L.A. Woman

You can classify Doors tunes into 3 categories; the hits, average blues tunes and drug addled drek.

who doesn't just love to listen to the Doors? I sure do, and fuck anybody that doesn't.

Stripped of any lingering psychedelic pretense or lounge act crooner aspirations, L.A. Woman captures a rock band embracing their roots and delivers. This is a blues album, no way around it. The band is hitting on all cylinders and Jim's voice has matured, either through whiskey and cigarettes, or age, into a convincingly legitimate bluesman. The song writing is tip top. The performances are inspired. The production is warm and accessible. L.A. Woman hints at the band's evolutionary direction that could have been. I fucking love this album.

So many great songs on this one. All timers. This is a legendary album. Hyacinth House and L'america are weird, underrated gems

Ummmm... This sounds like they just stole a bunch of black music.

Classic album, classic singles, defines an era of rock and roll, ends with riders on the storm, what's not to like?

A few bangers on this one, but Weird Al did it better.

"If they say I never loved you You know they are a liar"

This band really doesn't do it for me. Can't for the life of me figure it out.

GREAT album. Probably my favorite Doors album. Highlights: -Love Her Madly -LA Woman -Riders on the Storm

✌️

The wheels are falling off the Morrison Express and the Doors are trying their damndest to keep it on the tracks - they’re playing tighter than ever before on this record. The result is a dichotomy of a hyper-focused, tight band playing around a guy who is clearly inebriated, incoherent and often shouting. Shout out to Tom Scharpling (The Best Show) for pointing out how distant Morrison’s vocals sound in Love Her Madly, as though he was feet away from the mic when it was recorded. I will never be able to listen to this song again without the image of Jim Morrison laying down the vocals while on toilet. We all know the hits, and they’re very good, even if you include Jim Morrison singing Love Her Madly on the toilet - I actually think it’s one of the Door’s best songs. LA Woman and Riders on the Storm are fantastic and deserve their status as classic rock staples. Unfortunately, a lot of this record just isn’t very memorable. If you enjoy blues/boogie-rock you’ll probably enjoy it, but for me, that gets boring fast. L’America halts any momentum and goodwill the band had from LA Woman. If the intent of that song is to mimic the descent into madness… well, congratulations, it made feel me feel like I was losing my mind. Hyacinth House is middling, but slightly redeems itself with some fan service in the form of a reference to The End. Apparently, this was actually the song with the bathroom recorded vocals - “I see the bathroom is clear”. Forgive my ignorance of Jim Morrison’s toilet singing habits. Earlier this week, I was given Nirvana’s In Utero to listen to by this fine website and my feelings on that album are similar to this one. If this wasn’t the final release from a beloved musician, would it be remembered as fondly as it is now? My guess in both cases is…probably not. They’re both solid albums, but neither reach the level of “all time greats”.

Love it. Never listened to the whole thing before. Hyacinth House is a new fav. Makes me want to watch the movie.

Amazing album

A very very good album, I liked it a lot

1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die day 19, and boy, I have a doozy of an album for you today! The Doors released their sixth, and final studio album, L.A. Woman in 1971. The Doors is a band that probably doesn’t need an introduction, but being that this album is now fifty years old, I will preface with a brief bit of their history. The Doors were the epitome of the sixties counter culture, wild, free and controversial. Vocalist Jim Morrison had a persona larger than life, yet was a very mysterious person. Morrison was a supremely intelligent man and used the mystique that surrounded The Doors to great advantage. While being a magnificent showman, Morrison would often show up to recording sessions and performances drunk and wild, and would sometimes incite riots in the crowd. The Doors frontman would face many criminal charges stemming from his risky antics, including indecency, public obscenity, lewd and lascivious behavior, indecent exposure, public profanity and public drunkenness. Morrison remains the first and only musician to be arrested on stage during a performance. It’s an understatement to say that Jim Morrison had a disdain for authority and was not one to conform to anyones laws, rules or social standards other than his own. The Lizard King joined the 27 Club in 1971, when he died in Paris, France at the age of 27, Joining other icons such as Janis Joplin and Jimi Hendrix, and was quoted by some as saying he would be number 3 in this tragic “club”. His death remains surrounded in mystery fifty years later. Morrison never shied away from the idea of death in his music either. Is being subconsciously suicidal a thing? I can’t help but to feel like doom was in the playbook for this artistically genius/madman. Now, onto the music. The Doors is a band that cannot be confined to any type of genre. While L.A. Woman is widely considered a Rock album, its more Rhythm & Blues than anything. There is some serious tickling of the ivory going down on this record. Keyboardist and co-founder of The Doors, Ray Manzarek shines on every track.

