Blood Sugar Sex Magik
Studio album by Red Hot Chili PeppersWikipedia
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Oct 28, 2026
Sean McPhersonGUEST
Here's number two.
Sean McPhersonGUEST
Bob Dylan hasn't recorded many albums in Minnesota, but he did cut about half of what 1975 album that opens with Tangled Up in Blue
Steve GormanHOST
in Minnesota? That would be the goriest of all gory, Blood on the Tracks.
Sean McPhersonGUEST
Blood on the Tracks is correct.
Sean McPhersonGUEST
If I get this, we tie.
Sean McPhersonGUEST
Okay.
Sean McPhersonGUEST
In 2020, Rolling Stone listed the 500 greatest albums of all time.
Sean McPhersonGUEST
Where did Dylan's Blood on the Tracks land? Rolling Stone, 2020, made the list of the top 500.
speaker_2HOST
I mean, that is like an ingredient.
LaurenAUDIENCE
No, no, the album, Blood Sugar Sex Magic.
speaker_2HOST
Oh, oh, oh, okay.
speaker_2HOST
Yeah, all right.
Steve HillHOST
I mean, that is like an ingredient.
LaurenAUDIENCE
No, no, the album, Blood Sugar Sex Magic.
Steve HillHOST
Oh, oh, oh, okay.
Steve HillHOST
Yeah, all right.
MikeHOST
I'd never seen a CD case like that before that album.
BenHOST
See, the only other one that I ever saw like that was the Blood Sugar Sex Magic or whatever.
BenHOST
Oh, Red Hot Chili Peppers? Red Hot Chili Peppers, yeah.
BenHOST
I only saw that
FortePANELIST
It was not even close.
Brett McGarryHOST
For me, the one that always stands out in terms of discussions with my parents, in this case specifically my mom, it had to do with the fact that I came home with a copy of Blood Sugar Sex Magic, which was the Red Hot Chili Peppers album, which came out in 1991.
Brett McGarryHOST
And by that point, she didn't want me to have it because it had that parental advisory label on it.
Brett McGarryHOST
Thanks to per gore.
Brett HouseHOST
I mean, I saw Pearl Jam open up for Smashing Pumpkins, open up for the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Brett HouseHOST
So it was the Red Hot Chili Peppers show, right? Blood Sugar Sex Magic
Rio LongacreHOST
tour,
Brett HouseHOST
right? And nobody knew who, so Pearl Jam was the opening, opening act.
ScottHOST
So, okay,
LukeHOST
your first question is the album release question, okay? So which year saw the release of Nirvana's landmark album Nevermind, Red Hot Chili Peppers' Blood Sugar Sex Magic, and Soundgarden's Bad Motor Finger? These were all released on the same day this year, September the 24th.
LukeHOST
Oh, that doesn't really help the date.
ScottHOST
Well, it depends.
41 MINS LATER
LukeHOST
It's not the music now.
LukeHOST
Right, okay, before we go, because we are fastly approaching the end of today's show, we've got to conclude Year in Music, so I'm going to run you through some of the clues that you've had.
LukeHOST
It was the year that Nirvana released Nevermind, Red Hot Chili Peppers released Blood Sugar Sex Magic, and Soundgarden released Bad Motor Finger, all on the same day, September 24th.
LukeHOST
It was the year that Queen re-released Bohemian Rhapsody, following the death of lead singer Freddie Mercury.
Tim CatesCORRESPONDENT
Three years later is when they reached the success.
Tim CatesCORRESPONDENT
1991, Blood Sugar Sex Magik turned the Chili Peppers into international superstars.
Tim CatesCORRESPONDENT
"Under the Bridge," Give It Away" Flea's funky bass playing
Petros PapadakisHOST
Suck My Kiss? Terrible music
Michael WolfeHOST
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Michael WolfeHOST
so Blood Sugar Sex Magik was the big hit album.
David YasHOST
Mm-hmm.
Michael WolfeHOST
Um, and the ro- the guitarist, John Frusciante, had quit Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Michael NolanGUEST
Yeah.
Len MayHOST
I'm wearing a Chili Peppers shirt as a, as a matter of fact, so he produced Blood Sugar Sex Magik.
Len MayHOST
But, uh, he talks about this era of connecting, uh, certain substances to the music that's being made at that time.
Len MayHOST
And y- you, if you really go back and you listen, you can kinda connect the two.
42 MINS LATER
Len MayHOST
Yeah.
Michael NolanGUEST
Um, shoot, what else would I want in there? Um, I, I, I have a pretty eclectic, uh, m- musical taste.
Michael NolanGUEST
Uh, so maybe, um, uh, Jay-Z's Black Album, uh, maybe, uh, Green Day's Dookie, um, maybe [laughs] uh, you know, Blood Sugar Sex Magik.
Michael NolanGUEST
Uh, John Frusciante was a, a big inspiration in, in my recovery journey.
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