Album Of The Day

My roommates in college were both massive fans of Red Hot Chili Peppers—they would talk about their favorite guitarists, and refer to the band members by their first names, as if they were friends. They had a reverence for their musicianship, their songwriting, their ethos. Of course, I've always known RHCP, and have always liked them, but despite being in a prime demographic for loving Red Hot Chili Peppers, I've never been able to QUITE get into them. That remains true after listening to Blood Sugar Sex Magik. I think it really comes down to Anthony Kiedis. Flea is an iconic bassist, John Frusciante's melodic guitar writing is stellar, and Chad Smith's such a skilled and charming drummer, that I can't help but like him. But Anthony Kiedis doesn't really bring anything to the table for me. At his best, he's a serviceable singer with a limited range. At his worst, he's a fuck boy rapper without the flow or charisma to pull it off convincingly. But, all this said, there's no denying that there is a lot to love about this record, even if I don't personally love it. Rick Rubin is at his best as a producer here, and the band were really pushing their own creativity, sometimes to great effect.

A familiar refrain: a band in mid-career doldrums, teams up with a talented producer, with the result being magic (magik). This is the Peppers at their best, as steered by Rick Rubin. A good listen…

If RHCP put out a career greatest hits it would be three LPs. One would just be One Hot Minute, and any fans who disagree can get bent. One side each would represent the best stuff from Mother's Milk and earlier and Californication and after. And the third LP would be mostly BSSM and also Soul to Squeeze. Even this would be more RHCP than anyone NEEDS, it wouldn't be ALL good, but no one would ever need MORE than that. You could easily do that without losing a single essential track. While I will absolutely die on the hill that Dave Navarro is the only person who managed to harness Anthony Kiedis's weird dubbed-kung-fu style rapping and flapjawed singing into a consistent product, one cannot deny that BSSM has the hits. Even as tiring as those hits are. Even as bloated as the album is. It has a pretty distinct aura to it… from the jump you have the same sonic palette as Give It Away and Suck My Kiss. You also have probably the least cool song to ever say “death to the ku klux klan”. That should be a slam dunk on making your song cool. You can't actually follow along lyrically with an RHCP song. It's a terrible idea if you're trying to approach them as unbiased as possible, because there are few worse lyricists in the entire world than Kiedis. It makes a song like Breaking the Girl all the more astonishing, not that it is exactly poetry, but it's a coherent, actually kinda lovely song couched between two unselfconsciously silly songs. “There are no monks in my band”. OK, Shakespeare. And there really is the feeling that this could have been at least a solid album if anyone else was fronting these songs except for Sir Psycho Sexy over here (sincerely one of the least sexy songs exclusively about fucking, but I guess that's not surprising from a dude who called sex “done did do” earlier in the album). It could have even been equally relentlessly horny if the vocalist or at least lyricist wasn't the sort of guy to pursue barely legal women while in his 60s. Hell, even lots of other old predator types would do better. The best of those tracks is Suck My Kiss, but that's in spite of itself. This album is an excellent reminder of how bad heroin can mess you up, but Under the Bridge is definitely not the best evidence of that. So yeah, there's the four hits. That's one half of that full platter. Let's say we put that as Suck My Kiss, then slip in Naked in the Rain, and continue with Breaking the Girl, Give it Away, and Under the Bridge. Side B? Soul to Squeeze (where it belongs, what band doesn't include this song if they wrote it for this album?) Righteous and the Wicked. I Could Have Lied. My Lovely Man. Let's toss “they're red hot” at the end as a coda. Maybe I'd throw Mellowship Slinky on the bonus deluxe platter as an instrumental demo. That single LP is a good 4*. The album as it stands? I can't really give it a 2… it's weirdly more than the sum of its parts… but I can barely go much higher than a light 3*. And again, this is basically the second best album these cats put out

I love me a red hot chilli pepper blood sugar sex magik

Pretty solid

Albeit their later stuff, I was completely swept up by RHCP as a kid. Them more than anyone else I used to like, I find almost completely insufferable now. RYM: N Saved a song: N

feels very so cal so i didn't hate actually

Me surpreendeu muito positivamente. Eu sempre passei longe de RHCP, muito por conta da maioria de suas músicas chegavam até a mim por clipes, ou rádios, aquele repertório horrível do californiacation. Mas esse aqui é realmente MUITO BOM. Uma levada groovada funkyada incrivel, com um baixo arrebatador do Flea, que dita quase todo o ritmo do álbum junto ao restante da banda. Com uma produção excelente do Rick Rubin, concretizando que quase tudo o que este produtor bota a mão, vira sucesso, no melhor sentido musical da palavra. Abriu um pouco minha mente para buscar algo amais da banda.

Cool grooves, some fun songs, but a bit bloated for an album with a lot of filler.

Quite like the RHCP but this is undoubtedly too long. Cut a couple of tracks and it's a much better album.

Excellent album!

An absolute banger of an album that managed put the Chilli Peppers into a whole other commercial league, but is one of the landmark recordings that saw the 90s alternative rock boom be 'a thing'. Rick Rubin's presence as producer was hugely influential, helping Chad Smith sound like John Bonham and giving the creative playing of John Frusciante a real voice on record. 'Under the bridge' was a huge single and gave a new credibility to this, up to this point, rather punky bunch. They almost messed it up but managed to rescue it eight years later......the best funk and rock fusion up to that point

No what the fuck are these guys on about

really cringe and bad but sometimes fun!!

ta bien

wahoooooo (although not near my favourite chili peppers album)

its just so generic, commercial music slop. also can't forget about the 14 year old

Cuando estaba en la primaria me gustaba Fran. Como él era fanático de los Red Hot Chili Peppers, yo, en un intento desesperado por impresionarlo, escuché y leí todo lo que encontré sobre la banda. Fran terminó siendo un boludo más en el camino, pero los Red Hot se convirtieron en la banda de mi adolescencia. Dicho esto, este no es ni por asomo mi álbum favorito de ellos. Cuatro estrellas, solo por el recuerdo de la infancia.

8/10 No bad thing about it Liked: Breaking the girl The power of equality Under the bridge

Some classic songs, arguably a classic record, hut a bit too long. Frusciante gets a lot of praise, but I never understood the hype. He does lay down some good tracks here though

Moves so easy. Full of meaning.

every song feels like it’s 8 minutes long. god this thing is huge. “Under the Bridge” is a great song unfortunately

Not one of their best albums but at that time it opened the view on "crossover" music to a total new level.

