The Soft Parade (track) by The Doors
Year: 1969
From the album The Soft Parade (track #9)
The Soft Parade appears on the following album(s) by The Doors:
- The Soft Parade (track #9) (this album) (1969)
- Essential Rarities (track #13) (compilation) (2000)
- The Complete Studio Recordings (track #41) (compilation) (1999)
- The Complete Studio Recordings (track #75) (compilation) (1999)
- Box Set (track #36) (compilation) (1997)
- Perception (track #51) (compilation) (2006)
- Boot Yer Butt! The Doors Bootlegs (track #29) (compilation) (2003)
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100/100  | 04/03/2024 22:37 | phmusic | | 100/100 |
85/100 | 02/11/2024 01:46 |  Brandon8 | | 89/100 |
75/100 | 01/19/2024 01:43 | dougcummings | | 69/100 |
80/100 | 01/15/2024 06:04 | blenderbrain | | 71/100 |
80/100 | 01/09/2024 20:38 |  pedro1976 | | 75/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 3% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 82.4/100, a mean average of 81.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 14.6.
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Probably the most underrated Doors song. Everything from "The Monk bought lunch." to the coda is pure genius.
Clever combination of acid rock and pop concludes the album with the Doors customary lengthy final track. If only the rest of the album had been as innovative.
Great early prog like effort.
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