondeur d'une flaque d'eau. C'est un prêcheur du vide, un gourou du néant qui répète ses onomatopées ridicules en se contorsionnant, espérant que le mouvement puisse faire oublier l'absence totale de propos et d'émotion. Et enfin, John Frusciante, guitariste souvent porté aux nues pour sa sensibilité hendrixienne. Sur cet album, sa guitare est principalement au service de la machine à funk. Elle se contente de produire des "cocottes" squelettiques, des petits riffs secs et répétitifs qui tournent en boucle jusqu'à la nausée. Quand elle s'autorise enfin un solo, c'est pour s'égarer dans des méandres stridents et approximatifs, comme si elle cherchait une mélodie sans jamais la trouver. La guitare ne chante pas, elle crisse. Elle n'accompagne pas, elle parasite. Elle est le bruit de fond grinçant de cette longue et fastidieuse séance de sport. Heureusement, tout n'est pas à jeter car parmis ce brouhaha nous avons "Give It Away", c'est le miracle de l'album. L'unique moment où l'alignement des planètes a fonctionné. Sur ce titre, et uniquement sur celui-ci, la formule "basse qui claque + batterie de bûcheron + guitare qui gratte + chant parlé" produit un tube. C'est un accident industriel heureux. Mais un accident ne fait pas un chef-d'oeuvre. C'est l'exception qui confirme la règle : le reste de l'album n'est qu'une longue, très longue tentative de reproduire ce coup de chance, sans jamais y parvenir. Il serait d'ailleurs malhonnête de ne pas mentionner "Under the Bridge", qui agit comme la véritable bouffée d'oxygène au milieu de cette apnée funk. Pour une fois, le vacarme s'arrête, l'autre gueulard se tait pour laisser place à une mélodie étonnamment fragile et touchante, et le gratteux prouve qu'il sait faire autre chose que du bruit en trouvant enfin trois accords qui fonctionnent. En conclusion, et malgré ces deux heureux accidents, "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" reste le triomphe de la forme sur le fond, de l'attitude sur la musique, de la transpiration sur l'inspiration. C'est un album qui sonne creux, boursouflé de sa propre importance et de son énergie factice. Il est le symbole d'une époque où il suffisait de se montrer torse nu et de sauter partout pour être qualifié de "rock". Derrière les muscles saillants et les grimaces, il n'y a finalement pas grand-chose. Juste un funk anémié et un ego surdimensionné qui s'en sort avec une note de 1 sur 5.
RHCP are one of the easiest bands to goof on. They are so corny and wack. I know a number of people that will maintain that though they suck now, the Mother's Milk/Blood Sugar Sex Magik albums were fantastic. Those people are idiots. It is truly wild to me that people have been listening to this album for 30+ years and it's one of their most favorite things. I just can't with this band.
The classic songs are very competent songs, but honestly the bad songs on the album are so bad that it ruins the experience on going through the album. If they had the discipline to cut this down to a 35-40 minute experience it would have been a lot better.
För tråkigt typ. Hade någon bra låt men jag gillar inte rock så mycket
I knew this day would come, and like Rocky preparing to fight Ivan Drago in Rocky IV, I have been training - lifting logs and running through the snow while listening to small bits of this album at a time. Like a vaccine, you must introduce this particularly horrid blend of funk-punk-metal-dick jams to your ears in small amounts so that it can build up a defense. Today I was ready for all 73 minutes and 42 seconds in one sitting. After some funk/rap nonsense I reached my first boss level - Breaking the Girl. I was ready for the challenge and made it through with minimal damage. The next contending track that had the ability to put on some real hurt was Suck My Kiss, but I side-stepped it masterfully. By Give It Away, however, I was starting to feel the effects of ongoing battle with these gods of white suburban funk. Still, I powered on. Worn down by the slapped bass and the ridiculously stupid lyrics, I started to doubt my ability to emerge victorious by the time Under the Bridge gave way to Anthony Kiedis refers to the "demons in his semen" in Sir Psycho Sexy, knowing that I would still need to endure the butchering of the Robert Johnson classic They're Red Hot, but somehow I made it. I haven't worn a shirt in days (or pants for that matter, just a sock over my genitals), and I have been vaping under a local bridge with guys I went to high school with, but I am hoping these are only temporary symptoms of the BloodSugarSexMagik infection, and that I will be back to normal soon.
