Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Definition

Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Album by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Released	September 24, 1991
Recorded	???
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.

The album was dedicated to Mike Watt.

Track listing

All tracks written by Flea, Frusciante, Kiedis, and Smith unless otherwise stated.

1. "The Power of Equality" - 4:03
2. "If You Have to Ask" - 3:37
3. "Breaking the Girl" - 4:55
4. "Funky Monks" - 5:23
5. "Suck My Kiss" - 3:37
6. "I Could Have Lied" - 4:04
7. "Mellowship Slinky in B Major" - 4:00
8. "The Righteous & The Wicked" - 4:08
9. "Give It Away" - 4:43
10. "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" - 4:31
11. "Under the Bridge" - 4:24
12. "Naked in the Rain" - 4:26
13. "Apache Rose Peacock" - 4:42
14. "The Greeting Song" - 3:14
15. "My Lovely Man" - 4:39
16. "Sir Psycho Sexy" - 8:17
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.  6