Morrison Hotel

3.5

I don't know if I loved this particular album, but I am blown away by Jim Morrison himself. I didn't realize how young he was when he recorded this

Fínt blúsrokk.

Genre: Psychedelic Rock 3/5 The Doors rock, man. But this ain’t the 60s anymore, man, this is the turn of the decade. And they had just dropped, at least by their fans reception, their worst album, The Soft Parade. So, on the heels of that, this must’ve been QUITE the breath of fresh air for fans of The Doors. However, without that context, this comes off as your run-of-the-mills blues rock albums, with touches of the drudge that made them the pioneers of psychedelia that they were. It’s good, though. Loved The Spy, and the first couple of songs are pretty great, but the back half is bland and certainly not their best.

Excellent album. Standouts: Roadhouse Blues, Waiting for the sun, Blue Sunday, Land Ho!, Peace Frog, Indian Summer.

I'm not sure how well the doors music works on a stereo system. I do have the nigling feeling they were an excellent live band and by contrast their studio recordings often seem a bit, well flat. There are some great tracks on this album like the spacey 'Indian Summer', the groovy 'Peace Frog' and psychedelic tracks like 'Waiting For The Sun' and 'Blue Sunday'. I also really like the rolling groove of 'Land Ho!,' which is probably my favourite on the album. Less successful are the straightforward blues rock tracks like 'Roadhouse Blues' and some of the lyrics make nice poetry but don't really work in a song.

A solid Doors album.

Hadn't listened to this one before. Pretty good.

I haven't liked the Doors more than when I first listened to them, and less and less over time. There wasn't anything I particularly disliked from this album. I didn't feel like listening to any of the songs a second time either. "Roadhouse Blues" was the only song I know I've heard before. I have seen reviews of Peace Frog, but probably haven't heard the whole track before. I'm still a fan of what Ray Manzarek did on the keyboard.

Is ok

Meh

I am a spyyyy 3.5/5

Rock blues

Wat The Doors betreft blijft het mij toch bij de bekende nummers hangen.

Mijn ouders hadden hier de LP van, veel gedraaid en klinkt nog steeds op een rare manier tijdsloos, hoewel ze betere albums hebben.

Niet hun beste album, maar toch nog steeds erg goed.

Goed te doen.

Ik heb hier wel van genoten. 3,5 ster.

Some good songs but overall a bit dull.

6/10

Try as I might, I can appreciate but cant get into the doors

roadhouse blues is a banger, way more bluesy than I thought the doors were waiting for the sun is more in line with my image of the doors, with those dragging jim morrison vocals Peace Frog rocks This is just a blues album made in 1970 by white guys so its rock? somewhere between a 3 and a 4. Like, I really enjoyed listening to it, but I don't know that I'll listen to it again

Not their best

Some good ol’ ramblin’ rock. Songs sound quite similar to each other, but it’s definitely not a bad sound. Just nothing too memorable. 5/10

Really like The Doors. This is not my favorite album of theirs. Lots of samey sounding songs. Best track: Roadhouse Blues

Very bluesy. Sounded okay, but not as adventurous as some of their other albums.

Saved Prior: None Off Rip: Peace Frog, Land Ho!, The Spy, Queen of the Highway, Indian Summer Cutting Edge: Ship of Fools Overall Notes: MUCH prefer Side 2, which seems to be a hot take. Sometimes the psych blues just ain't rocking and the organ just rubs you the wrong way.

More bluesy/funky than I expected, some pretty good songs but overall probably not an album I'd listen to again as a whole

Classic album

I'm always up for a little Peace Frog. It's one of their better albums, hampered as usual by Morrison's descents into self-importance and a certain monotony at times in the music.

Solid with some good grooves to it, but not life-changing

3.5

Maybe the doors best

Fond of the Doors…..

This was a great album to listen to in the background while working, I loved the guitar twangs, felt a bit like Khruangbin in the best way. Nothing really stood out to me that I wanted to save, however. If the album ever came on, I wouldn't complain, but I won't be looking to listen again either. I just hope these boys were able to get a reservation at the Morrison Hotel, looks like fire sale prices.

I am familiar with Van Morrison. I knew a couple of the songs. Overall just alright.

Though a solid album, it's definitely ranked towards the bottom when compared exclusively with the other Doors albums.

hmmm

The music here is fine, just all a bit same-y

Not actually objectionable.

not bad

Goed, herkenbaar, maar op een gegeven moment vind ik het wat lijzig worden.

Ive always kinda been unsure of how I feel about The Doors. Some songs ive heard I’ve liked, others I kinda haven’t cared about. This album kinda skews more towards songs I like, but it still doesn’t really grab me a whole lot overall. I think I like their vibe more than I like their actual songs.

this is fine

handful of great songs, handful of good songs, and some ok songs.