I’ve deliberately not read up on Riders on the Storm, which I have always enjoyed, as I prefer to believe that the thunder and rains sounds on top of it we’re devised by a drunkenly belligerent Morrison yelling I want a fuckin storm on this assholes and just wrecking the studio until they were put in. Meeker artists like Hendrix or The Beatles might’ve resorted to some inventive instrumental sound or pattern to reference the subject matter, but such timid subterfuge was not happening on Jim’s watch. This is theThe Doors album that I think is pretty good.

The hits soar; the rest is a bit of a bore.

What a strange collection. It has some of my all-tome favorites from the Doors, as well as some of the most boring stuff they ever wrote. What a conundrum.

"The Changeling" is Funky Town. Bluesy, chill record, sometimes adding some tempo. Not the biggest fan, but of course "Riders on the Storm" is great. The most of it bores me to death though. 2

I had money, and I had none But I never been so broke that I couldn't leave town

Is every Doors album on here? I guess I'll finally have to force myself through "The Soft Parade".. anyway - this ones good, blues-heavy, with 4-5 excellent numbers and some decent filler. I used to try to play "Riders On The Storm" on my Casio keyboard, although the descending scale in the solo was too difficult (blame the mini keys). I love the title track, it always seems on the verge of falling over but makes it through to the end with panache, kind-of preceding Pavement in spirit. Whoa, come on!

Goddamn Val Kilmer can sing (kidding). His voice sounds pretty different to later albums, loved how bluesy it is and how Riders on the Storm reminds me of Need For Speed Underground 2.

Great bluesy, rock album. Uses the organ well.

ONE OF MY FAVOURITE'S OF ALL TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!

big old 5 for Jim and the gang - little bit of bluesy filler on there, but Riders on the Storm has that delicate menace and command of space that not a lot else has ever come close to sounding like since

So I’ve always been a big Doors fan, going back to their self-titled debut album – which I’m sure will be on the 1,001… Most of my favorite songs are scattered across their catalog, though some albums ae more memorable than others – and “LA Woman” is definitely one of those… “Morrison Hotel” – the album that preceded “LA Woman”, was the bands weakest effort to that point, and with the exception of the songs “Roadhouse Blues” & “Peace Frog” – the rest of it was pretty lame when compared to what came before it… That’s probably why it was such a surprise that “LA Woman” followed, with truly some of the finest work of their career… Side 1 top-to-bottom is absolutely incredible! “The Changeling” – which leads off the album, is definitely the weakest effort on Side 1 – but still a solid song… Clearly the hits “Love Her Madly” & “LA Woman” are the hallmarks of the first side, but “Been Down So Long” & “Car Hiss By My Window” are exceptionally well done… There was a Doors cover band that used to play in Cleveland when I was in college called “Moonlight Drive” – and they always played “Been Down So Long”, and hearing it live really brought it to life – as I’m sure it did whenever The Doors played it – though I never got to see them… Side 2 is less stellar top-to-bottom, but the closing tracks “The WASP” & “Riders On The Storm” are so creative and brilliant, that they help kick the album’s status to another level… “Crawling King Snake” is fine – sort of the equivalent to Side 1’s “The Changeling” – so solid, but nothing amazing… “L’America” really seems out of place, and I checked a little further on Wiki, and that may be because it was supposed to be included on a movie soundtrack – so that probably explains it, and “Hyacinth House” was just there for me… So on balance for me, 6 of the 10 tracks were absolutely outstanding, with 2 additional solid ones – and 2 leftovers, and compared to the VAST majority of albums, that is truly an amazing accomplishment… Absolute 5 in my book – no doubt about it…

