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Album #276 The Doors: Morrison Hotel Morrison Hotel is the album where The Doors and Jim Morrison found their balance between their signature psychedelic sound and a more traditional commercial blues sound. There is no long obscene rants about fucking and riding snakes, but Morrison didn’t lose all of his hippy edge, with songs like Indian Summer being reminiscent of the former transcendent psychedelic style. But frankly, the reason I love Morrison Hotel has very little to do with the reasons that I love The Doors debut; it might not feel as dangerous or edgy, but damn if these songs don’t fucking bang. There are like five all-time great blues rock songs here, and though I don’t always love blues rock, I definitely love The Doors' take on it. A great recovery album after the slip that was The Soft Parade, and along with L.A. Woman, proved that The Doors were more than a mere flash in the pan. Best Songs: Waiting For The Sun, Roadhouse Blues, Peace Frog Worst Song: Land Ho! Score out of 10: 9
В отличие от одноимённого альбома и от LA Woman, этот слабоват.
There are some really groovy moments but just ok
Never been a fan of Morrison, but the album is quite the mix of blues, rock, and LSD. 7/10
Primeira metade melhor que a segunda metade; mas experiencia bem positiva ouvindo
Not bad just kind of underwhelming. Few good songs and a lot that just blend together into a bluesy mess.
Great
After the high production of the Soft Parade album, Morrison Hotel is a bit of a regression back to the grittier bluesier sounds of prior albums. Roadhouse Blues exemplifies this. As a kid I remember my older brother playing that riff frequently. But I think my favorite track has to be Peace Frog.
I enjoyed the sound of this one at least nearly as much as their self-titled, even if it gets a bit inconsistent towards the back half. A few clear standouts do much of the heavy lifting for me. 1 listen Favorite Tracks: Waiting for the Sun, Peace Frog
I don't like this nearly as much as their self-titled album.
Never listened to full The Doors album before. Most of the tracks are great
I mean ya, I spun it 3 times
7/10
Not a touch on the earlier stuff IMO, more upbeat with a couple of decent songs
melhor que o esperado
Not my favourite Doors album. A bit too stripped back and basic considering the stuff they did before and after it.
The Doors hold a special place in my heart. They remind me of a guy I had a crush on back in high school - he was the one who introduced me to their music. Later, when I was in Paris, I became fascinated by Jim Morrison’s story and learned more about his life, including how he tried to find a sense of refuge there. There’s something about this band and its history that resonates with me on a deeply personal level. 8/10
Muy buen disco! Uno de los mejores discos de The Doors
Overrated
What a great album. Aware of The Doors, but not what I’d consider “a fan”, this lesson was really a pleasant surprise. Waiting for the Sun was probably my favorite.
One that I know very well, been a while since that's happened.
Best Track - "Peace Frog"
Fine, more Doors. Like the beat—good for running.
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
Surprising number of songs that sound the same, didn't do much for me, of course the hits in the first few tracks are absolute bangers.
It was alright not really my type
6/10
Solid album with all the Doors have delivered on a previous outings.
Solid album by a solid band 3 - deserves to be on this list
I just love roadhouse blues such a good opener.
Morrison Hotel oli The Doorsin paluu ruotuun pöhöttyneen ja kevyemmän The Soft Parade-albumin jälkeen. Tällä levyllä kuullaan entistä enemmän bluesia, kuitenkaan psykedeelistä tunnelmointia unohtamatta. Kaikki kappaleet eivät ole klassikoita, mutta Morrison Hotel on silti oikein hyvä albumi.
i love it ofc
I liked the blues of the first song, but then they kept singing and I was so underwhelmed and just downright annoyed with the 60s. 2*
The Doors are one of the most overrated bands of all time. Jim Morrison is actually a bad poet, and was famous more for being handsome than for being either a great musician or lyricist. The rest of the band? Thoroughly meh. I recognize a few of these tracks by title, and I'm not really looking forward to listening to this. Yup, boring and meh. This does not earn its place on a list of albums you _must hear_ before you die.
songs i liked peace frog - the opening riff is great ship of fools - nice groove to it. the vocals fit and don’t feel as misplaced as the rest of the album land ho! - kind of ridiculous but enjoyable the rest of the album feels very overstimulating. the vocals are the main “character” but with the musical background the whole thing kind of gave me a headache. has vast potential to grow on me though so i will hold off on the rating from the time being
It sure is The Doors
Don't worry the Doors (blues edition) can't hurt you. The Doors (blues edition): ....
musica de hetero, gostei porém
Man, only 211 albums and I'm running out of clever ways to say "it's okay"
A record of two halves, side one was excellent, side two less so. Still a good listen overall, but certainly not one of the best Doors LPs. Peace Frog is fantastic.
