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A genuine classic, and old enough to sound fresh.
Great album. Classic.
A true classic
Break on through opener, Light my Fire anthem, The end closer. Great albumn
I AM THE LIZARD KING
gggggggreat
Still an absolute banger. No skips. NONE.
absolute classic, great songs top to bottom.
I think I've listened to this album dozens of times dating back to my college years. Despite my more-diminished opinion of Jim's poetry these days, it still holds up and remains as unique and captivating as I remember. Even the worst songs (e.g., "End of the Night") have their charm. Look at the Ramones' cover of the largely-forgotten "Take it as it Comes"!
O album As Portas pela banda As Portas eh tao bom quanto As Janelas
A great album
Easy 5. An epic album
Classic
is it's own genre by itself really
10/10
All time classic. All killers, no fillers!!
This is an absolute classic. I noticed that I didn't listen to it for some time, but it is still one of my favorite albums of all time.
I will always love this album so much.
The End, Light My Fire
Interesante.
Un album incroyable qui me rappelle tellement de souvenir. 5*
Unique sound and lyrics... one of my favorite bands of all time. Wish the ride could've lasted longer with Morrison.
Timeless classic.
Classic album. My favorite Doors album. 9-10/10 1. Light My Fire 2. Soul Kitchen 3. The End
Classic
It’s a testament to how transformative this album was that every time I hear The Doors, I think “1960s”.
I really groove in the mix of personality between Ray the classically trained brain and Jim the lizard king.
El Mejor de las puertas
Album muito bom, principalmente The end.
Ouvi várias vezes o dia todo, mto bom
Love twentieth century Fox. Love the sound of the end. The crystal ship reminded me of Jordan. I think the beginning of one of the songs is the same as a sum 41 song
Doors on itselleni aina ollut eräs aikakautensa suosikeista, ja varsinkin tämä levy on aika virheetön suoritus. Pitkähkön tauon jälkeen tämä levy kuulosti vielä paremmalta kuin muistelinkaan. Vitosen arvoinen nauhoitus!
Very good stuff.
Phenomenal, Light my Fire is one of my all time favourite songs. Album as a whole is great, love the keyboards
This was the first actually great front-to-back listening in this journey.
Jim är otrolig
Come on, Doors hei… timanttista ja kestää aikaa. Ei vaihtoehtoja.
Fantastic album.
Always resisted the Doors on the basis every student had the poster and felt like it was all about the legend of the group rather than the music, but really rated this
Obv
Not entirely sure we needed a 5 minute long keyboard/guitar solo, but them the doors baybee
"light my fire" should not be seven minutes long. a banger otherwise though
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.
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
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
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
7 - GOOD
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.
Not the biggest fan but this album is legendary
Clásico
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.
was doing record of "roses for algernon" with this. like the vibe, but not the music i usually listen to. 7/9/26
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
Excellent music that pushed rock when it was created and still sounds original today
Very similar sound throughout the album. A bit dated in terms of production and sound quality, but very cool nonetheless
Really good. Like the synths or whatever it is. Jim is also good.
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 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.
Very drug heavy. But solid blues and rhythm
epic
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
I like the big numbers more than sometimes I feel like I should. Crystal Ship and The End especially.
4/5
I like it, groovy guitar nice
Enjoyed. So much organ. Weird to think this was late 60s.
Love the psychedelic and grooviness but some parts go a bit too long. 4/5
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
woooaoaoaooahahahodahoahwodhaowhdaikhdoawhwodhaohdoah
Good tunes
This is a classic with so much amazing tracks, danceable songs, underrated hits, it’s just so good.
Has some bangers but feels too dated for my tastes
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.
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.
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
It’s groovy.
Solid
right up my alley. groovy :)
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
KNOCK KNOCK WHO'S THERE??? THE DOOR!!!!!! This is a mid 4
An enthralling debut
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 :)
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.
It sounds the same. If you're not tripping, what's even the point?
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.
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
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
Some cool psychedelic rock. I’m a big fan of the end.
Ta guapo. Los saxofones suenan muy bien y tiene ese toque de los 80 que lo hace nostalgico
Ansi sterk plata. Leikið sér með ýmislegt þarna.
