Reviews (page 11 of 14)
Je tombe de très très haut avec cet album absolument minable des Red Hot Chili Peppers. Je saurais prendre les mesures nécessaires pour réevaluer mon comportement dans mes critiques futures.
I was looking forward to this one. "Under the Bridge" has always been a top favorite, and "Give it Away" has always been a solid jam. I loved about a third of the very long album. That third would get a five. But there’s that whole other hour there.
I dig the funk-rock sound of the Chili Peppers. I know that I have listened to this album, but it has been ages. I had fun with the first two-thirds or so of the album. I think that if the album would have ended at Track 12, it would have scored higher from me.
I'm pretty sure I've heard this whole album before but certainly not for a couple of decades. I didn't recognize more than a handful of the song titles and was familiar enough with the first couple of tracks. I love the full, bass-forward sound and the shouty singing that seems very 90s to me now. Oh, yeah, here's Breaking the Girl. That's nice and different. Then a bunch of songs. Then Give It Away, which is fantastic. Eventually Under the Bridge plays and that's ok, especially the key change and, surprisingly, the bridge. And then...there are like six more songs. None of which seem all that necessary. I was really ready for it to be over. Really ready.
its a decent album and what it does, it does well but considering the length of it, i feel it could lose some material without losing much value, under the bridge is a great song obviously
Not my favourite Chili’s album but can keep it on.
Such a push-pull for me and this band. I listened to this album a lot when it was first released, but quite a bit of their work kind of annoys me and I can never figure out why. After a short while, I just stopped listening to them.
Ahh the Red Hot Chili Peppers. A band that is so hard for me to judge. Some songs of theirs I love and other times I'm just like fuck off.
California. Should have warned ya. Played this a lot at the time, too much actually, as it’s over familiar and not in a good way. Still, some impressive riffs and licks and great production
the album has great music background; the lyrics are not what i am used to... but that is the choice of the performer.
Ah! Back when I was not embarrassed to admit I enjoyed RHCP. I could not get enough of this album when it first came out. The union of rock and funk was something my musical ear had apparently been craving. Flea, Frusciante and Smith (and arguably Rick Rubin) put together a masterpiece, that has easily endured the decades since. Smith's jazz drumming is relentlessly precise and uncharacteristically diverse for that era of popular music. Flea elevated the bass guitar to a main instrument and also brought explosive personality to the stage and to recordings. And yet, they together never compromised on remaining the tight-knit rhythm section. In and amongst all of that, Frusciante steers clear of the need for a rhythm guitar part at all by magically weaving a sonic fabric of riffs, solos and powerful chord explosions. What is on a bit shakier ground are Kiedis' contributions. While some of the sincere songs like 'I Could Have Lied' and 'Under the Bridge' are quite powerful, much of the lyrical content across the rest of the songs range from fractional thoughts, to gibberish, to outright celebrations of misogyny. I remember gleefully singing along to all of these songs, so this is definitely also a lot about my sensibilities changing over time, but it's sad how much it takes away from my fond memories of the album.
Rock
A bit hit and miss. Dislike shouty RHCP anyway and this was a bit too much of that.
Strong 3, I see the appeal and I like it but definitely don’t love it
very long
Already familiar. Would have been a 4 once upon a time. Probably just a 3 now
Tykkään överi funkkikitarameiningistä, mutta ei kyllä ole järin mieleenpainuvia biisejä. Muistelin jotenkin että Suck My Kiss ois ollu paljon vauhdikkaampi.
Onhan tää ihan hyvä levy. Ei jotenkin koskaan oo vaan kauheesti RHCP iskeny, joten 3/5
Ik vond het precies toch minder zot dan ik had herinnerd dat de RHCP waren.
Not RHCP's best album, kind of a mess, really. But has great songs, like Under the Bridge and Breaking the Girl.
I'm familiar with the Chili Peppers, and always liked them, more or less. Not enough to buy any of the albums, though, so I've never listened to this all the way through. About halfway through I'm willing to say this hasn't really aged that well. The actual music, especially the bass, is consistently fantastic. But the vocals, including the lyrics themselves, not so much. I was rather enjoying the groove on Mellowship Slinky in B Major, until the singing started. I can't help but enjoy Give It Away, silly as it is, and Under the Bridge will always be a great song. Otherwise this album is a mixed bag from great stuff (Breaking the Girl) to cringeworthy (the title track/Apache Rose Peacock/Sir Psycho Sexy). Also it goes on. for. ever. I guess I have grown out of RHP?
Quite good but I still prefer Californication better. I much more like the more regular rock or funk rock tracks than the rap rock ones which I feel is a bit dated as a genre nowadays (at least for me).
Did not age well. Some killer songs but the overall start-to-finish album doesn't hold up.
OK I guess
I don’t really like it. The guitar and the bits of rapping sound amazing ,but I don’t enjoy listening to it.
A good, solid album with a number of highlights and not a great deal of filler. It would benefit from being tighter and shorter though.
Too long
Enjoyable but as I often feel with RHCP, becomes tedious. Some songs were hits for me and others misses.
Slightly exhausting album. Very Red Hot Chili Peppers. Several hits one has known for a long time.
7/10, really grew on me as I listened, fantastic riffs, truly excellent, not quite my thing, but so we'll made I like it.
Weow duude
Better than I was expecting with a nice swagger, the talent of the musicians also helps
Despite my growing antipathy towards RHCP, I actually quite enjoyed that album.
Two cracking singles and plus Breaking The Girl and the title track save a bland melange of funk rock rap. Fop? I think I'm saying the bad Fop outnumbers the good Fop 2 to 1, but the good Fop is twice as good as the bad Fop. Middle marks.
There are few songs I like there
Revisiting a staple of my mid teens. Bits really hold up. Other bits… do not.
I have a certain amount of nostalgia for this album, and some of the singles are still absolute tunes, but there's a lot of cringe on here too... Think I prefer RHCP in alt rock mode, rather than funk mode... Fave track - "Give it Away", predictably enough!
