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The Red Hot Chili Peppers: The Red Hot Chili Peppers

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Label: EMI Records
Released: 1984.08.10
Time:
 46:01
Category: Alternative Rock
Producer(s): Andy Gill
Rating:
Media type: CD
Web address: www.redhotchilipeppers.com
Appears with:
Purchase date: 2012
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] True Men Don't Kill Coyotes (A.Kiedis/C.Martinez/J.Sherman/M.Balzary) - 3:40
[2] Baby Appeal (A.Kiedis/C.Martinez/H.Slovak/J.Sherman/M.Balzary) - 3:41
[3] Buckle Down (A.Kiedis/C.Martinez/J.Sherman/M.Balzary) - 3:24
[4] Get Up and Jump (A. Kiedis/M. Balzary) - 2:53
[5] Why Don't You Love Me [Hank Williams cover] (H.Williams) - 3:27
[6] Green Heaven (A. Kiedis/M. Balzary) - 3:59
[7] Mommy Where's Daddy? (A.Kiedis/C.Martinez/J.Sherman/M.Balzary) - 3:31
[8] Out in L.A. (A.Kiedis/M.Balzary) - 2:01
[9] Police Helicopter (A.Kiedis/M.Balzary) - 1:16
[10] You Always Sing the Same [listed as "You Always Sing" on some releases] (M.Balzary) - 0:19
[11] Grand Pappy Du Plenty [instrumental] (A.Gill/C.Martinez/J.Sherman/M.Balzary) - 4:15
[12] Get Up and Jump [Demo] (The Red Hot Chili Peppers) - 2:37
[13] Police Helicopter [Demo] (The Red Hot Chili Peppers) - 1:12
[14] Out in L.A. [Demo] (The Red Hot Chili Peppers) - 1:56
[15] Green Heaven [Demo] (The Red Hot Chili Peppers) - 3:50
[16] What It Is [Demo - also known as "Nina's Song"] (Kiedis/Flea) - 3:58

[12-14] Bonus tracks on 2003 remastered version, previously released on Out in L.A. in 1994.

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Flea - Bass Guitar
Anthony Kiedis - Vocals on [1-10,12-16]
Cliff Martinez - Drums on [1-11]
Jack Sherman - Guitar on [1-11]
Jack Irons - Drums on [12-15]
Hillel Slovak - Guitar on [12-15]

Keith Barry - Horn Arrangements & Viola
Cliff Brooks - Timbales & Congas
Gwen Dickey - Background Vocals
Patrick English - Trumpet
Kenny Flood - Tenor Saxophone
Phil Ranelin - Trombone

Andy Gill - Producer
Spit Stix - Producer (Demos)
Dave Jerden - Engineer
Carolyn Collins - Assistant Engineer
Rob Stevens - Mixing
Barry Conley - Mixing Assistant
Greg Fulginiti - Mastering
Gary Panter - Cover Art
Edward Colver - Photography
Howard Rosenberg - Photography
Henry Marquez - Art Direction

Kevin Flaherty - Producer for Reissue
Ron McMaster - Remastering
Kenny Nemes - Project Manager
Michelle Azzopardi - Art Direction
Kristine L. Barnard - Design
John Dinser - Photo Imaging & Additional Design
Edward Colver - Photography
Howard Rosenberg - Photography
EMI Archives - Photography

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Recorded in April 1984 at Eldorado Studios in Hollywood, California.



The Red Hot Chili Peppers' debut album sketched out their funk-metal hybrid quite effectively, especially on the warped deep groove of "True Men Don't Kill Coyotes." Even though their fusion of heavy guitars and slapping bass was audacious, their first effort didn't quite gel into a cohesive album

Stephen Thomas Erlewine - All Music Guide



The Red Hot Chili Peppers is the debut studio album by American funk rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on August 10, 1984 on EMI Records. The album was produced by Gang of Four guitarist Andy Gill, and is the only album to feature Jack Sherman on guitar who was fired by the band at the end of the tour in support of the album and replaced by founding member, Hillel Slovak.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers was released with the Chili Peppers disappointed in the production. It failed to chart on the Billboard 200, reaching #201 (meaning it "bubbled under" the main album chart for 8 weeks in the autumn of 1984). The album received college airplay and MTV rotation, and built the band's fan base. The reviews that were published of the album were mixed, with the first issue of Spin magazine giving, according to Anthony Kiedis in his autobiography Scar Tissue, a positive review. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic gave the album a negative review, and stated that "their first effort didn't quite gel into a cohesive album," giving the album only 2½ stars out of 5. As of 2007, it had sold about 300,000 copies worldwide. Kiedis and Flea have mentioned over the years that they prefer the demo versions of most of these songs which were recorded with the original lineup featuring Hillel Slovak and Jack Irons. However, the band acknowledged in various books that Jack Sherman's contributions to the band, particularly his knowledge of funk music and music theory, were things that helped the band's development, which they hadn't had with Hillel.

Gwen Dickey, better known by her stage name, Rose Norwalt, provides backing vocals on "Mommy, Where's Daddy?". Dickey was the singer for the 70's hitmaking group, Rose Royce.

As of 2014, songs from the album have rarely been performed over the past 15 years. "Out in L.A." was performed once during the band's 2004 Roll on the Red Tour while "You Always Sing the Same" was performed once on the 2002-03 By the Way Tour. "Green Heaven" and "Mommy, Where's Daddy" were performed a few times on the band's 1999-01 Californication Tour. "Grand Pappy Du Plenty" has been the most performed song from the album in the past 15 years, being a mainstay of the One Hot Minute tour. In recent years it has been mostly used in jams and intros to other songs. True Men Don't Kill Coyotes was played occasionally after Sherman left including once with John Frusciante on the Mother's Milk tour in the 80s, and then teased by the band once in 2011, but the full song was not played.

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