Rank every Red Hot Chili Peppers album
24 Red Hot Chili Peppers full-lengths released between 1984 and 2023, two at a time, until you have a finished order. No scores to second-guess: pick the record you rate higher and the ranking builds itself.
Leave in the records you have heard. Anything you switch off stays out of the duels, which is the difference between a run you finish and one you abandon.
12 records · about 33 picks
How our raters order them
Average score across every Riffiter rating, best first. Worth reading after you finish your own run, not before it.
- 1
Californication2.237 ratings
- 2
Unlimited Love2.113 ratings
- 3
Blood Sugar Sex Magik2.017 ratings
- 4
The Studio Album Collection 1991 - 20112.06 ratings
- 5
Return of the Dream Canteen2.01 rating
- 6
Stadium Arcadium2.011 ratings
- 7
I'm With You1.915 ratings
- 8
Mother's Milk1.93 ratings
- 9
The Red Hot Chili Peppers1.94 ratings
- 10
By the Way1.52 ratings
- 11
Freaky Styley1.02 ratings
Questions
- How does the Red Hot Chili Peppers album ranker work?
- You see two Red Hot Chili Peppers records at a time and pick the one you rate higher. It opens with 12 albums switched on, which takes about 33 picks; keep all 24 in and it is about 89. It never asks you a question it can already work out: once you have put one record above another, it uses that everywhere it applies.
- Why compare two albums instead of giving each one a score?
- Scores drift. Most people bunch everything they like into the top of a five-star scale, and a four you gave three years ago rarely means what a four means to you today. A choice between two records asks the same question every time, so the order that comes out is sharper than the one your ratings imply.
- Do I need an account?
- Not to rank. The sorting happens in your browser and nothing is stored while you play. A free account is what lets you keep the finished ranking as a list on your profile, where other people can read it, like it and fork it.
- Which Red Hot Chili Peppers releases are included?
- Full-length studio albums with artwork, canonical pressings only. Singles, EPs and the deluxe or remastered editions of a record already in the list are left out, so you are not asked to choose between two versions of the same album.