Meh
Flea and Frusciante are top tier bass and guitar players but Anthony Kiedis’ vocals and songwriting haven’t aged well for me
Deeply embedded in the college experience of the early 90s, the music jams pretty hard but I can't fully get past the juxtaposition of the extra dirty silliness with the super self-important kinda dumb pontificating.
Will Ferrell is such a talented drummer. Not the best actor really. Not the worst mind. He’s not Alec Baldwin running round the set shooting people kind of bad.
Have you ever rubbed chilli under your foreskin and then nailed a deaf girl? It's total bedlam. We sounded like a broken accordion being squeezed by a cartoon donkey on crystal meth. Similar to this album.
This alternative & funk rock album is the Red Hot Chili Peppers' fifth, and launched the band into worldwide fame. The album achieved a platinum certification in just under a year and is now certified seven times platinum. Fans & critics appreciated the band having less emphasis on the heavy metal style, because it allowed the other musical elements - as well as the lyrics - to shine. "Give It Away" & "Under The Bridge" were the most popular songs on the album. I really enjoyed listening to this earlier work from the RHCP band.
I mean there are some classics on this, and very nostalgic, but by the end I felt like it was all a bit repetitive funk!
Here we go again. More slappin' the bass and quickly saying 'hoot, hee, hat, badababa heet har' then doing some slow singing then slappin' the bass again. Guess it's okay though.
It is certainty way better than any of there (more successful) albums that followed. But I find the horror of the albums that followed (and much of the garbage that precedes this) can taint the memory of perfectly listenable funk-rock album. "mellowship Slinky in B Major" or "suck my kiss" are probably the best examples of the agreeable funky nonsense on offer.
I loved this album back in the day, but it feels a bit immature and dated to this fortysomething dad now. Still, "Under the Bridge" and "Give it Away" hold up fairly well. God help him, Anthony Kiedis really could have benefited from autotune :)
it was nostalgic, for some of the wrong reasons. does listening to the acoustic version of the album count?
There’s some classic RHCP tunes on this one. The record starts off great with the power of equality down to suck my kiss supply the energy with the whole band in their prime funky state.
Czlowiek sie ludzil, ze zna czili peppersy, a tu dostaje takiego picka i rzeczywistosc plyty zweryfikowala, po pierwsze nie przypuszczalem, ze to takie potezne wydanie, podwojna plyta, bite godzina dwadziescia materialu na 19 trakach, z czego dwa ostatnie to remastery z 2k06, bo orginalne wydanie jest z 91, kolejnym zaskoczeniem bylo to kto wyprodukowal ten album, a takze wszytkie kolejne, az do ostatniego wydania nie kto inny a sam murzynsko metalowy guru muzyczny, Rick Rubin, wiec do kolekcji zrobionych karier muzycznych musze dopisac mu czili peppery, bo wlasnie po tym albumie stali sie banda grana i sluchana na calym swiecie, a nie tylko lokalnie i to jeszcze jaka plyta, bo takim misz maszem stylow i brzmien sprzedac sie, takie rzeczy to tylko pan Rubin, a co do tego misz maszu, to jesli swoja wizje brzmienia RHCP laczylem z under the bridge, ulubionego numeru z plyty, tak plyta o wiele bardziej przypomina funkowy rock zmieszany z metalowymi rifkami gitarkowymi przeplatanymi ostrym drumieniem, ktore jest po rubinowsku prosto w twarz, do tego dodac czarujace wokale frontmena, to jest pana Kiedisa Anthonego, ktory jak snejk zmienia nie tylko maniere wokalna, ale calkowicie brzmienie swojego glosu w zaleznosci od kawalka od wolnych baladowych brzmien jak z under the bridge i breaking the girl, przez funkowy rapcore suck my kiss czy, wstaw polowe kawalkow plyty, po brzmienie dzikiego zboczenca z sir psycho sexy, tytul plyty dobrze nakierowuje na kontent liryczny, bo zdecydowana wiekszosc funkowego brzmienia, to seks krew i cukier magikowa, tym cukrem nazwalbym bakujace wokale, ktore na wczesniej sir psycho sexy zmuszaja do reflekcji nad dalszym katowaniem sie materialem, ktory w takich momentach strasznie meczy, ale przy takiej objetosci trakowej znalazly sie kawalki o troche mniej seksualnym zabarwieniu, jak my lovely man opowiadajacy o ziomeczku, bylbym czlonku bandy ktory zbyt ostro walil po kablach, mostowy song rowniez porusza podobny motyw, chociaz nie wiem czy chodzi o te sama osobe, odkad nasluchalem sie o tym jak bonzo robil drumem brzmienie zeppelinow o wiele bardziej doceniam jak potrafia one wplyna na melodyjnosc songow, w tym wypadku dochodzi jeszcze rubinowa produkcja, ktora w metalu obok wyeksponowanych ostrych riffow jest wlasnie znana z dobrego uwidocznienia na sceniu drumiarza, dobrym okresleniem gatunkowym tego krazka bedzie funk metal jak czytam, bo laczy on w sobie takze elementy z rapcora, wiec ultimejt alternatywny starter pak lat 90 tak mozna nazwac ten album, bo obok metalowych riffow poslugiwac sie cymbalkami, jak na wspominanym juz sir psycho sexy, to naprawde trzeba miec fantazje, no i wolnosc w tworzeniu muzyki, ale chyba Rubin jest z tego znany, ze dawal wolna reke artystom, a potem szlifowal co wymyslily tegie glowy, a to ze chlopaki mialy wolna reke tworcza zdecydowanie czuc, wiec o ile wiekszosc lustowego materialu nie trafia w moje gusta, to instrumentalnie slychac, ze jest to grane tak jak chcieli grac, a nie jak musieli, a autentycznosc w popowym materiale, to rzadki okaz, na plyte obok under the bridge, ktorego juz mialem wrzuconego leci kawalek z przeciwnego konca spektrum, wiec wspominany psycho sir, dodatkowo najbardziej powtarzalny lirycznie trak, wiec give it away, ostatnim pickiem bedzie my lovely man zeby zbalansowac troche te wybrane numery
Весь альбом скучно слушать. Есть хиты, благодаря которым можно простить всякую вату между ними.
