10 Underrated Albums By Huge Bands

10. Mother's Milk - Red Hot Chili Peppers (1989)

The Red Hot Chili Peppers have one of the more interesting back catalogues in terms of style. Considering just how huge they are now, it took them a damn long time to produce an album that was both commercially and critically successful. That finally came in 1991 with the release of Blood Sugar Sex Magik. Blood Sugar has come to represent the pinnacle of their early sound, but it also served to eclipse the record that preceded it.

Although, Mother's Milk did not have the cultural impact of is successor, the album marked a huge step forward for the band. After a somewhat tumultuous start to their career - which saw an incessant stream of drummers; a slew of drug binges, and the death of a guitar player - the band finally got their act together to record Mother's Milk.

The aptly named opening number, Good Time Boys, introduced the new configuration with style. Flea kicked things off with some signature slap; Frusciante came in with some metal guitar and Smith pounded out the jams. Kiedis was still very much the rapper at this period but his delivery was starting to incorporate more typical singing techniques. As well as a funked out version of Stevie Wonder's, Higher Ground, the record also contained one of the bands more musically sensitive tracks, up until that point. Pretty Little Ditty, was a tender guitar melody that signposted a more reserved approach, that would eventually became the band's signature.