Giveitaway giveitaway giveitaway now

The instrumentation is great, stuffed to the brim with groove and funk. There is so much talent on display. But jfc do Kiedis' lyrics and vocal stylings get on my nerves. Unfortunately Flea, Frusciante, and Smith's mastery can't quite save this one from 74 minutes of Kiedis rapping about all the sex he has. At least this one doesn't feature a song about a 14 year old girl. 2.5/5. Favorite tracks: The Power of Equality, If You Have to Ask, Sir Psycho Sexy (for going full sludge mode)

I was in 8th grade when this album was released. This album was huge back then and seemed to be everywhere. It was so popular at the junior high I attended that the cover of our yearbook was a parody of this album cover. Catchy songs? Sure. Talented folks? Sure. Did I need to hear this album again after its overexposure in the ‘90s? No.

There’s some stuff here that’s your standard scatty batty bing a ding dong dong Chili Peppers but then there’s Breaking the Girl and Under the Bridge and a couple of other pretty good ones.

I enjoyed this more than I thought. I was going to give it a 4. Then, I was thinking. Flea and Chad Smith seem like OK guys. What about the rest of the band? -1

I'm not a fan of RTHP, so I might be biased. Kiedis's voice is so grating that having to hear him for 70 minutes makes listening to "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" worse. Also, there are many better alt-rock bands out there. However, "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" isn't a total disaster. It's actually a tolerable album. 3 stars for "Blood Sugar Sex Magik".

I do tire of their sound after prolonged exposure nowadays, but this is a pretty awesome album.

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.

Frekar bla

Góðir toppar þarna, en hitt er smá leiðinlegt?

Yeah, idk. It was pretty fun to listen to while playing some racing games, but it's just soo background music. It's too long, and the best part of it is probably Rick Rubin. Or flea.

Under the Bridge and 110 minutes of cringe.

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

Great band, terrible songwriters. I got this album when it came out for Breaking the Girl, and proceeded to hate pretty much the rest of the album. I wondered what it would be like to listen to this now that I have a better ear for rap music. Nope. This album still mostly sucks. The songs sound like the ramblings of a bunch of bored seventh graders in study hall. Too bad these guys never grew up and wrote better songs (Dark Necessities notwithstanding). When a Stevie Wonder cover is one of your best songs, and you’re not a local bar band, it makes it hard to justify this band’s existence.

Another album that changed my perspective on what music could be. This was fun but also some raw emotion as well. The rolling rhythms, funky basslines and just otherworldly guitar sold me on this band. Some might detract on the lyrics but for what the band was, these lyrics were perfect.

Very good

😛😛😛

okay no specific song notes buttttt i really enjoyed this i was rocking my head and shit humming along i do really enjoy rhcp i think this was like the epitome of them like this is what j think of them very catchy very flowy very freaky not much else to sayyyy i had a good time ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Simplemente maravilloso, como fan de los RHCP considero este album como su 2do mejor. Se muestra una faceta nueva de la banda que despues se vuelve a traer en sus posteriores que es el funk rock. Ademas de tener su clasico rock metal en temas como Suck my Kiss o Give it away, encontramos temas mas chill o funk como I could have lied o Under the bridge. Una banda con tanto exito e impacto en la cultura mas contemporanea con tantos hiit y mas de 10 discos es importante que este en estos 1001 albumes. That mouth was made to suck my kisssssssss Top Picks: 1- Suck my Kiss 2- Under the bridge 3- I could have Lied 4- Funky Monks the yapa

The wild thing is even if you set aside the three big (two huge) hits, it's still a five star album.

Five stars because: 1) I count this album as a key shift in my music education from middle to high school 2) RHCP influenced to many others 3) The songs are still shockingly great today

Play that funky music whiteboyyyy

Man, I loved RHCP in the 90's, and this album in particular. I follwed them up to Californication (I hope it's not on this list) and then dropped them like it's hot.....red hot. There are some killer tracks on this album (Breaking the Girl, Under the Bridge, I Could Have Lied, etc), but so much filler. There is no version of reality where this album needed to be an hour and fifteen minutes. Also, Anthony Kiedis drives me fucking crazy. Wham bam, funky frying pan, get with me girl, I are your man. Shamala pooey, get on my big kablooey, make my baloney ooey gooey (so many dick references). Dude just needs to stop. RHCP are also singlehandedly responsible for spawning a million douchey funk bands full of bro dudes pumping out endless mediocrity, and this I can not abide. Thankfully the 90's thrived and grew in spite of this. This album did not age well but it get's three stars for a tight rhythm section, nostalgia, and the last solid Frusciante effort (with RHCP). I am glad I moved on and will probably never spin this alum in it's entirety again.

feels like it's stuck in time of a 13 year old edge fase

I enjoyed this

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.

trhcp is okie. very servicable but not remarkable

sometimes dad rock is right

A lot of people on here are hating but I like this album. I already had a few songs saved, so it was nice to hear the full thing, as I’ve never done so before. 5 stars

Loved it. I don’t understand all the bad reviews.

3 killer songs on an album of 17 tracks just doesn’t cut it. Breaking The Girl, Give it Away and Under the bridge are indisputably great songs but the rest is filler, they all sound like rehearsal room, sex funk jams rather than complete songs. 2.2

As much as I have ended up not liking this band, there are aspects of this album which are worthy. A handful of excellent catchy songs and very strong musicianship by the musicians in the band. Anthony Keidis spouts lyrical shite as usual though. Trying to enjoy this album is a bit like eating a bag of revels where some are caramel, some are raisins but you also frequently come across ones contaminated with sand.

Just garbage. Proud pdf file singer. Over rated more, red hot chili peppers or Kiss, i can't decide

2.6/5 A few good songs but nothing I'm eager to get back too other than Under the Bridge.

Not the biggest RHCP fan, judging by their singles, but this was better than expected. Shame Kiedis is such a bad singer. I am struggling between 3 and 4 stars, but his voice unfortunatly for them makes me go to the lower score.

