The first album Flea ever fell in love with and “connected with as a kid”

Flea has said that The Beatles were the first band he loved and that their self-titled 1968 album, known as The White Album, was the first music he connected with as a child. The record’s experimental, varied style helped shape his early musical interests and offers context for the influences behind his later career.

Flea has praised Paul McCartney’s bass playing for its lyrical, melodic quality. The article also notes that Rolling Stone ranked Flea second among bassists in 2009, ahead of McCartney, and lists several other albums Flea would take to a desert island. The White Album, released nearly 60 years ago, is described as sprawling and sometimes inaccessible, but still inventive.