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The Doors by The Doors

The Doors

The Doors

1967
3.93
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Genres: Rock Styles: Psychedelic Rock, Acid Rock, Blues Rock

Reviews (page 8 of 15)

The first time I listened to this a few years ago, I had never listened to any of the Door's albums. After even the first listen, I absolutely fell in love and am still blown away by this album, along with a few others. The fact that a debut album can be one of the best of all time and still hold up so well 50 years later is amazing.

This album goes so hard. Obviously all of the hits are winners, but Twentieth Centruy Fox is also a banger. I love the sound of Alabama Song but it's pretty obviously gross. Frankly break on through is such a banger of a start less than 4 would be criminal. Some of the slower songs drag a little (the end is good, but 11 minutes? I dunno), so 4.5, but I'm rounding up because Alex will hurt me if I don't.

I went in rooting against this album. I don't know why (I do know why, I just don't want to admit that I thought it was dad rock and I'm on the record against dad rock). I just did. But damn if it didn't turn me into a fan by the end of the album.

I was super bored during this, I don't know. I imagine there's something important here but I just couldn't hear it. It wasn't cacophonous, but at this point maybe it would have been more memorable if it was.

The Doors have never sat in my mind as a band that fit nicely into the musical landscape of the '60s. Often, they just kind seem to me like a good bluesy psychedelic rock band, but they have some songs where their kind of obscure mystical image seeps a little deeper into their music and they get pushed into being one of the most interesting bands of the '60s. That's kind of how this album feels to me in a nutshell, we have a good current of bluesy rock here that is occasionally put into overdrive. These songs define this album to me: Break On Through has some real momentum to it, Light My Fire is allowed to grow into something greater than its pop appeal and End of the Night sounds woozy and disorienting. Of course, The End is the centerpiece of this album. It really feels like The Doors tap into something dark and esoteric here. Jim Morrison's vocal performance is incredibly dynamic, and the song's release of its slow building intensity is one of '60s rock's defining moments, in its own strange way. Overall, while I understand the importance of this, its underlying blues rock aesthetic only does so much for me, but every once in a while something here is truly fascinating to me. Read this score as a pretty high 3.

After a long period of dunking on The Doors, I have to eat a bit of 'umble pie and recognise that in the context of all the albums I've listened to this is a fine piece of work. It has some bona fide classics and then ends with the haunting "The End".

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Sound of the 60s, legendary

Favorite Track: Break on Through (To the Other Side)

Thoughts before listening: This is a huge album for me. I thought the Doors were the coolest when I was first discovering music, and hearing "Break on Through" on the Forrest Gump soundtrack was an aha moment for me. I wanted to hear more songs with driving beats and shouted vocals...and that eventually led me to punk rock. Great album. Review: Ray Manzarek's organ is what really makes the Doors standout. Its such a huge part of their sound and adds an extra layer of psychedelia. I feel like there has been a bit of an anti-Doors movement with music snobs who dismiss their importance to the history of rock. I think this is mainly a reaction to Jim Morrison who was a pretty troubling person in many ways. The music however is great. Bluesy hard rock that focused more on a powerful and intense sound than the technical showoffs of their peers i.e. Cream, Hendrix, and Zeppelin. They had more of a punk rock approach to their sound and were a big influence on that scene. Great band and a great album. 5-stars

One of the most iconic opening songs on a debut album ever. Ray Manzarek is the MVP here, clearly establishing The Doors as a separate entity compared to their contemporaries. The worst thing about The Doors' debut? It's no L.A. Woman.

Come for the iconic hits and Jim Morrison, stay for Ray Manzarek - the secret weapon that really makes The Doors stand out from the crowd.

Not my vibe

robby krieger is the best guitarist from the 60s

This record totally holds up, even the ridiculous "The End." Any cracking on the Doors is well-deserved but the spooky, easy decadence of this record is infectious. Bubblegum gothic. Plus, I haven't heard the garagey non-hits like "I Looked at You" and "Take It as it Comes" since college.

I long ago moved past my Doors obsession but acknowledge this as an important milestone in American psychedelia. Time hasn't exactly endeared me to Jim Morrison's flat, affectless voice, nor to the bombast of "The End" (I think "When the Music's Over" and "Riders on the Storm" are superior long-jam album closers). But there are some solid jams here and Manzarek's keyboards lend a kind of dark carnival vibe to the proceedings.

I feel like, had he lived longer, Jim Morrison would have had a blast writing a Broadway musical, that he would have fallen in love with writing musicals, and would have spent the rest of his life penning musicals with titles like "Temptress Sally" and "The Vegas Deathfire" and "Love, Not For Me" ....

I loved this band when I was 12 because I had only started listening to rock music and buying my own LPs. I thought this was SO DEEP because I was a preteen and didn't know any better. The combo of organ and guitar still sounds fresh. Only The Stranglers did it better. The End is too much, but I still like the Brecht/Will cover.

a really good album! something i feel like i can only really listen to in fall, though.

Heard it before. What a great album 4/5

Groupe et album connu, peu apprécié. A part les tubes 'Light my fire' et 'The end' (qui lui évitent la note minimale), je trouvais les autres morceaux quelconques. Cette nouvelle écoute ne m'a pas fait changer d'avis. =>2/5

Kjente ein del av dette frå før, og hadde det for meg at det skulle vere mykje langhalm. Gledeleg overraska over kor kontant mesteparten var, altså.

When you get a bit older you realise you don't have to be so reverant of this album made by essentially teenagers, which I assume they were because whatshisface died at 27 I think. Never listening to this again!

Some big tunes here.

Some great songs

After complining about getting recommended 60s rock bands non-stop, the music gods finally listened and gave me a 60s rock band I actually like. This is my favorite Doors album, Jim's voice makes me swoon. Listened to it 3x on a row.

not my fave

Love this album.

Five owned albums in a row - and another inherited vinyl from my brother- listened this one over & over 4/5 #musicsky #albumsky

this album deserves all the hype and is the doors' best

Great album!

The singles from this album are all perfect. Love them. The rest of the album can't maintain those highs, but overall it remains excellent.

I thought this was actually pretty decent and a good, if dated, rock and roll album. It’s up and down but running through the middle of it is some decent guitar and drums and a variety of sounds. Probably a 4 for the most part but knocked a mark off for some grating songs.

I’ve listened to this album a few times before but it never really stuck out to me, I liked it a lot more on this version. It struck me how keyboard-focused it was as opposed to guitar-focused. I do think Jim Morrison has some great lyrics. I also appreciate their use of different modes that are not super conventional for pop music. I know the Doors are seen as very drug-influenced music, but it doesn’t really feel like that to me. Fav tracks are The Crystal Ship, Light My Fire, and End of the Night.

I understand its place of importance as far as rock music goes, but it just wasn't for me. Aged fairly poorly if you ask me.

The music is a bit too dated for my liking. I still enjoyed some of the songs. Just not the music I'd listen to on loop.

