Reviews (page 13 of 15)
So many hits on this one. Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar) is my favorite for the goofiness. The End is such a strange but good song there is so much going on in it. It sounds like no other song on this album which is a cool way to round it out.
This was a 5 going in. Grew up with it and at one point this was probably my favorite album. I remember how pumped I was that Break on Through was on Tony Hawk Underground 2 as a kid. Love this song just amps you up. The father to Break Stuff. Crystal Ship is beautiful. That is all. Alabama Song is so silly but I love it. Like a dark carnival song. Light my Fire epic jam makes me want to go watch a live video of it. Back Door Man and I looked at you go hard. Then we delve into some psychedelicness with End of the Night. The End is one of my favorite songs of all time. So dark and powerful and psychedelic with a few different genres sprinkled in. Its use in Apocalypse Now was masterful. The Doors really know how to close out an album. When I was in Paris I made my gf at the time bring me to Jim Morrison's gravesite and it's still visited by so many people. Legend.
It’s like listening to the Beatles without the enjoyment of listening to the Beatles.
I like doors They can open and close I really like The Doors They make great music
Love this album.
I acknowledge that they brought some innovation in including different influences into white rock music at the time, and that Manzarek is an interesting musician, but for me this is the Catcher in the Rye of albums. Pot-smoking teenagers love it; as a thinking adult you ultimately can't get past the embarrassing self-declared art god stance of the main character. May be extra biased by having read a lot of Morrison's poetry when I was a teenager; as an artifact of beat-esque counterculture, fine, but it doesn't get much beyond whoa drugs man-style indulgence. with this band for me.
3.5, liked the instrumentation a lot
Enjoyed this much more than I’d predicted! Hadn’t heard the whole album thru in forever…maybe never? Noticed guitar licks I hadn’t in college years.
Own on Vinyl
This is basically almost every Doors song I'd hear on the classic rock stations growing up. Great work and great music.
I ALREADY RATED THIS YOU IDIOTS
Lizard-y. 4 stars.
This is pretty squarely a 3.5/5 for me. I have to round up or down here, but I think I could get away with a 3 or a 4 here, it's weird. I think I liked it more than thought it was okay though.
I can’t argue about the few bops on here, no doubt. BUT, The Doors are just still not an album band for me. Y’all can hate me all you want.
Nope. Not a Doors fan, despite numerous listens over the years to understand the hype.
Imagine rock-'n'-rollin' to this in '67 🤠
One of my favorite albums by The Doors. "The End" is awesome, as well as "Light my fire" and "Break on through". It still amazes me how well ahead of their time they were!
Loving the nostalgic vibes! My favorite track is The Crystal Ship. I can picture the 60s American life while listening to it.
I have listened to this on many road trips but a while ago, very cool to re-discover this. My favorite song is Light My Fire. Alabama song is funny!
Lots of hits that you'll recognize from TV shows, commercials, and movies. Was never a huge Jim Morrison fan and there's just too much Vox Organ sound on this album.
Cool enough. I really like Light My Fire. Good organ playing. Tad overrated.
A monumental album, 'Light My Fire,' 'Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)' and 'Break on Through (To the Other Side)' are superb tracks
No one told me The Doors covered Brecht
Some true classics on this album, but also some lesser songs
Guau
Fantastic. 3 super musicians in their most creative moment, and then with Jim Morrison adding the x-factor
Classic songs from top to bottom. Great musical talent and great lyrics. Never disappoints.
A classic, iconic album. It has a very distinct, signature sound, which is a huge accomplishment when you think about how many psychedelic rock albums were floating around in the late '60s. So many of them were painfully mediocre too, which makes this stand out even more. Everything about the record is interesting, but what I enjoyed the most were the keys. Jangly, whimsical, sort of like carnival music at times - pairing really well with the guitars and Jim Morrison's droning (but also powerful) voice. Standout tracks are Alabama Song, Soul Kitchen, and Twentieth Century Fox.
father? yes son? i want to kill you! AAAAAAAAAH Favorite Tracks: 1-6 4.5-5/5
Nice memories, but it is the past
A combination of the iconic and some forgettable filler
I loved this. Iconic psychadelic jams.
Break On Through (To The Other Side) known from Forrest Gump. Most eye-catching song: Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) for its folklore-like beat. All in all, a masterpiece that is easy to listen to despite its occasional craziness.
There have been a few albums by The Doors that I’ve reviewed now. With both Morrison Hotel and L.A. Woman, I’ve found myself being left somewhat underwhelmed. The Doors are of a legendary status, and certainly have had some good songs, but I’ve yet to really see the greatness. Let’s see if this album changes my mind! Songs I already knew: Break On Through (To The Other Side), Alabama Song (Whisky Bar), Light My Fire, The End Favourites: Light My Fire, The End I recognised more than I expected off this album. Strangely, I think it was because I hear some of these songs sang at home so often - I’m more familiar with very amateur versions (sorry Rach) than the originals. This album was markedly better than the others I’ve listened to so far. It’s interesting in the arrangements - you can see how Light My Fire was rearranged into jazz-pop for Will Young and how it worked so well as that. I love that very distinctive electric piano sound I’ve heard over a few of their albums. Overall, a very good album. I’m starting to see the fuss a bit now.
A lifelong Doors fan, I regrettably realized I've paid relatively little attention to this album. Listening to it again with a critical ear was very surprising. This is one of the Doors strongest collections.
Listened to this already on vinyl. Great album
Really outstanding album, especially for the time
Classical album. Very good!
minchia Bello, ma pensavo da 5 stelle
Excellent like all Doors albums!
mt bom
Hey, I’ve *watched* ‘Apocalypse Now Redux* and will *willingly* watch it again! Bit grumpy RNG has given us a consecutive weekend doses of the Doors, and almost defaulted this to 2 over an impatient first listen, but skipping through this a second time, I realised most of the songs I thought sucked have their charms. The vocalist’s horny shamanistic pretensions are present, yet they work with the setting, and the band is never less than listenable. I picked up a couple of sonic puns: ‘“This is the End…” DUM DUM DUM!’ And the Alabama whisky bar song being a cabaret-worthy oompa-oompa rollick. Not crap, a perhaps mean 3 here. Writing this on Friday, going back to the Associates record to see if I like it as much a day later.
