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I approached this one with a slightly disappointing kazoo fanfare. How do you hear an album properly when it has spent nearly sixty years being turned into a cliché? What helped was hearing the working band underneath the monument. This sounds like Please Please Me after somebody has left the gates of perception unpadlocked: a club band getting its repertoire onto a debut album. Except one runs on speed and the other runs on acid. The Beatles record compresses that experience into pop dimensions; this one lets the seams stretch. And what an odd repertoire it is. “Break On Through” has that skeletal, warped bossa nova underneath the attack. “Soul Kitchen” sounds like a comedy hero working his way through a fashionable 1967 party where everyone is expecting sex and he’s just trying to find Susan. Listen past the party, though, and the lyric is strangely forlorn. Loneliness wearing party clothes. “The Crystal Ship” is harmonically seasick: apparently a ballad, except the floor keeps moving. “Twentieth Century Fox” is an “ooh, look at the nice lady” song with a daft pun attached. Then Brecht and Weill turn up, which is quite a thing to accommodate in the same set. Morrison’s handling of “Alabama Song” is one of the first real surprises. He has an actor’s ear. He understands its grotesque theatrical register and doesn’t try to make it sound like a heartfelt rock confession. Across the album he’s much more flexible than the leather-trousered monument suggests: mannered here, beautifully ragged and feral on “Back Door Man,” hushed on “End of the Night.” The latter’s little slide-guitar passage sounds perfectly chemically altered. “Light My Fire,” an obscure number you may have encountered, is a remarkably strange hit when you actually listen to it. Latin inflections, a Bach-ish organ introduction, then that long instrumental stretch in which getting to the next verse ceases to be anybody’s immediate concern. You can imagine a club band keeping this going while someone backstage sorts themselves out. Manzarek’s organ lends the proceedings grandeur, but there’s still something wonderfully practical about having a song you can expand to fit the evening. “I Looked at You” may be the funniest thing here. A pop song droned by depressives: boy meets girl on a psychiatric ward, fluorescent light flickering overhead. Then it supplies a Count Basie-style false ending, because apparently that was what it needed. “Take It as It Comes” offers some brisk psychedelic life advice and gets another couple of minutes of the set dealt with. Not every number sounds destined for immortality. Some sound useful on a Tuesday. Then “The End” makes the whole thing weigh differently. It sounds like a closer that has been stretched, worried at and lived inside until the band has discovered how much it can bear. Krieger’s curling phrases move around that sustained tonal centre while Densmore lets the music hover. This is where the acid comparison becomes more than a joke. The urgency of getting to the next change has dissolved. A chord becomes somewhere to stay. Morrison’s spoken passage still has teeth, too. This is Oedipus with the protection of ignorance removed: the act becomes intention. Underneath him, the band has made ordinary time sufficiently unstable for that declaration to feel horribly present. When the harmony finally shifts, a simple change brings an extraordinary amount of relief. They’ve made us wait long enough to feel it. I expected familiarity to be the obstacle here. What surprised me was how much familiarity had concealed: the humour, the awkwardness, the theatrical judgement, the odd little songs sharing space with the enormous ones. An uneven, frequently daft, sometimes extraordinary record. You can hear a band earning its living, trying things out, and discovering that its closing number opens onto somewhere considerably less manageable.
Fire
Door closed
Triggers a summer of witnessing a teenaged friend slip into depression. We had so few albums so we listened to this one over and over. Listening to it now, a few songs are decent, others just sound like Morrison is an aging lounge act, drunk and lacking energy. Saw his grave in Paris with same depressed friend a few years later. The whole thing now gives me the ick.
I know people rate this album so high i just couldn't get into it
The Doors are a kind of hit or miss band for me. Sometimes, I think they are great, and other times not. But that first album is a good one. There’s definitely some bangers in there. Definitely a good listen and some of the songs will be on my rotation. 4/5. Break on Through (To the Other Side): 5 Soul Kitchen: 4 The Crystal Ship: 3 Twentieth Century Fox: 3,5 Alabama Song (Whisky Bar): 5 Light My Fire: 5 Back Door Man: 4 I Looked at You: 3,5 End of the Night: 3 Take it as it Comes: 3 The End: 3,5
Vraimenr cool super cool comme classique
this album is sooo awesome. i love it
Great album with a sensational closing track I'm a bit disappointed to see Strange Days isn't on this list - my personal favourite Doors album. 8/10
Far and away my favourite album by The Doors, and even though I think it's great, there's a lot of the grating elements that keep me at arm's length. I don't care about what Jim is saying, and I think he's always been overrated as a poet and lyricist. I love when they descend into a "jam" mode, moreso than I like them at their standard, barring Break On Through. I like when they subvert the common songwriting tropes, like on "The End", and when they sound almost gothic, like the chorus on "Alabama Song". This is an album carried by its highs, but those highs are high.
Got this too brilliant a classic
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Klassiskt album som är riktigt bra debutalbum. Inte min favorit av Doors men fortfarande ett album jag uppskattar, det blir en 4a. Bäst är Break on through, Light my fire, I looked at you, Take it as it comes
It is a masterpiece and the best Doors record (L.A.Woman comes clise).
7 - GOOD
A classic album, of course. I especially enjoyed The End on this listen.
Really enjoyed this
7/10
I see why that’s a big deal
Solid album full front to back
A 60s classic. Heard it a bunch times before and even played some of the songs on organ. One of the strongest debuts ever also.
Late 60s psych rock. Almost the only ones from the genre I like. Morrissons swagger is unmatched. large, extensive number of musical influences, such as jazz, classical, blues, pop, R&B and rock music. Absolute kick-ass debut, highly influential on whole genre and bands like the Beatles.
Very self-serious for a bunch of hard-drinking 23-year-olds
This was pretty good i liked the organ. It took two listens to get into it but it paid off
A classic!
Pretty good for their first album, must have blown people's minds back in the day. Not sure how I feel about it today, it isn't as varied as I hoped (their next album is much better in this regard). And what's up with all the 'little girl' stuff.. I guess it's just the common vocab back then, but didn't age well at all, makes listening to some of these songs pretty uncomfortable. Anyway, there are some really good songs here, and as an album it's really quite good.
