Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers lives in the middle ground — 39 moderate songs that balance intensity with control. 4 quiet anchors and 14 songs where they let go completely.

6.9
Avg Intensity
57
Songs Decoded
0
Fan Stories

The songs that hit hardest

True Men Don't Kill Coyotes intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 7 · 1984
Fight Like a Brave intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 1987
Higher Ground intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 1989
Knock Me Down intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 1989
Apache Rose Peacock intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 1991
Blood Sugar Sex Magik intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 1991
Give It Away intense
abrasive texture · frequent changes · DR 8 · 1991
Suck My Kiss intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 1991
The Righteous & the Wicked intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 1991
One Hot Minute intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 1995
Shallow Be Thy Game intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 1995
Warped intense
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 1995
By the Way intense
layered texture · frequent changes · DR 9 · 2002
Can't Stop intense
complex texture · frequent changes · DR 9 · 2006

The controlled burn

These Are the Ways moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7
Breaking the Girl moderate
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 7 · 1991
I Could Have Lied moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 1991
Sir Psycho Sexy moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 1991
Under the Bridge moderate
complex texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 1991
Aeroplane moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 1995
My Friends moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 5 · 1995
Californication moderate
smooth texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 1999
Otherside moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 1999
Animal Bar moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2006
Dani California moderate
complex texture · moderate changes · DR 8 · 2006
Death of a Martian moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2006
Desecration Smile moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2006
Hard to Concentrate moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2006
Readymade moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2006
She's Only 18 moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2006
Snow (Hey Oh) moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2006
Tell Me Baby moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2006
Wet Sand moderate
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 7 · 2006
Brendan's Death Song moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2011
Ethiopia moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2011
Factory of Faith moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2011
Happiness Loves Company moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2011
Monarchy of Roses moderate
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 7 · 2011
The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2011
Dark Necessities moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2016
Dreams of a Samurai moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2016
Go Robot moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2016
Goodbye Angels moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2016
Sick Love moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2016
The Getaway moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2016
Aquatic Mouth Dance moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2022
Black Summer moderate
layered texture · moderate changes · DR 7 · 2022
Here Ever After moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2022
It's Only Natural moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2022
Poster Child moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2022
She's a Lover moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2022
Tippa My Tongue moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 6 · 2022
Whatchu Thinkin' moderate
layered texture · mild changes · DR 7 · 2022

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