Ugh, gross
RHCP have a long list of amazing songs. Just a shame none of them are on this album.
The most overrated band of all time. Would give zero if possible.
I've never been a fan of Red Hot Chili Peppers at all, and an incomplete listen to this has done precious little to alter my opinion. I just find them really grating in both a musical and vocal sense, and Anthony Kiedis being a bit of a knob is well-documented by now, so nope, onto this week's new releases I go. Sorry, not sorry.
Not really a fan. I know so many people that love this band but I just don't think it's my thing
No, no and no.
I've always loved Under the Bridge, but don't feel strongly about the rest. I think their a band where I'll like some songs, but not really into the whole album experience.
Mye, mye verre enn jeg husket det som
Ironic that right after we get Remain in Light, an album that proves white guys can get funky - we get this stinker. Truly an embarrassing mess, just barely held together by the amazing work of everyone except Mr. Keidis. Highs: Give it away, suck my kiss Lows: the rest
I was a little biased when going into this, but the Red Hot Chili Peppers are just awful
1.5
This is the 134th album I’m rating. I don't think I've listened to a song by the band surprisingly. Adding to my Playlist - Nothing. Not Adding to my Playlist - The Power of Equality, If You Have to Ask, Breaking the Girl, Funky Monks, Suck my Kiss, I Could Have Lied, Mellowship Slinky in B Major, The Righteous & the Wicked, Give it Away, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Under the Bridge, Naked in the Rain, Apache Rose Peacock, The Greeting Song, My Lovely Man, Sir Psycho Sexy, They're Red Hot The Power of Equality - I'm going to kill myself after listening to 74 minutes of this especially after that awful Guns n' Roses album. Please get better. Breaking the Girl - The first minute I was like thank God this album isn't complete ass but after listening to more of the song I have no hope left. I Could Have Lied - This feels like a even shittier version of shitty indie. All in all I liked 0/17 songs. Red Hot Chili Peppers sucks. This album is really really bad. Everybody who bought this should be refunded.
The songs are ok. I loved it when I was 15. It hasn’t aged well. And Anthony Kedis is an arrogant prick with an annoying thin voice.
I'm a certified Red Hot Chili Peppers hater, I tried to give this album a fair shot at changing my mind but it didn't
I have never liked RHCP and listening to this album again just reaffirmed that. 1 star out of 5
This album…kinda sucks. I’m sorry to be a terrible music appreciator! I just can’t hear the RHCP sound and not think “corny.” Also all the lyrics are like “I’ve got a cool dick that makes her sick!”
The last one had ding dong ding dang, this has Doobley doo. I thought this would never end. Ding dong diddly shite.
The standard complaint these days is that artists aren't allowed to develop or bed in. If you're first album isn't a hit, then you're out on your arse. RHCP broke through on their fifth album. We could have been spared that had the execs at the time been more parsimonious. You might argue that John Frustciante and Chad Smith were only on his second album. Give them a chance. Were it not for the millions of units shifted, no exec could get behind this music. It is never the one thing it professes to be: funky. It is like they are doing every exercise in the circuit wrong - jerking when the action should be smooth, spasmodic, when they should be controlled. The fluidity of Parliament, James Brown, or Prince is absent and, in its place, a lopsided struggle to lift the weight to their chin. All jerk, no clean. When they're not trying to make that stupid, grotesque music, they really shine. The open-tuned riffing of Breaking The Girl, with its swells of mellotron, could be gorgeous, where it not for Kiedis's awful mugging and juvenile posturing. He ruins everything he touches and, as I understand, he touches underage girls, so he should be made to stop. And this is what it comes down to. There is no fixing or resitting the Red Hot Chilli Peppers. The rot remains - that is, Anthony Kiedis in all his noxiousness and Flea's impulse and instinct for lurching funkless funk. That is the totality of the band and fortune or execs might bring in a talented musician like Frustciante or a balancing force like Smith, but the premise was wrong to begin with. The idea was terrible. The foundations unsound. I generally like Michael Beinhorn, but I blame him for polishing the turd of The Uplift Mofo Party Plan. But I get it, he was poor and desperate and desperate men do bad things. 1.5 This album is so very, very boring. I had big ideas, Californication having been considered a couple of weeks back, to write a review comparing BSSM favourably with that album in all kinds of ways but I just haven’t the enthusiasm. This is not songwriting - it’s just the piecing together of grooves from musicians with only one setting and no soul. Above the tick of their meaningless, thoughtless riffing a deviant delivers the same old shtick about his penis in excruciatingly square raps and clumsy melodies. And there’s 73 minutes of this. I want to give this more than the 1 star I gave Californication but after listening to it I actually can’t. 73 minutes. It is undoubtedly better than Californication - I’m sure with an editor there’s a 1.5 star album in there somewhere - but that is moot; both these records deserve to be forgotten and never listened to again. 1/5
Overrated.