Electric organ is sorely underused in music. Or maybe it’s used the perfect amount and it’s allocated entirely to The Doors. Hard to say, what’s not hard to say, is that this is a great album. Some truly amazing songs that absolutely stand the test of time. And the fact that this is their first album is insane. Even the songs most people haven’t heard are well made and have a style all their own. Altogether, there’s a lot of things to like if you enjoy the dark, weird, whiskey drinking, brooding style that The Doors bring.
Not the biggest fan but this album is legendary
Clásico
Alright but a bit samey
This was fine. Kind of felt like Boomer slop
Iconic.
A classic for a reason. I love so much of this album. There are one or two tracks that don't click with me, like Alabama song, but the rest more than make up for it.
Not really my thing, but Jim Morrison's talent is undeniable
interesting
Yksi erinomainen biisi (Light my fire), paljon hyviä biisejä ja muutama selvästi heikompi ralli. Yleisarvosana helppo 3/5. Hyvä ja parempi kuin aiemmin listalla ollut The Doors -albumi. The Doors ei vaan tipu mulle kovinkaan hyvin joten siinä mielessä 3/5 on todella hyvä arvosana. 3/5
not bad, but too psychodelic for me
The organ tone became grating but I don’t find anything remarkable enough to account for the hate Jim gets
I still don’t think of myself as a huge Doors fan. But you know that it would be untrue, you know that I would be a liar, if I was to say to you this isn’t a 5.
was doing record of "roses for algernon" with this. like the vibe, but not the music i usually listen to. 7/9/26
I found this enjoyable but often a bit repetitive for me. I’m also not the biggest organ fan. It was interesting to listen to the full album, already knowing a few of the songs. Not sure I would come back to it though. Fav song: Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) Least fav: The End
Some classics on here. Even when it goes crazy this is still nice to listen to. Would have been higher but the End slightly annoys me. Specific rating - 4.2 Fav song - break on through (to the other side) Least fav- the end
4,5 stars
Bissle alt
It's pretty great except for the shitty songs. '20th Century Fox' is amongst the DOAT (dumbest of all time)
그닥 내 취향 아닌거같어서... 너무 늙크크 느낌임 두곡만듣고걍패스햇어...
Excellent music that pushed rock when it was created and still sounds original today
Solid 6/10 carried by break on through, twentieth century fox, soul song and take it as it comes rest were mid to buns
some more of my goats right here
Very similar sound throughout the album. A bit dated in terms of production and sound quality, but very cool nonetheless
a solid collection and ahead of its time but not timeless
I just don’t get the Doors. This is music that is revered and yet I can’t hear what others hear. Long form and meandering I can enjoy, but is just dull as well. 1
Really good. Like the synths or whatever it is. Jim is also good.
Wasn't someone saying never start an album with your best song? Break on through here we go, taking the squeegee to my 3rd eye, Bill. What I love about the Doors is the organ. Jazz, funk, classical, loves me some of that! OK Light my Fire is like a 1a 1b NHL goalie situation for best song. Gat dang is that ever a nice bass groove carrying everything. Whisky bar is a carnival of the insane. Whatever planet/universe/plane of existence Jim was on or in was no doubt a wild ride. Iconic guitar opening to the solo in LMF. With some ambiguous jazzy licks, and repeated riffs, minor harmonic. Someones have likely transcribed and analyzed that.
Ég fékk þessa á vínyl í jólagjöf 1990 og þótti skemmtileg. Ég hafði líka gaman af myndinni í Stjörnubíói sælla minninga. Platan eldist alveg ágætlega, hljóðheimurinn sjöundatugstöff og djass-elementin lyfta þessu upp. En sum lögin eru bara ekkert spes, og því er þetta fjarki.
COME ON BABY LIGHT MY FIREE
I really like the Doors in terms of just wacky rock jazz stuff going on. Crazy for a debut album. Such a fantastic sound. Really puts me in a grimy basement doing the twist in knee socks mood. Which isn't for everyone, but is for me.
I liked it but the album itself wouldn’t make it into my regular rotation. I had already added Break on Through to my favorites list so I’m familiar with the Doors but hadn’t heard most of the album. Love the vocals, the distortion, and the keys when they’re in the background. The high pitched keys in the foreground aren’t my favorite.
Yeah I wanted to like this way more than I actually did. Light My Fire will always be a classic but outside of that the songs are fine, even bad at times? The themes are shallow and I'm really not crazy for Jim's voice. I feel like this album is more hyped because of everything that happened to them after. But just not really as good as the hype makes it out to be. Top Songs: Break On Through (To the Other Side), Light My Fire, Take It as It Comes
This was a fun one! Lots of great classics, and starts with a bang: “break on through”. Also includes “light my fire”, “Alabama song (whisky bar)” and “the end”. Can’t believe it was their debut album.
Very drug heavy. But solid blues and rhythm
epic
Heb er niet veel mee. Orgelguy ging wel gek
Saai
Nooit is er een beter roadtrip album geweest. Groot dat na al 100x het album gehoord te hebben. Eerste cdtje dat ik had wederom. Alleen maar bangers
Seriously? The Doors? It's alright to like the Doors, sure. But then you turn 15 and you can't help but realize how much they suck! The whiney, 8th grade level "poetry" lyrics. The droning repetitive organ. The self love of Jim Morrison. Show me an adult who loves the Doors, and I'll show you very stunted person.
There are some absolute classic tracks on here that I love. I love that his voice is more baritone, the soundscape they establish is great. The back half of the album gets loose and The End is just straight painful.
1967 psychedelic rock Break on through 20th century fox Light my fire
Highlights: Soul Kitchen, Light My Fire, Break On Through, Back Door Man. 3.9
I like the big numbers more than sometimes I feel like I should. Crystal Ship and The End especially.
4/5
That last track is just gross. I didn’t care much for Morrison before this listen, but… ugh.
This album feels ahead of its time. Really good. Light My Fire is an all timer.
Organ is the baking powder of rock instruments, more than a little renders the resulting concoction unconsumable.
I like it, groovy guitar nice
Enjoyed. So much organ. Weird to think this was late 60s.
