The Uplift Mofo Party Plan

The Uplift Mofo Party Plan is the third studio album by Red Hot Chili Peppers. Red Hot Chili Peppers is an American rock band. The album was released by Manhattan Records on September 29, 1987. The Uplift Mofo Party Plan is the band's only album that has the founding members on every song. These people are singer Anthony Kiedis, bass guitar player Flea, guitar player Hillel Slovak and drummer Jack Irons. This is the last Red Hot Chili Peppers album with Slovak on it. This is because he died from a drug overdose in 1988.^[2] The album had one single. It is named "Fight Like a Brave". In 1992, "Behind the Sun" was released as a single as well. This was because it was on What Hits!?, a greatest hits album.

The album was much more successful than the band's first two albums. It was the band's first album to go on the Billboard 200 music chart.^[3] The Uplift Mofo Party Plan was certified gold by the RIAA. The band went on tour to make the album more popular. Slovak died after the tour. Because of this, Irons left the band.^[4]

1. ↑ Birchmeier, Jason. "Freaky Styley – Review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
2. ↑ "Hillel Slovak; Guitarist in Flamboyant Rock Band". Los Angeles Times. June 30, 1988. Retrieved January 15, 2011.
3. ↑ "Red Hot Chili Peppers Albums Charting". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. Retrieved September 12, 2007.
4. ↑ Kiedis, Sloman, 2004. p. 224