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Red Hot Chili Peppers - 1984 The Red Hot Chili Peppers [Japan 2006]



Review:
This eponymously titled long-player from the Los Angeles-based Red Hot Chili Peppers firmly establishes the quartet's trademark in-your-face synthesis of heavy metal and no-nonsense funk. However, the musicians who participated on these recordings were only half of the original foursome. Presented on these 11 sides are core members Flea (bass) and Anthony Kiedis (vocals) as well as former Captain Beefheart drummer Cliff Martinez and Jack Sherman, who had previously contributed to the debut release from Coup de Grace. The latter pair replaced Jack Irons (drums) and Hillel Slovak (guitar), who had split to form the short-lived What Is This. As Flea muses in his liner-notes essay for the 2003 reissue of 1984's Red Hot Chili Peppers, "In retrospect, the smart thing to do would have been to keep Jack and Hillel there at least for the recording process to keep the original raw and rollicking rockin' feeling we had at the time." The five demos that accompany the original album on the CD reissue serve as evidence that the incipient ensemble offered a much tighter and funkified sound, also showing off their immaculate sense of slippery syncopation and tricky time signatures. That's not to say that the personnel on this platter don't get the job done, because they most certainly do. Right out of the box, they demonstrate a musical versatility and range some fail to develop over a period of decades. This is evident from the vivid imagery ("Ridin' wild on a paisley dragon") and aural assault of the early RHCP anthem "True Men Don't Kill Coyotes" to the trippy and languid "Grand Pappy du Plenty." Between these extremes is ample evidence of the band's obvious affinity for screaming electric guitar metal and involuntary body-propelling funk. "Get Up and Jump" could have easily been a Prince-derived groove, while "Why Don't You Love Me" offers glimpses into their Wonder Bread rap style that would resurface later on sides such as "Give It Away." The sexy "Mommy Where's Daddy" is altogether different, offering up a bopping jazzy vibe that is notably augmented by a tight horn section and vocals from Gwen Dickey. The 13-second thrash throwaway "You Always Sing the Same," while somewhat inane, is also a brief exercise in the Peppers' skin-tight rhythms and innovations.

Track List:
01. True Men Don't Kill Coyotes
02. Baby Appeal
03. Buckle Down
04. Get Up And Jump
05. Why Don't You Love Me
06. Green Heaven
07. Mommy Where's Daddy
08. Out In L.A.
09. Police Helicopter
10. You Always Sing The Same
11. Grand Pappy Du Plenty
12. Get Up And Jump [Demo]
13. Police Helicopter [Demo]
14. Out In L.A. [Demo]
15. Green Heaven [Demo]
16. What It Is [Aka Nina's Song] [Demo]

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Red Hot Chili Peppers - 1985 Freaky Styley [Japan 2006]