Rhcp was interesting..... Would give it at least a three
Okay, I've liked some pieces, but less than a half :/
3.3 + Back during the Napster days, I downloaded like 3 tracks off this album and didn’t bother to listen to the rest until I found the CD a few years later in some cut-up bin. It’s overlong like so many albums of this peak CD era. The interplay between Frusciante and Flea is exceptional but Kiedis often tanks the sound with his pseudo-intellectual musings and psycho-sexual babble (“Yama daba girl from Alabama…”). To give credit where it’s due, “Under the Bridge”, “Breaking the Girl” have remained among my favorite songs of the 1990s - they are both cinematic and build to dramatic crescendos. “Give it Away” is funky AF. Those would’ve been the songs in my original mp3 stash and 25 years later I stick by that assessment.
I do want to like RHCP, but just can't seem to get into them. Flea and Chad Smith lay down a good groove, but the actual songs don't do that much for me. Maybe a few more listens are needed
Love under the bridge, some of their other stuff I couldn't really get into. It was my first time listening to a full album. I would say it is too long, despite the reasonable range of songs on there. Despite the occasional excellence, a lot of the funk stuff didn't do it for me, as well executed as it was.
RHCP is not my favorite, but they are consistent and they can be a lot of fun. I'm not a big fan of some of the vocal choices that Anthony Kiedis makes, but I can't deny the talent of the rhythm section of Flea and Chad Smith or the amazing guitar playing of John Frusciante. This album has some amazing songs, but I still prefer Californication to this.
Very well put together and produced. Very catchy songs and groovy music
Okay... Funky Bass mixed with brutal rhythmic and vocal styles of funk and rap music with the brutal guitar-driven style of heavy-metal. (6/10) Favorite Tracks: Funky Monks, I Could Have Lied, Under the Bridge
its okay
Good not great
This cd is long and I can see why my mother banned it from the car. Two songs made me laugh out loud literally, some obvious classics from my youth, and a lot of songs I’ll never listen to again. Not my fave but I feel compelled to respect this ridiculous band because of my childhood. But not TOO much respect.
Could use some trimming.
The high water mark for RHCP. The single's from this are all good to great. Some decent deep cuts, but a lot of this album sounds dated now, and dropping the last 6 songs would have resulted in a tighter, better record. Highlights: Breaking the Girl, Suck My Kiss, Give It Away, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Under the Bridge
The best Rhcp album but I don’t vibe with 100% of the tracks
Really in yo face with some bangers sprinkled in
Really not my cup of tea at all. I just can’t get into the Peppers. Can see why people do like it, but just ain’t for me.
Not my favorite Chili Peppers album, but a classic.
voice was pretty low
Funky, fresh, but also super long, could have been edited down tighter. I like this more than most later Chili Peppers albums because it displays a sense of fun that disappeared over the decade.
Fun, different, nostalgic, great instrumentals, 80s vibes, funky vibes, good album but I can't listen to the singer for a full album.
Its allright i think
Meh. OK, but I like their earlier albums better.
honestly just fine they really thought they did something with power of equality idk the angle of their jaws is making me uncomfortable i need a nap i’ll be honest, i am not understanding a word no cause the potential this album has for my ‘on a date with rodrick heffley’ playlist one minute red hot chili peppers make a song under 4 minutes challenge
More funky than I remember.
A good album, with some great tracks, but a little long and repetitive.
Mostly enjoyable, I like the style of music, although the album is way too long... They really could have cut it down to half the length. The production irritated me for some reason: the audio quality seems poor and I don't like the mix. Some of the lyrics are a bit much too, sir pyscho sexy was the worst example of this
Very good
I'm not the biggest fan of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, but this album was diverse in style and still unifying in sound. I enjoyed a couple of the songs and already knew a couple
Give it away now was my favourite song in it. That's all I am saying.
Ja, dit was voor mij destijds wel echt een vernieuwing. Het bandje heb ik dan ook "grijs-gedraaid". Nu weer heel fijn om eens te luisteren, wist alleen niet dat het album zooo lang duurde
I had this album back in the day. I haven't listened to it in years. It's really pretty good. A bit long, but some really good songs.
BSSM by RHCP- I stopped listening halfway through, as the heat death of the universe occurred. This is one of those albums that I think are without any deep cuts, but I’m fine without actually listening to the entire thing to find out. _Breaking the Girl_ is my favorite on this album
"Twisting and turning Your feelings are burning You're breaking the girl (She meant you no harm)" (Breaking the girl) "K-i-s-s-i-n-g Chicka chicka dee Do me like a banshee" (Suck my kiss) Cómo puede ser tan aburrido el disco con una portada de una gente con lenguas de tatuajes tribales dosmileros, no me lo explico. Menos mal que tiene "Give it away" y "Under the bridge".
Bangers'n'cheese. Too long really - trim off the second half of the album and you'd have a classic.
FINALLY AN ALBUM ABOUT SO CAL. This album is too long by half, but I still love some of the hits (Under the Bridge, etc). Weird Al's versions are better though. YOU HEARD IT HERE.
Great bass. Great guitar. RATM vibez at times. The guitar riffs really make the album though. Idk what pedals they're using but it's FUN.
few good songs i'd go to a concert but this one album aint super amazing
It's decent funky rock. I didn't love it, I didn't hate it. Probably not coming back to listen to it again.
This is a long record. Fun to revisit. But... it's a long record. Cut 3-4 tracks and it'd get a fourth star.
War scho in anderer Liste - 3
Too long and gets a little samey but I like the general sound and funk. 7/10
Un disco largo y a ratos repetitivo pero con un energía impresionante. El epítome del sonido de los RHCP antes del cambio del Californication. Un gran disco aunque a ratos cansa. Songs: Under the bridge, Give it away
I enjoy the RHCP, but I am not sure what they are doing on this list. I lost track of how many times the lyric "suck my dick" was sung.
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Classique
It's overly long but the singles are masterpieces.
