The Soft Parade (studio album) by The Doors

The Soft Parade by The Doors
Year: 1969
Overall rank: 1,275th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 546 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1969 (39th)
Award Top albums of the 1960s (135th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,275th)

The Doors bestography

The Soft Parade is ranked 6th best out of 45 albums by The Doors on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Doors is The Doors which is ranked number 30 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 29,387.

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Waiting For The SunThe Soft ParadeAbsolutely Live

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The Soft Parade track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 546 votes)
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02/04/2024 15:58 asimpkins  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,98668/100
 
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.9/100, a mean average of 72.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.2.

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From 04/27/2023 16:29
The anniversary reissues include the worthy "Who Scared You", the B-side to single "Wishful Sinful".
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From 01/23/2022 21:39
I feel to defend this album: the voice of Jim Morrison is a mainwork undependently from the music; overall, even the music is nice to listen, different respect Doors standard, but i did enjoy.
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70/100
From 01/14/2022 20:10
If a band makes a bad album then you have to call it out, even if your a fan. I am a Doors fan and this album is not worthy of their name. Following on from their first two great albums, Waiting in the Sun was a disappointment, mainly as a result of not having enough new material because of constantly touring. But this album was even worse. An attempt to move in a different direction musically and a lack of interest by Morrison resulted in a hotchpot of ideas, sugar coated by uncharacteristic pretentious orchestral arrangements and sub standard song writing from Krieger. If you haven't heard it before then don't bother.
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65/100
From 01/26/2021 18:59
easily the most forgettable doors album. The only stand out track is the finale.
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From 07/10/2020 18:45
They tried something different.
Touch me nd The Soft Parade are top 5 The Doors songs.
The others' quality depends of your personal view.
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From 06/06/2020 09:43
Excellent musicianship, excellent songs... what's not to like?
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55/100
From 01/21/2020 23:50
The Daft Parade?
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From 10/05/2019 18:33
Great album despite what people can say. It’s just very different from the others. I like all the songs in it.

Standouts: Touch Me, Wild Child, The Soft Parade
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From 05/20/2018 12:42
The Doors are trying to not fall from the cliff from all the steps back they have made in their music.
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