Perfect album, great harmony. It's so good that I don't know what more should I say. Timeless classic

From the first to the last note, this is the Doors operating at their very best. Very heavy into the blues, the atmosphere here just feels like you're sitting in some smoky dive bar drinking scotch with the band playing right beside you. I especially love the use of the organ throughout, and the guitar tones are just incredible. This album is packed so tightly with great songs I find it hard to believe this is not a compilation, there is not a single piece of filler here. To me this really cements the Doors as one of the greatest rock bands of all time. Fav tracks: Been Down So Long, Cars Hiss By My Window, Hyacinth House, Riders On The Storm

Possibly the Doors finest and most coherent album. LA Woman is very blues driven and features some of Ray Manzarek’s best work on keys. The band as a whole plays very well on this album and Jim Morrison’s vocal delivery is energetic as always.

-Absolute banger album -Jim Morrison's vocals are great, and Ray Manzarek shreds the keyboard -"The Changeling," "Love Her Madly," "Been down so Long," "L.A. Woman," "The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)," and "Riders on the Storm" are all classics -Personally my favorite is "Been down so Long," Morrison's vocals are super powerful

Just brilliant from start to finish. The band just sound so tight throughout and you can hear how Morrison’s voice had changed. It’s fair to say that maybe five or six of these songs are up there among the best of their kind but that it also contains two or three absolute bonafide classics, namely LA Woman and Riders. The final track is up there as one of my favorite songs ever… to think that Morrison whispering the song title at the end was the last thing he ever put on record before he died. I won’t leave it so long next time before listening to this album again ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Fav album. Ever. I LOOOOVE THE DOORS

Not a ton to dislike about The Doors. Except maybe for some Jim Morrison silliness. Sort of a link between classic southern country blues and glam/new wave pop rock. Clearly California. I love this album.

Loved it, already loved it.

Bomb

Smooootthhh vibeeee

superb

Great

Pretty excellent

LA Woman og Riders on the storm - elsk

The Doors are one of those bands I wish I could hear without the context of their present-day influence. Even just with the first track on this album, it evoked modern bands that strive for this sound as their identity (looking at you Black Keys). But that also means that they did it well enough for that influence to last all these decades later. Obviously the Doors weren't the only artists making bluesy rock music in this way, but their sound is more timeless than some other efforts from that era. Conversely, though, it's also interesting to think about the time that has passed since this album (released 1971) to today (50+ years later), and that at the time it came out, it was already decades after the blues music that influenced it. Songs like Cars Hiss By My Window really drive you back to those earlier eras, while, like I said above, the more modern sounding blues rock influence can come from other tracks. To be clear, I am a blues rock fan. I've never really loved the Doors or listened to them outside of their more famous songs, but this album was a perfect introduction to their full-length efforts for me. It hit the right feel of blues, but also rocked. It had variety between slower songs and some with more pep. I don't consider Morrison to have otherworldly vocal talent, but he still was able to do some impressive things with his voice here. It's one of those situations where the artist fits the song and gives it exactly what it seems to need. I'm not sure another voice would've brought the songs to life as well. The lyrics weren't necessarily amazing, but you could feel what he was singing with them. I mean, who can't appreciate the emotion he put behind "I've been down so goddamn long, that it looks like up to me" in an angry growl. He's gritty, he's angry, he's sad, he's expressive, he's contemplative; he wants you to feel what he feels as he's singing. I definitely like that aspect to a singer rather than the more pop/accessible method that makes things more generic. I also enjoyed the music. It pulled off a good bluesy rock sound. Guitar-driven tracks will almost always pique my interest, and this album had a lot of that. I felt there was a balance to the instrumental focus. It had plenty of guitar, but also a lot of keys. Solid drums and bass holding it down. There were times when it seemed like maybe they could've done more, but the songs didn't feel lacking even though they didn't. They switched it up a bit for Riders on the Storm, going with a jazzy feel, which was a nice change at the end. For the negative, some of the songs just weren't as good as others. I wanted to like L'America and Hyacinth House, but didn't get that much from them (especially compared to the rest of the tracks). Their lyrics were the weakest of the album to me. I felt like they brought down some of the following tracks too, since they all felt more similar than some of the vibes on the first half. To add to that, I do think the album would've benefitted from some more variation in style. As much as I loved the sound, the last half really could use something to mix it up. That eventually happened with Riders, but it was a bit late at that point. To me, this was a really solid album with good blues rock roots and interesting vocal work. It was underwhelming in parts, and probably a little too one-note to be considered an all-time great. Still, a very good one. Overall: 4/5

