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I have a soft spot this album, and it's mostly nostalgic but i do love it
Funky funky music! Talk about giving a diverse listening experiences 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
Funky bass lines. Listened to it a few times while at work. Honestly didn't think much of it. It reminds me of what I think Mom's vibes were when she was all sun-bleached in California. Like a super cool teenager. Definitely not my favorite of the Chili Peppers. I think I like their later stuff better.
Way too long, would probably cut 2-3 songs. Still a good time. Funky Monks and Sir Psycho Sexy are amazing. When the album hits, it HITS. Worst case scenario you get some funky Flea bass, goofy Anthony lyrics and a cool guitar solo from John. But play me a random song from the album and I there is 50% chance I will confuse it for some other song from their catalogue
Thanks Rick!
3. great song, never heard this before. love to hear the mellotron(not a sax but it will do). really cool drumming as well. 11. a fuckin' song of all time, thank you rick rubin for pushing anthony to do this song. 16. "...some demons in my semen" 19. some people say i hate covers, some people are special. absolutley great jimmyesque playing. another actual album, each song flows into the next perfectly. keidis is corny as hell but sometimes he really delivers, the rest of the band are rock gods.
Fun, groovy. They’re really talented musicians. I see what the hype is about.
there is one song I love - the rest is just ok
Funky Monks, I Could Have Lied, Castles Made of Sand
noticed before listening that this album is 1hr 19mins long which made me wonder how much red hot chili peppers is too much red hot chili peppers? the answer is that this is maybe just a little bit too much red hot chili peppers BUT this album has under the bridge on it which is one of the best songs ever so i can forgive a lot. this was enjoyable, kind of interesting to listen to rhcp beyond the fifty million singles that i already know. ive had a lot of 90s albums recently and im not complaining tbh. this was a good decade.
Didn't age well
My favorite RHCP album!
Reminds me of the early 90's
It’s a Red Hot Chili Peppers album.
Already know this album well. An absolute classic. Loads of amazing songs on here: breaking the girl, suck my kiss, give it away, under the bridge, I could have lied. Probably their best album. Still edgy and dumb as well as being smart and heartfelt. Their later output doesn't hit as well.
I was really dreading this one when it popped up, but I was surprised to pick up on all the excellent blues and funk motifs. By the time i finished “Under the Bridge”, I was genuinely impressed with the musicality. Good job, RHCP. (And good job Rick Ruben! Unexpected side effect of this project is learning about music producers.) Good enough album, but I’m so tired of gross horny boy songs.
I really liked the first two songs. But a lot of the lyrics are gross.
Standard 3 stars for me, I’m tempted to say 2.something, but for Flea’s magic.
Higher Ground is way better. That's my favorite RHCP album by far and BSSM doesn't reach those same heights for me. Again, not bad, but not an album I'd reach for over Higher Ground.
i thought i was gonna love it but (besides otherside obviously) i could not get into it!!
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This had a couple three big hits on it but I prefer their earlier material.
I remember how big of a deal this album was when it was released, but it's really a mixed bag. Most of the songs have goofy lyrics rapped over repetitive funk grooves. But the album does have its surprises, such as the lovely "I Could Have Lied", a standout moment in an otherwise underwhelming group of songs.
It's got the two Red Hot Chili Peppers hits I like (Give It Away and Under the Bridge) on it, so I guess this is my favourite of their albums, if only by default. Ultimately though, they're just not a band I enjoy listening to for more than a couple of songs, let alone for over an hour. By the time Anthony Kiedis started going on about the demons in his semen, I'd mentally checked out.
Tis okay
Exakt som plurres recension
Alltså topparna är många och höga, men det är tyvärr för långt asså och andra halvan är ganska seg.
Detta minns man nör man växte upp
Gillar deras sound i små doser. Detta var inte en liten dos. Men några riktigt bra låtar ändå!
Lite långt men när alla låtar är 5/5 vad ska man göra?
Inte en favori.t
Great album! All the songs very different from one other
peak incelcore music
Tie for me with Dice Clay as best Rick Rubin production of '91.
Well it's definitely music
Some excellent songs. Tad too long though.
Exceptional album!
I am familiar with some of their newer songs. I am familiar with Give It Away and Under the Bridge. This is my kind of music I will listen to the rest of their discography at some point. For some reason, this particular album took me awhile to get through. Not sure if it was because of what else was going on or if I was just bored. It could also be because I’m more familiar with their later albums. But I made it through. There were really no standout songs for me on this album.
When I was like 12-14, this carried a lot of mystique as being a cool/edgy album. I wanted to buy it on CD and my dad looked up the lyrics and told me I couldn't (same with the Downward Spiral). And there were people who I thought were cool who were into them and their logo was all over Hot Topic merch. I had to have someone burn a copy for me to listen to it. But now that I'm a 31 year old man, I think I fucking hate the Red Hot Chili Peppers. (By the end of the album, I was feeling a little more positive, and I remembered what appealed to me about this as a teenager, but I've had some pretty visceral negative reactions to revisiting mainstream 90s rock records.)
Hasn’t aged well and the crass sexual innuendo even worse. Quieter songs are OK. Can’t get past the awful lyrics though.
Funky abd groovy guitars. Felt like a hood break from the psych rock I was listening to and generally a great fun time.
Torn on this one. Minus anthony kiedis they’re a really talented band but it’s hard to enjoy much else because fuck anthony kiedis. They have a good sound overall, but it’s a very one note album. Under the bridge is sweet, some of the other tracks get old fast. Lyrics aged horribly. Did I say fuck anthony kiedis?
It was a great album and classic Chilis but was too long
"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.
I like the Chili Peppers and this is one of their top outputs. The rhythm departement is undefeated, Flea on bass is amazing as always, as is Chad Smith in drums. Fruciante's guitarwork shows why he is heralded as one one of the best of his craft. Kiedis is...Kiedis. Yes his lyrisch are immature and sometimes hard to stand but I also cannot imagine the Chili Peppers sound without him. The record sounds amazing, its really hard to believe this and Californication have the same Producer, yet have vastly different sound quality. It's real weakness is it's length, just like all Chili Peppers records. The last quarter declines and a shorter, more consise record would have been amazing.
Phenomenal album with tons of hits. Non-hits can be a little hit or miss though.
i love these guys, i cannot explain why, but i do, and even then there’s still a limit where i think they could reel it in perhaps. the good songs on this album go so hard, and there’s also a lot that are a little toooooo quirked up
"Under The Bridge" is excellent, but the rest of the album sounds like a teenage funk band playing the third concert.
spoko ale sie nie przykleil niestety
I'm all for a band going into the studio with free rein to be creative and come up with as much material as they can, but I just don't think RHCP are dynamic or versatile enough to warrant what amounts to a double album here. The hit songs (and a few of the deep cuts) are incredible but they're just diluted by tracks that feel like incomplete outtakes and are barely good enough to be B-sides. And Anthony Keidis' lyrics are just embarrassing. Great sounding record that would have been worthy of its reputation if it was pared down to 10 songs.
I'm just not a Chili Peppers girlie. This one though was on repeat for me in 10th grade along with Pearl Jam 10 and Nevermind. It's definitely the least of those 3. In retrospect it does not hold up and is actually pretty tedious and overlong. We get it you're funky and horny just quit heroin.
love the guitar bass drums not wild over lyrics but sure innovative
I haven't seen this side of the chili peppers before - only really heard the classics and never loved them but enjoyed this more than expected
Enjoyed the enthusiasm and musicality
No one is as surprised as me to find out this is actually pretty cool? Unfortunately, it's also way too long, which prevents me from saying it's good
I liked Under The Bridge but it's a long slog to get to it and a long slog left after it has finished..