Light My Fire
The best part is that electric organ (?) that they play in almost every song. What a brilliant instrument. First half of this album was far more interesting and fun than the second, for it lost that excitement in the second half rather.
Oh boy. I went through a Doors phase in junior high, obsessed with every album. I'm no longer in junior high. The Doors have not aged well for me. Twentieth Century Fox is still a good tune though.
Ummmm mid mid mid... wouldn't listen again. First song yas
has bangers but not a full album listen session recommended
Love the psychedelic and grooviness but some parts go a bit too long. 4/5
very good
That album is good so much, goddamn. My favorite song in this album is "Alabama Song(Whisky bar)", that music is so different and vicious like the feelings I'd feel for girl i loved. The rating for this album is: 4.10
JL : 4, Take It as It Comes
The Doors by The Doors was absolutely fucking fire
1039 - "Here's your juice box and orange slice. Thanks for coming." (Can somebody explain to me why this album wasn't included in the base package? I mean, if you're trying to put together a list of 1001 anythings don't you start with the easy ones first? Finding it here as an afterthought is the same as returning from vacation to find out your house burned down while you were away because you forgot to turn off your gas stove.)
Maybe it’s me, but I find the pseudo intellectual and egoistic myth making of Jim Morrison too nauseating to stomach. The music is okay, but the vocals and lyrics consistently leave me reaching for the skip button. I’m pretty sure Joe Rogan and Jim Morrison would be BFFs - if only he just had a shitty band instead of a highly influential broadcast…
I actually thought I was gonna like this one more but it was slow and boring and I didn’t have that good of a time. They definitely belong on the list for revolutionizing slow weird music but I wasn’t huge on it.
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overrated
Another excellent debut album . The Doors came out strong, for sure. Love it man!!
Good tunes
This is a classic with so much amazing tracks, danceable songs, underrated hits, it’s just so good.
This was ... fine. I don't think it was groundbreaking as everyone else seems to believe. Maybe you "had to be there". But as a record, it's fine.
Pretty solid debut album, right? Back Door Man has that great groove and I love hearing Jim geo into it in the beginning.
Never been a big fan of the Doors.
If at age 20 you are not a fan of The Doors you have no heart. If at age 30 you are still a fan of The Doors you have no brain.
Yes … after all these years I’m still in love with Ray Manzarek’s organ ❤️
6,50/10 Buenos temas, muy tranquilos. Por momentos sube un poco la intensidad pero sin desentonar
Classic for a reason
Has some bangers but feels too dated for my tastes
its ok i like the bumblebee vibes the end song being 11minutes though and the lyrics weren't the vibes so 3/5.
Excellent, second Doors in a week!
The Doors always felt like a band that's like 80% cool and interesting vibes and 20% ridiculous. I see that in the variety of songs on this album, but I think "The End" really encapsulates it by itself. Musically, it's got that mysterious feel throughout its 11 minutes, which has quite a foreboding presence...but at the same time, some of the lyrics are just a little over-the-top, or sometimes a bit silly. A pretty good album on the whole, but not the apex.
Ok so everyone here talks either about how great it is or how overrated it is. So from someone who really didn’t know anything about them, and honestly didn’t know much at all before starting this project, it just sounds like a weirder Beatles I can play if I wanna pretend I’m pretentious
I haven't heard this album in a long time but I remember almost every song from it, and I actually enjoyed it more than I expected. The 60s are usually known for its blues-folk-rock scene but this album goes into more psychedelic and art rock. most of the songs have an upbeat sound except for the final 11 minute track, which I still kinda enjoyed due to its more progressive structure.
A 5. What else?
🥃😎🎸💎🚪
Review - The Doors really just aren't that good, fight me. Score - 4/10 Need to listen? NO
Some questionable lyrics that definitely haven't aged well, but I enjoyed the music
I remember buying a 100 disc changer back in college. My roommate and I loaded that thing up with 100 of our favorite CDs and hit shuffle, anxiously awaiting what song might show up first. That selection was The End by The Doors, which we thought was apropos at the time. I mean, how could it get any bigger than having 100 CD jukebox at your disposal? Boy, were we naïve and wrong. Anyway, was a trip to go back and think about those times listening to this album, especially since it has some great tracks on it. Beyond The End, there’s Break On Through and Light My Fire, which are two of the seminal tracks helping to define the psychedelic sound of that era. The great fine for me was The Crystal Ship, a song I had totally forgotten about. Excellent record, too bad we lost Jim Morrison too soon 4 stars.
What can you say other than a classic debut from a classic band
La película de los doors es mejor que los doors
It’s groovy.
I kinda get it, some of the guitar riffs are cool. Fun listen
I enjoyed this more than I expected. There are just some great classics here.
Solid
Great album - more than a few favorites
Great album, better than L.A. Woman (another album by The Doors) and one of the best albums so far.
5/5
This is as close to a perfect album as it gets. A true classic.
2.5 round to 3. Three great songs and the rest just make me think they'd be better if I was high.
right up my alley. groovy :)
Decent. I've heard a couple of the songs. Wouldn't go back to it tho. I could see back in the day that it would slap hard.
Just the right amount of weird mixed with psychedelic rock. 4.2
This was great! Largely unfamiliar with a lot of these songs beyond the opener. But they still hit! It’s a bit hard to believe this is from the 60s. Very few low points, though not every song was for me. Very strong album, and I imagine a 10/10 in terms of influence. 8/10 Most Excellent
Good debut, does sag a bit in some parts of the second half though.
I thought this started out pretty average, but Light My Fire and The End are absolutely ace These cats got game
Liked this a lot
Enjoyed this one
I just really don't like them much at all. Never have.
