The Red Hot Chili Peppers (album)
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| The Red Hot Chili Peppers | ||
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| Studio album by Red Hot Chili Peppers | ||
| Released | August 10, 1984 | |
| Recorded | April 1984 | |
| Genre | Rock Funk Metal Punk-Rock Rap Rock Funkcore |
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| Length | 30:42 (46:01 on the 2003 remaster) | |
| Label | EMI/Capitol Records | |
| Producer(s) | Andy Gill & Kevin Flaherty | |
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| Red Hot Chili Peppers chronology | ||
| The Red Hot Chili Peppers (1984) |
Freaky Styley (1985) |
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The Red Hot Chili Peppers is the Red Hot Chili Peppers' self-titled debut album, released in 1984, and produced by Gang of Four guitarist Andy Gill.
[edit] About the album
The Red Hot Chili Peppers struck a deal with EMI records while the band that guitarist Hillel Slovak and drummer Jack Irons were also in called What Is This? got a deal with MCA records. Slovak and Irons quit The Red Hot Chili Peppers and stayed with What Is This?. The Chili Peppers found replacements with former Weirdos drummer Cliff Martinez and studio guitarist Jack Sherman. The Peppers chose Andy Gill to produce the album.
The recording of the album was not a smooth process. Andy Gill and the band fought over creative issues, with Gill directing them towards a more 'radio-friendly' sound. The Red Hot Chili Peppers was released with the Chili Peppers dissapointed in the production and failed to chart in the Billboard Hot 200.
They went on tour to support the record and the whole band was not getting along with Sherman. They only earned $500 from that tour. Both albums, The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Squeezed by What Is This? did not do well, so Jack Sherman was fired from the Peppers and Hillel Slovak quit What Is This? and returned to perform on Freaky Styley, the Chili Peppers' second album.
[edit] Track listing
- "True Men Don't Kill Coyotes" - 3:40
- "Baby Appeal" – 3:40
- "Buckle Down" – 3:24
- "Get Up and Jump" (Flea/Irons/Kiedis/Slovak) – 2:53
- "Why Don't You Love Me (Like You Used to Do)" (Williams) – 3:25
- "Green Heaven" (Flea/Irons/Kiedis/Slovak) – 3:59
- "Mommy Where's Daddy" – 3:31
- "Out in L.A." (Flea/Irons/Kiedis/Slovak) – 2:00
- "Police Helicopter" Flea/Irons/Kiedis/Slovak) – 1:16
- "You Always Sing the Same" (Flea/Irons/Kiedis/Slovak) – 0:19
- "Grand Pappy Du Plenty" (Flea/Gill/Kiedis/Martinez/Sherman) – 4:04
- 2003 Remastered Version Bonus Tracks
- "Get Up and Jump" (demo) (Flea/Irons/Kiedis/Slovak) – 2:37
- "Police Helicopter" (demo) (Flea/Irons/Kiedis/Slovak) – 1:12
- "Out in L.A." (demo) (Flea/Irons/Kiedis/Slovak) – 1:56
- "Green Heaven" (demo) (Flea/Irons/Kiedis/Slovak) – 3:50
- "What It Is" (a.k.a. "Nina's Song") (demo) (Flea/Kiedis) – 3:57
