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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

✌️

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.

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

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.

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.

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”.

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

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…

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

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

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

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!

Great bluesy, rock album. Uses the organ well.

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!

4.5

Not quite as epic as their first two to me, but man, "The Changeling", "Love Her Madly", "L.A. Woman", "L'America", "The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)", and of course "Riders On The Storm"... this album is Sofa King good! (9.9) ★★★★½

4.5/5

All time classic bow out from America’s greatest band. Very low down dirty blues for the most part, Love Her Madly is a catchy callback to their earlier years. Title song is pure driving neon-lit exhilaration. Just as album gets a bit too circusy desert blues with The Wasp (Texas Radio And The Big Beat) it whams with one of the most Rhodiest, career-defining and zeitgeisty tunes of all time with Riders Of The Storm. A through and through all-time great.

Love The Doors and this album is flawless start to finish, Doors remain one of my favorite bands from their time. Timeless.

Day 13: L.A. Woman - The Doors. I am generally quite fond of hippie psychedelic rock albums, and this album is no exception. It's greatly bluesy. There is organ in this album. Hell, yeah! This album is a very interesting listen. Something about Jim Morrison's vocals quite simply hits just right for me. They sound effortless, yet quite soulful. It's really sad to know that he passed away only a few months after this album's release. He was far too young to pass away. The structures of the songs on this album is very nice. Some of the songs are softer than other songs on this album. I like songs that make me feel nostalgic about a time long before I was born, or even before my parents were born at all. Personal Enjoyment: 5/5. How Much It Belongs Here: 4/5.

Ahh yes, the final Doors album with Jim Morrison before his untimely death. It is technically not the final Doors album, as the surviving members continued with the band for another two albums until their contract with Elektra lapsed and they quickly disbanded soon after. It's always a Herculean task to try and continue a band without the lead singer, and that was certainly the case for the Doors. Thus, people have accepted that L.A. Woman was the band's swansong. Boy, what a swansong it was. I already knew three tracks I heard on the radio were killer—the title track with its crescendoing bridge, "Love Her Madly" as a jaunty fun tune, and "Riders on the Storm" with Jim's whispered and sung vocals layered together over a haunting piano line. I did not expect the rest of the album to be just as amazing. "The Changeling" is an excellent opener that sets the tone of this album as blues rock with experimentation. Whether it's the aggressive play of "Been Down So Long" with smooth slide guitar from Robby Krieger, the slow burn of "Car Hiss by My Window", the eerie glistening of the keys over drum overdubs on "L'America", the incorporation of Jim's spoken poetry into "The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)", or the early progressive rock composition with organ accompaniment on "Hyacinth House", the album mixes up how the blues are played. Even their update to Big Joe Williams's "Crawling King Snake" sounded fresh with the heavier guitar work. Everyone played superbly on these tracks, and the mixing was well done to give it that near-live band vibe. This was an excellent Doors album all the way through. I'm glad Jim realized his blues album before his untimely demise.

Previously rated: The Doors (5/5) ********************** Everything is pretty great on this album, except maybe The WASP, especially the hits Love Her Madly, L.A. Woman, and Riders on the Storm.

5* Perfect

A crossover blues album? The first one perhaps? The Doors are a funny band, you either love or hate them. After listening to their whole discography, this is their best one. It has a poppy feel to it with some songs, it carries a darkness as well. Jim often sounds like he is purposely making his voice deep and it can seem a little comical but all in all, this album is a perfect blues rock infusion. Choice cut: Hyacinth House

Really love this one. It's always been a favorite.

The most convincingly bluesy they ever got. Not quite perfect, but it gets the bump for the site. 4.5/5

I don't even have to listen to this but I'm going to anyway because I love this album. Automatic 5 stars. RIP Jim. Jerry Scheff's bass work is masterful throughout the entire album. Krieger's slide playing on Been Down So Long is just awesome. Favorite song: Love Her Madly. Scheff's bass really shines through here.

The Doors are probably the best of the psychedelic blues bands out there and it shows here. Jim Morrison is at his best here and, unfortunately, we will never know if he could have gotten any better as he died shortly after the release of this album.

Allein "Riders in the Storm" ist 10 Sterne wert.

Great, Great, Great

Such a legendary album, loved the whole thing. L'America was weird but I dig it.

Incredible blues record. Jim Morrison kills it as always.