What brutal garbage. This shouldn't have existed. I have no idea how they took off. Good bass playing.
Yeah... This one is really bad. It's all over the place. Under the bridge is good, but still one star.
This band sucks
This album seemed to go on for months, realised I didn't have it when I was younger so not even any points for nostalgia. I feel like I have a pretty high tolerance for 'silly' music but so much of it just sounds so stupid (derogatory) to me now, and some of the lyrics are dead iffy. I think the best songs are the 'serious' ones like Under the Bridge and Breaking the Girl, I guess they leaned into that more later on
Such a long album, I was indifferent to most of it, wouldn't go back to it bar 'Under The Bridge'
tão divertido quanto furar o tímpano com um prego enferrujado! eu odeio red hot demais. foda-se esses mano.
Few things underline the inherent cruelty of time’s passage as much as how vibrant this album must have seemed to white rock fans at release but by the time I was cognizant of music less than a decade later, saying RHCP was your favorite band was polite shorthand for saying thanks but no thanks to having a personality.
No standout songs here. Uninspired lyrics. I can't recall any of the songs even shortly after listening to them.
Suck my kiss? That’s a visual I’d rather not put into my brain but there it is. I found no enjoyment in this mess. Flea’s funky bass lines might have worked on a release less chaotic as this. If not for Under the Bridge this is a half star album.
RHCP is hit or miss for me and the majority of this album is a miss. I like the guitar and some of the vocals in I Could Have Lied, but it’s just ok. I can't express how much I hate Suck My Kiss and Give it Away. Under the Bridge is good, but not enough to save this album. 1 Star.
Stupid, long, awful. How they ever got popular is beyond me. And god damn put on a shirt for fucks sake.
Goddamnit, I do NOT want to deal with more tedious white boy ego tripping bullshit. Red Hot Chili Peppers would be a lot more enjoyable if it was just instrumental - Kiedis is awful. AWFUL. If I found this in my household CD collection, I would give it away.
Man alive this band are tedious bores. Growing up as a muso with mosher-adjacent leanings and a passing interest in grungy culture (by which I mean baggy jeans and hanging around Affleck's Palace), it was basically the law to own this album and to consider it the height of subversive cool. But it's absolute bum wash. Under The Bridge, arguably it's only highlight, is a song done much better by All Saints, and is wholly sabotaged by the insane falsetto bits. And these are the facts I'm giving you about the best song.
Answer: They are a bunch of White Guys with a tone deaf lead singer who fail at merging funk, rock and white boy rap. Question: Who are the Red Hot Chili Peppers?
Getitawaygetitawaygetitaway now!
Anthony kiedis is a pedo I know about separating the art from the artist but that's pretty hard to do when the whole album is about sex and being a freak! 0 stars Anthony kiedis you can suck a fat Penis
Man I fucking hate this band so much. It’s even more painful acknowledging the musicianship on display here, and that when pulled away from the Chilli Peppers Chad Smith, Flea, and especially Frusciante have all worked on music I really love. Instead they choose to play this dogshit whiteboy circus funk like they’ve been forced to by Anthony Kiedis at gunpoint.
You know that one person? You want to tell them to shup up even though they aren't speaking. That's this album. Also, fuck Anthony Kiedis.
RHCP is hit or miss for me and the majority of this album is a miss. I like the guitar and some of the vocals in I Could Have Lied, but it’s just ok. I can't express how much I hate Suck My Kiss and Give it Away. Under the Bridge is good, but not enough to save this album. 1 Star.
