The Captain And Me (studio album)
by The Doobie Brothers

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The Captain And Me by The Doobie Brothers
Year: 1973
Overall rank: 2,682nd   
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 142 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1973 (51st)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (486th)
Award Best albums of all time (2,682nd)

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The Captain And Me track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Natural Thing
Average Rating: 78 (37 votes)Comments: View 0
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Long Train Runnin'
Average Rating: 88 (65 votes)Comments: View 3
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China Grove
Average Rating: 87 (55 votes)Comments: View 0
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Dark Eyed Cajun Woman
Average Rating: 79 (35 votes)Comments: View 0
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Clear As The Driven Snow
Average Rating: 81 (35 votes)Comments: View 0
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Without You
Average Rating: 78 (35 votes)Comments: View 0
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South City Midnight Lady
Average Rating: 80 (40 votes)Comments: View 0
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Evil Woman
Average Rating: 75 (33 votes)Comments: View 0
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Busted Down Around O'Connelly Corners
Average Rating: 76 (32 votes)Comments: View 0
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Ukiah
Average Rating: 81 (35 votes)Comments: View 0
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The Captain And Me
Average Rating: 78 (34 votes)Comments: View 0
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The Captain And Me rankings

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Overall rank: 2,682nd | 1970s rank: 486th | 1973 rank: 51st

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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 142 votes)
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 !		10/29/2025 05:17 stangetzaway   2,13385/100
 
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 !		10/05/2025 08:18 zags7000   20,39664/100
 
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 !		09/20/2025 11:54 videoheadcleaner   12,22785/100
 
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 !		08/21/2025 20:17 daCritic   4,37073/100

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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 75.1/100, a mean average of 74.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.

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85/100
From 05/05/2025 18:04 | #308830
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.
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From 09/16/2016 02:23 | #175068
Best Doobie Brothers album.
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80/100
From 03/19/2016 00:39 | #162177
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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From 01/31/2015 15:53 | #133373
Best Track: Long Train Runnin'
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95/100
From 11/15/2013 21:18 | #92641
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
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70/100
From 06/03/2013 16:03 | #77982
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".
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