There’s better doors albums.
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.
Stark fyra! Finns inga som låter som The Doors. Riktigt, riktigt bra.
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.
Kan va en 3 men orkade inte
Classic doors. A few of their strongest tracks land on this one
One of the better doors albums, blues and hues idfk
The doors aren’t really my thing, this is probably as close as they can get to enjoyable for me
made me like the doors more which is a win
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.
Mulla on erikoinen suhde The Doorsiin, koska vaikka ne on mun teinivuosien lempibändejä niin en oo oikein koskaan kuunnellu muutaku niiden debyyttilevyä. Tiiän kyllä monia biisejä muiltakin levyiltä ja oon fiilistelly monia biisejä sen ulkopuolella, mut aina kun oon halunnu kuunnella kokonaisen levyn oon kuunnellu sit debyyttiä. Osittain syy on ollu siinä, että se on niin hyvä levy etten oo vaan ollu valmis päästään irti. En oo jotenkin ollut valmis vastaanottaan enempää jotain yhtä hyvää tai vaihtoehtosesti kohtaan sitä että muut levyt ois huonompia. Noh, tänään tää asia muuttu ja nyt ehkä vähän ärsyttää tää reilun kahenkymmenen vuoden paasto. Tää levy oli monin tavoin just sitä mikä tekee The Doorsin debyytistäkin hienon. Ymmärrän mielestäni musasta ihan kohtuullisen paljon ja tää levy pääs yllättään monta kertaa, mitä ei mulle tapahdu turhan usein. Vaikka tälle levylle ei oo päätyny hittejä, niin tässä oli valtavan hienoa tunnelmointia, Morrisonille tyypillisiä mystisiä tekstejä ja bändi, joka soittaa niin luontevasti yhteen, että tuntuu että kaikki tulee yhdestä mielestä. Kaikista näistä syistä tää on eka sellanen levy jota en oo ennen kuullu ja jolle annan viis tähteä.
Tää oli nyt kyllä jotenkin ihan all over the place. Ihan hyviä riffejä ja komppeja yms. siellä täällä mut jotenkin tosi raskas kokonaisuus kuunnella 😮💨
Hyvvää rokkia, jalan alle mennee. The Doors ei oo tuttu mut pitäis selkeesti olla. Solid af.
I think it's one of those albums that I need to revisit because nothing really stuck with me. I'll edit in these notes whenever I can listen and know you as long as I enjoyed more than others
Not as bad as it could have been, considering how much I hate the Doors
I like the slow groove of this playlist. 7/10
weird do i have to rate them or can i just listeN?? ok well i don't rly have any notes except i think maybe i'm just not a doors fan except i did like the one song land ho i think it was called. no denying their cultural impact or talents, just maybe not my cup of tea.
meh
As a product of its time this is likely a 4 but modern day this average as hell blues rock does nothing for me.
Amazing! Bluesy, dancing! A piece of art!!
Pretty good.
“I woke up this morning and got myself a beer/the future’s uncertain and the end is always near.” Yeah man. What an opener. This is my favorite Doors album by a country mile. It’s gritty and bleak in a way that their other albums aren’t (at least not the whole time; “The End” is obviously bleak as hell.) There’s something truly ominous about this one. Morrison’s voice also sounds fantastic, which is impressive given how deep into his downward spiral he was at this point. This blues and psych rock fusion suits him.
Makes me want to listen to more doors albums, like one of them I’ll probably really enjoy. but this one didn’t quite land for me
Feel like I’m missing something here. This sounds like a generic bar band to me.
Pleasantly surprised by the versatile sound on this one. I was honestly expected a bunch of hippy-sounding shit, but this started off all bluesy, which caught my attention. Rest of it was pretty damn good.
When you are a teen, Morrison sounds inspired. When you revisit as an adult, you know he is a pretentious dolt. A few bangers on here but a lot of cringe and filler. The Doors are a "Best of" band for me.
Still never really understand the deep love some have for them, but I have to admit that this was a really good album. I have only really listened to their Best Of, but this was an equally good listen in its own right.
