Breathe Awhile
by Arcadium

Overall rank: 4,701st | 1960s rank: 374th | 1969 rank: 89th
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2026	salahshoori	Top 95 Greatest Music Albums	88/95	8
2026	dihansse	Top 44 Music Albums of 1969	9/44	4
2026	RockyRaccoon	Early Psychedelic Rock	49/100	-
2026	dihansse	Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s	29/100	14
2026	Olli	Top 100 Music Albums of 1969	15/100	4
2026	paladisiac	top albums, #2401-2500*	40/79	-
2026	cicadelic	Top 100 Music Albums of the 1960s	75/100	5
2026	Steppenwolf666	Pt7 Most expensive records sold on Discogs website	19/99	-
2026	Patman360	Top 100 Music Albums of 1969	89/100	1
2026	Steppenwolf666	Top 100 Greatest Music Albums	15/100	86
		Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in.		46
		Total Rank Score: The total rank score.		303

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77/100 (from 44 votes)

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55/100 !	07/16/2026 00:48	Proto	4,298	33/100
90/100 !	06/27/2026 11:05	cicadelic	13,962	73/100
80/100 !	05/04/2026 13:00	Olli	7,932	62/100

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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 77.3/100, a mean average of 76.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.5.

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BestEverAlbums 09/08/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5429): By Steppenwolf666

“Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by Steppenwolf666 () 1. by by (1971) 3. (1973) 4. by (1969) 6. by (1968) 7. (1970) 8. by by by (1974) 11. by (1970) 13. by (1970) 14. by by by (1971) 17. by (1972) 19. by (1969) 21. by (1974) 22. by by (1970) 25. (1973) 26. by by (1992) 28. by…”

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Jboy56 02/28/2023 16:12 in What album are you listening to right now?

“What album are you listening to right now?”

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dihansse 03/22/2022 20:18 in My discoveries per year

“These are the two albums I chose to listen to from 1969: An album I already own: This is by no means the best Doors album as, apart from Touch me it doesn't contain any of their infamous hits and the long title track is nowhere near to those other long tracks like The End or LA Woman or Soul…”

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Jboy56 02/28/2023 16:15 | #294561 | TOP COMMENT

This album. An unspoken classic..
Recommended. Listen to "I¨m On My Way" and Birth, Live and Death ´(at least)=

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salahshoori 09/26/2020 12:49 | #258726 | TOP COMMENT

You can't call yourself a proghead if you haven't listened to this one!

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From Imaybeparanoid 04/15/2016 17:51 | #163874 | TOP COMMENT

Highly recommended

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From Steppenwolf666 08/15/2015 11:25 | #147718 | TOP COMMENT

Astonishing, heavy, acid prog masterpiece. I'm on my way is an all time mega rock classic, and the rest of the album comes close to this too.

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