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Thursday, February 9, 2012

Album Review: Red Hot Chili Peppers - One Hot Minute (1995)

The distinct, funk influenced sound of the Chilis has always been popular amongst Generation Xer's and alternative rock aficionados - the songs are well crafted, the lyrics are typically no nonsense and the band image is bold, distinct and out there as per usual. Small wonder, then, that the 1995 album, One Hot Minute, comes across as being a charismatic package that delivers the sound most Chili fans expect to hear from them. None of that radical "Metallica going Hard Rock with the Load album" kind of treachery, just that bass-driven Chili funk that'll rock your socks off when they're not dangling from your wedding vegetables. This album, and the Chilis in general, help define what was good about music in the 1990s. From "My Friends" to "Aeroplane", to the boisterous "Coffee Shop", One Hot Minute really is hot - even hotter than Dave's Tobasco Sauce. Oh, and don't forget about "Pea." A-


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