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May 15, 2024 · The Soft Parade was a great Doors album. Every Doors album released while Jim Morrison was still alive was great. Highlights from The Soft Parade included one of our favorite Doors singles of all time in the excellent track “Touch Me,” complete with that massive horn section.
- Brian Kachejian
After signing with Elektra Records in 1966, the Doors with Morrison recorded and released six studio albums in five years, some of which are generally considered among the greatest of all time, [5] [6] including their debut The Doors (1967), Strange Days (1967), and L.A. Woman (1971).
- The Doors. ELEKTRA, 1967. At this stage, they were still Ray Manzarek’s band. The one with the practice space and the UCLA film-school vision, Manzarek regarded The Doors as the first cinematic rock group, and with producer Paul Rothchild and engineer Bruce Botnick retaining the meshed electric thrill of the group’s Sunset Strip live sessions, The Doors is both movie and soundtrack.
- Strange Days. ELEKTRA, 1967. Recorded on 8-track at Sunset Sound Studios, fast on the heels of their debut, and often with a heavily stoned Morrison, Strange Days could have been a disaster.
- L.A. Woman. ELEKTRA, 1971. Recorded in the wake of Janis and Jimi’s deaths and Morrison’s own controversial conviction for indecent exposure, L.A. Woman is an LP overshadowed by ill omens.
- Morrison Hotel. ELEKTRA, 1970. “The future’s uncertain and the end is always near. Let it roll, baby, roll.” Recorded while an ailing, self-loathing Morrison was getting drunk every night at the Whisky A Go Go, Morrison Hotel is the sound of exploitation and resurrection, the band feeding off their singer’s nihilism to recapture their own dark beauty.
Jun 25, 2024 · Let's settle the debate once and for all by ranking the best studio albums from The Doors. The 1960s American rock band has dazzled fans with hypnotic melodies, enigmatic lyrics, and charismatic lead singer, Jim Morrison.
Jul 30, 2015 · When you think of the Doors, it's all here, fully formed in their debut. The mix of blues, jazz, rock, and psychedelia; the sinewy grooves with Morrison's immortal howls and...
Jan 4, 2023 · But then, in truth, despite regularly being hailed since as one of the all-time great rock debuts, the first Doors album was a mixed bag of disposable 60s pop and a truly gothic form of rock, with layers of Indian raga, jazz stylings and neo-classical pretensions.
Apr 8, 2003 · Keyboardist Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger’s extended solos on the album version of “Light My Fire” carried one to the brink of euphoria, while the eleven-minute epic “The End”...