джим морисон, ты ебанутый? а ниче тот факт что твоя ебанина делала дорз пиздатой группой

good classsic poetic rock

Now THIS is some psychedelic blues-esque rock for yo ass!! I mean I’m still coming down from the journey they took me on. Pencil me in as Doors fan fr

L.A. Woman I’ve never really given the Doors albums a proper listen. Not sure why as I really like them. I probably have listened to this one more than any of their others though, but I’m not really that familiar with it. Bold strategy to open with Bag it Up by Geri Halliwell. But each to their own. In reality it's a great little blues rock groove, with those great keyboard touches and augmentations you’d expect from Manzarek. Love Her Madly is obviously a classic bit of 60s pop, but the evenness of the album does reveal itself with Been Down So Long, one of a few vaguely aimless blues-jazz jams with some shouty Morrison on top. Cars Hiss by My Window is brighter, but still feels a little rudderless, although some of the guitar is soulfully sweet. L.A. Woman though is superb, probably my favourite Doors song, the rhythm, the organ, the groove, the hot late night seediness. Fantastic track. His voice on L’America is great and it’s angularity before dipping into some classic West Coast sunshine melody before heading back into a sinister mood is pleasingly off beat and odd in a great way. Hyacinth House really is very lovely. If you are a Doors fan I presume this is pretty well known, but for me it's a bit of an overlooked gem, a great atmosphere and some excellent drumming. I wasn’t keen on Crawling King Snake on the first listen, but I really liked it on the 2nd and 3rd listen - the presence of a real bassist is great, and it’s menacing groove is superbly played. A cut above the other bluesy stuff on here. Similarly I liked The WASP more on repeated listens, even if the musical/organ breakdowns feel a bit cheesy and overall it’s not one of the stronger tracks. And then of course the excellent and trippy Riders on the Storm, a great bit of 60s bluesy psychedelia. Krieger really shines with his reverby licks. Despite some unevenness, the highs of The Changeling, Love Her Madly, LA Woman, Hyacinth House and Riders on the Storm, and their skill as musicians make it a cut above, and lands it as an easy 4. 🚪🚪🚪🚪 Playlist submission: L.A. Woman

Groovy

When I think about The Doors the first thing I remember is this electric keyboard.

Annoyingly good. Oh it hums You want them to not deliver. That somehow they're not better than the sum of their parts. That Ray Manzarek can't hold down a melody and a driving bass line on that organ. That Robby Krieger isn't the bastard child of Bryan Maclean and Brian Jones and that Jim Morrison is actually just a drunken bar crooner. But it swings, it grooves, and it rocks.

to be honest, I grew out of this music when I was a 17 year old girl. something many men have not been able to accomplish yet. it’s good! just doesn’t serve me anymore. s

