Waiting For The Sun
by The Doors
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Waiting For The Sun is ranked 5th 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 25,432.
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Waiting For The Sun track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Waiting For The Sun rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1968 | 17/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 34 Music Albums of 1968 | 18/34 | 3 |
| 2026 | Fritz | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 71/100 | 6 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 56 Music Albums of 1968 | 26/56 | 3 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 13 Music Albums of 1968 | 3/13 | 4 |
| 2026 | Rivera | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 37/100 | 13 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s | 91/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | Rm12398 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1968 | 83/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1968 | 10/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | JoshN125 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 3/100 | 95 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 524 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,911 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/08/2026 09:43 |  NowhereMan | 1,490 | 77/100 |
| ! | 08/29/2026 23:44 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 08/26/2026 19:31 | Jakor | 5,545 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.1/100, a mean average of 76.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.1.
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Waiting For The Sun forum mentions
pedro1976 07/03/2026 14:44 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
BestEverAlbums 06/28/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5357): By TerryTezza BestEverAlbums 12/08/2024 21:00 in Album of the day (#5103): Waiting For The Sun by The DoorsWaiting For The Sun comments
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The Doors studio albums are phenomenal due to the constant high caliber of them all. They are all great. However, I do find this is one not quite as great as others. But still great nevertheless. The Doors are great. (Edited)
Average album and little wonder "Celebration of the Lizard" was left off the album. (Edited)
I bought the new version of "Waiting for the Sun" to get a studio-version of the legendary unreleased song "Celebration of the Lizard". Obviously the strongest part of the song is, what was released on the original album as "Not to Touch the Earth", and the track is what it says, "a work in progress". Still interesting moments. The other takes of "Not to Touch the Earth" which are included as bonus-tracks have made me realize how good a song this really is.
What surprised me the most when I listened through the album was that I thought it sounded different. Was it really that long since I last heard it? I did not realize that the album had been both remastered and remixed. I guess it will take some time to get used to these new "versions" - but the sound is really crisp and clear, and if I want to hear the old mixes I can always return to the originals.
The original album contains some the Doors' most poetic and melodic moments like "Yes, The River Knows", the exquisite "Love Street" , which is one of the highlights of the album. The moving "Summer`s Almost Gone". "Wintertime Love" and "Spanish Caravan" are other highlights.
"Not to Touch the Earth" and "Five to One" : Classic Doors !!! The hit singles "Hello I Love You" and "The Unknown Soldier" may not have aged as well as the rest of the album`s songs. Except of course the weak "My Wild Love" which probably always will annoy me.
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Underrated position in The Doors catalogue, even if not the most consistent it is incredible and the high points make it a worthy listen, also one of my favorites by them - Five To One lands on this record.
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