Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute [1995]

Genre: Funk Rock, Funk Metal, Alternative

MySpace: redhotchilipeppers

My opinion & thought: This is a dramatic change for RHCP that their die-hard fans might not like it, but I loves it. Such a great chemistry effects of RHCP + Jane's Addiction. A brand new level & journey for RHCP, but it doens't stays long.

Stands out track(s): All tracks

Red Hot Chili Peppers are a funk rock band that is based in Hollywood, California and was formed in 1983, in Los Angeles, California. Since 1998, the band has consisted of founding members Anthony Kiedis (vocals) and Michael “Flea” Balzary (bass) along with longtime members John Frusciante (guitar) and Chad Smith (drums).

The band initially formed for a once-off support act for a friend’s band, calling themselves Tony Flow And The Miraculously Majestic Masters Of Mayhem. Upon renaming themselves Red Hot Chili Peppers, they played a handful of small club venues in Los Angeles in 1983, before they were signed to EMI Records.

Members line-up for "One Hot Minute":

• Anthony Kiedis – lead vocals
• Dave Navarro – guitar, backup vocals
• Michael "Flea" Balzary – bass, backup vocals, lead vocals on "Pea"
• Chad Smith – drums

One Hot Minute is the sixth studio album by American alternative rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on September 12, 1995 on Warner Bros. Records. The worldwide success of the band's previous album, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, caused guitarist John Frusciante to become uncomfortable with their status, eventually quitting mid-tour in 1992.

It would be the only album former Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro would record with the band. His presence altered the Red Hot Chili Peppers' sound considerably. One Hot Minute contains fewer sexual themes than previous records, and explores darker subject matters such as drug use, depression, anguish and grief. It also integrated use of heavy metal guitar riffs. Vocalist Anthony Kiedis, who had resumed addictions to cocaine and heroin in 1994 after being sober for more than five years, approached his lyricism with a reflective outlook on drugs and their harsh effects.

One Hot Minute was a commercial disappointment despite producing three hit singles and reaching #4 on the Billboard Top 200. Blood Sugar Sex Magik had sold twice as many copies as One Hot Minute and received far more critical acclaim. Navarro was ultimately fired from the band due to creative differences in 1997. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic said that "One Hot Minute is as musically ambitious as Blood Sugar Sex Magik, but is even more unfocused, which means it provides the fewest thrills of any of the group's albums."

Tracklisting:

All songs written by Red Hot Chili Peppers.

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:

Album

Chart	Peak
Billboard 200	4
UK Top 40	2
Swedish Top 60	1
Austria	4
France	105
Finland	1
Norway	2
Switzerland	2

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Peak
1995	"Warped"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	13
1995	"Warped"	Modern Rock Tracks	7
1995	"My Friends"	Modern Rock Tracks	1
1995	"My Friends"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	1
1996	"Aeroplane"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	12
1996	"Aeroplane"	Modern Rock Tracks	8
1996	"Aeroplane"	Top 40 Mainstream	30