Blood Sugar Sex Magik

by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Type: Album
Released: 24 September 1991
Label: Warner Bros.
Country: United States
Length: 1:13:48
Community rating: 4.06/5 from 30 ratings

Artists on this release: Anthony Kiedis, Flea, John Frusciante, Chad Smith

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Produced by Rick Rubin, 'Blood Sugar Sex Magik' marked a significant sonic evolution, largely abandoning the heavy metal riffs of its predecessor for a more melodic and texturally complex funk-rock style driven by John Frusciante's nuanced guitar work and Flea's subtler basslines. The album's lyrical themes balance unabashed celebrations of sexuality and exuberance with unexpectedly vulnerable explorations of addiction, love, and mortality, notably on the worldwide hit "Under the Bridge". This fusion of raw funk energy with newfound melodic depth propelled the band to global stardom and cemented the album as a seminal work of the 1990s alternative rock explosion.

Genres

Descriptors: funky, groove-heavy, witty, melodic, dynamic

Tracklist

Credits

Flea - bass, backing vocals, trumpet on "apache rose peacock", piano on "mellowship slinky in b major", percussion on "breaking the girl", songwriter
John Frusciante - electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals, percussion on "breaking the girl", songwriter
Anthony Kiedis - lead vocals, percussion on "breaking the girl", songwriter
Chad Smith - drums, tambourine on "funky monks", "mellowship slinky in b major", "if you have to ask", "sir psycho sexy" and "give it away", marimba on "sir psycho sexy", percussion on "breaking the girl", songwriter
Brendan O'Brien - mellotron on "breaking the girl" and "sir psycho sexy", engineer, mixing
Gail Frusciante and her friends - choir vocals on "under the bridge"
Pete Weiss - jew's harp on "give it away"
Rick Rubin - producer
Henky Penky - illustration
Gus Van Sant - photography
Ludwig Hümmler - direct metal mastering
Robert Johnson - written-by (tracks: 17)