Product Description

This is the second greatest hits package to be released by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, but their first from Warner sincetheir departure from EMI at the end of the eighties. The album features tracks from their four studio albums 'Blood Sugar Sex Magik', 'One Hot Minute', 'Californication', and 'By The Way', showcasing the bands ever popular P-Funk inspired rock.

Track Listing

1. Under The Bridge
2. Give It Away
3. Californication
4. Scar Tissue
5. Soul To Squeeze
6. Otherside
7. Suck My Kiss
8. By The Way
9. Parallel Universe
10. Breaking The Girl
11. My Friends
12. Higher Ground
13. Universally Speaking
14. Road Trippin'
15. Fortune Faded
16. Save The Population

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1768 in Music
• Released on: 2003-11-17
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Explicit Lyrics

Amazon.co.uk Review
Greatest Hits attempts to sum up the history of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, but its focus is firmly in the second half of their career. Early on, in the late 1980s, the Chili Peppers were an LA band who played a unique fusion of punk and funk--four guys, united by a love of partying and playing music. But they had a problem: although they were developing an underground following, nobody was buying their albums. Their first three albums failed to set the charts on fire, though they finally had a bit of a breakthrough with 1989's Mother's Milk. It wasn't enough--their label, EMI, dropped them.

EMI's A&R department must be kicking themselves now because the Red Hot Chili Peppers have since gone on to become one of the most popular bands in the world. Their next album. Blood Sugar Sex Magik, was a massive, worldwide hit, containing such huge singles as "Give It Away" and "Under the Bridge". It's follow-up One Hot Minute was frankly a bit poor, but it hardly stalled their upward trajectory. These funky punks had matured and they found a whole new audience on albums such as Californication and By the Way. On them, there's the perfect marriage of playful innuendo, blistering musicianship (Flea is--quite rightly--considered one of the finest bassists in rock) and thoughtful songwriting. Greatest Hits focuses on these later years of the Chili Peppers' career (only the Stevie Wonder cover "Higher Ground" predates Blood Sugar…). It may not please all of their fans, but it's certainly a great starting point for the casual listener. --Robert Burrow

Customer Reviews

No good at all
This album is so terrible. Infact the tracks were so terrible I sent mine back. If you want to listen to proper music, listen to REM and THE BEATLES.

3.5 Stars, an album of 2 halves..........
Admittedly, I am not a hardened Chilli's fan, and really only know them from their hits. As such, this album is a perfect introduction to them, although the album only takes us up to 2004.
Of the 16 tracks, I would say about 6 are classics, 5 are very good, and 5 are ok; most of the good tracks are crammed in at the begiining, with 'Under the Bridge','Give it Away', and 'Californication' as strong as opening to an album as you'll find anywhere.
The Chilli's give you what you expect, a rock/funk/rap hybrid with tons of energy, and some deceptively good melodies and lyrics.Their recent elevation to stadium rockers confirms their rising star.......
so, a good album to introduce you to the band, and one that although not perfect, will give you over 10 solid tracks and some (in my opinion) slightly weaker ones.

The Best Of...
Yep, this album has all the greatest hits from 1991-2002 (apart from Higher Ground [1989] which is in there for legal reasons), and what a fantastic selection. I don't think there are any duff tracks and you even get two previously unreleased songs. If you have'nt heard the Chilis before, this is a perfect place to start.
To clarify the last reviewer's comment about suitability, it has a parental advisory sticker for strong language and adult lyrics.