The best album of RHCP

not my tipe, es un rock 2/5

Pedo

Quite a fund album, overall pretty good. Couple of misses though but majority of songs good 4/5

There's a lot of fat on this album but there are 5 or 6 great songs and overall it's a great soundtrack to a summer by the sea

Highly bad. 2-3 great songs Drug abuse is not a W

Imagine being an adult and writing a song called Suck My Kiss and being a separate adult thinking that's a good song. And then imagine hearing middling rock for almost the running time of a feature length film

Klassisk RHCP, funky rock, är meh för mig.

As an RHCP fan, you can imagine how excited I was to get this! And this album is just as good now as it was. Pure dopamine and joy and also such emotional depth, which RHCP was always strong at underneath it all. Love love love them for life!

The instrumentals are great, which is the only thing keeping this from being a 1

A longer album with some notable hits. Consistent sound through and some nice bass licks

They are a great band

Thought this would be a nailed on 5/5 as I loved this album while I was at Uni. Playing it back now, it’s just a lot more… puerile than I remember. Still a lot to love, but I’d forgotten stuff like “Sir Psycho Sexy” which is just pure cringe. Makes sense than I loved it in my 20s I guess.

very nice shiza chan

classic rock, little bit of experimentation stuff, not really my style

I looked at this score before listening, and I had a thought - I remember this album as a child when growing up and I loved Sir Psycho Sexy, Give It Away and Suck My Kiss among others, so I was surprised, how dare they give it such a low score. Listened again and you're all right, sorry. This album has certified great tracks on here, they're all on top of their game, but this album dragssssssss, they really could've done with an editor, or someone to tell them that they can easily reduce this by half an hour.

lowkey goated, but if the lyrics were better and made just a little bit more sense it would def be a 5

Hm ist ok

Hahaha. Yeah I know this one just a little bit.

Fun and funky

Notable Textzeile: There must be something in the way I feel That she don't want me to feel The stare she bares cut me I don't care, you see, so what if I bleed? Sehr viele Sätze die ich hier in den letzten Tagen und Wochen schreibe sind ja aus einem ersten Eindruck heraus. Die Art des Zuhörens und auch des Schreibens ist bei einem Album das man schon hunderte Male gehört hat dagegen eine ganz andere. Bei diesem speziellen Album ist wiederum eine Mischung. Das Album habe ich bestimmt seit 7 Jahren nicht mehr gehört. Denn selbst wenn es vielleicht das Album ist dass die Band für mich am meisten repräsentiert (auch in ihrer Bandbreite) bin ich doch öfter bei den poppigeren Sachen und eher für nebenbei, weil ich es eben so gut kenne und es auch eine bestimmte Stimmung aktivieren kann wenn ich Californication, OHM oder BTW anmache. Lange Vorrede, weil ich gar nicht so viel zu schreiben habe. Was mir gefällt: die krassen Brüche zwischen sehr funkig-bassig, laut, rappig, post-pubertär und ruhig, schön, gesangs- und gitarrenlastiger; eh natürlich die Bassläufe; die Übergänge von Lied zu Lied. Abzüge für: für meinen Geschmack zu lang, weil sich im hintern Teil doch einiges wiederholt, was Rhythmus und Songstruktur angeht. Daher, knapp bei 4,4 #cd #gekauft

Ist das Album zu lang? Ja. Sind die Lyrics dämlich. Oh ja. Kann Kiedis singen? Definitiv nein. Braucht man das? Absolut. Weil der Bass slapt und die Drums genau das machen was sie müssen (aber nicht mehr), und weil irgendwo dazwischen Frusciante dermaßen geile Gitarrenparts dazwischen mogelt dass man kurz vergisst das es hier hauptsächlich um Sex, Sex und Drogen geht... ich meine, braucht man The Greeting Song? Nein. Worum geht es da? Musik hören im Auto is cool, wenn die Musik cool ist. Oder so. Stimmt ja auch. Geiler juveniler Scheiß.

1 Punkt Abzug für Überlänge. Ansonsten schon das stilprägende RHCP Album - was m.E. aber mit der poppigen Entwickling Richtung Californication und Stadium Arcadium noch zugänglicher wurde, auch wenn Lyrics und Gesang sind nicht weiterentwickelt haben. Ach ja - allein für die Bass-Lines n absolut hörenswertes Ding. Muss das mal wieder mit richtig guten Kopfhörern hören.

Awesome album

1. 5/5, no notes

I already know most of these songs o think. I’ve never listened to it from start to finish though

Muy bueno, muy mi estilo, quizás algunas canciones un poco largas y el álbum también.

I rounded up the last RHCP album. This one will not be so lucky. Never listened to much of these guys besides the hits, and I wouldn’t call them one tricky ponies, but the songs really do run together. I think that’s due to the singer. This is way too long and I hate their rap-leaning songs. 2.5

The album is too long but it won me over as it progressed--the downtempo and more acoustic songs like Breaking the Girl and I Could Have Lied are easy winners, and Under the Bridge is a great song by any metric. The faster and heavier stuff skewed a little too closely to rap metal at times for my tastes but there is something very infectious about the way these guys come at these songs. Came in expecting a 2 after the first couple songs and it rose to a 3/3.5.

This is probably the best and most consistent funk, hard rock, rap (sigh) mashup by RHCP. The instrumentals are on point, but it too often is less than the sum of its parts. And it's definitely too long. (3.5)

I thought this was a pretty groovey album but it did take me a few attempts to get through it all. I think the more I listened to it the more I could put up with it. I hate to give this a 3 because fuck the singer. But as an album it’s decent.