Not aging well …

SHAVE OUR TITTIES. I’m not the only one who thinks that when they hear “Save Our City” in Roadhouse Blues, am I? Eh, either way this is the first time I’ve ever listened to this record and it’s more blues rock than psych rock and I wish that was the other way around. Stuff I like (Indian Summer), stuff I don’t, pretty much the usual reaction except now I want to watch Oliver Stone movies and that new Val Kilmer doc.

~Roadhouse blues- hard elvis vibes but what can you expect from the 70s, really love the guitar in it, makes me feel like a cowboy villain, saw an angel number while listening to it. ~Waiting for the sun- a lot more chill compared to the first one but still not that slow, can see myself listening to it while watching the sunset on a cliff, love the constant change in tempo. ~You make me real- love the screams and grunts, too much 70s rock n roll for me, makes me wanna wear more red lipstick and cowboy boots. ~Peace frog- the adlibs in the back give it a fun texture, the rhythm is great but i would've loved a bit more heaviness in the guitar especially the solo. ~Blue sunday***- the slowest one yet, my favorite, the perfect song to listen to on a late night drive with a significant other or to be posted on insta with. ~Ship of fools- love the groove of the guitar in this, on the other hand i don't really like his voice texture. ~Land ho!- a more unconventional sea shanty, his style of singing gives me Stefan Hrusca romanian christmas carol vibes mostly at the start. ~The spy*- femme fatale kind of song, really love the rhythim, the piano is just incredibly used. ~Queen of the highway- a bit forgetable after all the other songs, the piano is the best part of it, gives badass 70s grandma vibes in the best way possible ~Indian summer**- even slower than blue sunday, perfect for a summer Rome brunch, superb instrumental. ~Maggie M'Gill- i like that he sings in a more grunty style but i don't know what else he does to change his singing style but it sounds very weird, would've expected a stronger end to the album. OVERALL, i would definitely listen a lot to the songs with a *. The album is for sure very good for the 70s. Not really my type of rock but i can get into it in the right mindset. Open to listening to more from them. <3

Classic Doors! TIL that the band had to sneak into the Morrison Hotel to take the picture for the cover art.

Eh, sort of enjoyed this, but again not wonderfully memorable.

i don't care much for the doors i don't think but this was ok. I remember liking land ho and the spy right now.

It was alright. not my bag baby

Piano heavy bluesy rock. If you're a fan of indie rock, this is the prototypical album.

Very bluesy but the best songs are the wonky ones which still are bluesy

Good flow from one song to the next. Not my favorite Doors album, but pretty solid.

It’s the Doors. Not crazy about this one but didn’t hate it. Some pretty good instrumentals on this one. Would probably grow on me.

The Doors leaning into a more blues-y sound. It's okay, not my favourite from them. Where are the 10-minute psychedelic epics? Has some great guitar work from Krieger, though. Favourite track: "Waiting for the Sun."

Borin

It was fun to revisit the doors, especially the 1st 4 tracks here.

Waiting For The Sun The Spy

i didn't hate this at all but prob will never listen again rip jim morrison

ахуенно так-то, прям как будто в стиле джима моррисона, или как-то так 3.8/5

никогда не был дай-хард фэном Дорс, но когда они хороши — они хороши. Другой вопрос, хороши ли они тут? Вероятно скорее да. Альбом не супер интересный, на самом деле, но активное отторжение вызвала только Индийской Лето. Остальное варьируется от «вполне заебись» до «meh» в зависимости от настроя. в моём случае было так: первые четыре песни залетели +- бодро, а потом как отрезало — всё остальное показалось каким-то безыдейным и не запоминающимся вплоть до Королевы Хайвея, где было довольно много забавных гитарных пассажей. Ну и потом снова не особо. В целом — годная работа для фанов Дорз, наверное, но я не слишком прокачался, 3/5.

Pretty dope

No bangers, but good

Kind of boring, but not bad

Pretty OK, not my favourite album by them, nothing really memorable, but you can hear the style that is present in their iconic tracks 6/10

It has the vibe, but not my favorite from The Doors

It's okay, my previous comments on the Doors all still apply

I like the hits from The Doors, and that's about it.

Doors-jumittelua ja jamittelua. Ei oikein löytynyt hittibiisejä tai muutakaan innostavaa ja mieleenpainuvaa. Perusvahvaa suorittamista kuitenkin.

I didn't know any of these songs so the first listen was okay, but the album kind of grew on me on the second run

I thought it was p good :)

Meh...

It's alright - it's surprisingly more country than I was expecting. 6/10.

1970, Psychedelic rock, blues rock, geht klar, anders als Debütalbum, 5. Album mehr Blues, Debüt war mehr "upbeat", normale 3

i need drugs, like, more drugs.

