Blood Sugar Sex Magik
by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Blood Sugar Sex Magik by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Year: 1991
Release date: 1991-09-24
Overall rank: 183rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 1,769 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1991 (8th)
Award Top 50 albums of the 1990s (39th)
Award Top 200 albums of all time (183rd)

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Blood Sugar Sex Magik is ranked as the best album by Red Hot Chili Peppers.

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Blood Sugar Sex Magik track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Blood Sugar Sex Magik rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 183rd | 1990s rank: 39th | 1991 rank: 8th
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2026mrmcrookTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s70/1006
2026 HeliosTop 90 Music Albums of 199146/903
2026JohnnyoThe Best Rock Albums of the 90's by ScreenRant7/20 -
2026HerdandhokiesTop 39 Greatest Music Albums24/3941
2026 jhuikBest/ Favourite Songs of All Time23/100 -
2026AbsurdCheesecakeTop 50 Music Albums of the 1990s27/5010
2026bonnequestionBest Ever Albums - 1 per Year12/68 -
2026Juneof44Top 100 Greatest Music Albums29/10071
2026UntitledTop 20 Music Albums of 199115/202
2026Juneof44Top 50 Music Albums of 19913/505
2026 RockyRaccoonTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s21/10016
2026 TamthebamTop 89 Music Albums of 199113/894
2026munsonTop 100 Greatest Music Albums68/10032
2026mrfloosakTop 100 Music Albums of 19914/1005
2026wizardalienTop 100 Greatest American Albums87/100 -
2026machiajTop 20 Music Albums of the 1990s20/201
2026matterhornriderTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s71/1006
2026 RomanelliMy Overall Chart: 601-70056/100 -
2026henrygreen0203Top 100 Greatest Music Albums62/10039
2026jlsfourthTop 100 Albums of the 20th Century89/100 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 1,119
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 8,123
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Average Rating: 
79/100 (from 1,769 votes)
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05/11/2026 18:02 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,35870/100
 
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04/27/2026 09:34 artvandelay73  Ratings distribution  24677/100
 
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04/23/2026 13:47 davidleewrong  Ratings distribution  2,35881/100
 
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04/19/2026 19:22 AledJames  Ratings distribution  1,56969/100
 
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04/15/2026 08:33 Liks_on_music  Ratings distribution  59881/100

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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 78.9/100, a mean average of 78.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.5.

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95/100
From 03/30/2026 01:30 | #313687
Nearly perfect
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From 07/14/2025 04:44 | #310099
The bass playing and drumming is so strong, and John Fusciante's guitar is a tour de force - at turns funky, folky, and just enough metal guitar solos. It's the sound of a tight band hitting a peak, sonically they can do no wrong here. Charismatic lead singing performance, and I like the rapping. Several brilliant tunes here as well.
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100/100
From 07/01/2025 12:04 | #309820
Along with Californication, the Red Hot Chili Peppers' first breakthrough album, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, was my other early obsession. With the help of producer Rick Rubin, the Chili Peppers were able to capture one of the greatest musical moments in time, on an album that sounded nothing like the mainstream rock music of its time. And to many, Under the Bridge remains the band's finest musical moment.
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From 04/29/2024 08:20 | #303248
My all time favorite album from my all time favorite band, the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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Rating:  
75/100
From 07/06/2023 20:54 | #297967
Fun funk rock album to listen and by far their best, maybe songwriting isn't always top notch, but energy is here.
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75/100
From 03/24/2023 10:24 | #295365
What makes an album so impressive for me is when you can go from track to track and the quality never drops off. This is not the case with this record. I find the music to jump between being very good, outstanding and for the majority of the record mediocre. This leads to an unengaged listen and an unbalanced experience for me. If they cut out the filler this would be an elite level album but it is there and it greatly elongates the release. This is not helped by how long the run time of the album is as it is tough to stay focused on the music when there isn't enough diversity or quality to make you want to pay attention. Overall, this isn't a bad album but it is over rated and I would argue that they have better albums in their discography.
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From 10/13/2022 13:43 | #290432
A big part of the soundtrack of my adolescence. Love the bass, love the singing but especially adore the guitar playing, subtle and beautiful times, funky and amusing at others, keeping up with Flea is not an easy feat. Two geniuses: Frusciante and Flea.
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Rating:  
80/100
From 03/01/2022 16:44 | #282082
At least the last 4 songs could have been omitted from this long album, easily. A very front-loaded product
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From 02/26/2022 05:55 | #281937
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55/100
From 02/12/2022 20:48 | #281207
Some great stuff on here - Under the Bridge, Give It Away, Breaking The Girl, I Could Have Lied and Power of Equality. But the rest of it is mostly filler, making it way too long. Not for me.
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