L.A. Woman
by The Doors

L.A. Woman by The Doors
Year: 1971
Release date: 1971-04-19
Overall rank: 191st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
83/100 (from 1,433 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1971 (9th)
Award Top 50 albums of the 1970s (45th)
Award Top 200 albums of all time (191st)

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The Doors bestography

L.A. Woman is ranked 2nd best out of 48 albums by The Doors on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Doors is The Doors which is ranked number 27 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 26,055.

The Doors album bestography « Higher ranked (27th)
The Doors
This album (191st)
L.A. Woman
Lower ranked (219th) »
Strange Days

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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L.A. Woman rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 191st | 1970s rank: 45th | 1971 rank: 9th
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2026zsoltiTop 66 Music Albums of the 1970s4/6619
2026stevengnzTop 86 Music Albums of 197119/864
2026mrmcrookTop 21 Music Albums of 19719/213
2026 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of 197127/1004
2026saltysurpriseTop 58 Music Albums of 197133/582
2026JohnnyoTop 100 greatest music albums (alternative list)46/100 -
2026Foxforce5Top 100 Greatest Music Albums29/10072
2026JohnnyoTop 100 Music Albums of the 1970s37/10013
2026steve397Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s79/1004
2026 Robert Anton WilsonTop 99 Music Albums of the 1970s5/9919
2026StreakyNunoTop 100 Greatest Music Albums54/10045
2026 RomanelliMy Overall Chart: 501-60090/100 -
2026rubensTop 100 Greatest Music Albums39/10060
2026fabm0Platinum Zone 32 America Usa 360/71 -
2026TroutMaskGregTop 100 Greatest Music Albums90/10011
2026Foxforce5Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s6/10019
2026fabm0Platinum decade 1970s65/100 -
2026Marswolf68Top 100 Greatest Music Albums82/10018
2026AbsurdCheesecakeTop 70 Music Albums of the 1970s29/7012
2026 djrodoTop 99 Music Albums of the 1970s45/9911
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 1,046
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 7,814
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Average Rating: 
83/100 (from 1,433 votes)
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05/06/2026 19:07 Jakor  Ratings distribution  5,43470/100
 
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04/30/2026 18:20 evo  Ratings distribution  26571/100
 
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04/29/2026 01:22 oilnoilnoilnoil  Ratings distribution  27078/100
 
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04/22/2026 15:11 Pavloss  Ratings distribution  48850/100
 
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04/17/2026 16:45 wizardalien  Ratings distribution  83948/100

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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 82.8/100, a mean average of 81.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 82.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.4.

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40/100
From 04/17/2026 16:46 | #313968
Much more inconsistent than their self-titled debut album. Riders on the Storm, LA Woman and Hyacinth House are great, but the rest of the album is nothing special for me.
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90/100
From 12/04/2024 19:26 | #306366
What a piece of work this La Woman. How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty. In form and movement how express and admirable. In action how like a city of angels, in apprehension how like a God. The ugly beauty of the world.

I love her madly.
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100/100
From 12/02/2023 11:51 | #300259
The best The Doors album
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95/100
From 12/11/2022 12:35 | #291898
One of my favourite albums ever, it takes longer to get into than the first album, but this feels a calmer and more thoughtful, songs like 'Love Her Madly', 'LA Woman' and 'Riders On The Storm' are obvious greats, but 'L'America', 'Hyacinth House' and 'The WASP' have really grown on me. Overall, a must listen, but expect to try it a few times before you really love it.
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Rating:  
85/100
From 11/10/2022 16:06 | #291201
The Changeling - 87
Love Her Madly - 89
Been Down So Long - 81
Cars Hiss By My Window - 80
La Woman - 89
Lamerica - 78
Hyacinth House - 81
Crawling King Snake - 79
The Wasp - 83
Riders On The Storm - 100 (My Favorite Music)

Overall - 84.70
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85/100
From 10/23/2022 23:22 | #290747
The big three - Love Her Madly, LA Woman, Riders In The Storm takes this album from good to almost great.
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80/100
From 09/06/2022 17:41 | #289427
Great record
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From 04/27/2022 12:25 | #284707
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From 03/14/2022 08:18 | #282813
A couple of good tracks and then just some derivative blues. Jim Morrison sings like he has already checked out.
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90/100
From 01/26/2022 22:19 | #280151
Their best output since debut, really enjoyable album and their sound changed in the 70s what we could see at Morrisson Hotel, but here it comes fully changed. Even tough there are some mediocre tracks, the vast majority is well crafted and Riders On The Storm is all-time great.
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