Album Summary
Morrison Hotel is the fifth studio album by American rock band the Doors, released on February 9, 1970, by Elektra Records. After the use of brass and string arrangements recommended by producer Paul A. Rothchild on their previous album, The Soft Parade (1969), the Doors returned to their blues rock style and this album was largely seen as a return to form for the band. The group entered Elektra Sound Recorders in Los Angeles in November 1969 to record the album which is divided into two separately titled sides, namely: "Hard Rock Café" and "Morrison Hotel". Blues rock guitar pioneer Lonnie Mack and Ray Neapolitan also contributed to the album as session bassists. The album reached No. 4 on the Billboard 200, and performed better overseas than the preceding album (it was the group's highest-charting studio album in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at No. 12). The accompanying "You Make Me Real" / "Roadhouse Blues" single peaked at No. 50 in May 1970 on the Billboard 100 chart. The cover photo was taken by Henry Diltz.
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Man I hate The Doors
Well this album does nothing to change my perception that Rge Doors are the most overrated "great" band from the 60s.Even the one hit is pretty icing to me and no other song does anything to save this very ordinary album. 2 🌟
Someday I will fall in love with the Doors. Today is not that day.
Loved it. Never listened to an entire Doors album. This is down to my assumption that they were pretty depressing to listen. I’ve been missing out though. It had everything, and Maggie Magill the last song was sensational
This is basically The Wiggles for adults
Clean, loud, stereoscopic. Great.
I reckon these guys have better and more adventurous albums than this. Sometimes there were moments when they diverted from the normal blues formula, but this was rare and fleeting. After some research...apparently these guys were the pioneers of edgy, social-outcast, counterculture (which I'm all about). But I think it's partly coz people fancied Jim Morrison and loved that he sang low and about ominous and dark subjects. "Peace Frog" and "Indian Summer" were good, but they're no "Riders on the Storm". They deserve credit but this album in particular is probably not the one for me.
Listening to this sober I feel like a busy sex worker who's all fucked out but still has clients to get to. Lyrics like "Indians scattered on dawn's highway bleeding...ghosts crowd the young child's fragile eggshell mind" go from being gloriously ridiculous to just being regular ridiculous. It says it right on the cover - "Passenger Loading Only" - if you aren't loaded, you're on the wrong trip.
Such a weird, yet cool blend of blues and psychedelic rock. Normally this isn’t something I’d like but The Doors just pull it off so we’ll. I especially love “Waiting for the Sun”. Such a cool groove to it.
Amazing album. Loved it from front to back. Lots of good blues stuff with killer keyboards
more like the snores lol
Bluesy with some funky undertones and the classic Jim scatting riffs.
Could any band have equalled the excellent of The Doors' debut (self-titled) LP. Strange days almost did, but other LPs struggle. That doesn't make Morrison Hotel a poor album, but it does suffer by comparison. Side One is great, but half-way though side two, I was already thinking about what I'd listen to next. T'is a pity I can't rate it as 3.5/5
Waiting for the Sun was good, but nothing else left much of an impression.
I find The Doors are like Marmite: some people love 'em, some people despise them instinctively. Me, I think they've got some great tunes on occasion. Pretty good album, love me some Peace Frog. Could happily never hear Roadhouse Blues again. Mainly reminds me of trying to get off with hippy chicks at the Whirl-y-gig, while 15 and wearing tie-dyed shirts from Kensington Market. Good times
Jim Morrison was a lazy hack convinced of his own genius. Where are the songs? I am aggrieved at having to listen to this dull collection of uninspired jams and feel like I might never be able to listen to music again. It is that bad
We’re going back to my high school days with this one. Not the best Doors album, but a bluesy classic that is still fun to listen to
cool
A very fun album, beginning with The Doors' best rocker, "Roadhouse Blues." The variety of sounds, tones and pace shows what the band was capable of when they stuck to what they did best. Would've loved to see The Doors perform this album live.