Good, down to explore psychedelic rock more
I know and like The Doors and already have 28 songs liked by them on Spotify - with 7 songs already liked on this album. Maybe I'll appreciate some more with repeated listens. Liked songs I'm starting with are: "Roadhouse Blues", "Waiting for the Sun", "Peace Frog", "Blue Sunday", "Ship of Fools", "Land Ho", and "Indian Summer". After relistening, I also like "The Spy" and "Queen of the Highway". Still don't like "You Make Me Real" or "Maggie McGill" The Doors sound like The Doors and nobody else sounds like them. That's the thing that makes them so great. In particular the keyboards, the voice, the interesting lyrics - you just know it's The Doors whenever you hear them. Nobody else could create a song like "Waiting for the Sun". That's the standout track on this one for me. The closest I can think of for a similar voice is Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam. I've occasionally wondered what future Doors albums would be like if Jim Morrison hadn't died so young. Jim Morrison died when I was in first grade so I really wasn't aware of them at that time. But I was one of the kids of that early GenX cohort that started getting into the Doors in high school (late 70s, early 80s). I think the catalyst for so many of us revisiting the Doors at that time was the inclusion of the song "The End" in the Apocalypse Now movie. They definitely had songs on rock radio when I was a kid in the 70s - but that created a whole new level of interest as I recall. I still think their debut album (The Doors) is their best one - it's a perfect album, whereas this one is almost perfect. I had a tape of that one and it was on regular rotation in my car when I first started driving. Good job Doors! Liked songs on Spotify: 9/11 Rating: 4/5
Not my favourite Doors album by any stretch - I tend to prefer their earlier, weirder psychedelic fare over their later, more overtly bluesy stuff - but still a very solid record!
If my dad, whose favorite genre is blues rock, doesn’t think your album is great, then it’s probably not great.
The Doors were described to me as "THE white boy blues band", so having gone through some mind-numbing Clapton blues a few days earlier, I definitely felt trepidation going into this album. ...I enjoyed it! It's like a bridge between 60s and 70s rock. It does indeed get very bluesy at its core, yet it's also infused with the sort of interesting instrumentation that the year 1970 seemingly blessed numerous rock bands with. In the shoes of a blues fan back then, I could see my mind being blown by this sound. This won't be a regular listen... yet.... but I can at least say that The Doors are pretty good! Standouts: Waiting for the Sun • Peace Frog • The Spy • Queen of the Highway • Indian Summer
I have to take back some of the mean things I said about The Doors in the past because I actually found this pretty enjoyable. Nothing too special and nothing that blew my mind but I enjoyed it.
Solid. I went in fully expecting a mid rock experience. It was better than mid.
🏨🥃☀️🐸🍺
Pretty good classic rock sound
Doors have better
Effed with this heavy. Bluesy, psychedelic, pure 60s rock n roll.
В этот отель 60е пришли умирать (в хорошем смысле)
Не поннимаю этот их переход к блюз року, им не идет
Ну….
Не фанат блюз-рока, но вполне интересно
топ, давно не слушал, надо будет по дискографии пробежаться, тут глобально крепкая 4ка, но из-за хорошего настроя пусть будет 5
I like the doors. They’re fun, but I almost never listen to them on purpose. This album didn’t make me a super fan.
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
good, just not my thing.
very "american"-sounding. not really my thing.
It’s good! Couldn’t remember which Doors albums were duds but this one is not
Credit where credit is due. This is super solid and worth one or two listens.
not *not* ^ i'm gonna be real i typed this much and then got distracted and then found this tab again later. Idk what i was gonna say. It's alright
Love the doors. Honestly the quintessential sound of American psychedelia
Moving forward I'll try and rate based on categories such as: 1. Lyrical Value (if applicable) 2. Instrumentation 3. album structure (ex: if an album only has one good song vs has a good general theme between tracks) 4. Syntactic complexity 5. Vocal performance (if applicable) finally 6. track diversity (not every song should sound the same), surprise me! for this album: 1. ~1-2 2. ~4-5 3. 4 4. 2 5. 3 6. 4 Nothing special.
This is my favourite doors album and it's an easy five for me. When I first heard this album I was immediately taken by us. The combination of raw blues heavy rock and experimentation with Morrison's surreal and often beautiful lyrics was immediately captivating. The sound peace frog alone is an anomaly in time it. It sounds like it was released by a Manchester band in the early 90s with its disco high hats pulsing argans dancing drums and groovey war guitar. The rest of the album is full of sonic innovation and some amazing playing from Krieger in particular on guitar.
A bonefide classic. But then again, which Doors album isn't? There are some great songs on this record and really no BAD ones. It's the kind of record that you judge against itself and some of the songs aren't QUITE as good as the others, but the sum is pretty damned good. This IS pretty damned good.