I hate that I like the Chilli Peppers, and this album vindicated that hate. My standard defense is as follows: "Flea is as good here as he ever is, and he's the highlight of the album" and "the other instruments are also excellent" My bugbear with the Chilli Peppers is here, as it always is, that their vocalist needs put down (and not just because he's a pedophile). Tracks like "Breaking the Girl" are so crooning, and it's so aggravating. Their best stuff all suffers from it, and that leaves weaker tracks feeling so drowned in it "Under the Bridge" is a standout here, but I'm not winning any awards for that observation It really doesn't help that this album is such a slog, you could easily have cut the last third of the album and this would've lost nothing and been nearly a half hour punchier Putting a score on this is harder than basically anything so far. I'm left asking myself why I like something that I hate so much of, and I guess I just have to gesture at the good bits and say the same tired thing I always do It's probably a 2, I'm going to give it a 3, and with some serious adjustments it might even be a 4

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.

no se por que me sorprendo de que me guste tanto si toda la vida me encantaron los red hot, frusciante es buenisimo con la guitarra y el bajo de flea se siente mucho. A partir de Under The Bridge igual el album baja muchisimo y la última canción es especialmente molesta 7,75/10

Didn’t like

Day 48 — Red Hot Chili Peppers — Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991) Listened: May 22–August 10, 2026 Genre: Alternative Rock / Funk Rock / Hard Rock Vibe: Raw, loose, and alive — Rick Rubin stripped everything back and let the band live in a mansion until something real came out, and it did. Highlights: • 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 • My Lovely Man • Sir Psycho Sexy Impression: Hard to rate objectively — this album has been part of my life for so long that the relationship with it has its own history. Went through a huge RHCP phase, peaked, stepped away, came back. Frusciante's playing is the reason it holds up. Starred nearly every track because nearly every track earns it. Rating: 4.3/5 Keep songs? Yes Revisit album? Always

A funky jam all the way through

oh my god it's so long give it away is different lmao feeling 3/5

There are some albums I won’t listen to

It’s my wife’s favourite band, so how could I not like it, haha. But I don’t love everything about it, so 4 stars...

Its a fine album not the best from the peppers. Its just a lot of the same and it gets boring fats except for under the bridge of course that song carries the whole album.

One of the best albums of all time!

A great innovative album with some good funky rock n roll tunes.A great single Under The Bridge. Just a little too long.

About 5 songs too long but still a classic from my youth. I remember watching MTV when I wasn’t supposed to and seeing the video for Under the Bridge, Kiedis running in slow motion is iconic to me.

If you have to aaaaaask

A masterpiece, one of the All Time Best in every style.

Couldn’t get through it I used to like red hot chilli peppers but these days there’s only so much yabadabadoo I can deal with

Hated it

one of the worst bands of all time

This was to samey sounding for my tastes. But that's really just RHCP.

I like the odd song and the sound is cool, but in general feels a bit samey and the lyrics uninspiring

dated

Know this one well.

gotta say this is not a record for a calm morning

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.

3/10

This was a huge album in the 90s and the breakout hit of the RHCP. But, it really didn't do much for me. I like about 1-2 songs per album with the RHCP. But I'm glad we had them all the same.

I like the hits but could leave the rest. I feel the same way for almost all RHCP albums.

If you hate the RHCP, I get it. They are hate-able. Kiedis is, well, himself. Still, there's Frusciante/Flea/Smith, and they are in fine form here. Some clunkers but overall I enjoyed this. The outright homage to George Clinton, Sir Psycho Sexy, definitely went over my head when I first heard this in 1991

When to listen: Hardcore studying in Burling Library... at least that's what this reminds me of. Obviously talented musicians but the sound wore on me after the first few songs.

Classic, timeless, has it all.

Im sorry but im not spending an hour and nineteen minutes listening to Anthony Child Molester Kiedis moan in my fucking ear over subpar instrumentals. I’d actually rather die.

throwback!

4.5

John Frusciante coming into his own is really what elevates this material, and both Flea and Chad Smith are incredible musicians. But I don't connect with the the Kiedis scat-rap antics, songwriting and early funk dna like I did growing up. That made the majority of this album more grating and skippable than I was expecting upon revisit, so can't give this a great score. But it's not a 3 of mediocrity, it's a 3 of high highs and low lows.

I went into this thinking I’d prefer it to their overplayed later stuff but, although I still enjoyed it, I found a lot of it irritating. Especially the vocals. They did have an original sound at the time though.

It’s good but it feels like the same song over and over

Peak 90s Chili Peppers.

I'm not a big rock fan but I jammed out to this one.

Man, time hasn't been kind to the Chili Peppers. This is a band who peaked in the 90s and maybe 00s, continues to put out new albums and just hasn't settled into the legacy act that their contemporaries have been able to. It's hard to believe, but they were pretty big when this album came out and this propelled them into the stratosphere. After this album, they were as big as anyone...while their contemporaries still continue to draw big numbers on tours, the Chili Peppers have seemed to have almost faded into irrelevancy. Hard to separate childhood memories and feelings from how I'd interpret this album now. Kiedis is mostly annoying but Flea slaps, Frusciante has some really great moments and Chad Smith hits hard. It's been pointed out, but it's too long. There are some songs here that you could get rid of pretty easily and make this more cohesive. Still, pretty fun to listen to. It's an album that I probably wouldn't reach for on my own right now but I wasn't upset at all about having to listen to it.

Even though this was the album they decided to not include "Soul to Squeeze," Rick Rubin deserves credit for pushing Anthony to present "Under the Bridge" to the rest of the band. A bloated CD era album, an ok John, and a mostly annoying Anthony could potentially drop this one to a 3 star rating. However, Chad, Flea, and the mere cultural significance help make this an essential listen.

spicy

Not for me.

Under the bridge is a great track. The rest of the album I would leave though.

This album did not make it into my huge collection of cds and cassettes back in 91 because I thought it was annoying as fuck. Flash forward to 2026 and I start listening to this album for this project, and I already know every single song on it. Somewhere in 91, I must have heard this in its entirety. Maybe a party. Maybe a bar. Whatever, I knew every single song and I realize this album must have been EVERYWHERE at the time. This skewed my rating up to a 3 because I know it was really popular, so there must be some good in it that I'm missing, right? So I continued my listen and it's kinda fun. In my opinion, I've heard enough about Anthony Keidis' hard weiner to last a lifetime, but musically, it is kinda funky and I like that part of it. So, I guess what I'm saying is, Kiedis is annoying with his wang talk and chicka chicka dee bow wow wow, but I like the funky fun part of it.

Good

Eu odeio o Anthony Kiedis e o pior é que já disseram, com razão, que eu me pareço um pouco com ele. Os outros rapazes são ótimos.

