One Hot Minute

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 12, 1995)
• Original Release Date: September 12, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B000002MTR
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (187 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #9,931 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Editorial Reviews

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At the time of its release, One Hot Minute was viewed as the beginning of a new direction for the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Guitarist John Frusciante had departed and former Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro joined the ranks after some false starts with short-lived replacements. Band chemistry here isn't quite up to past standards. Navarro stretches out throughout the album, imbuing tunes with a heavy dose of hard rock and psychedelia and providing a stark contrast from Frusciante's dexterous noodling. Tracks such as "Warped" and "Aeroplane" display a band prone to exploring a less frenetic hard rock, while "Shallow Be Thy Game" sounds like the old band. Frusciante eventually returned to the fold, so this 1995 collection now stands as a curious intermission for the Peppers. --Rob O'Connor

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tied with BloodSugarSexMagik, February 4, 2004

By	CrimsonCrossbone (The High Seas) - See all my reviews

For best Chili's cd. The two are also in my top ten albums of all time. This is the darkhorse of the Chili's album catalogue and seems to be the one that no one likes. I really don't see why. First of all, contrary to popular belief, Dave Navarro is an absolutely amazing guitarist. However, he gets bashed on because he's not John Frusciante. Why? No one cared that Frusciante wasn't Hillel Slovak! Secondly, people complain that this cd is too repetitive. Why?! This is perhaps one of the most diverse cds the Peppers have ever created. Flea sings on some songs including a solo piece. A New guitar player. Music borrowed from almost every genre and capitalized on. This cd spans alternative ( Aeroplane, Deep Kick), Metal (Coffee Shop, Warped), Modern Rock ( My Friends) Experimentation (Pea, Walkabout) and thats only like half the cd! This cd takes you on a musical journey and is lushly diverse from start to finish. If only they would've kept Dave for even one more album, that would have been incredible. But this is perhaps the Chilis at their creative peak, save BSSM. Absolutely essential listening.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome CD!, June 10, 2005

A Kid's Review

This is a very good CD and I was suggest it for those who have recently discovered Red Hot Chili Peppers. Warning to those who don't like the "funky style of RCHP": this is one of their "modern rock" albums like Californication, By The Way, etc.

Warped 4.5/5
Nice Intro! It starts out sort of quiet and then turns into real rock.

Aeroplane 5/5
Now this is a genius song! It's probably even the best one on the album! I love it, it's about romance and mixed feelings of love and attraction.

Deep Kick 4/5
This one is okay it's a little weird. I wouldn't suggest listening to this one first if it's your first time listening to the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

My Friends 5/5
This one was on Greatest Hits, so I definitely suggest it! It is also one of MY FAVORITE RCHP songs! Check it out! This is definitely for the Red Hot Chili Peppers' fans!

Coffee Shop 5/5
This is a nice rock song! All the way through, there is nice groove! It is the best and I suggest it for YOU, whoever you are.

Pea 4.5/5
Ha ha! This one is very funny! It's only about 1 minute and forty-seven seconds long, but it's still a great song.

One Big Mob 4/5
OBM is a weird song, but I like it pretty much. Around the middle of the song, you hear the baby of a member of Jane Addiction's cry. The member of JA plays guitar in this song.

Walkabout 5/5
Ha! This one is awesome! Nice rock piece!

Tearjerker 4.5/5
A very epic song of tragedy. I listen to this one not as much as Aeroplane but it is pretty good.

One Hot Minute 5/5
Now we're talkin' on this one! A very great story about a guy recieving his first kiss.

Falling Into Grace 3.5/5
I don't listen to this one very much, and I've heard that it's not good. I wouldn't suggest it for just anyone.

Shallow Be Thy Game 5/5
Oh yeah! We're talking about rock in this song! Great for a party (and so is Coffee Shop...)

Transcending 4.5/5
This one is very good, it's makes a nice outro. I don't think it's the best in fact, but all I can say is that the Red Hot Chili Peppers' One Hot Minute is great!!!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One Hot Minute of Change, June 5, 2005

By	Josephll "Reformed Music Addict" (CET) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

This might not have been the greatest of their albums, but it's defenitely not a bad album at all. I actually think that "One Hot Minute" is a near great album. One big change was that guitarist John Frusciante had left and was replaced by Dave Navarro from Jane's Addiction, musically this album wasn't perhaps as hard as the previous albums either, Infact many of the hits here were rather slow or midtempo songs. A new direction perhaps, but we've seen the Peppers changing style later on aswell and it still sounds cool and fresh in my honest oppinion.

"Shallow Be Thy Game" and "One Big Mob" sound like old-school peppers. "Warped" is heavy metal with fast riffs, perhaps under the influence of Navarro, same with "Coffea Shop" and "One Hot Minute". "Aeroplane" a big single hit is a catchy rocky midtempo song. "My Friends" is slow and beautiful aswell. Another big hit. "Walkabout" is very funky, just like in old days. "Tearjerker" could have been a chillout song, cause it's a slow, touching ballad. "Transdending" is a midtempo song and a good closer, got some very nice riffs aswell.

This album may not sound like the old days but it got alot of diffrent influents, few songs sound alike and it got absolutely no fillers. Not liked but die hard peppers fans but very underrated full of interesting songs. Recommended.