Red Hot Chili Peppers - Mother's Milk
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Free Music Review: GREAT CD!
Hit: 5 Stars
Frusciante really earned his sock stripe here! This kid is A MAZ ING! 19? And plays this well! John played his tail off on Mom's Milk! Chad really proved his skin skills here also. Funk, Rock, Punk all making the dough of this band! Flea and Swan? What Else needs to be said about them! Does Anybody wants some MAGIC JOHNSON!Free Music Review: birth
Hit: 5 Stars
In short I would have to say that this is one heck of an album. The music is great, and perfectly upbeat. I would especially advise getting the remastered version for smoother sound, and great bonus tracks (namely the long versions of "Knock me down", and "Sexy mexican maid"). Buy it, and enjoy.Free Music Review: What happened to these days
Hit: 5 Stars
Sad...This is one of the greatest albums period, and this band has COMPLETELY gone to garbage...a pure example of the death of a band...Free Music Review: Mothers Milk
Hit: 4 Stars
Red Hot Chili Peppers-Mothers Milk ****
Incredible guitar riffs, syncopated drumming, and out of this world bass playing. What more could you want from a rock band? Maybe real vocals from the frontman/lead singer. Look I love Anthony Keidis, he is one of the greatest frontmen in all of rock and roll history but he hadn't found his niche as one of the greatest vocalist's ever. Mothers Milk was the first death after the death of original guitarist Hillel Slovak and the first with new drummer Chad Smith and with the genius guitar of John Frushanti. The band was just now starting to find themselfs on this album. Before they just wanted to be a funk band but here they found a way to mix the funk and soul with hard rock to create one of the greatest lineups in rock history. This was a very important album in Chili Peppers history indeed.
The album opens with the fun hard rocker `Good Time Boys' which was a great way to start the record. The riff is one of the best that John ever created and the chorus is very good as well, very catchy. `Higher Ground' is a Stevie Wonder cover which the band absolutely owns. I love Stevie but the boys tore this song apart and completely made it their own. Powerful vocals and a great bass line made this an instant classic not to mention the first Chili Peppers track to get real recognition. `Subway To Venus' is well exactly the reason why this album is only getting four stars. It is great musically but the vocal delivery is less then great. Keidis was still at the point where he would not sing just rap really, which is good for a while it is good for a while it does get a little annoying. Also his lyrics are a little sub par here. But the song isn't that bad it just gets old after too many listens. But Fleas horns are great. Im sorry but `Magic Johnson' is just straight up annoying and gets on my nerves every time I hear it. `Nobody Weird Like Me' is a great song, in fact it is one of the best on the album. The bass line maybe Fleas all time best. It drives the whole song and Smith's drums follow the bass perfectly. John's guitar is fantastic as well. Anthony's vocals are pretty good here and his lyrics are very good as well. The bridge is fantastic as well. `Knock Me Down' is classic Red Hot Chili Peppers. One of their all time best. This song as well as Higher Ground showed the direction they would be moving in with this album better then any other tracks. It's more just straight up rock and roll instead of funk while still not losing that edge or soul. As far as the album goes Anthony's lyrics are best here and his vocals are best here too. Once again the whole song is based around Fleas bass line. `Taste The Pain' is a little slower and a little better then most of the other songs on the album. More thought went behind this song I feel and it really shows because this is a excellent song. `Stone Cold Bush' is another Peppers classic. A live favorite and a tune adored by all fans. Very cool guitar riff. The lyrics and the melody and the delivery by Anthony reminds me of late 80's Steven Tyler, just less vocally powerful. Next is another cover by and even more legendary artist. `Fire' by Jimi Hendrix, who was a major influence on the Peppers, especially John. The bands version is great, and while not better then the original like Higher Ground this is very original. The bass is turned up and it is made into a punk song. Very good and very enjoyable. `Pretty Little Ditty' is just John playing around on his guitar for a few minutes and it is very calm and beautiful. This track alone inspired countless guitarists. `Punk Rock Classic' is a punk song done in Chili Pepper fashion and done well. `Sexy Mexican Maid' is a great song and it is one of my favorites on the album, and really one of my favorites that the band has ever made. The album comes to a close with `Johnny, Kick A Hole In The Sky' which is alright nothing too special about it. The lyrics have one rhyme scheme. The album would have ended better with Sexy Mexican Maid.
What's great about this album is the new remasterd version which features bonus tracks and out takes as well as two other Hendrix covers `Crosstown Traffic' and `Castles Made Of Sand' I recommend that version because it is longer and is amazing.
To conclude this is a fantastic record. While not the best Chili Peppers album you will hear but it is still one that should be heard. One thing is for sure your Red Hot Chili Peppers collection is not complete with out this album. Recommended to all who are interested.
Free Music Review: From Freaky Styley to BloodSugar... - RHCP at their best
Hit: 4 Stars
Along with the Beastie Boys and Anthrax, this west coast quartet --the original line-up comprised of the two permanent members Anthony Kiedis (vox.) and Michael Balzary/Flea (bass) as well as lead guitarist the late Hillel Slovak and Jack Irons on drums who were replaced by John Frusciante and Chad Smith respectively which, except for a brief dalliance with Jane's Addiction lead guitarist, Dave Navarro, while Frusciante was detoxing from heroin dependence is the line-up at present-- deserves credit for the willful cross-pollenating of previously rigidly defined and hyper-compartmentalized musical styles that which in the mid-'80's was a no-no bordering on sacrilidge. For those like myself whose middle and high school years straddled this period, rock, pop, punk. rap/hip-hop, funk reggae/ska and jazz devotees were in clearly defined sub-cultures that segregated themselves from one another, creating a climate which had little tolleration for those free radicals in the system who saw the merits in Led Zeppelin, George Clinton/Parliament-Funkadelic, Black Flag, Run-D.M.C., Metallica, The Cure, Sly & the Family Stone and Miles Davis simulaneously. Emerging in the early-'80's while the mainstream music culture was still in the grips of the hyper-compartmentalization that I previously mentioned, The Red Hot Chili Peppers took the bold step of combining the various musical styles they loved with equal zeal with a damn-the-torpedoes attitude as to whether or not the public would embrace them and their then-unique sound. They were indeed helped by the now-legendary stage gimmick of playing clad only in kneehigh tube socks worn over their respective genitals. Their sense of humor showed they didn't take themselvews seriosly and this contributed to their growing popularity. Their first album was actually recorded with different personnel on guitar and drums when Hillel and Jack decided they wanted to explore another group but returned for the tour when those plans didnt work out. Freakey-Styley, their 2nd album and a better one, followed their self-titled debut, but they hit their full stride upon the relaese of their 3rd one, Uplift Mofo party Plan, the last one Hillel would contribute to due to a heroin overdose, a death which had a profound effect on the psyches of the remaining members, ultimately leading to Jack Irons exit from the band. Kiedis --who, in spite of the loss of his close friend, was in the grips of his own back and forth battle with heroin addiction-- and Flea decided to soldier on and, with the addition of John and Chad, commenced recording their next record, 1989's Mother's Milk featuring a cover of Stevie Wonder's funk classic, Higher Ground, and a tribute to Hillel Slovak, Knock Me Down. Most bands don't do well after the loss of one or more crucial members, but RHCP replaced one amazingly talented guitarist with another who was arguably better where most bands are lucky to find merely competent substitues; however, they were able to retain and even expand that magic chemistry they had had with the original guitarist and drummer when Frusciante and Smith came on board. Their 5th album and sophmore effort with the new line-up, Blood-Sugar-Sex-Magic saw the Peps at the height of their talents, but Milk was a good preview of what was to come.