Mother's Milk
Red Hot Chili Peppers
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| Total: 19 Songs |
Album Review
A pivotal album for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, 1989's Mother's Milk turned the tide and transformed the band from underground funk-rocking rappers to mainstream bad boys with seemingly very little effort. Mother's Milk brought them to MTV, scored them a deal with Warner Brothers, and let both frontman Anthony Kiedis and the ubiquitous Flea get back out into a good groove following the death of co-founding member Hillel Slovak. With a new lineup coalescing around the remaining duo with new drummer Chad Smith and guitarist John Frusciante, and with producer Michael Beinhorn again behind the boards, the band took everything that The Uplift Mofo Party Plan hinted at, and brought it fully to bear for this new venture. If anyone doubted the pulsating power that leapt from the blistering opener, "Good Time Boys," it took only a few bars of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' outrageous, and brilliant, interpretation of the Stevie Wonder classic "Higher Ground" to prove that this new lineup was onto something special. Wrapping up with the aptly titled and truly punked-out "Punk Rock Classic" and the band's own punched-up tribute to "Magic Johnson," Mother's Milk was everything the band had hoped for, and a little more besides. Effortlessly going gold as "Knock Me Down" and "Taste the Pain" careened into the charts, the album not only set the stage for the band's Blood Sugar Sex Magic domination, it also proved that funk never died; it had just swapped skins.
Recent Customer Reviews
If you don't like RHCP, you obvioulsy don't have EARS. Or taste in music.
by Pinkyz49These guys are my No.1 fave band of all time. From their first to their last album. Their sound has changed, but it shows maturity and growth and a willingness to explore their sound. All of their stuff is good! Even Love Rollercoaster! :)
The influencers of RAGE!
by The PressmanSong That Made us What We Are Today sounds just like Rage Against The Machine! THIS IS THE INFLUENCE
Great album
by TeagueEThe only song I can really complain about is Magic Johnson, which I don't care for except for the relatively brief instrumental breaks. But besides that, the album is pretty much a demo-tape for the BSSM era chili peppers. The album proves that there is something truly special in the Chad, Flea, Kiedis, Frusciante lineup. Aside from the radio staples Higher Ground and Knock Me Down (Edit), the standout tracks are Subway to Venus and Stone Cold Bush. Song That Made Us What We Are Today is a nice instrumental, but at twelve minutes it starts to drag a bit. Knock Me Down original version adds another rather weak part to the verse. The two live Hendrix covers are great. Salute to Kareem is a fantastic, funky, frenzied instrumental.
Also, all these songs are a steal for this price. This is a definite must-have.
Biography
Formed: 1983
Genre: Alternative
Years Active: '80s, '90s, '00s
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| Name | Album | Time | Price | ||
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| 1 | Under the Bridge | Red Hot Chili Peppers: Greatest Hits | 4:25 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Dani California | Dani California - Single | 4:42 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 3 | Californication | Red Hot Chili Peppers: Greatest Hits | 5:29 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 4 | Scar Tissue | Red Hot Chili Peppers: Greatest Hits | 3:35 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
| 5 | Otherside | Red Hot Chili Peppers: Greatest Hits | 4:15 | $0.99 | View In iTunes |
- $11.99
- Genres: Alternative, Music, Rock, Metal, Adult Alternative
- Released: Aug 1989
- ℗ 2005 Capitol Records, Inc.
