Morrison Hotel

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

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.

This is basically The Wiggles for adults

Clean, loud, stereoscopic. Great.

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.

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.

more like the snores lol

Amazing album. Loved it from front to back. Lots of good blues stuff with killer keyboards

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.

Bluesy with some funky undertones and the classic Jim scatting riffs.

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.

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.

The Doors being considered one of the greats is a psyop.

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.

don't like the style

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.

I love The Doors so much. I genuinely don't think they have a single bad album and this album is absolutely perfect. Favourite songs: Blue Sunday and Indian Summer

A few songs i didn't care for, but some iconic ones and the overall musicianship still warrant star number 5 for me.

this was sick, absolute tunes, no skips, goated intro

Great!

Excellent album from start to finish. Honestly I would have told you that I disliked The Doors before this listen. Now I know I like this album by the doors but still hate Riders on the Storm.

Great album sequencing. Real exciting opening and closing. Nice Vibe. Top Tracks: Waiting for the Sun Blue Sunday The Spy Maggie M'Gill

Baustelle, Gerstetten, Deutschland. Super Scheibe!

Essential Doors. Not my favourite of theirs, but a great summer album.

YESSIRRRR this was in my top 5 albums last year shut up favorite song: peace frog<3333

👏. An all-timer.

Otro discazo

absolutely in love with the diversity of the album especially the song "the spy", the best one yet!!!!!! also indian summer and maggie m'gill and cannot forget about the queen of highway

I feel like Morrison Hotel is The Doors in their peak form. By this time in their career they seemed to have let the gimmicks (harsh I know) fade away. It sounds like they were pushed to try and save some face on this album after Morrison's antics had lead them to be somewhat black listed in the music scene. To me though, that's the space The Doors thrive. You get the full f-you attitude on this album, without the sometimes complicated or upsetting undertones of some of their darker earlier stuff. What's left is some hard rockin, west coast, blues inspired, bar music and to me this album perfectly captures that iconic sound.

Grizzled and splendid, back to their roots as a blues rock band

It's not perhaps the best Doors album but it's the one with the most influence on jazz and blues that I love. The lyrics are a big step forward. Compared to the last ones there are no missteps. The more political tracks of the other albums and the less romantic tracks. Still beautiful. Jim Morrison's voice improves a lot. Still very beautiful.

Solid album all-around, as depressing yet upbeat as I would expect from a Doors album. Top tracks: Roadhouse Blues and Peace Frog.

Incredible. Deeply rooted in established forms but hugely ambitious

Chef's kiss. Not my favorite doors album, and not a tastemakers choice but definitely a A+ performance. Cover to cover jams, including 2 radio hits and classic rock anthems (Roadhouse, Peace Frog), two psychedelic anthems (Indian Summer and Ship of Fools) and a whole heap of great sound blues rock "filler". There is not a bad song here.

I love The Doors.

This is a fantastic album. I was pretty heavy into the Doors in high school in late 80s but there were several gems on here I did not know. Peace Frog as example. Ended up adding 4 songs to my Liked playlist. I would happily put this on anytime. 5/5

We’re so back

Clássico dos Doors

Ekstremt kompetent blues rock. Liker faktisk dette bedre enn debutalbumet. Top 3: The Spy, Ship of Fools, Peace Frog

One of the best albums ever created. I love everything about it.

Did this age well? Probably not. But for most of us that were alive in the 70s, I am certain that the majority of us listened to this album. And most of us probably liked this album and some us (like me) loved it. (Maybe the drugs helped...? Fricking who cares?)

Finally got around to listening this one, 3 weeks later. It's the Doors, it's a really solid late 60's hit machine. I find the first side, the Hard Rock Cafe side, to be my favorite. Just has a few more hits and more edge than the other side. Stylistically, it really falls between their early and later work, and that's where it sits in the discography as well.

Tolles Album!

Right at the top. One of the first The Doors' albums I listened to -- full-on nostalgia.

Очень интересный альбом в своем жанре, крутые хиты и использование настоящего баса

So good I really like.

At the end of the day I always go back to the doors ❤️

Man I knew The Doors were taking pills but I never knew they were taking happy pills