Blood Sugar Sex Magik

by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Overview

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.

Product Details

Release Date:	09/24/1991
Label:	Warner Records
UPC:	0075992668125
catalogNumber:	26681
Rank:	3569

Tracks

1. The Power of Equality
2. If You Have to Ask
3. Breaking the Girl
4. Funky Monks
5. Suck My Kiss
6. I Could Have Lied
7. Mellowship Slinky In B Major
8. The Righteous & The Wicked
9. Give It Away
10. Blood Sugar Sex Magik
11. Under the Bridge
12. Naked In The Rain
13. Apache Rose Peacock
14. The Greeting Song
15. My Lovely Man
16. Sir Psycho Sexy
17. They're Red Hot

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Red Hot Chili Peppers   Primary Artist
Flea   Electric Guitar
Gail Frusciante   Background Vocals
John Frusciante   Guitar
Anthony Kiedis   Vocals
Brendan O'Brien   Keyboards
Chad Smith   Drums
Peter Weiss   Jew's Harp

Technical Credits

Flea   Composer
John Frusciante   Composer
Anthony Kiedis   Composer
Brendan O'Brien   Engineer
Rick Rubin   Producer
Chad Smith   Composer