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The Doors
Studio album by The Doors
Released January 4, 1967
Recorded August 24 to 31, 1966 at Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA
Genre Psychedelic rock, acid rock
Length 44:28
Label Elektra
Producer Paul A. Rothchild

The Doors is the debut album by the American rock band The Doors, recorded in August 1966 and released in January 1967. It features the breakthrough single "Light My Fire", extended with a substantial instrumental section mostly omitted on the single release, and the lengthy song "The End" with its Oedipal spoken-word section.

The Doors credit the success of their first album to being able to work the songs out night after night at the Whisky a Go Go and the London Fog. The album was ranked number 42 on Rolling Stone's list the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
Contents
Background

The Doors final line up was formed in mid 1965 after Ray Manzarek's two brothers left and Robby Krieger joined.[1] The Doors were initially signed to Columbia Records under a six month contract, but the band agreed to a release after being unable to secure a producer for the album from Columbia.[2] After being released from the label The Doors played club venues including the London Fog and The Whisky a Go Go until they were signed to Elektra records by Jac Holzman.[3]
Production

The album was recorded at Sunset Sound Studios in California over six days, with producer Paul Rothchild and audio engineer Bruce Botnick.[4] A four track tape machine was used for recording using mostly three tracks, bass and drums on one, guitar and organ on another with Jim's voice on the third. The fourth track was used for overdubbing.[5] During recording of the album a bass player was present on some of the songs, while on stage Ray Manzarek used a left-handed keyboard bass.[6] For tracks "The End" and "Light My Fire" two takes were worked of each and cut together to achieve the final song.[7]
Writing and composition

Although all composition work was credited to the band as a whole, the primary writers were Morrison and Krieger. "The End"'s Oedipal climax was first performed live at the Whisky A Go Go and The Doors were thrown out as a result of lead vocalist Jim Morrison screaming "Mother...I want to fuck you!" near the climax of the song. "Alabama Song" was originally written and composed by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill for their opera Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny); "Back Door Man" was a Howlin' Wolf cover. The line "Some are born to sweet delight, some are born to endless night" from "End of the Night" is a quote from William Blake's poem "Auguries of Innocence".

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 5/5 stars [9]
Music Box 4/5 stars [10]
Robert Christgau (B-) [11]
Rolling Stone 5/5 stars [12]
Slant Magazine 4/5 stars [13]
Piero Scaruffi 9/10 stars [14]

The Doors made a steady climb up the Billboard 200, ultimately becoming a huge success in the US once "Light My Fire" scaled the charts, with the album peaking at #2 on the chart in September 1967 and going on to achieve multi-platinum status. In Europe, the band would have to wait slightly longer for similar recognition, with "Light My Fire" originally stalling at #49 in the UK singles chart and the album failing to chart at all. However, in 1991, buoyed by the high profile of Oliver Stone's film The Doors, a re-issue of "Light My Fire" made #7 in the singles chart and the album made #43. It eventually spent more time on the UK chart than any other Doors studio album.

The album is #42 on "Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" and is also on "The Rolling Stone Hall Of Fame". The album is on Q magazine's "100 Greatest Albums Ever" and ranked #25 in NME magazine's list of the "Greatest Albums Of All Time".[15] Critic/historian Piero Scaruffi named The Doors the fifth greatest rock album of all time.[16]
Censorship

The songs "Break on Through (To the Other Side)" and "The End" were both released censored on the album. During "Break on Through" the part where Jim Morrison sings "She gets, she gets" was originally recorded as "She gets high." The vocal interlude near the end of "The End" includes Morrison using the word fuck repeatedly and was taken out of the album's stereo release; however, it remains in the monophonic vinyl LP release of the album. Subsequent releases of the album have both of the original parts intact, although 1980s compact disc reissues kept the verses censored. The band accepted this censorship, but refused to reword "Light My Fire" in their infamous Ed Sullivan Show performance ("Girl we couldn't get much higher").
Track listing

All songs written by Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek and John Densmore, except where noted.

The running time of "Light My Fire", while listed correctly below, is incorrectly stated as 6:30 or 6:50 on some LP and CD versions of the album. An edited version of the song removing most of its organ and guitar solos, with a running time of 2:52, was issued as the Doors' second single in May 1967.

Personnel

* Jim Morrison – vocals
* Robby Krieger – guitar, backing vocals
* Ray Manzarek – Vox Continental organ, piano, keyboards, keyboard bass, marxophone, backing vocals
* John Densmore – drums

* Larry Knechtel (uncredited) – bass ("Soul Kitchen", "Twentieth Century Fox","Back Door Man", "I Looked At You", "Take It As It Comes")

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The Doors
Studio album by The Doors
Released January 4, 1967
Recorded August 24 to 31, 1966 at Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA
Genre Psychedelic rock, acid rock
Length 44:28
Label Elektra
Producer Paul A. Rothchild

The Doors is the debut album by the American rock band The Doors, recorded in August 1966 and released in January 1967. It features the breakthrough single "Light My Fire", extended with a substantial instrumental section mostly omitted on the single release, and the lengthy song "The End" with its Oedipal spoken-word section.