I do not like Red Hot Chili Peppers. They are the music equivalent to licking an ashtray. That said, I liked the song Breaking the Girl decently enough. And Under the Bridge is good
A mix of funk, rock and hip-hop. Lots of people like/follow RHCP but thisnis not my thing...
Terrible
hate them - frank
Seemed like a parody of Spinal Tap at times Mostly tedious
I might be the only person ever to compare Steely Dan to RHCP, but here goes: They're two of my least favorite bands. Each reminds me of moments in music that feel slimy, dated, elevator-y, and... empty. This is not a knock on either band's supposed virtuosity. In re to RHCP, I can hear Flea's thumping explorations, Frusciante's playful experiments, and Smith's banging earnestness... but they become disparate parts of a discharged sum... and the sum intends to evoke fun but lands flat, farty, and, holistically, meaningless. "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" just sounds silly. Thankfully, based on some of these other reviews, I'm not the only one whose skin crawls when Kiedis opens his babbling maw to atonally scream his greasy, trite lyrics.
Listening to this was a chore. Flea’s bass playing was the only highlight. Did not enjoy the lyrics or delivery. Decent songs include: “Funky Monks” “Under the Bridge” “They’re Red Hot” “Give it Away” “Blood Sugar Sex Magik” “Apache Rose Peacock” “Sir Psycho Sexy” were annoying.
Holy fuck this is what Red Hot Chili Peppers non-hits sound like? This is almost unlistenable, I was struggling after the blowjob song. Holy fuck. I think this is probably the third album I've listened to on this site that I have been completely unable to continue. Garbage album. If you enjoyed this out of nostalgia I get it, but if you came into this album fresh and enjoyed it, get your head checked. Seriously.
Was quite disappointed midway through "Apache Rose Peacock" That I was only 13/19 songs. Music by retards for retards. There is a reason no one knows more than like 3 songs by this sorry excuse for a band. The hits are overplayed and not enough to save this drag of a record, especially if you've ever worked a job that had a site radio stuck on triple M because the old pricks you work with don't like "that doof doof" on any other station. The deep cuts lyrically are like if you took some weirdo band like they might be giants or tally hall and edged a heroin overdose on their lead writer while doing the clockwork orange psycho conditioning bit but instead of violence its just 90s pornography and the goal is not to form a negative association but to make them retarded and unable to get an erection unless they're watching videos of people putting live fish in their ass. The slither of redemption on this album is the bassline, that however, is spoiled by Flea being a gay loser who got assmad when BASED australians made light of the death of his stupidly named friend who he kissed on the lips. shit band if you like red hot chilli peppers go for a long walk in the sonora desert without water seeing as you love california so much.
How is the mixing on this so fucking bad 3/10 Fav tracks - none Least fav - blood sugar sex magik
Ooh, a Beastie Boys tribute band. How cool… There are some quite nice moments hidden away in here, but they’re few and far between. I imagine people who like this probably still think Beavis and Butthead are funny. I found it rather tedious. And clearly far too long.
In his autobiography Scar Tissue, Kiedis described having sex with a 14-year-old fan who was the daughter of a Louisiana police chief, despite knowing her age. He wrote the song "Catholic School Girls Rule" about the encounter.[289] In 1986, Kiedis dated the actress Ione Skye when she was 16, below the age of consent in California.[290]
Hard rock band out of the 90’s-00’s. Mix of good, and bad music. Some strange band members!
this album is either a 1 or a 5. I'm going 1
Just so... bland and soulless. Rubin's production is very good, the actual instrumentals are okay. Flea's bass playing is rightfully acclaimed. But the flow is so terrible, the influences are so hollow, the vibes are just rancid all around. Bloated as hell as well.
Well. Distinctive, at least. … there’s like 30 good seconds on this album. Max. We all know what they are. Rest of this is absolute genuine torture.
