Red Hot Chili Peppers’s Flea has regrets about the band’s first album.
The bassist recently said that he would love to re-record the 1984 debut.
“I think the songs are really good. Our band was smoking at the time,” Flea said, “but [drummer] Jack [Irons] and [guitarist] Hillel [Slovak] quit, and we hired these two other guys: Jack Sherman and Cliff Martinez. Both were great musicians, but the connection just wasn’t as profound as we had with the guys we started with.”
He continued, “I’ve often wanted to go back and re-record that album, but I can never talk anyone into it.”
As for what the band’s best album is, Flea considers Blood Sugar Sex Magik.
“But there [are] a couple [of] tunes on there I don’t think should have gotten on in retrospect,” Flea continues, “Californication is pretty good top to bottom,” Flea says. “I saw Adele a little while ago and she told me that was her favorite record of all time. That meant a lot to me because I’m a big Adele fan.”
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