Mother's Milk (studio album) by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers bestography

Mother's Milk is ranked 6th 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 187 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 8,719.

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Mother's Milk track list

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74/100 (from 391 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 26% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.7/100, a mean average of 73.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.

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From 11/14/2023 22:02
Good ass album art!
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65/100
From 10/04/2022 05:58
Slightly more hit than miss but there are a couple of turkeys
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From 12/31/2021 18:47
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85/100
From 09/19/2020 01:56
My favorite Chilli's album. More oomph, less commercial. More rock, fuck all filler. A great album all round
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90/100
From 07/22/2019 22:29
Higher Ground is awesome, the rest of the album is rock solid.
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70/100
From 09/17/2018 21:22
The reddest and hottest of ‘em all.
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100/100
From 10/21/2016 00:13
This where they became a force in the music world. Their energy and original sound was evident throughout. I love the use of sweet child of mine riff on punk rock classic and how Pretty Little Ditty was sampled later on.
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75/100
From 06/15/2016 14:58
One of my favourite Red Hot Chili Peppers albums. Mothers milk, the first LP to feature the 'classic' Chili's line up, is probably the most 'metal' sounding of their LP's. Released at the height of the metal era, it works on that score, but certainly is funky too. Best tracks are, good time boys, knock me down, and, taste the pain. A great party album.
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From 04/27/2016 16:57
Any Pepper album with Frusciante is better than an album without. So Mother's Milk lands 5th in their catalogue for me. This is a band still figuring out their identity with the wrong producer that wants their sound heavier than it should be.

This album hits and misses as they search for what they want their band to be but promise is all over this considering what is to come.

Frusciante shreds here more than other albums, a nice change of pace.

But it doesn't hold a candle to their four best records
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From 01/01/2016 23:13
Another step up again after their earlier albums, with this great album
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