The Abbey Road E.P.

Infobox Album
Name = The Abbey Road EP
Type = ep
Artist = Red Hot Chili Peppers


Released = 1988
Recorded = 1984–1988
Genre = Funk rock
Length = 15:35
Label = EMI, Capitol
Producer = Andrew Gill, George Clinton, Michael Beinhorn
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wnj9kett7q7q link]
Last album = "The Uplift Mofo Party Plan"
(1987)
This album = "The Abbey Road E.P."
(1988)
Next album = "Mother's Milk"
(1989)

"The Abbey Road" is an EP by Red Hot Chili Peppers, released in 1988 through EMI America. Out of the five tracks included on this EP, four had already been previously-released on the band's studio albums. The only new track is a cover of the song "Fire" by Jimi Hendrix, which was recorded during the sessions for "Freaky Styley" and included as the b-side to "Fight Like a Brave". The same recording of "Fire", however, would be later included once again on the band's next studio album "Mother's Milk" in tribute to Hillel Slovak, the band's original guitarist who died of a heroin overdose and plays guitar on the track.

The title and cover was a tribute to The Beatles' famous album "Abbey Road". Like the Beatles, the cover depicts the four bandmembers walking across a zebra crossing in single file, the twist being that they are all naked except for socks covering their groins. Wearing only socks in this manner was something they regularly employed in their stage shows at the time. [cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wnj9kett7q7q |title=The Abbey Road EP |accessdate=2007-07-31 |author=Sara Sytsma |publisher=allmusic.com ]

Track listing

# "Fire" (Jimi Hendrix) – 2:02
# "Backwoods" (Flea, Jack Irons, Anthony Kiedis, Hillel Slovak) – 3:06
# "Catholic School Girls Rule" (Flea, Kiedis, Cliff Martinez) – 1:57
# "Hollywood (Africa)" (The Meters) – 5:04
# "True Men Don't Kill Coyotes" (Flea, Kiedis, Martinez, Jack Sherman) – 3:38

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