Blues aren’t for me as a genre , but I do like the transitions , very smooth very sexy Album is short n sweet tho But ya know it’s the doors so I will be stepping on through So far blue Sunday and waiting for the sun are my fave The lyrics are very poignant and striking but the backing musicals just don’t līdz galam do it for me. I think it’s the fuckass piano? Organ? That high pitched thing, it just doesn’t jive with me. Land ho! Is very pirate core obvs :D the lyrics are unhinged , this whole song is odd :D The spy is growing on me Indian summer is very mellow , good vibes
Generally it seems that people either really love or really hate The Doors. This is my second album from them and I'm starting to become a fan, I thought they have both been great. For all of the rock on this record, I personally think the best track is 'Indian Summer' which is actually quite a beautiful track. Lovely guitar, soft vocals. Very good stuff. A solid blues rock album. I really enjoy Jim Morrison's vocals. I wouldn't say anything particularly blew me away, but this is a solid record if you're into this sort of music.
A good start to this 1001 albums thing. I have not heard Doors release before, so this was my first. The first half was definitely better than the second, but both halves were enjoyable. ‘Waiting For The Sun’ was my favourite song. I will be looking forward to listening to other Doors releases.
The Doors' fusion of Psychedelic and Blues has always made for such an addictive concoction - and this album might be their most overtly bluesy one, vocally and instrumentally. Morrison's vocals shift between deep, husky, and subtle - and loud, growly, and raspy from song to song - his dynamic ability as a vocalist has always been what made him such a standout frontman. Ray brings such a unique keyboard-organ tone and playing style to the table on these Doors albums, very rarely do I associate a specific "tone" to a band but this is one of those cases. It's so subtly ominous, even on the most upbeat tracks here. It's such a colorful record with so many great moments like the entirety of the heavy and heavenly 'Waiting for the Sun' and that bassline on 'Peace Frog' rules. I love the hypnotic coasting and warmth of the track 'Indian Summer'. The Doors really mastered the sacred art of being cool as fuck - I mean they're cooler than most any band that came out in the 60s imo.
Le Morrison Hotel a toujours été l'un des plus mal notés sur les différents guides touristiques. D'après les différents avis, on y trouverait dans les chambres des prises électriques au plafond, des radiateurs hors service ou encore des spaghettis de câble en évidence. Les clients mécontents voyaient après chaque signalement débarquer un Jim Morrison ni pleinement réveillé ni aimable, venant trifouiller on ne sait quoi avec son tournevis inadapté avant de repartir la main gauche dans le caleçon. On peut difficilement s'imaginer pire.
"Blast"
I believe this is the most complete album by The Doors. It's straightforward, blues driven, rock and roll...no filler and no long jam sessions to take up space. Even the deep album cuts are gems.
Great album by The Doors. Enjoyed it end to end!
I have a strange relationship with the Doors. Most of their songs I love, like track 1 on Morrison Hotel, it's Roadhouse Blues. I love that song. It’s got everything you need: a great bluesy groove, great guitar picking by Robby Krieger, great piano by Ray Manzarek, solid drumming by John Densmore, and a thumping bass line by non-Doors member Lonnie Mack. But the thing that turns it from just your run-of-the-mill blues rock song is Jim Morrison. “I woke up this morning, and I got myself a beer!” I don’t even really drink, and that makes me want to wake up and start drinking. Morrison is an insane person who I’m not sure was as brilliant as most people thought. I think drugs and booze brought his inhibitions down, which led to several viral moments that made the band huge. Unfortunately,y those same addictions killed him and the Doors. But he was a legend. Track 2, Waiting for the Sun, is so good. I never listened to much of the Doors' catalog beyond the greatest hits. Waiting for the Sun has these futuristic keyboard sounds that make this song sound like it was way ahead of its time. Which is rare for the Doors, as I've always believed they were a band that sounded just like the