Break On Through (To The Other Side) (track)
by The Doors
Break On Through (To The Other Side) appears on the following album(s) by The Doors:
- The Doors (track #1) (this album) (1967)
- The Very Best Of The Doors (track #1) (compilation) (2007)
- The Best Of The Doors (track #1) (compilation) (1985)
- The Best Of The Doors (2000) (track #6) (compilation) (2000)
- The Doors: Original Soundtrack Recording (track #5) (1991)
- Live In Detroit (track #5) (2000)
- Live At The Matrix 1967 (track #1) (2008)
- Light My Fire (track #2) (compilation) (1988)
- The Complete Studio Recordings (track #1) (compilation) (1999)
- The Complete Studio Recordings (track #64) (compilation) (1999)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 01/27/2026 10:09 | Robert_fripp | 823 | 86/100 | |
| 01/22/2026 21:00 | kinginsomniac12 | 5,498 | 100/100 | |
| 01/18/2026 21:17 | Vasco | 8,487 | 78/100 | |
| 01/04/2026 15:49 | martintho | 68,386 | 74/100 | |
| 12/10/2025 20:00 | Exist-en-ciel | 79,856 | 70/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 91.4/100, a mean average of 90.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 91.6/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.0.
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Very good opening track
One of the greatest opening tracks ever.
llibnanoon 05/26/2020 16:40 | #252147
Favorite track on the album. Love It!
Greatest introduction to a band of all time.
Bi11LL26Y 11/03/2017 13:32 | #200492
This song is ok. I feel like I would probably like it better if I didn´t hear the song every single time I started up Rock Band 3
tgarritsen 12/03/2016 22:55 | #179526
Those first lyrics alone is genius on it's own. One of the more exciting songs from the Doors for me.
I think John Densmore opted for a bossa nova feel on this song. For me it works.
DeusExMackia 11/09/2015 21:30 | #152717
The best way to introduce anyone to The Doors.
One of their best songs
John Densmore's drumming is what made this track for me
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