| Mother's Milk | 
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| Artist: Red Hot Chili Peppers
Label: Capitol
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 18461
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 40378
UPC: 724354037825
EAN: 0724354037825
ASIN: B000078DOI
Release Date: March 10, 2003
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| Tracks:
| • | Good Time Boys | | • | Higher Ground | | • | Subway To Venus | | • | Magic Johnson | | • | Nobody Weird Like Me | | • | Knock Me Down | | • | Taste The Pain | | • | Stone Cold Bush | | • | Fire | | • | Pretty Little Ditty | | • | Punk Rock Classic | | • | Sexy Mexican Maid | | • | Johnny Kick A Hole In The Sky | | • | Song That Made Us What We Are Today | | • | Knock Me Down | | • | Salute To Kareem | | • | Castles Made Of Sand | | • | Crosstown Traffic |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
The Chili Peppers finally hit their stride with Mother's Milk, for the first time making their breakneck mix of funk, rap, and metal smooth enough to attract the masses, while keeping it raw enough not to alienate old fans. They've straddled that edge ever since. It didn't hurt that they offered a pretty mainstream cover of Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground" to introduce the album. That single though, and the rest of Mother's Milk (including "Knock Me Down" and the randy "Sexy Mexican Maid") is pure Pepper--from Anthony Kiedis's in-your-face vocals to Flea's chattering bass. Milk was also guitarist John Frusciante's debut with the group. --Michael Ruby
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| Customer Reviews: Read 14 more reviews...
 the real magic March 22, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The album that introduced me to four guys who would soundtrack most of my adult life... together with Faith No More they've had a lasting impression on my musical tastes ever since ever. Although Blood Sugar... will always be the standout for it's Frusciante licks and mellower basslines and more experimental edge, this album rocks on a level they haven't gone back to since. And because of this I think this remains their most 'fun' album, filled with frat-school rocking and some monster riffing. 'Nobody weird like me' was played live when i saw them last year, and it remains the highlight of all their gigs I've seen (bar 'scar tissue').
Good Time Boys December 12, 2006
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is the album that introduced me to the Red Hot Chili Peppers. And I can tell you, it totally blew me away! From the album cover, to its mix of punk, funk, rap and rock, to four guys dancing around the stage in their underwear, it was like nothing I'd seen or ever heard before. Along with Blood Sugar Sex Magik, this was to define who I am today.I grew up listening to songs on this record, and today, 16 years later, they still mean as much to me as they did back then.
This was the bands first commercial success, and of course the introduction of John Frusciante and Chad Smith. Only John could have filled the void left behind by Hillel Slovack, and it is clear on this album Hillel was one of his biggest influences. I doubt the Red Hot Chili Peppers would have ever tasted the success they have, had it not been for John, as he brings something more to the band.
And then of course there's Chad, who hits the drums harder than anybody. Flea's bassline lays the foundation, you can feel all of his energy being poured into the making of this record, while Anthony has a couple of his best lyrical efforts on here. (Knock me down, Taste The Pain).
While this album may not be as good as the ones that followed, (with the exception of 'One Hot Minute', of course) it is certainly a good aquisition for anybody who jumped on the post 'blood sugar' bandwagon.
A couple of songs on here (Stone Cold Bush & Johnny,Kick A Hole In The Sky) will leave you breathless, while a couple (Magic Johnson & Nobody Weird Like Me) could have easily been left off the album and not missed.
Overall, a very good effort nonetheless...It definitely set the stage for what was to come.
Mothers Milk February 22, 2005
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
This album is another quality hit from the chili peppers, although the first album to include guitarist john frusciante and drummer chad smith the chillis still manage to create the magic as in all the other albums. This album shows how they start to move from punk funk to more conventional rock, yet still keeping their own distinctive sound. Although often forgotten by today's fans, this album will stay in the favourites for many years to come. Fantastic.
Old Spice January 18, 2005
33 out of 34 found this review helpful
I got into the Chili's in a pretty back to front way - I bought Anthony Kiedis's autobiography 'Scar Tissue' on the off-chance, the blurb made his life seem interesting and different - and I couldn't find another book I wanted to read. It's strange, I'm only 44 and knew of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, but was unfamiliar with their music, or at least thought I was. However, like any decent biography, it made me become inured in the persons life for a week and brought the things he's done into sharp relief rather than being out there in the ether with everything else. So I hear 'Californication', 'By The Way' and Under the Bridge', etc and realised that I know these songs after all, just didn't know who they were by. Age has taken its toll after all...So I've just gently started to go through their back catalogue expecting to be progressively less impressed as they moved out of the Rick Rubin era back towards their debut. So far so wrong. I haven't got RHCP and Freaky Styley yet, but think this album is excellent and although I didn't enjoy Uplift Mofo quite as much, there isn't too much in it. I tend to like this more than BSSM, it's certainly faster and heavier, although maybe not as polished.
What I particularly like about this album [and the RHCP in general] is that many of their songs have a well chosen change of pace or a captivating solo that maintains the interest and keeps you going back for a re-listen. The only little nit that I'll pick is that 'Fire' sounds pretty muddy, but then it was recorded live a while before the album was made. 'Pretty Little Ditty' sounds like a precurser to the Californication era, while 'Good Time Boys' rampages and then is twisted by a funky bass line and rampages again. My favourite track is 'Johnny, Kick a Hole in the Sky', it's a fusion of all that the RHCP have taught me in the past couple of months - I didn't understand the funk/punk thing until I heard RHCP, now I realise it's the funk that punk was missing. Or at least it seems that way at my age, whearas at 17 I probably thought differently. Red Hot Chili Peppers? Discovered them late. Glad I did.
They can't get much better than this! September 27, 2004
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
This chili peppers album, mothers milk, is the chilis fouth album and it rocks! The first track, good time boys, is a funky easy listening song. there are also tracks like taste the pain ehich are not to miss. the second track, higher ground, is well known because it's on the greatest hits album. this album is also famous because it the album relased after the highly rated uplift mofo party plan.
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