A pathbreaking rock classic
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).
"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.
Very fun. Favorites are Soul Kitchen and Light My Fire.
Sonically very compelling to me. Regardless of it being a personal, i do not appreciate all the references to "little girls".
Good stuff
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
Very good album. I especially liked the songs "Break on Through" and "Light my fire"
godamnnnnnn. 4.5/5
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.
zoo wee mama
Uno de mis favoritos de siempre #C'monBabyLigthMyFire
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
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.
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
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.
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.
Ok ok I love this album
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.
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.
Good
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
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).
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!
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??
All the songs I know, more synth than I remember
groovy stuff here
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.
A classic.
If anyone can make an organ cool, it's these guys.
This is not my era, but the album does hold up extremely well.
I've always found The Doors to be an inconsistent listen... I either love it or hate it. That said, this is probably their most consistently enjoyable album. Opens strong, middle kind of ebbs and flows, then ends with probably their best track.
Pretty good. 4.
a couple of the songs i could skip and dont care for the organ solo. but a solid album.
Great album. This is the end, my only friend.
One of the best debut albums of all time. Great stuff!
Topper, net geen 5 sterren
Dit varieert echt van legendarisch (Light My Fire) tot strontvervelend (Alabama Song). Gemiddelde ligt gelukkig ver boven acceptabel.
I actually did like the really long songs that are in here for some reason (Light my Fire, The End), I found them a bit Wasteland-ish, at least The End was. Light my Fire just kept going but it had a cool guitar bit so it's fine.
I wonder what their fave door is
Some great songs on here. 3.5/5. Raising to 4.
Bangers
Does he know about the D-O-R-E?
To lose one talented rock star to the entirely foreseeable effects of drugs and alcohol at the age of 27 or 28 is a misfortune, to lose dozens of them is starting to look like carelessness. As with Tim Buckley, Jim Morrison had a reputation of being some sort of mythical shaman poet. However, for all of his allusions to philosophy and classical Greek mythology he was still just a horndog reeling from one whisky bar to the next looking for another “little girl”. It shouldn’t have been a surprise that less than five years after this debut album he would have piled on the pounds, had a voice that sounded like a retired coal miner and be dead in a bathtub. What a waste. That being said, this album was one of the defining sounds of the late 60s, along with Sgt Peppers and Pet Sounds. Morrison had a great singing voice that was perfectly backed by Manzarak’s hypnotic keyboards, Densmore’s jazzy drums and Krieger’s solid guitar riffs. Lyrically, well, we’ve already covered that, but they had their moments. The End will always now evoke that scene in Apocalypse Now, and Break On Through and Light My Fire are still thrilling numbers. Aldous-Huxley-tastic!
4.25. This is a great debut album.
Another album where I was expecting to love it, but it just turns out ok. Light My Fire was definitely a highlight though.
Some absolutely phenomenal tracks with some pretty standard blues rock tracks. Overall very solid
I like this more than I thought I would. Part familiarity, however it just really like the sound. I'm between a 3 and 4. I knew more songs than I thought I would...
genuine horror-movie music! i am shaken by Jim Morrison and his full-throated embrace of hard drugs and forcible sex, kept on edge by the rinky-dink carnival organ, drawn into a kind of minimalist darkness not entirely unlike the one conjured by Miles' fusion band, who are probably the best group of players ever to share a room. call me gullible, puritanical, whatever but i am kind of repulsed by some of these songs and pretty delighted to feel that way. i'd always heard Morrison treated as a bit of a joke, but being a Nick Cave fan i'm very willing to follow him through quite a few boneheaded lyrics, and the band behind him - lithe, skeletal, sinuous - is always satisfying, even when he's not. overall thrilled to come to this band and find them this good, this potent, this tangible, something i can't say i was at all expecting. no wonder people thought this shit was evil! it kind of is!
fav songs: break on through soul kitchen twentieth century fox light my fire the end atmospheric, psychedelic, swaggy 70/100
Iconic and a great debut. Some really big tunes on here. Even if they are a little overrated I rate this and a strong 4.5/5.
