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RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS The Uplift Mofo Party Plan (2003 US 14-track CD album - reissue of the bands third album originally released in 1987. Includes the singles Behind The Sun & Fight Like A Brave plus 2 bonus tracks Behind The Sun (Instrumental Demo) and Me And My Friends (Instrumental Demo) presented in a full picture sleeve with minor deletion mark to the spine)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
As I sit here listening to Me & My Friends I think how can a group be so good and so consistent. The album contains some of the heavier of the Chili's tracks. However in their usual style the mellow but fantastic tracks are strewn inbetween. A fantastic album by a fantasic band. If you like Mothers Milk you will love this album anyway its the Chili's need I say more.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
A decent RHCP album - but seek out the original release rather than the 2003 remastered version!
10 Oct 2011
Format:Audio CD
First, a word of warning: if you intend to listen to this album, I urge you to seek out the original CD release rather than the 2003 24-bit digitally remastered version with two bonus tracks, because in my opinion the re-release is down there with the Chili Peppers' own Californication as one of the worst victims of the Loudness War (Google it) I have ever heard! I'm no audiophile, but it's clear that the 2003 edition suffers from an absurd degree of compression, clipping and lack of dynamic range that makes it extremely fatiguing to the ears.
The 1987 version was perfectly adequately punchy as it was, so get that. True, by buying the older version you'll miss out on the 2003 edition's two bonus tracks and the liner notes booklet featuring numerous images and retrospective comments from Flea. But at least the thing will be listenable at high volumes for more than two minutes at a time!
(There are other differences too: for example, on the original release "Fight Like A Brave" fades out, but on the 2003 remastered version it cuts off very abruptly, which is not a change for the better.)
Enough about the remastering; what of the music itself? Well, it's a decent little album, and probably the best of the Chili Peppers' pre-Blood Sugar Sex Magik work. It suffers from dated shouted choruses, but the production is a big step up from RHCP's first two albums, and there's some great guitar playing from Hillel Slovak, who died shortly after the album's release.
The two absolute highlights are "Fight Like A Brave" and "Me and My Friends"; the latter has a great guitar solo. (It's nice to learn that "Me and My Friends" made a return to the RHCP's live repertoire for their recent "I'm with You" album tour.)
"Behind the Sun" is a melodic, lazy summer song. "Skinny Sweaty Man" is fun comedy number in which Anthony Kiedis does his best Mel Blanc Looney Tunes voices, "Organic Anti-Beat Box Band" is an energetic party track, and there's a Bob Dylan cover which is OK (but not as good as the band's later covers of Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground" and Jimi Hendrix's "Fire").
However, "Party on Your Pussy" (which was listed as "Special Secret Song Inside" on the 1987 release, for obvious reasons) and "Love Trilogy" represent the Chili Peppers' unfortunate tendency toward the childish and crude at its worst. (The later "Sir Psycho Sexy" on "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" was just as comedically vulgar, but set to much better music.)
If you're a fan of later RHCP albums looking to get into their earlier work, I would recommend getting the What Hits!? compilation before you delve into this album. That compilation contains this LP's highlights "Fight Like A Brave" and "Me and My Friends", plus two other decent songs from it ("Backwoods" and "Behind the Sun"), as well as most of the worthwhile songs from the Chili Peppers' other early releases. (And, yes, "What Hits!?" uses the original, listenable, 1987 masterings of the songs!)
The 1987 version was perfectly adequately punchy as it was, so get that. True, by buying the older version you'll miss out on the 2003 edition's two bonus tracks and the liner notes booklet featuring numerous images and retrospective comments from Flea. But at least the thing will be listenable at high volumes for more than two minutes at a time!
(There are other differences too: for example, on the original release "Fight Like A Brave" fades out, but on the 2003 remastered version it cuts off very abruptly, which is not a change for the better.)
Enough about the remastering; what of the music itself? Well, it's a decent little album, and probably the best of the Chili Peppers' pre-Blood Sugar Sex Magik work. It suffers from dated shouted choruses, but the production is a big step up from RHCP's first two albums, and there's some great guitar playing from Hillel Slovak, who died shortly after the album's release.
The two absolute highlights are "Fight Like A Brave" and "Me and My Friends"; the latter has a great guitar solo. (It's nice to learn that "Me and My Friends" made a return to the RHCP's live repertoire for their recent "I'm with You" album tour.)
"Behind the Sun" is a melodic, lazy summer song. "Skinny Sweaty Man" is fun comedy number in which Anthony Kiedis does his best Mel Blanc Looney Tunes voices, "Organic Anti-Beat Box Band" is an energetic party track, and there's a Bob Dylan cover which is OK (but not as good as the band's later covers of Stevie Wonder's "Higher Ground" and Jimi Hendrix's "Fire").