era they were making music in. Krieger was such an underrated guitarist. I wish I had gone to see the Doors with Ian Astbury of the Cult fronting them. That had to have been as close to seeing Morrison as you could. Track 3 is another rocker, You Make Me Real. It seems the Doors wanted to get back to their blues rock style with this album after experimenting with strings and horns on their previous album. Though Touch Me is one of my favorite songs by the Doors. It captures the essence of the 1960s without sounding like most music from the 60s. Track 4 is Peace Frog, and it’s a skittering jam. Apparently, its lyrics come from one of Morrison’s poems about abortion. Well, that’s just ducky. Again, I never believed Morrison to be a poetic shaman. He just had charisma out of the yinyang. Still a great song. Track 5, Blue Sunday, is usually played in tandem with Peace Frog, kind of like Led Zeppelin’s Heartbreaker and Livin’ Lovin’ Maid (She’s Just a Woman). This is a nice, slow, psychedelic love song. Just a couple of minutes long, but it gets the job done. Track 6, Ship of Fools, was about all the crazy stuff going on in the 1960’s, people walking on the moon, smog is choking people out, etc. Then here comes LSD and marijuana to help escape all the craziness. Morrison is a good lyricist, but I think some god him up a bit much. At the end, I think he was becoming more of a crazy drunk than a poet. Track 8, The Spy, is just another example of the psychedelic blues rock the Doors are known for. There’s something about the Doors’ songs that is different from any other band from that era. I generally tend to dislike the psychedelic rock from that era, at least the derivative, jumping on the bandwagon kind. The Doors never sounded derivative, though their sound is no doubt of the 1960s. Most of their songs could never be mistaken for any decade beyond the early 1970s. Maybe because they are just universally looked upon as one of the best rock bands of that generation, even though they sound dated, they still sound fresh and original. Track 9, Queen of the Highway, is a jam. Krieger and Manzarek are really showing their stuff. Love this song. There were only two singles released from this album,Roadhouse Blues and You Make Me Real. I think Queen of the Highway could have made some headway as a single. But I’m betting the Doors didn’t really care about singles and were big enough that they didn’t need them. They had Morrison ready to take Mr. Mojo out of his pants every once in a while on stage….or not, as the band and others have said. Track 10, Indian Summer, is a slow, quiet song, along the lines of This Is the End, at least the beginning of This Is the End. It seems to be a love song with only a few lyrics sung over and over. It’s a pretty little song and really caught my ear. Not sure that I’d heard it before. It’s a little too minimal to have been a single, but it’s nice. Track 11, Maggie McGill, is a lowdown, blues jam with a killer old school blues riff. Morrison sounds licentious. “Miss Maggie M'Gill, she lived on a hill Her daddy got drunk and left her no will So she went down, down to Tangie town People down there really like to get it on” That’s nice right there. Again, Kreiger’s guitar work is phenomenal. I might like this better than Roadhouse Blues. “Illegitimate son of a rock and roll star Illegitimate son of a rock and roll star Mom met dad in the back of a rock and roll car, yeah Well, I'm an old blues man And I think that you understand I've been singing the blues ever since the world began, yeah” God bless Jim Morrison and the Doors. The world just wouldn’t have been the same without them, would it? This album is a certifiable must listen before you’ve shuffled on out of this plane of existence. Great band, important band, great album, maybe not as important, but fun to listen to.
This has been my favorite Doors album since I first got into music. The heavier straight forward blues they came out with after Soft Parade is the best stuff they ever made. Half this album has been bar jukebox staples for me for years. Best songs: Roadhouse Blues, Peace Frog, Ship of Fools, Land Ho!, The Spy, Maggie M'Gill
This is why people like the doors.
A classic!
Awesome
Love The Doors, really had a good time listening to this again
great album, pretty much all the songs are good, worthy of my 5 stars.
All doors is great!
