Album · 1992
What Hits!?
What Hits!? is a 1992 alternative rock album by Red Hot Chili Peppers. It runs 18 tracks across 68 minutes on Capitol Records. Riffiter listeners rate it 3.8/5 from 6 ratings.
Alternative Rock · Rock · Dance-Rock
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- 3.8 /5
- 6 ratings
- 70 /100
- 3 critics
- 18
- Tracks
- 68 min
- Runtime
- 109 bpm
- Tempo
- A minor
- Key
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6 ratings · avg 3.8
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- AllMusic4.5/5
- Rolling Stone3/5
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3/5
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What Hits!? album cover

The What Hits!? cover was photographed by Christopher Kehoe, Ed Colver, Eika Aoshima, Henry Diltz, Howard Rosenberg, Nels Israelson and William Hames and art-directed by Henry Marquez and Marc Cozza.
- Photography
- Christopher Kehoe, Ed Colver, Eika Aoshima, Henry Diltz, Howard Rosenberg, Nels Israelson, William Hames
- Art direction
- Henry Marquez, Marc Cozza
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Tracklist
18 tracks · 68 min
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About
What Hits!? is a "best-of" compilation album by Red Hot Chili Peppers, released on September 29, 1992 by EMI. The album contains tracks from the band's first four albums as well as "Under the Bridge" from their fifth album, 1991's hit Blood Sugar Sex Magik and the Pretty Woman soundtrack contribution/single B-side "Show Me Your Soul". "Behind the Sun" was released as a single and music video to accompany the release of this compilation. The song originally appeared on the band's 1987 album The Uplift Mofo Party Plan.
In brief
- Is What Hits!? good?
- Riffiter listeners rate What Hits!? 3.8/5 from 6 ratings.
- What is the highest-rated track on What Hits!??
- Knock Me Down, rated 5.0/5 by 1 listener on Riffiter.
- When was What Hits!? released?
- What Hits!? was released in 1992 on Capitol Records.
- How many tracks are on What Hits!??
- What Hits!? has 18 tracks, with a runtime of 68 minutes.
- What genre is What Hits!??
- What Hits!? is catalogued under Alternative Rock, Rock, Dance-Rock.
- What BPM is What Hits!??
- What Hits!? runs at a median tempo of 109 BPM across its tracks, most often in A minor, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to What Hits!??
- Listeners of What Hits!? also rate Nevermind by Nirvana, In Rainbows by Radiohead, Greatest Hits by Foo Fighters.
- Who produced What Hits!??
- What Hits!? was produced by Michael Beinhorn, George Clinton, Andy Gill and John Norwood Fisher, among 6 credited in total. Michael Beinhorn produced 9 of them.
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Cliff MartinezChad SmithJack IronsBennie CowanFred WesleyJack ShermanDavid ColemanFish- Vocals by
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Bruno DeronGail FruscianteGretchen SeagerIris ParkerJack ShermanJoel VirgelJulie RitterLaura SpinosaMerrill WardRandy RuffSir Babs
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