Blues For The Red Sun
by Kyuss

Blues For The Red Sun by Kyuss
Year: 1992
Release date: 1992-06-30
Overall rank: 2,069th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 246 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1992 (35th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (355th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,069th)

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Kyuss bestography

Blues For The Red Sun is ranked 2nd best out of 6 albums by Kyuss on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Kyuss is Welcome To Sky Valley which is ranked number 1148 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,519.

Kyuss album bestography « Higher ranked (1,148th)
Welcome To Sky Valley
This album (2,069th)
Blues For The Red Sun
Lower ranked (6,532nd) »
...And The Circus Leaves Town

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Blues For The Red Sun track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Blues For The Red Sun rankings

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Overall rank: 2,069th | 1990s rank: 355th | 1992 rank: 35th

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Blues For The Red Sun ratings

Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 246 votes)
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04/08/2026 15:18 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  11,38270/100
 
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02/28/2026 16:15 DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
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02/23/2026 19:52 JakobZonnemensch  Ratings distribution  3100/100
 
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01/28/2026 23:27 Gedi  Ratings distribution  28083/100
 
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12/15/2025 23:50 mizzle  Ratings distribution  1,47182/100

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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 78.7/100, a mean average of 77.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.9.

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From 08/22/2017 02:28 | #196525
One of the three albums that began stoner rock, this album has a lot going on melodically beneath the surface, which is why it is not just another Black Sabbath clone. The vocals, soloing, even base fills are playing harmonies which give the feeling of depth under the wall of sound power chords. The first half has all the hits.
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From 05/08/2015 20:35 | #141087
Stoner. It all began here.
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From 02/19/2012 18:52 | #37153
Beautiful and crushing at the same time.
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