The Doors credit the success of their first album to being able to work the songs out night after night at the Whisky a Go Go and the London Fog. The album was ranked number 42 on Rolling Stone's list the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
Contents
Background

The Doors final line up was formed in mid 1965 after Ray Manzarek's two brothers left and Robby Krieger joined.[1] The Doors were initially signed to Columbia Records under a six month contract, but the band agreed to a release after being unable to secure a producer for the album from Columbia.[2] After being released from the label The Doors played club venues including the London Fog and The Whisky a Go Go until they were signed to Elektra records by Jac Holzman.[3]
Production

The album was recorded at Sunset Sound Studios in California over six days, with producer Paul Rothchild and audio engineer Bruce Botnick.[4] A four track tape machine was used for recording using mostly three tracks, bass and drums on one, guitar and organ on another with Jim's voice on the third. The fourth track was used for overdubbing.[5] During recording of the album a bass player was present on some of the songs, while on stage Ray Manzarek used a left-handed keyboard bass.[6] For tracks "The End" and "Light My Fire" two takes were worked of each and cut together to achieve the final song.[7]
Writing and composition

Although all composition work was credited to the band as a whole, the primary writers were Morrison and Krieger. "The End"'s Oedipal climax was first performed live at the Whisky A Go Go and The Doors were thrown out as a result of lead vocalist Jim Morrison screaming "Mother...I want to fuck you!" near the climax of the song. "Alabama Song" was originally written and composed by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill for their opera Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny); "Back Door Man" was a Howlin' Wolf cover. The line "Some are born to sweet delight, some are born to endless night" from "End of the Night" is a quote from William Blake's poem "Auguries of Innocence".

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 5/5 stars [9]
Music Box 4/5 stars [10]
Robert Christgau (B-) [11]
Rolling Stone 5/5 stars [12]
Slant Magazine 4/5 stars [13]
Piero Scaruffi 9/10 stars [14]

The Doors made a steady climb up the Billboard 200, ultimately becoming a huge success in the US once "Light My Fire" scaled the charts, with the album peaking at #2 on the chart in September 1967 and going on to achieve multi-platinum status. In Europe, the band would have to wait slightly longer for similar recognition, with "Light My Fire" originally stalling at #49 in the UK singles chart and the album failing to chart at all. However, in 1991, buoyed by the high profile of Oliver Stone's film The Doors, a re-issue of "Light My Fire" made #7 in the singles chart and the album made #43. It eventually spent more time on the UK chart than any other Doors studio album.

The album is #42 on "Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" and is also on "The Rolling Stone Hall Of Fame". The album is on Q magazine's "100 Greatest Albums Ever" and ranked #25 in NME magazine's list of the "Greatest Albums Of All Time".[15] Critic/historian Piero Scaruffi named The Doors the fifth greatest rock album of all time.[16]
Censorship

The songs "Break on Through (To the Other Side)" and "The End" were both released censored on the album. During "Break on Through" the part where Jim Morrison sings "She gets, she gets" was originally recorded as "She gets high." The vocal interlude near the end of "The End" includes Morrison using the word fuck repeatedly and was taken out of the album's stereo release; however, it remains in the monophonic vinyl LP release of the album. Subsequent releases of the album have both of the original parts intact, although 1980s compact disc reissues kept the verses censored. The band accepted this censorship, but refused to reword "Light My Fire" in their infamous Ed Sullivan Show performance ("Girl we couldn't get much higher").
Track listing

All songs written by Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek and John Densmore, except where noted.

The running time of "Light My Fire", while listed correctly below, is incorrectly stated as 6:30 or 6:50 on some LP and CD versions of the album. An edited version of the song removing most of its organ and guitar solos, with a running time of 2:52, was issued as the Doors' second single in May 1967.
Side one

1. "Break on Through (To the Other Side)" – 2:29
2. "Soul Kitchen" – 3:35
3. "The Crystal Ship" – 2:34
4. "Twentieth Century Fox" – 2:33
5. "Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)" (Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) – 3:20
6. "Light My Fire" – 7:06

Side two

1. "Back Door Man" (Willie Dixon) – 3:34
2. "I Looked at You" – 2:22
3. "End of the Night" – 2:52
4. "Take It As It Comes" – 2:17
5. "The End" – 11:41

Personnel

* Jim Morrison – vocals
* Robby Krieger – guitar, backing vocals
* Ray Manzarek – Vox Continental organ, piano, keyboards, keyboard bass, marxophone, backing vocals
* John Densmore – drums

* Larry Knechtel (uncredited) – bass ("Soul Kitchen", "Twentieth Century Fox","Back Door Man", "I Looked At You", "Take It As It Comes")

Also Included Light My Fire
Label: Elektra (Rhino)
Catalog#:EK-45615
Format:Vinyl, 7", Single, 45 RPM, Promo, Reissue
Country:US