El funk siempre va a ser muy agradable, me gusta como le dan siempre una importancia sonora al bajo, algo muuuuy característico de los Red hot chiles muerdes sin dejar detrás a músicos tan grandes como Frusciante y Chad, No creo que sea su mejor disco y después del By the way ya nada es igual
Los RHCP me gustan más en su faceta más pop, con el Californication. Sin embargo este disco es muy bueno y aun sin tener esa producción lista para ser digerida en MTV es muy disfrutable y explica su salto a la fama. No puedo ver este disco sin acordarme del Macaco diciendo el nombre "completo" Red blood hot sugar chili sex peper magick.
Not my favorite RHCP album. They’re clearly talented, but really hit their stride after californication.
Meh. Some catchy songs, but some annoying ones. His voice is kind of annoying too.
I didn’t mind it😎
Wasn't a big fan, just not enough melody and song structure
Rocket som kun red hot kan være det, lidt råt, men et par gode bangers
Mehhh.
Probably would be more enjoyable as a more instrumental album
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ya know i thought i would like this a lot but cus i love a few rhcp songs but this album wasn't it for me
The one lasting memory I have of Blood Sugar Sex Magik is back in Grade 11 English. We were asked to bring in a poem that we'd read aloud and then give our thoughts about it. One kid, the cringey stoner kid, read one of the songs off this album. He thought it was great, we were indifferent, and we could tell the teacher thought it was dreck. Looking back at BSSM now, I think that ratio stands. There's one or two great songs, the rest are indifferent, and overall the album is kind of dreck. These days, RHCP make music that's "funk for boomers", it's got no soul, it's got no funk, it could very easily be background music at a Safeway. And listening to BSSM now, you can see that too. Also, Anthony Kiedis is a bit of a creep. Two stars.
If this was any worse it would be Pocket Full of Kryptonite, only with less finesse.
Synes helt generelt at red hot chili peppers er ret så ringe og nederen. Jeg har aldrig rigtig forstået det. På Californiacation var der et par bangers at gamme ubehagen bag. Her får man det råt for usødet. der er måske 3-4 numre som er tålelige - resten af albummet (som i forvejen er ALT for langt) ryger altså direkte i skralderen hos mig 🗑️🗑️🗑️ Under the bridge (banger) trækker albummet op på en 2'er. Overordnet set en rigtig lang og nederen oplevelse. Jeg håber ikke at vi ser dem igen på den her liste.
Wow, I’ll give this one credit for some cool instrumentals and for Under the Bridge, but it turns out that maybe I don’t like RHCP very much.
There’s a Nick Cave quote about constantly hearing something awful on the radio and the answer is always the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I’ve gone through phases of fandom with RHCP, and with the exception of a few songs, I have to agree with Nick. I bought Blood Sugar Sex Magic when I was 16 or 17, because I liked the hits: “Give It Away”, “Under the Bridge”, “Breaking the Girl” and “Suck My Kiss”. However, the rest of the album sounds almost nothing like these songs. The Peppers’ brand of sex obsessed white boy party funk wears thin pretty quickly. As an adult, I had already closed the book on RHCP, revisiting this was not something I was looking forward to. While it wasn’t as bad as I remember, my opinion of the band and BSSM, hasn’t really changed. It’s such a shame that they have masterfully talented musicians (Flea and Fruicante), yet they choose to make this. I’d rather listen to Faith No More.
Some of RHCP's best songs, combined with a bunch of their most annoying ones. Kind of a mess in general. The rapping parts are not that good, some of the songs are really corny and I feel like on most of these songs the execution is kinda off. It runs pretty long, with only a few highlights here and there.
åbuu dette var kjedelig - mest usexy musikken om sex ever
Flea really outperforms the rest of the band here, why is a professional jamming out with some high school band? I don't really hear the Metal in Funk Metal here. The album is unnecessarily long as well, victim of the CD era. The hits are ok and some deepcuts are alright and a lot of it is ranging from fine to mediocre. Sounds like I hate it, but it wasn't all that bad.
Wow, the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, I'm SUCH a big fan of theirs. I can't believe how annoying his vocals are, as he sounds like a dead fish. For the sound, it's like they expect themselves to have this groundbreaking sound, but it's not, and it fails spectacularly. Like, it's funk rock, yet it's like they don't even try to achieve the funk part (and I love funk). The hit on the album, Under the Bridge isn't even a great song tbh. That bass player is alright by me tho. You know, I am being overly harsh on them, but I'm in a mood of hating, so they get this for creating whatever the hell Californication is (how do yall even enjoy that crap).
My first introduction to RHCP was through a kid at a summer camp in the early 2010s who was obsessed with them. Now that I’ve listened to both of their albums on this list, I’d like to say that Keenan, if you’re reading this, I hope your music taste improved a little
I know this is good, but I hate the band so much it clouds my judgement. Good points - great production, superb musicianship. Bad points - collectively I find them insufferable. Objectively it’s a 4, but for me it’s a 2.
I’ll say 2.5
The happiest I was listening to this album was realizing that I've already gotten through this list's two Red Hot Chili Pepper albums, which means I will never have another morning ruined by Anthony Kiedis (unless I end up going to a CVS for condoms and hearing "Can't Stop.") I don't need my rock musicians to be upstanding people, but I would prefer if they made music t hat wasn't a fucking slog. Two discs of dumb-fuck scat singing and less dumb-fuck bass thwacking. Would've been a one, but the acoustic songs were cute enough.
Thoughts while listening to this. - Oh cool. I remember when this came out. - Wow, these songs aren't that great. - Give it away now. - This is pretty bad actually. - Under the bridge - Man, I kinda hate Anthony Kiedis now.
With Flea slapping the bass like no other and John Frusciante playing some funky guitar riffs, RHCP could be a decent band if they hurled Anthony Kiedis into the sun. Partially due to all the heinous stuff he has done over the years, but also for being a bad frontman. His lyrics are juvenile and his scatty rap-like delivery of them distract from a lot of the excellent playing of his band mates. This could have been a solid 3 if they didn't bloat this thing with so many throwaway songs. Most of them are inoffensive enough, but "If You Have To Ask" is the worst of the bunch. The song sounds vaguely like Parliament and Funkadelic if they were awful. Both "Give It Away" and "Under The Bridge" are excellent songs, they aren't worth sitting through the 70+ minutes you need to put aside to finish this album.
