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Red Hot Chili Peppers – Mother's Milk (VG/VG+) – LP, Australasia 1990
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Mother's Milk is an LP by Red Hot Chili Peppers from 1990 released on the EMI USA label.
About this album
Mother’s Milk is the album that sharpened Red Hot Chili Peppers into a bigger force, fusing funk, punk and hard rock with far greater focus and impact. Released in 1989, it marked the band’s first full studio outing with guitarist John Frusciante and drummer Chad Smith, a line-up that gave the songs extra bite and precision. Their muscular reworking of Stevie Wonder’s Higher Ground became a breakout moment, while cuts such as Knock Me Down showed a stronger melodic edge. The album helped set up the band’s commercial rise and remains a key bridge between their early chaos and later mainstream success.
Genre: Pop & Rock
Review
AllMusic rating:AllMusic users:Artist: Red Hot Chili PeppersLabel: EMI USA – USA-792152Format: LP, AlbumUnits: 1Country: AustralasiaReleased: 1990Genre: Pop & RockStyle: Alternative Rock, Funk MetalA1 Good Time Boys
A2 Higher Ground
A3 Subway To Venus
A4 Magic Johnson
A5 Nobody Weird Like Me
A6 Knock Me Down
B1 Taste The Pain
B2 Stone Cold Bush
B3 Fire
B4 Pretty Little Ditty
B5 Punk Rock Classic
B6 Sexy Mexican Maid
B7 Johnny, Kick A Hole In The Sky