Pretty standard "Classic Rock"

I'd like to check-in

Drugs may be bad, but they sound good. "Peace Frog" intro riff - Nirvana anyone?

Busy at work. CBA to write a review. It was average to me, with some notable tracks.

Not a huge fan of Blues Rock apparently

The more blues-rocky numbers are a bit boring to me, but still cool as fuck.

écouté vaguement

Ei pääse lähellekään mainion debyyttilevyn tasoa. Biiseistä löytyi muutama tuttu, mutta nämä ei missään nimessä ole omia lemppareitani bändiltä. Aika countrymeininkiä havaittavissa joissakin biiseissä. Ihan hyvä levy mutta tulevaisuudessakin kuuntelen muita Doorsin julkaisuja.

I tried to go into this album without thinking about all the other Doors albums and songs I’ve heard a million times and listen with fresh ears. This album doesn’t have a great single and I don’t think it has a top 15 Doors song. The things that stuck out that I liked were the organ and guitar and synth?? That was a new discovery for me and Manzarek was on the cutting edge with that stuff in 1970. The spooky songs are better than the blues songs and that holds for all of the Doors.

Not The Doors' best, but a decent album.

Good stuff, a bit better than the other album

Some funky instrumentals but I still find the vocals annoying. Was going to give a 4 after half listening but a 3 on rehearing it.

Debuten är bättre

Didn't hold up well.

I like the Doors. Good old Rock music

Too Soft

First time I hear a whole The Doors album and I was not dissapointed, even though the blues weren't really my taste some of the last trackas had that Doors taste

Ei paska mutta ei varsinaisesti hyväkään

Nothing I find myself humming to once I'm done listening, but I can definitely feel the tunes when the album's actually playing. Just not the best from the Doors.

Always a challenging listen when you open with your best track...

This is probably closer to 3.5 than 3 and i think could be a 4 in the future.

Ei parasta tuotantoaan, mut toimi kuitenkin

After experiencing their nadar, The Doors only had to climb back up but it's with the knowledge that things aren't going to be the same. Morrison Hotel is a good first step back in the right direction, as the band dips its toes into more blues influenced territory; a sign of things to come, even if it ends up being short-lived. Favorites: Roadhouse Blues, Waiting for the Sun, Peace Frog, Ship of Fools, Land Ho!, Queen of the Highway, Indian Summer.

Solid rock album

It's ok.

it's not bad but it's got nothing on the album with light my fire etc on it

3eme album proposé après 'The Doors' et ‘LA woman’ (notés 2/5 - pas vraiment intéressants sauf les tubes). Seule bonne surprise dans celui ci : la version originale de ‘Roadhouse Blues’. Je connaissais la version de Blue Oyster Cult (pas dans la liste …dommage) sans savoir que c’était une reprise. C’est ce morceau qui sauve l’album de la note minimale ! Le reste, blues rock assez standard, n’apporte pas grand chose. =>2/5

Bortsett riders of the storm som är en häftig låt har jag som aldrig fattat grejen med the doors. Rätt sömnigt eller? Däremot hade velat smaka på brajjan dom rökte när dom bestämde sig för att panorera ut alla instrument 100% till höger och vänster. Mindre av detta på detta album jämfört med de första dock.

Det finns en gräns för hur många Doors-låtar jag kan lyssna på innan jag tröttnar rejält på Jim Morrisons melodiska stildrag. Den gränsen nåddes på den här plattan.

Olipa kyllä harvinaisen mitäänsanomaton albumi. Voi myös olla etten ylipäätään välitä Ovista, mutta silti tää oli kyl yhtä tervaa. Ei jatkoon.

Ei mun juttu. Toisesta sissään ja toisesta ulos. Kun yksi ovi sulkeutuu, toinen avautuu.

Tää oli nyt kyllä jotenkin ihan all over the place. Ihan hyviä riffejä ja komppeja yms. siellä täällä mut jotenkin tosi raskas kokonaisuus kuunnella 😮‍💨

meh

Feel like I’m missing something here. This sounds like a generic bar band to me.

One iconic song does not a whole album make nor does the fact that it’s the Doors means it needs to be on the list

very "american"-sounding. not really my thing.

This is clearly inspired by Jefferson Airplane but this sounds like a Jefferson Airplane if they went into rock and roll (spoilers, they did and it sucks). With that in mind I think the vocals sound stilted compared to Grace Slick powerful range and brutish compared to Marty Balin's delicate voice. After a few songs it got so predictable I forgot it was on. I feel like I had heard every song before despite never having heard of this band.

Tried, but still don’t get the fuss with The Doors. Not for me.