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
No what the fuck are these guys on about
really cringe and bad but sometimes fun!!
every song feels like it’s 8 minutes long. god this thing is huge. “Under the Bridge” is a great song unfortunately
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)
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.
feels like it's stuck in time of a 13 year old edge fase
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
not my tipe, es un rock 2/5
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.
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
classic rock, little bit of experimentation stuff, not really my style
Hm ist ok
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
Didn’t like
oh my god it's so long give it away is different lmao feeling 3/5
I like the odd song and the sound is cool, but in general feels a bit samey and the lyrics uninspiring
dated
gotta say this is not a record for a calm morning
3/10
I like the hits but could leave the rest. I feel the same way for almost all RHCP albums.
Not for me.
Under the bridge is a great track. The rest of the album I would leave though.
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.
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.
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.
5 great songs, 12 skips.
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.
Don't get them at all.
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
Yeah funky funky RHCP doesnt do a lot for me unfortunately
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
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.
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
Just too horny for me.
Oh dammit. I used to own this album, really outgrew this band. I do have some fun memories pinned here, but blegh, Anthony Kedis really doesn't do these guys any favors. Nope, not a fan at all.
Instrumentals were fine, but the vocals were shockingly bad. The last track "They're Red Hot" is especially horrendous. My favorite RHCP track "Under the Bridge" is from this album, so I expected it to at least be decent, but I was wrong.
I must admit that i am a Chili Peppers Hater from way back. I also had to admit to never having listened to this entire album. Under the Bridge and Breaking the Girl were just awful songs. But giving them a fair shake I have to admit that this is not the worst band nor the worst album ever. There are 4 or 5 truly original well done songs here (of course there are 17 songs on the album so a blind squirrel am I right?). That being said I cannot give them the 1 I was sure they richly deserved. I can't get them to a 3 either just because 5 out of 17 is not a 3 in my book. A high 2 is all I can fairly muster here. But good on you, you forced me to actually listen to an album I would have bet yesterday I would die without playing. :)
Has two good songs in it with a whole bunch of garbage surrounding them. 2.5/5 at best.
Seems like a terrible mix? One very strong and beautiful song, rest kinda meh. Felt like you could really tell the vocal limitations this band always grapples with.
low 2 why does the mix sound so thin? all songs feel so long. keep looking back at the track list and finding im only 3 songs further down the list what seems like hours later. you could say its like rage against the machine but so much less exciting - its more make passive aggressive comments against the machine. something so unappealing about the chillis
Rating: 4/10 You know, it's really not that bad but even the 'best' of the chili peppers is really just on the edge of tolerable. In the case of this album, you can absolutely claim that this is a talented group of musicians making shitty music that sometimes turns out ok. I don't care for the funk rock and rap rock sound that they make, and Kiedis's vocals and lyrics are so annoyingly shit to me, sometimes ruining the songs for me entirely on their own. The best part of the album is the run of Give it Away-title track with its guitar work-Under the Bridge, pretty solid. As far as I'm concerned everything after that stretch could have been cut up until Sir Psycho Sexy, with a good outro that of course gets ruined by the inclusion of that last song.
The hits were decent, the rest of the 1hr14min album was offensively annoying. Pretty shallow, while also jumpy and hyper. ADHD in musical form, in a bad way 4.3/10
Nothing that special,. Liked a couple of songs.
Idk didn't really like it. Felt a bit too "I listen to this and therefore I'm cool"
Well one thing is for sure, no one can accuse Anthony Kiedis of being a great lyricist. He's made damn sure of that.
I feel like this is something Reese from Malcolm in the middle would listen to.
Way too long and just ok overall
Yeah its good but not for me...
could listen to Under the Bridge all day but would skip the rest
Anthony Kiedis found dead under the bridge. 2.3/5
These guys are obviously fantastic musicians. And I'm going to sound like my grade four teacher here... but this is why this album is so disappointing. They just didn't work hard enough to reach their full potential. One perfect song (Under the Bridge, or as I call it 'how to compress a strat to the point that you can hear the individual atoms in the strings), a few OK songs (Give it Away), and a lot of boring dreck in-between. Oddly, of the filler tracks, Sir Psycho Sexy was the most interesting song (musically) if one ignores the lyrics. Also, my wife noted that the lyrics to the title track made her vagina as dry as the Sahara. One other point. Why the hell are the snare hits so forward in the mix? They were like ice-pick hits that just annoyed the hell out of me.
I only know "Under the Bridge" as of now, and let's just say I'm not excited to hear "Suck My Kiss" based on the way people talk about it. It's the upcoming song and so far I don't hate this album. It's eh. I've always had a bit of a problem with the vocals in their songs. Okay, it's not the worst song ever. It's just like the rest of this album. So eh. I don't really like the funk element honestly. My little white ass is tickled pink Cock my brain to shoot my load Global abortion please She must be moist "I'm in love with the wilderness", Lottie Matthews at some point probably My dick got hard She liked the looks of me and my willy My hard-on bleeding (I can lend you a tampon for that, man) There's a devil in my dick and some demons in my semen Creamy beaver (just say wet pussy at this point; it's not making me cringe as much) Ooo that's tight Turned a cherry pie right into jam (that poor woman's clit) In your pussy I'd kill Put your kidneys to sleep And for my new favorite poem: "Twinkle twinkle little star Shining down on my blue car Driving down the boulevard She was soft and I was hard" Guys, as a woman I can assure you that talking so much about how hard your dick is will totally get you that woman (to call the police).
4 stars for Under the bridge, minus 2 stars for the rest of the album.
Whenever I listen to RHCP at the start I'm like "oh, this is better than I remembered/thought" and then the singer starts singing and I can bear it no longer. This could've been an amazing instrumental band, man.