Jim Morrison was an obnoxious little shit, wasn't he? His lyrics remind me of a guy I knew in college who tried to adopt his personality from the movie Point Break (I'm old). Nobody's ever going to call you "Shaman Bodhie," bro. Morrison, that swaggering dope, is what happens when a young man just lets out all the animal sexuality inside him without reservation or shame. It's embarrassing, but fuck if it isn't magnetic. All of us nerds are a little bit jealous of guys like this, and that makes sense, but at least we annoy people with infodumping about music instead of acting like we're somehow connected to Native American or Eastern mysticism, whatever that means. "Indians scattered on dawns highway, bleeding / ghosts crowd the young child's fragile eggshell mind." Ugh. Stuff it, dipshit. You can't just culturally appropriate; you have to imprison one of their souls in your pasty braincase, too? Smooth. In the summer of 1996, when I was nineteen, my girlfriend and I used to makeout to the first Doors album. We both thought it was the sexiest thing we ever heard. Yeah, that tracks. But the Doors S/T first album is a great record, and so is Morrison Hotel. I cringe every single time I hear the above "Indians" line, but the groove on "Peace Frog" gives me a stank face so screwed it hurts. "Roadhouse Blues" makes me want to find some dusty floorboards and stomp them loose. The moral of the story is that Ray Manzarek is the real icon or should be. He lived to be 74, produced the first four X albums, and collaborated with Weird Al. Jim Morrison was a mess, but when he pulled it together in the studio, he could give a blistering performance. The fire is really captured here. It annoys me, but I can't stop playing Morrison Hotel. I hear the readily available Rhino vinyl rerelease is an excellent pressing and is less than $25. Hmm.... Four stars.
If a brown trench coat became a person, this would be one of its favorite albums.
I'm unsure of where to start with this one so I'll start with this: while I respect The Doors and Jim Morrison for their influence to music, I've never been the person to go out of my way to listen to them. Their eponymous debut is great, but outside of that I've never really ventured into the rest of their discography. That being said, Morrison Hotel was just alright for me. It didn't leave a super strong impression on me, similarly to their other records but even more so. There were some good tracks don't get me wrong, Peace Frog was great and Waiting for the Sun and Blue Sunday were also enjoyable. I was surprised by just how consistently good the record was, but that's kind of all it was to me: good. I prefer something to really stick out at me, to draw me into a listening experience and leave me with a new feeling I can associate with that album, but Morrison Hotel didn't really have any of that. The most I can say is that "it is certainly a Doors record." It may very well be that I just don't love their sound compared to other psychedelic artists from the same time, but it just doesn't personally do much for me.
Doesn't really have any of their big hits that would usually land something on this list (does Peace Frog count?) but was also absent of any of the really irritating shit from our last Doors album (L.A Woman), kinda balances itself out to be a nicer listening experience than the latter, but not something I think I would listen to again outside of Waiting for the Sun
I enjoyed it more than LA woman.
Un Jim Morrisson des plus assagis sur cet album. Dès la première piste, il se permet en effet de retirer le crayon qu'il arborait jusqu'alors derrière son oreille. Suite à cet acte symbolique, les basses seront parfaitement réglèes, et les amplificateurs correctement branchés, pour le plus grand plaisir de tous les auditeurs.
RIYL: the calliope music that plays on merry-go-rounds, drinking beer for breakfast.