A Light My Fire 2:52
B Light My Fire 6:52

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Strange Days
Studio album by The Doors
Released September 25, 1967
Recorded February–August 1967 at Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, CA
Genre Psychedelic rock, acid rock
Length 35:25
Label Elektra
Producer Paul A. Rothchild

Strange Days is the second album released by American rock band The Doors. The album was a commercial success, earning a gold record and reaching No. 3 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Despite this, the album's producer, Paul Rothchild, considered it a commercial failure, even if it was an artistic triumph: "We all thought it was the best album. Significantly, it was also the one with the weakest sales. We were confident it was going to be bigger than anything The Beatles had done. But, there was no single. The record died on us." Nonetheless, the album managed two Top 30 hits, a Top 3 placing on the US charts, and a platinum certification. Furthermore, the album certainly did nothing to derail the overall success of the Doors, as demonstrated the next year by their chart-topping follow-up Waiting for the Sun.

Strange Days consists of songs that were written in 1965-1966 , but did not make it onto their debut album, such as "Moonlight Drive", which was one of the first songs written by Jim Morrison. The song was recorded in 1965 (demo) and 1966 (intended for their first album). In 1967 a final version was recorded and released on this album. Strange Days contains some of The Doors' most psychedelic songs. It includes songs such as "Strange Days", "People Are Strange", "Love Me Two Times" and "When the Music's Over".
Contents
Cover

The album's artwork is designed by William S. Harvey and photographed by Joel Brodsky.[1] The cover photo was taken in Sniffen Court, a small residential mews in New York City. Jim Morrison refused to appear on the cover, so photographer Joel Brodsky decided to use a circus-like photograph for the cover image. However, most carnivals were out on summer tours so it was a struggle for Brodsky to find professional circus performers. The acrobats were the only ones he could find; the dwarf Lester Janus and his younger brother (not twins) Stanley Janus (who appeared on the back cover) were hired from an acting firm; the juggler was Brodsky's own assistant; the trumpet player was a taxi driver; and the strongman was a doorman at a club. On another note, the back cover depicts a woman wearing a caftan, standing in one of the house doorways looking down at one of the dwarf brothers. She has since been identified by People Magazine as the stylist of Joel Brodsky's wife, Zazel Lovйn.[1]

In addition to this, the original idea for the front cover was a reflection of the group in a mirror which the dwarves would carry. Jim Morrison stated that he did not want to be on the cover at all, so a poster of the band members was discreetly shown on the right end of the sleeve.[2] The back cover seems to represent symbolically the modus-operandi of a rattlesnake. With this in mind, the front cover seems to describe a more complicated situation.

A re-created music video was shot in the eighties for the title track, and featured a still of the cover photo. The dwarf, juggler and acrobat came to life and moved out of the photo, while the other three performers remained where they were. The circus trio then explore New York City and join various crowds. At the end of the video, the dwarf, juggler and acrobat move back into the photo and resume the poses that are seen on the cover photo.
Track listing

All songs written by The Doors (John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison).
Side one

1. "Strange Days" – 3:11
2. "You're Lost Little Girl" – 3:03
3. "Love Me Two Times" – 3:18
4. "Unhappy Girl" – 2:02
5. "Horse Latitudes" – 1:37
6. "Moonlight Drive" – 3:05

Side two

7. "People Are Strange" – 2:13
8. "My Eyes Have Seen You" – 2:32
9. "I Can't See Your Face in My Mind" – 3:26
10. "When the Music's Over" – 10:58

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars [3]
George Starostin 14/15 stars [4]
Music Box 5/5 stars [5]
Slant Magazine 4.5/5 stars [6]

Strange Days reached #3 in the US in November 1967, while the band's debut, The Doors, was still sitting in the Top 10. "People Are Strange" shot to #12 on the US chart, and "Love Me Two Times" followed it, going to #25, thus proving The Doors' staying power after the runaway success of their debut. In the UK the band had yet to score a big hit single and Strange Days became one of two Doors studio albums not to chart, despite subsequent strong sales. In 2003, Strange Days ranked #407 on Rolling Stone's The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.[7]
Personnel

The Doors

* Jim Morrison – lead vocals, Moog synthesizer on track 1[8]
* Ray Manzarek – Vox Continental organ, Fender Rhodes Piano Bass on tracks 4 and 10, clavinet on track 3, backwards piano on track 4, marimba on track 9
* Robby Krieger – guitar
* John Densmore – drums

Additional musicians

* Douglas Lubahn – bass guitar on tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9

Technical staff and artwork

* Bruce Botnick - engineer
* Joel Brodsky - cover photography
* William S. Harvey - cover concept & art direction
* Jac Holzman - production supervisor
* Paul A. Rothchild - producer

Chart positions

* Billboard Music Charts (North America)

Album
Year Chart Position
1967 Pop Albums 3
Singles
Year Single Chart Position
1967 "People Are Strange"
B-side: "Unhappy Girl" Pop Singles 12
1967 "Love Me Two Times"
B-side: "Moonlight Drive" Pop Singles 25