I think this is the first Doors album I have listened to in full. Not bad. Real bluesy bar music. 3.5 stars
So much more consistent and coherent than I was expecting at this late stage in the Band’s, and indeed Jim Morrison’s, life. The first half of the album seemed slightly stronger but I was pleasantly surprised throughout these 39 minutes.
#418 My parents liked The Doors so I got to know them from a young age. It was likely a best of compilation that we had because I got to know a wide range of songs and it wasn’t until my 20s that I started exploring their studio albums. I’ve listened to this one less than the others, except The Soft Parade, so by extension it’s not my favourite, but nonetheless, it’s very good and today’s listen highlighted how I perhaps owe this one some more time. Heard before? ✅ Would I revisit? ✅ Listen before you die? ✅ Fave track(s): Roadhouse Blues; Waiting for the Sun; Maggie M’Gill Rating: 8/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I was surprised when I gave LA Woman a 5. I was feeling it that day. Thought it might go similarly with this. But… yeah, no. I was even thinking 3 at certain points. Something about this album made me want to be done with it. But I think it still gets a 4. 4 Boolean: True
A very good, but not excellent, Doors album. It fell into the background for me a bit, and I felt it was missing something catchy and deep that the Doors hits seem to have in spades. 5/10
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.
This album is pretty great - from star to finish. I'll say 4.5 - round down.
The good one
Some decent bluesy Doors!
Bars
Fantastic classic doors album. Added to Spotify library
New one for me. Like the blues vibe, and generally like all of the instrumentation. It's very funky and there's a reasonable amount of variety in tone, even if it's mostly the same blues style and rhythm. The guitar solos are decent enough. The bass lines are a bit repetitive, but the songs themselves are quite interesting in terms of the switch-ups they make throughout. Not a massive fan of the vocals (this does vary across the album, "Blue Sunday" for example is a totally different style), but they do work with the rock sound. Didn't really pay attention to the lyrics. In a good mood and this was surprisingly interesting. Generous 4.
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.
I’m really bored of this guitar tone.
A band I was in had a singer who fancied himself a Jim Morrison (and a bit Iggy Pop), it was ridiculous (but the rest of the band was good). The idea (myth?) that Morrison was charismatic, finds no support in this album. His lyrics are pathetically juvenile (rubbish and sometimes disgusting), his singing unconvincing (whether or not shouty). The music occasionally has half an idea but is mostly tedious. Roadhouse Blues specially bad as a nearly one-chord hackabout, some ppl like the morning beer line but I’d say it’s a red flag. Waiting For The Sun: more interesting but still unsatisfying. Queen of the Highway: the band are kinda learning how to jam together, but haven’t got it yet, meanwhile the lyrics are utter rubbish. Indian Summer: astoundingly shallow rubbish. It’s Bad, 1/10.
Tried, but still don’t get the fuss with The Doors. Not for me.
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.
Still don’t like Morrison or the doors lol
One of their most consistent and best albums. Only weak songs are Land Ho! and Ship of Fools which is more middling. It recovers nicely with The Spy which is a neat more relaxed song as is Indian Summer, one of the best on the album. It's very varied for a Doors album which I appreciate. Waiting For The Sun is probably their best pure rock song
Not as good as the other famous doors albums. Feel like its missing some ideas to be great. 7/10
The Doors return to fighting form on this release after 2 softer, more subdued releases in Waiting for the Sun and The Soft Parade in the preceding years. Morrison Hotel eschews most of the carnival organ psychedelia that marked the Doors for most of the 60s and exchanges it for the most driving blues rock of their career. That doesn't mean that there aren't more contemplative moments on this album though: the second track "Waiting for the Sun" does an excellent dynamic quiet LOUD quiet build throughout, and "The Spy" slinks around like its titular character in a rainy film noir. The most immediate songs are among the best: opener "Roadhouse Blues" sounds like a bar brawl that quiets down then picks up again after the saloon piano intro of "You Make Me Real." Morrison's voice is an anomaly on this thing: I can't think of another singer whose drinking and drug use continued worsening all while his voice kept improving. It shines best on the last 2 songs of this album as it careens between the warmer than normal baritone of "Indian Summer" to the bearlike growl of the closer "Maggie M'Gill." The Doors' hardest hitting album of their careers was resounding proof that the CIA's favourite psych rock band (if the rumours are to be believed) could hack in the new decade. Morrison Hotel showed a lot of promise that they ended up delivering on in the follow up, "LA Woman," which I like to believe is their best album. It's just a shame they would end up losing Morrison the very next year; at least the band definitely stayed broken up and DEFINITELY didn't make 3 more albums without their image-defining frontman, right...? Key Tracks: Roadhouse Blues, Waiting for the Sun, Peace Frog, Indian Summer
3/5. This album marks the beginning of what I’d call the doors “Blues era” which encompasses Morrison Hotel and LA Woman. There’s still some elements of psych-rock laced in, but it is much more built around blues riffs. And the album starts off very strong with the 1-2 punch of “Roadhouse Blues” and “Waiting for the Sun.” But from there I do feel Morrison Hotel is a somewhat mixed bag, though not without its high points. However when it comes to the Doors I do always gravitate more toward their first three records
I don’t mind this album! It’s not a favorite per se, but it’s good for what it is.
