Cycles (studio album) by The Doobie Brothers

Cycles by The Doobie Brothers
Year: 1989
Overall rank: 55,185th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
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67/100 (from 18 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1989 (696th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (6,516th)
Award Best albums of all time (55,185th)
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The Doobie Brothers bestography

Cycles is ranked 11th best out of 20 albums by The Doobie Brothers on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Doobie Brothers is The Captain And Me which is ranked number 2683 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 576.

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From 12/14/2015 23:33
This album is sort of an albatross around my neck when it comes to my musical tastes. It's my favorite album of all time, one I've listened to an embarrassing number of times. And yet it's generally seen as a well-produced, melodic, at-one-time-popular, but ultimately mundane album. It's something that entered, briefly lingered, and then escaped the public consciousness. But I find it addictive and powerful in a way that is beyond my ability to fully justify. I feel slightly less terrible that my mother - who was a music major and a professional vocalist for many years - also loves the album inordinately after I reintroduced it to her.
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From 11/22/2013 22:25
This sometimes sounds like "sammy hagar lite" to me. In a world of pop/rock, it has just enough of a rock edge. Plus, there's a taste of 89's flair for horns. (Track i remember from '89: music is "the doctor"!)
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