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Waiting for the Sun
Studio album by The Doors
Released July 11, 1968
Recorded February–May 1968
Genre Psychedelic rock
Length 32:59
Label Elektra / Asylum Records
Producer Paul Rothchild
Professional reviews

* Allmusic 3.5/5 stars link

* Rolling Stone (mixed) [1]
* Slant Magazine 4/5 stars link

Waiting for the Sun is The Doors' third studio album. It was released in 1968 and became the band's first and only number one album and spawned their second US number one single, "Hello, I Love You". It also became the band's first hit album in the UK, where it peaked at #16 in the chart. With the exception of two songs, the material for this album was written after the band's initial songs from the formation of the group had been recorded for their debut album and second album, Strange Days. The highlight of this album was supposed to be the lengthy theatrical piece "Celebration of the Lizard", but in the end only the "Not to Touch the Earth" section was used. The song "Waiting for the Sun" would not appear on an album until Morrison Hotel.
Contents
Structure

The track "Celebration of the Lizard" was intended to take up an entire album side, but the group was never able to get it right (they would revisit it later in its full-length form on their 1970 album Absolutely Live). Many fans have suggested once "Celebration of the Lizard" was shelved, two of the band's earliest tracks were resurrected and re-recorded for use to fill in the void, those tracks being "Hello, I Love You" and "Summer's Almost Gone". These two tracks had been recorded in an earlier arrangement for the band's original 1965 demo. Waiting for the Sun ended up as the shortest studio album by the band.

"Celebration of the Lizard" and two early takes of "Not to Touch the Earth" were included as bonus tracks on the 40th anniversary expanded edition release of this album.

Though a strong album lyrically, musically it has often been criticized for its softer, mellow sound, a departure from the edgier, more ambitious sound for which the band had become well-known (and notorious). Nonetheless, the album contains some rarely disputed classics, most notably the menacing "Five to One", the controversial anti-war anthem "The Unknown Soldier", and the evocative "Not to Touch the Earth".

The title track "Waiting for the Sun" was left off this album, but would be included on the 1970 album Morrison Hotel.

This album marked keyboardist Ray Manzarek's transition from Vox Continental organ to Gibson G101, the organ he is best known for playing live. The US monophonic pressing - though only a fold down of the stereo mix to mono - is one of the rarest pop/rock LPs and has been sought after by collectors for years.
Track listing

All songs written by The Doors (John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison).

Side one

1. "Hello, I Love You" – 2:14
2. "Love Street" – 2:53
3. "Not to Touch the Earth" – 3:56
4. "Summer's Almost Gone" – 3:22
5. "Wintertime Love" – 1:54
6. "The Unknown Soldier" – 3:23

Side two

7. "Spanish Caravan" – 3:03
8. "My Wild Love" – 3:01
9. "We Could Be So Good Together" – 2:26
10. "Yes, the River Knows" – 2:36
11. "Five to One" – 4:26

Chart positions
Year Chart Position
1968 Billboard Pop Albums (Billboard 200) 1
Singles
Year Single Chart Position
1968 "The Unknown Soldier"
B-side: "We Could Be So Good Together" Pop Singles 39
1968 "Hello, I Love You"
B-side: "Love Street" Pop Singles 1
Personnel

The Doors

* Jim Morrison – lead vocals
* Ray Manzarek – Gibson G-101 organ on tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 11, piano on tracks 2, 4, 10, harpsichord on track 5, Vox Continental organ on track 9, backing vocals
* Robby Krieger – guitar
* John Densmore – drums

Additional musicians

* Douglas Lubahn – bass guitar on tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10
* Kerry Magness - bass guitar on track 6
* Leroy Vinnegar - acoustic bass on track 7

Technical staff and artwork

* Bruce Botnick - engineer
* Paul Ferrara - front cover photograph
* William S. Harvey - art direction & design
* Jac Holzman - production supervisor
* Paul A. Rothchild - producer
* Guy Webster - back cover photograph

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An American Prayer
Studio album by The Doors
Released November 17, 1978 (Vinyl LP)

Recorded December 1970 (spoken word)
1978 (music)
Genre Psychedelic rock, spoken word, poetry
Length 38:28
Label Elektra / Asylum Records (1978 LP)

Producer John Densmore,
Robbie Krieger,
Ray Manzarek,
Frank Lisciandro,
John Haeny
Professional reviews

* Allmusic 2/5 stars link

An American Prayer is the last studio album by The Doors.[2] In 1978, seven years after lead singer Jim Morrison died and five years after the remaining members of the band broke up, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, and John Densmore reunited and recorded backing tracks over Morrison's poetry (originally recorded in 1969 and 1970). Other pieces of music and spoken word recorded by the Doors and Morrison were also used in the audio collage, such as dialogue from Morrison's film HWY and snippets from jam sessions. The album received mixed reviews and still divides critics, yet it has managed a platinum certification in the US.
Contents
Track listing

