Parallel Universe (track)
by Red Hot Chili Peppers

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Parallel Universe by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Year: 1999
From the album Californication (track #2)

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85/100 (from 313 votes)

     

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Parallel Universe appears on the following album(s) by Red Hot Chili Peppers:

• Californication (track #2) (this album) (1999)
• Greatest Hits (track #9) (compilation) (2003)
• Live In Hyde Park (track #21) (2004)
• Live At Slane Castle (track #7) (2003)
• Cardiff, Wales 06.23.04 (track #18) (2015)
• The Studio Album Collection 1991-2011 (track #32) (compilation) (2014)
• 2011/11/19 Birmingham, UK (track #6) (2011)

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Rating	Date updated	Member	Track ratings	Avg. track rating
75/100	04/01/2026 20:27	Foxforce5	4,960	77/100
70/100	03/12/2026 21:33	Exist-en-ciel	95,186	71/100
70/100	03/07/2026 21:43	Juneof44	4,082	73/100
80/100	02/19/2026 03:39	imacgill	31,337	81/100
20/100	01/17/2026 00:35	matterhornrider	22,883	86/100

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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 85.3/100, a mean average of 84.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.3.

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From AAL2014 02/27/2023 17:59 | #294513

One of my very favorite RHCP songs and one of my favorite Flea basslines. Listening in headphones to how he and Frusciante weave through the verse riff and harmonize for certain lines is beautiful.

From there it’s one of the great RHCP choruses full of boastful energy, same for the outro jam, one of the album’s best moments.

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From GandalfORiley345 02/28/2015 17:08 | #135799

Really great Peppers

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From pannkakesangen 08/02/2014 19:36 | #118502

another great song

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