1. Rub me wrong and I get pissed 2.Pudding’s sweet but too aloof 3. The twilight of love had arrived 4. There are no monks in my band 5. Chicka chicka dee do me like a banshee 6. A soulful song that would not stay 7. Popcorn peanuts lookin’ at big butts 8. Global abortion please 9. Dancin’ down on life with agility 10. I mingle with divinity 11. Lonely as I am, together we cry 12. Naked in the rain with a killer whale 13. Twinkle twinkle little star 14. The face of God is in Sensurround 15. Listen to Roberta Flack 16. Creamy beaver hotter than a fever 17. Hot tamales and they red hot 18. Excuse me while I see if the gipsy in me is right 19. You’re a disgrace
Imaging having this little to say but making 72 minutes of lyrical and musical feces anyway. Being a heroin-addicted rapist doesn't make what you have to say deep or interesting. Everyone associated with this should be in Guantanamo Bay.
I really expected something better than what I got. I do enjoy fusion albums; in fact I love fusion albums but only when they are done right. A shitty blend of funk, rock, and rap with no drive that leaves a sour taste in your mouth. Not to mention the nonsensical goofy ass lyrics (take a good look at the lyrics for Sir Psycho Sexy and you'll know) and the mediocre vocal performance. Although some of the production I thought was decent, the guitar specifically for me, and the bass as well but it can not make up for everything that I previously mentioned. Lame ahh album. Top 3 Fav: It's all mid no good songs Top 3 Worst: Sir Psycho Sexy (Easily the worst), Give it Away (Close 2nd), and Suck My Kiss 1.50/5
'Ohh the playing is really good even if you don't like Kiedis's singing and lyrics' WRONG. If anything that makes it WORSE. Like a bag of Skittles brimming with piss.
What a mess
I hate the outro to Under The Bridge, some fun tracks even though nothing stands out at all. Mediocre record and waaaay too long. Although Flea is a bass beast, his talent doesnt pay off the bad songwriting and how forgettable this is
I wanted to give this an honest try but don't want to ruin my music recommendation algorithm... I cannot stand the vocals of the Red Hot Chili Peppers and it spoils any cool grooves or musicianship that's trapped beneath. Repetitive and off-key, I cringe just imagining the vocals. I also really dislike the part of Under the Bridge where they have a chorus singing the same part an octave up from the lead singer. I feel like the singer has an incredibly small vocal range (I cannot stand the way he sings "partner") and yet the chorus is also too high and it's just a discordant cacophony that grates on my ears. Would be a much better song sang by someone else.
I love Rick Rubin, but I do blame him and this album for having to be subjected to the Red Hot Chili Peppers far too often in the last 30 years. Before this album, they were just a weird funk-metal band that no one outside of niche skateboarding circles really gave a shit about. When this album dropped, you couldn't get away from it. It was EVERYWHERE, ALL THE TIME. Initial reaction; when they stick to sophomoric heavy funk they are in their element. It's fun. It's catchy. It's played well. Too often though they have decided to "get serious" on this album with tracks like Breaking the Girl and Under the Bridge. Quite simply, it shuts down any flow the album seems to be establishing, every time. I understand that these were their breakout singles and helped propel them into the forefront of mainstream rock, but as far as the album, it just doesn't work. Couple that with this being about twice as long (OK 3x) as it needs to be and you've got the recipe for a rough afternoon. Additionally and most importantly, Kiedis is the weak link here. Cut the vocals on the better parts of this and it's really solid and innovative funk. Kiedis ruins that EVERY time he opens his mouth. The lyrics are garbage. The delivery is worse. He's like the class clown that you couldn't stand to be around for more than 5 minutes in high school. Jesus Christ, if you can get through the final two tracks of this shit sandwich without wanting to do serious harm to yourself or others, you're a better person than I am. I'd like to give this 0 stars and if at all possible, erase it from history.
do not like this style of music. so overly hammy
I just listened to Massive Attack before this. This is the same thing but with an annoying band instead of annoying synths. The shitty raps, the shitty lyrics, the obnoxious attitude... it's uncanny. The only thing missing is an *almost* good female singer, but don't worry Anthony Kiedis chimes in with his not-good-enough singing voice. This is tiresome and I'm only three tracks in. I didn't have much faith I'd enjoy this, and I clearly wasn't being harsh.