KNOCK KNOCK WHO'S THERE??? THE DOOR!!!!!! This is a mid 4
The Doors inspire very strong feelings of both love and hate in people, so it was a bit shocking to me how bored I was by this album. I like a lot of this era of psych rock but this really didn't feel very psychedelic to me, and the parts that did were actively annoying (particularly Alabama Song). I think the lack of bass guitar really didn't do this band any favors, because every song lacks a certain depth of sound that bass provides, and without that depth a lot of these songs just sort of slide off my ears. This is especially a problem in a genre like psych rock where wallowing in the atmosphere is an essential part of the atmosphere, and these songs feel like they have no atmosphere without a bass player. The organ parts were frustrating because Ray Manzarek is clearly talented, but the organ he's playing sounds so chintzy that it becomes grating. For me, the saving grace of this album was Jim Morrison. I get why people find him annoying, but I liked how much raw energy he put into his performances, especially when he just lets loose on tracks like Back Door Man. I don't think it's necessarily a bad album but I have trouble seeing how it's considered such an important part of the rock canon.
Amazing album
I’m not a big Doors fan, but this is an exceptional album. Many rock and roll classics here. The End is the prototypical Doors song; at their best the music is minimalist and the poetry creates its own world. Thrilling and creepy that this song sounds like it was written for Apocalypse Now, even though the film came over a decade later. Also, credit where credit is due — The Doors were performing music that was so much more evolved than most of their contemporaries. It’s like they were born complete & decades ahead of their time. A reluctant 5.
An enthralling debut
hell yeah, even the "remastered" mixing is pretty good, but the 50th anniversary/original is bomb
Classic. Turn up the volume and enjoy.
A good debut album, and it provided a nice walk to work in the morning. Love that groovy sound of the organ, with Jim Morrison's deep somewhat spooky vocals. It hasn't really cemented me as a fan of The Doors yet though. Favourites: Soul Kitchen Light My Fire Back Door Man
1 Break On Through (To the Other Side) Rock and Roll 💃 Banger Einstieg 2 Soul Kitchen Gitarrensolo und Keyboard sind Banger Und auch von den Lyrics sehr comfy cozy 3 The Crystal Ship Das Lied von CAS ist ein Cover?? 4 Twentieth Century Fox Sweet 5 Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) Griechischer Wein Vibes (Betrunken schunkelnd) "Show me the way to the next little girl"???? 6 Light My Fire Sehr sweet und sehr lang 7 Back Door Man Einen Song namens Back Door Man auf dem Album The Doors von der Band The Doors zu haben ist schon ein Banger 8 I Looked at You 9 End of the Night 10 Take It as It Comes 11 The End elfminütige Erzählung der ich nicht ganz folgen kann. Ist sehr brutal und ich weiß nicht so ganz was ich damit anfangen soll. Allgemein finde ich es musikalisch recht gut, ich mag vor allem die Gitarre und das Keyboard. Aber von den Lyrics finde ich es schwierig
It's good and has some great moments, on the other hand I feel some parts are now somewhat overrated.
wowww muy buen inicio,, el inicio de sound kitchen se me hizo conocido. twentieth century fox está increíble, me gusta el ritmo y la guitarra. quiero bailar light my fire con el amor de mi vida lowkey. creo que en general me pareció un buen álbum, no sabía de la existencia de esta banda, me llamó la atención :)
Хз ок
Not my type of music.
Seems like somebody got an organ for Christmas. Slightly snoresville.
Wanted to be Jim Morrison in my late teens so hold this album dear. Feels quite raw in parts and then hugely produced in others. Not my favourite Doors album but still some good tracks.
All time banger right here’, crazy visionary organ work combos with a thick general sense of haze.
Gave it a 3 for the standout tracks at start and end of album but otherwise it's a meh. The band are pretty good but singer is awful
I didn't love the other Doors records in the list but can't deny I got a bit excited when Break On Through started... Jim Morrison sounds a lot more energised here but overall it's not that interesting even if the highs are pretty high (Light My Fire is great and The End is definitely pretty cool)
Not a fan. I can understand that they were importation in that time though
Halt so 4.5
It sounds the same. If you're not tripping, what's even the point?
I probably pick Morrison if I could choose any guy to sing in a band, based on voice alone. Factor in personality, unpredictability, and alcoholism, however, and I'm pretty sure I would quit my own band pretty quickly.
There should be a movie about how the band managed to make this album with all of 1966-67 happening in the world. What studio did they hole up in to lay these tracks down?
I’m too biased to give anything less than a five, and nothing can change my opinion.
Manzarek is like a spiritual medium whose keys channel, in controlled doses, Morrison or whatever demon is possessing him. Ethics aside, it’s clear some arcane entity involved in this thing has got The Vision.
Buy on vinyl: Yes I've owned this album before. For me, it's their best album.
A classic, always a good listen. Break on Through, Light my Fire, The End...so many classics in this one. Light a cigarette, make yourself some coffee, sit down and enjoy! Slow and ethereal like The Crystal Ship? Or psychedelic and funky like Light my Fire? Or long, weird and experimental like The End? You choose!
En el álbum se siente una vibra mística, es impresionante que un debut pueda salir así de duro Ese piano-organo, es un lujo para los oídos Light my Fire es mi canción favorita, con justa razón pone todos los elementos fuertes sobre la mesa, da mucho gusto así De hecho también es digno de reconocer que estamos hablando de música que data de 1967, y sin embargo tiene un estilo que honestamente ahora es muy díficil de replicar o bien los tiempos no lo han querido así, y sin embargo no es que esto haya pasado de moda, realmente es atemporal Jim es un excelente vocalista, le da mucha más personalidad a los demás elementos que ya de por si solos son muy fuertes The End tiene un desarrollo interesante, también me hizo ver de que cuando tienen que ponerse serios se ponen serios, y cuando pueden ser más relajados lo aprovechan, siempre conservando su esencia Reescuchable y altamente recomendable
Ezra's favorite album. He danced the whole time.
it's...fine. I don't get it. But it's fine.
Mmm, a different flavor of 70s, like some haunted roadhouse by the side of a dusty ill-lit highway.
Classic!
It has this amazing late-60s feel, but it doesn't sound dated at all.
i liked it, especially the song light my fire. i really liked the organ sound
Good good
I'll be coming back to this one for a long time.
But of a snooze fest TBH. Also, they say the phrase "little girl" a little too often for my liking. You mean grown adult woman, right?? Right?????
Some cool psychedelic rock. I’m a big fan of the end.