Ik leerde de RHCP pas kennen met Californication en later by the way. Om terug te gaan in de tijd was voor mij toen onlogisch waardoor ik nu eigelijk pas echt het hele album luister. Het is een stuk minder toegankelijk dan die latere twee maar daarom ook wel interessant om in te duiken. Het pakt je maar tegelijk ook helemaal niet. Het is ook de lengte en de wisselvalligheid waardoor je er niet helemaal bij blijft. De bas is veel meer uitgesproken en frusciante wat minder minimalistisch wat het wel leuk maar ook wat veel maakt. Het albums is ook te lang als het was terug gebracht naar 12 was het denk ik beter. Kiedis blijft een rare vent, en is mijn minst favoriete element van de RHCP. Give it away is de beste samenvatting van dit album.

RHCP hebben in mijn ogen maar 2 leuke albums gemaakt. (dit is er niet een van) Je komt na al die jaren er eigenlijk achter dat Anthony Kiedis helemaal niet zo'n bijzondere zanger is, zijn stemgeluid is wel herkenbaar maar toch is toch ook erg beperkt (en irritant). Desondanks zou dat niet betekenen dat de band beter zou klinken met een andere zanger, Kiedis rapt eigenlijk en voegt ritme toe aan de sound. Verder houdt het tekstueel niet veel over maar t klinkt wel geinig. Wat ik wel leuk vind om te horen is John Frusciante, dit was vroeger mijn gitaarheld waarbij ik al zijn licks en solo's bestudeerde. Ik vind hem vandaag de dag nog steeds een waanzinnig goeie gitarist en muzikant. Helaas hoor je op dit album nog weinig van zijn iconische tweede stemmen. Het is een wel overwogen 3 sterren voor mij.

When I was growing up I listened to this tape so much that it broke and I had to buy it again. If I was going to review this on nostalgia it would more than likely have been a 5 star, but knowing what kind of a sex creep Anthony Kiedis is. The bangers from the album are still bangers but the songs that are about women or sex take on a whole new meaning now that we know Anthony Kiedis is a pedophile. And that alone takes is down to 2 stars.

Classic album. Didn’t like any of their earlier stuff (with the exception of a song or two off of Mothers Milk).

Probably the last chili pepper album I would listen to start to finish. So many good songs, some mediocre and one overplayed never need to hear in my life again song (under the bridge) I preferred this version of the band and lost interest as they became more poppy. 5 stars but lowering it for Anthony’s questionable choices.

This album made me respect RHCP and elevate them beyond a kinda douchey bro band. At its worst, it sounds like Mötley Crue. At its best, it makes you understand why anyone would ever want to live in California.

Ik ben een beetje bevooroordeeld want ik hou van red hot Chili peppers. Dit album is wat meer geëxperimenteerd dan latere albums die zijn uitgebracht. Punk en rock. Aantal liedjes van dit album zijn echt geweldig, aantal zal ik iets minder snel opzetten.

I’m trying to think of another band that’s this good and makes music this bad. They’ll sound so unbelievably locked in and then Anthony will come humping in like an 11yo who just drank too much juice.

Fav song: Under the Bridge

1 hour 15! Why! If I was going to pick one Red Hot chili peppers album to try to listen to it would have been this one. But given how much I hated californication when that came up a couple of months ago I didn’t have high hopes. I was pleased surprised though. Chad, flea and John get to shine on this one and even Anthony is at his least unbearable (still unbearable though). I think there’s probably a 40 minute album in here that would get 4 stars from me. But as it is it’s a generous 3 stars.

5 great songs, 12 skips.

RHCP are 5 stars automatically, Flea's bass lines are so funky and relaxing at the same time. Great album. I got bored with the last two tracks, sorry, 4 stars.

Loads of energy and some great tracks, but not really for me

Okay, first of all, I love RHCP in general. Can I say that this is a brilliant album though? Well, not exactly. There’s a couple of great songs and some amount of good ones but overall this album doesn’t feel solid enough for me. Though I quite enjoyed it.

I absoluely love Californication. That album is in my personal top 10. But this just might top it. The mix threw me off at first but a couple songs went by and I was so into it. Even funkier than their other stuff; dare I say their funkiest. Flea, Frusciante, and Smith absolutely kill the instrumentals. And my controversial opnion is that Kiedis fits in perfectly on every track. Not sure why but I personally don't "hear" the lyrics when I listen to songs, it's just like another instrument in the mix. I only register the percussive and melodic elements. Kiedis' vocals are just what the funky-ass instrumentals need. Lyrics might be a bit childish for some but fuck 'em, not every song has to be some serious pretentious shit. Sometimes you gotta sing about your willy. Favourite tracks: The Power of Equality, Breaking The Girl, Funky Monks, BSSM, Naked In The Rain, Sir Psycho Sexy 5/5

Solid effort from the Chilis

Not a fan.

Crazy how many popular songs were on this album, had to be revolutionary at the time. Enjoyed it, but wasn't swept off my feet. Still have to give credit where credit is due, it was good.

There’s the occasional moment of suspension where you can ignore the vocals and notice some wonderful, sophisticated playing by Flea, Frusciante and Smith. That’s the ONLY reason this doesn’t get one star. It’s quite frustrating…I always wonder what could’ve been if these great musicians had gotten a better lead singer.

An 8 minute song titled Sir Psycho Sexy, okay Buckcherry. 1/5

Magik in parts

Dumb but fun

Funky Monks

I forgot how much I love this album. I went into it assuming I wouldn’t be as fussed as before, but it ended up being the most enjoyable in-the-moment listening experience I’ve had since we started this.

Don't get them at all.

Dionysian

A lot of this isn't every good, a couple of classics salvage a low 3

Okay

I love Under the Bridge. It alone almost made this a 4 star album, but it was just too long. With too much that was just alright.

I go back and forth on Anthony Kiedis but I've always liked the RHCP's sound. This is a solid album with a few radio hits sprinkled in.

RHCP have never done it for me. Music for the most annoying guy in your high school who thinks he's deep and misunderstood, but really everyone hates him for dating a freshman as a senior.

I really like the Frusciante guitar on here and the actual instrumentals are awesome, I even dig the (debated) slap bass. It's got a form factor to it and its immediately recognizable. That said, I think I hate the lyrics on every song & my opinion on Kiedis pinballs from one song to the next. The Frusciante solo albums are dope though. Would probably like this more if it were a few songs shorter, 70+ minutes is too long to spend with Kiedis. Favorite Songs: Under the Bridge, I Could Have Lied, Naked in the Rain, Funky Monks

divertido, lembra muito o manguebeat. tem algumas bangers, mas ouvir um album de mais de 1h com atenção não deu pra mim. se tivesse nota 3,5 seria.

