Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991/2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991/2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:13:51 minutes | 1,81 GB | Genre: Alternative Rock
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Blood Sugar Sex Magik is the chart-topping fifth studio album by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on September 24, 1991. Produced by Rick Rubin, it was the band’s first record released on Warner Bros. Records. The musical styles of Blood Sugar Sex Magik differed notably from the techniques employed on the Chili Peppers’ preceding album, Mother’s Milk, and featured little use of heavy metal guitar riffs. The album’s subject matter incorporated sexual innuendos and references to drugs and death as well as themes of lust and exuberance.

Peaking at number one in Australia, New Zealand and Canada, and at three on the United States’ Billboard 200, the album has sold over 13 million copies worldwide and was the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ introduction into worldwide popularity and critical acclaim. Blood Sugar Sex Magik produced an array of hit singles including the hugely successful “Under the Bridge”. The other four singles released were “Give It Away”, “Suck My Kiss”, “Breaking the Girl”, and “If You Have to Ask”. Guitarist John Frusciante quit the band mid-tour in 1992 (not returning until 1998) due to his inability to cope with the album’s popularity. Blood Sugar Sex Magik is recognized as an influential and seminal component of the alternative rock explosion in the early 1990s. Steve Huey of AllMusic noted that Blood Sugar Sex Magik is “…probably the best album the Chili Peppers will ever make.”

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

Tracklist:
01. Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Power Of Equality (04:03)
02. Red Hot Chili Peppers – If You Have To Ask (03:36)
03. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Breaking The Girl (04:55)
04. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Funky Monks (05:22)
05. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Suck My Kiss (03:36)
06. Red Hot Chili Peppers – I Could Have Lied (04:04)
07. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Mellowship Slinky In B Major (03:59)
08. Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Righteous & The Wicked (04:07)
09. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Give It Away (04:42)
10. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik (04:31)
11. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Under The Bridge (04:24)
12. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Naked In The Rain (04:25)
13. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Apache Rose Peacock (04:41)
14. Red Hot Chili Peppers – The Greeting Song (03:13)
15. Red Hot Chili Peppers – My Lovely Man (04:39)
16. Red Hot Chili Peppers – Sir Psycho Sexy (08:16)
17. Red Hot Chili Peppers – They’re Red Hot (01:09)

Personnel:
Red Hot Chili Peppers:
Flea – bass, percussion on “Breaking the Girl”
John Frusciante – electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals,
Anthony Kiedis – lead vocals
Chad Smith – drums, percussion on “Breaking the Girl”
Additional musicians:
Brendan O’Brien – mellotron on “Breaking the Girl” and “Sir Psycho Sexy”, B3 Organ on “Suck My Kiss” and the B-Side “Soul To Squeeze.”
Gail Frusciante and her friends – choir vocals on “Under the Bridge”
Pete Weiss – jew’s harp on “Give It Away”

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