Good stuff but bloated as hell
Op de achtergrond tijdens het schoonmaken van de keuken had ik er niet heel veel last van, totdat de line "theres a devil in my dick, some demons in my semen" kwam. Nu ik het zo uittyp is het lowkey highkey hilaar maar mijn god, niet met de delivery van dat nummer hahhaha. Hardop gelachen ook om de onintentionele 'wake up, twink- -kle little star' Het is ook wel echt een veel te lang album voor zulke sub-mid muziek. Ik zie uit naar een beter rhcp album in deze lijst (als ik voor die tijd ff kan inlocken en mn luisterachterstand kan inhalen)
meh. 11 nummers volgehouden en toen had ik t wel echt gehoord
Not for me, never particularly like the RHCP and this went on for far too long and ended upnfeeling like background noise not the focus of my attention. 2 cos I Under the Bridge is a cool tune.
Greatest musicians you know make slime slime music (derogatory)
meh
It is giving variations on a theme. Favourite track: Under the Bridge
Never been a huge RHCP fan. Most of their stuff sounds the same to me, the singer yelps like a dog whose tail has been stepped on. Californication is clearly the better album. There are some good songs here, but the album is way to long overall. Although I enjoyed some songs, most of them didn't appeal to me, and I couldn't find any interesting lyrics.
I was never a fan of RHCP, listening to an entire album doesn't change that. As talented as (at least some of) the band may be, the songs don't really catch my attention. A few titles (the obvious hits, I guess) may be fun pop rock tracks, but overall it's just okay.
A band I’ve never liked. Funk rock, Kiedis’ rapping style singing (or actually any of his singing),too American. And pretty terrible tunes, Suck My Kiss as an example is awful. A 2 all day long and that’s only because Give It Away is ok. Don’t trust a RHCP fan. Last words to Nick Cave- ‘I’m forever near a stereo saying, ‘What the fuck is this garbage?’ And the answer is always the Red Hot Chili Peppers’.
Like Under the Bridge quite a bit but the rest is just, like not really my thing man.
This is a difficult album for me to review because even though I don’t actually dislike the album, unsurprisingly at 79 minutes long, I have always found it a mammoth of a task to get through with an entire album’s worth of RHCP style filler tracks before we reach the Hendrix cover which closes it out. For that reason alone I can’t justify anything better than a two star review. It’s not captivating or consistent enough to score more, though a well edited 50 minute album would admittedly be a solid 3 pushing a 4. If I still owned this album, I’d give it away, give it away, give it away now.
Dude, after listening to that I get the sense that someone sat them down and literally said, cut the shit
For every song I like there are 4 or 5 I don't like at all. 2 stars or D+.
Rock, Rap, 1991 -> 2
RHCP are the greatest trio in rock history.
It was hard for me to listen to every song. I’m just not into it at this point in my life. Def a couple good sing-alongs. Under the Bridge and Breaking the Girl are great songs
Was quite keen to hear this again but honestly, don't much like it. And it goes on and on. 74 minutes of wacky, staccato nonsense, with a couple of transcendent high points. Thank goodness that's the capacity limit for CD as a format or they might still be bouncing, spanking, and gurning away at it even now 😅
Call me basic but I prefer RHCP’s more mainstream albums
Don’t like this 2
It’s sort of a miracle that the music can occasionally rise above Anthony Kiedis’s terrible vocal performances. He really is awful and drags every song down. Under the Bridge really is the standout and the only song on here that doesn’t have something embarrassing happen with his fuckass voice.
this jus sauceless nu metal, get this bullshit away from me
So overplayed … outgrown this band
idk im not a big RHCP fan. I like their popular songs and can see why those are the only popular songs.
Mid everything but bass
2/5 Energetic throughout but man is there a lot of uselessness on here.
1: Under the Bridge 2: If You Have to Ask 3: Give It Away
It was an important and nostalgic album growing up, but there is so much filler on it
Some great stuff on this collection, particularly Under the Bridge and Give It Away So its a shame I have never really enjoyed the bass-forward funky sound or the vocal delivery style
probably closer to a three and i'm definitely biased here by already not really liking rchp... album starts off real rough and i cringed at some of the songwriting throughout. kept thinking about how the rhcp frontman is ostensibly tone deaf and also that tumblr post that's like "why you hating on the red hot chili peppers man?" "although i disagree with your music taste i must applaud you for your ability to type this while skateboarding through campus"
Nah. Not for me. Noen godlåter trekker opp.
Not a fan of em. Heard em to much
This is how I remember RHCP
Only a couple of songs worth caring about.
Disappointed because I love other RHCP albums but this one wasn’t for me. The rap was cringe.
I had this album when I was a kid and thought I would enjoy it more than I did. In reality, the lyrics mostly range from weak to mildly cretinous, the vocals can be grating and the whole album is overlong.
Nice instruments, in particular the bass, shame about the vocals and lyrics.
I listened to all of it. A bunch of it was just noise. One banger
Trash apart from the bangers
As per usual, a good set of songs mixed within a whole lot of filler. Do these guys have an album that isn't like 40 minutes too long? Flea and Rick Rubin are probably the best two parts of the record for me.
Funk-rock doesn’t do it for me. The vocals were super cringy. Some of the Flea bass lines were cool but the overall instrumental feels like watered down funk with really heavy-handed drums and guitar, mostly makes me want to listen to the real stuff.
I thought this would be a 3, but its less fulfilling than that and it's in the process of being inconsequential. In 10 years noone will listen to this.
I’m just not a chili peppers kind of girl. I do not fuck with the vibe they’re putting out. That being said I have a soft spot for flea for some reason? Liked their hits in middle school, so there’s a nostalgia factor, but it’s just not for me. -Ruby Anthony Kiedis is one of the most obnoxious vocalists in rock history. White boy P-Funk can have its moments but this record is mostly too silly enjoy.
Pretty stupid
This album was not good enough to be this long - started out okay, and only went downhill. By the time I got to Sir Psycho Sexy, I was completely over it. The only thing saving me from giving this album a 1 is Under the Bridge and the mildly interesting instrumentation. I can’t believe I was excited for this album, what a disappointment! Listening to this album is what it feels like to interact with most men my age.
