Greatest Hits (compilation album)
by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Greatest Hits by Red Hot Chili Peppers
(Compilation album)
Year: 2003
Overall rank: 9,634th   
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 140 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2003 (186th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (1,691st)
Award Best albums of all time (9,634th)

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Red Hot Chili Peppers bestography

Greatest Hits is ranked 12th 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 180 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 8,298.

Red Hot Chili Peppers album bestography « Higher ranked (6,085th)
Unlimited Love
This album (9,634th)
Greatest Hits
Lower ranked (10,124th) »
Return Of The Dream Canteen

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Greatest Hits track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 84 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Greatest Hits rankings

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Overall rank: 9,634th | 2000s rank: 1,691st | 2003 rank: 186th

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Greatest Hits ratings

Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 140 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.5/100, a mean average of 78.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.1.

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From 07/05/2025 12:04 | #309913
Words cannot describe how obsessed I was with this compilation album as a child. Everything from the cover to the track selection and their sequence, including the amazing b-sides Fortune Faded and Save the Population, is perfect. It is also the only Chili Peppers release that is the home to one of their greatest ever songs, Soul to Squeeze.
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From 09/19/2020 02:05 | #258406
Fantastic compilation. If you want the hits, this is it.
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From 07/25/2020 15:02 | #256187
If i had to pick only one album that i can listen to the rest of my life I think this might be the one
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From 11/02/2014 09:03 | #125998
A good collection of RHCP songs/hits.
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From 04/26/2012 20:06 | #40973
A couple new songs and a good batch of old ones. If you just want the big hits then look no further.
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