I'm not sure if this is fair because I did enjoy under the bridge but I just hated this so much more than I anticipated. Too long and too self-indulgent. Took me days to get through.
a band that I know is terrible, and is somehow always worse than I imagine them to be. in the few fractions of a moment where they're not trying to play stunted adolescent funk there's a tiny bit of the cooler melodic parts of John Frusciante's lead guitar. most of what he can do well ended up instead of Niandra LaDes and Usually Just a T-Shirt, which I don't know anymore if is Good but is Cool For Guitarists. the world is a worse place for having this album in it. music: despised. (⌐■_■)
I was optimistic that an appreciation for Musicianship would carry this beyond my general attitude towards RHCP. Then the returns diminished more and more with every song. Then Sir Psycho Sexy came on, second last song. That’s all I have to say about that. Except for: this is meant to be one of their good albums, eh? Jesus.
Firstly this is a biased response as I cant stand this band. Terrible live, awful sound and terrible music. This was always going to be a tough listen for me. Wrestling music, the type of music at every festival or school event. the only saving grace on this is under the bridge. Favourite song: Under the bridge Least favourite: Everything else. Album artwork: Crap.
No
This album feels too long, there are several songs that I think could have been cut shorter/removed. It also doesn't help that I only like the Red Hot Chili Peppers' hits. The sound overall is fine, its going for a rap/funk rock. Most of the time I just dislike how the main vocalist sounds on tracks like If You Have To Ask. I prefer the softer less heavy tracks like I Could Have Lied, Breaking the Girl, and Under the Bridge
Not my thing. Didn't enjoy it.
The only good thing about this record is that I can’t imagine disliking another record on this list more so it should be all up from here.
i felt like i needed a shower after this one. incomprehensibly stupid lyrics. it feels like everyone is just trying their best to get funky and then anthony kiedis has an insurmountable urge to make it about being a gleeful sex offender. i don’t really know how it could get any worse than this so i am awarding a very early one star rating
Made me laugh. I pray the funk will make me freak. etc
Never loved them
Sorry, that is not music
Too long. Last 2 songs were the worst 2 songs
J’ai écouté ça au boulot, j’ajoute ça à mon compte de pénibilité. C’est nul. C’est moche. Pour les besoins de l’exercice je me suis un peu penché sur les paroles et je n’ai pas été déçu : “Naked in the rain with a killer whale, i can’t taste the salt when I lick his tail”. Tout cela est très profond. “Sir psycho sexy” sur 8 minutes c'est juste non. Je n’ai jamais pu encaisser “Give it away”. Toutes les chansons s’étirent inutilement sur plus de 4 ou 5 minutes, l’album dure 1h12, un enfer. Et ça finit par une espèce de chanson farce comme si tout de qu'il y avait avant n'en était pas déjà une. Quoi sauver? “I could have lied” a un riff qui marche pas mal, “Under the Bridge” est OK mais bon, ça ne sauve pas le reste.
Bought it when younger. Played it seeking understanding and clarity, Failed to really connect with it then. Failed to really connect with it now. I hear it and can kind of enjoy it, but its an effort. I think the type of rock that it is is not my rock, and its not the type of music I actively seek out. Is it good music, not my music, not my good music. Thanks for the memories. I never noticed the CD getting swiped by someone who liked it more than me, good on them for taking it. I hope it gives you all the joys you deserve. For me, its none of them. Will not be seeking to listen to again.
Some of the music is really good, but lyrics from a sexist, horny preteen inside a grownups body are so damn cringy and on top of that is Kiedis just a really mediocre singer, so this has definitely not aged well.
Oh sweet Jesus. Oh god it's 73 minutes as well. Do I have to? What, a 3.56 average score, what the hell is wrong with you people? Let's get on with it. I like the odd RHCP song, but they are a band exclusively to be enjoyed in small doses only. Lol 2 tracks in and I'm already cringeing hard. White boy hip hop are we now Chillis? Breaking the Girl sounds more like Pearl Jam except with flutes. This one is tolerable. Not bad actually. Funky Monks is laughable and Suck My Kiss is garbage. I went to make a coffee. Several more tracks. Oh god it's all so bad. And mind-meltingly dumb. When is Under the Bridge? I need heroin myself to get through this. I don't mind Give it Away, at least that is passably funky. Sir Psycho Sexy, please please give it a rest, you are not, I repeat NOT Sly and the Family Stone. So. That's 3 songs out of 17. Oh that's a big old one star lads.