Discovered that I own this, and "Waiting For The Sun"; I guess I am a secret Doors fan unbeknownst even to myself. Gotta agree this is a high quality debut and admit I am quite fond of the organ. Docked a point for that godawful Brecht/Weill number. Highlight is (most of) The End which was used so perfectly in Apocalypse Now that I play the opening bars in my mind whenever I see a cluster of palm trees, excitedly waiting for the napalm. Quite a burden if you lived in SoCal. The horror, the horror
5+
62 of 1001 The Doors - The Doors Favorite Track : Break on Through Rating : 4.5 / 5 Always puts a smile on my face when I see something so good pop up as the album of the day. Have already listened once as I went through playlist, but happy to do it again. Awesome debut album. They had put in the work as a live band and it shows. Easy to rate this one. On a related note, my tinnitus does not approve of any of this.
Mid
Very good, unique and lots of different moods
You can hear a lot of future psychedelic rock. Came out much earlier than I thought.
Weird muted sound throughout, doesn’t sound like recording was very high quality, which isn’t shocking for the time but is for such a big time album. Music itself is solid
Top tracks were Break on Through and Twentieth Century Fox. This is like the most 60’s rock album I’ve ever heard, very catchy tracks, I love the vocals particularly when they get echoey and layered.
It’s familiar to me when listening this album. Even thought I had no idea that I listened it before.
I wonder how I would rate this if I hadn't been exposed to it in my youth
Mid
Nothing
Absolute classic, huge fan of this album
This is not my first listen, but it is the first one where I actively realized that this is kind of a weird album. Many of the songs here have a strange, almost eerie feeling to them, which is a fun angle to approach psychedelia from. Having the keyboard be so central to a band's sound almost always earns points with me, too. Morrison is certainly an odd duck, but his howl can send shivers down your spine. A few of the tracks here are sort of half-baked or simply not that good, which prevents me from considering this a perfect, 5-star album. But the highlights are real good.
Highlights: "Light My Fire," "The Crystal Ship," "End of the Night" I do reckon the main contribution musically is putting the organ so forward. There were other bands doing "Early Beatles but Spooky with an Organ" by this time, like The Zombies in '65. ADoors was really spamming that one minor key modal interchange through the album here; maybe they could call that their harmonic signature. It's professional performances across the board, if a little stiff. That just leaves their extremely divisive reputation on a lyrical basis. Do we think this guy who wrote "Twentieth Century Fox" screaming about statuatory rape in "Back Door Man" is a Great American Poet? Is "drive the snake to the lake" more William Blake or Dr. Seuss? It is ridiculous to argue that Morrison was a full CIA plant to sink the antiwar movement with drug culture propaganda, but that legend has the spirit right; this guy's dad started the Vietnam War, and all he had to say for himself when he worked up the nerve to become a public figure was this offer of a freewheeling doctrine of endless interiority, ie an odyssey ten thousand leagues up their collective asses.
It's alright but the last song is too on the nose it ruins the vibe
I have to say it was definitely not as good as I'd expected. The organ and Jim Morrison's voice were nice throughout, but songwriting was a mixed bag. The first half, including the overrated Light My Fire, was just not exciting at all. The album picked up steam from Back Door Man on and ended pretty solid. Rounded up from 3.5
Decent, but not a band I love, and only a handful of good songs.
Already one of my favorites
Amazing album - 4.5/5! Really enjoyed it
I'll give it a low 5. I'm not really a fan of "The End," but the rest is great.
3 bangers and the rest is solid too, morrisons voice is just godly
Much better than I was expecting. Freaky circus music. Squelchy, distorted sounds. Incredible bass tones throughout.
To put this review in proper context- I've never dropped acid before. Alright now that that's out of the way, it should be easier to understand why I never went through a Doors phase in college or while trying to expand my music knowledge and tastes. I always liked Peace Frog, Riders on the Storm (Mostly because of that Snoop Dogg version from Need For Speed Underground 2, but I digress), and Roadhouse Blues- there's no denying it, The Doors have hits. But even in recognizing those hits and the insanely talented Ray Manzarek, I never had an AHA moment with them like other bands. It is probably because I'm a shitty musician and have 0 blues chops, so even if I can say I understand why they are hailed as a great band, I never fully wrapped my head around it. And honestly they felt dated anytime I tried to get into them. If you play some other records from the time- The Velvet Underground, Van Morrison, Led Zeppelin a few years later, I know that music IS old, but it hardly ever feels that way, somehow they feel fresh and relevant. And unlike the Beatles or Rolling Stones, or Chuck Berry which are even older, at least most of their songs are fun. The blues basis keeps the Doors more palatable than some other psychadelic acts, but am I the only one who ever wonders who that genre was even for? I guess white people from the 60s who hadn't heard Hendrix yet, but I digress. The point is, when I looked at it through that lens and preconceived notions, I risked missing the point of revisiting an album. So I went in with a clean slate. And honestly, it made this record fun to listen to. When I tried not taking it too seriously, it made me open to lot of the cool things they did on these tracks. First off- right from the get go, Break on Through is one of the greatest opening tracks to a record, period. The explosiveness of the final 40 seconds. Also Soul Kitchen is fucking sick. From an iconic keyboard riff, tasty guitar licks, and the yelps and range of Morrison's vocals- it's just a terrific rock song. And the lyrics- any band that talks about Pork and Beans is alright by me. (Ride or Die for Weezer) Worst Song: Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)- Everything about this song is terrible. Best Song: Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)- Everything about this song is SO terrible that it is hysterical and brilliant that it made it on this record, and that the record went on to be a commercial success.
I have never listened to the doors i am a loser i know. whole album had a great vibe until “alabama song”(least fav track) came on and threw me wayyyy off. some of the lyrics are a little rapey and kinda weird. Favorite track was “Light my fire”. the guitar solo towards the middle reminded me of the solo in magic carpet ride by steppenwolf. I probably wouldn’t listen to this album again but i did add a few songs to my playlist.
Never listened to any Doors album all the way through, but I always enjoyed some of their songs. With that being said, I thoroughly enjoyed this album. Something about Morrison’s distinct and dark voice coupled with the off putting organs on these tracks really did something for me. I typically really dislike long tracks, but man I enjoyed every second of Light my Fire. Point taken away for cringe lyrics
try to set the night on FIREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Listened to the doors a lot growing up but fell off listening to them in recent years so this was a nice re-listen. It’s cool to see when bands hit the ground running with their first albums and immediately find their sound like with this debut. Manzarek’s keys lead the way on the best songs off of this one like Soul Kitchen, Break On Through, and Light My Fire. Jim Morrison’s vocals and lyrics are also unique and an interesting contrast to the light hippy music of the 60’s. The vocals can go from a deep, jazzy tone to erratic and loose rock singing that elevates a number of songs. I think the lyrics are best on songs like Break On Through where they aren’t the focus of the song but add a darkness to it that matches the jazz/blues rock instrumentals. On The End the lyrics lose that sleekness and come up really flat in their aim to be groundbreaking. Other slight complaint with this album is the covers don’t really seem to add much and even though Alabama song is kinda funny idk why you’d put it in this one. 👍: light my fire, break in through, soul kitchen
A lot of fun was had on the keys in this album. I don’t mind it. I like the sonic landscape they make. Oh na he fucked his mom in Track 11, bro is wild. Overall the first half had a couple good tracks and the sound is pretty consistent and cohesive. I def like this more bc of my nerdgasam about Francis ford Coppola and the final track.
