Not great! I’ve never loved RHCP, and this is not the best way to start this album-listening-thing. Breaking the Girl and Blood Sugar Sex Magik were the only 2 I’d listen to again willingly. I don’t get this band! It was bad!

It was pretty good. John liked it a lot. Not my usual style, but still fun. Funny lyrics -something like “everybody needs 2 or 3 friends”.

Before listening, this was already one of my favorite albums of all time. Going to California and When the Levee Breaks are all-time faves. Fun re-listen.

So relentlessly cheerful. It was extremely tiresome. I probably would have loved this if I was 15 in 1981, but now it just really grated on my nerves. Fading Fast and Automatic were pretty good. We’ve Got the Beat and Our Lips are Sealed were fine, of course. But no breaks from the gals being gals having fun up-beat-ing-ness.

This was really bad. The relentless funky beat did not make me want to rock my body. Some of it was catchy 20 years ago, but it was very grating today