In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
by Iron Butterfly
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In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida is ranked as the best album by Iron Butterfly.
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In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 3 days ago | traistboar | 1,685 | 79/100 | |
| 05/06/2026 15:31 | Pavloss | 477 | 50/100 | |
| 04/25/2026 23:01 |  Robert Anton Wil | 1,141 | 84/100 | |
| 03/16/2026 11:35 | BoxFL | 2,767 | 51/100 | |
| 01/11/2026 08:01 | Pluto11 | 12,167 | 72/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.1/100, a mean average of 72.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.4.
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Ultimately a disappointing album for me. If it wasn’t for the title track, which is a absolute classic, this album would have disappeared into the foothills of rock history.
It does have some other decent tracks, Most Anything You Want and My Mirage are decent tracks and Are You Happy? Is great but the rest of the album is rather ho-hum
The title track is such a classic iconic song. All other tracks just have such a quintessential 60's sound to them and are not overly memorable.
A psychedelic album which is full energy! Superb musicianship from the off, keys and lead guitar continually interchanging. The drums and bass carve out the tight grooves throughout the album. Love the organ lead on the title track and the lead guitar is soooo psychedelic!
album name says everything
2nd-Impressions 10/13/2020 03:06 | #259216
82/100
Best tracks: Most Anything You Want, My Mirage, In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
Worst tracks: Flowers and Beads, Termination
Such an underated album! I'd barely heard the title track before listening to this album, and I was really blown away. These guys were on fire here. Definitely deserves more praise.
VictorVale 04/14/2019 18:47 | #234990
Explosão psicodélica chegando no hard rock, com um hino eterno.
planetneutral 01/20/2018 15:19 | #206047
Other than the title track, not too much of interest to me.
Side one was actually better than I expected and the epic side two was disappointing. Still, it's early days and I'll stick with it but I'm not quite convinced of the brilliance of the title track just yet. I expected a bit more to be honest.
discojets1 09/07/2016 00:36 | #174436
Although this album known for the title track, I like every song off the album especially "Are You Happy" and "More Than Anything."
It's all about that title cut. And it's pretty good, all 18 minutes of it, although many prefer the abbreviated single version. Guess it depends on the quality of your weed. The rest of this disc is strictly for hardcore nostalgists.
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