The fascinating thing about this album... Try to imagine that once there was a time, in 1967, that this was an anonymous debut by a band nobody had ever heard of, called 'The Doors'. And that you buy it, let the needle down on side A and that you hear 'Break on through'. What a debut. It's magnificent. 'Light my fire' is probably one of the best psychedelic songs ever. Did you ever realize that the Doors are probably the only rock band everyone knows the name of the keyboardist of, and hardly anybody the name of the guitar player? That's fascinating. And yes, there are some weaker moments. And yes, there are other highlights like 'The crystal ship' and 'Alabama'. It's simply a fantastic debut, with Jim Morrison's thing still inside his pants. 9 out of 10.

Ei jäänyt kuin ehkä yksi kappale mieleen. Ei itselle tämä.

Would listen again; reminds me of my mom; Jim has such a way about him! Faves: break on thru, light my fire, twentieth century fox; the end

Hell yeah

Much Better than Coldplay.

Hard to imagine a better debut album than this. They would have greater commercial successes, of course (particularly after Morrison's death), but it really feels like they could only repeat themselves of go downhill from here.

A few good tracks, but some are boring.

Fairly middle of the road, and found all of the songs merging together. I can usually handle quite a bit of noodling around but had to skip a few.

Some all time tracks, gets psychedelic in the middle culminating in The End.

These guys must have been absolute nutters. 60's music as well which is quite something. Clearly some songs sound very dated and the electro keyboard thing I dont think always helps with that but still impressive. "Before you slipped into unconciousness I would like another kiss" "1000 pills a 1000 thrills" 20th century fox - Worst song Solo section in Light my fire - Great Back door man - For the music if you ignore the vocals The End - Slightly mental but great song. I dont think I ever gave the doors any credit. Critically listening has given me a new found interest for their music.

This album sums up my mixed opinion of The Doors. It contains a set of musically accomplished and varied, if rambling, tracks which do seem to have captured a moment in musical culture. However, the overuse of the electric organ sounds dated and irritating, case in point 'Alabama Song' which is like a nightmare about being trapped in a old fashioned funfair. Then there are the lyrics which feel contrived, self-indulgent and pretentious, delivered with a smug sense of artistic superiority. I guess I just don't "get it"...

Pub rock band featuring pub philosopher frontman. Pretentious and over-rated.

What's your favourite Doors album? The Best of The Doors. Not quite enough here to break on through, so to speak.

top songs: i looked at you, soul kitchen, crystal ship, break on through, twentieth century fox really good intros to songs, interesting instrumentation

Really enjoyable psych rock album. Ray Manzarek was a legend and I could listen to him play organ or keyboards all day.

it’s pretty good, break on through always a fave

A classic!

Good that

Absolute classic songs that helped push the forefront of music.

Definitely need to relisten to enjoy it more fully but this was a pretty solid album.

The End is brilliant but the rest didn’t really jump out at me

OK, but other than Light My Fire and Break on Through, not many standout songs. I especially disliked Alabama Song - they should have just kept that song cover off the record. A meh listen. 2/5

Absolute classic. Spent many an hour in my teenage years wearing out my dad's vinyl copy.

All hail the lizard king

fuuuckkk yeaaaaahhhhh my husband everyone!!!!!!!! every single song is an absolute banger, one of the albums i never get sick of listening over and over again, i mean it has ‘the end’ in it, one of my all time favorite songs. And this is a debut album, insane!!! cant praise this one enough, just love it love it love it<33333

Never listened to the whole of The END in it's entirety - don't think I ever will again. The jingle jangly bits are always nice on a sunny day.

eh. Not great. I remember going through my doors faze in high school and college. I gotta say, not a great album. I used to love “Alabama song”. Heard it today and I was like, nah. Just ok. Not good. Light my fire and break on through still rip though.

Good, but a little meandering

Simple happy lyrics. 50s 60s sound. A little Beatly. Staccato organ/keyboard sound.

For four solid decades I've been expected to love this music. It's fine. A few great hooks. But so much pretentious silliness. And that Continental Vox. C'mon Ray; there's a reason no one else made it a staple of their sound.

Morrison was a weird dude

Not bad, the Doors are good in small doses, but admittedly an entire album just gets repetitive.

A great debut album

The Colourfield song "I can't get enough of you baby" sounds similar to Soul Kitchen. Anyways, this is a great album that is loaded with sauce.

This kind of sputtered out for me after a great start with “break on through to the other side.” Other than the starter, nothing really stood out as particularly inspiring to me. I had high hopes and was a little disappointed

This album has some ridiculous highs. Light My Fire is a trancendental song: the organ, Morrison's singing, the subtle mysteriousness in the versus, it's just so good. Break On Through (To The Other Side) is also a clear winner that has stood the test of time. The rest of the album is interesting. This is yet another album with a circus song, as Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar) is really goofy and it's almost whiplash going from that to the best song on the album. I think it just doesn't work as an album as well as L.A. Woman, but it's still overall pretty good and great contrast to the pop of the era.

some bangers, some nonsense, overall a great album

Classic doors album they don’t make albums like this anymore. Hit play and let it play through

This is a weird one because I've been negative to music like this SEVERAL times in the past, but I still kind of enjoyed this. Ew! Slow psych rock! Acoustics? What happened to my electric guitars and keyboards and synths? I want Pink Floyd back! It's still not amazing, and I don't know if I'll come back to any of this... Ever. But I liked it more than I should have, which is what an album from a foreign genre should do. Favs: Light My Fire, Back Door Man, End of the Night Least fav: Twentieth Century Fox 7/10

Classic and it sounded like nothing else at the time.

crazy album man, only bangers...

Somehow I have no comments to make? Which is a surefire 3

Good stuff. I respect their vibe and importance, but I'm not sure many of these will make it in to the rotation

Solo solo solo BAM solo. One whole end to end solo (positive). Imagine listening to The End for the first time again

Hell yeah!

There are certainly bands I hate worse than The Doors, but they are definitely very low on my list.

Doors. Some parts reminded me almost of a chanting religious sound cult y but good

Brilliant debut and has some absolute classics on there, a real classic album from a band that have never really been replicated. Love this band and all the chaos that they created in their short life! A must listen to for me

I think I’m a Doors hater… not surprising. Just dudes making rock music is not impressive to me.

Album art:2

One of the long line of ground breaking albums fronted by a person that can’t sing but is charismatic. Excellent album.

Holds up nearly 60 years later....

