Purple Stain (track)
by Red Hot Chili Peppers
Year: 1999
From the album Californication (track #13)
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Purple Stain appears on the following album(s) by Red Hot Chili Peppers:
- Californication (track #13) (this album) (1999)
- Live In Hyde Park (track #17) (2004)
- Live At Slane Castle (track #12) (2003)
- The Studio Album Collection 1991-2011 (track #43) (compilation) (2014)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 01/17/2026 00:37 | matterhornrider | 22,720 | 86/100 | |
| 11/12/2025 02:58 | Exist-en-ciel | 79,457 | 70/100 | |
| 06/27/2025 16:46 | ShenBapiro | 6,173 | 77/100 | |
| 05/28/2025 00:27 | mrmcrook | 11,541 | 78/100 | |
| 02/22/2025 20:55 | timosbuecherei | 3,261 | 60/100 |
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This track has a Bayesian average rating of 75.9/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.8.
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Stank face-inducing
I think the track sounds just fine. Starts grooving, then I love that rythm and mood change towards the ending.
Come on, they could make this sound better
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