Visceral and poetic
Ta guapo. Los saxofones suenan muy bien y tiene ese toque de los 80 que lo hace nostalgico
в целом прикольный батя рок, прикольные синтезаторы, ну не мое
Ansi sterk plata. Leikið sér með ýmislegt þarna.
A pathbreaking rock classic
One of the greatest bands of all time! This album is perfect from top to bottom. Amazing!
Absolute classic. One of the best debuts of all time
I gave LA Women a 2 as it largely passed me by and partly because of a historic beef against the Doors. Enjoyed this album a lot more - I know alot of the songs from greatest hits. As this album is the debut its a lot tighter and less baggy - break on through is a great opener and sub 3 mins. My tastes are coming round to blues rock and I like generous spadges of organ over the songs although Light My Fire does go on for too long. The End starts very well but does sadly veers off into ridiculous guff (which reminds me why i went off the Doors in the first place).
The Doors Aside from LA Woman, I’ve never listened to a full Doors album. I had a best of on CD, and I do like them, but I’ve never dived into their albums properly. Break on Through, The Crystal Ship, Alabama Song, Light My Fire, End of the Night and The End are very familiar to me, which is pretty much half the album so in many ways I already know it, although as I’m unsure how this sits in the Doors catalogue it makes it slightly tricky to judge. Of the songs I’m not familiar with I like Soul Kitchen and I looked at You and really like Take it as it Comes. Twentieth Century Fox and Back Door Man are fine, if a little too obviously 60s - their sound is so distinctive and has been used so much as a 60s signifier that I suppose they can sound derivative of themselves and the sound and evocation they create. I know Robby Krieger is a great guitarist, but the whole album really cements it, with the organ and organ bass giving a lot of fullness of sound he can really add texture and movement with very little showboating. It’s on the cusp of 4 and 5, I think I’ll tip to a 4 out of expectation that subsequent albums will be even better, and a couple of songs felt a bit fillery to me. But then it does have The End and Light My Fire, which so many of their peers would have killed for…I’ll stick with a 4. 🚪🚪🚪🚪 Playlist submission: The End
For all the perceived self-indulgence, nothing actually wallows for too long. Despite the extended tracks, it's all over in 43 minutes. Only 'I Looked at You' arguably feels throwaway. As a debut it soars to heights that only an arrogantly self-assured band could. Several bona fide classics, some great album tracks and no real filler. It's not L.A. Woman, but it's not far behind.
"Oh goddammit" was my thought on seeing what today's album is. Everything about The Doors is over-inflated, and self important and very annoying. But this is a good album. If you remove 'The End', this is a great album. I didn't think I would enjoy it as much as I did.
Psychedelic Rock Favorite Songs: Break on Through (To the Other Side), Soul Kitchen, The Crystal Ship, Twentieth Century Fox, Light My Fire, End of the Night, Take It as It Comes Least Favorite Songs: Back Door Man And now it’s time for another classic. The Door’s debut album was one that, while there are some misses in either the delivery or lyrics like Back Door Man, it’s a really great album. The Doors manages to make some really memorable rifts and melodies, especially on the first half of the tracklist. Definitely a keeper. 8/10.
Definitely notice the famous songs on this. I don't especially love the songs that aren't famous. Overall it seems pretentious. Would listen to Light My Fire and Break On Through again but I'm not sure that I'm going to be re-listening to much more of the album. Also, the end is 11 minutes long?!?
It’s a fine album but nothing to write home about, I don’t get the appeal behind the doors or the big songs on this album, they’re long and make this album more bloated then it needs to be.
Gets a star for “Alabama Song”, the one Doors song that is preferable to white noise
Very fun. Favorites are Soul Kitchen and Light My Fire.
I like this album way more than any human should.
Fuck this
fine but not great, few saved tho
A promising debut but essential?
The most iconic debut in rock history. It contains many quintessential songs that reflect on the genius of Jim Morrison. Too bad their discography could not keep up to their debut. 10/10 [KEEP]
Sonically very compelling to me. Regardless of it being a personal, i do not appreciate all the references to "little girls".
I first listened to this album on a very tired morning with little sleep, a cloudy morning turned blue grey with the remnants of a rain I slept through. The day I relistened to this album, I had already been having an existential crisis about my own lack of artistic output, when I suddenly realized that Jim Morrison released this album at the same age as I am now. I came into this album with a lot of optimism about The Doors, and I was not disappointed with what I heard. I'm a huge fan of their darker, moodier blues rock sound, full of simple yet effective riffs and solos which stay relatively minimal in their complexity while still doing just enough to stick in your head. The focal point of the project is absolutely Morrison's chameleonic voice and lyricism: lots of poetic imagery delivered with a surprisingly deep and mature voice for someone barely in their 20s. The percussion across the album reached the same balance as the rest of the instrumentation, doing enough to stand out without going over-the-top. While I only recognized Break on Through by name, countless other songs here felt vaguely familiar the further I got into the album (one of the stranger moments of familiarity, however, was my brain constantly hearing the opening guitar line on Soul Kitchen and being reminded of Smash Mouth's Walking on the Sun). This self-titled album feels like the kind of debut which leaves the band with plenty of room to grow and develop, even though I already think this album is a 5. I hope that can only bode well for my future relationship with the music of The Doors. Highlights: Break on Through (To the Other Side), Soul Kitchen, The Crystal Ship, Twentieth Century Fox, Alabama Song (Whisky Bar), Light My Fire, I Looked at You, End of the Night, Take It as It Comes, The End
What can you even write about this album? The greatest debut album of all time? Potentially. A beautiful mix of jazz, blues, rock and roll and poetry with prime Jim Morrison at the wheel. Ray Manzareck's organ solo's are simply incredible too.
Good stuff
This is #day713 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… here's to checking another band off the list, as this is my third and final Doors record, and what a record it is, right? I like my Doors in the summertime. Their music has always felt connected to this time of year for me. And even though I may prefer Strange Days or Waiting for the Sun (possibly my favorite Doors albums), for that particular setting, the debut matches the mood perfectly. "Waiting for the summer rain, yeah." Iconic from start to, pun intended, "The End." Just put it on and sail away on "The Crystal Ship," one of my favorite Doors songs, somewhere toward, another pun intended, "End of the Night". This is a 5 out of 5. Looking forward to #day714.