The doors have a super distinct sound. The organ/harpsichord or whatever it is. The dark, dramatic vocals. The overall mysterious vibe it all creates. Very cool and sexy. For some reason that sound doesn’t really do a ton for me. Imo break on through is the best here and it’s not even close. Then soul kitchen and light my fire are pretty good. Other than that, nothing really interests me here. It’s not bad though. I can’t really explain how I feel about their sound, but it’s not something I’ll be going out of my way to listen to again. Best: break on through, light my fire, soul kitchen Mmm: BREAK ON THROUGH TO THE OTHER SIDE BREAK ON THROUGH TO THE OTHER SIDE
Classic
A classic album, for sure; and I can see how it was monumental in its day. But now it’s not my favorite.
Songs I've heard 100 times too many, interspersed with deep cuts that should stay hidden. A bad trip at the surfing circus. I've always found The Doors to be fairly tedious, and this album didn't change my mind. 'Hey add another 5 minutes to this last song, Jimmy came up with a little tune about butt-fuckin' that we just *can't* cut."
"You are entering the vicinity of an area adjacent to a location. The kind of place where there might be a monster, or some kind of weird mirror. These are just examples; it could also be something much better. Prepare to enter: The Scary Door." jim morrison died when he 27. in that time he accomplished this great album. he died from the excesses of the rock and roll lifestyle. when i die at 27 it will be due to pork pie related injuries. please play beethoven at my funeral. for all its high peaks of greatness this album has far more dead spots than i remembered - hence the mean looking rating. however this is a proper album. 'soul kitchen' fucking rules. 'break on through' gives me that devo/jerry lee lewis/punk type foam at the mouth focused destruction kind of feeling that i so very much adore. not a bad wee disc.
Woooo The allegations are true, i am a rock organ enjoyer. and enjoy i did. gorgeous wee album, best in the first half but full of lovely tunes. Oh to have hit a blunt before listening to this
The Doors! One of the most overrated bands of all time. Boring never ending music as a backdrop to pathetic junkie cod philosophy that’s got undeserved kudos because music journalists are generally not that clever.
One of the all time great debuts. A dark fully realized and original album.
I am reminded of the many times I used to put 'The End' on the jukebox in my local pub, hear 30 seconds of it and then it being rejected and the barmaid giving me my quid back. "Who put that bloody song on again?!?!" jt4527? Here's your quid back!!!!! The Doors for me are a band I can not think about, not listen to for years and then immediately jump right back in without skipping a beat. I think I secretly and very subtly love The Doors very much. Classic album, brilliant! 5 / 5 stars!
I bought this tape when I was a kid. I was firmly in the classic rock Aerosmith / Led Zeppelin mode and The Doors was a necessary album at the time. And that tape was censored, which I didn't know at the time. So that bit in 'Break On Through To The Other Side' when he screams "She gets high!" for me was just "She gets!". Which honestly made enough sense back then and hearing "high" now sounds all wrong. Anyway - these tunes are good. Jim Morrison is just a good enough poet to land some good lines and the rest of it comes off as ridiculous pretentiousness that's pretty fun. It's a heckuva mix, which intentional goodness and untintentional goodness that adds up to a lot of goodness. I mean 'Soul Kitchen'? 'Soul Kitchen'? It's hard to hate an album that has a song about sleeping in someone's soul kitchen.
Pregnant with atmosphere and a kind of roiling doom, this album was an absolute treat after a fairly bleak run of picks. Even stuff I didn't really know, like 'Crystal Ship' and 'End of the Night' hit the mark, a woozy, druggy hypnotic heavy psych. There are a couple of moments that made me laugh - 'Alabama Song', with its jaunty dulcimer, made me think of the Sensational Alex Harvey Band; and whilst 'The End' is a mighty piece, 'Father I want to kill you / Mother I want to RAWWRAWWRARRR' gets me every time. I haven't even mentioned 'Break On Through' nor 'Light My Fire'. Ah, but isn't this sprinkled with just a dusting of magic?
BREAK ON THROUGH TO THE SLIP N' SLIDE!! I feel like these songs have been woven into the background of my life so much that I almost don't even recognize it as music anymore; more just like people in an airport talking. I don't know them, they don't know me, but we're both there doing our separate things. I still like "The End." To me, it's the ultimate Doors song. And then the rest is just weird music you might hear at a Renaissance Faire and the occasional blues-rocker.
Creepy incel
La carta de presentacion de letras poeticas completamente voladas, una guitarra rockera con tintes dominantes, una bateria suave que sabe como acompañar el desorden y ruido que se puede llegar a percibir de la banda y un organo que funciona como un multiuso de gran destaque, cambia el sonido de la epoca y cambia el sentido en el que se toman vueltas mainstream. Un discazo con una de las mejores intros de la hisotria, repleta de hits y de miradas diversas, simplemente arte 9/10.
it’s tough because it’s so good and yet it’s also the portal through which so much evil entered the culture, still i don’t think you can blame the doors for all of that
Great debut from a great band.
What can I say? This was their debut album and yet it contained such amazing and groundbreaking songs, such as "Break On Through", "light My Fire", and "the End", not too mention ""The Crystal Ship", and "Alabama Song".
I like this album, not sure if me, or influenced by my dad when I was a kid.
This is fantastic, and I’d never heard 20th Century Fox before.
This was alright. I like the organ + the song “Take It As It Comes”.
I love this album are ya kiddin
Love to revisit! Easy 5/5.
Liked it, banging
One of the greatest debuts ever, not a single bad song, despite the lack of a bassist
I think there might be something wrong mentally with lead singer. For a debut and 1967 it's insane. Every 5 minutes something disturbing is in the lyrics. Obviously couldn't be a rock album without mentioning little girls. It's a good album but personally I don't think I'd find myself returning to it. The End was awesome though, I feel like Swans took a lot of influence from this song. Score: 70 Art: 60
More like The Boors, am I right? This is classic rock everyone has heard before. The music is fine, some interesting stuff, nothing bad here. Really good for a debut album, just not my favorite band. Fave Songs: Light My Fire and The End
The Doors debut album. From L.A., CA Genre: Psychedelic rock, hard rock, art rock, psychedelia Singles: Break on Through (#64 UK. #146 USA) Light My Fire (#1 USA, #7 UK) Notable Songs: Light My Fire, Break of Through, The End, Back Door Man, The Crystal Ship, Alabama Song, Twentieth Century Fox, Soul Kitchen. Third Listen: Previous two: 5/5 and 5/5. One of the best albums ever. Rating: 5/5
Classic.