Poetry, lyrics and stories by Jim Morrison; music by Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, and John Densmore.
Original release

Side one

1. "Awake" – 0:36
2. "Ghost Song" – 4:13
3. "Dawn's Highway / Newborn Awakening" – 3:48
4. "To Come of Age" – 1:02
5. "Black Polished Chrome / Latino Chrome" – 3:22
6. "Angels and Sailors / Stoned Immaculate" – 4:20
7. "The Movie" – 1:36
8. "Curses, Invocations" – 1:58

Side two

1. "American Night" – 0:29
2. "Roadhouse Blues" [Live] – 6:59
3. "Lament" – 2:19
4. "The Hitchhiker" – 2:16
5. "An American Prayer" – 6:53
* "The End"
* "Albinoni: Adagio"

Staff
1970 Readings

* Jim Morrison – Vocals, spoken word (recorded in 1970)

The Doors

* John Densmore – Drums
* Robby Krieger – Guitar
* Ray Manzarek – Keyboard bass

Additional staff

* Reinol Andino – percussion
* Bob Glaub – bass on "Albinoni – Adagio"
* Jerry Scheff – bass

Production

* Producer – John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, John Haeny, Frank Lisciandro
* Assistant producer – Paul Black
* Engineers – Paul Black, Bruce Botnick, Cheech d'Amico, Paul Ferrara, Ron Garrett, John Haeny, Babe Hill, James Ledner, Frank Lisciandro, Rik Pekkonen, Fritz Richmond, Dr. Thomas G. Stockham, John Weaver
* Assistant engineer – Paul Black
* Directors – John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Frank Lisciandro
* Mastering – Bernie Grundman
* Remastering – Bruce Botnick, Paul Rothchild
* Synthesizer programming – Arthur Barrow on "The Movie"
* Art direction – Ron Coro, Johnny Lee, John Van Hamersveld
* Illustrations – Jim Morrison
* Photography – Joel Brodsky, Paul Ferrara, Art Kane, Edmund Teske, Frank Lisciandro

Notes

* Morrison's vocals in "Bird of Prey" were later sampled for the 2000 Fatboy Slim song "Sunset (Bird of Prey)."
* Morrison's shout, "Wake up!" in "Awake" was sampled in the 1991 Orbital song "Choice."

Charts
Album
Year Chart Position
1978 Pop Albums 54
Singles
Year Single Chart Position
1978 "Ghost Song" Promotional Singles Pop Singles

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Absolutely Live
Live album by The Doors
Released July 1970
Recorded July 1969–May 1970
Genre Psychedelic rock, acid rock, blues-rock
Length 77:00
Label Elektra
Producer Paul A. Rothchild
Professional reviews

* Allmusic 2/5 stars link

* Robert Christgau (B) link

* Rolling Stone (not rated) link

Absolutely Live is the first live album released by American rock band The Doors in July 1970. Many shows were recorded during the 1970 tour to create the "Absolutely Live" album. The Doors producer, and long time collaborator Paul Rothchild painstakingly edited the album from many different shows to create one cohesive concert. For example, the best part of a song from the Detroit show may have been spliced together with another part of the same song from the Boston show, again trying to create "the ultimate concert". It can become very difficult to identify what parts are from what shows. Rothchild has said "I couldn't get complete takes of a lot of songs, so sometimes I'd cut from Detroit to Philadelphia in midsong. There must be 2,000 edits on that album".[citation needed]

Contents
Track listing
A1 House Announcer 2:40
A2 Who Do You Love 6:02
A3 Medley 10:35
A3-1 Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)
A3-2 Backdoor Man
A3-3 Love Hides
A3-4 Five To One
B1 Build Me A Woman 3:33
B2 When The Music's Over 16:16
C1 Close To You 4:04
C2 Universal Mind 4:54
C3 Petition The Lord With Prayer 0:52
C4 Dead Cats, Dead Rats 1:57
C5 Break On Thru, #2 4:41
D1 Celebration Of The Lizard 14:25
D1-1 Lions In The Street
D1-2 Wake Up
D1-3 A Little Game
D1-4 The Hill Dwellers
D1-5 Not To Touch The Earth
D1-6 Names Of The Kingdom
D1-7 The Palace Of Exile
D2 Soul Kitchen 7:15

Personnel

* Jim Morrison - vocals
* Ray Manzarek - lead vocals on "Close To You", backup vocals, organ, Keyboard bass
* Robby Krieger - guitar
* John Densmore - drums

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Alive, She Cried
Live album by The Doors
Released October 1983
Recorded 1968–1969-1970 in Los Angeles, New York, Detroit, Boston, Copenhagen
Genre Psychedelic rock, acid rock, blues-rock
Length 36:59
Label Elektra/Musician
Producer Paul A. Rothchild
Professional reviews