4/10 When the Doors are at their best, they create an exciting blend of pop, blues and psychedelic rock that is swimming with charisma, rhythmic punch and plenty of memorable hooks. Sadly, this album falls well short on pretty much all of those metrics. While the performances are consistent and competent throughout, there is a fairly plodding, uneventful beige wash that permeates the soul of the record, from which it struggles to raise its head. While there are moments that Jim Morrison’s undoubted charisma peeks above the surface, for the most part he appears to be approaching this album in quite a lackadaisical way, with a lazy drawl and none of the fire and passion that characterises his most standout work. The rest of the band also have their moments, but there are also quite a lot of examples where things seem to just ramble along in a fairly generic, repetitive way that failed to capture my focus and stick in my mind. When they took time to step aside from the more generic blues-rock sound that much of the record showcased, they did start to bring a little bit of Doors sparkle and style to proceedings, but those moments were fairly scattered, and even then, I’d say that these cuts weren’t up to the standard that the group had set on previous records. Ultimately, I don’t think there was much about this album that really stuck with me and it ended up feeling like they were just writing and playing in a holding pattern, rather than trying to take strides in any particularly innovative or exiting direction. Apparently people love this album, but for me, if you took the Doors name off the cover, it would likely be viewed as a fairly by the numbers blues rock record that failed to make waves and would ultimately have been forgotten. Roadhouse Blues - It’s decent enough blues-rock fare, but it’s also fairly generic and repetitive. There’s obviously a level of charisma to Jim Morrison’s delivery, and it’s well performed with a decent amount of swagger and grit, but ultimately, it’s a fairly run-of-the-mill track that, while a decent example of the genre, doesn’t really offer anything to make it stand out beyond that. Waiting For The Sun - This is a little better as it leans a little more towards the psychedelic, particularly with the lovely addition of a basic Moog synth line. It’s a touch on the plodding side, but there’s at least a bit of musical and soundscape interest to the production that makes it sound more like the Doors than a more generic blues-rock band. It still doesn’t go as far as it could, but there are some really nice moments in there. You Make Me Real - Another that’s a bit more generic. There’s a bit more swagger and attitude from Morrison, and some decent riffs, but it all feels a bit like it’s been plucked from the setlist of any old dirty blues band. There’s nothing particularly hooky about it either, despite those decent riffs, so it all just sounds very standard. Peace Frog - This sounds more Doorsy straight out of the gate. The return of the characteristic organ sound is good and the shuffling swagger to the groove is cool too, with a nice switch up of emphasis into the chorus. There’s much more subtlety to the playing here and the composition is far more interesting than the more generic blues we’ve been given up to this point. It’s not their best work, but it’s at least a fairer representation of what they can do as a band. Blue Sunday - A stripped back one now that relies more on Jim Morrison’s vocal talents. It’s nice, has decent enough melodic moments but also feels a bit plodding and lazy in a way that doesn’t quite connect in the carefree way that I think they were intending. Ship Of Fools - This is quite meandering and unfocused. I’m not really sure what they were going for here, but it just feels musically cluttered and lacking in direction, kind of like a jam that hasn’t quite gone the way any of them were really expecting. It’s not very good. Land Ho! - We continue to ramble around in a way that’s half way between a nursery rhyme and a blues track. It’s somehow repetitive and unfocused at the same time, with the underlying musical structure just rolling round and round endlessly, while they noodle around on the guitar and vocal over the top. Very weird and also not very good. The Spy - Yet another fairly plodding and uninventive little ditty. It’s too staccato to really flow in places and, while I quite like the easy, jazz-blues nature of the verses, there’s nothing here to really stand out as being special or particularly interesting. I think I may have liked this a little more as part of a stronger set, but after the last couple of tracks, a sense of ennui has crept into the album and rather than being a nice diversion, it just feels a bit bland. Queen Of The Highway - Finally, things pick up a bit. It’s still not the Doors at their best, but there’s decent groove, some interesting counterpoint between the different lines and a good bit of swagger and fun to it too. It’s cool and has a sense of adventure and a return of charisma, not only from Morrison, but the band seem to have found a touch of that old mojo again. Indian Summer - A drifting, more melodically and harmonically rich composition now. It’s back to the more hippy sound of their more psychedelic work and while it drifts in and out of focus, it does feel a bit more purposeful and directional. Again, it’s not their best work, but it’s not as generic as some of the weaker cuts on this album. Maggie M'Gill - Again, this is fairly generic bluesy stuff that doesn’t really do anything particularly exciting or standout. It’s good for what it is, but it feels a touch lazy really and quite repetitive. Some of the call and response from the guitars is ok, but it’s dragged out to a point where it becomes a bit dull and uninspiring. A fairly meh end to a fairly meh album.
The Doors being considered one of the greats is a psyop.