Review:
The closest the Red Hot Chili Peppers ever came to straight funk, Freaky Styley is the quirkiest, loosest, and most playful album in their long and winding catalog. It's also one of the best, if also one of their least heard. A year earlier, in 1984, they'd made their self-titled debut with a stiff album produced Andrew Gill of Gang of Four fame. The album had its share of good songs, most notably "True Men Don't Kill Coyotes" and "Get Up and Jump," but Gill's cold and tinny production riddled The Red Hot Chili Peppers with the same sort of problem that made Gang of Four's early-'80s albums so distasteful. Namely, the production sucks all the life out of the music and makes it seem distant and unapproachable, as if you were listening to the album in a long tunnel with reflective metal walls. Here on Freaky Styley that problem is thankfully solved: enter producer extraordinaire George Clinton. The funk legend not only gives the Peppers the sort of warm and loose-limbed production that had graced many a Parliament/Funkadelic album over the years, but he also seemingly gives the band some serious inspiration. For instance, a pair of covers of funk classics instantly stand out -- "If You Want Me to Stay" (Sly & the Family Stone) and "Africa" (the Meters), the latter retitled "Hollywood (Africa)" here -- and they're made all the more standout with the addition of Maceo Parker and Fred Wesley on horns. The Peppers also write a number of strong songs of their own. If none stand out, per se -- with the exception of the two covers, that is -- that's because they're all fairly good, relatively rough songs. Sure, some are slight, no question about that, but they help the album flow from one song to the next, because the songs are all more or less different from one another in subtle ways. And they're performed with vigor, as original guitarist Hillel Slovak is thankfully back aboard (replacing Jack Sherman, who played guitar on The Red Hot Chili Peppers and co-wrote the bulk of these songs), and he makes a major contribution to practically every song, playing straight funk here more so than the funk-metal that would characterize the band's subsequent album, The Uplift Mofo Party Plan. And to make mention of that 1987 follow-up, the Peppers would move on to a new producer, making this their one collaboration with Clinton. They'd never quite recapture the pure funk sound of Freaky Styley again, likely as a result. That's one reason why this album is so special, but it's also because the Peppers have a good clutch of songs to work with in addition to excellent production. And too, they seem relaxed and at ease here, playing quirky songs without any self-consciousness, a quality lacking on their debut. It's a quality lacking on subsequent albums also, though to a lesser degree, when the Peppers would begin sharpening their pop smarts and crafting catchy songs rather than just fun jams like these. So if you're feeling adventurous and are drawn to the idea of the Peppers and Clinton together in the same studio back in 1985 without any pop-crossover ambitions, give Freaky Styley a listen by all means. It's a cult classic of sorts and a world apart from the where the band would go in later years, for better and for worse. [EMI reissued the album in 2003 with remastered sound and a few bonus tracks. The bonus tracks include two demos -- "Nevermind" and "Sex Rap" -- neither of which is all that revelatory. There's also the previously released B-side "Millionaires Against Hunger" (originally released on the Taste the Pain single). The real prize, though, is the previously unreleased long version of the title track, which lumbers on for nearly nine enthralling minutes. It's a phenomenal showcase for the band, especially Slovak.

Track List:
01. Jungle Man
02. Hollywood
03. American Ghost Dance
04. If You Want Me To Stay
05. Nevermind
06. Freaky Styley
07. Blackeyed Blonde
08. The Brothers Cup
09. Battleship
10. Lovin' And Touchin'
11. Catholic School Girls Rule
12. Sex Rap
13. Thirty Dirty Blues
14. Yertle The Turtle
15. Nevermind [Demo]
16. Sex Rap [Demo]
17. Freaky Styley [Original Long Version]
18. Millionaires Against Hunger

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Review:
In a perfect world, the Red Hot Chili Peppers' breakthrough album wouldn't have been 1989's Mother's Milk, but 1987's The Uplift Mofo Party Plan, and the history of this groundbreaking rock/rap band (and likely the entire subgenre it created) would've been drastically changed. But the Chili Peppers created most of the imperfections in their world, especially in the late '80s, and the unusual scenario of four original bandmembers recording together for the first time on that band's third album would tragically prove to be a one-shot deal. Veterans Anthony Kiedis (vocals) and Flea (bass) had welcomed back original guitarist Hillel Slovak for the preceding Freaky Styley album after using Jack Sherman on their self-titled 1984 debut, doing the same at this point for original drummer Jack Irons, who replaced Cliff Martinez. The energy of having these four friends from Los Angeles back together jumps out of the opening anthem "Fight Like a Brave" and the experimental "Funky Crime"; tracks like the autobiographical "Me & My Friends" and closing "Organic Anti-Beat Box Band" would stay in the group's live repertoire for the next decade or more. Kiedis' barking rap delivery drives the cover of Bob Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues," and Flea's ahead-of-their-time slapping basslines stand out in "Behind the Sun" and "Walkin' on Down the Road," but Slovak and Irons brought things to the Chili Peppers that no one else ever has. The drummer's pounding funk backbeats left a blueprint for his successor, Chad Smith, and the manic intro to "Skinny Sweaty Man" sounds like Buddy Rich playing James Brown material. Slovak is at the height of his powers on the rap-rock reggae "Love Trilogy" and funky "Special Secret Song Inside," which gained some notoriety for its anatomical undertones. But Slovak would die of a heroin overdose the following year, with Irons quitting the band afterward from the depression of the loss. Kiedis and Flea would come to grips with their own drug habits and return with Smith and guitarist John Frusciante on Mother's Milk, breaking into the arena circuit with a hit cover of Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground" -- and leaving Kiedis and Flea to wonder what might have been. [Capitol's 2003 reissues of RHCP's early albums appended previously unreleased and other bonus materials.]

