Freaky Styley (studio album)
by Red Hot Chili Peppers

Freaky Styley by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Year: 1985
Overall rank: 5,389th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
65/100 (from 223 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1985 (64th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (785th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,389th)

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Red Hot Chili Peppers bestography

Freaky Styley is ranked 10th 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 179 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 8,357.

Red Hot Chili Peppers album bestography « Higher ranked (3,669th)
The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
This album (5,389th)
Freaky Styley
Lower ranked (6,103rd) »
Unlimited Love

(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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Freaky Styley track list

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Average Rating: 
65/100 (from 223 votes)
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10/22/2025 22:56 EyeKanFly  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 7,97565/100
 
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10/18/2025 02:20 imacgill  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 2,49879/100
 
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10/15/2025 14:03 SomethingSpecial  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,72882/100
 
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09/25/2025 09:24 rkid61  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 11460/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 65.1/100, a mean average of 64.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 64.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.3.

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85/100
From 09/25/2025 09:25
I get that Red Hot Chili Peppers fans might not like this album since it doesn’t sound like the band’s early or recent work. But damn, for people who love funk like me, it’s really an amazing album!
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80/100
From 04/26/2022 22:27
Bem divertido, o funk pegando fogo!!
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90/100
From 12/16/2020 19:07
Screw what the haters say, I loved this!
#262780 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | +5 votes (5 helpful | 0 unhelpful)
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#246623 | Helpful?  (Log in to vote) | -3 votes (0 helpful | 3 unhelpful)
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From 07/30/2017 18:40
RHCP at their most funky, but pales in comparison to their 90s work.
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70/100
From 10/21/2016 00:00
The funkiest RHCP album some nice tracks and some that showed they were still a work in progress.
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From 07/05/2016 17:23
Produced by George Clinton, freaky styley, is an improvement on their first record, but it's still nothing special. A bit immature, but there are hints of the greatness to come. Easily the best of the first three Chili's albums.
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10/100
From 04/27/2016 17:10
There are no redeemable qualities in this 2nd album. The first 3 Pepper albums are bad. They partied and skated and wore socks on their dongs and had a blast being loud. Yay for them.

Nothing in this album hints at their potential so going back to hear where they were at the time is an interesting listen for a few minutes.

This is trash trash trash
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80/100
From 03/15/2016 00:43
This album is a mess. I personally like it but I can see how other people would not. I guess you had to have been there.
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