I know this is considered one of their essential albums, but it's honestly probably my least favorite of theirs
It's RHCP, which means its good. Never listened to a full album of theirs before, definitely an enjoyable experience. Unbeatable mix of guitar and bass. Interesting to listen to Kiedis' lyrics. Some are better than others.
Best rock funk album out there.
Hell yeah
As sleazy as Aerosmith but with none of the fun. Under the Bridge is a great song. The rest are hard to listen to, knowing that the lead singer likes underage girls.
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.
Bomba - 4 LL - big 7
Das Album Blood Sugar Sex Magik der US-amerikanischen Band Red Hot Chili Peppers wurde 1991 im The Mansion in Los Angeles aufgenommen. Die Mitglieder der Gruppe stammen aus Kalifornien und verbinden auf diesem Werk Funk, Rock und Elemente aus Rap. Die Produktion wurde von einem damals noch relativ jungen, aber inzwischen etablierten Produzenten begleitet, der entscheidend zur klanglichen Ausrichtung beigetragen hat. Bekannte Titel wie „Give It Away“, „Under the Bridge“ und „Suck My Kiss“ spiegeln den charakteristischen Stil der Band wider, der auf diesem Album klarer strukturiert und zugänglicher erscheint als auf früheren Veröffentlichungen. Die rhythmisch betonte Spielweise des Bassisten sowie der Wechsel zwischen gesungenen und gesprochenen Passagen prägen das Klangbild. Auch ruhigere Töne finden ihren Platz, was zu einer größeren stilistischen Bandbreite führt. Das Album zeigt eine Band in einer Phase des Übergangs, die ihre musikalische Identität schärft, ohne ihre Ursprünge zu verleugnen. Es wirkt in weiten Teilen konsistent und durchdacht, wobei nicht alle Stücke die gleiche Wirkung entfalten. Insgesamt handelt es sich um eine richtungsweisende Veröffentlichung im Schaffen der Gruppe, die ihre spätere Entwicklung maßgeblich beeinflusste.
All I can say is certified banger
Niet mijn vibe, iets te mannelijk
Power of equality has a cool verse the Guitars are simple melody wise on the main riff but works well with the bass and drums. cool but the chorus sounds like the song is falling apart due to the descending melody, kinda neat but also don’t know how to feel about it If you have to ask is quite funky but a bit uncoventional with the vocals and the strange guitar thing in the right ear in the chorus. Bass and drums perfect. Guitar solo cool. I like the ascending chord progression and melodies in breaking the girl. Gives quite the intense feeling. Good reverb on the drums, nice flutes gives a nature/folky feeling. Funky monks is not my favourite it just feels stereotypically ”cool”, up until the solo that’s actually f*cking cool. Suck my kiss, I both like the title but also not, it’s very on the nose. Who cares the song is great the intro just comes out swinging. Nice ascending riff at the end of some of the bars. The drums are amazing as well very good rythm. The chorus does the job, the breaks are alright. Cool double solo sounds like he’s breaking the amp. Good acoustic guitar work on I could have lied. Nice build up to the solo which is very soothing. Vocals are alright but could have been better, last sung line was very good tho. Second solo is great. Jarring transition between previous and Mellowship Slinky in B major. Not a fan of the walking plucked riff. The song transitions smoothly between the different sounds. Interesting instrumental break after using the Lords name in vain several times. Good transition into The Righteous and the wicked. Cool guitar after the pause. Good rythm guitar. Interesting dissonant chord progression in the bridge. Cool egyptian type solo in the middle. Nice vocals. Give it away nice snare drums in the intro like a machine gun. The mouth harp gives it a swampy but funky feeling. Very twangy. Give it away scratches the brain. Interesting reversed notes on the solo. Nice shoutout to Bob Marley. Cool riff in the outro. I can hear a faint tapping part on the second to last line which could have gone on longer because it sound nice. Blood sugar sex magik is the rare exception where I like the chorus more than the verse. The verse is fine it’s cool in it’s own right with the perv voice and it really owns up to the title. Cool solos, both the slow and fast one. Under the bridge is definitely the most conventional song, very easy listening. Good singing. Both chorus and verse are nice. The bridge scared me first because the drums built up a really powerful escalation but the chord progression stepped down, thankfully the outro stepped up to the call. Beautiful. Cool bass on naked in the rain. The vocals follows. Nice drums. Very tight guitar. The song doesn’t drop the energy until the bridge. Strange but good break. Solo is alright but not a favourite. The song doesn’t stand out that much. Apache rose peacock is not my favourite the melodies and everything is a bit toned back, I suppose to listen to the story. Sir psycho killer wow what a long song. More of a story song again. They’re red hot best song on the album. Interesting ping sound on the drums in little miss lover. The guitar has a very Hendrixy tone. Maybe inspired by little miss strange and gypsy eyes. Cool solo but there have been cooler on the album. I like the raw sound of the song The last song of the album Castles made of sand confirms my previous theory. The song is a good interpretation, less atmospheric and psychadelic. Cool solo after take it away Johnny. Good ending to the album
If Aerosmith and Funkadelic had a baby who was into rapping this would be the result. 4.5
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.
I was not excited at all for this album. Red Hot Chilli Peppers are a band that I've had forced at me through friends, radio and party music. I knew a handful of songs on the album. Who doesn't with the state of radio in my home country? However, I've never actually sat down and listened to an album. Possibly out of spite. Possibly because I had formed an opinion. Possibly because I thought they were everything wrong with popular alternative music in my life. But here we go: Firstly, I was actually quite impressed with the range of music they produced in this album. I've come to associate the band with loud aggressive singing, that slap bass and Hendrix inspired guitar lines. 'Give it Away' and 'Suck my Kiss' are two numbers that I know well and I found them quite grating to listen to. However, across the rest of the album is a nice blend of funk, rock and even ballad in sections. I am sure I've had 'Breaking the Girl' shoved down my throat at some point, but I'm not sure I'd ever enjoyed the shift in guitars. This guy plays such a wide range. I don't really know the history behind him in full, but he's so diverse. Backed up by a solid rhythm section. Even I'm not too hipster to enjoy Flea. My take away is 'I could have lied', a nice bit of mellow melody brought further forward by great guitar work later in the song. The thing I didn't enjoy was the vocals. Frankly, they just pissed me off. Yes, he can sing. But I found it more often than not just a shouting/talking in my ears. It's an album that I enjoyed, but I'm not quite ready to slam it on repeat just yet. 4 Stars.
This album is like going on your first New Year’s trip with friends instead of family. Your sister doesn’t need her car for the holiday so she has been good enough to lend it to you. Now you and three friends are hurtling towards the Mount, Whangamata, Whitianga or wherever the hell you want. You’re flying down state highway 1 at 115km/h in a beat up old Honda civic, hurtling towards five days of surfing, drinking, experimenting with drugs and trying to chase girls for an evening of fun followed by absolutely no attempt to keep in contact afterwards. You’re not sure what you’re most excited about, as daydreams of all the aforementioned vices bounce around your head. No more low key days playing backyard cricket with the 13 year old neighbour at your family bach, it’s time to get wasted on Tui and run the beach as if it is your own debaucherous playground.