It's the doors. They're fine.
classic! love the doors
Some good songs but overrated for me
Enjoyable. Band better than the singer.
Genres: Psychedelic rock, hard rock, art rock, psychedelia Formed: Los Angeles in 1965 Run time: 11 songs, 44 min, 11 sec As far as first albums go, it’s unique. It must have been quite shocking at the time. Obvious drug references, profanities, references to incest and murder; it’s got it all. How did they get published? “Break on Through (To the Other Side)” and “Light My Fire” both have over 250M plays on Spotify which makes it very popular. They are probably more popular today (over 40 years later) than in their hay day. The least played track has over 15M plays. I enjoyed most of the tracks and loved four of them. Yes, I will be playing this album again in the future. My Rating: ****
A real classic. ‘Break on Through (To the Other Side)’ is an amazing opener, ‘Light my Fire’ is simply a classic, and ‘The Crystal Ship’ is a slow, somber song, but the real highlight is ‘The End’. 11 minutes of insanity from the intro to the weird next part (what is the ‘blue bus’ supposed to be) to the Oedipal freak out. No way I couldn’t give it 5 stars.
no on heikkoja leknkkejö albiumin ensimämisellä puoliskolla mutta onhan tämä nyt aivana saatanan hyvä, monta legenda biisä ei yhtään etukäteen muodostettua mielipidettä varsinkaan viimeinen biisi ei ole mielestäni top10 koskaan ja ei ollut mother i want to fuck you lainia albumilla (freudian slip perhaps? was that maybe there by accident perhaps? vahinggossako?sigmund septimus signus? kriekkalainen kirjallisuus EI OK. jos SUOMALAINEN KERTOMUS.. ,niin käy.) the end
break on through is so fun the singing on the crystal ship is fucking amazing god 20th century fox got this thing in the background sounds like shoes i really like it keeps me going light my fire has a really good instrumental backdoors 😜😜😨😨😨 doors predicted backrooms i eat more chicken than any man ever seen i cant believe the band "the doors" looked at me guys we are about to fight the ender dragon we are in the end the end is pretty good i love the singing
Some great timeless songs and others are easily forgotten but enjoyed non the less
WHAT A GREAT DEBUT ALBUM WHAT AN ALL TIME GREAT. So many classic hits There’s no filler here This album is absolutely on the desert island playlist
So many classics. An amazing album
Pompous, not as clever as Jim Morrison intended. This is why drugs are a bad idea, kids. Slightly better than LA Woman.
Classic, not the biggest fan
Yes
10/10 oh man, this is so cool it’s so hard to choose a favorite song! maybe Alabama Song, or End Of The Night I don’t know, the whole album is amazing!
Beautiful friend
I mean its The Doors
One of my all time favorite albums every song is amazing and most of these songs will go down in music history.
One of those rare psychedelic records to still hold up as a full album. Incredibly sequenced and thoroughly exciting all the way through. Also, it has Light My Fire on it. An essential record. A
Jazz,blues,rock and folk, greek mythology swirled together with a heavy dose of acid and voilà we have the Doors. Album was groundbreaking and I just love this album.
Break in Through and Light My Fire are amazing songs but the album doesn’t do much for me from there. Alabama Song annoys me to no end. Maybe it’s a great album, just not my thing.
The organ sound is excellent through out. Break On Through and Light my Fire still hold up. I guess if you can get past the Jim Morrison baggage and parodies the rest of the album works.
Excellent album, great sounds (organ is amazing.) Another amazing debut album on this list.
Great sound and an enjoyable listen
I’ll admit I did not listen to the whole album. I did not need to hear mono and live versions of the tracks. The famous songs are good - the other songs not so. Sorry super fans, I don’t get the hype.
It was good album and I completely understand why it's revered and respected but I don't completely vibe with the synths and constant, haunting vocals.
A banger or two
this is just such a perfect album. banger after banger until the end. which is probably the best close of all time
Great album! I can hear the influences of 60's blues all over the place, also a little bit of The Beatles? Loved "Soul Kitchen" specially.
3.4/5
brings back memories of my HS teacher playing this for us in our 3D CAD class
Groovy, psykedelisk 60’er rock, rimelig nice
IDK Not terrible but a little over it..
A great psycadelic rock album
Jim Morrison is overrated
14-18 year old may have gotten a bit obsessed by the Doors. Hard not to as they are a teenage nerd's wet dream of rebellion and cool. The bad poetry, the swagger, how hard was it to resist. I laugh at it now and many people scoff at the pompous nature of the music but I don't think I would have the wide music taste I have today without this band. They got me passionate about music and hunting for more. They were a gateway into punk and hip hop and anything underground. Even though they were a commercial band they never felt safe like the Beatles or the Stones and lay open the darkness that was possible in music
Relaxing and fätzy.
5/5. Classic. Standouts: Light My Fire, The End, Break on Through.
Some absolute classics, but also some songs that haven't stood the test of time.
Cracker of a debut. Soul Kitchen for stand out track.
heard it much too many times, involuntarily. Not a fan.
I've exhausted any latent Doors nostalgia already. There was a Boy Scout leader who would (hopefully joking) quip light my fire at helpful mothers; Fuck that. Apart from mentioned electric violin interpretations, I didn't ever spend time with the Doors as a young man. I enjoy it now, perhaps, as an immature one. But the debut is immaculate in all the obvious flawed ways. Take it as a dose, not a personality; Revisit, occasionally, until you can no longer.
Good
This album came back in a big way when I was in high school because of the Oliver Stone Doors movie. If you ever listened to classic rock radio, you've heard all of these songs except for a couple of album tracks that lead up to The End. I like this album well enough, but because it seems so ubiquitous, I don't really need to go out of my way to listen to this going forward.
There are some legendary tracks here, and some I didn't know. I've always liked The Doors so this was an easy listen today.
First time sitting down and listening to. Doors album. Sounded good. Like what I think I expected. Songs were fun but the few keyboard solos were a bit shrill.
Oh dear lord don't make me do this! The End is still a banger, the singles are just too played out!
Classic masterpiece.
Good album, very close to a four if some of the last few songs were better but strong 3
Thought it was a solid album, but no song particularly stood out. I think the ones I liked the most were Whisky Bar and Light My Fire
Excellent debut.
