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One Hot Minute is the sixth studio album by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on September 12, 1995, by Warner Bros. Records. The worldwide success of the band's previous album Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991) caused guitarist John Frusciante to become uncomfortable with their popularity, eventually quitting mid-tour in 1992. Following a series of short-term replacements, the band hired guitarist Dave Navarro in 1993; it was his only studio album with the band. Recording for the album took place at the Sound Factory in Hollywood from June 1994 to February 1995. It marked the second collaboration between the band and producer Rick Rubin. One Hot Minute moves away from the funk of Blood Sugar Sex Magik, instead favoring heavier riffs and, at times, veering toward a psychedelic rock sound. This shift was primarily due to the influence of Navarro, formerly of Jane's Addiction. Vocalist Anthony Kiedis, who had resumed addictions to cocaine and heroin in 1994 after being sober for more than five years, approached his lyricism with a reflective outlook on drugs and their harsh effects. As such, the lyrics reflect mostly dark and melancholy themes. Bassist Flea sang lead vocals on "Pea", as well as the outro of "Deep Kick" and the chorus of the album outtake "Stretch". One Hot Minute sold more than two million copies and was certified multi-platinum, and reached number four on the US Billboard 200. It also spawned three hit singles: "Warped", "My Friends" and "Aeroplane". "Shallow Be Thy Game" and "Coffee Shop" were also released as singles outside of the United States. Despite the success of the singles, the album failed to achieve the critical and commercial success of Blood Sugar Sex Magik, with less than half of the sales of that album. Navarro was fired in 1998 due to his drug use, and Frusciante returned to the band shortly thereafter.
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Squeezed between classic albums Blood Sugar Sex Magik and Californication this record, On Hot Minute is a perfect example of a major letdown of a great band. On this album The Red Hot Chili Peppers sound like a cheap softer copy, uninspired, mediocre copy of themselves. A bit like Crazy Town on Butterfly, but that is 4 years later. The "best" songs are the singles "Warped", "My Friends" and "Aeroplane", but even those are forgettable in the RHCP discography. The other songs are uninteresting and some are even really bad ("Deep Kick", "Coffee Shop", "One Big Mob", "Tearjerker" and "Transcending"). All their other albums from "Freaky Styley" till "I'm with You" are better than this one. Even the band itself does not like it as none of the songs have been played live for several years. A big disappointment from a great band.
Funk metal, alternative rock, hard rock, psychedelic rock. Flojo para ser de los RHCP. Un 4.
Rating: 8/10 Best songs: Aeroplane, One big mob, Falling into grace
I went through a brief RHCP phase, but it didn't last long. This album is mostly tolerable, but not something I'll listen to again. 2.5 stars, rounding up to 3.
Wth
Estilo típico del grupo con mezcla de estilos en diferentes temas. Entre pop-punk-rock. Divertido de escuchar. Seguro que mejor en directo que en el propio disco.
Wow, this album really WAS a departure from RHCP's funk sound. I mean, don't get me wrong, it's still there to a certain extent (you could never fully erase their funk), but it's much less sonically dominant. Dave Navarro's signature is apparent; this definitely leans in a Jane's Addiction direction. I liked their psychedelic leaning hard rock sound here, but I'll be honest, I was definitely missing the heavy funk. A good album, but I don't think it supersedes the other two RHCP that are already on the book side of the project.
The brief substitution of Navarro certainly moved their sound around a bit. Still very much a Chili Peppers album, and no hate here for that. But nothing about this one stands particularly high for me either.
Yeah this is certainly an RHCP album. Better than "Blood Sugar Sex Magic", but so is committing arson.
I’d have a few other RHCP albums above this one,
It's very rare when something meets your expectations exactly. 0 stars if I could.
Since that book with those words about that relationship the chilli peppers have given me the ick and I couldn’t get past that. One star for the ick