Blood Sugar Sex Magik
by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Red Hot Chili Peppers bestography
Blood Sugar Sex Magik is ranked as the best album by Red Hot Chili Peppers.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 3 days ago | sweetness | 1,072 | 79/100 | |
| 02/25/2026 23:28 | DaveH68 | 1,363 | 76/100 | |
| 02/25/2026 20:05 | Luccaag | 45 | 85/100 | |
| 02/13/2026 01:55 | evstratios | 180 | 97/100 | |
| 02/11/2026 02:47 | edguyerrison | 265 | 73/100 |
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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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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.
SomethingSpecial 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.
My all time favorite album from my all time favorite band, the Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Fun funk rock album to listen and by far their best, maybe songwriting isn't always top notch, but energy is here.
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.
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.
Jboy56 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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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.
For me the bass playing and all round energy are what makes this album
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