* Allmusic 3/5 stars link

* Robert Christgau (B-) link

* Rolling Stone 4/5 stars link

Alive, She Cried is a live album by the American rock band The Doors; the title of the album is taken from a line in the song "When the Music's Over". The recordings are from various concerts during the period 1968–1970; they include "Gloria", originally a hit for Them, and an extended version of The Doors' best known song "Light My Fire". John Sebastian of The Lovin' Spoonful joined the band on stage to play harmonica on Willie Dixon's "Little Red Rooster". The album was discontinued as 1991 saw the release of In Concert, a double-album which included all of the songs from Alive, She Cried and Absolutely Live, as well as a few other live tracks. The version of "Light My Fire" from this album is actually from a variety of sources. "The Graveyard Poem" is actually a recited poetry piece from Boston in April 1970. It was inserted into the break of "Light My Fire" for this album.
Contents

Track listing
Side one

1. "Gloria" (Van Morrison) – 6:17
2. "Light My Fire" – 9:51
3. "You Make Me Real" – 3:06

Side two

1. "The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)" – 1:52
2. "Love Me Two Times" – 3:17
3. "Little Red Rooster" (Willie Dixon) – 7:05
4. "Moonlight Drive" Incl. "Horse Latitudes" – 5:34

Personnel

* Jim Morrison – vocals
* Robby Krieger – electric guitar
* Ray Manzarek – keyboard bass
* John Densmore – drums
* John Sebastian - harmonica (track 6)

Also Included Gloria (U.S Promo Single Edit)

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L.A. Woman
Studio album by The Doors
Released April 1971
Recorded December 1970 – January 1971 at The Doors Workshop, Los Angeles, CA
Genre Blues-rock, psychedelic rock
Length 48:24
Label Elektra
Producer The Doors, Bruce Botnick
Professional reviews

* Allmusic 4.5/5 stars link

* Robert Christgau (A-) link

* Rolling Stone (favorable) [1]
* Slant Magazine 3.5/5 stars link

L.A. Woman is the sixth and last studio album that the American rock band The Doors recorded with lead singer Jim Morrison, who died in July 1971. The album's style is arguably the most blues-rock-oriented of the band's catalog.

In 2003, the album was ranked number 362 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
Contents
Production

Following the departure of their record producer Paul A. Rothchild (who dismissed the group's differing style on "Riders On The Storm" as "cocktail music") around November 1970, the Doors and engineer Bruce Botnick began production on the album at The Doors Workshop

in Los Angeles. Most of the tracks were recorded live, except for a few overdubbed keyboard parts by Ray Manzarek.

Botnick later produced and mixed a new 5.1 Surround version of the album, which was released on DVD-Audio, December 19, 2000. It was produced from the original eight-track analog 1" master tapes.[2]

Early LP editions of the album were uniquely packaged: the album's cover was die-cut to remove a near-rectangular piece of it, with a sheet of transparent plastic on which the cover photo of the Doors was printed, glued in place in its stead. Later pressings featured a conventional cover without the die-cut hole and plastic window, and with the group photo printed on the cover itself.
Release and reception

The band embarked on a tour to promote the album, although it would only comprise two dates. The first was held in Dallas, Texas on December 11 and reportedly went well. The second performance took place at The Warehouse in New Orleans, Louisiana, on December 12, 1970, where Morrison apparently had a breakdown on stage. Midway through the set he slammed the microphone numerous times into the stage floor until the platform beneath was destroyed, then sat down and refused to perform for the remainder of the show. Drummer John Densmore recalls the incident in his biography Riders On the Storm, where after the show he met with Ray and Robbie; they decided to end their live act, citing their mutual agreement that Morrison was ready to retire from performing. By the time the album was released, in April 1971, Morrison had moved to Paris, France, where he died three months later, on July 3, 1971.
Track listing

All songs written by Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, and John Densmore except where noted.
Side one

1. "The Changeling" (Jim Morrison, The Doors) – 4:21
2. "Love Her Madly" (Robby Krieger, The Doors) – 3:20

3. "Been Down So Long" (Jim Morrison, The Doors) – 4:41
4. "Cars Hiss by My Window" (Jim Morrison, The Doors) – 4:12

5. "L.A. Woman" (Jim Morrison, The Doors) – 7:49
Side two

6. "L'America" (Jim Morrison, The Doors) – 4:37
7. "Hyacinth House" (Jim Morrison, The Doors) – 3:11
8. "Crawling King Snake" (Tony Hollins, Bernard Besman, John Lee Hooker) – 5:00
9. "The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)" (Jim Morrison, The Doors) – 4:16
10. "Riders on the Storm" (Jim Morrison, The Doors) – 7:09

Personnel

The Doors

* Jim Morrison – lead vocals
* Ray Manzarek – Hammond C-3 organ on track 1, tack piano on tracks 2, 5, Vox Continental organ on track 2, rhythm guitar on track 3, Gibson G-101 organ on track 6, Wurlitzer electric piano on track 8, Fender Rhodes Electric Piano on tracks 5, 10
* Robby Krieger – guitar
* John Densmore – drums