Das Debütalbum der US-amerikanischen Rockband The Doors wurde im August und September 1966 in den Sunset Sound Recorders in Los Angeles aufgenommen. Es erschien Anfang 1967 und markiert den Beginn einer kurzen, aber einflussreichen Karriere. Die Band, bestehend aus Jim Morrison (Gesang), Ray Manzarek (Keyboard), Robby Krieger (Gitarre) und John Densmore (Schlagzeug), entwickelte mit diesem Werk ihren charakteristischen Stil, der Elemente aus Psychedelic Rock, Blues und Jazz verbindet. Schon der erste Titel „Break On Through (To the Other Side)“ gibt die Richtung vor: rhythmisch direkt, textlich offen für Interpretation. Die Band zeigt sich hier experimentierfreudig, ohne den Song aus dem Gleichgewicht zu bringen. Besonders hervorzuheben ist „Light My Fire“, das sich durch das Zusammenspiel zwischen Orgel und Gitarre sowie den längeren instrumentalen Passagen von vielen anderen Songs der Zeit unterscheidet. Auch „The End“, das über elf Minuten dauert, fällt durch seine düstere Stimmung und die offene Struktur auf. Die Texte bewegen sich zwischen poetischer Bildsprache und gesellschaftlicher Kritik. Morrisons Stimme, mal ruhig erzählend, mal ausbrechend, trägt die Stücke und verstärkt ihre Wirkung. Die Produktion in den Sunset Sound Recorders bringt die Instrumente klar zur Geltung, ohne den Klang unnötig zu glätten. Das Album lässt sich dem Genre Psychedelic Rock zuordnen, enthält aber auch Einflüsse aus dem Blues und der klassischen Musik. In ihrer Kombination wirken die Stücke geschlossen, ohne monoton zu werden. The Doors ist ein Album, das seinen Platz in der Musikgeschichte durch seine klare musikalische Linie und die besondere Atmosphäre behauptet. Es zeigt eine Band, die bereits zu Beginn eine eigene Sprache gefunden hat und stilistisch sicher auftritt.

The organ solo in Light My Fire could be 10 minutes long and still it wouldn't get boring. That alone merits 5 stars.

ja tof hoor, die deuren favo: soul kitchen varia: orgeldeuntjes voor extra plezier

Good old 60's/70's rock. No Zeppelin, but still classic.

Love me some Light My Fire

Eh. The doors have never been my jam. Get it?

Very very good

Enough has been said about this album. RIP Val Kilmer.

Classic! The Doors are so polarizing, people either love or hate them. Jim Morrison was a great performance artist

enjoyed this one. Good melodies, good vocals, catchy music. Good overall

5.0/5.0: Iconic

enjoyed this more than i expected. i remember a bunch of these from when i was a kid but i appreciate them much more now

Contender for greatest rock debut album of all time. I love The Doors. I think they're one of the greatest bands ever. Perfect album from start to finish. Classic.

its giving me music rather surface level

Some good songs, but sounds very samey. Best song This is the End

it was alright

Not my style

classic album with so many pop cultural defining songs.

enjoying this much more than I did as a teen, which is probably the last time I listened to the Doors (apart from their hits appearing in movies, shows, commercials, etc.). Some of it's still not really hitting for me though. Was never a fan of Alabama Song and it's still falling flat, for instance.

The big songs are all great, the lesser ones are not filler either. Great album. Light my Fire and The End as the highlights.

I liked it -- just a little too old-timey sounding for me.

chyba najlepszy 60s album peak

Bias as this is already a fave of bangers and vibes.

Jim Morrison is a self absorbed jackass, but damn if this isn’t a great record. Ray Manzarek is so good.

I dislike this pretentious navel-gazer. But damn, this a good record. Moody, dark and polished

One of the excellent debut records in my opinion.

Historic album from The Doors. Big hits, enjoyable keys/organ and vocals. 8/10 (4/5)

As I’ve gotten older, I like The Doors less. Hearing this entire album confirms that

# Album Name: The Doors # Artist: The Doors # Rating: 5/5 # Comments: Break on through. Amazing opener. Nuff said. Followed up by the excellent soul kitchen. Love the organs and guitar on that track. Jims vocals are great on this album. nothing is stopping him. This is a fucking album which is on fire. Love it. Its the real deal. The end is an absolutely wicked way to finish this album # Top Tunes: Every. single. track. # Would I listen to it again? Yes

Great and classic album. It's funny how the album I listened to the day before this one didn't age well and should remain in the grave, but then the next day I get a timeless gem like this. This is everything you can ask for in a record. Every song from front to back is good and enjoyable.

absolute classic

Obviously a classic - amazing as a debut album and truly a unique sound... Sometimes the "quirkyness" can be a distraction from the overall enjoyment of the otherwise great songs.

Although contains a bunch of great hits still creates a balance between well-known songs and less-known ones. I definitely enjoy the listen it's worth it

They have an undeniably unique sound

Pretty classic album which basically shows the turning point of music in the sixties. A necessary inclusion to the list but a little inconsistent for my liking. Also the last song sucked but the rest of the album is still great!

This is one of my favourite albums that I had the joy of discovering when I was in my mid teens. Along with the Velvet Underground album, it's one of the best debut albums from a major artist released in 1967. It truly stands the test of time and still sounds amazing all these years later. This is a desert island disc contender.

Great album

Yes yes yes lsd and blues rock. The daek version of the beach boys!

One of the best albums that I rarely listen to. Every time I do I'm reminded how great it is, and then I don't listen to it again for years.

What an album! The hit rate is high and so many are classic tunes that put you straight into the zone you were in when you heard them before. I may have listened to this album a hundred times, it's possible.

Trippy, psychedelic, hypnotic, all round good vibes, great riffs and loving the organs (and marxophone)! Can't imagine how much LSD Jim Morrison had taken whilst writing the lyrics.

The hits are hits and the rest are forgettable. 1/3 of the album is one song.

great. Full of classic hits

i mean... it's probably one of the best albums of all time

Astonishing debut album, the sound already confidently locked down, and instantly influential. Listening in the cold light of day I have to admit there are weaker tracks too. Then, LA Woman is a stronger album, so I'm going to surprise my 17 year old self and mark it down to 4.5 stars.

5/11, 45%

Always thought jim morrison was a bit of a cock so never really listened to the doors. But WOW this was amazing.

I mean... come on. It's The Doors. I've always loved them but I've never listened to this album in full and wow was it better than I thought. Each song was interesting and dynamic and absolutely incredible. I could do without "The End" but the album is too good for me to not give it a 5. These guys are absolute legends and I need to listen to this album more.

The Good: Straightforward song naming; the last one on the album is called “The End”! The Bad: Yes, a self-titled album, and it’s a freshmen endeavor! The Ugly: It seems like the ‘60s are giving the 00’s a run for their money… I was excited to see this album pop up, especially considering that I have already had to sit through 2 The Doors albums and I was craving Break on Through… So yeah, three massive songs, escorted along by several songs I, quite frankly, never need to hear again… Does this album belong on the list: YES! Will this album get plenty of replay by me: NO!!! 3*

Good. Some classic songs. Would listen again

3.75/5 consistently enjoyable

-Good for lounging, or hanging around later at night like post bar vibes -I liked the vast majority of the album -has re-listenability for sure

Full of all the good 60s feels, and it was a great way to feel like I was on drugs for forty minutes. It honestly kinda felt like psychedelic time travel. It's not like all of the songs are of very good quality, though, and some of them run more off of vibes than anything. Interesting for sure, but far from perfect.

