Mother's Milk

by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Overview

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 Bros., and let both frontman Anthony Kiedis and the ubiquitous Flea get back into a good groove following the death of co-founding member Hillel Slovak. With a new lineup coalescing around the remaining duo plus 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 of the opener, "Good Time Boys," it took only a few bars of band's 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. ~ Amy Hanson

Product Details

Release Date:	06/16/2009
Label:	Capitol / Virgin Emi
UPC:	5099969817212
Rank:	17653

Tracks

1. Good Time Boys
2. Higher Ground
3. Subway to Venus
4. Magic Johnson
5. Nobody Weird Like Me
6. Knock Me Down
7. Taste the Pain
8. Stone Cold Bush
9. Fire
10. Pretty Little Ditty
11. Punk Rock Classic
12. Sexy Mexican Maid
13. Johnny, Kick a Hole in the Sky

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Red Hot Chili Peppers   Primary Artist
Phillip "Fish" Fisher   Guest Artist
Wag   Guest Artist,Vocals (Background)
Gretchen Seager   Guest Artist,Vocals (Background)
Julie Ritter   Guest Artist,Vocals (Background)
Jack Irons   Guest Artist,Drums
Hillel Slovak   Guest Artist,Guitar
Chad Smith   Drums
Flea   Bass,Trumpet
Anthony Kiedis   Vocals
Kristen Vigard   Vocals (Background)
Merrill Ward   Vocals (Background)
Patrick English   Trumpet
Vicki Calhoun   Vocals (Background)
Jack Sherman   Vocals (Background)
Keith Tree Barry   Sax (Tenor)
Dave Coleman   Cello
Joel Virgel Viergel   Vocals (Background)
Bruno Deron   Vocals (Background)
Randy Ruff   Vocals (Background)
Iris Parker   Vocals (Background)

Technical Credits

Kevin Flaherty   Reissue Producer
Chad Smith   Composer
Flea   Composer,Liner Notes
John Frusciante   Composer
Robert Vosgien   Remastering
Jimmy Hoyson   Mixing Engineer
Jimi Hendrix   Composer
Michael Balzary   Composer
Michael Beinhorn   Engineer,Producer,Mixing Engineer
George Marino   Mastering
Anthony Kiedis   Composer,Cover Art Concept
Stevie Wonder   Composer
Henry Diltz   Reissue Photography
Dave Jerden   Mixing
Eddie DeLena   Engineer
Red Hot Chili Peppers   Composer
Hillel Slovak   Back Cover
Kenny Nemes   Reissue Coordination
William Hames   Reissue Photography
Nels Israelson   Photography
Peter Shea   Design,Art Direction
Darren Henley   Composer
Kristine Barnard   Reissue Design
Michelle Azzopardi   Art Direction
Rob Gordon   A&R
Henry Marquez   Design,Art Direction
Mark Johnson   Crew
Chad Gaylord Smith   Composer