What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits
by The Doobie Brothers

What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits by The Doobie Brothers
Year: 1974
Overall rank: 7,243rd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
76/100 (from 70 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1974 (108th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,113th)
Award Best albums of all time (7,243rd)

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The Doobie Brothers bestography

What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits is ranked 4th best out of 21 albums by The Doobie Brothers on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Doobie Brothers is The Captain And Me which is ranked number 2599 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 605.

The Doobie Brothers album bestography « Higher ranked (6,184th)
Toulouse Street
This album (7,243rd)
What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits
Lower ranked (9,289th) »
Takin' It To The Streets

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 7,243rd | 1970s rank: 1,113th | 1974 rank: 108th

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76/100 (from 70 votes)
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03/28/2026 08:21 Imaybeparanoid  Ratings distribution  7,37971/100
 
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09/08/2025 02:52 AAL2014  Ratings distribution  3,70875/100

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This album is rated in the top 5% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.0/100, a mean average of 76.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.9.

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From 03/05/2023 02:42 | #294720
Probably the Doobies' second best effort after The Captain and Me. Black Water is obviously a classic, but the rest is really good too. Another Park, Another Sunday, Eyes of Silver, Spirit, Song to See You Through, Daughters of the Sea, all excellent.
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I'm surprised that no one has yet commented on this album. It is one of their better efforts and no, I don't think the overplayed hit Black Water was the best song. Pursuit on 53rd St., Eyes of Silver, and Another Park are all better songs. This band was so much better before Michael McDonald became the lead singer.
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