Some very good songs on here which are pretty down much more by the ones which aren't as good. Where done albums feel dated, this doesn't feel quite as stuck in the 60s though definitely has some of the hallmarks of it's time. I think this album probably was quite influential at the time of release and has definitely been called back to. Albums like "Red Harvest" directly link to things that The Doors did with this album. 👍 Break on Through, Light my Fire, The End 👎Alabama Song, End of the Night
I definitely think I like this better than Morrison Hotel so far This might have to get a 5 Has a spooky vibe to it but in a good way
Very good album. I especially liked the songs "Break on Through" and "Light my fire"
godamnnnnnn. 4.5/5
Yeah always been overrated. I like it, don’t love it.
Amazing
Höll ännu bättre än väntat som helhet!
De har något eget och sett som debutalbum är det än mer imponerande.
Stark 4a! Tänk att detta är ett debutalbum från 60-talet. The End är en grym avslutning.
Not a Doors fan at all. I'd give this a 2, but "The End" raises it to 3.
zoo wee mama
Uno de mis favoritos de siempre #C'monBabyLigthMyFire
So so good, a 12min final song wasn't my fav & made me think about giving a 4 but I flipped a coin & it came up heads
Half great, half OK. Alabama Song gets a bit creepy...
I love The Doors and this is their masterpiece imo. Such a strong album front to back with each song feeling unique while still having a solid flow. Albums is also full of recognizable hits from the energetic opener of Break On Through to the chilling The End. I should listen to this album more. Favorite Track - Light My Fire Least Favorite Track - The Crystal Ship ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Do groups of spaced out weirdos still hang around Jim Morrison's graveside in Paris? I remember visiting Père Lachaise in the early 90's and it was rammed with them. I didn't really get it at the time. After all, to my mind The Doors were mediocre has beens. But I think the penny's dropped.
The doors have their critics but it belongs on this list. 5/5 for an incredible debut album.
Good album, interesting to imagine from the perspective of someone listening to this for the first time in 1967
This is one of those classic albums that really defined the sound of an era. Its influence is easily seen in much of the music that followed. On its own, it’s also endlessly enjoyable. 4/5
The doors? More like The Bores.
Fine for me
better than I remember. A lot of self-indulgent teenage boy crap. And of course the classics.
Break on through is a strong start. Light my fire and the end also very good. I'm not the biggest doors-head, but this is a good one. Leaning 4.
It just sounds old, I think that's the organ's fault because it is ROUGH. why does he keep talking about little girls
good classic cant go wrong with it
the enddddd
4 Enjoyed much more than LA woman, this is a lot fresher. Im definitely not gonna point any 60s rockstar towards any little girls though
When an album kicks off with a song like "Break On Through (To The Other Side)," you know you're in for a treat. The Doors's self-titled debut properly sets the stage for this iconic rock band.
I must have listened to this album a lot, but totally forgot somewhere along the way. It sounds like if the Misfits didn't sing about horror cliques.
Klassiker
The Doors, what more is there to say
The Doors is one of those bands you instantly recognise from their unique sound, and it's there from the first choord of their debut album. I had a long period where I loved The Doors, but honestly the keyboard wank does go a bit beyond what's reasonable.
One of my favorite albums of all time <3
Fine album.
No bangers on the first listen. Nothing made me stop and check what song was playing. Will listen to light my fire, come on through, The end again. Famous from this album. Maybe they're famous because they were pioneers in their time? Nothing blew me away on the first listen. second listen break onthrough is a familiar song. I realised ive listened to it without knowing this was the song. still do not like the songs. hearted break on through in hopes Ill revisit the album and change my opinion,
Break On Through (To The Other Side) is such a classic, great shit. The rest of this album is pretty good. Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) was kinda of funny, while Light My Fire was solid. Back Door Man is 100% about fucking men you can't tell me otherwise. I don't feel like I have much to say about this one otherwise other than "pretty good" though.
Can't go around slamming Doors!
While this record was good, I feel like this was missing a bigger sound. I guess it was doing its job with the mellower sound, but I was expecting a little more. Favourite Track(s): Soul Kitchen, Break on Through (To the Other Side) Least Favourite Track(s): Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)
Gwoovy
Ok ok I love this album
A debut album that listens like a greatest hits album. I love everything about The Doors. I love the raucous organ playing, the jazzy drumming, the psychedelic guitar playing, and I love Jim Morrison. Like I said in my review of Janis Joplin, Jim is also raw and chaotic and messy. Is he a great American poet? No, but he can write a HELL of a set of lyrics and deliver them with passion and swagger. This is one of those bands I wish I could jump in a time machine to go back and see live. What an experience that would have been.
A classic rock & roll album. The Doors were wildly successful as a band and their self titled album is a large piece of why. The album includes songs that still hit 60 years later and are always fun to listen to. One of the better albums we’ve listened to during this experiment for sure.
The Doors have become cliche and a punchline at this point, but there are some seriously terrific tracks in this debut. The A side here is audacious and full of attitude. It loses steam as it goes on, but this is a classic for a reason.
I like the doors, great songs and Morrison was a legendary front man. The lore surrounding Morrison and the doors is unmatched, just all round cool band with great songs. But that damn organ drives me nuts. A little here and there I can deal with, but the solos are like nails on a chalkboard. End of the day, great debut album with epic songs.
I can see why this is required listening. It's so everyone can stop idol worshipping this band and realise how mediocre they are. This is basic. It's mostly generic blues filler songs. The only bit of joy I found was the bit where it gets all messy in Light My Fire and the guitar is noodling, then the organ cuts through in its perfect chromatic refrain before the final verse. It's fine. If I was 16 in 1967 and this was the only music I'd ever heard, Jim would be a god to me. But also like 25% of this album is The End. And that song is embarrassingly bad.
This is one of those debut albums where it is very easily arguably the artists best album. The doors play so well together and it just makes the songs so interesting and groovy. There are no weak tracks, and the highs are in the sky. I love this album and have listened to it hundreds of times so this is an easy rating.
i didn't realize i already knew all the songs on this album. pretty good not mindblowing
Another fun throwback; I preferred this to Morrison Hotel
gran álbum
Indian summer. So tender
Really good. Then again, it’s 60’s psychedelia, so of course I’d like it. It’s a bit pretentious in places, though. Solid four star.