Not for me. It's hard rating this stuff, because i'd rate it 1 if it's only my rating since in won't listen to it again, and i'd rate it 2 just because its not a thing that I would kill myself if I listened to.

i appreciate, but would u catch me putting this on myself? nah probably not let's be real. fav tracks: Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) Take It as It Comes wtf: I EAT MORE CHICKEN THAN ANY MAN EVER SEEN (back door man)

Such an all-time classic!

Fantastic album. A favorite of mine.

As far as debut albums go, it doesn’t get much better than this. Kicking off with Break on Through and closing with The End might be one of the best opener-closer combos. The whole album is dark, hypnotic, and endlessly cool. No question, this absolutely deserves its place on any all-time list.

pretty goooood

Hands down the most overrated band of the 60s. Strip away the hyperbole and hormonal sweat surrounding Jim Morrison and you soon spot the emperor has no clothes. Dull.

Love this

very nice!

these guys are always cool. absolute monster of a last song

Great album, loved it for a long time.

Excellent, and a classic.

A great album. It's hard to believe that the band managed to create such a monumental work with their first album. It's really easy for me to award stars here. 5/5

Pretty enjoyable, I just wish he would sing about little girls a bit less

It is good stuff and obviously pretty iconic. But there is some quite long instrumental stuff that I don’t really care for. Then again The End is almost 12 minutes and I love that, so what do I know. Fun fact: Jim Morrison is the first person on the list who’s grave I’ve visited. The Simpsons: The End is used three times! On reflection maybe that’s why I like that song so much. With added help from Apocalypse Now

Listened to this while paddle boarding. I wanted to like this more than I did. Light My Fire was too long and self indulgent but the rest of the album I didn’t dislike. Felt it showed it’s age a bit but they did alright them doors

Fine, fine fine, this is OK. I guess even if you're a card carrying members of the anti-Doors society, it's hard to knock some of the hits on this album, and it's quite noticeable that Morrison was still at least vaguely cognisant of the need to be 'a singer' and 'coherent' at this point. I do think The End is great to be fair, it feels like it was written to be used in films, but that's probably some after-the-fact-ing from me.

I've never been a big The Doors listener but they've got some great songs. "Break On Through" and "Light My Fire" are my favorites from this album.

First of Jim Morrison is mogging like CRAZY. Has he done his banana peel routine? I can hear the Beatles BLEEDING through the second track, "Soul Kitchen". But not to worry, I speak Jive. If you like the vibes of this record... be sure to check out Roxy Music "In Every Dream Home a Heartache". Man, I am so niche with my interests and should be respected. The album jumps about into near ska territory in "Alabama Bar". And I don't completely hate it. "Light My Fire" in the last half of its run is a standout. Rating: 4/10 Talent, vibes, but I don't want to hear much of it ever again Adds: None Likes: The End, Soul Kitchen, Take It as it Comes

Enjoyable enough, but I found the lyrics to most songs odd or slightly offputting. Rock before it became hard rock (soft rock?) isn't my favorite genre, but The End was a decent song.

2/5 hi shanks

3/5. 2/5 until I got to the last song, which is close enough to "Methodrone" that the whole album gets 1 more points.

The Doors seemed to have debuted at the perfect time. Kicking off 1967, the year of the forthcoming Summer of Love, this January 4th drop feels both prescient and well-timed. Sure, they do the psychedelic rock thing, which wasn’t hard to see bubbling up to the mainstream in 1966, but The Doors also do something different. Unlike so many psychedelic records that followed, The Doors’ self-titled actually, well, ROCKS! The hard-hitting “Break on Through” sets the spark, but it really burns with “Light My Fire,” which, for all intents and purposes, shreds, especially in the solo/bridge section. These two songs serve as tentpoles for the album overall, and allow The Doors to explore what it means to be a ✧･: *✧psychedelic rock band ✧ *:･✧ across a larger spectrum. From here, we get bluesy jams that rip in a more respectable manner like “Soul Kitchen” and “Twentieth Century Fox,” we get more a stereotypical California-hippie take in “Take It as It Comes,” and more solemn, spaced out takes on “End of the Night.” It even allows for sonic detours like “Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar),” which, sure, is incredibly hokey, but also still kind of fun and catchy. Of course, this all cumulates with the epic psychedelic closer “The End,” which still holds a lot of power almost 60 years after the fact. Not everything here hits the mark, though. I do think “The Crystal Castle” is a bit too spaced out. The bluesiness of the cover of “Back Door Man” is boring as hell, as it always is on these ‘60s records. Worst of all, “I Looked at You” feels oddly thin, almost like an attempt at a teeny-bopper single, which obviously feels strange when pitted against the legitimately strong, timeless singles this album is typically remembered for. Now, none of it is all that deep. Truthfully, Morrison is not this wizard poet like your Boomer neighbor who sells fleece patchwork jackets would want you to believe. These are songs about sex, drugs, and rock and roll– mainly the first two. But for songs about sex, drugs, and rock and roll, they sure are fun as hell, whether you’re sober, drunk, or high, and they are certainly sexy as hell, that’s for sure. This fun approach to variety-within-loose-parameters is this album’s greatest strength. With time, The Doors seemed to lose some of their magic. They seemed to get too absorbed in the psychedelic thing, and then WAY too absorbed in the straight-blues rock, with brief tangents into Tin Pan Alley that seem to last a lifetime. While those elements are found on this debut, they are far worse on other records released only a few years outside of this, so they actually feel brilliant in retrospect here. More annoyingly, though, The Doors abandoned what made these hits so special, and that is that they didn’t “fit into” the era. Sure, they’re psychedelic rock songs in theory, but they’re also so much bigger than that, sonically speaking. And they’re fun! You can’t really make those arguments for the rest of the band’s catalogue. The Doors’ debut does have its flaws. I think its position in the canon has been solidified a bit too much, and there are some valid issues that we need to admit moving forward. But the majority of it holds up a million times better than I thought it would. They truly struck lightning with this one, and if they had even waited one more month to release it, I doubt it would have been as special. Even if it’s not the greatest record I’ve ever heard, this debut is so good, I can forgive them for never striking lightning ever again.

It’s not my favorite Doors album but there are some highlights and some classics, as well as some songs that just seem to drone on past their welcome.

As insufferable as Jim Morrison is, this album is undeniable at times.

An iconic album.

hmmm so many thoughts about this one.. i understand that the doors r a classic and influential band but this is the thrid(?) doors album out of <200 songs total? must we listen to every single doors album? but then again every single doors album is still preferable to some of this other stuff so i really can’t complain too much. ending the album with a 12-minute song called the end was funny but 12 minutes long smh. “kam on beybi layt may fayur” -my dad

organ-heavy 60s rock, full of brilliant tracks, an incredible first record

The Doors, 1 of the more polarising bands of not just the 60’s. Particularly Morrison. For me they aren’t as good as the hype, but not as bad as the haters. The highs are really good, classics but the lows are very much filler. And if you don’t love Morrison and his act, he does appear to be something of a knob. Letting go of the (excessive ) pretension and just trying to listen to the music - revisited today there is a lot of filler around the big tracks, thought this was going to be a 4 or 5, but can't see higher than 3 Star

Excellent

Opened and closed

for gods' sake man, put on a shirt

Good 60s pop-rock. Liked the use of the organ? I think… Need a repeat listen.

