The Soft Parade
by The Doors
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The Soft Parade is ranked 6th best out of 49 albums by The Doors on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Doors is The Doors which is ranked number 28 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 25,293.
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The Soft Parade 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 Soft Parade rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Top 45 Music Albums of 1969 | 32/45 | 2 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1969 | 24/91 | - |
| 2026 |  SomethingSpecial | Top 12 Music Albums of 1969 | 7/12 | 3 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 49 Music Albums of 1969 | 27/49 | 2 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 80 Music Albums of 1969 | 54/80 | 2 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 66 Music Albums of 1969 | 17/66 | 4 |
| 2026 | Pavloss | Top 50 Music Albums of the 1960s | 31/50 | 8 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 37 Music Albums of 1969 | 36/37 | 0 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 25 Music Albums of 1969 | 20/25 | 1 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 45/100 | 11 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 310 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,359 | |||
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The Soft Parade ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 4 days ago |  Purplepash | 5,005 | 75/100 |
| ! | 10/10/2026 21:31 | Artem | 872 | 77/100 |
| ! | 10/07/2026 03:45 | OldWiseOne1969 | 160 | 82/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.7/100, a mean average of 72.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.
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The Soft Parade forum mentions
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The Soft Parade comments
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Brandon8 TOP 100 COMMENTER 02/17/2017 15:52 | #185824 | TOP COMMENT
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This was a bit of a train wreck for example Tell All the People. I recommend Touch Me and The Soft Parade nothing else is too memorable but it's not awful just not up to their standard.
junodog4 TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/19/2012 04:34 | #46792 | TOP COMMENT
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Touch Me is a gem. The rest of this album is just OK.
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. (Edited)
As the name suggests, this is one of their softest albums with backing strings galore to make lush pop songs. I'm not sure it works.
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. (Edited)
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