Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Yes, the class of '91 again!
Seriously, I was really looking forward to getting another album from September 1991—the month that turned the music world upside down. Of course, the Red Hot Chili Peppers had been around before, but with “Blood Sugar Sex Magik”, they brought a whole lot of funk and a dash of rap into the rock/metal mainstream. Of that year’s crop, the Chili Peppers were probably the most accessible, and “Give It Away”—as well as, of course, “Under The Bridge”—became the soundtrack of 1991 and 1992.
RHCP were, of course, known for their eccentric stage presence and Flea’s virtuoso bass playing; but back then, I had missed the virtuosity of the other musicians and the massive Hendrix vibes in the Peppers’ sound.
Unlike their contemporaries (Nirvana, Pearl Jam, ... you name it), the Chili Peppers remained a defining force in music throughout the 90s, operating outside the mainstream—which was, after all, quite disappointing in that decade.
A truly significant milestone in rock history!

Great album!

RHCP was a pretty solid funk-rock band weighed down by a talentless pedophile on vocals.

Fun to listen to this one because, while I am familiar with it, I am definitely more of a fan of their later output (Californication through Stadium Arcadium, along with a single here or their from their later stuff).

What this album has going for it over the later albums is, I think, the deeper cuts (Stuff like Funky Monks, Mellowship Slinky in B Major, Naked in the Rain, etc.) are generally stronger than those on a Californication or By the Way. Whereas the singles on those albums are much stronger than the ones here (Although the singles are still great classics here).

There are a few spots I'm not super enamored with. Most of Sir Psycho Sexy isn't particularly great (Hilarious playing this on Rock Band and having like 80% of the lyrics censored), especially at 8 minutes long (Although some of the instrumental is fantastic), and the track list is very long, sitting at over an hour and thirteen minutes. This is an album that could have used at least 20 minutes cut out of it, even if the vast majority of the material is really good.

But the instrumentals is where this album really shines, especially with Chad Smith's drumming and John Frusciante's guitar playing (Not to mention Flea always being amazing), and this album is just some great 90's alt funk.

Overall, classic album that is one of the Chili Peppers more consistent offerings.

Funk rock is such a fun genre to listen to and most albums from this genre that I’ve listened to always get a good rating. For this one I’m in between a 7 or 8/10

The guitars are intrusive, the vocals nasal, and the bass rubber band twanging. Made worse by the production or mastering which is tinny and too loud.

The album has moments but the arrangements are all of the place that the song then veers into a bit of unneeded bass or guitar frippery.

The album’s too long.

1 star but not the worst one star album out there.

Music:
Funky. Creative. Good

Vocals & lyrics:
"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 / Oh baby do me now / Do me here I do allow".

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).

I’ve only heard Red Hot Chili Peppers’ hits before, so I was surprised by how many of their songs sound a lot like Primus but are nowhere near as fun or funny as Primus is. Under the Bridge is a great song though

RHCP²

One of the worst bands ever, though probably mostly due to the god-awful Anthony Kleidis.

Didn't really want to listen to this, but am committing to the project. This record came out when I was 12, and even when I heard it at that age I could tell it was terrible and infantile.

I sort of had it in my mind that the instrumentalists in RHCP are all great, and that is true, but the taste is really lacking. Some of the guitar work is surprisingly spidery and minimal, but then for the most part it's highly uninspiring funk-rock, one of rock & roll's worst genres.

Send them to The Hague for Give It Away (though the reversed guitar solo is quite nice). The title track is nauseating. Sir Psycho Sexy is an abomination - like shitting all over George Clinton's legacy.

Cool front cover, though.

