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Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1992". Billboard. Archived from the original on November 3, 2017 . Retrieved February 26, 2021. Blood Sugar Sex Magik" defined the more commercially viable sound of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, a bizarrely appealing amalgamation of hip-hop, metal and funk, a culmination of their genre-defying non-conformity within the music industry. Indeed, the album is their most consistent and cogent, and wholly deserves its reputation as one of the greatest records of all-time, but may not be the best place to start for a casual fan due to its excessive length. I would strongly advise anyone new to their music to stream their second greatest hits compilation released in 2003 before delving into their albums, only three of which, including "Blood Sex Sugar Magik", are essential listening.Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time". Rolling Stone. 2012. Archived from the original on August 23, 2019 . Retrieved September 9, 2019.

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British album certifications – Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved January 15, 2021. Blood Sugar Sex Magik was placed atop many "Best Of" lists, especially those pertaining to the '90s. Spin magazine charted the album at number 58 on their "Top 90 Albums of the 90s", and Pause and Play ranked it number 11 on a similar list. [72] [75] In a 2021 article listing "The Best Albums of 1991" from the staff of Paste magazine, Blood Sugar Sex Magik ranked number 15 on the list. [5] The record was also placed in Guitarist Magazine's "101 Essential Guitar Albums"; [77] and included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. [90] American album certifications – Red Hot Chili Peppers – Blood Sugar Sex Magik". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved January 15, 2021.