Blood Sugar Sex Magik
| Red Hot Chili Peppers
Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Blood Sugar Sex Magik is the 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.
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Pitchfork
They were revered as a potent live act__,__ and got some songs on the radio, but they’d yet to make a strong step forward—their own label balked at giving them resources.
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Rolling Stone
Insisting on airborne melodies, filtering the rhythmic rumble down to a brutal essence, the acclaimed Beastie Boys producer changed the Chilis’ dynamic
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BBC
raw, straight up, no holds barred sexuality that gives the album such impact and distinctiveness - more so than any of their subsequent works.
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All Music
the band overall is more focused and less indulgent, even if some of the grooves drag on too long
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Sputnik
I want to teleport back to 1991 and rediscover this album all over again.
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Classic Rock Review
the album is a must have for any serious rock collector, especially those interested in unique sound and fusion.
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PopMatters
Blood Sugar Sex Magik was no grunge rock album. It was a crazy-wack-funky freakout that could keep stoners and skaters and alternateens and jocks together in the same room, treating one another civilly while getting stoopid with dance.
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Escapist Magazine
Its mix of funk, hip hop and alternative rock is well executed, it's got consistently good songwriting and some great songs
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Amino
it represents a lifestyle, a way of thinking that young people don't have anymore.
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Immortal Reviews
Blood Sugar Sex Magik, their 1991 effort that combined funk, groove, and funk into one hour-long party.
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Louder Sound
The album itself reflected a more refined and mellow Chili Peppers, both musically and lyrically
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Mr.Hipster
There is not — and I dare you to search — an album that sounds like this one.
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Puluche
When these powers combine, they create something like a void in the time-space continuum; something so rare that it reverses the laws of physics and time.
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People
Their new record throws a lot of things at the wall, often with a good deal of impetus
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The Young Folks
Blood Sugar Sex Magik may have been partially responsible for ska/rap/punk merger bands to invade the late 90s and the Chilis would spend all of their career trying to prove themselves worthy of their success.
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Redbrick
This album is a necessity for all fans of music, positivity, rockitivity, and funkivity.
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Texacaliago
It's the sound of 4 brothers gelling and making absolutely beautifully funky music together.
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