it’s got bangers

1001 Albums Vol. 0020: Blood Sugar Sex Magik
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Introduction: From memory, I don't think I've literally ever listened to a song by this band before. I apparently have because I watched the entirety of the original Beavis And Butthead movie, but I couldn't remember a single thing about that song if I wanted to. Rollercoaster of Love was apparently the song's name. I don't remember it. That really isn't saying much since the last time I saw the movie was when I was around eight I think. Time really flies, doesn't it? Anyway, this album is an entirely different story than that. Released in 1992 by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, this album is apparently widely considered to be the best they have made and will ever make. Now, whether that is saying much is up to much debate. I've seen almost nothing but praise when regarding this album, but at the same time I read my favorite hate review I think I've ever read. You can find it on this site too. I'd recommend looking for it because I can't remember it perfectly. It goes something like this: "This sounds like the kinda music a fat chubby kid would put on before going to a school dance in a fedora. He then judges all the kids having fun from the corner while he contemplates life." That's definitely going to pop into my head once or twice when I'm listening to this album. That's gotta be one of my new favorite reviews of all time. It's just so great. Anyway, this album was apparently very influential on movements such as Alternative Rock while incorporating new and unique songwriting and instrumentation at the same time. I don't know about you, but 90's Alt Rock was generally really good...so this will almost certainly be a good thing. With all of that said, most reviews I have seen generally tend to criticize the album for the exact same thing: its length. I've seen so many people say that Under The Bridge would have been the perfect ending point. The album only drags after that. Will that be true? Who the hell knows. All I do know is that Under The Bridge is generally considered to be the Chili Peppers' best song that they've ever made both critically and financially. This song apparently raked in a crap-ton of money as a single. Good for them I guess. Anyway, with all of that said, let's just get into this thing. Let's see if this is the perfect soundtrack for your local chubby kid who owns a fedora and likes to stalk other kids while sulking in their own misery.
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Track 1: The Power of Equality Score: 8/10
Track 2: If You Have to Ask Score: 7/10
Track 3: Breaking the Girl Score: 9/10
Track 4: Funky Monks Score: 7/10
Track 5: Suck My Kiss Score: 7/10
Track 6: I Could Have Lied Score: 8/10
Track 7: Mellowship Slinky in B Major Score: 6/10
Track 8: The Righteous & the Wicked Score: 6/10
Track 9: Give It Away Score: 9/10
Track 10: Blood Sugar Sex Magik Score: 8/10
Track 11: Under the Bridge Score: 10/10
Track 12: Naked in the Rain Score: 7/10
Track 13: Apache Rose Peacock Score: 6/10
Track 14: The Greeting Song Score: 5/10
Track 15: My Lovely Man Score: 6/10
Track 16: Sir Psycho Sexy Score: 7/10
Track 17: They're Red Hot Score: 3/10
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Conclusion: No visions of a fat kid in a fedora came to me across this entire album. I have no idea what the hell that guy was talking about. Still a funny review though. That being said, images that did come to me? Well...Fred Durst. I had to say it. The singer's voice somewhat reminded me of him. He is admittedly way better at singing and rapping than Durst, but he still entered my mind nonetheless. That is literally never a good thing. Literally never. If I were to form a band and be compared to Limp Bizkit in any way, we would be disbanding immediately and burning any records that we had made. Yeah. Anyway, what about the album? It's...pretty decent for the most part. It gets pretty dang boring in the second half, but there are some serious highs on this record. Like I mentioned in the intro, Under the Bridge is a great song. And, like I mentioned as well, the album should have stopped at that song. It felt like the pinnacle of the album. It would have served as a perfect closer both musically and lyrically. But no. We just had to drag the album out for another six tracks. To be more specific, the six worst tracks on the entire album....Besides Naked in the Rain, that song was pretty decent. Nevertheless, I'm not really a fan of pretty much everything after Under the Bridge. Everything after that is boring, repetitive, sometimes cringey, and I don't want to talk about it again. Now, the rest of the album is pretty decent. Musically, it is a mixture of funk, rock, rap, some pop, and so on. There is a very apparent Rap Rock vibe across the entire album that while I'm not necessarily a fan of, is admittedly pretty well executed across most of the album. The funk aspects on this album are pretty well executed as well. The bass is obviously a prime example of this. I don't know who this bassist is, but they would without a doubt be one of the nominees if someone had to play bass guitar to stop the Earth from being destroyed or something. Just imagine something stupid like that. Yeah, the bass is excellent and groovy throughout. Hire that man if you ever form a funk band. The rest of the instrumentation is pretty decent too. I'm not really all that big of a fan of the loud drumming; however, especially with how repetitive the drumming is across each song. This brings me to my next point. This album is pretty damn repetitive, unmemorable, and just too long. I couldn't tell you what around half of the songs on this album sounded like even if I wanted to. That may just be an issue on my part. I may not be listening to each song enough, but I really think the band is at fault as well. There's just a lot of filler on this album. A lot could have been cut out. Now, to give credit where it is due, this blend of genres was something completely new at the time of this album's release. The band likely wanted to try as much as they possibly could with this new sound of Funk they had created. That's understandable and a good thing. That being said, a few more sit-downs with each other and they probably would have seen the bad in some of their songs. Moving on. This album's lyrics are pretty decent for the most part. There are high points such as Under the Bridge and Breaking the Girl, but there are some songs where the lyrics feel immature or simply meaningless as well. There's also just too many songs on this album that talk about sex. There's just too much. Notice how some of the best songs are ones that have emotional vulnerability and genuinely deep meanings behind them. A change in lyrics alone could have made this album much better. Again, this is not a bad album at all. The good more than outweighs the bad here, but a few cuts and changes to the album could have made it so much better. There was so much potential here. There was so much potential to make something that could have been considered one of the greatest and most influential albums of all time. That being said, it just didn't come to be. It's unfortunate, I thought I would really love this album because of how much good I've heard about the Chili Peppers, but I can't help but only like and respect this album for what it is. Here's to the continued downfall of my streak of perfect albums.
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Blood Sugar Sex Magik Score: 7/10
Song Average: 7/10

As a gigantic RHCP, I can say without a doubt this album encapsulates who they are damn near perfectly, yet I don't think it's their best album. I appreciate this album for what it is, the album that launched my favorite band into superstardom, with many pretty great songs. Great album just isn't my favorite from them.

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.

had a really good time with this!! knew some already. fun

*Seminal alternative album for its time
*Nice mix of funk and rock- sometimes the album loses me a little

This sounds like a parody of rock music an Evangelical moral crusader would find and make a huge culture war issue

Yes, it's a FIVE.

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