Doors
Solid 2 star album. Jim Morrison was an insufferable man and a crap poet, but at least the organ sounds are cool. This album channels 60's blues, but holy F it seems to make a 44 minute album sound like 3 hours of pain. The End is such a self indulgent stroppy teenager whinefest. Urrgh. Whatever.
A classic, of course
The hits and every other song that could have been.
Fine. The album opens strong with "Break on Through" - a high energy rock song that really got me dancing on my toes (& I really love that rock organ!). However, from there the album really wears on me. I don't know if it's just a question of era, but I don't believe a word the lead singer sings - it seems too affected to me. I listened to the album twice through, and it never got better to me.
I'm a big fan of Jim Morrison. His voice is full of depth and is very captivating. The first time I ever heard The Doors, I kind of thought the instrumentals were a little too mellow in comparison. Over time, it all started to mesh very nicely in my ears. This album doesn't have my favorite Doors song, but it does have some absolute hits. 'Break On Through' has the kind of aggression I enjoy, and a welcome shift between verse and chorus. I very much enjoy Alabama Song with it's oom-pah sounds. Honestly, never realized (or maybe forgot) Light My Fire was 7 minutes long, because it really doesn't drag on in my ears. Gotta get down to the synth throughout the album. A true highlight. I have not spent much time with The Doors in recent years, but I think it's time for a change. A side note, my mom loves Jim Morrison and The Doors. My dad used to make fun of some of the other bands my mom loved from her youth that she'd play at home. Some of those bands were good, some not as good. But I always thought it was really cool my mom listened to The Doors.
Songs like Break On Through, Soul Kitchen, and Light My Fire were some hot hits from middle school Joey days. I have never listened to this album in its entirety, however. I will honestly say some of these tracks are not super memorable to me. They don't hit as hard as, well, the hits. Alabama Song is so very very strange (learned about what a marxophone is through this listen). Ray Manzarek absolutely makes this album what it is in my mind but Jim's vocals are punk as hell and I LOVE when he lets it all out. I will be honest, I do think a few songs drag a little bit or just weren't very memorable. I think the only songs I could really feel "something" with aside from the hits were Back Door Man and I Looked At You. I enjoyed the first couple of minutes of The End but damn this song just goes and goes and goes. And not really in a way that draws me in. I kind of just want it to end. I would put this one at a 3.75 but will round up to 4 just considering the fact that this was their debut! They came in hot, for sure!
Break On Through is such a great song. I’ve heard that what separates a good rock song from a great one is the management and buildup of intensity (Everclear’s “Santa Monica” is a great example). But Break on Through builds up super quick to the punch line, and I love it. And it sounds like the perfect soundtrack to every 60s movie. Light My Fire does too. But that’s about it. The rest are just okay. Twentieth Century Fox was familiar, but that doesn’t make it enjoyable. The Doors just aren’t my thing. I did like Soul Kitchen. In fact, I always liked Smash Mouth’s “Walking on the Sun”, but now I realize it’s just a complete rip off of Soul Kitchen from this album. Soul Kitchen feels more authentic. Between a 2 and 3, but Break On Through makes it round up for me.
Unique sound with the keyboard but some of the songs (Alabama song) are simply not great. Glad I listened to it but not a game changer.
Easy 5 for me. Though not a perfect album, I find strange, twisted beauty in The Doors’ imperfections. And its strengths are stellar enough to rise the whole project to an iconic, mystical stature. Especially for a debut. And especially for 1967. The sound achieved by the Doors continues to be one of the most unique I have come across on any record. From Densmore’s jazz background, to Krieger’s flamenco-guitar stylings; and from Manzarek’s simultaneous piano bass/organ work, to Morrison’s one-of-a-kind, larger-than-life persona and poetry. Tie this all together with a UCLA film studies program and a chance encounter between all 4 future Doors members at a meditation retreat and yeah. It’s hard to explain how the stars align sometimes. But for this band, and this album—even if all too briefly—they surely did. The extended solo in “Light My Fire” and especially the part that returns from the jam back into the verse with little more than a shrug makes me smile. “Break On Through” is a barn-burning opener, a song I could play endlessly and did as a kid while playing Tony Hawk’s Underground 2. (Funny enough I remember playing a racing game with my brother too that featured “Riders On The Storm” heavily, and I remember too several of my middle-school classmates having songs by The Doors on their Myspace pages, and then there was the movie; it seemed like The Doors were everywhere I looked as a kid.) “Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)” a cover and re-working of a song by German post-modern playwright, Bertolt Brecht, shows off half the band’s film studies background while experimenting with carnival music, ska, and psychadelia. With those highlights and an excellent supporting cache of tracks showcasing the band’s unique brand of baroque and blues rock, The Doors is a strange and classic record.
I liked it! I’m intrigued. I’m eager to hear more from the Doors. Some of the songs give you this offbeat, unsettled feeling. You get the sense that there’s something odd about Jim Morrison. He’s not immediately scannable. Like there’s something brewing under the surface. I’m only getting a quick look with an album that has a couple of standouts, but is mostly a mood. Where do they go next? (No spoilers). 3/5
🙁
Overdone and overrated.
10/11 Very shocked that I liked it this much. There were a few 'weird' songs, but it goes with the time that they were made in. I liked the vibe, will definitely listen again.
The Doors are one of those bands that is iconic and also not that good. Even so, this album is basically their greatest hits. Just about every “good” Doors song is on this album - which makes it a no-brainer for the list. I’m giving it a bump based on that deserved mess, but -musically - it’s a 3 at best.
It’s just brilliant, iconic and every track is a banger easy 5/5
По-простому хороший и интересный альбом с небольшими нотками психодела, классика того времени, которую можно слушать бесконечно. (8)
wow
"Break on Through" and "Light My Fire" are excellent. They have such a recognizable sound, and really paint a picture of a certain LA stereotype. Some of these songs are trash (looking at you, "Alabama Song"), and overall a mixed bag. In the end, it's an iconic debut from an iconic band.
As Matt Berry says, "I know it’s kind of fashionable to think the Doors are naff, but I don’t give a fuck about that." The Doors have a very distinct sound: a sort of dark and moody psychedelia, with organ as their melodic centerpiece. The guitar and drums give the perfect amounts of accent and space to frame everything up and complete the atmosphere. Finally, they have one of the most captivating lyricists and performers of the era as the frontman. And that's where many people probably take issue. I get the feeling that Jim Morrison is often perceived as some kind of pretentious egomaniacal dilettante for some reason. But if you watch interviews with him, he always comes across surprisingly down to earth to me. I think it's just a matter of separating the stage persona from the person. Outside of things like "The End," which kind of hints at where they are going to go next, and a couple genre excursions like "The Alabama Song" and "Back Door Man," this is largely a pop record. I find it quite impressive that they were always able to balance these different modes of operation on their albums. I suppose that is what made this era immediately after the Beatles/Dylan songwriting revolution so special; that bands were still expected to create these catchy hooky singles, but to also push boundaries while they were at it. Best of both worlds in my opinion. I think The Doors were one of the most original and talented bands of their all too brief era, and like Matt Berry, I don't give a fuck if you think otherwise.
