An American Prayer
by The Doors
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An American Prayer is ranked 8th 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 25,329.
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An American Prayer track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
An American Prayer rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1978 | 56/100 | - |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 76 Music Albums of 1978 | 75/76 | 0 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1978 | 44/62 | - |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 89 Music Albums of 1978 | 22/89 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Leonard | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 31/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 78 Music Albums of 1978 | 64/78 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Liedzeit | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 42/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 40 Music Albums of 1978 | 33/40 | 1 |
| 2025 | spinout | Top 99 Music Albums of the 1970s | 11/99 | 18 |
| 2025 | amirmishali | Top 46 Music Albums of 1978 | 16/46 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 60 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 275 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/07/2026 03:45 | OldWiseOne1969 | 160 | 82/100 |
| ! | 09/30/2026 08:53 | Siromynian | 1,786 | 74/100 |
| ! | 07/14/2026 13:46 | duelek | 2,207 | 75/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 66.9/100, a mean average of 65.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 66.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.1.
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badfaith 09/28/2009 08:54 | #6375 | TOP COMMENT
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If You Buy this expecting a "rock album" or a doors album you may well be disappointed. There are bits of Doors music interspersed throughout Jim Morrison's poetry, which a lot of snooty poets will turn their noses up at.
But whatever the quality of his poems, the result of that mix creates a great effect- a mesmeric album to put on if your feeling meditative, or just plain stoned.
Like the War of the Worlds album, not strictly a popular music album, but maybe just... a work.
Jim's speaking voice is just as compelling as his singing voice. Unique & great album and nicely packaged.
Always liked this album despite the insistence by some who should know that Jim would never have sanctioned such a recording. His use of imagery remains compelling.
pa 03/12/2014 23:13 | #106108 | TOP COMMENT
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I love jim morrison's poetries, I would appreciate this album even without music
NickVolos TOP 100 COMMENTER 10/08/2013 01:53 | #87900 | TOP COMMENT
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Music written by the remaining Doors over Morrison's poetry. Absolutely beautiful.
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