One Hot Minute - Definition and Overview

One Hot Minute
Album by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Released	September 12, 1995
Recorded	???
Genre	Rock
Length	61 min 17 sec
Record label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Rick Rubin
Professional reviews
Allmusic.com	3½ stars out of 5	link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:rkqvad4ky8wo)
Red Hot Chili Peppers Chronology
Out In L.A. (1994)	One Hot Minute (1995)	Californication (1999)

One Hot Minute is an album by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. It was released on September 12, 1995.

Three years elapsed between the release of the band's previous album Blood Sugar Sex Magik and their recording of the album, which began around late 1994 or early 1995.

The previous guitarist of the band, John Frusciante, left the group mid-tour in 1992 after becoming disillusioned by fame. After a string of replacements, the band settled on guitarist Dave Navarro, formerly of Jane's Addiction until he left in 1998. The year after, John Frusciante returned to the band and appeared on Californication and By the Way.

This is often considered by fans and critics to be the Chili Peppers' weakest work since their masterpiece (Blood Sugar Sex Magik). Frusciante's departure had left the band in a creative drought.

Their style regresses without the beauty of nostalgia on tracks such as "Walkabout", a funky, jazzy tune which sounds as if it has been taken straight from their self-titled debut. In "Pea" bassist Flea plays on his own with only acoustic bass and him singing about a "redneck dick" who had assualted him. The two occasions upon which the album shines are "My Friends", an acoustic ballad done with style, and "Aeroplane", a subvertedly meanacing funk track.

Track listing

1. "Warped" - 5:04
2. "Aeroplane" - 4:45
3. "Deep Kick" - 6:33
4. "My Friends" - 4:02
5. "Coffee Shop" - 3:08
6. "Pea" - 1:47
7. "One Big Mob" - 6:02
8. "Walkabout" - 5:07
9. "Tearjerker" - 4:19
10. "One Hot Minute" - 6:23
11. "Falling Into Grace" - 3:48
12. "Shallow Be Thy Game" - 4:33
13. "Transcending" - 5:46

Chart positions

Billboard Music Charts (North America) - album

1995 One Hot Minute         The Billboard 200                      No. 4 

Billboard Music Charts (North America) - singles

1995 My Friends             Mainstream Rock Tracks                 No. 1 
1995 Warped                 Mainstream Rock Tracks                 No. 13 
1995 My Friends             Modern Rock Tracks                     No. 1 
1995 Warped                 Modern Rock Tracks                     No. 7 
1996 Aeroplane              Mainstream Rock Tracks                 No. 12 
1996 Aeroplane              Modern Rock Tracks                     No. 8 
1996 Aeroplane              Top 40 Mainstream                      No. 30