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honestly thought it was a bit naff
A parte la famosa Rodhouse non conoscevo le altre canzoni. Molto bella Waiting for the Sub e Blue Sunday. Sicuramente è un album da ascoltare dopo una cannetta per connetterti al meglio. Non lo trovo un capolavoro ma sicuramente un buon album. 3/5
Loved the "weirder" cuts on this, while the blues rock songs are really fun and goes very hard (why is The Doors not counted as proto-metal lol). What a great transition from Peace Frog to Blue Sunday, lots of great songs on side A (Hard Rock Café) Side B not quite as memorable, but still pretty good. 8.5/10
Ok
Strong showing from The Doors, this isn't their greatest work but it has a few of my favorite songs in Peace Frog and Roadhouse Blues. Wish that they could have created so much more.
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?
I’m not a huge fan of blues rock and this is one of the worst. I’m a big fan of their first album because the songs make sense to me but I hate this rambling blues crap.
Rating: ⭐️3/5 Favorite Tracks: Roadhouse Blues, Peace Frog Verdict: Solid blues rock album that makes a good first impression on the A-side with hits like ‘Roadhouse Blues’. More psychedelic-sounding B-side lets it down somewhat. It still has its highlights like ‘Land Ho!’ though. Don’t love The Doors as a band, especially with their lyricism. Instrumentation behind the songs was good but not spectacular
Definitely a The Doors album lol. They had some good stuff, and I’m glad I listened to it. But I don’t think I need to revisit it? Besides Blue Monday I think!
Simply one of the great of all time !!!!
powinnam chyba wcześniej zacząć to pisać ale jestem juz po wiec napisze co mysle w calosci. to totalnie nie jest moja muzyka, chyba ze od swieta. polubilam dwie piosenki, ale tak naprawdę w pamiec zapadlo mi tylko blue sunday i mam wrazenie ze kiedys ja slyszalam. od pierwszych sekund mialam w glowie to, ze ten album moglby byc soundtrackiem do filmu z silna glowna bohaterka, cos osadzonego w latach 70 (duh) albo jakiegos filmu akcji(?). nie slucham tego typu muzyki wiec ten album brzmi jak taki typowy album z wlasnie tego okresu i pewnie dlatego skojarzyl mi sie z filmem. mimo to doceniam wielowarstwowosc niekotrych piosenek i mysle ze gdybym sluchala tego gatunku to bylabym zadowolona, ale wnioskujac nawet po piosenkach ktore mi sie spodobaly, wole raczej cos wolniejszego w takim klimacie. nie moglabym nawet powiedziec ze to jest zly album, tylko dla moich uszu brzmi tak jak kazde inne rockowe wydawnictwo, ale przyjemnie sie go sluchalo, chociaz mysle ze niedlugo o tym zapomne
Funky
I've often found Doors albums to be somewhat overrated and lacking in quality on this list, so I don't really expect to much from this. It kind of falls in the same category as the other Doors albums, with some good songs and some less good songs. Lyrics are as bad as usual for the Doors. I don't really get what makes this particular Doors album essential when it lacks their best-known songs. It's not any better or worse than other Doors albums, nor does it do anything particularly interesting relative to the rest of their catalog. This album is ranked #12 of 29 albums for 1970. Other 1970 albums rated by me: Bridge Over Troubled Water(2/29)-5 Led Zeppelin III(3/29)-4 Cosmo's Factory(4/29)-5 All Things Must Pass(6/29)-3 Tea for the Tillerman(10/29)-4 After The Gold Rush(11/29)-5 Deep Purple In Rock(14/29)-5 Fun House(17/29)-5 Ananda Shankar(27/29)-4
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.
Solid. Some good hits on there, exactly the vibe I expected from The Doors, almost Beatles-esque but less creative. Good driving/napping music.
