Mother's Milk

Mother's Milk is the Red Hot Chili Peppers' fourth album. It was released on August 22, 1989.

A video was made to accompany "Knock Me Down" and "Higher Ground" (on MTV and VH1), the opening track. Those two songs has been a popular choice for club DJs playing the Red Hot Chili Peppers, because of its popularity, familiarity and suitability, given the length and style of most of the Red Hot Chili Peppers's other songs.

Before this album was released, the previous guitarist Hillel Slovak passed away on June 25, 1988 and Jack Irons was replaced and next became new members, Chad Smith (Drums) and John Frusciante (All Guitars).

Mother's Milk peaked at #52 on Billboard's Top 200 album chart.

Table of contents

1 Tracks
2 Personnel
3 Charting singles

Tracks

Good Time Boys - 5:02
Higher Ground (Wonder) - 3:23
Subway to Venus - 4:25
Magic Johnson - 2:57
Nobody Weird Like Me (Kiedis) - 3:50
Knock Me Down (Red Hot Chili Peppers) - 3:45
Taste the Pain - 4:32
Stone Cold Bush - 3:06
Fire (Hendrix) - 2:03
Pretty Little Ditty - 1:37
Punk Rock Classic - 1:47
Sexy Mexican Maid - 3:23
Johnny, Kick a Hole in the Sky - 5:12

Personnel

Kristen Vigard - Vocals (bckgr)
Michael Beinhorn - Producer, Engineer
Vicki Calhoun - Vocals (bckgr)
Eddie DeLena - Engineer
Flea - Bass, Trumpet
John Frusciante - Guitar
Jack Irons - Drums
Dave Jerden - Mixing
Anthony Kiedis - Vocals, Cover Art Concept
Felix Pappalardi - Producer
Garth Richardson - Engineer
Jack Sherman - Vocals (bckgr)
Aklia Shin - Vocals (bckgr)
Hillel Slovak - Guitar, Paintings
Chad Smith - Drums
Merrill Ward - Vocals (bckgr)
Dave Coleman - Cello
Patrick English - Trumpet
Iris Parker - Vocals (bckgr)
Henry Marquez - Art Direction, Design
Julie Ritter - Vocals (bckgr)
Gretchen Seager - Vocals (bckgr)
Peter Shea - Art Direction, Design
Nels Israelson - Photography
Bruno Deron - Vocals (bckgr)
Joel Virgel Viergel - Vocals (bckgr)
Wag - Vocals (bckgr)
Fish - Drums

Charting singles

1989 Higher Ground                 Mainstream Rock Tracks             No. 26
1989 Higher Ground                 Modern Rock Tracks                 No. 11
1989 Knock Me Down                 Modern Rock Tracks                 No. 6\n