Man, this is a hard one for me to be objective because I have spent my whole life just hating the Doors. When I saw it pop up, I audibly groaned. However, perhaps over time, as my music tastes have evolved in many ways, I've become more accepting. Hell, I listen to the Rolling Stones on purpose now! I still don't like most of it. The problem with the Doors for me is Jim Morrison. While he's an interesting songwriter, his voice just grates on my soul. I hate it! I'm not 100% sure why. He's not whiny, nasally, or weird. Objectively, it's a fine, middle-of-the-road voice. It's kind of loung-singer-y at times and arrogant somehow in a very off-putting way. I know a lot of folks love him and that's cool. But it has always bugged me so much that I can hardly listen to the music. So, I listened with an open mind and some of this music is really good. Structurally sound, sometimes experimental, sometimes retro. A little heavy on the up-front keyboards for me, but it's fine. I would probably love "Peace Frog" if someone else sang it. The music is cool. I didn't quite hate Morrison's voice on "Ship of Fools". None of that yelling, swaggery shit he's usually throwing. Those are the high points for me. I can guarantee that I won't be listening to this again. Will give it a 2 because it's not garbage. It's just not for me. Some of the music is quite good. Probably a good album for everyone to hear once. sure.
I'm gonna say it. The Doors suck and are boring. RIP Jim it took you dying young from drugs to make this band interesting.
It's fine - as an overstimulated zoomer who was born decades after this I probably miss out on a lot of the appeal and innovation of The Doors.
Pretty boring record considering I actually like a lot of what I’ve heard from the doors
Eerder vroeg ik om meer Doors, en het eerste nummer smaakt inderdaad naar meer. Maar daarna word ik toch teleurgesteld. Het wordt nergens zo interessant als L.A. Woman. Soms wordt ik nerveus van een irritant instrument/geluid en soms is een nummer simpelweg te saai. En na het eerste nummer komt de zang nooit meer echt tot zijn recht. Pas het laatste nummer veer ik weer een beetje op.
Drunk jerk off that thinks he's some deep poet but is just a douche
don't like the style
The last Doors album on my journey, and much like the other two, I genuinely enjoyed Morrison Hotel from front to back. This was the band's return to blues rock after their string- and brass-arranged art-rock direction with The Soft Parade, and they knocked it out of the park. Of course, the notable highlights of the record are the songs still played on the radio, namely the long-enduring bar song "Roadhouse Blues" and the funk-rock boogie of "Peace Frog" that often gets paired with the tender love ballad "Blue Sunday". But the rest of the record is just as good, between the longing on the psychedelic stomper "Waiting for the Sun", the keyboard-driven hard rocker "You Make Me Real", the syncopated rhythms and shifting time signatures that signal impending destruction on "Ship of Fools", the sea shanty-inspired jauntiness of "Land Ho!", the slow-burn blues of "The Spy", the pensive introspection on the jam number "Queen of the Highway", the serene acoustic haze of "Indian Summer", and the straightforward blues closer "Maggie M'Gill." The band fired on all cylinders throughout the runtime, with strong additional support from Ray Neopolitan and Lonnie Mack's basslines. Jim Morrison continued to be fervently poetic in his lyrics, painting such a seedy underbelly of the world from his view, while also devoting twisted yet sweet tributes to his longtime girlfriend Pamela Courson. I don't have much else to say here, as Morrison Hotel was yet another banger of a record from The Doors. Of course, the band would continue this return to the blues with L.A. Woman, then Jim would tragically pass away, and the rest is history.
Fantastic classic doors album. Added to Spotify library
Loved this record from my dad's record collection. Some weaker tracks but Peace Frog and Waiting for the Sun make up for it. And of course Roadhouse Blues. The line, "the futures uncertain and the end is always near" is especially forboding for Jim Morrison.
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Excellent! Loved the style and the edge. Would like to know what was innovative because you can hear so much in it but I don’t know what the doors invented?
Simply one of the great of all time !!!!
Not my favourite Doors but still brilliant. Peacefrog is just amazing - I've listened to it hundreds of times and a love it all a little bit more each time.
drugs
One of the Doors' best albums, in my opinion. Doesn't contain many of their "hits", but this blues-heavy gem is consistent from start to finish. A must-listen.
Fucking it. A 5star record.
Masterpiece. You just feel cool listening to this.
Get on vinyl: Yes Great Doors album, but then again I was always a fan.