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Take It As It Comes

There are a couple of lows but the highs are so high that they don't matter. 5/5.

Some good songs on here but the album just didn't really hit well for me.

I've been thinking I should get into The Doors more. This album confirmed that.

I loved the Doors. This has some great tunes and performances and some that are fairly weak. I collected all of the Doors albums and, unfortunately, they were all uneven. But, when they shined they were untouchable.

3.5/5 Iconic, creative, and culturally influential album (+4), impressive for a debut album (+1), multiple lyrics that give me ick (-1.5)

not vibing once more, was also in mental hell while listening which made it more painful

I vibe with it. End of the Night was great

I like Morrison Hotel album better :(

klassiker

One of the top two or three debut albums of all time. An utterly unique format for a band - no bass player, a jazz-obsessed drummer, and a keyboard player with a wacky setup, not to mention a sui generis guitar player AND Jim Morrison - the instantly create a sound and a style that both reflected current LA sounds and broke stunning new ground. And this album has some of their and the rock era’s greatest songs.

Some good, dare I say excellent, songs to be found on this album, but not quite enough to earn a higher score.

Excellent album.

One of the greats. They were unique, and they still are.

It was good

just brilliant music from an often not brilliant band.

Pretty sure I’ve never heard a full Doors record prior to this but I know all the big singles and enjoyed the songs I didn’t know. For a debut to contain “Break On Through (To The Other Side)” and “The End,” that’s a crazy accomplishment!

This is what you want from music. An incredible debut album. Largely known for light my fire, I’m coming away from it entranced by most of the songs, with a special shoutout to end of the night, the end, and the Chrystal ship.

Listened to this a lot during my university years. I liked it then. I like it now. Not something I’d play a lot nowadays though. Has that student vibe to it and I’m far from a student these days.

love the basslines, the length, and the eerie ambiance of the album. just awesome!!! :D really cathartic by "the end" (badum tss).

Absolute classic

Sweet electronic blues. Love the Organ. Somewhat monotonous. Particularly enjoy "Soul Kitchen" and "The End"

Break on Through (To the Other Side) - 5/5 Soul Kitchen - 5/5 The Crystal Ship - 4/5 Twentieth Century Fox - 5/5 Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) - 4/5 Light My Fire - 5/5 Back Door Man - 3/5 I Looked at You - 2/5 End of the Night - 3/5 Take It as It Comes - 5/5 The End - 4/5 (loooong but nice) Average score: 4/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ a classic. no complaints.

Favorite Track: Light My Fire

Fav: Light My Fire Least Fav: The End I’m shocked at how much quality is on each individual song, with none standing out as a weak link. Even amongst my 5s, I could atleast see one song weaker than the rest. Great stuff

This is the end. Well, the end of my group getting The Doors albums, anyway. I suppose it's fitting, and maybe for the best, we ended up getting their debut album last. Not just because it concludes our trilogy of albums with "The End", but... I mean, I get the feeling that if I hadn't made the discoveries I had while listening to MORRISON HOTEL and L.A. WOMAN, particularly the latter, I might've been a bit harder on this album. Might've tried too hard to look for the "BIG IMPORTANT ARTSY POETRY" band the public has made them out to be, instead of the psych/blues band led by a former fat kid who **really** wanted to be a poet. Under that light, their music becomes so much easier to just... Kick back and enjoy, y'know? Not hafta stress too much about whether Morrison "deserves" to be buried in that French graveyard for poets. And of all of the Doors albums we've gotten, this is by far the one I've enjoyed the most. After all, it sounds the most like what Weird Al's pastiche of them, "Craigslist", had led me to believe they all the time sounded like. That's legit a bias I had to get past with the other two albums, and 100% why I enjoyed this album as much as I did. And, like, we talk about Morrison a lot, but holy shit, what a band he had behind him. John Densmore and Robert Krieger are great drummers and guitarists respectively, and for real, not enough praise can be put on Ray Manzerik's name. His keyboard sound is just **the best thing**, and **the** defining feature of The Doors' sound, you ask me. That riff on "Light My Fire" is so iconic, goodness. Now, "Light My Fire" is probably the best representation of "classical Doors." What you imagine this group sounds like at a base level. However, if I were to narrow in on any song as the best on the album, and a good contender for their masterwork... Yeah, it's "The End". To my ears, only "Rivals On The Storm" rivals it as the greatest thing they ever made. Some might call this song a self-indulgent slog, but to me, it's an epic. A slow, psychedelic epic with heavy progressive and brooding jazz tones... It's a marvel. A feat unto itself. There's no more perfect way I can imagine this album — or, for that matter, my group's journey through The Doors' albums — ending. I feel like reviewing these albums has given me a new appreciation for The Doors. I can see why there are people who consider them pretentious and over-rated, but for my money? Nah, they deserve the acclaim they get, and this album particularly. It's a 5 — just an incredibly strong collection of songs, worth a few dozen spins and then some more. In fact, I'd even go so far as to say these songs are STRONGER THAN DIRT. Yeah, that's a good reference to end on.

Absolutely stellar. Solid 5 Stars.

It’s a very easy 5. This is the third (and final) time we’ve pulled Jim Morrison and friends, and they’re gonna go 3 for 3 on getting 5’s. For a debut album, talk about knocking it out of the fucking park – that is 44 electric minutes of music. Not a single miss here, although perhaps my experience with “End of the Night” was enhanced a bit more by sitting in a pitch black room while listening to it. I haven’t been able to write more than 2 or 3 paragraphs about any of the Doors albums we’ve gotten because they usually put me into such a zone while listening that I just melt into the music and appreciate the experience. That might still be true here, because I don’t know what to type about this that someone else hasn’t typed – it’s got great blues influence throughout, it’s a landmark piece of psychedelic rock, the gritty tone in Jim Morrison’s vocals glide on each track, and Smash Mouth totally ripped “Walkin on the Sun” from “Soul Kitchen” (ok, maybe nobody’s typed that last one). I’ll say this – my main experience with “Light My Fire” before listening to the full 7 minute version on this album, was with… Stevie Wonder’s excellent, excellent cover, from his 1969 album “My Cherie Amour”. It’s an album that’s not on the list, but I think it’s worth listening to regardless. That cover of “Light My Fire” gave me a very different expectation from the version featured here, and honestly, they both stand up really well next to each other. I think Stevie Wonder somehow turning that into a big band swinger track with a jazzy vibe & room for a harmonica solo, when it originated with Jim Morrison’s sort of duller (but good!) vocals, and the craziest organ/guitar solo ever, is simply a testament to how radically music can be interpreted. Anyway, this is a fantastic album – it's a great debut, an incredibly strong package from front to back, and for the last time we’re getting The Doors in this 1001 album experience, it’s a hell of a way to go out. It's a very, VERY easy 5.

