Reviews (page 5 of 13)
solid vibes
Not really for me but it is nice
paar bangers, de rest esch so recht country style und das fendi chli mhmm
This is one of their best
Es el mejor disco de los Doors desde sus inicios. Un buen regreso a forma después de las colecciones muy inconsistentes que son The Soft Parade y Waiting for the Sun
El último rodeo de la banda con Jim. Densmore, Manzarek, y Krieger en su mejor momento como músicos. Morrison se despidió con rolotas como LA Woman, Love Her Madly y Riders on the Storm.
only got ~half way through, but some good jams
Real weird one from The Doors. Not my favorite album of theirs, but still great. 4/5
Revisit
4.4992*
68/1001 After 8 never before heard albums in a row this feels like a day off. I’ll give it a spin anyway but I already have my rating. Maybe my third or even fourth favourite Doors album. It is hard to rank them as they all have great songs mixed with weird shit. But I think most of The Doors will get 4 stars from me. 7/10
It's a fine album mostly, and I am not a huge Doors fan. But Riders of the storm for sure has something special to it. Giving it a 4 on vibes.
One of the great ones.
Good album, 7.9/10. First half I really enjoyed and it's memorable. It's groovy and lots of good rhythms and catchy. Then the last song is iconic. I've listen to bits and pieces of this album but it's a good listen through. It carries the same vibe throughout the album. Overall, I can smell the cigarettes and feel the 79 degree temperature of the studio room when this album was made.
Never listened to the doors before (except for riders on the storm) a lot funkier than I expected. Been down so long was my highlight. Plenty of great guitar riffs through the album.
Good ears on those musicians
Very good and very bluesy. Also lots of good tracks that tried something new and succeeded.
Not their greatest album but a really good one
It was good, I liked it, had a number of really solid tracks on it.
such a good album. the last before Morrison's death. Might be the Doors second best album (first doors album is their best IMO). more "bluesy" than their other albums. "Love her Madly" is one of my favorite Doors songs. "Crawling King Snake" is a good deep cut (much different than George Thorogood's version) and "Hyacinth House" is another.
I always generally enjoyed the doors. They are more of a "best of" band for me where their deep cuts usually aren't great. But I gotta say this album was strong. I liked his singing style. I liked the heavy blues influence. I liked that it was psychedelic without being crazy. Riders on the Storm is just one of the best keyboard driven songs of all time.
Smoky and bluesy, very enjoyable. Perfect length, also cohesive. The WASP is excellent, as is Riders on the Storm, an old favourite. Love an album that ends strong.
Haven’t listened to this album in a LONG time and it was well worth the spin. The bluesy - straightforward rock sound is vintage Doors.
Not my favorite Doors album but LA Woman and Riders on the Storm are amazing songs.
Loved this album!! Super chill yet dancy. Great vibes. Only two songs that I didn’t like:the WASP and crawling king snake. Would totally listen again.
cool
RIP Jim Morrison
very cool. The Doors really made the organ work for them, cohesive vibe throughout
Blues but add an angry white dude.Their hits are transcendent but not all is revolutionary
This album sounds drunk.
I think this album captures what The Doors were as a band. While the psychedelic inspired sounds of some of their earlier stuff off of the albums The Doors, and Strange Days is probably a more recognizable sound to a lot of fans, I actually think this version of the hard playing, heavy blues and shouting vocals is what The Doors do best. Jim Morrison was a poet, but he was also at home, drunk in a biker bar, and I feel like L.A Woman encapsulates that version of the band super well. At times this is a little depressing, a little dark but that's sort of the point - if you lean into it and embrace the aggression of this album it's pretty clear why these guys got as big as they were. There's nothing on here that screams musical genius to me but as a tough and rowdy early 70's California blues album, L.A Woman definitely delivers.
I was a huge Doors fan in high school, but at some point I completely fell out of love with them. I don’t think I’ve listened to any of their music in nearly 20 years. Listening to L.A. Woman now brings back so many memories, but somehow still feels kind of fresh and new to me because it’s been so long since I’ve heard any of these songs. Jim Morrison’s voice is amazing and the band are on fire. I really enjoyed listening to this one and I’m going to need to go do a deep dive through their albums again. Also, to the reviewer who claims that both L.A. Woman and In Utero by Nirvana would never have been as popular if they weren’t the final releases of beloved musicians, what are you on about, man? We clearly hear music incredibly differently.
I wasn’t bowled over by Morrison Hotel. This is so much better. Gets a 4 just for L.A. Woman and Riders. But the rest is pretty cool too. Clearly their zenith. I guess it had to be as 3 months later Morrison was dead.
As of writing, this is my favorite Doors album. It's got a feel that the other albums don't. It's fast and loose, it's groovy and bluesy, it's pure Doors.
Maybe not the best Doors album, but a solid rock classic!
This is a really good album. I think The Doors are set apart by having the organ and keys are sort of like a rhythm guitar, which is really cool and I definitely hear a lot of that influence in modern sort of like jam music - prog jazz/Snarky Puppy sort of thing. Jim Morrison is an all-time front man with his aura and weirdness and spoken word thing that he does. Overall: definite 4/5, it’s a really cool album.