Track List:
01. Fight Like A Brave
02. Funky Crime
03. Me And My Friends
04. Backwoods
05. Skinny Sweet Man
06. Behind The Sun
07. Subterranean Homesick Blues
08. Party On Your Pussy
09. No Chump Love Sucker
10. Walkin' On Down The Road
11. Love Trilogy
12. Organic Anti-Beat Box Band
13. Behind The Sun [Instrumental Demo]
14. Me And My Friends [Instrumental Demo]

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Review:
A pivotal album for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1989's Mother's Milk turned the tide and transformed the band from underground funk-rocking rappers to mainstream bad boys with seemingly very little effort. Mother's Milk brought them to MTV, scored them a deal with Warner Brothers, and let both frontman Anthony Kiedis and the ubiquitous Flea get back out into a good groove following the death of co-founding member Hillel Slovak. With a new lineup coalescing around the remaining duo with new drummer Chad Smith and guitarist John Frusciante, and with producer Michael Beinhorn again behind the boards, the band took everything that The Uplift Mofo Party Plan hinted at, and brought it fully to bear for this new venture. If anyone doubted the pulsating power that leapt from the blistering opener, "Good Time Boys," it took only a few bars of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' outrageous, and brilliant, interpretation of the Stevie Wonder classic "Higher Ground" to prove that this new lineup was onto something special. Wrapping up with the aptly titled and truly punked-out "Punk Rock Classic" and the band's own punched-up tribute to "Magic Johnson," Mother's Milk was everything the band had hoped for, and a little more besides. Effortlessly going gold as "Knock Me Down" and "Taste the Pain" careened into the charts, the album not only set the stage for the band's Blood Sugar Sex Magic domination, it also proved that funk never died; it had just swapped skins. [The 2003 reissue of Mother's Milk includes six bonus tracks, five of which are previously unreleased, including the "Salute to Kareem" demo and a live version of "Crosstown Traffic."]

Track List:
01. Good Time Boys
02. Higher Ground
03. Subway To Venus
04. Magic Johnson
05. Nobody Weird Like Me
06. Knock Me Down
07. Taste The Pain
08. Stone Cold Bush
09. Fire
10. Pretty Little Ditty
11. Punk Rock Classic
12. Sexy Mexican Maid
13. Johnny, Kick A Hole In The Sky
14. Song That Made Us What We Are Today [Demo]
15. Knock Me Down [Original Long Version]
16. Sexy Mexican Maid [Original Long Version]
17. Salute To Kareem [Demo]
18. Castles Made Of Sand [Live]
19. Crosstown Traffic [Live]

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Review:
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.

Track List:
01. The Power Of Equality
02. If You Have To Ask
03. Breaking The Girl
04. Funky Monks
05. Suck My Kiss
06. I Could Have Lied
07. Mellowship Slinky In B-Major
08. The Righteous & The Wicked
09. Give It Away
10. Blood Sugar Sex Magik
11. Under The Bridge
12. Naked In The Rain
13. Apache Rose Peacock
14. The Greeting Song
15. My Lovely Man
16. Sir Psycho Sexy
17. They're Red Hot

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сдвинул топик сюда, как и все японские ремастеры последних лет
надеюсь и авторы рипов, и другие участники релиза - не в обиде

и еще раз всем - спасибо

а, самое главное, калифорникация будет?

будет, но там качество такое ше как у оригинала, паршивенькое

очень обидно... а стоит его тогда качать, если копия оригинала есть?

очень обидно... а стоит его тогда качать, если копия оригинала есть?

эээ.. даже и не знаю, судя по отзывам - 1-1 с оригиналом по качеству. Собсно, это к "перцам" претензии - сами виноваты, что так записали

Ждём калифорнию, а после Калифорнии ремастеров не бут?

а какие еще ты хотел? stadium arcadium и так хорош

By the Way !!!! Если есть...

а он же вышел в 2002м? вроде и в оригинале звук нормально сделан?