Le mec il fait du blues avec ses tripes et ça fait un album de rock légendaire

The Doors, what a unique band, and what a breakthrough first album ! No one sounds like them. It is the perfect illustration of a band blending strong and very different individuals: Who plays like Manzarek, organ and keyboard bass, jazzy drums like Densmore, finger style overdriven guitar like Krieger ? and Jim Morrisson (Val Kilmer) ? One of the few 60s bands that still sounds relevant today. They have great songs but not great albums, although this one and LA woman stand out. The B side is a bit weak at the exception of the monumental "The end".

My late teenage days... and beyond... Some songs are less apealing now -Break on through for instance) but despite having heard them too much I stil believe it's a reat album.

Un bon album avec 2 morceaux iconiques et devenus des classiques, par ailleurs une belle rythmique/poesie dans les morceaux dans cet album.

Morrison, the perfect poster boy for every teenage crisis—the “tortured poet” (“back door man” is an example he wasn’t) who flew too close to the sun. Theoretically not my cup of tea, but this debut album is clearly more than just Morrison. From the first listen, it transports you straight to the late ’60s while still feeling quite relevant today. The keyboards are blending seamlessly with the guitar, a sound that is instantly recognizable. But The Doors always seemed a bit overrated to me … and they are quite bad when they try their hand at blues. Yet it is the band at their best, an exceptional debut and a great classic when it comes to the few really amazing songs.

The Doors make sense in context, but I imagine a lot of people who have never heard them before are thinking What The Fuck Is This Shit. In the 60s you could eat this stuff with a spoon. Anyway, for me, I'm left wondering why a band that was capable of making cool stuff like The End would waste their time making third-rate crap like the Alabama Song.

Great debut of psychedelic blues rock where each member seems to have a different unique influences, but they come together as one. Classic album with no bad songs. They can rock hard, spacey, carnivals, jammy, bluesy - they cover a lot of ground while still having a cohesive sound. Love the keys, love the guitar work, dig the jazzy drumming, and Morrison does his thing.

The Doors were a unique and interesting sound and even the weaker songs are worth hearing. 5 stars or A-.

This was a great album, The Doors just know how to make good music. Light My Fire is a phenomenal track but I do think some of the other tracks meander on too long.

Not my type.

A great album, especially for a debut. I always find it remarkable when a band appears fully formed with their own distinctive sound, but it's even more remarkable in 1967 - bear in mind that only a few years before that undisputably great bands like the Beatles and the Stones started out releasing covers interspersed with pretty generic tracks before establishing themselves as the bands we know today. This album sounds unmistakenly like The Doors, and includes several of the bands iconic songs (Light My Fire, Break on Through, The End), a long with some really solid album tracks. I was very familiar with the likes of Alabama Song and Back Door Man, but the likes of Soul Kitchen and 20th Century Fox are great too (and I bet sounded terrific live if Morrison and co let loose).

Pretty good. Well recorded. Already knew of the big songs from it. The outro and the album in general is trippier than I remember. Might go back to a few songs but probably not the whole thing.

Meh… it was good and has its place but it doesn’t speak to my soul.

One of my fav albums! The end is one of the best songs ever made.

Classic, great memories of some of the tracks on this from my yout

Lots of decent songs. Some od hia poetry/lyrics are a bit shit. ( 'The west is the best") it's a mixed bag but important.

É um bom álbum, tem umas 3 que eu considero realmente fodas, as outras são ok, mas algumas são bem cansativas

Classic.

Some groovy and some very weird songs

girl we couldn't get much HIGHER it's hard to put into perspective what it meant to say FU to Ed Sullivan.

The Doors have always been one of my favourite bands with this being my second favourite Doors album. Almost flawless, bar a few tracks that fall a bit short for me personally. Psychedelic, dark and enigmatic the entire album is just oozing with personality. As it has been a while I'll do a full active relisten with notes, just to refresh my thoughts and to see if they have changed in any way. Break on through to the other side. One of the absolute greats. The keys, the vocals and the drums all work perfectly together to create a song that is dark but also so full of colour. Everything here just works in tandem. Absolutely perfect. 5/5 Soul Kitchen The keys create an iconic pattern that introduces a deep moody vibe that is continued in the vocals. The vocal performance on the chorus blows my mind. The post chorus verse is also fanatastic. Underrated guitar solo. Simple and sweet. Sublimely produced. Ends on a conclusive and solid note. 5/5 The Crystal Ship Never been my favourite on the album. Evocative lyrics. Slower pace. Quiet instrumental. Good. 3.5/5 Twenieth Century Fox The verses are great, the chorus works though feeks like it's missing something to push it over the edge. The guitar is a highlight. Jim Morrison does a great job on the vocals here. Great. 4/5 Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) Fun tempo. Whimsical in a scary way. Sounds like a cursed carnival ride. Serial killer lyrics. Interesting instrumental break. Menacing. 4/5 Light my Fire Iconic opening keys. Iconic first verse. Iconic chorus. A defining song for the era and rock music in general. Keyboard break deserves every praise it gets. Delightfully psychedelic and moody. Everything just takes its time and leaves enough space for the music to just hit you. Blissful. The guitar just complements the keyboard so well, and the drums while doing nothing fancy ground the track well. And the bassline is another pillar for the track to stand on. When the vocals come back with the keyboard line preceding it is just pure bliss. Never overstays its welcome. Absolute perfection. 5/5 Back Door Man The wild vocals in the intro with the bouncy instrumental really sets the tone. Bluesy and raw. Fantastic vocal performance. An instrumental that just oozes coolness. Strange and unhinged lyrics at times. Underappreciated. 5/5 I Looked at You Driven and well structured. Again, keys are a highlight. Not sure if I think the bass here is too great. Full of energy and pure rock and roll spirit. Solid drum work. Great. 4/5 End of the night Mysterious. Gloomy. A raw vocal performance, almost regretful. Psychedelic guitar. Appreciate it a lot more than I used to. Underrated. 4.5/5 Take it as it comes Big. Dense and tight chorus. Amazing keyboard solo. Bass here is also extremely catchy. Great. 4/5 The End The Godfather of all album closers for me personally. Just almost 12 minutes of pure psychedelic goodness. Not a single second wasted. A true experience, from the enigmatic lyrics to the slithering tempo. Perfect performances from everyone culminate into an absolute explosion of absolute beautiful chaos and madness at the end. Almost too good for words... 5/5 I love this album so much. It always delivers. Just an absolute joy to listen to at any time. Deserves all its plaudits. While I do enjoy Strange Days slightly more these two albums are pretty neck in neck for me and both would be in the discussion for my personal top 10 albums of all time. Just an absloute masterpiece. Fave song. The End Least fave song. The Crystal Ship

Excellent. Seminal.

