Unlimited Love

Unlimited Love
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1, 2022 (2022-04-01)
RecordedNovember 2020 – August 2021
StudioShangri-La (Malibu, California)
Genre
Length73:13
LabelWarner
ProducerRick Rubin
Red Hot Chili Peppers chronology
Live in Paris
(2016)
Unlimited Love
(2022)
Return of the Dream Canteen
(2022)
Singles from Unlimited Love
  1. "Black Summer"
    Released: February 4, 2022
  2. "These Are the Ways"
    Released: March 31, 2022
Alternative cover
Amoeba Records exclusive "LA Version" album cover[1]

Unlimited Love is the twelfth studio album by the American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, released through Warner Records on April 1, 2022. Produced by Rick Rubin, the album marks the return of guitarist John Frusciante, who left the band in 2009 and rejoined in 2019. A second full studio album, Return of the Dream Canteen, was recorded during the same sessions and was released on October 14, 2022.

The first single, "Black Summer", was released on February 4, 2022, and became the Chili Peppers' fourteenth number-one on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart.[2][3] "These Are the Ways" followed on March 31, 2022.[4] A world tour began in June 2022.

Unlimited Love received generally positive reviews. It debuted at number one in 16 countries, including the United States, where it was the Chili Peppers' first number-one album since Stadium Arcadium (2006).[5]

  1. ^ "Unlimited Love [LA Version] (LP)". amoeba.com. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  2. ^ "Red Hot Chili Peppers make career-best debut on 'Billboard' Rock & Alternative Airplay chart with "Black Summer"". kshe95.com. February 10, 2022. Archived from the original on April 25, 2022. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
  3. ^ Rutherford, Kevin (February 16, 2022). "Red Hot Chili Peppers' 'Black Summer' Crowns Rock & Alternative Airplay Chart". billboard.com. Archived from the original on March 26, 2022. Retrieved March 26, 2022.
  4. ^ ""These Are The Ways" 3/31 9PM PT". Instagram. March 29, 2022. Archived from the original on April 25, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  5. ^ Caulfield, Keith (April 10, 2022). "Red Hot Chili Peppers' 'Unlimited Love' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart". yahoo.com. Archived from the original on April 11, 2022. Retrieved April 11, 2022.