Great album start to end
quiet liked it, don't know if i would listen on a daily basis, but wouln't mind checking their other albums.
Low/mid 4, real clear influences, great drums and bass lines
För tråkigt typ. Hade någon bra låt men jag gillar inte rock så mycket
6/10 - a couple of big songs, I've seen them live a couple of times but I don't know... are they slightly overrated?
I think this is a great album. Rock, Funk with a little rap vibe tossed in.
Felt surprised about a lot of the negative reviews. Perhaps it’s time and space for me but this album hits hard. RHCP are childish and lyrics are sometimes dumb but the musicians are exemplary which carries a lot no matter what.
Listening to this with your 11 year old daughter makes one acutely aware of all the sex lyrics.
The songs didn’t really stick out to me that much, but I can tell why people think it’s a good album
Funky, high energy and silly. The lyrics make me cringe and the vocals aren't great, but listen past that and wow the guitar, bass and drums are fantastic. The drums in particular just sound so good in the mix. I knew the hits already but The Power of Equality and Mellowship Slinky were my pick of the rest. I'm torn because my enjoyment relies on tuning out the vocals, but I can't deny I had a lot of fun listening to this.
ok in small doses. 2
HEYBADBADBADBDABADBA SWING Agree with the usual take that this is too long, but think most of the deeper cuts still absolutely slap. If the album ended on Under the Bridge it's an easy 10. But, it just....keeps....going....Sir Psycho Sexy can fuck off
The first side of the album is one good song after another. My high school self would say this is second best album but it's up there for me with the funky vibes.
Why are there 17 songs on this. The four that I like really carry it. Wild that this is their best album and it’s still buns.
Не самый лучший их альбом
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.
It’s a good album by all metrics, I just have never really connected with this band. Having said that, this is the album that I like the best out of their catalog.
I’m not a fan of the Chili Peppers in general to start and I found this album underwhelming.
red hot chili peppers
This album's fine, but not much more. It's also far too long for something as mediocre as it is. If the first half were dropped, I think this could be 3, maybe 4 stars.
Ugh, gross
Mag ich! Ich kannte vorher nur ein Lied von dem Album aber mochte die Band auch vorher schon. Mag den Sound und die Stimme sehr. Hab nicht alle Songs so aufmerksam gehört, fand es dafür auch ein bisschen zu lang. Manche Lieder ein bisschen anstrengend aber überwiegend fand ich es gut Favs: Under the Bridge I could Have Lied
Nur teilweise gehört, aber prinzipiell mag ich den Red Hot Chilli Peppers Sound.
For nostalgia I give this 5 stars but I have to peg it back a little because I read Anthony Kiedis’s autobiography ‘Scar Tissue’ and found out what ‘A MUPPET-HUMPING MONKEY FEOTUS.’ Mr Kiedis really is, (Thanks Bob Hoon, you always know how to describe people accurately). He is a self confessed pedophile, proud enough about it to include it as a chapter in his book! Flea is awesome!
Wow - this one is a tricky one to rate for me! High on the nostalgia! When I was in year 10 a boy gifted this album to me, so I have some fond memories of that time in my life tied up with the music. I would give it 5/5 for the instrumentals, but since finding out Anthony Kiedis is such a disgusting fucking creep, I find it hard to enjoy the full music anymore. A few years ago I would have told you 'I could have lied' was one of my top tracks of all time. Plus his lyrics are pretty stupid. This album outstays its welcome (should have finished with Under the Bridge), and while it does have some great tracks on it and instrumentally is really fun and funky - I remember it more fondly than it actually is in reality.
top 3 rhcp album
Earlier RHCP is decent. This is probably their best work and nearly everything after is just okay, at best.
Very hard to be objective because this is one of the biggest albums from my teenage years. Honestly, aside from wanting to dock some points for Anthony being a creep and the fucking horrible cringe lyrics on Sir Pyscho Sexy, it still holds up. It's the album where John steps out of Hillel's shadow and finds his own voice as a guitarist/artist and for that alone it's worth five stars.
i’m the grumpy old troll who lives under the bridge
It was ok. Good vibes but dont feel like listening again 3.5/7
Their best album, this the formula they were working towards since the stat and simply what they have repeated since.
sorpresa pero me gustaron bastantes
As someone who has listened to the Red Hot Chili Peppers' discography, I can understand why this album was selected. Blood Sugar Sex Magik was the record that skyrocketed their popularity, after Mother's Milk opened the door with John Frusciante's melodic guitar playing and Chad Smith's more intricate percussion playing. The only ingredient missing from their alternative funk rock formula, which Blood Sugar brought, was Rick Rubin's bolstering production and assistance with song arrangements and lyrical refinement. Probably the biggest example of the change in dynamic from Rubin was encouraging frontman Anthony Keidis to adopt a softer singing style with deeper introspection on tracks like "I Could Have Lied" and "Under the Bridge". The result is a greater emotional variance on this record in addition to the hard-hitting riffs and funky riffage. My only complaint with this record is a recurring issue with every other Chili Peppers record, which is the length. Clocking in at over 73 minutes, I admit to not always listening to the record in full. There isn't a bad track per se, as it is nice now and then to check out a deep cut such as the fast-paced "The Greeting Song" and the infectious groove of "Naked in the Rain". But this is another case of "too much of a good thing", where I more realistically enjoy this album in spurts than as a whole. Blood Sugar Sex Magik is still a phenomenal record, one that proved the Red Hot Chili Peppers were a much more talented act with the right focus.
I literally have a chili pepper tattooed on my butt, what do you want me to say? Five peps 🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
The two big hits on this are still great. Under the Bridge in particular takes me way back. But the rest of the album is very dull, so those two just lift it to three stars.
Three of the most capable instrumentalists of all time, with one of the worst lyricists, and a pretty crappy singer to boot. Pros - undeniably great songs and riffs. Genuinely dirtily funky. Musically, flawless. Cons - probably 3 or 4 tracks too long. Would anyone really miss The Greeting song, for example? Lyrics aren't as uniformly awful as later albums, but still not great. Hard to listen to some of the tracks (eg Sir apsycho Sexy or Suck My Kiss) without thinking of Kiedis hitting on schoolchildren. An undeniably great album musically. If only they'd gotten someone else to sing it.
4/10 A load of relentless Meh, punctuated by the awesome Under the Bridge. Rest of it is too long and boring
RHCP have a long list of amazing songs. Just a shame none of them are on this album.
Good but outgrown
Enjoyed it more than I should have probably. Would be better with about 10 minutes of fluff cut off
Still kicks. Some of Chads best drumming ever
This album is pretty bloated, their signature funk, rap, rock style gets old pretty quickly. Couple of great tracks in their though Fav Tracks - The Power of Equality - If You Have To Ask - Suck My Kiss - The Righteous and The Wicked - Give It Away - Under The Bridge
Alt rock
Still slaps
Me in 1991: "Can't wait for the RHCP show!" Me in 2025: "JFC this album won't end." These guys have been at it a million years and are good at what they do (well, Kiedis is debatable), but what they do grates on my nerves. "Give It Away" doesn't bother me as much as the rest, so that's something, I guess.
Five stars for Flea, John Frusciante, and Chad Smith. Unfortunately, when you mix manure and ice cream, it doesn't really affect the manure but it does affect the ice cream. On the not so bright side, not sure why this was 2.5 times as long as classic Van Halen album.
Amazing album that I remember being a little bit better.
The most overrated band of all time. Would give zero if possible.
