Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chili Peppers

Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll battle for position throughout 1991's Blood Sugar Sex Magik.
Rick Rubin produced, Gus Van Sant designed the cover Art and The Red Hot Chili Peppers delivered a smash hit 5th album. Heavy radio play sent the LA underground band mainstream, scoring chart success with Under The Bridge, Give It Away, Breaking The Girl and Suck My Kiss. The Chillis had been through some choppy changes, their original guitarist died of an overdose, the drummer quit, leaving Singer Anthony Keidis and Bassist Flea in search of new band mates. They found them in John Frusciante (guitar) and Chad Smith (drums) The combo worked, the bands sound became much more controlled easier on the ear (Rubins influence?), and therefore gained heavy radio rotation. Frusciante subsequently left, mid album tour, hating the media attention the band were attracting.
Troubles aside, this is the album that put The Peppers on the world map and it's rockin' as Thursdays Critical Junction.

Track listing
1. Power Of Equality, The
2. If You Have To Ask
3. Breaking The Girl
4. Funky Monks
5. Suck My Kiss
6. I Could Have Lied
7. Mellowship Slinky In B Major
8. Righteous & The Wicked, The
9. Give It Away
10. Blood Sugar Sex Magik
11. Under The Bridge
12. Naked In The Rain
13. Apache Rose Peacock
14. Greeting Song, The
15. My Lovely Man
16. Sir Psycho Sexy
17. They're Red Hot