Cycles
by The Doobie Brothers
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The Doobie Brothers bestography
Cycles is ranked 11th best out of 22 albums by The Doobie Brothers on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Doobie Brothers is The Captain And Me which is ranked number 2694 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 588.
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Cycles track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Cycles 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 |  paladisiac | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 38/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 62/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | paladisiac | top 65r albums (66), #0001-0100* | 52/78 | - |
| 2025 |  HelsinkiSnorkel | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 97/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | paladisiac | 1980s 65rating (66), #001-100* | 12/57 | - |
| 2023 |  TheDude85 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 77/100 | 1 |
| 2021 | NHGRANITE | Top 50 Music Albums of 1989 | 49/50 | 0 |
| 2021 | Daredevil42 | Top 30 Music Albums of 1989 | 21/30 | 2 |
| 2019 | Fischman | Doobie Brothers Albums Ranked | 8/12 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 9 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 9 | |||
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Cycles ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/14/2025 16:58 | daCritic | 4,637 | 73/100 |
| ! | 08/27/2022 05:29 | HelsinkiSnorkel | 2,273 | 79/100 |
| ! | 06/05/2022 08:06 |  MetalMan67 | 6,251 | 71/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 66.4/100, a mean average of 63.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 63.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.4.
Cycles forum mentions
paladisiac 11/22/2013 21:49 in What album are you listening to right now?Cycles comments
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llibnanoonThis 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.
paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/22/2013 22:25 | #94134
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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