Great songs 5/5. -1 for the truly awful keyboard solos
I have gone through periods where I have really loved the Doors and other times I just don’t enjoy their music at all, but what is completely undeniable is the fact that they are singular - no one else sounds anything like them, and that is a pretty phenomenal feat. This particular album is a strong collection f songs, with very simple but effective musicianship and, of course, the presence/vocals/lyrics of Jim Morrison.
So I was actually expecting a meh when pulling this. However, Morrison is just so hypnotic. The psych vocals with the bluesy sound is definitely unique. Enthralling though.
An album I liked as a teen, but have not listened to since. The first side is pretty good, nice variety in songs, side 2 a bit duller but the End is great. 3.5 rounded up Heard before? Yes Owned: Yes. 80/313 (25%) Will I get: Already have
today i'm learning that several songs i've heard but didn't know the name of are actually by the doors, yeah this album's pretty good but like. it sure is psych rock! and given the composition of this list it's no wonder im already starting to run out of things to say about the genre. i can say that this is definitely one of the better examples of it we've had so far though. if nothing else, "alabama song (whisky bar)" is the best "psych rock album token carnival music ass song" that i've heard on my way through the list. they've all had one and i wish i knew why. other than that obviously "break on through (to the other side)" and "light my fire" are both great but my favourite is "end of the night". i think the psych rock "timbre" can really work well with these more cut down and somber compositions, especially the guitar swimming in effects gives it a dark, wet moodiness that i totally fuck with. i liked "the end" quite a bit too for the same reason, although it's overall much closer to the usual psych rock sound. i do love the chaotic breakdown just before it ends though. that's a move that always lands. i'm torn between a 3 and a 4 here again but im gonna lean on the higher side this time. i could see myself putting this on again and mostly locking in for it, aside from a couple tracks i care less about. maybe this is the first "ascended 3" rating for me....
My older brother had this on vinyl. I remember being 3-4 years old in his bedroom singing along to Light My Fire with him, though to my kid ears I was sure the words were 'come on baby like my fire'. After all, why would someone ask a baby to purposely start a fire? Some of my favorite non-Beatles songs from the 60s are by the Doors, though none of them appear on this album. I think it's Ray Manzarek's keyboards that give the Doors their unique sound, along with the swagger of Jim Morrison's voice. Though I wasn't around when they were making music, I have to imagine they were able to make quite an impact with the six albums they released in four short years. I remember the Oliver Stone movie in the early 90s ushering in a Doors renaissance. Light My Fire and Break on Through are definitely the strongest songs on the album. Alabama Song is just fun, being one of the very few pop songs I know to use a Marxophone. And I love the chill vibe of End of the Night.
So much cool, weird stuff on here. One of my favorite 60’s projects yet. I can definitely see why this is such a loved classic. I’ll have to come back to this a few more times soon; I expect my appreciation to only grow the more I return. 1 listen Favorite Track: Light My Fire
Expectation: -> A classic album. Looking forward to this. After listening: -> I don't have a list of my favorite 1967 songs, but if I did I'm pretty sure that Light My Fire and Break on Through would be top-5. Those two timeless gems carry this album to a 4. Not in awe of the rest of it, but it's listenable. Track ranking: Fire Break Whisky Soul Crystal Fox Take It Looked Back Door The End End of the Night
finally some good 60s music. I think they do get better from this album but it's still really good
It was a good album with a lot of variety. Some real great songs there but also some that weren’t as good.
kinda sounds like the beetles, i enjoyed it
adoro
so strange for me. but it's good
Classic sounds of the 60s
Excellent riffs. Loved the nostalgia.
Echoing sounds, an album I will come back to
This was really good classic rock good singing
I'm of the opinion that Jim Morrison is a little overrated in the pages of rock history. I just never fully locked in with whatever vibe he had going on. Putting Morrison aside though, Ray Manzarek has been one of my keyboard heroes for a long time; his organ and piano make up the backbone of the band's sound on most songs and I'm here for it as the big reason I come back to this band at all. 8/10.
8.5/10 I love everything going on here but I especially liked 'The Crystal Ship', I think that sound works for them really well.