Additional musicians

* Marc Benno – rhythm guitar on tracks 3, 4, 5, 8
* Jerry Scheff – bass

Technical staff and artwork

* Bruce Botnick - co-producer, engineer
* Carl Cossick - album concept/design
* The Doors - co-producers
* Wendell Hamick - photography/visual effects
* Bill Siddons - personal management

Chart positions

* Billboard Music Charts (North America)

Album
Year Chart Position
1971 Pop Albums 9
Singles
Year Single Chart Position
1971 "Love Her Madly"
B-side: "(You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further" Pop Singles 11
1971 "Riders on the Storm"
B-side: "Changeling" Pop Singles 14

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Live at the Hollywood Bowl
Live album by The Doors
Released September 1987
Recorded July 5, 1968
Genre Psychedelic rock, acid rock, blues-rock
Length 22:19
Label Elektra
Producer Paul A. Rothchild
Professional reviews

* Allmusic 3.5/5 stars link

* Robert Christgau (C-) link

Live at the Hollywood Bowl is a live album by the American rock band The Doors. It was recorded on July 5, 1968 but not released until 1987. The video of the concert is still available, now in the DVD format on The Doors - 30 Years Commemorative Edition. Songs from the concert including "Light My Fire" do not appear on any other Doors album.
Track listing

1. "Wake Up" - 1:40
2. "Light My Fire" - 8:15
3. "The Unknown Soldier" - 4:23
4. "A Little Game" - 1:22
5. "The Hill Dwellers" - 2:20
6. "Spanish Caravan" - 1:19
7. "Light My Fire" (edit of live version)

Tracks 1, 4, and 5 are from "Celebration of the Lizard"
Personnel

* Jim Morrison – vocals
* Ray Manzarek – keyboards, keyboard bass
* Robby Krieger – guitar
* John Densmore – drums

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Morrison Hotel
Studio album by The Doors
Released February 1970
Recorded November 1969
"Indian Summer": late August 1966
"Waiting for the Sun" begun in March 1968
Genre Blues-rock, psychedelic rock
Length 37:05
Label Elektra
Producer Paul A. Rothchild

Morrison Hotel (sometimes referred to as Hard Rock Cafe from the title of the first side of the LP, whose second side is titled Morrison Hotel) is The Doors' fifth album. It was released in 1970. After their experimental work The Soft Parade was not as well received as anticipated, the group went back to basics and back to their roots. On this album, there is a slight steer toward blues, which would be fully explored by the band on their next album, L.A. Woman. The strategy worked; even though no major hit singles were drawn from the album, Morrison Hotel reestablished The Doors as favorites of the critics, peaking at #4 on the US album chart, and when they followed with L.A. Woman the next year, they were rewarded with two more US Top 20 hits. The album also became the band's highest charting studio album in the UK, where it peaked at #12.

Additional musicians include harmonica whiz G. Puglese (aka John Sebastian) and blues master Lonnie Mack on bass.

The cover photo was taken at the actual Morrison Hotel located at 1246 South Hope Street in Los Angeles. The band asked the owners if they could photograph the hotel and they declined, so the band went inside when nobody was looking and took the photograph. The rear cover features a photograph of the Hard Rock Cafe on 300 East 5th Street, Los Angeles.[1] The founders of the later and otherwise unrelated Hard Rock Cafe chain used the name, having seen it on the Doors' album. The original cafe is no longer open for business.
Contents
Track listing
Side one: "Hard Rock Cafe"

1. "Roadhouse Blues" (Jim Morrison, The Doors) – 4:03
2. "Waiting for the Sun" (Morrison) – 3:58
* Begun during The Doors' sessions for Waiting for the Sun in 1968
3. "You Make Me Real" (Morrison) – 2:53
4. "Peace Frog" (Morrison, Robby Krieger) – 2:51
5. "Blue Sunday" (Morrison) – 2:13
6. "Ship of Fools" (Morrison, Krieger) – 3:08

Side two: "Morrison Hotel"

7. "Land Ho!" (Morrison, Krieger) – 4:10
8. "The Spy" (Morrison) – 4:17
9. "Queen of the Highway" (Morrison, Krieger) – 2:47
10. "Indian Summer" (Morrison, Krieger) – 2:36
* Outtake from The Doors' debut album sessions (Recorded late August 1966)
11. "Maggie M'Gill" (Morrison, The Doors) – 4:23

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Robert Christgau (B+) [2]
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars [3]
Rolling Stone (mixed) [4]
Slant Magazine 3/5 stars [5]

Morrison Hotel was, upon its release, seen by many as a comeback for the Doors following the critical failure of The Soft Parade and the Miami incident of 1969. Dave Marsh, the editor of Creem magazine, said of the album that it was: "the most horrifying rock and roll I have ever heard. When they're good, they're simply unbeatable. I know this is the best record I've listened to ... so far",[6] while Rock Magazine called it "without any doubt their ballsiest (and best) album to date".[6] Circus Magazine praised it as "possibly the best album yet from the Doors" and "Good hard, evil rock, and one of the best albums released this decade".[6]
Personnel