I’ve listened and love most of The Doors catalog but somehow this one has (mostly) escaped me. Now it’s moved up the short list to purchase because it’s great. If you like what The Doors do chances are you’ll love this album. Starting with one of my favorites the blurry romper Roadhouse Blues and then getting more experimental with Waiting For the Sun cement the album. While The enchanted Peace Frog and the sea shanty Land Ho! add more variety. No skips. Another banger from one of the best to ever do it.
Yes
Had no idea all these hits were from the same album. Killer
Loved it.
Álbum brabo. Waiting for the Sun icônico
обожаю Doors
Really good album. Mix of chill music and rock. Maggie M’gill being the final track is a great end and works as an opener. Entire album feels like a rock tape you would hear in a hotel.
Classic, their debut album is better but this is close.
I have listened to this so many times. So many good moments. Forever love The Doors.
This was an interesting find. I felt like I time travelled back to the early 70s and imagined myself working at a local diner.
Haven't listened to a Doors album before, but I love it! Roadhouse Blues - love the fast clip of this song, it's a bop. Lots of bluesy variety, with fast-paced and slower songs. The keys are pretty sick across all the songs.
fave songs: roadhouse blues, waiting for the sun
6/19/26. Love this album and always enjoy The Doors. The mixture of slower and fast songs, plus the lyrics have depth. Waiting for the Sun is one of my longtime favorites.
vraiment cool quand même
Lo que daría por hospedarme en el hotel morrison
Pues este me ha parecido top
My love is Roadhouse Blues So melodic and reminds me of my teenage years when I first discovered The Doors Fav song: Roadhouse Blues
Love the doors so I had already listened to it🧍♂️ love peace frog though
I’m an unapologetic Doors fan. I’ll definitely go on a tear where they are all I will listen to for days. Everything people say they hate about them — the jazz, the psychedelia, the artistic pretensions — are things I actually think we need more of in rock and roll. But they did it all their own way. Plenty to love in every track on the album.
Rating: 4.7/5 Short Review: Bluesy, confident, and surprisingly grounded for The Doors. Less psychedelic circus, more late-night barroom swagger. The band sounds tighter and more focused than on some of their earlier records. Favorite Track: “Roadhouse Blues.” One of the greatest driving songs ever recorded. Effortless cool.
I'm a fan of The Doors, but was not really familiar with this album. I'm glad I listened to this cause I really enjoyed it and it makes me want to continue to explore The Doors further. I'm a sucker for the organ. Favorite Track - Peace Frog Least Favorite Track - Blue Sunday ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Something special
дверь мне запили
Mucho bom
Love, of course.
A classic amongst classics.
This one's an all timer. The Doors could easily have 5 albums on this list as they are one of the greatest American rock bands. If someone tells me they don't like the Doors I squint at them like a suspicious chihuahua knowing they aren't trustworthy. Listen to Peace Frog until you get it. Straight mojo.
Okay I was going into this album fully expecting to hate it, because I was only really exposed to stuff like Riders on the Storm, but this was a really tight, enjoyable listen. Jammy without being self-indulgent. A bit too 'blues-rock' for me at points but otherwise this actually rips. The first track sounds almost Sabbath-y. Sorry for my unwarranted Doors hate.
Legendary album. A classic for a reason.
It's not their best album but even the lesser tracks are incredibly listenable. And the Doors were so special that they deserve all the love. John Densmore is one of the greatest rock drummers who never gets much love. But up there w Ginger Baker imho.
I enjoyed this even more than the self-titled. Possibly underrated; certainly makes me want to discuss The Doors more.
Classic album been part of the soundtrack to my life.
Absolute classic. Peace Frog.
a classic the transitions are so seamless wow
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do drugs, that's the lesson
Roadhouse Blues is a BRILLIANT start to this album. Blends seamlessly into Waiting for the Sun even though the tempo slows. The album is bluesy at times, pure rock at others, dreamy at others. Then Land Ho! is half country, half pirate anthem. And damn, I forgot how good Peace Frog is. Morrison's voice on every track is stellar, and Ray Manzarek's keyboards are iconic, giving the band their unique sound.