This is one of my favorite bands of all time. I've been listening to them since I was a young boy. Easily the most influential artist to my ears.

I would also HIGHLY recommend listening to John Frusciante's solo work. It's life changing, once you know his story.

1. Blood Sugar Sex Magik
2. By The Way
3. Stadium Arcadium
4. Californication
5. Mother's Milk
6. I'm With You
7. One Hot Minute
8. The Getaway
9. The Red hot Chili Peppers
10. Freaky Styley
11. Uplift Mofo Party Plan

Kinda overrated, in my opinion. Maybe I just need to listen to more songs.

Let me do my personal favourites albums by my favourite band:

1. Blood Sugar Sex Magik
2. Californication
3. One Hot Minute
4. Stadium Arcadium
5. I'm With You
6. Mother's Milk
7. By the Way
8. The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
9. The Getaway
10. Freaky Styley
11. The Red Hot Chili Peppers

If you disagree with something, please reply.

01. 1989 - 9 - Mother's Milk [Higher Ground, Nobody Weird Like Me]
02. 1991 - 9 - Blood Sugar Sex Magic [Under The Bridge]
03. 2002 - 9 - By The Way [By The Way, Venice Queen]
04. 1999 - 9 - Californication [Scar Tissue]
05. 2006 - 8 - Stadium Arcadium [Dani California]
06. 1987 - 8 - The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
07. 2011 - 8 - I'm With You
08. 2016 - 8 - The Getaway [Dark Necessities]
09. 1995 - 7 - One Hot Minute
10. 1985 - 7 - Freakey Styley
11. 1984 - 7 - Red Hot Chili Peppers

One of the bands of my youth who I will always ride with.

I would rank their albums in the following order:

1. Blood Sugar Sex Magik
2. Californication
3. Mother's Milk
4. Stadium Arcadium
5. By the Way
6. The Uplift Mofo Party Plan
7. I'm With You
8. The Getaway
9. One Hot Minute
10. Freakey Styley
11. Red Hot Chili Peppers

Flee got his nickname because he was always running away when anything slightly worrying happened

Did you know that Flea had just been chopping chili, the next job on the agenda was applying pile ointment. He named the band to remind himself to wash his hands.

I have a soft spot for bands that evolve and refine their sound. It's a treat to go through The Peppers catalogue and witness the transformation of their sound. The profound effect different guitarists have on the steady forces of Kiedis and Flea.

BloodSugar, Californication, By The Way are masterpieces.

Pick your favorite 14 songs from Stadium Arcadium, which will be different than my 14, and you can add that album to the above list.

Their story is interesting too. How they have managed to keep on keeping on is a testament.

A real "singles" band, in that their hypothetical Greatest Hits collection would be their best standalone album.

The two "big" albums (BloodSugar and Californication) are generally solid, and their other work boasts the occassional cracking track, but there's a lot of yawn and filler in their canon.

I have friends who are massive fans, and they insist I'm missing something.

They're pretty solid. I haven't really found any of their studio albums to be anything super awesome, but their singles are all really really good. If their Greatest Hits album included songs from Stadium Arcadium, like Dani California and Snow, that would be one of my favorite greatest hits albums of all time. Overall pretty great band.