Consistently good, with some great songs. I haven't really given RHCP much time in the past for whatever reasons, mostly personal bias. But to have to admit, this wasn't bad, in fact, I must admit I liked all the songs (besides the last track) and some I really enjoyed. 4 "bass-driven" stars.

This should absolutely be replaced with stadium arcadium

I’m probably unable to be objective about this but it is such an iconic album and I still love listening to it 35 years later.

giving listening music in the car with dad vibes

Yeah funky funky RHCP doesnt do a lot for me unfortunately

Definitely overhated, but I can kinda see why A lot of good songs on here that got my head bopping straight away, but this album is a bit of a slog. I probably could’ve been temped to give this a 4 if it ended after Under the Bridge 3.5

Objectively RHCP at their best

made me really angry cause it sounds great but it’s ruined by anthony kuedis’s trash lyrics ‘I’d steal anything that you want me to K I S S I N G chicka-chicka Dee, do me like a banshee Low brow is how Swimming in the sound of ‘bow-wow-wow’ stfu

C’est h yeah

Pas mon préféré

Excellement excellent, Groupe de mon enfance ce qui crée un énorme biais mais le groupe s'est trouvé une identité grâce à cet album et toutes les émotions sont présentes. Je ne parle pas de la technique qui est aboutie pour tout le monde sans exception

"what genre is the album?" "Yes"

Great

Si es que instrumentalmente no está mal, pero es que la parte vocal me da aún más lache que Bono. No puc.

boring. nothing sticks out. literally tuned it out bc it was so boring.

This was really good, but like a song or two wasn’t amazing but I still have to give it a 5

No (first listen, made it half way through) Second listen (since *some* people were mad I didn’t like it the first time): Power of equality sounds like the boy band from lemonade mouth just a little Redeeming songs: I could have lied, under the bridge, sir psycho sexy (very funk-y and that last bit where he’s not singing is so so good) Overall still a 2 but those final minutes of sir psycho sexy almost brought it up to a 3. I do appreciate the funk of it all but I don’t think I’ll be revisiting anytime soon

Holy shit that bass is so plucky and fat and sexy I’m in love I can tell that this is gonna be a controversial album amongst this group but I’m having a great time with it (my brother loves this band) This album definitely reeks of that 90's angst and unredeemable parts of that era: the raunchy lyrics, abrasive vocals, bloated tracklist, etc. But it's all pretty good actually, I had a great time listening to it. Maybe I deserve to be back in 1992 with bleached tips and baggy jeans and an affinity for saying slurs that we can't quite say anymore in this day and age. The instrumentation was all very good, Chad Smith is a demon on those drums and adds a lot of character to the rhythm, and goddamn that bass just stuck its fingers up my ass and dug around until it hit that golden button. I've never been one to focus on bass in songs, but this album changed that for me. It was a highlight throughout the entire album. Fav Tracks: Under the Bridge I Could Have Lied

Phenomenal sound, sophomoric lyrics (mostly).

I guess I didn’t know what Red Hot Chili Peppers really sounded like? I’m not quite sure how that happened.

Just too horny for me.

Some good songs on here but a lot of weird choices and terrible songs

Some excellent tracks, alot of filler

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.

I want to like this album a lot more than I do. The musicianship on the instruments is great, and truly amazing at times. But the vocals are a mixture of half rap and half singing, with neither one being good at all. And the lyrics are truly insipid. Would probably do 3.5, but rounding down in this case.

Fun, 90s defining soulful pop that holds together as an album with a few great tunes.

Far too long and felt pretty samey. A generous 3

Much like Californication, this album has some absolute classics but also some filler. As before, I can see why The Greatest Hits has done so well.

The funk is strong. Still annoying. I blame Anthony Kiedis.

Giveitaway giveitaway giveitaway now!

5 for the music. 4 because the lyrics sounded like they were from a 15 year-old.

i'm not a huge RHCP fan, but wasn't upset to see this record today. I share a lot of other reviewer's sentiments, that the lyrics are the low point of the record. I want to give it a 2, but it feels wrong.

74 mins long. An entire CD worth of music... some of it is great (the singles) and the rest is fairly mediocre.

Played this so so much at the time. Funky and energetic and passionate and exciting. Under the Bridge is so painfully beautiful

I really enjoyed my time with it but 17 songs felt like a lot at times

Great album! Not as good as californication but great!

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

it feels appropriate to get this album on 4/20 cos this feels like music to get fuckin zooted to. its a shame i couldnt smoke up for this one due to like, having a job, i'd consider myself a "rhcp centrist" but 75 minutes is a big ask.... its honestly my biggest gripe with the album. i enjoyed a lot of it, obviously there's a bunch of tracks here that popped off on their own and those are great but there's a bunch of stuff i'd never heard before that i got into as well, like "if you have to ask", "naked in the rain" and "the greeting song". i really don't think it needed to be a double album though. im hesitant to accuse it of being samey cos imo one of rhcp's strengths is "the rhcp sound" but, i feel that theres a lot of stuff especially in the first half that doesn't really add much that isn't already covered by other, stronger tracks. they really could've cut this thing in half without losing much. gratuitous length aside, i had fun with this one. the lyrics are pretty stupid but mostly in an enjoyably goofy way, although sometimes anthony kiedis will say some shit that makes me pause the track to check what the fuck i just heard (the bit on "apache rose peacock" just after he namedrops louis armstrong springs to mind). i think consistently the thing i like most on every track is the bass. i'm suddenly understanding why everyone likes flea so much, he's knocking it outta the park on every track. tbh all the instrumentals are great and even the quality of the vocals is good other than like, the actual lyrics often sounding like he's just saying whatever the fuck. i think i might rate this album higher if i didn't speak english. do you understand? i really wanna give this a 4 but i just can't do it. it simply is too long for its own good. maybe i'll change my mind later but for now this is stuck with my strongest 3 possible. sorry lads.....

why is everyone mad

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.

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.

