Red Hot Chili Peppers’ newest studio album Unlimited Love debuts at No. 1 on the all-genre Billboard 200 chart dated April 16, according to a report from Billboard. The album replaces Machine Gun Kelly’s Mainstream Sellout at the top of the prominent U.S. albums chart.
In a statement surrounding Unlimited Love‘s release, the Chili Peppers said;
“We (John, Anthony, Chad and Flea) spent thousands of hours, collectively and individually, honing our craft and showing up for one another to make the best album we could. Days, weeks and months spent listening to each other, composing, jamming freely, and arranging the fruit of those jams with great care and purpose. The sounds, rhythms, vibrations, words and melodies had us enrapt. We yearn to shine a light in the world, to uplift, connect and bring people together.”
Unlimited Love Tracklist
Black Summer
Here Ever After
Aquatic Mouth Dance
Not The One
Poster Child
The Great Apes
It’s Only Natural
She’s A Lover
These Are The Ways
Whatchu Thinkin’
Bastards of Light
White Braids & Pillow Chair
One Way Traffic
Veronica
Let ‘Em Cry
The Heavy Wing
Tangelo
This might not be the last new material that we will hear from the Chili Peppers in the coming months. Earlier this month, guitarist John Frusciante indicated the band saved choice material from recording sessions to make a whole other album as an immediate follow-up.
“I definitely feel like we saved a lot of some of the best stuff for the potential next album, so I’m excited about putting that into a shape. We went into the studio with about 45 [songs], and then a few songs got written while we were recording the basic tracks, or while we were in pre-production.”
Frusciante first revealed in February that the group had “recorded almost 50 pieces of music” ahead of Unlimited Love‘s release. He then said they had a “loose plan” to use them for an immediate follow-up.
Vocalist Anthony Kiedis promised new material in that same interview.
“We’re gonna put out music by the handful. Literally. Don’t be surprised if another wheelbarrow of songs comes your way in the near future. We have a lot of shit to turn people onto.”