Tak jo, tohle doposlouchat mě stálo neuvěřitelného úsilí a vůle, bylo to čisté koncentrované utrpení. Raději bych si kdykoliv pustila Davida Graye než toto a to jsem si myslela, že RHCP budou v pohodě, pár jejich písniček mám přece jen ráda. Bylo to tak nicneříkající, vyprázdněné, samolibé, americké až hrůza. Bylo z toho cítit, jak si kapela myslí, že jsou the shit a působilo to celou dobu jako honění vlastního ega. Texty naprosto debilní, hloupý a někdy vyloženě nechutný a slizký, zejména v kontextu toho, co frontman všechno provedl. Má to neuvěřitelně zastaralý a nudný zvuk a proč to sakra muselo být tak dlouhé? Nikdy předtím jsem neslyšela celé album od této kapely a možná to tak mělo zůstat, hodně to změnilo můj názor na ně. Nebudu vůbec lhát, když řeknu, že největší moment euforie nastal, když album skončilo. Tohle rozhodně bude sloužit jako připomínka, že si mám víc vážit kvalitní hudby. PROČ je tohle album na seznamu hudby, kterou bychom měli slyšet před smrtí? Možná právě proto, abychom víc ocenili dobrou hudbu vedle této snůšky sraček. Nejlepší: Under the Bridge (jediný, co mi nepřišlo příšerný) Nejhorší: Breaking the Girl (country, wtf, sus), Suck My Kiss (yuuuck), Give It Away, Sir Psycho Sexy (tohle mě sralo tak, že jsem to fakt musela přepnout) → PROSTĚ VŠECHNO, TFUJ Verdikt: 0,5/10 (nejhorší album, co jsem zatím tady slyšela, půl bodu jen za jednu písničku a že to ve mně dokázalo vyvolat takovou reakci)
I was hoping for better music from this subscription. So far, just mediocre pop. How about some GOOD music?
F RHCP. I was forced to listen to too many songs from this when it was on the radio. I really can’t stand listening to the same song done slightly differently each time. They are singularly responsible for any dislike I have for California. We get it, you love California. Stop it already.
Didn’t listen. Don’t like RHCP
Suck my ?
Just gives me big Kyle energy. Like I want to shotgun a monster and punch a wall. Like this is what I imagine goes on inside the head of a 11 year old iPad kid who's parents let them roam. I just don't like the peppers no matter how many chances I give them. Shout out to the worst song I've ever heard in my life 'Sir Psycho Sexy' I'm not a prude or anything but it's just an 8 minute horny ass rant with the worst synth bass I've ever heard. Favorite song: Naked in the Rain
Still don't like Red Hot Chili Peppers, but I listened anyway just in case maybe I was mistaken. I wasn't :)
did not like
Gefällt mir nicht
My phone was stolen during RCHP at ACL Fest 2017 so that’s something about this band that I’ll always remember. Under the Bridge is the only somewhat okay song on this album.
There's something about this band that just turns my stomach. I never understood the hype or the fanbase. Although, I'd rather listen to this than Everything but the girl...
I do not like this band and making me listen to them for over an hour made me very unhappy. 2/10
I will not listen to this album. I really can't stand the vocal stylings of the lead singer. Not to mention the misogyny. cringe city. no stars, but I can't seem to remove the one I added.
absolutely no
More like Green Mild Shishito Peppers.
Sex magik on dirait le nom d'une chanson de Keen'V J'ai pas tout écouté mais j'ai vraiment pas aimé 😳 j'ai du passer la moitié des chansons quand elles duraient + de 3min mdr
wow. i hated everything about this. kind of impressive honestly.
Absolutely not.
LOL scuffed
Under the Bridge is a great song. But it is the one that sounds very unique on this album, unlike all the others. With some of these albums it just sounds like a blur, gray noise, and it just becomes background noise and I don't pay attention. This was the first album where I actively thought, a handful of times, Jesus H please turn this off. Sounds like the album of a methed out guy in his early 40s in Venice Beach rocking out while digging through a trashcan. I had fairly high hopes and they were quickly deflated.
Similar beat through out. Not a great variety or creativity...