Day 329. Such an accomplished debut album, easy top marks. Highlights Break on through I looked at you The end
An album I know very well. Love it. Love The Doors, no one else sounds quite like them. Even though it feels like their popularity has faded in recent times unlike a lot of other classic rock bands, this album rules. 5 stars easy.
This was good but it wasn’t super standout to me. I liked a bunch of songs but for me to give it a 4+ I need to really feel something out of the ordinary.
A seminal album in rock history. The Doors are not for everyone, and even as I admit being a fan I also admit that later in their musical journey Jim Morrison's poetic ramblings became tough to enjoy. For now, the first 6 songs on their self-titled debut are some of the best songs on any group's debut. The first 6 songs are an excellent start to a greatest hits album, though only two of those songs were on the Doors greatest hits album I purchased many years ago. The sound here with minimal bass guitar and a very keyboard-focused sound overall was revolutionary at the time. It still is to an extent. It is amazing the sounds that Manzarek could get to come from his keyboard. What sets this album apart, other than the strong songwriting, is the various genres the Doors look to explore. It's not all over the map but there are R&B influences, jazz (of course), hard rock, and blues all over The Doors. Really good album, even for those who don't really like the Doors. My favorite tracks: Break on Through (To the Other Side) Soul Kitchen The Crystal Ship Twentieth Century Fox Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) Light My Fire End of the Night The End
Not my thing, too much of that organ and too much repetitive sounds for me, not my cup of tea to be honest
Good
BEFORE: Perfect timing - I just watched Apocalypse Now for the first time. I am a casual Doors fan, had the greatest hits on CD (including four tracks off here) but always found Jim Morrison a little silly. AFTER: This album creates its own unsettling, immersive world which i really like, and I don't think the occasional weaker moments detract from that in any way. HIGHLIGHTS: Of the tracks I haven't heard before, The Crystal Ship and Take It As It Comes were definitely highlights and I already loved Break On Through, Light My Fire, Alabama Song and The End (shout out Martin Sheen). LOWLIGHTS: Twentieth Century Fox is a forgettable song written around a corny pun. A couple of the later songs washed over me a bit and my attention slipped but they certainly weren't bad. VERDICT: 5 stars. I may have been a little harsh on The Doors in the past, or at least this earlier version before the drugs really took held.
Lots and lots and lots of organ. Didn’t hate it, but didn’t love it either. Some really cool moments of build & lyricism I want to dissect a bit more, but it didn’t have the personal “it” factor that draws me to an album instantaneously. I know it does for plenty of people, given its spot on the list, but from my 21st-century ear I’m a little more lukewarm. Strong two bordering on weak three. STAND-OUT SONG: “Soul Kitchen” HONORABLE MENTIONS: “Light My Fire”, “Take It As It Comes”
Sounds like good Christmas music.
hahaha 67. a shake and shimmy and bop around kind of album with a rock ebb and flow. although not all of the songs are exactly my cup of tea, i would say i’m a fan overall. wish i could rate this a 3.5
First Listen: NA, already listened OVERALL: I feel as though The Doors in theory are far greater than The Doors in reality. If you told me that there was a keyboard heavy 60s psychedelic rock band with a raging alcoholic for a frontman, I would assume the music would be some life-altering shit. Unfortunately, The Doors have never clicked for me fully, and most of the time I find music influenced by them supersedes them. That aside, this album is pretty good! I personally find the singles to be the strongest, but songs like 20th Century Fox and End Of The Night pull their weight. The End might be an all time closer. 7/10 T3: Breakdown On Through, Light My Fire, The End
A little disappointed after hearing the first half of the album and then disconnecting with it later down the line. Usually psychedelic rock is a good start but this isn't the kind I can't drown myself in which is concerning since this album is recognized as one of the landmark albums for the genre. Thank you for ***potentially ***inspiring Kiltro. I'll treat it as some kind of butterfly effect. The first half of the album is filled with classics (didn't know BOTTOS and Soul Kitchen were part of this album) and the kind of instrumentals I can get behind . One song in particular I want to highlight is Alabama Song and it's scratchiness along with some other silly (e.g. melody and keyboard-performance) elements that I found very enjoyable to listen to. Probably my favourite after the first two tracks. Take It as It Comes is probably the only track in the later half I liked though, the end to The End was good (not only because the track is 11 minutes too long and I wanted it to be over). Some of the lyrics I couldn't really get into and felt like some ***"poetic nonsense" that I couldn't really lean into all that well. Probably just a me thing. I'd say that about half the album I found myself enjoying a lot and it contains songs I'll never forget but it wasn't exactly the kind of psychedelic rock I enjoy. Also, thank you for laying out the path for Kiltro :D Also, also, more of a 4 than a 3 (damn this 5 point rating scheme). T3: BOTTOS, Soul Kitchen, Alabama Song
i loooooved it sm
no puede fallar
gran album aprobadisimo muy 70s con toda la onda los beatles tienen que callar y respetar a estos grandes puntos mas altos: Break on Through (To the Other Side) - Light My Fire - Back Door Man - I Looked at You - The End
Absolute classiiiiiik
I've never warmed to The Doors as much as some of their peers. I think if you're not really allured by the myth of Jim Morrison as a sex-god-rockstar-shaman-poet, they don't have much appeal left. He had a good voice, a lantern jaw, and died young. And...? It's rare that a baritone in leather trousers leaves me completely cold. Plus I'm rarely in the mood for much Manzarek – the guy just goes on and on, and I don't know why they let him. I think I prefer The Doors when they keep it brief. I ended up enjoying a simple cover like Back Door Man, which at least knows how dumb it is, more than the meandering indulgence of Light My Fire and The End. As a huge Depeche Mode fan, I have no high ground from which to mock Morrison for rhyming "west" with "best" and "snake" with "lake", but I will because the guy's held up as a messianic poetic talent.