The Doors

* Jim Morrison – lead vocals
* Ray Manzarek – tack piano on tracks 1, 3, 8,Gibson G-101 organ on tracks 2, 5, Vox Continental organ on tracks 4, 6, 7, 10, piano on track 8, Wurlitzer electric piano on track 9, Fender Rhodes Piano Bass on track 10, Hammond C-3 organ on track 11
* Robby Krieger – guitar
* John Densmore – drums

Additional musicians

* Lonnie Mack – bass guitar on tracks 1, 11
* Ray Neapolitan - bass guitar on tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
* John Sebastian (as "G. Puglese") – harmonica on track 1

Technical staff and artwork

* Bruce Botnick - engineer
* Gary Burden - design
* Henry Diltz - photography
* Paul A. Rothchild - producer

Chart positions

* Billboard Music Charts (North America)

Album
Year Chart Position
1970 Pop Albums 4
Singles
Year Single Chart Position
1970 "You Make Me Real"
B-side: "Roadhouse Blues" Pop Singles 50

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The Soft Parade
Studio album by The Doors
Released June, 1969
Recorded July 1968 – May 1969 at Elektra Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, CA
Genre Psychedelic rock
Length 34:09
Label Elektra
Producer Paul Rothchild
Professional reviews

* Allmusic 3/5 stars link

* Robert Christgau (B-) link

* Rolling Stone (unfavorable) [1]
* Slant Magazine 2.5/5 stars link

The Soft Parade is the fourth studio album by The Doors, released in 1969.

The album met with some controversy among fans and critics due to its inclusion of brass and string instrument arrangements, as opposed to the more stripped-down sound of their earlier recordings. Fans also complained that The Soft Parade followed the lyrical formulas of previous albums, and thus was not very innovative. In reviewing the 40th anniversary remix (for the August 2007 issue of Downbeat Magazine) correspondent Dan Ouellette thought otherwise, declaring it to be "the apex" of the band's creativity.

Due to Jim Morrison's increasing alcoholism and interest in poetry, guitarist Robby Krieger has a stronger presence on The Soft Parade than on any other Doors album from the Morrison era, contributing around half the material, instead of merely a song or two as he had on previous efforts.

After this album, the Doors returned to simpler styles on Morrison Hotel and L.A. Woman.

For the first time, the songs were credited to individual members (only Morrison or Krieger on the album sleeve itself are credited) as Morrison was unhappy with the line about people being told to get their guns in Krieger's "Tell All the People", although the title track had Morrison's line of "Better bring your gun".

Despite a lukewarm reception, the album became the band's fourth top ten hit album in a row and the single "Touch Me" was hugely successful. However, despite making #6 in the US, the album did not chart in the UK, perhaps due to the band's lack of a supporting hit single ("Touch Me" also did not chart).
Contents
Track listing
Side one

1. "Tell All the People" (Robby Krieger) – 3:23
2. "Touch Me" (Krieger) – 3:12
3. "Shaman's Blues" (Jim Morrison) – 4:49
4. "Do It" (Morrison, Krieger) – 3:08
5. "Easy Ride" (Morrison) – 2:41

Side two

1. "Wild Child" (Morrison) – 2:38
2. "Runnin' Blue" (Krieger) – 2:33
3. "Wishful Sinful" (Krieger) – 3:02
4. "The Soft Parade" (Morrison) – 8:37

Personnel

* Jim Morrison – vocals
* Ray Manzarek – piano, Gibson G-101 organ, Hammond organ on Wild Child and The Soft Parade
* Robby Krieger – guitar, chorus vocal on Runnin' Blue
* John Densmore – drums

* Curtis Amy – sax solos (track 2)
* Reinol Andino – conga
* George Bohanan – trombone solo
* Harvey Brooks – bass (tracks 1, 2, 6, 8)
* Jimmy Buchanan – fiddle (track 7)
* Doug Lubahn[2] – bass
* Jesse McReynolds – mandolin
* Champ Webb – English horn solo
* Paul Harris – orchestral arrangements (tracks 1, 2 ,6 8)
* Peter Schaumann

- illustration (inside cover)

Chart positions

* Billboard Music Charts (North America)

Album
Year Chart Position
1969 Pop Albums 6
Singles
Year Single Chart Position
1968 "Touch Me"
B-side: "Wild Child" Pop Singles 3
1969 "Wishful Sinful"
B-side: "Who Scared You" Pop Singles 44
1969 "Tell All the People"
B-side: "Easy Ride" Pop Singles 57
1969 "Runnin' Blue"
B-side: "Do It" Pop Singles 64

Whereas the first three Doors albums had two singles pulled from each of them, "The Soft Parade" had a grand total of four: The only two songs on the LP that weren't released as either the A or B-side of a single were the title cut and "Shaman's Blues". Only one single would be pulled from the next album, Morrison Hotel.

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