What a fuckin' debut. So many hits and staying power of an album. They coulda stopped here and been legendary as-is.
yeah yeah yeah - classic
Fucking amazing no doubt about it
The praise for this one is understandable - The Doors definitely had something unique. For sure it's one of the most impressive debut albums, as their signature sound was already fully formed, and there are some truly classic tracks as well. When the organ riff in Light My Fire slots back in after all the soloing it's always a great moment, every time I hear it. I'd stop short of saying it's one of the best ever albums period, though.
A unique album. Broke new ground in 1967. Timeless
it's always fascinating when an artist releases their debut album and knew exactly at that moment what they wanted to do. this self-titled album contains that very psychedelic rock sound that the doors cultivated. i knew a good amount of these songs already, due to my upbringing on classic rock radio, but i was struck how progressive the doors could be. most of their songs are under or around three minutes, but their two longer songs show their intrigue in experimentation. the keyboard instrumental in "light my fire" is a perfect example of this. mostly, psychedelic rock isn't for me. it's kind of too weird for me! the doors' hits are undoubtedly good, but with the non-hits being too different to enjoy, sometimes i wonder if i don't like them as much because i did not live through the sixties. no matter--still a worthy entry to this albums project.
Honestly, I love this album. So many of The Doors best songs are right here on this outstanding debut album, and they are culturally known and significant songs, at that. I am not a huge psychedelic rock fan, but I have always loved The Doors' take on it. Furthermore, they mix a lot of blues into their psychedelic rock, too, which is another thing I don't typically like, but I find it works well here. This is psychedelia at its best, and every song has its own weird quirkiness to it. In my opinion, when you hear a Doors song, you just know it is them -- they immediately made a significant mark on music that has lasted over the years.
The original intrigue has long since worn off but this album is undeniably one of the greats. It’s a signature album of 60s psychedelic rock. Jim’s erratic energy goes so well with the constant flitting keyboard. There’s an emotional uneasiness that comes with this album, that crescendos throughout, and it shouldn’t be any other way. Every song is perfect or near to it. Necessary and without substitute.
The Dude hated The Eagles. I hate The Eagles too. I also hate The Doors. I have almost everything about them, but they’re lead singer most of all. Listening to this album was pure penance and I almost quit this entire exercise. I certainly hate the “1001” critics more for making me endure this pretentious travesty.
4.5
One of the greatest debut albums of all time. Just for the song The End this is a five star album - such an incredible song, nothing like it before or since. But not only that, Break on Through is a classic, as are The Crystal Ship and Light My Fire. The Doors went on to make more great music, but I'm not sure they ever topped this (with the possible exception of Morrison Hotel). 5 stars.
Rarely find myself reaching for Doors records, but when i do i always enjoy. The whole thing has a vibe that fits a mood, have to find my way there more occasionally.
Last song was cool. First song is a classic. Didn’t particularly fall in love with anything.
Two brilliant tracks, 4*
Wasn't expecting to like it but it was probably better than expected.
I'm familiar with their bigger hits and listening to this album was quite a journey. I think they revolutionized music and they brought a very unique take to the world. It is a shame that Jim Morrison's flame burned out so quickly. There are so many what-ifs?
very good, a couple of absolute classics. pretty similar sounds throughout most songs. but still quite solid album.
Tremendous
Opens with break on through, also has light my fire, and closes with the end. This album basically is the 60's. The organ, Morrison's voice, everything about it is great
The first six songs flow seamlessly into each other and the guitar and organ instrumentation is amazing, the second half is also great but do not feel as cohesive as the first
I think Mr. Lizard King is finally clicking for me; still not a favorite of mine, but I definitely get it now. And this one has some classics and some nice deep cuts; and that organ is always killer.
Now this classic right here earns the Doors their clout.
I’ve never been a huge fan and still feel the same.
Really great Album Some great songs
Very vibey.
Listening to this as an adult I realize that The Doors have a certain X factor that I don’t know if I can get down with. It’s just a hits for me.
Jim Morrison has this effortless swagger when it comes to his singing, this is a pretty good album to listen to while driving to the beach in the sweltering heat. Interesting instrumentation throughout, but both Light My Fire and The End are way too long and could have been easily trimmed.
Other than a brief interest in them during my late high school and early college years, I never got into The Doors. There are a few songs I like and I can definitely hear the talent in each performer; it's really a matter of personal preference.
Yo 4/5 this shit slaps the 60s knew how to bop no wonder James acaster loved them
aight
Bis auf Light my fire kannte ich nix. Hat mich auch nicht überzeugt.
Not bad, but nothing really stands out for me.
It really is an excellent album and sums up the tone and theme of the 60s rock bands of LA in a perfect way. 4/5
Say what you will about Jim Morrison and the Doors, the man truly performs like a man possessed. Pretentious lyrics aside, he had "it", whatever that is. Also, the Doors had a sound that I don't think many bands have ever been able to truly match. The organ-heavy sound has been copied multiple times, but I don't think they ever come close to what the Doors were doing. Favorite tracks: "Soul Kitchen", "Break on Through", "The End"
When its good it good, when it bad its very very bad.
Chef-d’œuvre de Jim Moriarty
j'ai manqué à mes obligations je ne peux pas travailler et en plus écouter Bob Dylan
Good album
Sheer brilliance, rock music of the type that never fades. File under “what a debut”. Who could have imagined a rock song with such a huge organ solo could light my fire so consistently? Or that The End could provide the such an effective soundtrack to one of the best films ever, Apocalypse Now? My second favourite Doors album, by the tiniest of margins (LA Woman, you’re my woman).
3 Good listening
This is probably one of the stronger efforts by the Doors. Jim Morrison's poetry is not all over the place ("I am the Lizard King, I can do anything." "Um.... ok, Jim. Whatever...."), the band is fine form, the organ is really complimenting the guitar. I'm embarrassed to say, this is my first time hearing the uncut versions of both "The End" and "Break On Through". I had heard them on a Best Of , but they took out the word "high" in "Break On Through" so Morrison sings "She gets..." and that's all I ever heard. And they edited out Jim chanting "f**k" as well. So the song felt... slightly different this time. Even the non-single songs sounded better. They're not so... ramble-y. "Soul Kitchen" and "Twentieth Century Fox" I had heard before, and I always liked the wordplay of the latter's title. The other songs work well, and their brevity does help with that, they don't overstay their welcome. So all in all, a pretty solid effort.