This has all of the worst parts about the RHCP amplified to 11. There are songs in here that are so good, ruined by weird shit that is so bad. Best Song: Under the Bridge Rating: 4/10 Stars: 2
I used to like this, but I grew over it, and Anton's lyrics and singing are as nails in a chalkboard now.
muito barulho na minha cabeça não é muito do meu gosto
Biggest issue with this album is how long it is, if they ended it with Under the Bridge, I would have actually quite enjoyed it! Sir Psycho Sexy can fuck off though - that and the 1+ hr running time makes this a 2 for me. I did also enjoy Breaking the Girl, Give It Away, and the title track; and the bass from Flea is pretty sick throughout. Wouldn't want to listen through the whole thing again, though.
some decent singles on here but my god why is this an hour and 15 minutes
Apart from the 2 songs that made it out of 1991 this album is trash
what the heck is this album cover. This album is a long ride and found it uninteresting!
This sounds like a parody of rock music an Evangelical moral crusader would find and make a huge culture war issue
interesting album title lol 5 songs in.. and i want an album by women.. please be one next 19 songs on one album is too many horny guys with instruments. it's not the type of music i would be throwing on personally. I don't really like the cadence the lead singer uses. Choppy sing-talking is not pleasant to me. I like the instrumentals on song of the songs.
Probably the only album I consider tolerable by RHCP.
Meh weet niet wat ik verwachte maar dit was m niet
ah chili pepers. jo da mue glaub do sii hä. bi au nüm de grösst fan bin aber au kein teenager meh. power of equality isch scho sehr funk und rap und so. scho irgendwie öpis eigets. if you have to ask au funny, quietschigi synths tüüfe bass. funky monks würklich? bin etz bi mellowship in B major und finds no streng. de sevi het recht d snare haut eim in grind. righteous and the wicked no cooli chords vode gitarre. aber de song isch nöd viel. give it away kenni natürli. scho lang nüm glost, isch jo insane nervig hahahaha under the bridge huuere overplayed aber schono guet. wenn de bads inechunt isch super. und de gitarre part isch 1:1 hendrix aber halt au drum cool. bi naked in the rain isch de flea eeeendlich mol im vordergrund er isch so klar s beste a dere band. he ich bin chli enttüscht egientli. ha gmeint da seg so mega ihres guete album. bin etz nöd sooo fan. het scho s paar gueti tracks aber s isch würkli z lang (90er halt) und chli gliich und s isch weder mega mega funky no hittets richtig hert. omg de 8 minute song geg de schluss hetmer gad de rest geh. 2.
WAS isch das füre snare WO BASS for real wie scheisse ischs erste lied gsi de refrain isch na easy gsi aber alles andere...oof ok mal chli bass wo ich für länger als 5 min ghör häää ich cheggs nöd ok iwie findi de mix jz besser? han ich am lorge eifach gspunne blood sugar sex magik isch na funny han under the bridge rig nie mega gern gha aber hans jz eig na cool gfunde greeting song macht spass!! my lovely man het BASS OHA sir psycho sex isch eifach chli dumme spass gsi aber de schluss findi echt geil hahaha wär en perfekte schluss gsi fürs album aber chegge au de goofy schluss mit they're red hot han die erste paar lieder echt STRENG gfunde, sicher au wegem mix und nachane hets echt paar cooli lieder gha. wird es 2 oder 3 muss es mier na überlege
Not my 90s jams
Huge gap between the best RHCP songs and the worst. Huge. I'd really rather not deal with all the worst ones.
Pre-listen whining: Whyyyy is it so long why are all of these 90s albums so looooong why why why. Maybe CDs were a mistake Post-listen whining: I think I liked this more than ‘Californication’? This is long enough to repeat some ideas and I’m still really not crazy about the rapping, but the production is strong and I really dig Flea’s bass work and Chad Smith’s drumming. Guitar sounds good too. As a whole I understand the RHCP “thing” way better after this album than ‘Californication’. Elevated butt rock. I agree with streaming data: “Under the Bridge” is an obvious hit and the strongest thesis statement for the RHCP sound. The title track did elicit an “oh, yuck” from me.
meh.
the best album from a dogshit band
Angerrr
Terrible. Dunno how Antony keidis has made a career out of being a terrible singer with terrible lyrics. Everything starts OK then he starts singing. Stand out - breaking the girl, I could have lied
Music by that guy who doesn’t know how to keep his shirt on. I had a boss when I worked at Starbucks who was obsessed with RHCP. He put on album after album one shift and we teased him for it. He got so butthurt he said we could only play corporate approved playlists after that.
what the hell is this. ok funk rock can be cool but maybe this is also too hip hoppy? I dont like the vocals but the instrumental is good. I dont understand how some people call this red hot chilli pepper’s best album there are loads that are better (getaway, by the way.. etc) this definitely is very different to the rhcp albums i like
4/10
Lot of speak singing but the background bass/guitar/drums good. Not really the biggest fan of the vocals. Not for me.
rate: 2/10 fav song: castles made of sand (the only song i actually enjoyed) didn't really enjoy tbh! not my vibe and, potentially controversial, find his voice quite annoying oops. do quite like castles made of sand though!
Not great. A lot of tracks could have been left off in my opinion. 2.1/5.0
RHCP have some songs that I really like, but none of them are from this period. This album is the epitome of style over substance... they sound kind of cool, but the songs are just so dumb. I did not enjoy listening to this.
20 minutes of a good album and an hour of just grating nonsense.
The oversexualised lyrics come off crude and unpleasant. Prince somehow gets away with albums all about sex without sounding like a horny teenager. This just sounds like the work of horny teenagers for the most part, which might be why I quite liked it in my mid teens. Couldn't listen to the full 8 minutes of Sir Psycho Sexy. But listened to Under the Bridge twice to make up for it.
I don’t really know what to say, this was the first full red hot chili peppers album I’ve ever heard and it’s not something I expected but also not something unexpected either. pretty neutral about it, some songs were a bit more questionable than others, but maybe that’s their appeal anyways.
Listen, I know people like music like this. And it's not bad music generally. It is just not my music. This went way too long. Why was the second to last song 9 minutes? I started to lose my mind.
These guys are FUCKING lame. Everyday I thank god that this weird mix of grunge, hip hop and funk was short lived. The music is alright but I cannot get the image of absolute 90s clowns on the other side of the recording. It's genuinely upsetting that this was ever considered cool.
