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 24 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 183 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 7,944.
(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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By The Way rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 34/100 | 13 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 36 Music Albums of 2002 | 10/36 | 4 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 2002 | 16/50 | 4 |
| 2026 | timosbuecherei | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 49/100 | 52 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum albums Pt 4 | 71/100 | - |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 36 Music Albums of 2002 | 33/36 | 1 |
| 2026 | araidernomore | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 41/100 | 12 |
| 2026 |  EyeKanFly | Top 75 Music Albums of 2002 | 25/75 | 3 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 35/100 | 13 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Greatest American Albums | 26/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 619 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 4,002 | |||
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By The Way ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/07/2026 19:34 | xhitmanx | 1,573 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/28/2026 10:28 | TroutMaskGreg | 1,810 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/25/2026 15:12 |  DommeDamian | 7,699 | 48/100 |
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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 75.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.2.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 3 days ago in Album of the day (#7415): By The Way by Red Hot Chili Peppers BestEverAlbums 08/26/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5416): By C_Krug2009 BestEverAlbums 08/19/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5409): By bermolderBy The Way comments
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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. (Edited)
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. (Edited)
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 (Edited)
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.
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