Once again, the same formula, only an attempt to clean it up a bit after the sobering death of guitarist Hillel Slovack. Best song is a cover of Stevie Wonder's "Higher...
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A pivotal album for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1989's Mother's Milk turned the tide and transformed the band from underground funk-rocking rappers to mainstream bad boys...
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After the Red Hot Chili Peppers left EMI for Warner Bros. and hit the big time with "Under the Bridge," their former label gathered most of the best tracks from the group's...
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Nothing incredibly new here...more of the same, but "Fight Like A Brave" is a keeper. Sex is also at the forefront with what seems to be their theme song: "Special Secret...
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In a perfect world, the Red Hot Chili Peppers' breakthrough album wouldn't have been 1989's Mother's Milk, but 1987's The Uplift Mofo Party Plan, and the history of this...
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This eponymously titled long-player from the Los Angeles-based Red Hot Chili Peppers firmly establishes the quartet's trademark in-your-face synthesis of heavy metal and...
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Long before the Red Hot Chili Peppers became alternative rock darlings via tear-jerking ballads, they were firmly rooted in pure, uncut funk. Of course, their stint as a...
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Although their biggest selling record with the biggest hits, the album suffers from too many not-quite-there songs. Kiedes attempts to really rap and really sing and falls...
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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,...
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Song structure, lyrics, performances, production, mixing. More mature, but not boring, most of One Hot Minute is superior to previous efforts. Much of the change may be...
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Under the Covers: Essential Red Hot Chili Peppers was released as part of EMI/Capitol's series of limited-edition specialty compilations to celebrate their 100th birthday....
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EMI-Capitol Special Markets' The Best of Red Hot Chili Peppers may be a budget-line collection, but for casual fans, it may be a wise choice. All of the group's best-known...
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For a band whose original musical idea was as edgy, fun, and (judging from the number of imitators) inspiring as the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the group has a surprisingly...
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Many figured that the Chili Peppers' days of undisputed alternative kings were numbered after their lackluster 1995 release, One Hot Minute, but like the great phoenix...
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Who is this band? Surely not the tired California funk-rap-rockers whose clumsy singer often sounds as if he is singing from behind a fast food counter. And it doesn't sound...
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Many figured that the Chili Peppers' days of undisputed alternative kings were numbered after their lackluster 1995 release, One Hot Minute, but like the great Phoenix...
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The Red Hot Chili Peppers' Greatest Hits is a compelling listen, culling tracks from the band's 1989 breakthrough, Mother's Milk, to its melodic 2002 release, By the Way. In...
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The Red Hot Chili Peppers' Greatest Hits is a compelling listen, culling tracks from the band's 1989 breakthrough, Mother's Milk, to its melodic 2002 release, By the Way. In...
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Aside from wearing strategically placed socks on their johnsons, the Red Hot Chili Peppers are nearly as well known for their excesses as their music. Given that history,...
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