Red Hot Chili Peppers One Hot Minute CD

Certified 2 x platinum by the RIAA featuring 'Warped' and 'Aeroplane'. 1995 release produced by Rick Rubin.

Red Hot Chili Peppers: Anthony Kiedis (vocals); Dave Navarro (guitar); Flea (bass); Chad Smith (drums).
Additional personnel: Baby Gabriel James Navarro (vocals); Tree (violin); John Lurie (harmonica); Stephen Perkins, Lenny Castro (percussion); Kristen Vigard, Aimee Echo, Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa, Clara Balzary, Bailey Reise, Askia Ndegeocello, Nadia Wehbe, Sarabeth Kelly, Matthew Kelly, Phillip Greenspan, Perry Greenspan, Veronica Twigg, Remy Greeno, Jaclyn Dimaggio, Hayley Oakes, Nikolai Giefer, Taiana Giefer, Nina Rothburg, Sheera Ehrig, Jade Chacon (background vocals).
Composers: Dave Navarro; Flea ; Anthony Kiedis; Chad Smith .
Personnel: Tree (violin); John Lurie (harmonica); Lenny Castro, Stephen Perkins (percussion); Jimmy Boyle, Aimee Echo, Kristen Vigard (background vocals).
Audio Mixer: Dave Sardy.
Unknown Contributor Role: Matthew Kelly .
Following up Blood Sugar Sex Magik proved to be a difficult task for the Red Hot Chili Peppers. In 1993, two years after Blood Sugar, former Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro joined up, but it was still another two years before One Hot Minute appeared, due to various personal problems. Navarro's metallic guitar shredding should have added some weight to the Chili Peppers' punk-inflected heavy-guitar funk, but tends to make it plodding. By emphasizing the metal, the funk is gradually phased out of the blend, as is melody; the grinding chant of "Warped" is hardly as twisted as anything on Freaky Styley, or even "Give It Away." The ballads "My Friends" and "Transcending" are blatant attempts to hold on to the mainstream audience gained by "Under the Bridge," but the melodies are weak and the lyrics are even more feeble. 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. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Following up the multiplatinum Blood Sugar Sex Magik proved to be a difficult task for The Red Hot Chili Peppers. After guitarist John Frusciante left, his first two replacements, Arik Marshall and Jesse Tobias, each served very brief tenures. In 1993, two years after Blood Sugar, former Jane's Addiction gutiarist Dave Navarro joined up, but it was still another two years before One Hot Minute appeared, due to various personal problems. Navarro's metallic guitar shredding should have added some weight to The Chili Peppers' punk-inflected heavy-guitar funk, but tends to make it plodding. By emphasizing the metal, the funk is gradually phased out of the blend, as is melody; the grinding chant of "Warped" is hardly as twisted as anything on Freaky Styley, or even "Give It Away." Similarly, the ballads "My Friends" and "Transcending" are blatant attempts to hold on to the mainstream audience gained by "Under the Bridge," but the melodies are weak and the lyrics are even more feeble. Musically, One Hot Minute is as ambitious as Blood Sugar Sex Magik, but is even more unfocused. Coupled with the sense that The Chili Peppers are taking their music far too seriously, One Hot Minute provides the fewest thrills of any the group's albums. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Like the legendary Spinal Tap's inability to hold onto a drummer, the Red Hot Chili Peppers have grappled with a revolving guitarist problem since the 1988 death of Hillel Slovak. Former Jane's Addiction axe-man Dave Navarro climbs aboard the Chili Pepper Express for ONE HOT MINUTE, which also marks the return of Rick Rubin to the production helm.
Navarro's arrival coincides with a more experimental approach by the group.
The transformations don't so much alter the funk-based sound of the band as they strain it through an ethereal colander of radical time changes. "Warped," the first single and leadoff cut, demonstrates this with a balls-to-the-wall adrenaline rush that abruptly concludesRolling Stone (10/5/95, p.67) - 3.5 Stars - Good Plus - "...Now their belief in the power of jamming, innovation and spontaneity is fully unleashed....After a 10 plus-year career, they're realizing their potential at last..."
Spin (12/95, p.63) - Ranked #18 on Spin's list of the `20 Best Albums Of '95.'
Spin (11/95, p.119) - 7 - Flawed Yet Worthy - "...finds them venturing further down pop's path, sculpting their hyperactive musicianship into denser, more pointed soundscapes--the kind of alternately loopy and ferocious din that will make them a welcome island between Stone Temple Pilots and the Spin Doctors..."
Entertainment Weekly (9/22/95, pp.76-77) - "...ONE HOT MINUTE wails and flails like a mosh-pit workout tape, but it also has moments of outright subtlety and maturity..." - Rating: B+
Q (2/96, p.67) - Included in Q's 50 Best Albums of 1995
Q (10/95, p.118) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...their potential for some impressive noise making has never been greater. ONE HOT MINUTE, although unlikely to deliver any waverers to their cause, proves that there's still penty of life left in the old routine yet..."
NME (Magazine) (9/9/95, p.48) - 6 (out of 10) - "...half...the biggest adolescent f--- off metal-punk-sheer-bloody-racket LP of [their] entire lives...the other half a grown-up's paean to music/love as an all-conquering superforce..."