A truly deserving album to be in the list - despite the Hammond organ overkill! 'L.A. Woman' is the best Doors album for me, mainly as it contains one of my all-time favourite singles "Riders on the Storm". This is still a great listen however even if I do always stop before "The End" (too long and too much of an anti-climax after the rest of the upbeat stuff).
Only aware of the hits before listening to this. JMs voice is pretty terrible but the drumming is pretty good. That organ is something else - and not in a good way. Lyrically very immature, that kind of pretension a 6 former who has discovered poetry and the fact there’s more chance of getting laid if you’re in a band has. Kinda all sound a bit like Smash Mouths Walking on the Sun which I would rather listen to tbh.
The Doors could undoubtedly write a hook, and I like that 'Light my Fire' is a catchy pop song but also a 7 minute psych odyssey - this is really the best version of this band for me, I don’t care for pretty much everything else on here (and I think I just like this cos it’s funny). Also, I wish Manzarek would drop the Vox Continental, or at least limit it to one or two songs, or maybe do something a little different than that sort of sloppy chromatic chord change thing that's on EVERY TRACK. Actually, I guess Alabama Song is a bit different, and it's dreadful, so maybe not. 'The End' is without doubt my favourite song on this album, even though 'Light my Fire' is the best - it's brilliant because it's so bad and it makes me think of Homer's psychedelic pepper trip in The Simpson's and, of course, Apocalypse Now. Ride the snake, the snake is long, 7 miles long etc. etc. never ever ever fails to make me laugh and drifts through my head more often than it should. Also the 'father i want to kill you' bit - excellent in its own awful way. Jim Morrison was a hack!
It's a 5 despite The Alabama Song!
Aside from one of the worst songs I’ve heard in the while, this album is a classic and will always be enjoyable
“The end” is a bit long but other then that it’s good!
The Doors. What more do we need to say. It's Jim Morrison.
sehr slow und bisschen langweilig, nicht mein geschmack hab schon besseres gehört
8/10 - Finally a good 60s album
Eines der wohl wichtigsten Alben seiner Zeit. Viele Jamer aber es gibt 1-2 Songs die für mich skipps sin.
Show me the way to the next little girl??
I found the doors in the late 70s when buying a Stranglers album, the shop owner asked if I had made the comparison… which I did and so this became one of my staples. Anthems, iconic and still cool. 1. Break on through 2. Back door man 3. The end
To me this is the quintessential album of 67 and it is absolutely phenomenal from start to the end (pun intended). The instrumentation what is the key factor for my love on this. I feel it’s so strong that even when some songs have a weaker lyric the instrumentation is consistently perfect throughout. Light my fire is also a perfect song. Fav tracks: all of them
it was good, but whether or not it was for me, i don't know
All the songs I know, more synth than I remember
Ah some 60’s cannon I’m actually feeling. Yeah, this one gets a 5. Jim Morrison is serious. He’s not some false hippie bullshitter living in Malibu preaching peace and love. Nope. O. Stone’s thesis was largely correct. Jim wanted to channel Bacchus himself and set the world on fire. And he succeeded for a moment, consuming himself in the flame. Much like Jimmi Hendrix, he tapped a power beyond himself without restraint, consuming massive quantities of various substances to help him do it. And Bacchus IS the god of wine, after all. No peace and love, just raw hedonism in the end. 5 Boolean: True
It got weird but not terrible?
Interesting album. Not really into psychedelic rock.
groovy stuff here
When to listen: somewhere groovy with a lava lamp on. Yes we’ve heard these songs a million times but that doesn’t make them less great. Amazing sound, amazing lyrics.
This list has made me rethink the Doors. Prior to this list I thought that they were overrated and were not an important band. Now I think every band should have an organist and a movie by Oliver Stone.
High hopes for this one, then dashed to smithereens when I realised it just isn’t very good. Couple of bangers on it though
I think I’m too young to get the mystique around Jim Morrison, but I guess he invented the rock star life as a piece of performance art. A good sound, though and good songs.
A classic.
The best of the best
I enjoyed Morrison Hotel much more than this which is odd because I know more of the songs on this album. I'm a sucker for that 60/70s organ stuff, but it just feels like they are trying too hard.
This is a good album. For anyone looking to get into The Doora, I would recommend this album.
Some catchy classic rock
Very nice album! I enjoyed the era. Specifically 20th century Fox was sick!
dooooooors! han das album seeeeehr sehr gernn. irendwie früene alt rock? super 60er und huere speziell. break on through isch kraaass geil. soul kitchen au sehr en groove und en sound und de jim isch so extra super. ouuu the crystal ship isch au soo iconic ich hans halt au scho paarmol glost hä. sini stimm isch so vorne und d orgle soo hine. 20th century fox isch es dumms wortspiel und aber scho no en geile song. whisky bar super fun. jo halt light my fire hä. halt de song. jo halt guet. so langi soli aber s macht sehr spass. back door man isch fuuunny. i eat more chicken than any man ever seen. funny. de ödipus shit isch mo crazy aber the end isch sooo athmosphärisch. FUMF
han nanie s ganze album glost!! break on through kenni aber scho eeewigs nümme glost!! schön dreckig crystal ship iach megaaa schön! alabama song natürlich au mega gymisong wege the world's end hahaha es isch soo goofy show me the way to the next little girl VILLICHT nöd die suppertollste lyrics omg light my fire natüürliich!! und denn mit the end en haaammer abschlusssong ich bin ja suacht nöd de allerallergrössti doors-fan, wenn sies richtig mached, machetses RICHTIG GUET aber villes isch mier au reeelatiiv egal aber das album isch würkli unglaublich. catchy, cooli atmosphäre, abwechsligsriich WOW
this is i suppose objectively good but i’m a little disappointed honestly. this is a good friend of mine’s favourite band so my expectations were quite high but i just found this to be .. OK. ‘take it as it comes’ and ‘the end’ (though i felt it could’ve been 4 minutes shorter) stood out to me but aside from that this album didn’t invoke much feeling in me. probably wouldn’t listen again on purpose.
Love it. Have to listen to the Doors more often.
i won't lie, Light My Fire does hit Would I listen again: it's acceptable Deserves to be on this list: yea 3.4
After first listening
Pretty good.
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