Mother's Milk

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Mother's Milk
Studio album by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Publication (s)	August 22, 1989
Label (s)	EMI / Capitol Records
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Funk rock
Title (number)	13/18
running time	45 min 02 s (first edition) 77 min 55 s (remastered new edition)
occupation	Singing : Anthony Kiedis Guitar : John Frusciante Electric bass : Flea Drums : Chad Smith
production	Michael Beinhorn
Studio (s)	-
chronology The Abbey Road EP (1988) Mother's Milk Blood Sugar Sex Magik (1991)

Mother's Milk is a music album by Red Hot Chili Peppers that was released in August 1989.

The fourth album was originally planned as The Rockin 'Freakapotamus , which is the name of the Red Hot Chili Peppers fan club these days. After the death of Hillel Slovak in 1988 and the related exit of Jack Irons , however, the recordings were stopped.

In 1989, after a one-year break, the recordings were continued with Chad Smith and John Frusciante and Mother's Milk was released in August 1989. John Frusciante was restricted in his creativity due to pressure from the record company to hear more harsh radio riffs. In contrast, he was given more freedom on Blood Sugar Sex Magik .

Knock Me Down , which is dedicated to the late guitarist Hillel Slovak, and Higher Ground , a cover version of an old Stevie Wonder hit , were released as singles in 1989 . Furthermore, the also on the soundtrack to 1990 was Say Anything located Taste the Pain published. The album also includes a second cover version: Fire by Jimi Hendrix . This song was already released on the Abbey Road EP and recorded in the old line-up (with Jack Irons and Hillel Slovak). Punk Rock Classic's outro is a nod to Sweet Child o 'Mine by Guns N' Roses . In 1990 the album reached gold status and took the band on tour to Europe again.

In 2003 a remastered new edition with 5 bonus tracks was released. a. with the original version of Knock Me Down .

In 1999, the Nu-Metal formation Crazy Town released the song Butterfly , which is musically based on the instrumental Pretty Little Ditty .

Track list

All songs written by Michael Balzary , John Frusciante , Anthony Kiedis , Chad Smith , unless otherwise noted.

1. Good Time Boys - 5:02 (contains excerpts from "Bonin 'in the Boneyard" by Fishbone , "Try" by Thelonious Monster and "White Girl" by X )
2. Higher Ground - 3:23 Stevie Wonder
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
9. Fire - 2:03 am Jimi Hendrix
10. Pretty Little Ditty - 1:37
11. Punk Rock Classic - 1:47 (contains an excerpt from Sweet Child o 'Mine by Guns N' Roses )
12. Sexy Mexican Maid - 3:23
13. Johnny, Kick a Hole in the Sky - 5:12

Bonus title of the 2003 new edition

• 14. Song That Made Us What We Are Today (demo) - 12:56
• 15. Knock Me Down (long version) - 4:44
• 16. Sexy Mexican Maid (demo) - 4:00
• 17. Salute to Kareem (demo) - 3:24
• 18. Castles Made of Sand (live) - 3:20 am Jimi Hendrix
• 19. Crosstown Traffic (live) - 2:51 am Jimi Hendrix

Contributors

• Flea - bass, trumpet
• John Frusciante - guitar (except Fire )
• Anthony Kiedis - vocals
• Chad Smith - drums (except Fire and Taste The Pain )
• Philip "Fish" Fisher - drums (at Taste the pain )
• Jack Irons - drums (with Fire )
• Hillel Slovak - guitar (with Fire )
• Dave Coleman - cello (at Taste the pain )
• Patrick English - Trumpet (at Subway to Venus )
• Keith "Tree" Barry - tenor saxophone (with Subway to Venus and Sexy Mexican Maid )
• Vicki Calhoun - backing vocals
• Michael Beinhorn - producer
• Dave Jerden - Mix

Chart placements

album

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1989	Mother's Milk	-	-	-	-	US52 (42 weeks) US	First published: August 16, 1989 Sales: + 2,100,000

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)					Remarks
		DE	AT	CH	UK	US
1989	Higher Ground Mother’s Milk	-	-	-	UK54 (6 weeks) UK	-	First published: 1989
	Taste the pain mother’s milk	-	-	-	UK29 (3 weeks) UK	-	First published: 1989

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1. ↑ ^{a b} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US

Web links

• Mother's Milk on MusicBrainz