4 stars
Buen álbum, el sonido de la guitarra y la voz de Jim es buenisimo
Quite good, I liked Waiting for the Sun best
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.
This was solid, because of course it is, but also not the most amazing thing I've ever listened to. Took me a little too long to recognize that this is a concept album, but I don't necessarily think it's a super example of one. Still a perfectly fine listen. Fave tracks: - Roadhouse Blues - Waiting for the Sun - Peace Frog - The Spy
Peace Frog made me feel like I was playing Tony Hawk's American Wasteland. Which I've done before.
just abysmal. i have never understood these guys and regret liking their debut album after having heard this
It was good, but it didn't make much of an impression on me.
Bleh.
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.
Not their best, but it IS The Doors.
Classic sound. I liked the album. Bump to four stars
I'll always have a soft spot for the Doors. This album is largely carried by Roadhouse Blues and probably doesn't need to be on the list, but I still really like it. Just oozes overall quality.
Låter som all the doors
The first songs leave me the impression of a nice album. Nice music to listen to. Blues, rock, harmonica, organ. 3,5/5.
Really good album, again this was one outside of what I'd normally listen to, but it made for some pretty chill background music while I played RuneScape.
great album by the doors, solid 9/10. first listen tracklist ranking: 1. Maggie M’Gill 2. Roadhouse Blues 3. Peace Frog 4. Waiting for the Sun 5. The Spy 6. Ship of Fools 7. Indian Summer 8. Queen of the Highway 9. You Make Me Real 10. Land Ho! 11. Blue Sunday
Lekker album voor tijdens het rijden. Wel veel van dezelfde soort muziek op een plaat, niet dat dat erg is. Ik vind deze muziek ook wel erg lijken op veel uit de ‘70. Het had ook van The WHO kunnen zijn.
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.
Misschien niet helemaal het juiste album om kennis te maken met The Doors. Voor dit album hebben ze ervoor gekozen om weer terug te gaan naar de basis, en dat is toch vooral de blues. Voor veel fans is dat misschien juist leuk, maar ik vind het psychedelische en experimentele werk van de band interessanter. Daardoor geeft dit album voor mijn gevoel ook een beetje een incompleet beeld van waar The Doors allemaal toe in staat waren. Al met al een prima bluesrockplaat, maar voor mij niet de reden waarom The Doors zo’n legendarische band zijn geworden. 3 sterren.
My teens: The Doors rule! My 20s and 30s: The Doors are cringe and insufferable. My 40s: The Doors rule!
drugs
I wish one could give negative stars. The Doors opened up an inter-dimensional portal to shit, making all music that came after worse, just by the proximity effect. The English language, nor any language for that matter, does not have the words to describe how much this band sucked.
Not a Doors fan, and nothing I heard here changed that.
I’m not the biggest The Doors fan, but I found myself enjoying this album more than I thought I would. 4/5.
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.
As I generally enjoy The Doors' sound, I enjoyed this album as well. Even if I didn't feel to connect as much with it as I did with others, I still liked the particular sound choices and the vibe in this.
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!!!
Somewhere between a 3 and a 4 this. Always good to hear The Doors but not my favourite album by far
Like being let into the most prestigious hotel of all time!
The instrumental is too loud compared to the vocals. I’m not a fan of the singers voice. I like the blues vibe of the music. This is only the first song so far. The album got way better as it went on. I love Land Ho! The album feels very cohesive and I love some of the politically coded lyrics.
Fucking it. A 5star record.
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.
Hits misses 70’s rock
Classic doors
It was fine. Good times and familiar vocals from Jim Morrison. Roadhouse blues is great and peace frog too. Remember grooving to ship of fools as well. I get worn out on the prominent organ parts
Kinda oldie. I think at some point halfway in the album, I really started enjoying the songs. I ENJOYED this more than the Beetles album (objectively, both were great), but more songs from this ended up in my listen again playlist... idk why but we'll see.
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.
I'll give it a 3, but just barely. Roadhouse Blues is pretty good, and there's one more song that I quite liked, but I don't even really remember what it was. I think The Doors as a whole have some incredible songs, and a heap of mediocre songs, and this album is emblematic of that.
Masterpiece. You just feel cool listening to this.
Excellent album
they aren't high enough in this one yet
Roadhouse blues is a classic, but suffers from being overplayed on the radio. Nothing here feels fresh any longer to me except Peace Frog.
Ive heard enough Doors
A few standout tracks, but otherwise pretty middling blues-rock buoyed by skilled musicians and a pretty voice.
album.