However, "Party on Your Pussy" (which was listed as "Special Secret Song Inside" on the 1987 release, for obvious reasons) and "Love Trilogy" represent the Chili Peppers' unfortunate tendency toward the childish and crude at its worst. (The later "Sir Psycho Sexy" on "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" was just as comedically vulgar, but set to much better music.)
If you're a fan of later RHCP albums looking to get into their earlier work, I would recommend getting the What Hits!? compilation before you delve into this album. That compilation contains this LP's highlights "Fight Like A Brave" and "Me and My Friends", plus two other decent songs from it ("Backwoods" and "Behind the Sun"), as well as most of the worthwhile songs from the Chili Peppers' other early releases. (And, yes, "What Hits!?" uses the original, listenable, 1987 masterings of the songs!)
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
So, admittedly, you'd be in the definite minority if you said that this was unreservedly the Chilis best work. What you may be surprised is how close it actually comes to 'Blood Sugar Sex Magik'
Earlier Chili Peppers albums are not that good. They suffer from poor production, a lack of experience, and is the sound of a band partying harder than they play. The party theme is still ongoing, but this album sounds a million times better, and is actually listenable.
Now onto the songs. 'Fight Like a Brave' is a grower. It sounds a bit of a mess, but is a great footstomping call-to-arms. 'Me & My Friends' is another in a similar vein, as is the excellent 'Organic Anti Beat-Box Band'. 'Funky Crime' is a slower, funkier song, as is 'Walking On Down The Road'.
It's really the most rocky album they've ever done. You can argue that this makes it a little hard to digest, and perhaps that's true. But there's hardly a weak song on here, and deserves to be remembered as a classic RHCP album.
Earlier Chili Peppers albums are not that good. They suffer from poor production, a lack of experience, and is the sound of a band partying harder than they play. The party theme is still ongoing, but this album sounds a million times better, and is actually listenable.
Now onto the songs. 'Fight Like a Brave' is a grower. It sounds a bit of a mess, but is a great footstomping call-to-arms. 'Me & My Friends' is another in a similar vein, as is the excellent 'Organic Anti Beat-Box Band'. 'Funky Crime' is a slower, funkier song, as is 'Walking On Down The Road'.
It's really the most rocky album they've ever done. You can argue that this makes it a little hard to digest, and perhaps that's true. But there's hardly a weak song on here, and deserves to be remembered as a classic RHCP album.
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Almost as good as "Mother's Milk!"
This is quite a good album, its like a mixture of "Freaky Styley" and "Mother's Milk", all the tracks are good (Excluding "Skinny Sweaty Man",... Read more
Published on 5 April 2006
(For me) Their Best !!!
Over 15 years after buying it, I've finally got round to saying a few words about it. For me, it is their best album. Hard, fast and funky. Read more
Published on 24 Jan 2005 by M. D. Jacobs
The Uplift Album
This great album from the RHCP is a real thriller. Its first songs, funky crime and fight like a brave, are funky and ear-catching. Read more
Published on 1 Aug 2004 by Nick Fellows
The Uplifting chilis!
This is definately one of my favourite of the Red hot chili peppers albums. However if your favourite is By the Way or Californication, You mightn't like it. Read more
Published on 8 July 2004 by "erica_electrica"
Let's Have A Party!
The second best album by the Chilis in my view, this was the last one recorded with the original guitarist, Hillel Slovak. Read more
Published on 31 Jan 2004 by "jonathand_williams"
Classic Chili Pepper Record- but don't expect By the Way
Out of all of the pre-1990 Chili Pepper records, this is by far the best, probably because it was the only one with the original line up (Kleidis, Flea, Slovak, Irons). Read more
Published on 10 Aug 2003 by "god_coalchamber_death"
Pure funk on a disc
Many people,having heard the by the way,now conaider themselves to be huge chilis fans,but this is the original chilis,the chilis at their best. Read more
Published on 28 Sep 2002 by c miller
Not as accessible, but just as good nonetheless
Although this isn't as accessible as some of their later albums, this is a perfect example of the chilis' genius. Read more
Published on 22 Jun 2001
A MASTERPIECE!!!!!!!!!!!!
This album is a classic. anyone who likes the Chili Peppers should buy this. It is more raw and not so much commercial as more previous albums. Read more
Published on 23 Oct 2000
Classic Peppers
This is the first album where the band showed their true form. It is by far their best album and shows them blending funk and metal to perfection, not to mention the Hendrix... Read more
Published on 16 Jun 2000 by pissheadmike@hotmail.com
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