Not my favorite band or album but it's solid. Their different sounds (blues, jazz, rock, psychedelia) come through well. Jim Morrison is appropriately unhinged. Honestly, I wasn't exactly blown away by any songs I didn't already know, but I found myself re-appreciating the songs I did know - Break on Through, Soul Kitchen, 20th Century Fox, Light My Fire, and The End (ok, the full version is a little much).
Some fabulous songs on here! A few not as good ones keep it from being a 5.
its psych ish blues rock. youve heard it no doubt. i enjoyed it. its not bad at all. glad 11 minute tracks exist. yeehaw.
Probably not my first choice for albums by The Doors. That being said, I'm into it, given that I'd been indoctrinated from a young age. The highs are all-timers, but the lows are kind of monotonous and otherwise uninteresting. I love how they've worked the organ into it, and while I can't really imagine putting this record on to just listen to it as a standalone activity, it still actually feels kind of cohesive. Standouts: Break On Through (To the Other Side), Light My Fire, Back Door Man, The End
It is a classic. I was surprised how many of the songs I recognized...not just the big two singles. Twentieth Century Fox was a fun find.
Puertas
Un poquito más de musiquita de la infancia, y sonidos que siento que reconozco. Diver
The doors have been a real surprise hit for me while doing this. Really enjoyed this had some songs I had no idea where them
Love it
I love this album.
Another belter, long live the streak! I used to play this on repeat when I was about 18, and it still feels new today. Love it.
More Doors! Preferred LA Women but this was still good. Enjoyed the weirder tracks the most.
Double doors. Marginally better than L.A. Woman.
Didn't think it was good as their L.A Woman album but I still really liked this. "Break On Through", "The End" and "Light My Fire" were highlights of the album.
Double Doors! As of 2 days ago I already knew I was cool enough to listen to the Doors, so no issues there. I liked this too. Quite different to LA woman. This sounded more Beatlesy, or rather the Beatles sound Doorsy? I preferred the more blues sounding LA woman album. However this had many more "hits" that I knew and I can imagine it was a bigger commercial success. I should've given LA woman a 5, and this a 4, but alas.
Very good
Light My Firen lisäksi tällä albumilla oli ehkä yksi tai kaksi ennestään hyvin tuttua kappaletta, mutta tykkäsin koko albumista ihan tosi paljon! Rakastan etenkin noita sähköurkuja. Suosikit: Break on Through (To the Other Side), Alabama Song (Whisky Bar), Light My Fire, Take It as It Comes
4.5
A minor miracle of pop music, absolutely cool and substantive and rich. There are a few all-time cuts and not a single dog. "Light My Fire" is a top-10 essential rock-and-roll song, transcending time and genre, a perfect balance of hook and ambition and seriousness. It truly makes one listen. Amazingly, this has not been made worse by its popularity or hipster affectations or the presence of the utterly insufferable Manzarek or the fact that one over-loved it as a kid (by which one means took it too seriously). It's not even diminished by the fact that "20th-Century Fox" reminds one of one's ex-wife. The playing is great throughout. A true landmark and milestone which feels almost forgotten today.
Pretty good but didn’t love any particular song
One of their best
Likte dette overraskende godt ✨ bra jobbemusikk
Great album
This was fine I didn't really have feelings either way on this one
I liked it, I thought it was somewhat basic and not breaking the bounds but it was very good with what it was trying to be.
Great album
Rock psicodélico de The Doors. Varios megahits. Vinilo.
The End, Light My Fire.
Tosi hyvä, vaikka biisit kuullostaa samanlaiselta, rento, vika biisi kiroilua, jee!
I've always written off The Doors as just another psychedelic rock band with 6 minute acid induced organ solos throughout most of their music, but after listening to this self titled debut album, boy was I wrong. They are so much more than that. Yes, those organ solos do exist (in Light My Fire for example), but there is also many songs that are less than 3 minutes long, and have funky, jazzy, bluesy feels to them with typical 60s rock overtones. The addition of an electric organ was, at the time, revolutionary to the genre of rock, and led to many other bands doing the same thing. Jim Morrison had such a unique singing voice. Some of his vocals may make more sense when high on psychedelics, but one can definately appreciate the magnitude of this album, even when sober. I was worried about the song The End when it started playing and I saw an almost 12 minute run time, but the solos are kept short in it, and Jim keeps the song flowing well throughout, making the time fly by (the song doesn't go on so long that it becomes stale). Overall, impressed with this album. It has opened my eyes to more of what The Doors were. Favourite songs: Break on Through (To The Other Side), Soul Kitchen, Back Door Man, Twentieth Century Fox, Light My Fire, The End Least favourite songs: Alabama Song (Whisky Bar), The Crystal Ship 3/5
I never know what to do with The Doors, I'll be honest. So many of my friends and other people I respect their musical tastes off see this as a landmark in musical history, even calling it the best debut album ever made. But I must be really missing something that everyone else is hearing, because this never clicked with me. I know this album well, I enjoy listening to it, and it has some great moments on it (The organ solo in Light My Fire, and The End of course.) But songs like 'Twentieth Century Fox' or 'Take It As It Comes' are just decent rock songs and I'll always nod my head up and down when I hear them in a pub or a party, but nothing more. It's a 3,5* album and maybe some time in my life it'll click.
Favorite song: Break on Through (To the Other Side)
Lähes täydellinen.
Very solid album with some great hits. The deep cuts here are pretty meh but don't drag the good songs down. The End takes this album up a notch.
The boreds Not!!
The great tracks are fantastic, the others are good too. Definitely an album you have to hear b4 you die
The don'ts
Break on through is a great song, the rest of this album really drags.
Great record
Dang, this was like Fleetwood Mac levels of not realizing how much I recognized the songs on here. Also The Doors are surprising me with how much psych/prog they have going on, I had always thought of them as just kind of a rock band
This album is excellent. It genuinely covers the spirit of the latter 60s, and contains so many great songs, e.g. Break on Through, Alabama Song, Light My Fire and The End. Every single one can stand on its own. The music is fantastic, the organ solo in Light My Fire is simply sublime, and Jim Morrison's vocals and lyrics shine in every one of them. I never was a Doors fan, but this made me intersted in their music. 5/5
A fantastic band and album. Quite unique and way ahead of their time.
Enough said
Some of their biggest songs are here and Jim absolutely kills it! The band’s sound is so unique and identifiable.
