The Crystal Ship (track)
by The Doors
The Crystal Ship appears on the following album(s) by The Doors:
- The Doors (track #3) (this album) (1967)
- The Very Best Of The Doors (track #13) (compilation) (2007)
- The Best Of The Doors (track #3) (compilation) (1985)
- 13 (track #5) (compilation) (1970)
- Live At The Matrix 1967 (track #4) (2008)
- Light My Fire (track #4) (compilation) (1988)
- The Complete Studio Recordings (track #3) (compilation) (1999)
- When You’re Strange (track #34) (2010)
- Box Set (track #34) (compilation) (1997)
- The Singles (track #4) (compilation) (2017)
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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 21:14 | Vasco | 8,487 | 78/100 | |
| 01/04/2026 15:50 | martintho | 68,474 | 74/100 | |
| 12/24/2025 19:19 | alexandermause | 15,653 | 85/100 |
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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 87.1/100, a mean average of 86.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.3/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.2.
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Probably my greatest acid trip listening to this song.
Start reminds me of Mamas and Papas 'Dedicated to the One I Love' but then becomes a completely different song. Really nice song but to short.
This song has an enigmatic but so appealling vibe.
Morrison's father said this century, that he thought Jim couldn't sing, but that he was a great performer. I think he was both, as he proves on this one.
DeusExMackia 11/09/2015 21:37 | #152718
The musical equivalent of walking on a sandy Caribbean beach in the late evening - bliss, basically.
One of their best songs
So smooth, what an amazing voice!
GandalfORiley345 12/26/2014 06:40 | #130119
as good as possible
tgarritsen 04/28/2014 20:01 | #110269
I really love the vocals of Jim Morrison on this song. Really mysterious
JMan, he does that a lot. But for me this is the weakest song.
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