Rock divertido ameno red hot como red hot

L: 6 M: 9 F: 8 O: 7

el álbum está muy bueno y lo disfrute mucho pero lo escuché muy cortado asi q tendría q volverlo a escuchar para opinar bien

fantastic. discovered some gems

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

One from my youth

John Frusciante is a top guitarist, and in partnership with Flea is largely responsible for many of the Chilis' best songs. Anthony Kiedis by contrast brings a less virtuoso vocal and an obsession with his own genitals, and to a lesser extent the genitals of others. This is the RHCP and it is what it is, so long as you don't mind having it shoved down your throat. So to speak. I still like it and there are still some classic tracks and riffs on here

I was a little surprised at how much I liked this. I was apprehensive going in cause I saw it was 17 tracks and 73 minutes, but I was pretty engaged with this the entire time. There were a lot of songs that I enjoyed more than I was expecting, and there wasn't even that much like weird bad lyricism. Favorites: The Power of Equality, Suck My Kiss, Sir Psycho Sexy

Day835 - the hits were huge and made them the monster band they would become.

RHCP are to 90's music, like Kat Hernadez is to Euphoria. She's got her place, no one can say now, some very high highs. but not a 5 stars over all. I added an extra star because they do sound some shore of especific way.

This is good but some of the riffs and bass lines can be a bit repetitive but some good classics in this one. I haven’t listened to a ton of Red Hot Chili Peppers before but I’m enjoying a lot of the deep cuts

It's good but like most of their albums too long

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.

Hongur væl saman

needed

Classic album. I just don't really like the RHCP. Don't enjoy the rap attempt.

Yes, the class of '91 again! Seriously, I was really looking forward to getting another album from September 1991—the month that turned the music world upside down. Of course, the Red Hot Chili Peppers had been around before, but with “Blood Sugar Sex Magik”, they brought a whole lot of funk and a dash of rap into the rock/metal mainstream. Of that year’s crop, the Chili Peppers were probably the most accessible, and “Give It Away”—as well as, of course, “Under The Bridge”—became the soundtrack of 1991 and 1992. RHCP were, of course, known for their eccentric stage presence and Flea’s virtuoso bass playing; but back then, I had missed the virtuosity of the other musicians and the massive Hendrix vibes in the Peppers’ sound. Unlike their contemporaries (Nirvana, Pearl Jam, ... you name it), the Chili Peppers remained a defining force in music throughout the 90s, operating outside the mainstream—which was, after all, quite disappointing in that decade. A truly significant milestone in rock history!

Amazing the first half

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.

A little underwhelmed when I first saw it was my album today, but holy shit these guys were awesome at their peak. Kiedis' vocals occasionally push into so-cringe-they-actually-work territory. Suck My Kiss, Give It Away, even Sir Psycho Sexy somehow goes so fucking hard. A lot of great softer songs too. I love They're Red Hot so much as a closer. I'm usually a 30-40 minute album guy but this right here is a CLASSIC.

Great album!

The juxtaposition between funk/punk and straight alternative bangers can be jarring at times. The instrumentation is amazing, but dear god Anthony is about as tone deaf as a vacuum cleaner. There were some songs I never heard before that I really liked and overall this album was a definite genre defying outbreak.

RHCP was a pretty solid funk-rock band weighed down by a talentless pedophile on vocals.

Would give it a 3.5 if I could. Really great album, just not 100% my music

This album is repetitive and full of cheap thrills.

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

Podrán algunas de las letras ser malas (y excesivamente sexuales al punto de parecer escritas por un niño de 13 años), sí, pero es la única crítica que podría hacerle a este álbum. Me encanta la vibra del disco, aprecio las transiciones fluidas entre la mayoría de las canciones, y Flea es un bajista de la puta madre. ↑: The Power of Equality, If You Have To Ask, Breaking the Girl, Funky Monks, I Could Have Lied, The Righteous & the Wicked, Give It Away, The Greeting Song ↓: Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Under the Bridge, My Lonely Man, Sir Psycho Sexy

Fun to listen to this one because, while I am familiar with it, I am definitely more of a fan of their later output (Californication through Stadium Arcadium, along with a single here or their from their later stuff). What this album has going for it over the later albums is, I think, the deeper cuts (Stuff like Funky Monks, Mellowship Slinky in B Major, Naked in the Rain, etc.) are generally stronger than those on a Californication or By the Way. Whereas the singles on those albums are much stronger than the ones here (Although the singles are still great classics here). There are a few spots I'm not super enamored with. Most of Sir Psycho Sexy isn't particularly great (Hilarious playing this on Rock Band and having like 80% of the lyrics censored), especially at 8 minutes long (Although some of the instrumental is fantastic), and the track list is very long, sitting at over an hour and thirteen minutes. This is an album that could have used at least 20 minutes cut out of it, even if the vast majority of the material is really good. But the instrumentals is where this album really shines, especially with Chad Smith's drumming and John Frusciante's guitar playing (Not to mention Flea always being amazing), and this album is just some great 90's alt funk. Overall, classic album that is one of the Chili Peppers more consistent offerings.

Un disco histórico, muy avanzado a su tiempo

Really just Under the Bridge...

mid, okay ish, not really my type of music

Class.

Funk rock is such a fun genre to listen to and most albums from this genre that I’ve listened to always get a good rating. For this one I’m in between a 7 or 8/10

Good album.

Probably RHCP at their best. The album itself is kinda a mess. I don't remember Under the Bridge and Give It Away being on the same album. I really like Breaking the Girl, Give it Away, and The Power of Equality. The bass is pretty sick throughout. In half the songs I can't understand the lyrics, and in some others I wish I couldn't.

i really really dig the peppers. theres a fair bit of chaff but the highs are exceptional. at its worst is kinda grody and creepy, a little goofy, maybe creatively vacant if you want to be mean, but in spite of it all it gets you moving. favorite song is probably the title track Blood Sugar Sex Magik, but Under the Bridge is a prime karaoke banger

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.

Memories of my college days. For the first half of the album, I reveled in Flea's funky bass and the over-the-top delivery from Anthony Kiedis, but the second half of the album is not as enjoyable, and on second listen, a bit cringey, so I reduced a certain 5 to a 4.