God, I totally don't know what to do with the Doors... the hip consensus seems to be to sneer at the Doors, but I have to admit that all three Doors albums I have reviewed for this project (S/T, Morrison Hotel, and now LA Woman) have all been kinda fun to listen to. Morrison is a pretentious prat and not nearly as deep as he pretends, although he certainly knew how to strut around in leather kecks convincingly. By this, unknowingly the end of their recording career, the band have grown beyond their glorified lounge act, into a confident and reasonably muscular bar band. The addition of Elvis Presley's bassist Jerry Scheff and rhythm guitarist Marc Benno certainly help with the heft and groove. Scheff in particular helped sit the band in the pocket and counteracted Manzarek's tendency to rush. I like the relatively unadorned recording with minimal overdubs (although sometimes I wish the vocals had been recorded better -- you can hear the weird room ambience on many tracks, such as Love Her Madly. And Morrison has a tendency to yell in his attempts at a blues growl). This album leans heavily on the blues tropes and riffs, which make it generally listenable (better than the cod-classical aspirations of Hyacinth House, for example). But I do worry about appropriation. Led Zeppelin are the poster children for ripping off blues artists, but I can hear direct lifts of Jimmy Reed and Lowell Fulsome here, plus general blue slicks and riffs, in addition to the cover of John Lee Hooker's Crawlin' King Snake. But trying to work within a blues genre reigns in the worst of Morrison's literary pretentions (although we still have to suffer through L'America) I really want to hate the Doors, but this album is kinda fun if you don't expect too much, just regard it as a tight band pumping out some tight blues boogie. I can forgive the band's pretentiousness for this record. 3.5 stars

The Changeling - good, interesting, textured Love Her Madly - again, interesting, and I like how the various instruments come up in the mix Been Down So Long - decent 12-bar blues, Jack White solo Cars Hiss By My Window - worse 12-bar blues why is this here??? L.A. Woman - yeah too long but I like it L'America - moody, I like it Hyacinth House - tonally interesting, moody, lyrics are dorky Crawling King Snake - lyrically boring, otherwise nifty 12-bar song The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat) - most poetic lyrically, I like it Riders on the Storm - it's good, interesting narrative, I like the rain Hammond organ is bangin' but I just love an organ Bassist and drummer are locked in Vocals are - mixed - sometimes it works and sometimes less so Guitar good - lots of stuff I see in e.g. The White Stripes

Pretty solid first half but goes downhill at L'America. Saved by Riders on the Storm at the end.

Bluesier than I like my rock, but having heard many The Doors songs before I actually enjoyed this more than I thought I would.

I'm always torn on the doors. They have some great songs, good riffs and vocals sometimes, and other times their songs just drag on for seven minutes going nowhere, with endless keyboard solos. This is a 48 minute album but it has enough material for a killer 20 minute ep.

Feel a bit bad in rating this so low since I do know how influential the doors are (and I can see the stems of that influence in here). But good god this is one of the most middling and annoying records I’ve listened to. No Jim Morrison I do not think that you wailing the word ‘woman’ in various afflictions counts as a good song structure!

4 years after their debut and then he’s gone. Crazy rise and fall. Went through a big phase in HS school but as I realized Morrison was basically full of shit and stopped being romantic about the idea of being a drunk dirt bag I dialed it back. I still love The Doors and have come to really appreciate the lunacy of it all. There’s a lot to like here but what stood out to me was the snarl. This may be peak Morrison snarl. Fat and burnt out and belting out tunes with pure testosterone and charisma. The hits are tremendous and of course a couple obligatory Doors nonsense songs mixed in. I was surprised to see on Spotify Riders OTS is their #1 song. Manzarek crushing the keys/midi. JM’s voice ……so damn good. Shocking. Last thought on this, Frank and I were discussing how hard it must be to be an imposter but still get extreme praise. Knowing you’re not what they think you are. Morrison is an electric front man and singer, but he’s not a (good?) intellectual or a poet. I do wonder if he was just a drunk front man he’d have been better off, but then we wouldn’t get the high highs of the big swings they took. He was 27! 23 when they started. Imagine meeting a 23 year old with that voice.