Still don’t like Morrison or the doors lol

honestly thought it was a bit naff

Listening to this at 45 makes me want to go back and slap the shit out of the 16-year-old me that thought it was cool and mystical and deep.

Didn't know any of the songs, but I was quite surprised by Jim Morrison's voice — I really liked it. Much more bluesy than I expected. Nothing particularly stood out and I probably wouldn't listen to the album again, but it was an easy enough listen and I wouldn't mind hearing it again.

just abysmal. i have never understood these guys and regret liking their debut album after having heard this

Ik vind het een beetje rollingstones achtig. Ik snap niet waar de hoge waarderingen voor deze band vandaan komen. Het is niet interessant of boeiend. Het kan mij niet bekoren.

Not a Doors fan, and nothing I heard here changed that.

와진심으로 너무 지루해여의. 어디 서부 사막을 끝도없이 달리다가 뭐 웨스턴 켄터키 이딴거 적혀있는 술집을 갔는데 거기서 밴드가 이런 노래를 부르고있을 것 같음… 모리슨 호텔.. 내가 왜 호텔에서 이런노래를 들어야대? 너무 올드해!!!

Wasn’t the biggest fan, but the last two songs were interesting enough to vibe in the dark to.

Not a very good Doors album. I think I can only take them in low doses too. He's very melancholy and his change in tempo and singing style mid song is jolting. Aside from the first track, Roadhouse Blues, I don't think there is anything good here.

I just don’t get the Doors. Plenty of people do and they rave about them, but I just don’t hear what they hear it seems. And this isn’t their best either. 1.5 for me.

Ive heard enough Doors

"Roadhouse Blues" has got to be one of my least favorite classic rock songs, and I had no idea it was by the Doors.

Un poco aburridete eeeh??

Cuando era joven me compré una camiseta de The doors (la sigo teniendo creo) y por si acaso me paraban por la calle para preguntarme cuál era mi canción favorita, me puse a escuchar el grupo. No me encantó. Creo que nunca más volví a escuchar el grupo hasta hoy, y sigo opinando que no me encantan.

Empezó gustándome pero se me fue haciendo muy pesado a medida que avanzaba. Suena bien pero bastante machacón.

My tolerance for the Doors is fairly low, and it doesn't extend very far past the singles. This is probably my second least favorite album of theirs, and Peace Frog is the standout here, with very few bright spots otherwise.

Eh…

there are some catchy melodies on here, but holy shit was this boring

4/10. Bro washed

I didnt like it as much as the other The Doors album I listened to, but I did appreciate Ship of Fools and how some songs seemed to flow into one another

I didn't know any songs on this. I do like some of The Doors songs, but this album was too bluesy for me.

wish i could say i could hear what everyone else is hearing with the doors but then again if i did i'd probably be annoying as fuck

i tend to not like the doors, but i'll give this a shot. 3 tracks in. i don't hate it, but i dont see what all the fuss is about. I'd give it a 3, but I don't think I'd ever play this record again.

Didn't like it at all tbh

This was ok. Some good songs but the pirate adjacent tunes really weren’t for me hahahaha

I've always been really indifferent towards The Doors, which makes me sad because we share a love for Aldous Huxley. Only a few of their hits really stand out for me, so unfortunately I just couldn't hang with any of these songs. The intense commitment to blues here really took it out of me, there's only so much you can do with that genre, I think.

bland

Pleasant enough for me to not want to turn it off during my listen, but it made absolutely no impression on me beyond that. I feel no need to ever listen to it again.

Kind of lovely, though I’m not the biggest fan and I don’t know why. Perhaps it’s not an album for getting ready and a shower. Why do I think basically every album will be loved if only I listened on a drive to the beach? I think I like their other work more? HA I really must not be the biggest fan, I forgot I had another album so recently and had the same thought re listening on a drive. Or maybe I really would like them more on a drive?

Opens well but it's all downhill on the Jim Morrison Ego bus from there. Some good musicians don't cover up the sloppy poetry and shitty delivery, and the songs are mostly dead boring blues.

Review - never really had any interest in The Doors and this further cemented it. Uninteresting bang average blues rock that seems to have been popular at the time because of the singers public antics, if the Wikipedia page about this album is to be believed. Score - 5/10 Need to listen? NO

This was.. boring blues rock

super repetitive it wasn’t bad just too much and not really that unique it wasn’t bad tho

Waiting fort the sun, Maggie M'Gill were fine for my taste.

This album is perfectly fine I just don’t think The Doors are very interesting. 2.5 but I’ll round down.

I didn't really know the Doors, I thought they were boring lol Sonically just really impressive to me, all songs are really good. But I have to admit that listening to an entire blues album is a bit of a struggle to me, I get bored after a while.

