Blood Sugar Sex Magik专辑介绍

成立于洛杉矶,多次获得葛莱美奖的另类摇滚乐队Red Hot Chili Peppers商业上最成功的专辑,他们精彩的吉他演奏赢得了无数赞誉,专辑的全球销量超过1200万张,有多首单曲登上流行榜单。尽管专辑的标题复杂难懂,其实大部分歌词还是直接与Sex有关,当然这也和乐队主唱Anthony Kiedis的生活作风息息相关……这个问题不多讨论。在许多关于最佳专辑的评选中,这张专辑都榜上有名。

这张专辑在滚石杂志选出的500张历代最强专辑中排名第310位。

by Steve Huey

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, leaving room for differing textures and clearer lines, while the band overall is more focused and less indulgent, even if some of the grooves drag on too long. Lyrically, Anthony Kiedis is as preoccupied with sex as ever, whether invoking it as his muse, begging for it, or boasting in great detail about his prowess, best showcased on the infectiously funky singles "Give It Away" and "Suck My Kiss." However, he tempers his testosterone with a more sensitive side, writing about the emotional side of failed relationships ("Breaking the Girl," "I Could Have Lied"), his drug addictions ("Under the Bridge" and an elegy for Hillel Slovak, "My Lovely Man"), and some hippie-ish calls for a peaceful utopia. Three of those last four songs (excluding "My Lovely Man") mark the band's first consistent embrace of lilting acoustic balladry, and while it's not what Kiedis does best as a vocalist, these are some of the album's finest moments, varying and expanding the group's musical and emotional range. Frusciante departed after the supporting tour, leaving Blood Sugar Sex Magik as probably the best album the Chili Peppers will ever make.