-Beginnung of the album less interesting, middle to end tho>>>
muy buen album, me sorprendio la cantidad ed hits y the doors como banda que solo tenia de nombre 3.5o4/5
Humoured, Joyous, Dancing.
7.5/10 Best songs: Break On Through (To The Other Side), 20th Century Fox, The End This album started very strong, but after a few songs the shine started to wear off. I'm an increasingly big fan of psychedelic/experimental rock, which is absolutely what the Doors are doing here, but it sort of gets repetitive/isn't as appealing as the album progresses. I have to say, though, if the entire album were like The End I'd probably consider it the best album of all time - outrageous, compelling, frustrating, passionate, enthralling. Nevertheless, the album is quite good.
Jim Morrison my beloved
They like that Hammond don’t they? 7/10
Great album do love The Doors even if Jim Morrison was a complete bellend
✌️✌️very 60s but I didn’t love the Alabama song - low 4
Oh this is the end dans Apocalypse Now
Love this! Have never listened to the whole album
Exceptional debut. So original, even now. Musically amazing, it can be deep and then whimsical.
Eerste indruk: Lekkere psychedelische rock. Best toegankelijk. Goeie grooves, zelfs beetje samba vibe op het eerste nummer, maar toch heel vrij. The crystal ship: Hele andere vibe maar ook mooi. Bedenk me dat Jim Morison als een soort dichter bekend staat. Dus ook eens naar de lyrics luisteren Alabama son: wtf wel lekker Overall: Hele goeie psych rock met wat gevarieerde invloeden. Mystieke sfeer vaak. Nog eens de lyrics aandacht aan besteden
I prefer Iron Butterfly when it comes to extended organ pieces, but I can't deny I enjoy them when I listen to The Doors.
Absoluter Klassiker
80
So many excellent songs on the album.
Powerhouse of a debut album. Established the organ sound for the rest of their careers.
Rating:★★★★ Good album. Songs sounded a bit repetitive sometimes with the organ sound. Classic hits and a few new one's I haven't heard. Overall good.
4/5 Really enjoyed the songs but I would still skip some if I was listening to it on my own. Favorite Song: The Crystal Ship
My rating 3.6. What debut!
I can sometimes find myself impatient with The Doors, and it did happen at times with this album, but they have such a distinctive sound that you can’t help but feel nostalgia and appreciation at the same time. Break in through’s intro to the album is iconic, and within 20 seconds The Doors are in their signature funk carried through the whole album. This album reminds me of a Saturday night spent in Trisha’s, people clamouring over each other, half proven gossip spreading like wildfire, whilst the band unpretentiously carries on in the corner at their leisure. Alabama Song sounds like something out of a Wes Anderson film (maybe it really was on one of the soundtracks). Overall, the album lacks some variety, but it is a quintessential Doors listening experience and you will not be disappointed.
Had already heard this one but i feel way more receptive to it's energy at this juncture.
Would I listen again: yes I really like the organ throughout the album, tracks were groovy! Alabama song was a bit weird but also liked their strange lyrics
Rock music is like a human body; it should probably have organs.
Not bad! I liked it a lot at first but less so after a few listens.
L'album a vieilli mais moins que son âge réel, des chansons sont très longues sans vraiment ajouter quelque chose mais cela reste du classic rock, et du très bon
So many classic tracks
This album is a real mixed bag. The End is an amazing song. Break on Through (To the Other Side) and Light My Fire are fantastic....and then there's a lot of pretty paint-by-numbers psychedelic pop, e.g. Twentieth Century Fox, I Looked At You. Generally very good, but I wish they'd had better quality control.
los puertas 3,78
Big fan
I actually got this album on CD in the 90s from my brother, so I've listened to it several times. I don't remember a few of the tracks, though, so I must have gotten bored and skipped that song, which sounds like something 15-year-old me would have done. Overall, this is a solid, classic 60s rock album that gives me a lot of nostalgia, but there are enough weird filler tracks to prevent a 5-star rating from me. Some of the tracks were weirdly long, and I really did not like the last track on the album at all.