Too long for its own good
I find them boring and repetitive
Ya know I gotta give the peppers credit. They are great at what they do. Do I like what they do? Not really. If Anthony kiedis was a different singer I’d like them way way way more
I’m kinda done w it sorry I gotta catch up not for me
Surprised how much I enjoyed this. I don't think there's a better RHCP album.
This album is kind of whiplashy, the funk rock then the non-funk rock. A few take aways: Mike Patton > Anthony Keidis Hearing him sing these funky songs is like listening to Bradley Nowell doing patois. He should stick to the slow bangers. But always “magik” was spelt correctly Feel bad for Flea, slaps and then take the back seat. Shows the musical range of John Frusciante.
Pretty good but feels a little all over the place with early to pop rock RHCP. Cool guitar work
90% good songs. most of those are bangers bass work is so good even when simple, same for the guitar makes me miss playing my j-bass
⭐️⭐️⭐️/5. Not a huge fan of the Chili Peppers, but I can hear the influence they’ve had on music and Under the Bridge is always timely.
No. Look, Frusciante and Flea sure know their stuff but Kiedis' rapping quickly turns this thing into a real slog to get through. It's not even on every song but if I have to sit through even half of it on a 73 minute album, it's too much. I like Breaking the Girl and some of jamming, that's about it.
mola
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.
Nostalgia
Classic RHCP, and I like that. Another 3.5 star album, I'll round up to 4 because it has some favorite songs.
Red Hot Chili Peppers kind of grate on me.
Honestly, not my kind of music. It was definitely funky, and 'Under the Bridge' was my favourite, but it was my favourite of a bad bunch... I probably won't even listen to that again! This album has been my first major flop during my journey of 1001 albums! :(
Not really a fan. I know so many people that love this band but I just don't think it's my thing
Blood, Sugar, Sex and Magic are all inside in this longplayer
The first of the great RHCP albums. It was pretty long but still a blast to listen to. Many references to other musicians throughout.
Apart from the well known songs nothing to commend this and I’m not even sure about those
I like the Chili Peppers in small doses, and sometimes not at all. But I do admit that every once in a while “Give it Away” strikes some chord in my lizard brain that makes me a slave to the beat for a radio blaring moment.
Some great songs on this but it just goes on and on. It's way too long and gets tedious. I wish they had gone with more songs like "Breaking the Girl" and "Under the Bridge" instead of yet another song about Keidis' dick and what a sex machine he is.
Remember loving this one when I was a kid, thank god I grew out of it. Anthony Kiedis, in addition to being a creepy, douchey pedophile by his own admission, is just really fuckin annoying. He pretty much ruins the very good instrumentals with his shitty lyrics ("cock my brain to shoot my load") and aggravating vocal style on a ton of these songs. Suck my Kiss sucks, and is even grosser with the knowledge that he's a sex pest. A Greatest hits RHCP would be an ok listen, and I remember liking Californication more, but they basically parody themselves on so much of this, and it's way too long, didnt know if it would ever end
(Flea lays down funky bass line) (John Frusciante plays melodic guitar riff) Anthony Kiedis: BIG BALLA, MEGAFAUNA, MET A GIRL SHE WAS FROM CALIFORNIA For years I thought this was a better album than Californication but I think it's the other way around now. Give It Away and Under the Bridge are classics but there's a ton of filler on here.
Впечатляващо е как тези хора близо 20 години са правили все яка музика
Holy shit, the nostalgia. I was suuuper into the Chilis up through Stadium Arcadium. Saw them live too. Maybe the good memories will influence my rating a bit. Listening now, some of the lyrics make me cringe. Most of them are meant to be nonsensical, and I never took them too seriously in the first place. Some are disturbing in retrospect. And then you have Sir Psycho Sexy, which is wild. I did NOT pick up on all of that when I was younger. What I enjoy the most is listening to them work together as a band. Frusciante's harmonization is one of the cores of their signature sound. It adds this haunted element that melds everything together in an unexpectedly lovely way. And I love his guitar playing, too. The whole band is great, and I do like Kiedis's voice. I'm landing on 4 stars because there's a lot that could have been cut. Everything between Suck My Kiss and Give it Away could go. And a few songs at the end. But Under the Bridge is an all-timer. I still get top-to-down body chills, especially at the end when the choir sings - these vocals were provided by Frusciante's mother's and her friends from choir. Otherworldly. One full star for that song, at least.
It’s sensationally good.
Flea gets the stars. Otherwise, it is a shit bucket.
I don't listen to RHCP too much any more, but Iistened a lot as a young fella. I guess I tried of them as they were played on the radio a LOT. They really do have an interesting and u issue sound. Power of Equality is one I'm not so familiar with, good time though. Some of the classics are on here-Breaking the Girl, Suck my Kiss, Give it away, Under the Bridge. Love the blend of weird funk and rock. Funky Monks is another bop. Sometimes a band comes along that's so good they get played until they irritate everyone. RHCP is one of those bands. I know some of the lyrics are a bit cringe at times but the power of the melodies is undeniable.
sex magik!!
No, no and no.
Magic?
A strong start, but lost its footing near the end, and the novelty of the guitar and slap bass wore off quickly too. Definitely too long overall.
Power of equality and if you have to ask sound catchy but don't grab me, not my type of music. Breaking the girl was right up my alley. Funky monks was typical rhcp. 3.5 stars if I could give it that, not my typical rotation but potentially a listen if I'm in the mood
the rest of the album makes you realise just how good under the bridge is.
I love RHCP. I'm not sure if I like this album or Californication the best. So this is a 5. It's not perfect. Like most early CD era album, this is too long. Cut the last 4 tracks and it would be nearly perfect. The white guy rap/rock is really dated and juvenile. This is better than most of it from the early 90s, though. So 4.5/5. Still I have to round up. I lovbass, and Flea is the best.
Standout Songs: Breaking the Girl Suck My Kiss The Righteous & the Wicked Give It Away Under the Bridge My Lovely Man Pretty good album but yet another that gets kinda same-y towards the end
Great album, great band
Mega-talented but ultimately unrealized, the Chili Peppers are all over the place but posses very little range. I'd normally enjoy an effective amalgam of genres, in this case funk, hip-hop, punk, and grunge, but this doesn't blend as much as it fails to make up its mind. That's probably why it's so long: at 73 minutes, Blood Sugar Sex Magik either meanders or lingers on the cheesiest aspect of a particular genre. Here's corny hip-hop lyricism: 'My lily-white ass is tickled pink / When I listen to the music that makes me think.' And here's tacky rock lyricism: 'My face will never show / What is not real.' It's tediously disappointing b/c there's a whole lotta talent behind the schmaltz and stupidity. +, Mos Def's 'Brooklyn' > 'Under the Bridge.'
Funky
funky, classic and funny. Their best imo. Frusciante is a beast
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.
5/10 Highlights: Under the Bridge Give it Away
Funky and Rocky with plenty of melody. Great
Good god, indeed. Hvordan var dette noen gang populært? Sutrete, treg klimprerock med blikkboks-lyd. Eneste pluss: Under the bridge er fortsatt en veldig god låt.
Mye, mye verre enn jeg husket det som
Not my favorite band, but definitely a recognizable sound
Better than the newer RHCP stuff but still pretty hectic
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
Such an all over the place album that touched upon damn near every corner of music that would define the 90s sound. Ton of classic hits on here, but this was the first time I’ve listened to this album top down and Mellowship Slinky and They’re Red Hot came as fun surprises. Anthony Kiedis is a piss poor singer, but his raw passion combined with Flea, Frusciante, and Chad’s crazy playing are what make the Chilli Peppers.