The opening track was so annoying it almost made me a conservative. I could barely turn much of this album up over a low volume because it was so annoying. Under the Bridge and Give it Away were good, and they’re obviously talented, but god please make it stop.
5/10 Favourite: The Power of Equality Least Favourite: Suck My Kiss
Few good song , otherwise boring and a mess
Bestes Lied: Apache Rose Peacock, Under the Bridge Lieder auf Playlist: 0
Apart from a couple of standout tracks this seems very forgettable
It's OK. Red Hot Chili Peppers' music is fine, but a bit gamey.
Ugh I tried to listen to this with an open mind, and there was a time when I liked this, but I think I’m way over RHCP. I tried to look up some criticism from the time and it was mostly good reviews, about their new and varied sound. It doesn’t get it past the point that this is nonsense bro funk rock.
RHCP is like goodish/okayish to me. Maybe because they're so popular I'm like ehh on them as a whole. 2.8 This probably got a 3.4
Oh fun. A RHCP album from when they were actually good. I’m using the word good liberally.
this album couldve been half the length and wouldve been 10 times better
I listened to RHCP for a while as a kid and teenager, but that time is gone. This is a good example of an album that is too long, and on top of that, uneven and toxic.
Such talented musicians and they let Anthony Keidis sing like an absolute dipshit and ruin this whole thing.
Woof, I was expecting better You can tell the band has some chops, but not a great listen at all.
Under the bridge - amazing The rest of the album - not it Sad bc I love a lot of their songs and other albums and I truely thought I’d love this
Every single song is the same. "Brap boo baa brap, bingy bangy bingo" Tedious then, tedious now.
Mærkelig blanding af ok numre og bras. I Could Have Lied sendte mig tilbage på efterskolen.
All pretension.
74 minutes is too long. Under The Bridge the only good song
Is there another band that has such highs and ridiculous lows than the Red Hot Chilli Peppers? Under The Bridge is such a tune, Give It Away isn’t bad either. The rest was slap bass garbage. Simpsons: Yes
Agree with Rozza's review. Under the Bridge is awesome. Give it Away is pretty good. I thought they would drag the album up to a 3... but by the time the album finished, absolutely not. Some really cringey songs on here.
The fun to dumb ratio is off with this one
Unimpressed by this. ⭐️⭐️
Its too long. Some great stuff but theres way too much filler
Lite för funkig för min smak, definitivt inte enkel att jobba till haha.
This album as a whole is pretty aggravating. I liked the vibe better when I was 20, but I think it has aged poorly and isn't really cool at all now. It's a long album filled with similar funky rock and a masterclass in Kiedis rapping. There are enough good parts to save it, but I really don't like this personally.
Vocals have never done it for me.
Not as bad as people make it out to be but I can take it or leave it.
decent album but holy hell it's so long and boring at times i just tune out
Very familiar with this album, know every track, but it's just not my cup of tea.
When I was 14 I thought these guys were cool. Now I’m 41 and think they pretty much suck. The singles are solid, “Under the Bridge” is still great. But the rest oscillates between totally forgettable and downright embarrassing. Anthony Kiedis may be the worst lyricist in rock history.
#762. Look, I know this probably deserves at least a three, but I've had a rough night, and I hate the fucking E̶a̶g̶l̶e̶s̶ Red Hot Chili Beppers, man. 2/5: please, spare me from this
‘Definitely a singles band’ - Luke
Literally only one good song
terrible
Kinda funky in a good way Although it does feel a little like men overcompensating for the fact that they can't pull
Even familiarity doesn't help this. I like their attempt at something funky and I get why a lot of my mates lived them but I can't buy in
Although I remember when this group was popular, I wasn't a fan, so I really never listened to any of their music until this album. After listening to this album, I'm still not a big fan, but I did like "Under The Bridge" which I thought was different than most of their songs, and more of a ballad than most of the other music this group produced.
This was a hard album to get through. I’m mot a fan of the peppers and when I saw how many tracks I let out a groan. It’s so funny cuz I can recognize the individual talent of all members, but put together it leads to results ranging from enjoyable to just kind of a funk-lite bore Standouts include breaking the girl(love that middle breakdown), I could have lied, and under the bridge (their biggest hit and can actually see why, Ive listened to it plenty of times) Everything else is just either annoying funk noises (give it away being the biggest offender) or just consistent 4-5 minute rock rap funk trials I’m just waiting to be over I did like “theyre red hot” as an ended, one of my fave Robert Johnson songs. But either way, not a fan and won’t be revisiting
I liked the more melodic tracks like "Breaking the Girl" and "Under the Bridge," but those felt unfortunately few and far between; maybe I haven't done enough drugs in my life, but the droning, monotonous, bored-sounding rap over funky bass lines did nothing for me. This album did manage to have some of the most blisteringly unsexy songs about sex, so I guess that's some kind of achievement. Best: "Under the Bridge" Worst: "Sir Psycho Sexy"
Ugh I usually enjoy the peppers (when I say this I mean I like their newest album and the hits) but this seems like it’s only the bad parts of whatever they put in all of their songs. I tried getting through this multiple times and Suck my kiss put me off every single time so it’s only so far I can go with this
Unlike other comments, I don’t think Frusciante or Smith are doing anything particularly special here. Both are undoubtly gifted, professional musicians, but what they do mostly serves as a tight but boilerplate backdrop for the songs. Aside from a few intriguing solos maybe (at the end of “I Could Have Lied” for example)… But what keeps this record from being a completely dull funk rip-off disaster is Kiedis’s idiosyncratic singing and the - undoubtedly - brilliant Flea. Of course, Kiedis lyrics are hit or miss (with far more miss than hit - just listen to „Suck My Kiss”, ouch), but at least his delivery is distinctive and charismatic. His full stylistic range - good and bad alike - is on display on “Mellowship Slinky in B Major”. I wouldn’t call anything on Blood Sugar Sex Magik (the Chili Peppers never fail to come up with stupid album titles) genius, or even particularly good, aside from Flea’s bass playing. However, with so many actually great funk (adjacent) records out there, there’s no compelling reason to ever sit through this one again.