Livin' On The Fault Line
by The Doobie Brothers
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The Doobie Brothers bestography
Livin' On The Fault Line is ranked 9th 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 2707 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 582.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Livin' On The Fault Line track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Livin' On The Fault Line rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 42/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 92 Music Albums of 1977 | 86/92 | 0 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 96/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  Liedzeit | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 77/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | byuzak | Top 50 Music Albums of 1977 | 37/50 | 1 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 94/100 | 0 |
| 2025 | AAL2014 | The Doobie Brothers: So Far.. | 8/8 | - |
| 2024 |  MetalMan67 | Top 60 Music Albums of 1977 | 55/60 | 1 |
| 2023 | Chambord | Top 40 Music Albums of 1977 | 36/40 | 1 |
| 2023 | glynspsa | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 61/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 17 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 16 | |||
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Livin' On The Fault Line ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 09/22/2026 21:35 | Jonboy | 152 | 78/100 |
| ! | 04/06/2026 21:17 | Devilwoac | 1,529 | 97/100 |
| ! | 01/07/2026 14:07 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,426 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.6/100, a mean average of 66.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 70.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.8.
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This record gets better and better every time I listen to it... Absolutely brilliant!
llibnanoon 07/27/2020 16:25 | #256286
Not a very good record IMO. Rating (64.50)
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