Clássico.
classic
四月三十日
I enjoyed this album. I have heard several songs previously but have never listened to the entire album. Lots of good songs and no real duds. Overall, I would listen to it again and possibly buy the album
Soft but fervent. I probably would have joined a cult for this album.
Never heard of them BUT I KNOW THIS SONG!!!! Break on through makes me think about Christ, but the verse about the gate made me look back, but its a very nice song. Good instrumentals and very 60s. 7.5 of 10 Soul kitchen reminds me of Hell´s Kitchen. A nice song, builts up a atmosphere of past midnight, but i dont know. 7.8 of 10 A very low on Crystal ship. A good melody and a lyric that makes me think of Jesus. Very ahead of its time. 9 out of 10 20th centrury is a nice song, i thought about LA for a minute. I would like to be like that, she seems cool(if i understood right). 8 de 10 I didnt understand Alabama, but the final is very good(the last seconds) 7 de 10 Light my fire is different and have a nice sound, but the lyrics are just not matching much with me, stills a good song. One of the longest songs. The riffs in the middle are the charms. 7.8 de 10 Back door man is about cheating, i can relate this to Basílio. Have a nice instrumental tho. 6.5 out 10 Makes me think of my walk with Christ in I looked at You! Remember me of another song in this album, but its nice. 7.5 de 10 Vessels of Glory and Fury on End of the Night. Calm vibes, i like it. 8.4 de 10 Take it as it comes have a nice lyric and a nice sound. A great final sound(for me). Eclesiastes e o tempo, uma coisa bem Salomão. 9 out of 10 A very 60s album, but with remarkable and inovative songs. It was a nice shot. 4.1
I've always generally liked The Doors, but having now listened to many other albums from this time period does deepen my appreciation for them. I can see why they really would have stood out at the time, they really had their own unique sound and style right out the gate. The songs do start to blend together a bit as they really have their gimmick, but still a very solid record overall.
I really enjoyed this one, more so than L.A. Woman.
It was very good but not a 5*, some songs are just OK
1967. Debut studio album. Has since been recognized as a landmark of psychedelic rock and one of the most influential albums of the 1960s. Robby Krieger had only been playing the electric guitar for a few months when he was invited to become a member of the band.
Always a classic
You know, I was pre-emptively worried that I wasn't going to like this.To a modern ear, most of the classics feel overdone and played to death. I've already been spoiled by many renditions over the radio. The doors, however, do feel like a breath of fresh air. They don't stick to one formulaic song beat: they experiment and let the music carry them onwards. Alabama Song is my favourite, it's just so -out- there. And the End isn't the 11 minute slog I was dreading it to be. But, it still suffers from some of the prosaic lyrics of the time. Overall though, quite good!
This is the end of our time with the doors for this list. It is indeed quite the debut. The song structures are varied and still pleasant to listen to. There is time for expansive dreamscapes and small straightforward rock. I do love me some driven organ sounds with frantic drums. And it all just works. The only song that took me out somewhat is the beginning of the alabama song.
An iconic album, and a debut album that almost defies criticism. However, taking off the rose tinted glasses, it almost as good as it's reputation. Some tracks are a little weak, and personally I find The End to be an overblown, overlong slog. Easy four star, but not the faultless classic that many claim.
Personally not my type of genre but the album was quite goid
sure the lyrics are overrated but this is still a great blues/pysch rock record
When I first started life under P2P and mp3 downloads, it was hard to find full albums organized in good quiality; eventually I found someone who had some Hendrix, Bowie and Floyd. The top 3 I listened to was Hendrix debut, DSOTM and this album. So many catchy songs, hilarious that this was such a contraversial and baned album back in the day. Almost perfect, a 4.4 for sure. I like LA Woman better
Solid album, classic
Fantastic debut album. Some real bangers. Soul Kitchen is an insanely underrated song. Alabama Song aged poorly but Jim Morrison isn’t alive to catch the heat so it’s fine.
Kinda Doors-y ya know. I'm kinda Doors-y. Vibes super fun and chill and I just gave Abba a 4.....
Really enjoyed it and think it flowed well as an album
My favourite album by them. Timeless
Chill music, with good taste. Remembers me to the music of breaking bad
Doors on Doors. Hyvin erikoista meininkiä, yhtäkkiä iskelmää, sitten taas rokkia. Aina tykännyt.
