The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (studio album)
by Red Hot Chili Peppers

The Uplift Mofo Party Plan by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Year: 1987
Overall rank: 3,692nd   
Average Rating: 
68/100 (from 228 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1987 (50th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (551st)
Award Best albums of all time (3,692nd)

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Red Hot Chili Peppers bestography

The Uplift Mofo Party Plan is ranked 9th best out of 23 albums by Red Hot Chili Peppers on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Red Hot Chili Peppers is Blood Sugar Sex Magik which is ranked number 181 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 8,278.

Red Hot Chili Peppers album bestography « Higher ranked (2,945th)
The Getaway
This album (3,692nd)
The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
Lower ranked (5,368th) »
Freaky Styley

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The Uplift Mofo Party Plan track list

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The Uplift Mofo Party Plan rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,692nd | 1980s rank: 551st | 1987 rank: 50th

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68/100 (from 228 votes)
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30/100
From 04/11/2025 18:15 | #308468
Behind the Sun is okay and you can definitely see signs that they are a talented band based on this album, but let's be honest it's not a good album is it?
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90/100
From 04/16/2019 16:11 | #235083
The original incarnation. Tremendously influenced by George Clinton.
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60/100
From 04/04/2018 03:24 | #212268
It's always good to listen to the band with some their original members in the line-up, but they didn't really put out the best material with those guys. Still a good album, just not my favorite Chili Peppers album.
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70/100
From 07/30/2017 18:39 | #195193
Still limited as a 'bunch of guys who like to party' band. The lyrics are growing, but still limited. However, the sound is good. This is the Peppers at their most loose.
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90/100
From 10/20/2016 23:50 | #177246
This is the first great Chili Pepper album for me. It has all the pieces that made them very popular later on. Fight Like A Brave and Me and My Friends show their unique sound. Behind the Sun shows they can change pace.
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From 07/06/2016 11:25 | #170662
It's not too bad. Fight like a brave, is an excellent track, but that, party on your pussy, song is awful, as is the cover of Dylan's, subterranean homesick blues. The rest is enjoyable, but this is the last of the Chili's first phase albums.
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From 04/27/2016 17:07 | #164728
An exercise in futility if you listen to first 3 Peppers albums thinking they will grow on you.

They are just bad albums. Young kids having fun on the west coast partying. Yay.

It is fun to listen just to see the unexpected development into their future careers. I mean, there is not a hint on any of these albums of what they could become. It really is astonishing.
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75/100
From 03/21/2016 22:19 | #162311
A great 80's party album. It's aged well and is still fun to listen to.
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85/100
From 04/15/2013 00:21 | #73171
First solid album of theirs in my opinion. There are only 2-3 songs that really shouldn't have made the cut. But hey for a band with the history they went through, it is amazing they did this well. First and last album to have all original members. John Frusciante just took this band to a whole new level though.
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40/100
From 04/26/2012 19:39 | #40964
This is a little better than Freaky Styley, a little more RHCP. The next album was where it'd really coalesce though. The last album with Slovak and Irons.
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Best Albums of 1987
1. The Joshua Tree by U2
2. Appetite For Destruction by Guns N' Roses
3. Sign "O" The Times by Prince
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