This is so white liberal core. This is just basic funk rock. Relatively fun but nothing exciting. A bit too long, and the songs don’t stand out, but not bad by any means. 7/10
Not my favorite album, but not their worst either. I still enjoyed this enough that I'd throw it on again. Funk Red Hot Chili Peppers
A lot of songs I will be playing again. The bass goes so hard in this album.
groovy slimy funk rock great start and memorable earworm rhythms, tasteful drums ,and influential guitar playing.
Sounds exactly like what you'd expect a Red Hot Chili Peppers album to sound like.
Magik
This is definitely not for me, but jeez I think they do what they exceptionally well.
I was a little biased when going into this, but the Red Hot Chili Peppers are just awful
Excellent
Some great songs amongst a lot of meh
Not only did you make me listen to RHCP, you made me listen to 70+ minutes of RHCP…
excellent, i already listened to it a lot, because it is one of my favourite bands of all time.
As an Australian bass player I feel I should like this. And yes, bass playing is great. But songs are shite, Keidas super annoying and RHCP over exposed. I can't handle more than 9 minutes of this. Nick Cave was right.
Schwierig. Under The Bridge ist ein super Song, aber der Rest kann da nicht wirklich mithalten. Thematisch etwas fragwürdig und allgemein viel zu lang und dafür dann doch zu gleich. 2 1/2, ich runde mal auf.
Favorites: Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Under the Bridge I always learn something new about myself when I do big review projects like these, and this time around I've learned that I do not like Red Hot Chili Peppers. At all. Too bloated for me.
anthony kiedis is altogether too out of pocket but there r some bangers on this album for sure
Some good songs, many that aged poorly
Not bad. Nothing special
Under the Bridge is a classic but the less-streamed songs weren't too crazy
A surprisingly multifaceted endavour by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Some interesting songs, some legendary, but also a lot of filler.
I don't hate it. I've listened to it before. Just wasn't in the mood to listen to RHCP today.
One of my favourites as an adolescent.
2/5 only one good song others are meh
I've definitely heard some of this singles off this LP but never listened the whole way through, so here we go! It opens in a kind of nonchalant, classic RHCP way - funky and edgy but nothing out of the ordinary and quite boring honestly until we're resurrected by the first single 'Breaking the girl' which is a favourite of mine! The singles stand out to much on this album in such a big way - so many of the tracks are just filler but the singles are among their best tracks to date. 'Under the Bridge' is their best. The final track just sums up the band and how they don't take themselves too seriously which is their strength.
Yeah, I bought this in 1992. It got a few listens and it's been sitting in the CD rack ever since. I recognize most of the tracks, even though it's been ages since I've listened to this. It hasn't weathered the years very well has it? The music is good, but how did I miss how immature the lyrics are? Plus, Kiedis' voice gets annoying after a few songs. This is getting a lower rating than I expected it would when I first saw it pop up. Under the Bridge is a seriously amazing song, though.
Holy shit I struggled to get through this album. I have a love hate relationship with the Peppers, they have some truly great songs but the rest of their catalog I just don't enjoy. When I was younger I vibed a lot more with that chaotic off the wall rap/rock style, but the older I get the more it hate it. It has a crack-head energy that just feels like drivel. If this album didn't have Under the Bridge on it (great song, overplayed though) it would get 1 star from me. Also, this album is wayyyy too long. I listened to it driving through rural boring Idaho on my way to Bozeman and it made that 1.25 hrs of the drive feel like 2. Standouts: Under the Bridge, Suck my Kiss (I hate it but also kinda love it?) Rating: 1.8/5
I really don't understand the popularity of this band. I understand the technical prowess of the guitar and bass players. They're interesting enough. I guess I just feel like the particular brand of self-aggrandizing lyricism is pretty juvenile...also Anthony can't sing and Faith No More/ Mr. Bungle is better and should have won the war.
Think this album would grow on me was shocked that they rap i thought it was only rock. But this album got so many genres mixed mixed into 1 one song sum of it they’d rap then have a rock type vocal pattern with prog rock type instrumentals its forsure well thought of work but from the first listen i’d only take a few songs with me but they are worth a listen and i think this album having a large fanbase isng crazy i see its appeal i’ll be listening to it a few more times to see if i like it more ✌️
i like the peppers, some great tracks on this record as well, but it’s so long and engaging with it as a full record is difficult, i feel some songs can be considered filler, but the quality of most songs is good, it’s good if you love the band, but there are better albums
A lot of hate gets directed at this now, but boy, it was *everywhere* in '92/93, right when I was leaving high school and entering college. It's difficult to separate from that time in my mind. I think it's still pretty great AND all the criticism of Kiedis is totally right. But you can't take Kiedis out of this and get the same stuff.
Incredible album, right before most of RHCPs songs start to sound the same
*Several big ones here: Suck My Kiss, Give It Away, Breaking the Girl, Under the Bridge. *73 minutes is too long for RHCP. *Love the bass. And guitar. *In fact, really enjoy the album when Anthony Kiedis isn't singing. His voice has never bothered me, but this is a long time to be subjected to it. *The lyrics are awful, but you don't notice them most of the time. *Fave tracks - Castles Made of Sand, Breaking the Girl, and Under the Bridge RATING - 6.5/10
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I'm sure there is at least a solid low 2★ album hidden the this mess. But it's muddled with about an EP's worth of 4+★ material, and a handful of tracks that arent so bad. Overall feeling... (6.75) ★★★½
Don't like the funk, don't like the rapping. Still, I do like a few songs. 2 stars
Parts of this album haven't aged all that well -- the funk stuff especially -- but I do think when they move away from that, it's a pretty great album. "Breaking the Girl", "I Could've Lied", "Give it Away", "Suck My Kiss", and "Under the Bridge" are all pretty excellent songs. The rest isn't all bad either. Even though the first half of "Sir Psycho Sexy" is questionable, that coda is great. Too much filler, but I do think there's a classic album in here somewhere. 4 stars.
Lord, Buddha or Flying Spaghetti Monster bless the random generator that delivers 2 RHCP albums within a week. You have Beatles and George Martin, Bowie and Visconti but also Chili Peppers and Rick Rubin for perfect band/producer matches made in music heaven. With their fifth album overall but only the second with the classic line up of John Frusciante, Chad Smith, Kiedis and Flea, the group by recommendation of Rubin move into The Mansion in Laurel Canyon where Hendrix and Houdini lived and Beatles once took LSD. And the result is they step up several thousand gears, make a masterpiece and break out into superstardom and all-important Simpsons appearance. It rocks hard and in such a completely funky place. And with creamy dashes of folk and psychedelia. Lyrics are sexy, sometimes outrageously so but also with a heavy dose of spiritualness and social consciousism. Amongst the slammin party jams like Suck My Kiss and Give It Away there are tenderer moments like soul-searching Breaking The Girl and I Could Have Lied as well as touching tribute to former guitarist Hillel Slovak with My Lovely Man. And then of course Under The Bridge which sees Keidis at his most poetic, self-scouring and powerful as he looks back on his drug addiction and a number one by virtue of All Saints. And above all that the album just funks and sexes a thousand extra measures or so. Album overall just feels like four top class, hyper-virulent musicians and souls all in their twenties and at the peak of their game, informed by the best of Sly, Hendrix, Prince, Beatles, Led Zep and even Robert Johnson and making the most lascivious album equivalent to Stones’ Exile On Main Street. It’s as classic is as classic does. Best tracks: Suck My Kiss, Give It Away, Under The Bridge, Sir Psycho Sexy.
