Epiphanist’s Top Albums – Choice 6

Red Hot Chilli Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik

A long, long, long, long time ago, before the rain, before the snow.

Before the MP3 when you couldn’t listen to samples on Amazon, we had to rely on reviews in the Green Guide to find out what was new. Mike Daly and Sean Carney used to write every week, and sometimes I would pluck up the courage to try one of their recommendations. It was always a risk, and CD’s were $25 – $30 each, quite an investment if they turned out to be duds.

One day after reading a glowing review of a new record by a band I had never heard of, I took a chance on Blood Sugar Sex Magik.

The rest is history. They had everything. The record is one of the all time best, and one by one the songs launched themselves into the hit parades until the Chilli Peppers were a household name.

And, Flea used to be someone’s boy next door in Mt Waverley.