4,4/5
Very good. More upbeat than expected
Love da organ
Gran álbum, potencialmente el mejor hasta el momento, dicho esto, tampoco me fascina del todo. 8/10
So much better and fully formed than LA Woman it makes the latter feel like an aberration. Except for Riders on the Storm. That one still goes. Best: Break On Through, Soul Kitchen, Alabama Song, Light My Fire, End of the Night, The End.
This sounds hella evil. Not in a griffith or Anton chigurh way but in a sick Dracula way. I don't have much to say because I haven't been able to put my upmost attention to the album but "Light My Fire" is a pretty tight song. So far this is kinda somewhere in between the Beatles and the Police. Yep and I did not finish but it was lovely and I'll give it another chance on another day. I was going to write it earlier but in the songs of the middle of the album I swear that I could hear a "House of the Rising Sun" by The Animals vibe strung into it. I wonder if that was just the vibes of bands in the 60s or the Doors kinda just relayed parts of other music at the time into their stuff(wow it's almost as if that's what artists do) Anyways cool asf and it reminds me of Ace's friend Elliot who had a t-shirt of The Doors
Ok
Legendary. And probably only could have worked in the 60s. Great instrumentals, excellent vocalist, don't expect too much from the lyrics. The album falls short for me a few times and they're all due to Morrison trying too hard to be edgy. So...the usual for this band.
Great album but not as perfect as I think it is when im not actively listening to it. Still close to 5 but not there
Good
I don't feel like I care much for later The Doors anymore, but I've still got a soft spot for this album, particularly "The Crystal Ship." Just an absolute banger of a rock album.
I know you’re supposed to like get a super legendary album every day on this site, but this is actually the first time I’ve gotten 3 absolutely insane albums in a row. So that’s fun! And this album’s awesome. Just some really great psych rock with some occasional insanity, most notably the closing track which DOES blow everything else out of the water. “Light my fire,” while a little overrated, does indeed astound, as does “Break On Through (To The Other Side).” The rest of the album is really awesome, very easygoing psych rock, which I enjoy and appreciate greatly. Overall an enjoyable affair, and an appreciated one for today’s listening experience. 9.1/10
I really like this style of music and I feel this was a very good album. Sometimes it felt like I was listening to one long song but it was multiple short one that felt very similar which threw me off a little.
Strong album, I can definitely hear why it was such a success when it first came out. Light my fire is so iconic.
Not a huge fan of The Doors, but I enjoy this. Some classics on here, and the rest isn't bad at all.
From an album I never heard of yesterday to one I'm quite familiar with today. I got this on CD back in high school. I revisit a handful of these songs a decent amount, but haven't listened to the album straight through in a while. I've always enjoyed the blend of soul, jazz, and psychedelic that the Doors had in their brand of classic rock. And that organ! There are definite highlights here -- Break on Through, Light My Fire, and The End (which is my favorite track instrumentally though the ridiculous lyrics take away from the overall experience for me) -- but each song plays it's own role in propelling the album forward and nothing feels like filler. Definitely somewhere in the 4/4.5 range for me.
Sometimes it's hard to believe an album is someone's debut because of how perfect it shows who the band/artist is
Really tough to rate. There is some insanely good songs here. The first two tracks, light my fire, the end I guess.. Feel like they belong on a 5 album for sure. But then it all feels a bit disjointed to me and it's definitely not as comfortable a listen through as I feel it should be. Would be a 5 for me if the through line /continuity feel was just a little bit stronger
Blues meets psychedelic pop and it works. Morrison was a weird dude. The later performances went off the rails but this album is pretty great.
Decent
Loved it
Cooles Album mit den bekannten Klassikern
The End als Abschluss ein Banger. Der Rest auch ziemlich gut. Find die Stimme von Jim Morrison gut.
Ok, das Album öffnet mit nem Mega Banger, leider qualität nicht pausenlos haltbar, aber sehr cooles Album, freut mich es gehört zu haben.
bomb ale nie przesluchalam do konca sorki
no sabia q era album debut!! no pasa desapercibido, me gusta, es interesante. psicodelico muchas favs
BREAKOUT. Crazy debut.