Letkeää, mutta tosi menevää soundia. Sitä mitä chili peppers on. Paljon klassikoita kanssa levyllä. Levy oli hyvän yhteläinen ja kappaleet vaihtu sulavasti seuraavaan. Ei kuitenkaan mitään uutta erityisen hyvää löytynyt. Parhaat: Suck My Kiss, Give It Away, Under The Bridge
This was a very pleasant surprise! I've remained relatively ignorant to the music of RHCP besides the popular ones your dad always listened to in like 2006. So to me they were just west coast Pearl Jam with some rapping. By the second song of Blood Sugar Sex Magik it became very clear to me that they were (are?) highly influenced by acts like P-Funk and dare I say Prince... Which I can always get behind :) The un-funky songs were pretty unremarkable to me, but still a welcome change of pace in keeping the album fresh for its 70 minute duration. How did I never realize they do funk rock... its like right there on their wikipedia page...
Ah yes. Blood Sugar Sex Magik. The album that put dynamite under TRHCP and blew them up onto the world stage. The album with all my fave tacks and a sound so undeniably Chilli peppers. This really is quite good, but I kind of feel funked out by the end for some reason. Just a me problem really.
Good until the vocals begin...
"Suck My Kiss," "Give it Away" and "Under the Bridge" are quintessential '90s staples, but the rest of this album ... happy to give it away now ... and then do a little dance and drink a little water.
Not the best album I've ever heard but this is so good
Why the FUCK is this album almost 80 minutes long. I've never really much cared for RHCP aside from admiring Flea's talent but this gets really grating really fast. There are some good grooves here and there and Under the Bridge is a classic but overall: No thanks.
GIVEITAWAY GIVEITAWAY GIVEITAWAY NOW
This album had a permanent spot in my Aiwa 3 CD changer from 1991-1992. Love RHCP (especially Flea on the bass) and this is their best full album. After the white rap-rock-metal fusion, going back to listen to this album sounds more derivative, but the Chili Peppers were really trailblazers and innovative at the time. 4.5⭐️
Wow that ended with some really dumb shit. Generally like this STYLE of the RHCP better than Californiacation, but 75 min of this is too much.
The best songs are great and innovative, but in a few cases they sound the least like the rest of the album. The highs are high (under the bridge, breaking the girl) but the rest is dragged down by repetitive funk slop. I think if this were ten songs it would be a great album.
Probably my favorite of all RHCP. This album has so many of their gritty classics and one extraordinary pop hit (Under The Bridge). I love watching interviews from the band at this time - Frusciante absolutely loved Funky Monks 😂 Fun fact: this was released on the exact same day as Nevermind 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 BSSM has an incredible set of bonus material including early takes of Soul To Squeeze and a bunch of covers that are worth checking out. The timing for this album reminds me of quite a few we've seen so far in the rock world. A band releases an album or two that shows promise/potential and then they release something like this that rockets them into superstardom. That becomes a huge part of the future of the band and how their story played out. How people deal with chaotic fame, how great bands modify their sound (and then come back to their roots) and how bands create a new direction while maintaining mass appeal. RHCPs arc is fascinating
Can't really get on board with this. 1 star for Under the Bridge but that's about it
Just a few days ago, I sent Ted a fake news article that said, “John Frusciante, Flea ‘Fine’ With Anthony Kiedis Naming Harmonious, Beautifully Intricate Song ‘Clappa Dap Funk Suckin’ Mama’” Californication is my RHCP album. The others are fine. This one is longgg and feels kind of like a parody of Kiedis’ dumb vocals and lyrics throughout - exhibit A: Sir Psycho Sexy. Under the Bridge is one of the best of all time.
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.
red hot silly peppers. reddit hot shitty peppers. Flea plays a mean bass lick, John Frusciante is a great guitarist, and Anthony Kiedis delivers some of the worst lyrics in any album this significant with a very obnoxious delivery. deserves to be one of the 1001? (begrudgingly) yea sure i guess. i hope i don't get Californication anytime soon
This album had the potential to be a 5-star classic if it wrapped up at “Under the Bridge.” Up to that point, it’s packed with energy, creativity, and some truly iconic tracks. But after that, it starts to drag; more filler than greatness. Still, there's no denying the handful of songs here that have earned their place in music history. A strong album, just a little too long for its own good.
Possibly the best RHCP album and at least the only one i’ve listened more than couple of times. This album suffer’s a bit for the 90’s CD syndrome, when records were mostly over hour long instead of the 40-45 mins of the vinyl age.
Ok, nothing special.
Directly when my absolute dedication to extreme metal started to crack, this album came out, among others. Beforehand, I was already getting ready for RHCP's evolution with Mother's Milk, while I still preferred their earlier style it slowly grew on me (read: expanded my musical understanding and readiness for new stuff). This album is part of the soundtrack to my growth, both as a man, personality and musically of course. I probably still know most of this album by heart. As a sidenote, the whole of 1991 was quite tumultuous for me and where this RHCP album is tightly would up with my life; I got laid off, drafted into the navy infantry (which ran from fall of '91 to late summer of '92), but also I found so much new styles of music. Bands like Cypress Hill, Primus, Godflesh, Type O Negative, Pearl Jam, Massive Attack, Infectious Grooves, Soundgarden, Ice Cube, Cathedral and the list goes on for 1991-'92. The metal side of '91 was thick with bangers for me too, with albums from Bolt Thrower, Bathory, Morbid Angel, Dismember, Carcass, Entombed and Suffocation. Future me would also find '91 albums like Monster Magnet's Spine of God, Kyuss' Wretch, The Obsessed's Lunar Womb, Corrosion of Conformity's Blind and Temple of the Dog's album, very important albums that found me few years later and which would steer me on to the aural road I'm still travelling.
Without question, RHCP best work.
mah
I’d give the instrumental version of this album 4 stars. I’d give it 5 stars if you shaved off five or six of these tunes. Too long and too creepy.
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.
Previous review, still stands: "This is a classic album at their peak of funk rock. Expert musicianship all round. Not my favourite of theirs, but career defining. Their top track is there in all its glory. It still sounds fresh and relevant."
This is one of those albums I can put on and listen to all 17 tracks, start to finish. As a young man, I was captivated by “Under the Bridge” and “Give it Away” and would often skip through “breaking the Girl” or “I Could Have Lied”. I find myself enjoying the 2 latter tracks more now. I love the intensity of “Suck my Kiss” and “The Greeting Song”. “Funky Monks, Naked in the Rain & Apache Rose Peacock have a cool, funky swagger to them. As does “Sir Psycho” but the lyrics get a bit much . Fantastic album!! 1001 album worthy: Yes - 90/165
Good collection of songs with varied sound. Definitely my favorite from the Chili Peppers
typical chili peppers album imo. i think i like californixqtion better
Dated.
I had fun focusing on the instrumentals for the first few tracks and admiring the funkadelic influence but then this really beat me down with the Anthony Kiedis of it all.