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I hated this
There sure are a lot of redeeming qualities to this record, but god on the whole this was a slog. Lyrics uniformly pretty bad, which i just can’t get over, and this is a long album, defo could be half the length and that would help a lot!! 1/5
Shite
Genuinely don't think there will be a worse album on this list.
I really like the instrumental parts but Anthony Kiedis really ruins it for me. Like REALLY ruins it for me.
Ça me répugne
I’m a pretty big Pepperhead and I fucking hate this album. I don’t understand the love it gets. I’ve heard this album numerous times since high school and to this day the only song I truly enjoy is Under the Bridge. Everything else is annoying or creepy. Not the RHCP album, man. 1
No, never RHCP.
Just the worst
Did not like
hated this, terrible album, terrible music, terrible band
Holy shit this sucks. This band sucks, it's crass and bad and flea isn't even that good the bass is just mixed loud. Took me 3 days to finish this. 0/5
Einfach Nein.
Awful. 0/5
two albums into the Red Hot Chili Peppers (with Californication being one of the most abysmal first listens of my life), and i am confounded as to how they managed to pass as anything truly listenable, unless done with the greatest amount of irony — a band people would love to laugh at, not with. there’s hardly a lyric here worth paying attention to: the most consistent thing about RHCP is their shallow, oft banal wordplay that is so grating, causing brain cells to dissipate at a rate faster than the time it would take to roll one’s eyes. the album clocks in at 79 minutes, and gosh they are excruciating. every song has a pace that drags, and six songs into the record, all i want is for it to be over. granted, Blood Sugar Sex Magik has more going for it than Californication — it’s compositions more assured, and the bass more lively, and it manages a semi-decent song in “Under the Bridge” — but it is such a deliriously low bar to clear that it doesn’t ring as a complement in my mind. Californication came years after this, and it’s insane how RHCP clearly never evolved past their frat-boy, pubescent style of songwriting. i just hope i never have to undergo the torture of listening to even one more word out the mouth of Kiedis ever again.
I've made some bad musical decisions in my life, but never caving into the temptation of buying this album - or any Chili Peppers album - isn't one of them. If I had any revelation upon listening to this it's that I can't place all of the blame solely on the vocals of Anthony Kiedis. His voice has always, always bugged the crap out of me (yes, before it was cool to hate him) and I always wondered if they would be better with a different signer. But now I have the opinion that I probably wouldn't like this band no matter who was singing for them. I know Frusciante seems to get a pass because he does some cool stuff on the guitar, has a solo career, was a junkie, etc. But more times than not anything funk-adjacent on this record makes me cringe before Kiedis even opens his mouth. So, there's blame to go around. I liked "Breaking the Girl" and, surprisingly, "Give it Away." Whatever's happening on those two songs at least feels like the band is in unison. But the rest is a complete pass for me. And maybe I told this story already, but I saw them headline Lolapalooza 1992 (right after Ministry, which is just wild to think about) and... I had fun! So, I'm not too cool to dislike this band entirely, but I am too cool to like them on record. If I'm going to be subjected to silliness, I suppose it works much better on me visually in the same way I don't want to listen to a Benny Hill record, I want to see that shit.
ew except one song
Refused to listen.
I didn’t know I hated the Red Hot Chili Peppers so much until listening to this album.
Comfortably the worst band of all time.
Not today Satan
no. if you listen to RHCP you go to the bad place
Under the bridge är ju bra, fan vad störigt allt annat va
“I'm forever near a stereo saying, 'What the f**k is this garbage? And the answer is always the Red Hot Chili Peppers.” - Nick Cave. Couldn't agree more.
Couldnt even finish it.
Y'all. This is not good. Nothing about this is worthy of a listen. It has no redeeming qualities. If this is your jam, I don't know what to do with you, brodude. I just don't know.
I don’t give a shit abt this kind of music unfortunately.
I have no interest in hearing Anthony Kiedis clumsily rap about what gets him hard for even one minute, let alone 73. The singles are fine, but the album drags. Not for me. One for the Cali kids.
Way to long bunch if funk rock infused jams. Which has been done better before and since. The album was just long tedious and repetitive.
I like to think that this band is actually an extremely elaborate joke.
Nope
Terrible overrated band
an album full of testosterone and nervous energy. the relentless crack of the snare drum is exhausting. the whole thing feels very agitated.