Classic album that is absolutely deserving to be on this list. I don't consider myself to be a hardcore Doors fan, but it's hard to deny the impact that their music has had on the world. And this album makes a for a great workday soundtrack. I'm glad that I finally sat down and listened to this one cover to cover.
I'm surprised at how much I liked this and realize that I need to listen to The Doors more often. Sure enough there are some deep tracks on the 2nd half that I'm totally unfamiliar with and almost all are a pleasant surprise. And of course there are a few completely essential tracks on here. Very good audio quality.
Nothing else like it in '67. Nothing like it still -
Weird the drums are panned hard left. Very atmospheric album. Whiskey Bar was not for me
😮💨😮💨
I think I liked Morrison Hotel more but this was still fire. The Doors have taken me some time to come around to but I get the hype now.
8/10 The Doors are an interesting band in that they almost have this quintessential 60s hippie rock sound, but it also has a slight edge of psychedelic darkness to it that became more prominent across their records. This debut record is probably their most poppy, but it still has that little twisted side that allows it to stand above more generic examples of the genre and have more of a lasting appeal, particularly when coupled with some really great hooks. In fact, this album is so stacked with songs that have timeless and engaging hooks that when we listened to this over family breakfast, Steph thought I'd put on a greatest hits rather than their debut album. They sure knew how to put a pop song together. That being said, while it's an really great record, for me it does have a few drawbacks to it. Firstly, there are times when it's a bit sloppy from a playing point of view, with slightly iffy timing and out of key notes scattered around here and there. While that does lend itself to the hippie vibe, it does get a little distracting in places. Also, they have a tendency to either be done with a song after two and a half minutes, or on the couple of occasions that they don't, dragging it on for possibly a little too long. Not that I don't like those songs, it just feels a bit all or nothing and could possibly have been a touch more satisfying had they met somewhere in the middle. Perhaps I'm nitpicking a little there. Apart from the above mentioned bits of playing, the band are generally great at building a solid vibe in each of the tracks, and that vibe does a great job of balancing the record and allowing Jim Morrison to do his thing. Interestingly, Morrison is actually quite restrained in his approach to vocals, leaving plenty of space for the band and rarely overdoing things, but also allowing for a good range of dynamic and intensity across his performances. His charisma and swagger are undeniable, even if his lyrical poetry is more moody sixth former than Dylan Thomas. But he sells it so well and I believe that he really believes in the art of what he's saying, even if I'm less convinced, but that's good enough for me. Break On Through (To The Other Side) - This has that very 60s hippie sound, but there's a twist if darkness to it too that gives it an interesting edge. It's the depth of the reverb and the slightly crazed delivery of the vocal from Jim Morrison that really do it. It's a classic track and holds up really well. Soul Kitchen - It's a slightly drifting and lazy verse that's full of that 60s hippy vibe again, before launching into something more intense for the chorus. The bass line is pretty good here and carries things along well, playing well against the rhythm of the organ. Another solid track. The Crystal Ship - Things remain more in that lazy, relaxed vibe from the verses of the previous track. There are some nice progressions in there and it has a cool attitude to it, but it's ultimately not the most interesting song. Twentieth Century Fox - Things pick back up again a little now with a return to the quintessential 60s hippie sound that makes it sound a bit like incidental music from and Austin Powers film. But it's got a great hook in the chorus. The playing, as with much of the record actually, is a little on the loose side, but it kind of works with the aesthetic. Another good song, but I always imagine it to be quicker than it actually is. Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) - Another classic now, and despite being a cover, it very much feels like it belongs to The Doors now. The switch in rhythmic emphasis and vibe between the verse and chorus is brilliant. It's a creepy little song in some ways, but that's delivered not only through the vocal but through the musical choices too, feeling a little like off kilter fairground music. Morrison gives it that side of menace through his delivery too, but it manages to do all that while also delivering quality hooks. Light My Fire - The Doors' most well known song? Possibly. The vibe is great, the organ and guitar solos are super cool, even if they do meander a tiny bit and aren't the cleanest performances, but everything gathers together to be more than the sum of its parts. There's some great drumming on this one too. But the key is that lead vocal, which is brilliantly delivered and has a fantastic hook. Back Door Man - This is a cover, but the band deliver it with such excellent swagger that the tone and delivery is all Doors. The organ line is great and again, they conjure up such a chilled and engaging vibe that it's hard not to groove along to it. Jim Morrison has just got an attitude and charisma that shines through on tracks like this. I Looked At You - The interweaving lines of the organ and guitar are great here during the verses and everything just hooks together for a fantastic chorus. They don't hang around on ideas for long though, do they? Great vibe, quality hooks and done in just a shade over two minutes. Great. End Of The Night - Back to something a little trippy and creepy. It's very evocative and the drifting nature of the tonal elements gives it an uncertainty that's really interesting. The crescendo of intensity is great and adds another level of weirdness and dynamic to the track. This is one that could possibly have worked even better in an extended version that had more time to ebb and flow, but it's solid nonetheless. Take It As It Comes - Another excellent chorus here. There's a good energy to this track but also some nice dynamic range too that allows that chorus to burst out of the speakers and really shine. And again, done in a flash. The End - When they decide to do a longer track, they do go for it, don't they? It's quite loose and meandering in places, with some of the playing feeling a tiny bit sloppy, but it all works into the vibe of slightly twisted and uncomfortable edginess. This has been noted as a pivotal piece of music for subsequent genres including goth, prog, psychedelic and acid rock. It's not really background music, but it's stuffed full of charisma and if you listen to this with focus, it can really grab you and press down on you in a very interesting way.
Gran disco. Entretenido, todas las canciones están bien. Tampoco creo que sea una maravilla, eso sí The End es increíble.
A classic 60's album. I love the heavy use of organ and Jim Morrison voice. Mostly good stuff. No filler. "Light my Fire" is such a great song. This song is were the organ shines the most on this album.
3.5 stars pretty good album. Only new light my fire and break on through previously. But really enjoyed The Crystal Ship and Twentieth Century Fox. Don't know how I didn't notice before but Morrison kinda sings like the guy from cake where he isn't really signing, moreso talking in rhythm.
increible álbum, estilo parecido a lo Beatles, lógico por la época, pero con sus diferencias. no es repetitivo ni molestan las canciones largas, gran guitarra y bajo.
I listened to this album a lot when I was a kid for some reason. Still love it.
Love the Doors!
Classic Album, everybody should listen to it but due to the age, the dynamic range is so so..
Pitchfork: Rolling Stone: Top 500 Albums #86 (2023) Best Songs Break On Through (To the Other Side) Soul Kitchen The Crystal Ship Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) Light My Fire The End
Honestly a really good album although this isn't the type of music I usually listen to, I quite enjoyed several songs on this track.
It's aged a bit for sure and online communities have made the prospect of liking The Doors a bit cringe, but this is an historic album.
There were vibes def a like dancing/doing hw if I could i would prob give 3.8
Iconic with good reason. Several deeply influential songs in quick succession, with the tracks bulking out the album complimenting their more successful siblings well. Admittedly The End was a touch gratuitously long (that is to say, blessed with a 10 minute run it struggles to do much with) and Light My Fire being somewhat shrill through my headphones (a personal limitation), but that only hurts the album slightly. Good show lads.
*Love they keyboards and the hit songs are incredible *Gets a little too proggy at times
It's 4.5 but not 5
Tätä on tullut kuunneltua jo kasarilla, kun luin Jimin ”No one gets here out alive” elämäkerran. Diggasin bändistä tuolloin paljon, nykyään tulee aika vähän kuunneltua. Tämä on hyvä esikoisalbumi, paljon hyviä biisejä.
What an opening track for your band. That and Light my Fire are the standouts here. I think this is and excellent, consistent debut album but doesn’t quite get to a 5 for me. You can really hear the Geese influence on some of these songs.
Legendary tracks separated by some drunken blues filler…I think these guys might do drugs…
Great!
Good reminder of how amazing oldies is.
wow i am so happy i was introduced to this album. that was really good and better than i was expecting.
4.5 stars or higher