Jungle Man
Hollywood Africa
American Ghost Dance
If You Want Me To Stay
Nevermind
Freaky Styley
Blackeyed Blonde
The Brothers Cup
Battle Ship
Lovin' And Touchin'
Catholic School Girls Rule
Sex Rap
Thirty Dirty Birds
Yertle The Turtle
Frogtoon Music Album Info: Freaky Styley
Published: 07 Jul 2010, 02:00
Freaky Styley Is The Second Studio Album By American Alternative Rock Band Red Hot Chili Peppers Released On August 16 1985 On EMI. The Album Is The First To Feature Original Guitarist Hillel Slovak Following His Return To The Band Earlier In The Year And The Last To Feature Drummer Cliff Martinez. Freaky Styley Was Produced By George Clinton Of Parliament-Funkadelic. The Album Yielded Four Singles "Jungle Man" "American Ghost Dance" "Catholic School Girls Rule" And "Hollywood Africa " According To Jason Birchmeir Of Allmusic Freaky Styley Is "the Closest The Red Hot Chili Peppers Ever Came To Straight Funk Is The Quirkiest Loosest And Most Playful Album In Their Long And Winding Catalog. It's Also One Of The Best If Also One Of Their Least Heard." The Cover Artwork Features The Band Jumping In Front Of Michelangelo's Last Judgment. The Track "Yertle The Turtle" Incorporates Several Verses Directly From Dr. Seuss' Poem Also Named "Yertle The Turtle". As Stated By Kiedis In His Autobiography Scar Tissue The Spoken Lyrics At The Beginning And Throughout The Song Were By George Clinton's Drug Dealer Who Demanded Debts Be Paid By Clinton. Unable To Repay The Dealer Clinton Offered Him A Part In The Album. The Album Did Not Garner Mainstream Success And Failed To Enter The Billboard 200. In The Liner Notes To The 2003 Remastered Edition Of The Album Bassist Flea States I Know The Music On This Record Was Just Way Too Obscure To Ever Be Popular In A Mainstream Kind Of Way But To Me It Really Holds Its Own As A Definitive And Substantial Musical Statement. More Than Any Other Record We Ever Made It Falls Into The Category Of "too Funky For White Radio Too Punk Rockin' For Black." Of Course The Songs Were Very Far Away From Any Pop Format I Realise It Is/was Not Just The Racial Segregation At Radio That Precluded It From Being A Popular Record.