The Captain And Me
by The Doobie Brothers
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The Captain And Me is ranked as the best album by The Doobie Brothers.
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The Captain And Me track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Captain And Me rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 60 Music Albums of 1973 | 45/60 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 60/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | 1973: Part 2- #101-200 | 11/39 | - |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 57 Music Albums of 1973 | 37/57 | 2 |
| 2026 | machiaj | Top 40 Music Albums of the 1970s | 9/40 | 16 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 80 Music Albums of 1973 | 72/80 | 1 |
| 2026 | tim0505 | Top 48 Music Albums of 1973 | 17/48 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Sandrof1969 | Top 40 Music Albums of 1973 | 35/40 | 1 |
| 2026 | sweetness | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 50/100 | 10 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 57 Music Albums of 1973 | 35/57 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 126 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 585 | |||
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The Captain And Me ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/27/2026 19:01 | wizardalien | 909 | 48/100 |
| ! | 04/28/2026 18:05 | gmessian | 385 | 60/100 |
| ! | 04/23/2026 14:55 | classicjoe | 507 | 78/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 8% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.0/100, a mean average of 74.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.
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The Captain And Me forum mentions
dihansse 04/21/2025 20:22 in My discoveries per year imacgill 03/06/2024 03:04 in What album are you listening to right now?The Captain And Me comments
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The Doobies would probably not be anybody's list of important or influential artists but this is my favourite album at present.
I was drawn to it by the hit singles China Grove & Long train Running but soon found there was so much more. South City Midnight Lady is Patrick Simmons' greatest song and is perfectly matched by Tom Johnston's Dark Eyed Cajun women.Ukiah,Natural Thing and the title track are all excellent. Two tracks short of ther perfect album
paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 06/03/2013 16:03 | #77982 | TOP COMMENT
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This is very solid classic, 70s rock with shades of bluesy riffs and synthesizers here'n'there, with hits "long train runnin'" and "china grove".
One of my earliest vinyl’s I bought which definitely features most of their popular songs. Something I boogie along to when I listen to songs without trying to figure their meaning. One of my favorite tracks is Dark Eyed Cajun Woman because of that bluesy sound. (Edited)
discojets1 09/16/2016 02:23 | #175068 | TOP COMMENT
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Best Doobie Brothers album.
A great party record back in the day. There are some classic tracks here, hmm maybe I'll put it on the old turntable.
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