Red Hot Chili PeppersMother's Milk

Genre:

Rock

Style:

Alternative Rock, Funk Metal

Year:

Tracklist

Good Time Boys4:59
Higher Ground3:21
Subway To Venus4:26
Magic Johnson2:55
Nobody Weird Like Me3:48
Knock Me Down3:43
Taste The Pain4:30
Stone Cold Bush3:05
Fire2:01
Pretty Little Ditty1:34
Punk Rock Classic1:45
Sexy Mexican Maid3:20
Johnny Kick A Hole In The Sky5:10

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Notes

Album Sales: 2,000,000+
First Release Date: August 1989

Mother's Milk is the fourth studio album by American rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, recorded November 1988 – March 1989 and released August 1989. It is the last release on EMI Records.
This was also their first release with John Frusciante on guitar and Chad Smith on drums.

Performed by:
Flea – bass, trumpet (tracks 3, 7, 10), backing vocals
John Frusciante – guitar (all tracks except 9), co-lead vocals (track 6), backing vocals
Jack Irons – drums (track 9)
Anthony Kiedis – lead vocals (all tracks except 6 and 10), co-lead vocals (track 6), art concept
Hillel Slovak – guitar (track 9), backing vocals (track 9), back cover painting
Chad Smith – drums (all tracks except 7 and 9), percussion, tambourine

"Mother's Milk" reached #52 in the Billboard Top 200 and produced three singles:
"Knock Me Down"
"Higher Ground" (which is a cover of Stevie Wonder)
"Taste The Pain"

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    Reviews

    • Cbad-Dad's avatar
      Cbad-Dad
      Edited 16 hours ago
      For years I struggled to enjoy my favorite band, RHCP, because the streaming files were junk. The latest digital remastered files were pretty good, but the vinyl I’ve picked up lately has been fantastic.
      To my ears, this album is much more open than the iTunes lossless, and it measures A+ on the Waxwing from beginning to end.
      Also a pleasant surprise is that a Pretty Little Ditty on the vinyl is great alternate version.
      • malcolmplaysrecords's avatar
        My copy has a blank label on the first side. Sounds great though!
        • LambdaResearch's avatar
          Edited one month ago
          This sounds amazing. My copy looks really beat up, so imagine my surprise when I put it on and it plays flawlessly, and absolutely explodes out of the speakers. Idk what the other guy who commented is listening to, because this pressings sounds incredible.
          • SLEDBIZ's avatar
            SLEDBIZ
            Edited 3 months ago
            SQ is hit and miss. Some tracks (taste the pain and Magic) just leap out and sound stellar. Others not so good. Too bad. This is such a stellar album. Reminds me of my senior year in HS.
            • Jamtricksfunhut's avatar
              I recently picked up a copy with the same run outs as this text pressing but cannot find the regular release on Discogs. Anyone know which one it is?
              • Rollercoastr's avatar
                Rollercoastr
                This pressing is ok but this album deserves a really better mastering !
                • arlonolte's avatar
                  arlonolte
                  Can you add pictures please? This is five more words.
                  • RyansGoldenRecords's avatar
                    Edited 6 months ago
                    Some people were slagging off on this pressing, claiming the source is brickwall-limited. Personally I hear none of that. No clipping and no fatiguing shrillness.

                    I sold this a while back because it wasn't my favorite RHCP album (their memorable rendition of Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground" is the best tune on here). Having said that, this Ron McMaster cut sounded decent with some space and depth.

                    Granted, I could hardly call it the best in the world. It sounds thinner and flatter than BSSM and Stadium Arcadium—an average 80s-style mastering with not a lot of bottom-end kick and not particularly dynamic—but enough kick and headroom to stay engaging.

                    And hey, it has the full-length version of "Pretty Little Ditty". Who doesn't want two more minutes of clean, smooth Frusciante playing in all its beauty!?

                    Most people prefer the DMM original and Record Industry-pressed recuts, but if you like me prefer the later Frusciante stuff and still want to have this album, this pressing is one you could live with.

                    The Rainbo-pressed vinyl is a bit hissy and off-center, but the music overpowers whatever noise there is, so I can't really complain.
                    • musicjunky1967's avatar
                      Edited 10 months ago
                      A pretty bare bones release. No lyric sheet or extra tracks like on the original CD version. Nice to have this on vinyl either way. I think it sounds pretty damn good. No real complaints about the sound here.
                      • sheriffbrackett's avatar
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