The Getaway by Red Hot Chili Peppers

The Getaway, Red Hot Chili Peppers' eleventh studio album, arrived on Warner Bros. on June 17, 2016, and for the first time since Mother's Milk back in 1989 there was no Rick Rubin behind the board. Danger Mouse took the chair instead, and he pulls Anthony Kiedis, Flea, Chad Smith and guitarist Josh Klinghoffer somewhere moodier and more textured: less slap-happy bravado, more late-night glide.

"Dark Necessities" is the proof, Flea's bass prowling under a slow-burning groove, and "Go Robot" is sleek, sly funk that climbed to number 12 on the Alternative Songs chart. It was Klinghoffer's second and last record with the band; Rubin and John Frusciante would both be back three years later. Reviews were mostly warm, and the album went to number one in ten countries while stopping at number two in the US, Britain and Canada.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.