The Doors had a great run while Jim Morrison was alive, and this album showcases them at their best. There's not a single misstep along the way. Every song is great, mixing all their elements together wonderfully. It's a shame we lost Jim when we did, but at least he went out on a high note.

An immensely special record. Finishing on riders of the storm always transports me perfectly out of the album - banger

In my all time top 10 albums, absolutely my frequency, love the gravely blues vocals on The Changeling & Been Down So Long, the epic classic rock of LA Women and the psychedelic rock trip of Riders on the Storm, Hyacinth House is a personal favourite that is maybe overlooked along with L'America, no doubt this album is the best Doors album in my opinion and a solid 5 always

Classic. Worth 5 * for the title track alone.

Genial. En plenitud

Groovy funk vibe, rock heavy. King of gritty sounding, wish I could talk more coherently about music sounds (make this a goal?). The 60s/70s/80s for music were really insane "Love Her Madly" "Been down so Long" "Cars Hiss by my Window"

A clear 5 from me. I absolutely love Doors. Despite their lyrics not being much I do appreciate their musicality and varied use of instruments. On this album specifically, Riders on the Storm is an absolute all time favorite, such a masterpiece.

Redondo!!!

A solid Doors album. Some straight up bluesy rock, some strange psychedelic tracks. Great stuff.

LA women is solid I don’t think it quite reaches the highs of the debut but at the same time is more consistent. The one two punch of the changeling and love her madly is great. The title track is one of those doors songs that show off the messiah like power of Jim Morrison. L’america has a powerful thud running through the song probably the album’s weirdest one. Crawling king snake reminds me of back door man. The WASP is strange but I like it! Then finally riders of the storm is obviously a classic, I really loved this album, the doors can sound more dated than other bands of their time honestly but they’re still great. 5/5

Clearly the Doors have their louche moments, and some songs are better than others, but this album is absolutely note perfect. My favorite Doors album for over thirty years. It’s grungy, aspirational, messy, and hopeful. It makes me dream of the California that was, and the oblivion that will be.

I like it when the Doors go fully blues rock. This album rules.

Kunne faktisk virkelig godt lide dette. Masser af wah-guitar. OG det der irriterende orgel er helt væk. Lidt blown away over hvor godt Doors faktisk kan lyde, har nok sovet lidt på dem

best one yet

Banger

Mr Mojo Risin. The quintessential rockstar. Lived fast, died young. Hypnotic, mysterious, and almost dionysian allure.

Great Blues album!

Enjoyed this way more than I thought I would. It’s the perfect music to listen to while working or just hanging out. I love the blues feel

Spectacular music from a truly flawed source.

Love

psychedelic rock 救我狗命

What a way to close out your discography! (We don't mention the other ones). Easily my second favorite Doors album behind their debut. It is really sad that Jim Morrison died after this album, because I think this album has some of their best song writing and I would have loved to see where they would have taken this sound. There are a couple of songs near the end that I am not super crazy about (but still enjoy), but besides those this album is very fun to sing along to and just have a good time. Also if you don't like the "Mr. Mojo rising" section you should question what you are doing. Mid 5.

very nice

Very good, didn’t realize Jim Morrison had such a blues voice. Remember to watch the movie.

Classic Doors.

Sure, it's The Doors. Sure, it's got Riders On The Storm on it. Is it the best Doors album? No. Is it a five star album? Yes.

I couldn't do 3.5 hours, so just listened to the 10 songs from the original album. Loved it! 5/5

For my money the Doors may be the most underrated band from the classic rock era. I love this album from start to finish. https://open.substack.com/pub/richcain/p/project-1001-la-woman-by-the-doors?r=4ztyq&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

As a girl who had a the Doors phase when she was 15 and even wrote a book that was heavily influenced by them. I can only give them 5stars.

A defining album with strong songs and strong performance

Great! Shoutout to my GF for giftin it to me on wax. Probably my fav doors album. Favourite Line: "If they say I never loved you You know they are a liar" Riders on the storm x snoop dogg for nfs even went hard lmaooo 5.0/5.0 def one of my jams

Possibly the best Doors album. And the last with the Lizard King still alive.

This album lived on repeat in my head as a teenager. I always wanted to be Jim Morrison. I had a hair to match. Great from start to end

Their peak - grizzled, nearly burnt out, but swinging the blues. Great music to drive to, especially

one of my fav

Snake attack

riders on the storm is a perfect song, what a choice to end the album with it