Very bluesy. Not really my cup of tea, but I could probably listen to it all night long in a dive bar. Land Ho! is pretty boring. Actually not sure if the album as a whole went downhill for me at the end or if I just got tired. I doubt I'll want to listen to any of the songs again anytime soon. I didn't mind Queen of the Highway - it had a bit of a different vibe compared to the other songs. So did Indian Summer, which was pleasant - but felt very out of place in the album, compared to QotH. Maybe I'd prefer it to close out the album. I know I'm very much not the right audience for this album.

This made me miss the dorky little organ.

expected a bit more

o tecladinho é legal (e na minha humilde visão é o que salva essa banda de ser completamente ruim) DITO ISSO, achei chato pra caralho no geral, extremamente sem graça pqp o culto ao the doors é uma das coisas que eu n entendo

eh, o amigo tá correto. o tecladinho é a única coisa que vale aqui. nao eh necessariamente ruim, só mei chato memo. se o rapaz tivesse vivo ainda, eles teriam essa fama toda? fica aí a duvida.

Very disappointed in this

Don't get what people see in this really :(

I've never quite understood The Doors' vibe. I think it's a "you had to be there" thing. There's something sorta sinister about the electric organ they use in so many of their songs that makes their music sound like a bad trip ."Waiting for the Sun" is my highlight here.

I know a handful of Doors songs, and none of them were on this album, which sounds unlike any of those songs. Okay...?

I expected to like this, but was disappointed. Peace Frog was the only song that really stood out. Jim Morrison’s singing style/voice was boring and monotonous, and some of the lyrics were pretty cringeworthy. And music itself was nothing to write home about, basic bluesy songs for the most part. Meh.

This band is so overrated. Waiting for the Sun is the only standout song on this album. I find the rest of the songs to be bland and boring, and Morrison's reputation as a poet is baffling. My favorite example from the album: "Indians scattered on dawn's highway bleeding Ghosts crowd the young child's fragile egg-shell mind." Just no.

The Doors have never rung my bell. Some of their songs are ok. This album had nine of them.

Yeah at first i rly didnt like this. Snoozefest. It grew on me slightly but not much

Typical 70s sound, funky, sth youd hear in a bar, i like Blue Sunday and Indian Summer

Espresso + a gallon of water

Roadhouse Blues is nice after listening to a bunch of other albums of Brits pretend to be raucous american blues bands but I'm just not high enough for the rest of this album.

indian summer is like the only song by The doors ive enjoyed so far

mid- rock, I just did not enjoy this album. i’m not an across the board hater of the vox continental, but i don’t like how The Doors use it, especially in this album. they are just very of the era and i don’t think it stands the test of time like some of their other songs. it’s not awful, just not the classic rock album i’d put on if i had the choice

(2.5) i found the album a bit hit or miss. i really liked the bass in peace frog

I already had roadhouse blues the rest of the album Is meh

boring

Roadhouse Bluse, Peace Frog, and Maggie M'Gill are all great blues rock songs. It's all the other stuff I can't stand.

I definitely didn’t NEED to listen to this before I die, as the book this list is based on suggests. The Doors songs are so hit or miss. Couple decent songs on the album, but I’m fine not listening to this one again.

Didn’t do a whole lot for me

Förstår att det är inflytelserikt o viktigt, ibland balla riff o najs sound men inte superintressant för mig.

I think generally anything created before the mid 70s isn't for me. This is too blues-y for my taste tbh

Standard Doors music, bluesy piano rock

nicht meine musik. mir geht die country schiene auf die nerven so langsam.

I get the Doors hate, I really do. But there’s a difference between disliking the Catholic Church and being molested by them. Jim Morrison never touched my butthole, so I don’t have to think about him that often.

not for me sorry doors

I definitely didn’t NEED to listen to this before I die, as the book this list is based on suggests. The Doors songs are so hit or miss. Couple decent songs on the album, but I’m fine not listening to this one again.

Strong, stirring start with crunchy guitars, toe-tapping bass lines and honky-tonk piano, but descends into a fever dream of an album which lacks depth. By the time you reach Indian Summer (apparently the first song ever recorded by The Doors, but one that didn't make the first album cut) it's a mess, the lyrics are the output of a 5yo, and the instrumentation masquerades as psychedelic and moody, but is weak an uninspiring. 2 stars.

The doors don’t deserve two albums on this list, especially if this is the second one.

wait you're telling me 3 doors down wasn't a cover band with missing members?

