Mother's Milk

by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Mother's Milk cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 4 August 1989
  • Label: EMI
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:17:55
  • Community rating: 3.39/5 from 13 ratings

Artists on this release: D. H. Peligro, Stevie Wonder, Jimi Hendrix

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Following the tragic death of original guitarist Hillel Slovak, 'Mother's Milk' introduces John Frusciante and Chad Smith, revitalizing the band's frenetic funk-rock energy. The album is a highly rhythmic, heavily energetic explosion of punk, rap, and metal, steeped in playful vulgarity and West Coast hedonism.

Genres

Descriptors: drugs, rhythmic, vulgar, hedonism, funky, groove-laden, rap, guitars

Tracklist

  1. Good Time Boys (5:01)
  2. Higher Ground (3:22)
  3. Subway To Venus (4:25)
  4. Magic Johnson (2:57)
  5. Nobody Weird Like Me (3:49)
  6. Knock Me Down (3:43)
  7. Taste The Pain (4:31)
  8. Stone Cold Bush (3:05)
  9. Fire (2:03)
  10. Pretty Little Ditty (3:07)
  11. Punk Rock Classic (1:46)
  12. Sexy Mexican Maid (3:22)
  13. Johnny, Kick A Hole In The Sky (5:20)
  14. Song That Made Us What We Are Today - Demo (12:56)
  15. Knock Me Down - Original Long Version (4:44)
  16. Sexy Mexican Maid - Original Long Version (3:59)
  17. Salute To Kareem - Demo (3:24)
  18. Castles Made Of Sand - Live (3:19)
  19. Crosstown Traffic - Live (2:53)

Credits

  • Red Hot Chili Peppers - primary artist, written-by
  • Dave Jerden - mixed by [uncredited]
  • Michael Beinhorn - producer
  • Vicki Calhoun - backing vocals [uncredited]
  • Stevie Wonder - written-by
  • Keith Barry - saxophone [uncredited]
  • Patrick English - trumpet [uncredited]
  • David Coleman - cello [uncredited]
  • Phillip Fisher - drums [uncredited]
  • D.H. Peligro - written-by
  • Jimi Hendrix - written-by

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