Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Uplift Mofo Party Plan

THE REVIEW

I WOULD DEFINE THIS ALBUM AS THE FLIP SIDE OF THE COIN COMPARED TO "FREAKY STYLE"... WITHOUT THE FUNKY CHORUSES AND FILTERED VOICES OF THE PREVIOUS WORK "THE UPLIFT MOFO PARTY PLAN," IT'S THE TURNING POINT ALBUM WHERE RHCP MANAGES TO IMPRINT THEIR EXPLOSIVENESS IN THE 12 TRACKS OF THE CD, ALSO THANKS TO THE METICULOUS WORK DONE IN THE STUDIO WITH PRODUCER Michael Beinhorn.

IT'S AN ALBUM THAT FLOWS WELL ON FIRST LISTEN, COMPACT, TOUGH, WITHOUT THE FRILLS OF FREAKY STYLE, ALSO THANKS TO ITS NOT EXCESSIVE DURATION OF ONLY 38 MINUTES. IT RANGES FROM THE FUNK-ROCK MIXTURE OF "FUNKY CRIME" TO THE MORE COMMERCIAL OPENINGS IN "BEHIND THE SUN." THE USUAL SEXUAL REFERENCES TYPICAL OF THE PEPPERS ARE NOT MISSING, SUCH AS "BACKWOODS," THE FUNKY "PARTY ON YOUR PUSSY" TURNED INTO THE MORE EMBLEMATIC TITLE "SPECIAL SONG SECRET INSIDE" DUE TO PRESSURE FROM E.M.I. AND FINALLY "LOVE TRILOGY" AND "NO CHUMP LOVE SUCKER" WITH A PURE HARDCORE SOUL. IT'S IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO MENTION "ME AND MY FRIENDS" WITH ITS RELENTLESS CHORUS AND SOUND ON THE VERGE OF METAL, THE RED HOT STILL PLAY IT IN THEIR CONCERTS TODAY. A ROCK-IMPRINTED TRACK IS "FIGHT LIKE A BRAVE," AN ANTHEM TO THE JOY OF LIVING. BOB DYLAN'S COVER "SUBTERRANEAN HOMESICK BLUES" WITH PULSATING BASS, FUNKY GUITAR, AND A KIEDIS WHO EXPRESSES HIMSELF IN HIS CLASSIC PUNK - RAP DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED. THERE'S ALSO THE JOVIALITY IN THE VERY FAST "SKINNY SWEATY MAN," WHILE NOT SO SUCCESSFUL "WALKIN' ON DOWN THE ROAD." CLOSING THE ALBUM IS THE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL AND CHAOTIC "ORGANIC ANTI BEAT-BOX BAND."

AN LP THAT GAVE THE PEPPERS THEIR FIRST RECOGNITION EVEN AT THE EUROPEAN LEVEL, AN ALBUM THAT IN THE REMASTERED VERSION HAS GAINED EVEN MORE VITALITY, POWERFUL, VERY FAST. THE IMAGINATION OF SLOVAK ON GUITAR, FLEA'S SLAPPING BASS, KIEDIS' BRUTAL RAP AT TIMES, AND IRONS' DRUM RHYTHM MAKE THIS ALBUM ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL BY THE CALIFORNIAN BAND!!!!!!!! NOSTALGIA FOR WHAT WAS... I SUGGEST THE RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS RETIRE FROM THE SCENE!!!!