With a title like Blood Sugar Sex Magik, you might expect the music to be graphic, loud and a little weird – and you wouldn’t be wrong. The Chili Peppers 1991 effort with producer Rick Rubin is stuffed with lots of big ideas, sounds and personalities. Join for a discussion on the landmark record as we rejoin our regularly scheduled Summer of Don, already in progress.

Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik

Madeleine Peyroux – Let’s Walk
Soft Play – Heavy Jelly
Akhlys – House of the Black Geminus
Cigarettes After Sex – X’s
Beachwood Sparks  – Across the River of Stars
The Incredible String Band – The 5000 Spirits or the Layers of the Onion (1967)
Mac Leaphart – Rock & Roll, Hey (single)
Incubus – Morning View XXIII
Eddie Rabbit – Horizon (1980)

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