Omfg sooooo good

OK, wow. The Doors debut is, when ya sift through it, basically a greatest hits compilation. It’s 1967, so a bit before my iintro to music listening , but this album has captured the moment. The first six songs are a line up that is insane and will not be touched in comparison. Break On Through as the opening song and initial offering to the public makes a bold statement. Soul Kitchen, still one of my favorites. (Damn, that still holds up.) Crystal Ship: another flashing chance at bliss. 20th Century Fox is just a clever little play on words that somehow has made it through to the 21st century. Whiskey Bar was included ion the album at the request of one of the girlfriends at the time, she thought it grounded them a little more with the general public. Light My Fire was (and perhaps still is) the most covered song through the 70s. Back Door Man and The End are songs I’m surprised Electra allowed on the album, the Lizard King getting weird inside the gold mine, but it was the 60s after all. 4.8*s)

This is an incredible debut and probably melted people's brains in 1967 (I hope it did). The second half gets a little slow but it's still very listenable. I'll always be a fan of The Doors. 4.0.

Side A can battle with any other band's debut album for the title of best ever. Side B, however...slumps. Always been partial to "Alabama Song" (best rendition) and "Soul Kitchen" is climbing on my top Doors song. These guys must have straight kicked the door down and blew people's minds when this album dropped. Thank you for putting "The End" as the last song. This is a hard one to rate with SideA/B so different...3.45 stars.

I often forget how into The Doors I was in high school but it's times like this that remind me why. I drank the kool-aid many many years ago, and while I don't listen to The Doors as much anymore (not nearly as much as I should), anytime they come on I find myself defending them as one of the best American bands of all time. This debut album is a perfect example of why. The makeup of the band created such a distinct style that hasn't been captured otherwise. Jim Morrison is an absolute force on vocals. Crazy to think he was belting some of these tracks out in his early 20's while still growing into the face of the band and an incredible front man. His voice acts as additional instrument with the depth, inflection and timing that help drive the melody beyond just a straight vocal track. He can bark and howl like the best of them and his off-kilter added noises add so much character to the album. Outside of Jim, Ray Manzarek is the real identity of the band and his organ/piano accompanying his key-bass lines separate them from so many other acts. The range in his solos and depth to his multi-instrument play carve The Doors out as much more than a standard 4-piece band. Due to the other characters in the band I find John Densmore is underappreciated. His drum work is overlooked in how it punctuates the rest of music. He's happy to sit in the back and carry the engine of the album, but there's some notable drum leads throughout their discography that I feel are overlooked (notably The End on this album). I've always appreciated Robby Krieger's flamenco guitar style. While this debut album has some of his identity in it, it's amazing how much better Krieger gets as the band grows. The solos and backing guitar are relatively simple on this album which allows more space for Jim and Ray to do their thing. Hard to believe that a relatively notable guitarist might actually be the weak point in a rock band. All of this adds up to a fantastic debut album from The Doors. Side A is a smash with no weak entries at all. Side B has a lull in the middle but it can't be ignored due to The End and establishing a Doors niche of including a long jam to close an album which I've always personally loved. Even with their legacy I find The Doors to be slept on. It's incredible what they were able to put together within basically a 5+ year run (excising any work post-Jim). I'll continue to defend The Doors and hope they get additional representation on this list as their work deserves to be heard and discussed beyond occasional radio hits. I could wax poetic about The Doors and this album forever so I'll try to wrap it up. Give me more reasons to listen to The Doors! 4.25 stars

certified classic and it never fails to amaze me how cool this band is. i love jim morrison i love the doors i love psych rock i love it all!!

The Door

God how I love this album. Iconic.

Insane album for a debut. There a multiple massive hits on here that still hold up nearly 60 years later. Even the songs that are not hugely recognized still bring something new and are borderline experimental at times. 9/10

Overall a strong classic rock album. To me, "The End" is ponderous and takes away from it.

this would go well with that skunk from listening to cream the other day

Lounge lizard

This is one of those capital-C "Classics" that I've never really liked all that much. I listened to it again now, and I sort of get why it was compelling, but it just sounds very dated. At the time it probably did sound pretty fresh, but their style is kind of easily-imitated, and it's been done to death, so it doesn't hold up like the lighter side of 60s rock. There's a few main reasons for that: -Morrison isn't really that good a singer - his voice has a nice timbre, and he does some crazy shit sometimes (those are his best moments), but he's got kind of limited range -Their songs are pretty basic - really The Doors are early blues riff-rock, but without the transcendence of a Hendrix behind them - and I just don't like that as much as the folk-psychedelic stuff, I don't think it holds up as well -The sound itself is really dated - there's nothing wrong with hard rock that features electric organ, like I think I gave "In Rock" four stars, but even their organ sound is kind of tinny The best moments are the ones the ones where either Morrison freaks out (late in "The End", for example, or on "Backdoor Man") or when they incorporate a little more variety in the sound. I love the Threepenny Opera cover - the oomph-pa beat, all the glock sounds, it's probably the best song on here. And the blues rockers like "Break On Through" and "Soul Kitchen" are nice, catchy rockers, the former basically rock canon. But I've never liked "Light My Fire", I think it's a boring song, and aside from the freakout so is "The End". It's fine, but I don't think it deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as e.g. the Beatles apogee, or peak Band, or a few others.

-so this is the iconic Jim Morrison. I was unfamiliar with his game -I wasn’t expecting so much blues rock influence somehow but it was really good. such an interesting range of genre and talent, it felt almost as if they were showing off on the album. 3.5 -Favorites are Soul Kitchen, Light My Fire, and The End

sounds like the doors

Haven't heard this one in a long time. Almost campy, early Batman tv show - but the power of Morrison's barritone and the unique fusion of keys and guitar make this a quintessential late 60s album.

A classic.

Touch me would’ve made it a 5

Oldies rock - Nice guitar - Nothing outstanding

14/02/25 A classic album.

They rock hard, but I am glad we have evolved past those particular keyboard settings

High drama, unique sound, powerful vocals, dark and moody, sexy psychedelic rock. It's kind of cliche now but when I was young it was a staple of every party. Light My Fire and This is the End should have both been whittled down to three minutes though.

Album doesn’t get going until light my fire. Then it gets special.

Great album

Epic debut album.

I don't know if this hits as well as it did when I was younger but it's a formative album for me so it feels wrong to not rate it like a classic. Weirdo circus music.

Phenomenal album

Do I love rock organ? No. But what would The Doors be without it? Above all, I’m a sucker for that voice. *Swoon*

BEST SONGS: - Soul Kitchen - The Crystal Ship - End of the Night - Light My Fire

Definitely my favorite from the group so far, though I'm still not totally into them.

So... classic rock -- not my favorite Songs I have heard enough to memorize -- a lot on here Stuff not typically on my playlist -- true... So I must not be big on this album than? Boring? Not my thing? This album is one of the best albums in rock history, fact is. The songs are deep and meaningful, and still have meaning today. It is full on amazing and astonishes me every time I hear it. Maybe it is not on my playlist because it is so intense and demanding. What a band they were! People should just own this album outright and just play it now and then. Technically I could not overstate the awesomeness that this album is: it will speak for itself-- have a great day!