I think most of us can agree that Anthony Kiedis is a trash human being. I think most of us can also agree that Californication is a trash album (definitely from a mixing and mastering perspective; from an artistic perspective, I realize art is subjective — but still, a lot of that album is trash). Anyway, that aside, I was kind of excited to listen to Blood Sugar Sex Magick. I'd never actually heard it in full, but all of the monster tracks I grew up hearing on the radio are on it. Under the Bridge and Give It Away are classic songs. If I'm not missing any, there are five tracks from this album that were huge singles. That's wild. Unfortunately, that's where the fun ends. There are 17 tracks on this album. SEVENTEEN. And despite being such good musicians, most of them start to run together after a while. And the lyrics. My God, the lyrics. RHCP will go down in history for having some of the dumbest lines of all time. And while Kiedis isn't the worst vocalist, more often than not, his garbled rap-rock makes him sound like Adam Sandler's "Waterboy" character. If this album had been the five singles plus another handful (I don't know which because, as I said, they all ran together after a while), it might have been a good album. But at seventeen tracks, I wanted to claw my eyes out by the end. 3/5
If not the birth of rap rock, surely the most successful initial foray aside from Rubin’s own more hands-on production work. I was never much of a Peppers guy. They seemed largely harmless, but with one foot in the “be in a band to get chicks” world. Subsequent revelations that don’t seem to bother the wider world showed there was occasionally something actually harmful lurking about but I guess they’ve all grown up so who care? As with any other RHCP release, your tolerance for Kiedis will determine how effective the songs are. This is hailed as Frusciante’s breakout record, which makes sense: Mother’s Milk and the earlier records had some variety, but largely stuck to the funk-rock formula. BSSM has some of the latter, but the pull of Jane’s Addiction and alt-rock is the noteworthy turn here, largely the result of Frusciante’s playing and writing. Wasn’t really my thing back then and still isn’t, but, lyrics and CD bloat era length aside, it’s hard to fault anything here.
Probably the most famous of their albums and the one i have listened to before. Recognized a lot from this album.
Some classic Chili Peppers songs for sure, particularly Under the Bridge and Give it Away. However, the album as a whole I found tedious, it's length very much a feature of the era it came out in. I understand why this funky, dirty record has a following, but it's not really my thing.
An interesting album for sure, several songs are rap or rap-adjacent, which I never expected (or wanted) from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Other than those, the remainder of the album consists of decent songs with the band’s unique sound, and awesome songs like Breaking the Girl and Under the Bridge. An album over an hour long is bound to have flaws. In this case I wish they’d cut it in half to remove the bad rapping and some of the less inspired songs.
It is a really good album, but I think it could have been cut short by a couple of songs as it sounds very repetitive towards the end of the record.
One of the best albums of the 90s
Am I a grown up? This album just seems to annoy me now. Under the Bridge gets two points alone however.
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 used to love this album so much. It still brings back some pleasant nostalgia, but the combination of what this band has become and reading Kiedis's autobiography have complicated my feelings about this one. It is possible that there is not an album I listened to more than this one between 1991 and 1993. I doubt that's actually the case but it is on the short list with PJ, Nirvana, the Metallica black album, Achtung Baby, and the GnR Illusion albums.
Så uppfinningsrik gatukorsning av genres! 5
I knew of the Peppers before this album, but what a game changer! Critical and commercial acclaim brought many ears to this release that might not have given them a chance. "Give It Away", "Under the Bridge", "Suck My Kiss", and "Breaking the Girl" stand out from the rest. Another Rick Rubin production I am very fond of.
the best of a bad situation
Casting sex magik on my diabetic partner to balance their blood sugar
Pivotal album. Always hits. The Chili’s are always on a level of their own for me.
Phenomenal album, but like a few others of theirs just a bit better.
There’s a good album in here somewhere but this was so long. Really liked the crispness of the drumming. The songs I knew were great, but Sir Psycho Sexy feels like a joke song.
I was a fairweather fan who hopped on the Chilis wagon at Californication and off again after By The Way but I definitely didn't give BSSM enough of a chance at the time. It is damn fantastic. The funk/rock/rap fusion is so effortless, it's easy to forget there was so little of this around at the time and basically none of it in the mainstream. There's such a satisfying synergy as the guitars, bass, drums and vocals all click in so many places. Time and again they seem to coalesce around the perfect note, harmony or fill and it's incredibly satisfying. The real genius here of course is Flea, one of the all-time great bass players. When he gets off the chain, he elevates the whole sound to another level. You even get the feeling here that we're still scratching the surface of his powers. In places the tracks flow seamlessly into each other to create thematic runs that keep the pulse moving and hold the attention. The opening trio showcases superb variety while clinging to a clear thread and that's before we even get into the highlight reel: Funky Monks, Suck My Kiss, Give It Away and the classic Under The Bridge to name but a few. There simply is no filler here, and they even pull off the epic experimental number in Sir Psycho Sexy before smashing it back down with They're Red Hot to ensure we don't go home feeling too highbrow. There's a reason the Chilis were so annoyingly ubiquitous in the 90s, they were at the absolute top of their game here.
One of my fav albums ever
This album had a lot going for it in the first half, and then it falls off drastically. I enjoyed many of the funky tracks and also a number of the heavier rock tracks. The vocals on all tracks were hit or miss due to the goofy sound. The last half of the album lacks the cohesive songwriting that it had in the first half. I guess not every track has to have an impact, but some of these songs weren't even fun. By the last track, "They're Red Hot", it feels like they weren't even trying. Favourite Track(s): Breaking the Girl, Under the Bridge Least Favourite Track(s): They're Red Hot
The baseline was cool. The vocal cadence and melody (if you can even call it a melody) were almost exactly the same throughout the whole hour+ album. It was fun for 20 minutes. Maybe 30. This album suffers from being too long in my opinion.
Stilistisch gezien denk ik mijn favoriete werk van een band die mijn inziens een nogal grillige en inconsistente discografie heeft. De hoogtepunten zijn wellicht wat hoger op het pas beoordeelde album ''Californication'', en de replay value ook, maar deze heeft de energie, én een ontketende Flea. Er zit ook op deze plaat weer genoeg filler, maar fases als 'Give It Away' tot en met 'Under the Bridge' zien de band in optima forma. Die laatste had natuurlijk wel gewoon de afsluiter moeten zijn. Eén omdat het alles heeft van een laatste epische toegift, en twee omdat het niveau daarna wel echt keldert. 7/10 Highlights: Breaking the Girl I Could Have Lied Blood Sugar Sex Magik Under the Bridge
Weer een plaat van de Peppers. En weer te lang. Maar Blood Sugar Sex Magik heeft wel iets rauws dat ik wel gaaf vind. Tuurlijk is het de Funk rock aka Rap rock aka Funk Metal wat de Peppers kenmerkt (Give it Away Give it Away Give it Away Now). Maar ik hoor ook dat dat het album uit 1991 komt. Er zitten vleugjes Grunge op deze plaat en Suck My Kiss had ook van Rage Against the Machine kunnen zijn. Mooie greep uit de tijd. En het moet gezegd, the ballads van de Peppers zijn altijd erg mooi. Door de aparte stem van Anthony Kiedis, maar vooral door het weergaloze gitaarspel van John Frusciante. I Could Have Lied vind ik een pareltje die ik nog niet kende. Toch beter dan verwacht! 7,5/10 Highlights Funky Monks I Could Have Lied Give it Away Under the Bridge
Classic album. This came out when I was 13 and it has been in my life ever since. Only a few songs on it that I don’t cherish, and those few are full of hyper sexualized lyrics. It’s the only reason it doesn’t get five stars.