Boring

Like all the doors music, I find this incredibly bland, boring, and self-indulgent

indian summer me gusto el resto zzz

ниче не добавил но в целом вайб имеется

yok

Lo escuché mientras hacia lo de morfo

I didn’t enjoy this, not awful but I didn’t want to finish it

The only song I like on this is Peace Frog

Torrada, no me gusta the doors

Never have got into the Doors. Classic Rock is not my thing in general but these guys are pretty low down when it comes to the genre itself IMHO. Is his sultry voice that gets people? Or the mythical status surrounding Morrison? Maybe seeing them live was a big thing. Who knows? But it just sounds like bog standard white boy blues rock that sprawls out a bit to make it 'psychedelic'.

Bien lo escribió alguien en una reseña, The Doors están sobrevalorados. Me parece que solo valen la pena como 2-3 canciones. Nada más.

The actual music of the doors is not bad for white-guy-blues. There’s LOTS of good piano. The problem with the doors is Van Morrison. He sounds like some guy they picked up off the street who is just making it up as he goes and he’s just drunk enough to think he’s nailing it. Like how he’ll repeat the same line a few times like he thinks it’s clever.

mid 2 when all inspiration has dried up, play the blues. im a massive fan of the doors first album. this challenge has shown me they really didnt live up to their potential on later albums its a shame

I didnt like it that mucho, it's very neutrual

Don’t hate ‘em, but don’t love ‘em either.

Not bad. Just not a fan

Lowkey unimpressed. Nice vibes though.

Don’t really relate to the lyrics but there is no denying it’s a great band and good background music

It felt like they were trying out all sorts of genres and styles but not in the experimental exploration way, but in the "we have no idea what we're doing way". It was kinda disjointed and I just didn't particularly care about either the music or the lyrics. It was disappointing.

Chevere, but not my style

Welp, they can't all be rated 3-stars and above. The only song that caught my attention was Blue Sunday, but no other song will not be revisited. At least the album is short.

Still hate The Doors

not my style

Hvorfor er dette med? Jeg likte ikke særlig godt de forrige doors skivene heller, men jeg forsto ihvertfqll hvorfor de var med på lista. Dette er som alle andre doors skiver. Kult orgel, mindre av det kulenorgeley, mye kul musikk, morrison ødelegger det meste og de roter seg vekk i en blues de ikke helt mestrer.

i did not know about this band till this album was recommended to me. but i lowk see why

Fine, but not really remarkable.

I thought I'd like this more, but it's kind of meh.

Not bad, but not my kind of music.

It was okay

I’ve just read that this is The Doors’ fifth album, but to be honest, I’m not familiar with it. I think the music is decent, especially the ‘bluesy’ tracks...

Hasn't aged well

It was ok I guess? Not their best album, not a style of music I dig really either.

Catchy at points but not enough ideas to capture me

ne

Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/morrison-hotel/1622467535 Liked: - The Spy

Doors don't do it for me

This is the second album by The Doors in a week. “LA Woman” was pretty bad. This is better, but still not great. I understand why some people might enjoy this, but it’s just not for me. I didn’t enjoy listening to it.

So the real Morrison Hotel is just one block from where I live on S. Hope Street in downtown LA. I had no idea of that until the vagrants who live in that abandoned building started a fire that nearly brought the whole thing down the day after Christmas 2024. There is next to no information about that building on google which is kind of fascinating. Much more fascinating than this album which sounds more or less improvised.

snoozefest

It’s classic Doors, which is fine. 2.6/5.0

Waiting for the Sun is good and Peace Frog is one of the best The Doors songs ever made, pretty good progressive pop. If only the rest of the album was as good

It's a Doors record...

As much as I can understand why someone would be a fan of the doors, I am simply not moved by them. Their musicianship is clear, but I have never come away from listening to them with any kind of enthusiasm. Jim Morrison has a crazy model face tho which is funny. -Ruby Some classic songs on here from a bygone era but overall pretty mediocre. —Noah

Meh

too hippy for my liking

Nope. Thought I was a fan of The Doors, but this album was not the one. I found it annoying. Also, it felt like they were trying too hard and amateurish? Not sure that's the correct verbiage but the point is that it was less than impressive. No standouts. 02-08-2026

I don't care for the Doors much. I was hoping this album might get me into them. It did not. This album is ok.

Mid. I don't like blues. Some catchy songs tho

Never liked The Doors

Half listened, nothing special

Didn’t enjoy it

2,5 stjerner. Jeg vil ikke si at det er dårlig, men heller ikke helt min smak. enkelte segmenter er kule men hele albumet i ett så er det noe masete.

hmmm lethargic and I don't know how but it sounds like the morrison hotel would be super dusty, dim even. Waiting for the sun is okay. maybe this music is something that you just had to be there to get it, otherwise I can't discern the sparkle...

Oh good grief. Just no! Could not hear the lyrics. Don't like this at all. Never did.

