By The Way
by Red Hot Chili Peppers
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Red Hot Chili Peppers bestography
By The Way is ranked 3rd 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 8,303.
(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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By The Way track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 01/14/2026 23:56 | This_is_handsome | 769 | 79/100 |
| ! | 12/29/2025 18:00 | mutant | 1,671 | 56/100 |
| ! | 12/17/2025 08:06 | marcoserra1966 | 757 | 58/100 |
| ! | 12/15/2025 03:16 |  Kingturtle | 7,530 | 73/100 |
| ! | 12/05/2025 17:57 | Araldo | 1,471 | 80/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.3/100, a mean average of 75.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.
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Pure 2000s alt rock bliss. John led the way but this was probably every member at their best. To me this is where they hit the perfect balance between funk and alt rock.
SomethingSpecial 07/01/2025 12:02 | #309817
Their most complete masterpiece, and the brain-child of none other than John Frusciante, featuring timeless classics like the title track, Universally Speaking, Dosed, The Zephyr Song, Can't Stop, and the opus Venice Queen.
Brad1770 08/18/2023 05:21 | #298671
I’ve never been the biggest Peppers guy so this has always been my favourite album in their catalogue, mainly because it’s mostly melodic Frusciante and Kiedis and nearly zero annoying over used Flea slap base
Probably the most melodic and tender RHCP album. Still has enough songs that have that funk and energy. The first 11 tracks are nearly perfect.
VictorVale 03/23/2023 12:40 | #295343
Inesquecível pra quem viveu experiências nos anos 00's.
Some of the most beautiful and delicate music the Chili Peppers have made is on this album.
First half much stronger than the second half. But so many good tracks. My second favourite Chilis album. The singles are great, but my favourites are Universally Speaking, Dosed and Venice Queen. Weakest tracks are Tear, On Mercury, Warm Tape.
A record I really wasn't looking forward to listening to again but it really surprised me and has grown on me a lot. The songs are all a lot of fun and all are experimental and kept me entertained even when the run time was dragging a bit. Furthermore, the album has some of the groups best big songs on it but also has some of their best deep cuts and is definitely worth listening to just to find those. The guitar work is the true star of the show though with some of the best instrumentation the band has released. However, the album is easily criticised by its elongated run time and large amount of filler songs. Also, the tempo seems a bit off on some tracks with them feeling a bit slow. Overall, an album I will look forward to coming back to as it is very enjoyable and has a lot of memorable moments to draw me back in.
Some good songs. They could of cut about 6 songs off this album to make it much better. Way to long. Way to much filler
teague 07/07/2020 03:51 | #255151
Probably the most consistent album Red Hot Chili Peppers has released. Some great tracks (By the Way, Can't Stop) and some that seem to barely have the will to exist (Dosed, Warm Tape). Still, By the Way is enjoyable enough for multiple listens.
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