Blood Sugar Sex Magik
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| Album by Red Hot Chili Peppers | ||
| Released | September 24, 1991 | |
| Recorded | May-June 1991 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 73 min 55 sec | |
| Record label | Warner Bros. | |
| Producer | Rick Rubin | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| Allmusic.com | 4½ stars out of 5 | link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3kqag40ttv1z) |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers Chronology | ||
| Mother's Milk (1989) | Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991) | What Hits!? (1992) |
Blood Sugar Sex Magik is a funk metal album by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, released in September of 1991 (see 1991 in music) and written and recorded at a mansion in Laurel Canyon, now owned by the album's producer Rick Rubin and known also as Damie Mathematique of Philosophical Sound Research.
The Red Hot Chili Peppers entered the mainstream with hits such as "Give It Away" and "Under the Bridge" from Blood Sugar Sex Magik, which is widely regarded as the best album of their earlier days, and perhaps their best overall (many critics feel that the Red Hot Chili Peppers' quality fell precipitously after this album). In 1998 Q magazine readers voted it the 72nd greatest album of all time. It is number 310 on the List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
The album was dedicated to Mike Watt.
Track listing
All tracks written by Flea, Frusciante, Kiedis, and Smith unless otherwise stated.
- "The Power of Equality" - 4:03
- "If You Have to Ask" - 3:37
- "Breaking the Girl" - 4:55
- "Funky Monks" - 5:23
- "Suck My Kiss" - 3:37
- "I Could Have Lied" - 4:04
- "Mellowship Slinky in B Major" - 4:00
- "The Righteous & The Wicked" - 4:08
- "Give It Away" - 4:43
- "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" - 4:31
- "Under the Bridge" - 4:24
- "Naked in the Rain" - 4:26
- "Apache Rose Peacock" - 4:42
- "The Greeting Song" - 3:14
- "My Lovely Man" - 4:39
- "Sir Psycho Sexy" - 8:17
- "They're Red Hot" (Johnson) - 1:12
Personnel
- Flea - Bass
- Gail Frusciante - Vocals (bckgr)
- John Frusciante - Guitar
- Antony Kiedis - Vocals
- Brendan O'Brien - Keyboards, Engineer
- Rick Rubin - Producer
- Chad Smith - Drums
- Peter Weiss - Jew's-Harp
Chart positions
Billboard Music Charts (North America) - album
1992 The Billboard 200 No. 3
Billboard (North America) - singles
1991 Give It Away Modern Rock Tracks No. 1 1992 Give It Away The Billboard Hot 100 No. 73 1992 Under The Bridge The Billboard Hot 100 No. 2 1992 Breaking The Girl Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 15 1992 Under The Bridge Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 2 1992 Breaking The Girl Modern Rock Tracks No. 19 1992 Suck My Kiss Modern Rock Tracks No. 15 1992 Under The Bridge Modern Rock Tracks No. 6de:Blood Sugar Sex Magik