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Mother's Milk
Mother's Milk cover
Studio album by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Released August 16, 1989
Recorded November 1988 – March 1989
Genre Alternative rock, funk metal
Length 45:02
Label EMI, Capitol
Producer Michael Beinhorn
Professional reviews
Red Hot Chili Peppers chronology
The Abbey Road E.P.
(1988)		 Mother's Milk
(1989)		 Blood Sugar Sex Magik
(1991)
Singles from Mother's Milk
  1. "Knock Me Down"
    Released: 1989
  2. "Higher Ground"
    Released: 1989
  3. "Taste the Pain"
    Released: 1989

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Mother's Milk peaked at #52 on Billboard Top 200 album chart and it was certified gold by mid-1990 and platinum in 2005. The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard

Contents

Background

Before the album was recorded, guitarist Hillel Slovak died of a speedball overdose on June 25, 1988 and drummer Jack Irons left soon after. A guitarist is a Musician who plays the Guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres Hillel Slovak (הלל סלובק 13 April, 1962 &ndash June 25, 1988 Speedballing (alternatively known as snowballing) is a term commonly referring to the Intravenous use of heroin or morphine and Cocaine together in Events 524 - Battle of Vézeronce, the Franks defeat the Burgundians Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) A drummer is a Musician who plays a Drum or drums particularly a Drum kit ("drum set" or "trap set" Marching percussion Jack Steven Irons (born July 18 1962 in Los Angeles, California) is an American Drummer. After temporarily employing former P-Funk guitarist DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight and Dead Kennedys drummer D. H. Peligro, guitarist John Frusciante and drummer Chad Smith were chosen to replace them. P-Funk (also spelled P Funk or P Funk) is a shorthand term for the repertoire and performers associated with George Clinton and the Parliament-Funkadelic DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight is an American guitarist. Dead Kennedys was an American Hardcore punk band from San Francisco, California. DH Peligro (b 1960 St Louis Missouri, real name Darren Henley) was the Drummer for the hardcore punk band Dead Kennedys from John Anthony Frusciante (pronounced) (born March 5 1970 is an American Guitarist, singer songwriter and record producer Chadwick "Chad" Smith (born 25 October, 1961) is the Drummer of The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Originally the album was planned as The Rockin' Freakapotamus, but after Slovak's death the recordings were stopped. Now "The Rockin' Freakapotamus" is the name of the Red Hot Chili Peppers' fan club. Red Hot Chili Peppers are A fan club is a group that is dedicated to a well known person group idea (such as History) or sometimes even an inanimate object (such as a famous building

Recording and production

Frontman Anthony Kiedis noted in his autobiography that Frusciante and producer Michael Beinhorn often fought over the former's guitar work. Anthony Kiedis (kiːdɪs "kee-dis" (born November 1 1962 is an American musician and the lead singer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. As such the overall guitar sound on the album is almost overpowering, often drowning out the sound of the other instruments and in particular Kiedis' vocals (This is clearly evident at the end of "Nobody Weird Like Me").

Track listing

All songs written by Red Hot Chili Peppers, except where noted.

  1. "Good Time Boys" – 5:02
  2. "Higher Ground" (Stevie Wonder) – 3:23
  3. "Subway to Venus" – 4:25
  4. "Magic Johnson" – 2:57
  5. "Nobody Weird Like Me" – 3:50
  6. "Knock Me Down" – 3:45
  7. "Taste the Pain" – 4:32
  8. "Stone Cold Bush" – 3:06 ( D. H. Peligro, Flea, Frusciante, Kiedis, Smith)
  9. "Fire" (Jimi Hendrix) – 2:03
  10. "Pretty Little Ditty" – 1:37 (3:08 on remastered version)
  11. "Punk Rock Classic" – 1:47
  12. "Sexy Mexican Maid" (D. " Higher Ground " is a Funk song written by Stevie Wonder and first appearing on his 1973 album Innervisions. Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13 1950 name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris) is an " Knock Me Down " is a single from the Red Hot Chili Peppers album Mother's Milk. " Taste the Pain " is a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers from the album Mother's Milk, and was the third and final single from that album DH Peligro (b 1960 St Louis Missouri, real name Darren Henley) was the Drummer for the hardcore punk band Dead Kennedys from " Fire " is a song written and originally recorded by Jimi Hendrix and released on the 1967 Are You Experienced album by The Jimi Hendrix Experience James Marshall Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix) (November 27 1942 – September 18 1970 was an American Guitarist, Singer and Songwriter H. Peligro, Flea, Frusciante, Kiedis, Smith) – 3:23
  13. "Johnny, Kick a Hole in the Sky" – 5:12

Bonus tracks on 2003 remastered version

  1. "Song That Made Us What We Are Today" (demo) – 12:56
  2. "Knock Me Down" (original long version) – 4:44
  3. "Sexy Mexican Maid" (original long version) – 3:59 (D. H. Peligro, Flea, Frusciante, Kiedis, Smith)
  4. "Salute to Kareem" (demo) – 3:24
  5. "Castles Made of Sand" (live) (Hendrix) – 3:19
  6. "Crosstown Traffic" (live) (Hendrix) – 2:53

B-sides, outtakes and non-album tracks

Song Length Release(s)
"Show Me Your Soul" 4:22
"Politician (Mini-rap)" 0:11

Charting singles

Year Single Chart Position
1989 "Higher Ground" Mainstream Rock Tracks 26
1989 "Higher Ground" Modern Rock Tracks 11
1989 "Knock Me Down" Modern Rock Tracks 6

Personnel

Background vocals on "Higher Ground"

References

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