The Soft Parade
by The Doors
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The Soft Parade is ranked 6th 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 25,906.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| ! | 06/15/2026 15:44 |  DommeDamian | 7,431 | 49/100 |
| ! | 05/10/2026 11:56 | Adhura | 1,683 | 77/100 |
| ! | 05/08/2026 11:04 | mids | 936 | 80/100 |
| ! | 05/06/2026 15:41 | Pavloss | 488 | 50/100 |
| ! | 04/07/2026 09:33 |  jeremy9 | 3,738 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.8/100, a mean average of 72.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.
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It's amazing that this is deemed runt of the litter in regards to all studio albums which feature Jim. Yes, it does rank last in that category as all others are better, but this is still a great album with some great songs. It shows the caliber of how great a band the Doors were.
There is one excellent track on this record (Touch Me) but the string arrangements in general just didn't work for me and at this point it did seem like the band had run out of ideas. Thankfully they got their mojo back with the following two releases
Overproduced and very underwhelming. I don't think the Doors even knew where they were going with this dud.
The anniversary reissues include the worthy "Who Scared You", the B-side to single "Wishful Sinful".
IlMala 01/23/2022 21:39 | #279942 | TOP COMMENT
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I feel to defend this album: the voice of Jim Morrison is a mainwork undependently from the music; overall, even the music is nice to listen, different respect Doors standard, but i did enjoy.
If a band makes a bad album then you have to call it out, even if your a fan. I am a Doors fan and this album is not worthy of their name. Following on from their first two great albums, Waiting in the Sun was a disappointment, mainly as a result of not having enough new material because of constantly touring. But this album was even worse. An attempt to move in a different direction musically and a lack of interest by Morrison resulted in a hotchpot of ideas, sugar coated by uncharacteristic pretentious orchestral arrangements and sub standard song writing from Krieger. If you haven't heard it before then don't bother.
seb7 01/26/2021 18:59 | #265157
easily the most forgettable doors album. The only stand out track is the finale.
They tried something different.
Touch me nd The Soft Parade are top 5 The Doors songs.
The others' quality depends of your personal view.
Excellent musicianship, excellent songs... what's not to like?
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