Very solid album, quite a bit of variety despite being generally the same vibe song to song. Overall I thought the instruments sounded really good especially the guitar but was not quite as impressed by the vocals. Top songs: Roadhouse Blues, Waiting for the Sun, You Make Me Real
Normally I listen only to best of The Doors compilations/hits. So it is nice to hear a complete album. Of course hits like Waiting For The Sun are the reference point, but the other songs are in the same vein. And that is somehow the downside of this album. Not a lot of variety, but a nice listening nonetheless. 3/5
Arguably roadhouse blues is my favorite song by doors. The album is pretty solid for not having a lot of their popular songs on it.
Get on vinyl: Yes Great Doors album, but then again I was always a fan.
The further they strayed from blues clichés, the better the album was, so I would have liked to hear more of that synth
not my favorite album, tbh, but they are still beautiful
"Roadhouse Blues" has got to be one of my least favorite classic rock songs, and I had no idea it was by the Doors.
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.
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.
fuck this band
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.
It didn’t stick out to me that much, but it was solid.
Weird pick. "Strange days" is better imo. Ive heard "Roadhouse Blues" too many time. It gets annoying. The album is fine. Probably dindt need 3 Doors album on the book but whatever.
Yes
Awesome album
Между 3 и 4, но я сегодня добрая
Eh…
I enjoy quite a few Doors tunes, but this is my another attempt to listen to their whole album... And it's not as good as some of their singles. Or maybe this album is just mid. 6-6,5/10
Yah this album is solid. Definitely not as good as their debut album but it’s a pretty close tie between this album and LA Woman for second place in their discography. I often see people say this is the most underrated album of theirs, and I could see that if not completely agree with that. The problem is it’s just a solid album, it’s not an all time great album like their debut is. It’s got great blues rock songs like “roadhouse blues” and “Peace frog” (which is literally the best song on the album. And there’s a few lesser known songs that are totally great like “ship of fools” and “Maggie Mc’gill”. But the rest of the album just feels like filler unfortunately. Not bad or lazy songwriting, just nothing that rises to the top like the other four songs. I’d definitely still recommend people this album especially if they show interest The Doors or blues rock. But I won’t be rushing to add this album to the collection.
has good songs
What a way to open an album! Unfortunately the rest of it was a bit hit & miss. Still 4+ though.
Strong lyrics. It appears I can only take so much keyboard playing...
I like the Doors generally but this pales in comparison to their debut.
Had no idea all these hits were from the same album. Killer
I really don’t like Jim Morrison
there are some catchy melodies on here, but holy shit was this boring
4/10. Bro washed
What’s better than orange infused bluesy Morrison rock?
A bit weak. 3.7/5
Heard some before; 3.5; Very enjoyable album, fun hit songs and solid blues vibes. It all sounds very good, with a thick and syrupy instrumentation and production, especially with some of the synths. At the same time, it sounds a little reductive and repetitive. Favorite Track: Waiting for the Sun
Good album
Roadhouse!
Some good songs. Some mid ones too. ;-)
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.
This album is strange. It's fun, but not hooking me. Morrison is great vocally, but the vibe just isn't connecting. Great music tho.
Peace Frog is one of my all time favorite Doors songs. And while it sounds fun and airy, the lyrical content is deeper and deserves understanding.
Pretty chilkd album, easy to listen to
groovy, colourful and has an occasional gem
Loved it.
No standouts, but no bad tracks. Just ok. Could've went my whole life having never heard it
Alright fun throwback (I forget how bluesy they were)
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
Also good 4 stars bitches. 4 tittly tits fucking the good lads in the corners eh
Álbum brabo. Waiting for the Sun icônico
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.
Not their best, but there’s a few good ones in here. It’s not exactly bad as an album, but there are moments that just kind of washed over me.
обожаю Doors
Didn't like it at all tbh
FOODA
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.
Classic rock and blues album, some sweet songs some boring. Just don’t think I like the progression of some songs
Fun, bitchin, groovin, basically the peak of the 70's American Rock movement, where heavy pianos, digital organs, and two step swinging grooves were the dominant force of the time. A natural evolution from the jazz and swing that dominated the decades preceding. While I'm not familiar with doors, I'd imagine that they were likely one of the larger driving forces of this movement.
bland
I've had a crazy day, so I'm going to jeep this short. If I had to pick a 3rd Doors album to be on this list, I would have gone with Strange Days. This album is still good though, Peace Frog and Road House Blues are the standout songs. There is a couple of other songs I like, and a handful that are just average. High 4!
Ok
Knew more than I thought. Classic sound of The Doors.
Good album. A few classic songs here.