I am immediately confronted with the fact that I liked this album more as a kid than I do now. I still think their sound on this album is cool. I'm struck by the lackluster lyrics. Anthony Kiedis should not by "rapping" about gangsters. Breaking the Girl is one of their best songs. I never really liked Suck My Kiss. I am not liking this album as much as I thought I would even as it goes on. I like their "ballads" more than the straight rock songs. Give It Away is an awesome song and created an all time great Simpsons moment. Under the Bridge is great too. These guys like talking about their dicks.
this came out and blew everything up, I remember us losing our minds over every track! I was working at a place in Hoboken, saving $ to move to Italy full time and one of the bartenders was a drummer - Steve. We played it constantly while doing set up for dinner service : ) GREAT ALBUM - game changer!!
Some of their absolutely best funky groovy music. Their fusion of punk, funk, & rock is so unique. The only complaint is the album is too darn long. They could easily trim off 5+ tracks and have a tight killer album. I dock this 1 star for being too bloated.
Good album for the time. But it doesn’t transcend for me…stuck in an era.
Perhaps this is ground zero for "that 90s problem'". Too damn many songs. And there are at least 5 (and maye 7-10) that are competent grooves but totally uninteresting as songs. Generic funk. The singles from this album really stand out sonically. Not just better songs but more interesting uses of the basic RHCP formula.
I know Nick Cave recently retracted his critical comments about this band, but I stand by them; "I am forever stood next to a speaker playing shit music, and it's always Red Hot Chili Peppers."
A couple of killer tracks but the record is 5 songs too long
Extra point for nostalgia
Alguna me llamó la atención, pero qué voz tan cansina jajaja
Another monster album from 1991 and one of my favorite Red Hot Chili Peppers records. It's an amazing collection of songs, showcasing more diversity than anything they'd done before. Could Have Lied is one of my all-time favorite tracks, that haunting Frusciante solo get's me all the time.
RHCP hitting a stride. Funky with some straightforward tunes mixed in. A record that broadened popular music.
I had some nostalgia for the singles. Overall, i just didn't connect to this album.
A classic early 90s album that spawned at least 5 singles that still get play today. And it's great, because past the singles you get to the other songs which are still really good and ooze with that funk sound. It's a little too long. And if you are of the opinion that Anthony Kiedis doesn't have the best delivery, I probably wouldn't argue with you. But I'm glad to have listened to the whole thing again.
First 5-star album of this journey. It's banger after banger. It's been a while since I heard it, so that was fun.
30 years ago, this would have been an automatic 5 stars. Now, I feel I've outgrown them but can appreciate the musicianship (except Anthony Kiedis's vocals, which really bring the songs down). Extra star for John Frusciante, who is still the best guitarist I've ever seen. Favorite: Breaking the Girl Would I listen to it again: No
I have never liked RHCP and listening to this album again just reaffirmed that. 1 star out of 5
So many bangers, some shanners. Under the Bridge should have been the last song.
I may not love the sound, but I respect the originality.
Classic classic classic. An iconic crossover album for one of the most enduring, unique bands comprised of 4 masters of their craft. Awesome stuff to look back on. Album itself is a little bloated in spots, but it’s high points are super solid.
Bit noisy and long but with a great song in there 5/10
OMG, I haven't listened to this in SO long. I think I wore this CD out when I was 13-14. I remember my friend's dad hearing lyrics like "sopping wet her pink umbrella" and being like "wow, that's pretty dirty..." then wandering off. Good stuff.
Great album. A little blast from the past.
I like Give It Away and Under the Bridge. But beyond that, this album didn't impress me. Another 90's album that far overstays it's welcome. 2 stars.
Cut maybe 3 or 4 songs from this and you got a 5 star album.
Here in Brazil, I grew up with an awful thing called "Funk Carioca", which is a poor and disgusting version of the real funk. But at 10 years old, I had no clue about that. I thought that funk it was just an awful and obscene kinda of music. But then one fine day I listened to a song called "Snow" and I thought "Oh nice, it has good guitars, so it's rock". Little I knew... So, like a regular teenager rock fan in the early 2010's, I found the RHCP popular songs, such as "Californication", "Can't Stop", "Otherside", "Scar Tissue"... The famous ones, right? But not much time later, I randomly discovered a song called "Mellowship Slinky in B Major" and I said "WOW"! Then I started to indulge in the RHCP discography, which introduced me to James Brown's music, and a whole Funk and disco music universe from the 70's. In my opinion, the only mistake in this album, is the large amount of songs. They could released 2 albuns out of that. But since all of them are awesome, still gets my 5 stars rate.
Classic. Definitely brings back some great memories from my teenage years. What a great time in the music scene to be growing up. This album and it’s accompanying videos left a mark on my teenage life.
Probably the last good album by these guys before their slow, terrible descent into dad rock
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!”
It’s good.
Good rock, good vocals, don't care for the lyrics. Sounds like music ahead of its time, which goes to show how influential they are (for the music I listen to) 3.6
A classic from my teen years. Ok, I understand the criticisms. The lyrics are often puerile. About half the time they're wildly immature, at other times completely pretentious. But it slaps so hard. I never loved Frusciante's guitar more than on this album. Musically it goes from extremely funky to really quite beautiful and melancholic. I Could Have Lied, My Lovely Man and, of course, Under The Bridge, are gorgeous songs and not at all in the "teenage boy obsessed with sex" mould. And yeah, Suck My Kiss and Give It Away might be a bit stupid at points, but they are so fun to dance and sing along to. Four stars because Keidis's grossness does make some of the lyrics yikes in retrospect, and I do think it's too long. But still a great album overall.
Love the rap and funk in If You Have to Ask. Found the rest bizarrely boring - sounded busy, and like they should be interesting, but just weren't? His affected voice doesn't help. It's cooler on the rap ones, like Mellowship Slinky in B Major which was good. Give It Away is of course fun, and I really liked the title track. Really liked the ping ponging voices in The Greeting Song chorus.
I can’t give this less than a 3, sorry
Tolles Werk mit zwei markanten Songs „Give It away“ und „Under the Bridge“. Leider wirkten einige Songs des Albums aber auch wie Füllwerk.
This is the album that really put the Red Hot Chili Peppers on the map. The music here ranges from punk to funk to classic rock. I love the way the songs vary from track to track but still carry the Chili Peppers vibe. Rick Rubin’s production here is top notch and shows why he is one of the best music producers around. Lyrics range from serious to fun. I don’t know if I appreciated it the same when it came out but at my current age, I enjoyed every song on this album. If had to narrow it down, I would say favorites are “The Power of Equality”, “Breaking The Girl”, “Suck My Kiss”, “Sir Psycho Sexy” (that bass line rocks)
An interesting one. Back in the day, it would be an instant 5 stars. Given what I know now about the personal life of one of the band members, it's hard to separate art from artist. When I can do that, it's still an amazing album. Rick Rubin's input took the band to a whole new level. Maybe a touch too long overall, but a mighty good listen.
I can't call myself a fan of RHCP, but I appreciate the stuff they were putting out at this time. In high school I had a friend who was really into them, I went with him, to see them on this tour in '91 with opening acts (Nirvana and Pearl Jam) so this album was in heavy rotation for me. The hits were overplayed on the radio and MTV. So it's been awhile since I listened to this album in its entirety. The loss of Interest was helped, by the fact that the Chili Peppers became very mainstream, and never sounded like this ever again. I have lots of favorites on this album whereas I could listen to Give it Away at anytime, but then I would be okay if I never hear Under the Bridge again.
Good vibes, fun, quality music.