Huge fan of LA Woman In my opinion, this completely represents the band's sound of the 5 or so years they were together. The raw takes (there are random artifacts all over this album), bass guitar, new producer (produced a lot of it themselves) somehow extended them creatively to find their peak as a group. Botnick was a godsend to them. 5/5. Since this is their last real album, its probably a good time for me to rant about the band's conclusion Robby Krieger's book Set The Night On Fire recounts the band's history well and details a lot of what happened after Jim's death. A lot is predictable fallout and some is pure fantasizing (check out The Poet In Exile). What shocked me the most is the fact they all gave up on the idea that they could be as good without Jim. “Once you've been a part of something like the Doors, one way or another, you'll forever be chasing that first high.” Why? Jim Morrison is somewhat of a mythical figure to me. The best Door's songs are written by Krieger. Without a doubt, Jim was the face of the band & had some interesting lyrics, but the music is driven by Ray, John and most importantly Robby. So why the heck did the Doors fall off after 1971? All signs point to most of the band being completely tired of Morrison by then, they just wrote their best songs, the oldest in the band (Ray) was 32, they reportedly almost had Iggy Pop join? I would love to see the universe where Jim lives to 30 or 35. I bet there are at least a couple more power rock albums that would blow our socks off

I had never been a huge fan of The Doors. I've had Roadhouse Blues on different biking/commute playlists for the last 10 years, and man I love that song, but never went beyond that. I thought the whole appeal was Jim, and didn't really understand his draw. Thought the rest was kind of a blues cover band, and as we've covered previously, I find the blues a little boring. This album changed my mind big time. First, Jim deserves all of the hype for his over-the-top charisma - how the hell does that translate so well on record. Incredible. Then, I had kind of overlooked the backing band - organ and keys rip, great guitar, and the drum/bass are so tight and high in the mix. All of these guys should have been more household names in their own rights. Yesterday, I listened to Changeling at full volume with the car windows down on the first sunny day in a while - and I was reborn. The first half of this album rips. Back half is much more psychedelic. I've been listening to alot of early Grateful Dead albums and shows - riding high after the GD60 shows in Golden Gate two weeks ago - and this reminded me a bit of some of early Dead - especially L'America and Hyacinth House. Jerry died before LA Woman, and maybe he would have changed his tune, but found this funny quote/interview: “I never liked The Doors,” Garcia told Blair Jackson in the book Conversations with the Dead. “I found them terribly offensive…when we played with them. It was back when Jim Morrison was just a pure Mick Jagger copy. That was his whole shot, that he was a Mick Jagger imitation. Not vocally, but his moves, his whole physical appearance was totally stolen from right around Mick Jagger’s 1965 tour of the states. He used to move around a lot, before he started to earn a reputation as a poet, which I thought was really undeserved. Rimbaud was great at eighteen, nineteen, and Verlaine – those guys were great. Fuckin’ Jim Morrison was not great, I’m sorry.”

Two of my top three favourite tracks by The Doors on the same album. I couldn't give this less than five stars, even though some of the other songs aren't as perfect as Riders and the title track. I enjoyed listening to this from start to finish for the first time in a long time. Even the weaker songs were like old friends.

Easy 5. Personal enjoyment: 5/5 Relevance to this list: 5/5

This is the hundred ninety second album I’m rating. I think a L.A. Woman is pretty similar to a Dallas woman. Adding to my Playlist - The Changeling, Love Her Madly, Been Down so Long, Car Hiss by my Window, L.A. Woman, L’America, Hyacinth House, Crawling King Snake, The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat), and Riders of the Storm. Not Adding to my Playlist - Nothing. The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat) - I always thought WASP was a modern term. All in all I liked 10/10 songs. Possibly my favorite blues rock album ever depending on how you classify some of The Rolling Stones’ albums.

This is one of my favorite albums of all time. I’ve always loved The Doors and Morrison all through my teens and into adulthood. The Doors are one of the best psychedelic rock bands in my opinion and I love how there is heavy blues influence in this album as well. I love to blast ‘Riders on the Storm’ and ‘L.A. Woman’ with the windows down and driving down the freeway. I will definitely keep jamming to this album for the foreseeable future!

The compulsory psychedelic song notwithstanding, this is classic blues rock at its finest. “Riders on the Storm” help round this up. 4.5

Top.