It’s the doors need I say more … Okay then I will. As interesting as the combination of organ and guitar combined with Morrisons strong rock voice should be they still manage to make it dull as hell I own 1 doors album , the best of the doors , and that is like 3 sides to many.

Another doors album on the list what the heck! Jim Morrison really did that I guess. Another solid classic rock album but nothing notable for me. I was listening while grocery shopping and it was some nice background noise to combat the chaos that was market basket right before a snow storm

the doors more like the bores

didn’t like sadly

Love the cover. music is crap!

Not bad but kinda boring, I’ll need to come back and give it another shot. Probably with the rest of the Doors’ discography.

about neutral on this one. I get the vibe, its just not mine. but I don't dislike it either. 2.5 if I could.

Some good music. A lot of dumb lyrics and drunk ego bs.

The Doors are simply not for me.

Some alright songs like Waiting for the Sun but also some I hated. Overall still not the type of music I would listen to and a lot more songs I dislike than like.

'Heavier' than I expected in some songs for want of a better word, I know that the 60s and 70s were defining eras for early rock so I suppose I shouldn't be too surprised I'd just always thought The Doors would be more akin to something like the carpenters than to anything else, though I have no reason as to why I thought this. Interesting mix of instruments, not often you hear the likes of pianos and harmonicas alongside electric guitars and it doesn't sound too bad but unfortunately I found the singing uninteresting and not that great all things considered, particular in the louder more 'shouty' songs. Blue Sunday was enjoyable, but beyond that it was nothing special, little to say about other songs specifically. 46/100

I've never been the biggest The Doors fan. I like a few of their singles. Especially the ones that have gone on to become iconic needle drops in cinema. Hard to deny the visceral impact of "This is the end" in Apocalypse Now. But none of that is here. I do not really like Morrison Hotel.

unremarkable

Good album just not my type of music nor favorite tome of genre. Very much rock and blues type of album. All in all, still a decent album.

Honestly mid, I mean my opinion is probably highly influenced by the fact that I was doing maths while listening to it so I wasn’t really focused on the music. Probably should give it a second listen.

its like fine, would probably use it as background for a movie or sum

My third Doors album on this list. Third. There’s no Whitehouse, Naked City or Death on this list but there are THREE Doors albums. Maybe there’s more, who knows? As per my other Doors reviews, there’s nothing remarkable or brilliant about this. Nothing that has really stood the test of time and it was an absolute chore to get through.

Jim Morrison has taught us all that it's possible to simultaneously do way too much heroin and have your head be way too far up your own ass.

Morrison Hotel is filled with bluesy melodies and a psychedelic rock undertone, making it an enjoyable listen even if it’s not my favourite Doors album.

Its the Doors, what else is there to say. And I dont say that as a compliment. The only good songs they have are their greatest hits. Majority of the time their songs go on way longer then needed and Jim Morrison has one of the biggest egos in music history. All this band did was take elementary level song writing and put it over the musical equivalent of masturbating. Just get a best of album and avoid this

1/6/2026 So it was fine. Nothing stood out really. But it was fun to learn about The Doors, Morrison, and their broader influence.

From the couple songs I've heard before listening to this album, I guess it was kind of a letdown. It was just kind of loud nonsense — probably made sense to him, at the time.

Dit album voelt een beetje klein, donker, dozig en vlak, alsof het in een vacuüm is opgenomen en daarom geen relatie heeft tot de wereld. Niet elk liedje, maar wel een groot deel. Zelf houd ik er altijd van als muziek klinkt alsof het in een ruimte is, in plaats van een donkere doos. Ik denk wel dat het heel goed in films zou passen, maar dan alleen in nachtelijke scènes. Ik heb een paar productionele irritaties. Op sommige liedjes van dit album de drums volledig naar links hebben gepand en daar ben ik op tegen!!!! Bas en drums moeten in het midden of je moet 2 microfoons gebruiken zodat je alsnog een midden geluid hebt, maar dat het breder klinkt. (Ik weet dat ik dit kan oplossen door het geluid op mono te zetten, maar daar ben ik te lui voor) Daarnaast stond het orgeltje steevast te hard!

mehhhhhhh

Damn, I really wish this album had more variation. Some songs just sounded the same to me. The Doors is amazing but this is just not my favourite album from them.

Really didn’t do it for me

I have a soft spot for the doors, I was really into them in high school and even though I’ve kind of grown past them, I still have a nostalgic enjoyment of some of their music. I said all that to say this album was rough. Don’t get me wrong, Waiting for the Sun and Peace Frog are two of their best songs. Everything else on here is pretty bad. I like psychedelic weird Doors, not bar band Doors, and a lot of this was boring blues rock. The other songs were weirdly sentimental ballads that really showcase how Morrison’s poetry wasn’t always great.

I did enjoy this more bluesy sound from the doors. Kind of mid but fun one-time listen.

