General Article name: Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Genre: Rock englischsprachig Product type: LP (Vinyl) Label: WB Number of tracks: 17 Duration: 73:55 Tracklist LP - 1 Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Power Of Equality (Album Version) 4:03 Red Hot Chili Peppers - If You Have To Ask (Album Version) 3:36 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Breaking The Girl (Album Version) 4:55 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Funky Monks (Album Version) 5:23 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Suck My Kiss (Album Version) 3:37 Red Hot Chili Peppers - I Could Have Lied (Album Version) 4:04 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mellowship (Slinky In B Major) (Album Version) 4:00 Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Righteous And The Wicked (Album Version) 4:08 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away (Album Version) 4:43 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik (Album Version) 4:31 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under The Bridge (Album Version) 4:24 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Naked In The Rain (Album Version) 4:25 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Apache Rose Peacock (Album Version) 4:42 Red Hot Chili Peppers - The Greeting Song (Album Version) 3:13 Red Hot Chili Peppers - My Lovely Man (Album Version) 4:39 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Sir Psycho Sexy (Album Version) 8:16 Red Hot Chili Peppers - They're Red Hot (Album Version) 1:11   Description Description

The Red Hot Chili Peppers' best album, Blood Sugar Sex Magik benefits immensely from Rick Rubin's production -- John Frusciante's guitar is less overpoweringly noisy, leaving room for differing textures and clearer lines, while the band overall is more focused and less indulgent, even if some of the grooves drag on too long. Lyrically, Anthony Kiedis is as preoccupied with sex as ever, whether invoking it as his muse, begging for it, or boasting in great detail about his prowess, best showcased on the infectiously funky singles "Give It Away" and "Suck My Kiss." However, he tempers his testosterone with a more sensitive side, writing about the emotional side of failed relationships ("Breaking the Girl," "I Could Have Lied"), his drug addictions ("Under the Bridge" and an elegy for Hillel Slovak, "My Lovely Man"), and some hippie-ish calls for a peaceful utopia. Three of those last four songs (excluding "My Lovely Man") mark the band's first consistent embrace of lilting acoustic balladry, and while it's not what Kiedis does best as a vocalist, these are some of the album's finest moments, varying and expanding the group's musical and emotional range. Frusciante departed after the supporting tour, leaving Blood Sugar Sex Magik as probably the best album the Chili Peppers will ever make. ~ Steve Huey

Steve Huey

Contributors Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers Record Label: Warner Bros. Record Label: WEA Int'l