Track Listing

1. Jungleman
2. Hollywood (Africa)
3. American Ghost Dance
4. If You Want Me To Stay
5. Nevermind
6. Freaky Styley
7. Blackeyed Blonde
8. The Brothers Cup
9. Battleship
10. Lovin' And Touchin'
11. Catholic School Girls Rule
12. Sex Rap
13. Thirty Dirty Birds
14. Yertle The Turtle
15. Nevermind (Demo)
16. Sex Rap (Demo)
17. Freaky Styley (Original Long Version)
18. Millionaires Against Hunger

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4662 in Music
• Released on: 2003-03-11
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered

Amazon.com essential recording
With their second album, Freaky Styley, the Red Hot Chili Peppers were still growing into their oversize funkdafied britches. The polished funk-punk-metal-rap hybrid of later albums was still in its seedling stage here, with the group yet to successfully merge those elements. Still, there's a consistent old-school garage feel. Flea's bass lines, normally in hyperdrive, are clipped and springy, like bare feet hopping on a hot Los Angeles blacktop. Lead singer Anthony Kiedis risks sounding like a parody of the vocal styles he's trying to emulate but commands the songs with every variation of bravado his voice can muster. And finally, the merit of this album could stand solely on the talents of the late guitarist Hillel Slovak, who infuses the tracks with resonating harmonics, psychedelic screeches, and righteous riffs. As disjointed and occasionally amateurish as this album was, it was also groundbreaking and captured the undivided attention of the rock world. --Beth Massa