Energizing, perfect for a fast long walk

Not my genre at all. I see the appeal but just not for me, I could revisit in a few years though

I can't help it, the Doors are not for me. It's the band's sound, in particular the organ, it's the songs, and overall, I just don't get it.

Started with a bang, but faded quickly. The revisionist history that the Doors were just okay seems to be deserved. 2.5

it was okay just not my type of music

Mid album. At least the songs were varied.

I recognize some of these songs or at least snippets. But it isn’t something I’d revisit Peace Frog sounds like Smells Like Teen Spirit 2.75

I thought this album was entirely forgettable. Nothing stood out to me at all. The grooves are nice, some decent vocal moments, decent production. Everything else was in one ear out the other. Not for me. Genuinely can't think of anything else to say about it. 2/5.

Meh

Not for me

I remember hearing "Roadhouse Blues" on the radio once and begging my dad to tell me who that was. The Doors have never sounded better to me than that first time, and in particular this album doesn't really stack up to all of that. Manzarek's organ is still the star, but it just doesn't do much here to interest me.

Upon revealing this album my first thought was that I don’t like The Doors. After sitting down with this album, trying to put aside my biases and listen with an open mind, I still don’t like The Doors. Taken out of the context of the reported importance the band had on the development of counterculture, this is middling blues rock with an above average frontman, but one whose importance is I think greatly overstated due to him dying young. I get the feeling when I see these lists of supposedly essential records with a heavy bias towards the 60s and 70s it’s just because these lists are largely written by white dudes who were around then and have the access to be published in magazines or in books. And this stuff just reflects the music of their youths, the stuff they were really into before the pressures of every day life, the careers, the families, the bill payments and mortgages took over too many waking moments. I totally get it, I feel the same way about a lot of the music that was around when I was younger and that felt formative in my development as a person, but I don’t think that gives any of it an objective value either. At least Morrison Hotel isn’t very long.

Peace frog is a jam. Didn’t finish, got bored halfway through!

Good effort, the songs weren't there

Mostly misses

Unbelievably lame

Nah. I like the Doors but this album simply isn't it. None of the songs caught my attention.

Not a bad album just very dated.

This is a band I haven't listened to a lot, but that I came into not liking based on what I have heard over the years. This album did nothing to change my mind. I don't like their muddy sound and heavy-sounding instrumentation. The first track was a mediocre blues, and the final was a decent minor blues. Outside of those two, I thought it was a slog.

This one is just meh. Even among Doors albums.

It has all the elements of great blues-rock, but the pieces just don't add up to great songs.

Some innovative sounds for 1970, but still a good amount of misses on this.

Are the Doors victims of my having too much bluesy guitars shit recently? Doing nothing for me - I've always thought the Doors were overrated, but I'll admit I've only heard the hits. This isn't doing anything to change my mind. They definitely nailed their formula and are tight enough but frankly I just don't care. Morrison's supposed reputation as a lyrical genius is a mistake. Mercifully short.

I have more respect for Jim Morrison and The Doors than I did coming into this record. Overall the album is good, especially the songs not overplayed on Classic Rock radio. I am still not a fan though.

What can be said about this other than: "It's the doors." Overplayed, boring and barely worth talking about.

can't get over the lack of bass and jim morrison whipping it out on stage

It was pretty good. The keyboard can sound so dinky on this record

It's easy to hate on the Doors and Jim Morrison's Lizard King tortured-poet horseshit, and it's not wrong, necessarily. I knew none of the songs from this album, but it definitely gave me a sense of his charisma as a frontman and vocalist. That's something. I still don't think I'll listen to this again though.

Roadhouse Blues is a classic. Going on the playlist. Peace frog was pretty good too. I never really got into the Doors. People seem to like him, but the last album on here was nearly unlistenable. This one is better. But still not for me.

It’s funny to me how an album with 26 tracks can have zero filler songs and an album with only 10 tracks can have 10 filler songs. This album is the latter.

I didn’t expect to say this, but I’m less annoyed by this than I was the debut album. It’s certainly not because Jim Morrison sounds any less arrogant (I mean, the whole album is named after him this time!), but I guess he’s actually earned some of it by this stage of his career. His audible disinterest has the effect of making him sound more like a lounge singer than a pompous a**hole here, and I think that’s kinda fun. “Peace Frog” - this was the most fun I had here, what a nice funky track “Land Ho!” - Morrison is audibly bored except when he shouts “Land Ho!” with half his chest and only sounds indifferent.

Another one of the bands a tend to look back on with “rose tinted ears” That is I remember them being a lot better than they actually are! This album sounds like your local garage band just got given an organ and play it on everyone of their songs whether it works or not. It doesn’t !