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

Funky and Punky, a good combo. Their base lines really add a lot of depth and enjoyment to their songs. The album starts really strong and keeps a consistent quality even if it doesn't advance much further. Feels like a true precursor to Californication with some of their softer sounds which is a good shift imo. The songs are definitely focus on how horny they are which can get old but they are well put together, great to listen to and all come together cohesively. Funky Monks, Suck My Kiss, I Could Have Lied, Mellowship Slinky in B Major, Under the Bridge and the Greeting Song were all great

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.

It's okay but it wears out it's welcome

Way too long and just ok overall

Look this was fun. There weren’t really standout tracks, I only listened to it once and found that the bass and guitar were awesome and if I tuned out what the guy was saying it all came together pretty well. There were definitely some low points. Mostly the ones that focus on his vocals. I feel extremely white listening to this.

One of Rick Rubin's classics

Flea’s bass is powerful, melodic, and full of groove, while Frusciante’s guitar is minimal and incredibly precise. Together, they create a sound that feels relaxed, yet deeply groovy. My favorite track is ‘I Could Have Lied’.

While the Red Hot Chili Peppers arguably overstayed their welcome in the mainstream, they really earned that spot in my opinion. Their sound is so smooth and unique. If you put RHCP radio on, none of the other songs will sound close. You'd think with this level of uniqueness would come obscurity but no, they are a huge band with a popular sound. I think that Blood Sugar Sex Magik is a bit bloated. Would have been a strong 40 min album if they cut the fat. But the hits are so good it's hard to knock it too much.

Iconic from my childhood, this is their magnum opus, and everything after this tried and failed to reach these heights.

Tää löytyy omasta levyhyllystä ja tuli ysärillä kuunneltua todella paljon! Tämän levyn laitan soittimeen Mother’s Milkin ohella, jos bändiä haluan kuunnella. Mun kiinnostus lopahti Californicationiin ja tämä ”uudempi” tuotanto on vierasta.

Great Lyrics

Yeah its good but not for me...

"He's a freak of nature but we love him so" This album was pretty good I've gotta say, It felt so California rock and I deeply appreciated that. It was by no means a perfect album, but it was chill. Favorite track was Under The Bridge at risk of being boring, but I also really liked Sir Psycho Sexy.

The lead singer is a creep that actively detracts from the quality of their music. Otherwise the music here is excellent from everyone else.

Shallow and commercial.

Standout album from the time. Worth the listen.

Under the Bridge is wonderful and a couple of other classics but never have gotten into the sound of the Chilie Peppers. Not sure why

I loved this album when it came out and it still holds up today. Yes, the lyrics are dumb, and yes, he can't sing, but I sure do find myself smiling and grooving to this.

I forget that for every hit the Red Hot Chili Peppers had there are 10 really weird songs that no one listens to

the worst popular rhcp album by far imo but still a fun one

This was great. I don't recall hearing the album in full before but I really enjoyed it. It must have been mindblowing to hear this for the first time in its year of release during their rise to fame, what a wild blend of funk and rock. Funky Monks was my favourite of the tracks I don't recall hearing before.

Pensavo fosse meglio. È un po' noioso.

1991 sure was a great year for music, at least for the music I like. I knew this band as a funk rock band whose cover of “Higher Ground” I really liked. This album got them a lot of popularity and I see it as a midpoint between their funk roots and the caricature of themselves that they would become. All the songs flow into each other like a river, with rapids and sweet moments under the bridge. You can hear Kiedis’s staccato influence in later rap rock and nu metal.

love this album and i love this band so much, the three musicians in this band are absolutely tremendous together. this album really holds up for me

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

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

Anthony Kiedis found dead under the bridge. 2.3/5

9/10 Funk rock cargado de herencia de los 60 y 70.

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 hear a lot of Funk & Rap influences across the album, esp in The Equality of Power & If You Have To Ask, Sir Psycho Sexy, which picked my interest. The Basslines and guitar are super funky so it creates a brash pairing with the way the drums swing (in a good way). The funk element is so strong I had to look up the bands affiliation with the genre and I found that the were deeply influenced by parliament, James Brown etc. very cool. I have massive respect for artists that play like their music palette is broad and well research. I think it’s an interesting album to listen to and i can appreciate the musicality but I don’t think it suits my personal taste. The lyrics don’t really speak to me (I dont think it’s meant to tbh but I can see how it may speak to those who loved this album) I don’t listen to much rock music so my knowledge on the evolution of the genre is limited to understand the impact of this album/band.

Tof!

Heel leuk, maar een beetje saai naar het einde toe want hun liedjes zijn wel heel gelijkaardig. Een liedje van een zandkasteel op de beach vond ik wel leuk

Wow four of my favourite things. Pretty hype. Big fan of this tbh. Fuck yeah equality baby. Reminds me kindve of life is a highway. Funky ahh guitar. I like it. It’s very divorced dad core. I don’t think it’s really my niche but I can definitely appreciate it. Solid rock. Very 90s. The worst person you know would listen to this. Funky monks baby. I like music with a little bit of swagger to it. If I was a guy in the 90s I’d skateboard down the street to this while disappointing my parent for sure. Why is it so long though. I don’t think they should have that much to say tbh. Most motherfuckers dont give a damn. So true. My face will never show what isn’t real. The lyrics are actually quite deep when you listen to them. This is slinky. Give it away bro. How long is this fucking album holy shit. They for sure are red hot. It’s getting to a point where this is just noise. If the album was shorter it would’ve honestly been miles better. It just blends together after too long. Fuck man shut upppp. No one gaf about your sandcastles. Favourite: Funky Monks Least favourite: Apache Rose Peacock

Another album that would benefit from a removal of filler trackers. Theres 8 to 9 cracking songs on here. Dump the rest.

Um bom album, gostei de ouvir e lembrar.

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.

Sounds like they had a lot of fun making this music. However, it doesn’t sound too good, and Anthony Kiedes’ vocals are pretty bad. “Under the Bridge” is probably the best song in the album, but I don’t like it all that much. I often comes on the radio station I’ve automatically set my car to (when I’m not listening to new albums), and every time it comes on, I think, “Oh, not this song again.” If “Under the Bridge” is bad enough that I prefer literally all other pop music to it, you should be able to deduce how I feel about the rest of the album.

Not a chili peppers fan. I do like breaking the girl though. It's one of the rare 3/4 rock songs and that was cool.

Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Red Hot Chili Peppers

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