Just cool Guitars rip through. Love when the keys join in Dark and poetic

The Doors are so good. Love the ambient sounds, rainscapes, and classic music phrasings that are made unique.

I didn’t know the Doors got this bluesy! Loved this album, obviously knew the 3 big songs but some of the deeper cuts were just as good (changeling, been down so long, crawling king snake cover) and really balanced out the longer, more meandering tracks (LA woman and riders on the storm are 8 minute songs that somehow don’t sag or feel too long). Certified 5 stars, would love to see a Mits perform LA woman at a karaoke bar

"I'll tell you this, no eternal reward will forgive us now / For wasting the dawn." I love Morrison as the lyricist and frontman. Even if much of this album doesn’t connect with me, when it does land - it lands. "I had money, yeah, I had none / But I never been so broke that I couldn't leave town." The first half of L.A. Woman is bluesier, more rock’n’roll Doors. While I adore The Changeling (and The WASP) lyrically, I generally prefer their heavier sound. But from L’America onward they deliver - apparently an unpopular opinion. Hyacinth House is as beautiful and tragic as the Greek myth it echoes, with instrumentation to match. And Riders on the Storm, despite overuse, remains iconic. That melody, the rainstorm backdrop, Morrison’s nonchalant delivery: a perfect fatalistic ode. It’s so monumental that the rest of the album pales in comparison. For me, this is an uneven record that builds toward the band’s peak artistry (Riders). A strong finale is great, but it also turnes L.A. Woman into a sort of waiting game. Favourites: Riders On the Storm, The Changeling, Hyacinth House

The Doors are great

It doesn't get much better than this!

One of my favourites

This was definitely a good one!!!

Awesome album. Jim Morrison, lost in his prime, shortly after this album came out. Classic hits on this one. It's a lot more bluesy than I expected.

100/10

i'm unsure if an album has ever clicked so hard for me halfway through my first listen, to go from being underwhelmed and somewhat disappointed to thoroughly engaged and on the same wavelength. a very productive listen; i feel as though i've Unlocked something. the Doors are a band i've been tentatively interested in for a while now, but whose discography i've yet to explore. they're actually quite a bit divisive in my "scene," as it were—my scene of younger queer people autistic about music, i mean. they've become something of an easy target. i couldn't really tell you why that is—something about the cia, something about "boomers"—i tune a lot of it out. i don't really think it's Personal; it's just a product of an ever-changing culture, different political priorities, and generational gaps. it happens. that kind of stuff never bothered me, though, and what little i knew of the Doors had me intrigued: a highly eccentric and dramatic train wreck, a heady artist type full-on hollering beat poetry over a blues organ… that just seemed so obviously like my thing. i'd of course heard light my fire and break on through, they're impossible tracks to miss, staples of rock radio and soundtracks, but this marks my first real experience with their music. like all good stories, i've started at the end. gritty, ragged, and quite burnt out. the psychedelic 60s were over. we forget, really, how quickly the hippie movement came and went. i mean, this is a band who were, in a very real way, only active for five years. Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane would form in '65, and just four years later we'd see woodstock. we think of the woodstock festival as the beating heart of the movement, but really, in a lot of ways, it was the death throe. the same year, the hells angels would kill Meredith Hunter at altamont free. the manson family would murder Sharon Tate and several others, and a highly publicized court case ensues that didn't do much for the hippies' already sour reputation in the mainstream. this had all already happened by the time l.a. woman had come out. the writing was on the wall. the scene was dying. and you can hear it! it sounds exhausted. i think listening to this thing extremely hung over was a nice bit of tonal serendipity, though it's the kind of thing that usually appeals to me anyways. thankfully, this album isn't actually like, a massive bummer. it's tired, yes, and it's dark, but still fiery and intense. lots of inspired creative decisions. the building intensity towards the end of the sprawling title track in particular strikes me as the core of the record. electric. i was super into it. real head trip.

Good, smooth, Greta voice.