Also the second Doors album in this experient leaves me kinda cold. Just personally not my vibe, the songs are too similar and the concept of this relaxed half singing half speaking by Jim doesnt appeal to me
I have always hated the Whiskey Bar song.
Perfect
4 stars minimum
album perfetto nel senso della musica, le parole mi sembrano un po' a caso. sinceramente non capisco se mi piace o no però da ascoltare sicuramente
bomba
Discazo de rock con toques en ocasiones psicodélicos, pero todo un emblema, con canciones muy reconocibles y una gran voz
Good stuff. The organ breaks are all a bit samey, but The End is a great track.
There’s a couple of missteps but by and large this is still an outstanding, evocative, almost dangerous sounding debut record, especially songs like ‘Break On Through (To The Other Side)’, ‘Light My Fire’ and of course epic psychedelic freak out ‘The End’, which is forever seared in my brain through its use in ‘Apocalypse Now’. ‘This is the end, beautiful friend’ indeed.
Didn't like The Doors before I listened to this all the way through... Don't like them now. Maybe 3 good songs across their whole catalogue.
Classic
The Doors is all I need.
not as good as other 60s hits
Some songs feel like 60’s pop with a dark psychedelic edge, others are hard blues rock. There are some absolute classics — “Light My Fire” is probably a top 100 rock song and “Break on Through (To the Other Side)” and “The End” are both amazing — plus a lot of really good album cuts too. I really enjoyed “I Looked at You” and “Take It as It Comes.” Man, I guess I haven’t heard “The End” in a while. It gets really wild around the 9-minute mark.
"Break on Through (To the Other Side)" and "Light My Fire" are bona fide rock hall of fame masterpieces. A lot of the other songs I have heard but didn't know the names. "Soul Kitchen" is fantastic and driven by yet another catchy organ riff, "Back Door Man" has such a cool chugging pushing ahead train track guitar, and "The End" is a stunning and sonically beautiful piece of music. Definite 5 out of 5 for me. The Doors are amazing. Is this their best album? I have to do some more digging on them. I did read that Paul McCartney wanted this sound to be like an "alter ego" for the Beatles and that it inspired Sgt. Peppers. That's amazing!!
Every time I put one of their albums on I come away thinking that I should have spent more time with this band over the years. Just incredible. Best track: Light My Fire
A mix desse album é bem diferente dos padrões atuais, foi um pouco difícil de me acostumar, mas é uma parada bem orgânica, como se eu estivesse ouvindo uma banda no palco mesmo. No geral, é bem interessante, mas maçante. 6/10 Músicas favoritas: Break on Through Alabama Song Back Door Man Light My Fire
Not my speed.
Excellent album.
A genuine classic that demonstrates the range of the Doors from Alabama Song through to The End via the well known Light My Fire and Break on Through. They, of course, are not going to be everyone's cup of tea. For me an album that has not lost any of it's impact over the 55 years since it was released.
5.0 + One of the easiest 5 star ratings I've given. I can remember the exact moment I first heard this album back in high school. I was immediately floored - the poetry, the voice, the organ sounds, the overall vibe. Rarely do I prefer the deep cuts of an album but "Crystal Ship" and "Alabama Song" may be my favorite tracks. And who can deny the jammy vibes of "Light My Fire"? The story behind how they recorded "The End" is the stuff of rock 'n' roll legend. I bet 99% of bands would be happy to have an album of this caliber stand as their greatest hits. It blows my mind that this record was only their beginning.
This one took music somewhere else, especially with the energy and poetry of Morrison. Love it.
great album - the mother of angst
Cool
A nice album where you can obviously see the weirder and innovative roots you would see in later Doors' albums, but the organ solo stuff, while good, does feel a little too safe and extended at times. Still though, overall very good, and still earns a four star.
Deras bästa album.
show me the way to the next little girl. dont ask why dont ask why. Pretty creepy by todays standards for sure. rest of the cd is good but just feel creeped out and couldnt really enjoy it
Amazing
Absolute classic
great listen from start to finish
I don't like the Doors.
4/5. First half is perfect but second half has a lot of filler songs. The End is great but doesn’t make up for the three songs before it that don’t land.
Incredible rock songs mixed with some psychedelic songs and all good. The electric organ is my favorite.
Great album with a few major hits, "Light my Fire", "Break on Through", "Soul Kitchen". Love Ray Mazarek's synthesizer. 8/10.
Good album. Still not a fan of the Doors, but I see why some people love the music.
you like it or you don't. I don't
This is a classic, stacked with songs that have become radio standards. There aren't any weak tracks on this one, though some songs break through (no pun intended) into legendary status. Even the Beatles wanted to capture the same energy of this record on Sgt. Pepper's.
Some iconic hits, but also plenty of filler. The poetry is indeed stupid, but only noticeably so on The End.
In opposition to the free love, utopian psychedelic scene that permeated rock culture at the time, the Doors' eponymous debut album shows us the dark, seedy, and dangerous undertones of the culture. Jim Morrison is almost shamanic, his commanding voice gives life to the sexual, menacing, and transgressive themes throughout this album. This album is full of hits and seems like a victory lap taken at the onset of their career. The music can be grounded bar band blues rock or straight psychedelic tracks featuring the keyboards of the incomparable Ray Manzarek. It is really the last track, 'The End,' that makes the statement of who the Doors are. It is a meandering pulsing track that weaves through Oedipal mythology and ends with death. Whether it is the death of ego or something more sinister, is left up to us to decide.
Geeze. What a great album. Even with the weirdness that is "The End", it's just non-stop bangers and vibe. Ray Manzarek is a beast of a player and really pulled out all the stops (literally, because he's the organ player) on this debut album. Not that anybody dialed it in. Every player was on their game and Jim Morrison's performances were stellar. There's just so much energy here. Had to listen to it twice. Easy 5 stars.
This album is a huge trip. From the rock 'n' roll inspired "Break on Through (To the other side)" to the psychedelic 12-minute trip of "The End", this is probably one of the best debut albums in history. This album is the reason why even more than 50 years after Jim Morrison's death we still miss him. Just imagine what things he could do if he got to old age!
Superb debut album. Starts (Break on through) and finishes (The End) so strongly while also boasting the magnificent Light My Fire. What stands out for me is the way that Ray Manzarek's keyboards drive the songs and of course the deep, distinctive quality of Jim Morrison's singing.
pretty cool
Okay hold on, hold on. This album is fine right, it’s enjoyable. I enjoyed most of the frilly little organ solos and Jim Morrisons scraggy voice but ‘The End’ is something else. That’s a fucking great song. 8/10
5 stars