Hit after hit and a debut album. Jim has his haters but I've always loved these guys. They stand head and shoulders above almost everyone else. A TITAN of an album

Nobody does it quite like The Doors

Genialne! Zapomniałam, jak dobry to jest zespół. Każdy kawałek powala. Te klawisze! Ten wokal! Ta dynamika! Kocham. 9.5/10!!!!

A few great tracks from the Doors here, good stuff.

Strong start with a pretty heavy riff and organs in Break on Through. I liked the piano driven Crystal Ship a lot - spacey and psychedelic. Very strong vocal performance too. Twentieth Century Fox is another hit, punchy low end and the everpresent organs supporting before we get an excellent guitar solo. Then it's art rock on Alabama Song, sounding like nothing that came before (prominently featuring a marxophone - yes, I had to look it up). Brilliant. Light My Fire closes side one in epic fashion. On the back half, I Looked at You is an infectious romp, probably the most straightforward 60s rocker here. End of the Night is the opposite, dark and moody. The energy is cranked up again for Take It as It Comes before - appropriately - The End. The best of the Doors albums I've heard so far and I can't stop thinking about it.

I mean, this is The Doors? Of course it's great. But there is "great" and there is "great!!!" This is the latter. The album starts off with a musical explosion from Break on Through (To the Other Side) and then proceeds from one hit song to another. Just naming the one's everyone knows we have the aforementioned Break on Through, the obvious drug song The Crystal Ship, their most famous song, Light My Fire, and the epic The End. In between there is more great music, from start to (pun intended) end. This is the album that changed rock music. Instead of a tenor crooner, Jim Morrison was a bass, with a deep rich voice. Instead of lyrics about holding a girl's hand or be infatuated with someone, The Doors sang about death. Even when they sang about "love" it had a lustful element not seen in rock music before, not even blues rock. Rather than big, lush, overwrought arrangements, The Doors reintroduced minimalist rock and roll. All told, this album was a game changer.

Excellent debut from the Doors. Having known the record before, I was still impressed by the different sounds and Jim Morisson's raw vocals. One of the most impressive aspects is how The Doors bring their own type of pwchychedlic music in a landscape dominated by the subgenre. Their take in psychrock is just as important as for example jimmy hendrix. Their sheer power in songs is also amazing and Morrison has a voice that perfectly complements the instrumentals and the feel of the songs. Although The End is not my favorite track, it is one hellova way to end a record, and break on through is a perfect opener, all songs are linked in terms of sound and thus theres a good balance. Overall just great. Favorite track: Break On Through. Overall score: 8.5/10

Exceptional first record

The West is the best

Liked this more with each listen! 60s bops

Groovy baby

Earworm after earworm.

Good fun! Despite that distinctive sound, it feels relatively modern too I thought.

There’s two ways of approaching The Doors. If you go into this album assuming it’s going to be something challenging and PROPERLY dark then it’s an abject failure. This is not 48 minutes of dangerous and satanically euphoric rock ’n’ roll mixed in with unholy wisdom beamed down to us by The Lizard King himself. This is 48 minutes of uneasy organ led oom-pah-pah music lead by a drunken boob reciting doggrel from off his own flaccid cock. This brings us to the second way of approaching The Doors: agreeing with all the above and deciding it’s only the better for it. This album is self evidently ridiculous. Jim Morrison is not even in the vague peripheries of being a good poet; his performance here is like watching someone repeatedly trip over a never ending cavalcade of banana skins. That laughable quality is what makes Morrison so amazing though. There is something about the insane pomposity of Morrison’s unarguable charisma that fully sucks you into the steely eyed psych of The Doors music. The majority of the songs here are amazing; from the mystical fury of ‘Break On Through (To the Other Side)’, the haunted menace of ‘End of the Night’ to the adjectives are entirely unnecessary ‘Light My Fire.’ Admittedly, I’m not sure it hangs together especially well as an album, and I do find the oh-so-iconic ‘The End’ to be unlistenable nonsense. Despite this, it’s still a fun and intriguing listen that both stands up today and so clearly points towards the blueprints for what would become punk and goth music. Now: let us all “ride the snake to the lake” as “the west is the best.”

It was okay. I listened twice to make sure I couldn't bump it past three stars. Would probably enjoy it more if I had the flu and was taking lots of cold medicine minus the actually having the flu part.

What a heck of a first song on a first album. My fist passthrough of the album started off strong, but then I was kinda over the vibe by the end of it. I decided to listen through a second time and enjoyed it much more on repeat. Some lyrics were questionable at best - which made me look into the meaning behind them. It's interesting how some tracks were old German poems (Alabama Song) and others were covers (Back Door Man). The the Vox Continental Organ (had to look it up) that meandered through each song was probably my favorite aspect. I'm not sure what to rate this album - ultimately I see myself going back to certain songs, but not the album in it's entirety. It's quite the mood.

Started off stong, quickly became hard to listen to halfway through, finished off ok.

Never been a fan of the doors. I find their sound a bit monotonous, especially the long drawn out organ solos. I marked the End as a notable track because the beginning is good, but it just drags on and on and on. I never have and never will really seek the bands out to listen to, but it is ok

Moody, broody and juicy! Probably the best example I've heard of the citar/indian music influences that crop up alll the time in the late 60s, because it didn't feel out of place. Normally it makes me want to tear my ears off because it's so obvious they just whacked it in there because of the Beatles. But in The End, the song was perfectly constructed around it, and fit well in the album at large too.

Outrageously good. This album has it all.

High 4 or low 5. Doesn't matter, I'll be back. The highs are very high. Not everything quite lives up to that standard but it's a very good album

I am a generation X child who came to The Doors in the vicinity of the mid-80s. By High School, I'd read biographies, books of Morrison's poetry, and traversed The Doors' catalog with other (looking back, now, clearly gifted, traumatized, and neurodivergent) somber weirdos seeking capital-t Truth. I don't know, now, looking back, about any of it. Morrison's poetry and songwriting don't seem nearly as profound and expansive as they did when I was a flailing young man, myself. Nevertheless, this is a killer band, and this is a killer debut album. Each instrumental musician in the band... Krieger, Densmore, and Manzarak... were absolute beasts on their respective instruments, and they came together in a singular, iconic, "one of one" manner. Add Morrison, who I contend is the single greatest baritone front man in popular musical history, and you have perfect, albeit chaotic, mentally and emotionally raw, drug-addled chemistry. Yeah, this is a 5 of 5 for me. Top to bottom.

5/5 about as good as a debut can be. No skips.

Стильно. Даже в наше время.

R.I.P JIM

This album is gooooood! :) Enjoyed it very much, although "Light My Fire" is not my song ever. :D

Timeless Classic

Perfect!!! Iconic! Timeless!!! So many exceptional tracks on this album. Absolutely brilliant 🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍

I don't think I care too much for the doors