Bloody love this; always have done... Two enormous tracks that I can never get tired of hearing 'L.A. Woman' & 'Riders'

Love this album, probably my favourite by The Doors (Strange Days might edge it...). Love the fully embraced blues vibe - the organ throughout the album makes it distinct and unique, and the guitar tones are fantastic. Every song is brilliant and adds something new to the album - no filler at all. The first three songs set the tone wonderfully, he build up throughout L A Woman always hits hard, the darkness of L'America pulls you in and Riders on the Storm is an excellent album closer (and even then possibly not as good as 'The End' or 'When the Music's Over')! 10/10, love The Doors.

IMHO their best album! LOVE THE DOORS!

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some of the songs are whatever, but man the high points are frickin high!

Masterpiece! Riders On The Storm and Love Her Madly are masterpieces that hit Top 10 or 20.

Always amazing!

Funky goodness

Mega!!

Still classic

Absolute classic garage rock by a band peaking.

Well, what’s not to love here really. Personal favourites are the chilling and atmospheric Riders On The Storm, the bluesy shuffle of Cars Hiss By My Window and Hyacinth House: with its refrains of ‘Why did you throw the jack of hearts away? It was the only card in the deck that I had left to play’ and the infinite sadness of ‘I need someone, yeah, who doesn’t need me’

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Well if that isn’t the most beautiful thing I’ve ever heard idfk what is! I used to not listen to Been Down So Long because of the GD, but now it’s like- okayyyyy. Also this remaster was beautiful. They extra Cars Hiss By was wonderful and doodly doo part LA Woman gets me every time. Idk what it is exactly, but his voice… moves me.

Their sixth album. Rock n Roll / Blues / Psychedelic. Changling is a great opening. Jim's vocals and that organ ! Love Her Madly is a great second track. Jim's vocals throughout the album are so good, the lyrics poetic, the band is tight and Morrison is dangerously raw sex ! L.A. Woman is eight minutes of perfection, what a track. Riders On The Storm, another epic track ! Seven minutes of poetry from Jim Morrison. The music is so tight. Fantastic song !

From the first bouncing organ riff at the start, you know that you are about to embark on a fun trip through the past. Bluesy, sometimes jazzy, always catchy with lyrics that are memorably poetic. There is a reason the last album with Jim Morrison will always be a classic. Did I mention Morrison? One of the truly great voices in rock and roll history. Most people can almost instantly recognize the raspy baritone, largely due to his ability to impart an emotional depth that sometimes seems at odds with the bouncing tunes of the band. His early death at 27-- along with Hendriz and Joplin at about the same time--remains among the most tragic in music history. As I was listening to this album I realized that I had not listened to it from start to finish in over twenty years. No idea why except sometimes we forget about the past in pursuit of new expereinces. This is why nostalgia can be so powerful and one of the reasons I embarked on the 1001 challenge. What a fun album to get as #2!

The only thing that would make this album even better would be if the title track was the opener. Still sublime.

Was between a 4 and 5 star rating, but if I don't give something like this 5 stars, I'm barely going to have any 5 starts at the end of this.

Último álbum, sexto en 4 años. Morrison había pasado de ser un adonis ácido a un gordo alcohólico y malhumorado. Pese a todo, este es un perfecto final. Ya habían recuperado el mojo con el anterior Morrison Hotel, pero este es aún mejor. Solo por tener 3 de sus mejores canciones ya merece la pena, y eso en los Doors es mucho decir. Además hay mucho, casi todo, rythm & blues del que solo ellos eran capaces de destilar. Abre con un tema espectacular, el inclasificable rock-funk deThe changeling (cara B de Riders in the storm) donde Manzarek mete una mano prodigiosa, le sigue a todo tren Love Her Madly un sencillo soberbio y cierra la cara L.A Woman, un viaje de 8 minutos imprescindible en el rock. La cara B sigue por los mismos parámetros con Hyacinth House como agradable sorpresa, versión del Crawling King Snake y el final con Riders on the storm, que es simplemente perfecto.

What an awesome listen. The doors did some amazing things with time and space

a few duds but several standouts. 3 had been saved to my playlists.

"Riders on the Storm" will forever be one of the best songs ever written!