Red Hot Chili Peppers’ ‘Blood Sugar Sex Magik’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary

September 20, 2026 Justin Chadwick

The band’s fifth LP is a landmark album not just within its creators’ prolific recorded repertoire, but within the broader context of alternative rock history.

Red Hot Chili Peppers’ ‘Mother’s Milk’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary

August 10, 2024 Steven Ovadia

The band’s fourth studio affair showcased the band’s musical evolution, priming the path for the breakthrough that would arrive two years later with the arrival of ‘Blood Sugar Sex Magik.’

Goodbye California: Red Hot Chili Peppers’ ‘Californication’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary

June 6, 2024 Stephen Lee Naish

The distance in time between ‘Blood Sugar Sex Magik’ (1991) and ‘Californication’ (1999) is a mere eight years, but the artistic jump the band achieved during this period feels extraordinary.

Olivia Newton-John’s ‘Physical’ Turns 45 | Album Anniversary

Having been previously regarded as a predominantly country and adult contemporary artist, Newton-John’s provocative eleventh studio affair set about to frame the singer in a new light.

Freddie Hubbard’s ‘First Light’ Turns 55 | Album Anniversary

With ‘First Light,’ the legendary trumpeter pushed the musical envelope to make something radically different from his previous works, as he distanced himself from the soul-jazz model.

2nd II None’s Eponymous Debut Album ‘2nd II None’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary

The duo’s DJ Quik orchestrated debut LP features great production and brash attitude, which make the album an entertaining exercise overall.