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.
"Blast"
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.
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?
Classic, their debut album is better but this is close.
4.5 stars. Great album, love it and love the Doors. Been too long since I've gone back through their catalogue and forgot how much I dig it.
The best blues-sounding record I've heard so far...
пушка вышка, особенно land ho! Моррисон стабилизировался и в ударе. Сильные американские народные вайбы
i really enjoy how punchy this album was. not remarkable, but certainly enjoyable to listen to. the songs did kind of blend together, but i guess that's a good thing since there was nothing in here i hated..
Ok
J'aime ben ça mais j'suis jamais convaincu de vraiment aimer ça. 3.49 étoiles
Chill album of the times
I have listened to this so many times. So many good moments. Forever love The Doors.
Would anyonne care if this album was by someone else and not the doors? It's a good kind of bluesy rock album but nothing spectacular IMO
boomerslop for men who beat their wives
The Doors fait partie des artistes que j'aime ! Mais que je n'écoute pas assez. C'est frais ça bouge c'est cool
From 1960 Newport to 1970 LA - this was a step from Muddy Waters, yet with the clear bluesy feel throughout I’m sure he was an influence. It took me awhile to get into the album - but also seemed like the album took awhile to get into self bouncing from the hyper peace frog to moody blue Sunday to a swashbuckling ship of fools and land ho. I did enjoy it but I’m not sure it exactly cleansed the doors of my perception. I am keen to explore more of their work though. Peace frog, Queen of the highway, Indian summer, blue Sunday and the spy were my favourites.
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.
Just not for me honestly, though its also a little bland
I like the Doors, haven’t heard much from this album before.
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
Good album. it's no LA Woman or Strange Days, But good enough
This was an interesting find. I felt like I time travelled back to the early 70s and imagined myself working at a local diner.
Probably the Doors’ most cohesive album that gets off to a belting start, just a shame it sounds as though they were losing interest by the last couple of tracks
4/7
Some of the best psychedelic blues rock ever made. The musicians were incredible on Morrison Hotel. Jim had more charisma than natural talent, but it worked.
I liked this one better than LA Woman, but something’s still just not totally clicking for me. Maybe I’m going in with too many expectations. Maybe it’s just not my thing! Idk! Regardless of the music though, one of the great joys of this challenge has been reading stories about Jim Morrison. Matty Healy WISHES he could get arrested on stage.
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
Already knew I like some songs by the doors, this album definitely expanded that
loved it, favorite song is Indian Summer
I enjoyed this more than any other Doors album I’ve listened to so far. Vocals sounded a bit different than Jim Morrison usually sounds but I actually liked it a bit more.
Pretty good! overall I prefer their self titled and quite like the piano. Although I do wish it was a grand piano instead of whatever they chose instead.
j'ai un peu de mal à distinguer une musique d'une autre , excellente ambiance tho, me fait me sentir comme dans un film de type western musicalement c'est assez agréable *** je me suis arrêté à "spy" parce que j'allais manger (à finir )
Sorry. The Doors just give me the ick. I don’t know why.
This was.. boring blues rock
super repetitive it wasn’t bad just too much and not really that unique it wasn’t bad tho
i like other doors albums more but i thoroughly echoed this. never realized how much he sounded like paul banks.
Second album for me on this list by the Doors. It is weird how they have the famous songs, which are all psychedelic and poetic, and then the rest is just Bluesy Rock Made by Hairy White Men in the Seventies. As BRMBHWMITS goes, it's not bad, but as usual, I don't feel listening to the amount of it that appears on this list is really enriching my life very much.
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.
Waiting fort the sun, Maggie M'Gill were fine for my taste.
I liked one single song from this album. Indian summer
This album is perfectly fine I just don’t think The Doors are very interesting. 2.5 but I’ll round down.
Very bluesy
Quite fun and classic
This was so much fun!
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.
vraiment cool quand même
It’s fine. There are some strong tracks but also some filler. You can tell they were in a hurry to put The Soft Parade behind them.
fun, but not my type
This made me miss the dorky little organ.
I enjoy a bit of The Doors with The Strange Days album. This one was ok, maybe it's a grower. Maybe it'll get a chance to do so. It certainly sounded like The Doors
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.
Why does he sound like Ringo at points? The album is alright, I don't love it and I feel that with a 2nd listen I liked it less. It has a very unique sound and generally speaking it does flow well. I find the keyboard instrumentation becomes very irritating very quickly. I don't think I'll be giving this a 3rd listen anytime shortly Fab Track: Waiting for Sun
Very disappointed in this