Great album. Even the weak songs are still pretty good.
Really great, mix of rock n roll and blues, the two first and two last songs are bangers. Maybe a lack of psychedelic keyboards, 4.5
I’ve been obsessed with The Doors self-titled album lately. That one is a 6/5. This doesn’t quite match up to that one, which disappointed me initially. However, the more I listen, the better it gets. Plus my only other friend on here said he’d quit the project if I give it a 3.
Definitely liked this one better than the last Doors album from three days ago. There was a lot more emotional punch to the songs. The blues direction is a good change. Favorite track(s): "Cars Hiss by My Window," "L.A. Woman," "Riders on the Storm"
I might wish for a little more variety, but an album that contains both “Love Her Madly” and “Riders on the Storm” is pretty dang essential.
cracker
Bluesy rock at its finest
Great exposure to the Doors. Liked several songs specifically, Riders on the Storm, La woman, the changeling, hyacinth house all great jams. Definitely added to the list.
Love riders on the storm; such a great song. I also enjoyed half this album, when it’s in the pocket and grooving along with long songs. Some of the more straight up and down rock songs didn’t grab me. I think I’ll enjoy this more on subsequent listens
Good album
17/11/2025 A good band with a good album. Spotify listeners: 11.1 million
Although largely blues-rock based, the Doors were able to build a musical space that owed a lot to ecstatic worship and snake handling. And the spoken voice was always front and center in their songs not only telling stories, and performing poetry, but itself another instrument of repetition and trancelike formation
Favorite Track: Car Hiss By My Window
LA WOMAN! LA WOMAN!!!
Ahead of its time, but seems a little bit dated now. The beginnings of prog rock are evident, it’s a shame that we didn’t get to see how Jim Morrison would have taken this forward. We’ll just have to appreciate the album for what it was, a glimpse into the future.
I like it except Jim’s vocal
The Changeling - 5/5 Love Her Madly - 5/5 Been Down So Long - 4/5 Cars Hiss by My Window - 3/5 L.A. Woman - 5/5 L'America - 4/5 Hyacinth House - 5/5 Crawling King Snake - 4/5 The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat) - 3/5 Riders on the Storm - 5/5 Average score: 4.3/5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A lot of pleasant songs
Loved it! Played it twice. Remembered a lot of it from Andy
Lovely sound, slightly inconsistent. Low 4/5
Surprising number of blues tracks. Only just realised that Riders on the Storm is based on the 12 bar blues.
Hearing the more familiar, earlier Doors sound that I know from the self-titled perfectly blended into traditional 12 bar blues is as powerful as it is unexpected. It’s a blend you can’t hear anywhere else that no other band could deliver. Oh - and of course it’s got tonnes of great songs on it.
This is probably my favorite album by The Doors now. This is a great blues band. They went away from more of the psychedelic side, and it paid off. Jim Morrison really made this band separate themselves with his skills as a front man. I definitely am more of a fan after listening to this album.
Not a huge blues fan so most of this album was ok. LA Woman and Riders on the Storm elevate it to 4.
Very cool, timeless band 4/5
Muy bueno
This is a great album. I love his voice and although not all the songs were my thing, most of them are awesome!
Solid
Engaging song mix highlighted by classic singles.
Very enjoyable, really starting to enjoy The Doors.
Better than Bruce Springsteen
jim morrison on top of his game! love the bluesy, rock vibe. My uncle was a huge doors fan and would listen to riders on the storm all the time and i get it. these guys were having fun
I've always loved The Doors, but I'd never listened to this album all the way through. Not their best by any means, but there's still some gold in here.
Some classic tracks on this album.
I liked this more now than I did in my teens. A lot poppier than I remember too. It was good background music while I shopped.
This album is pure delirium. It hums with heat and highway dust, with pretty girls and reckless boys chasing something half-divine, half-destructive. There’s madness here, but it’s a charismatic kind, the sort that grins while it burns. There’s no denying too many chemicals fueled this record. It’s almost too much to bear while sober. Yet amid the haze, three songs stand firm: Love Her Madly, L.A. Woman, and Riders on the Storm. These are the lucid moments in the trip. Jim Morrison wasn’t completely gone then, his voice still had that priest-of-the-void gravity, still enough breath to guide us toward the end. This is California music through and through: sun-drunk, strange, and sublime. What a listen.
It's not really that much about the music. It's about the vibes. And the vibes are immaculate.
Quite enjoyed this. Knew Riders on the Storm already (thank you, whichever Need For Speed game had it as the menu music) and the rest was fairly pleasant
Slightly different sound to the other Doors stuff, but liked it. Riders on the Storm is a tune as well. Simpsons: Yes
Wow ! Je ne m’attendais pas à ça ! Après (beaucoup) trop de country rock ou de folk rock, enfin !, du bon gros blues rock (avec un peu de psychédélique pour faire bonne mesure) ! Et c’est pas mal de ma faute si je n’ai jamais sérieusement écouté The Doors, c’est parce que les gens que je connais qui aime ça font pas mal mononc’. Mais, excellente surprise que cet album !
Take me back, boys.
This was the last proper Doors album, simply because it featured all four original members. Albums by The Doors tend to be somewhat inconsistent at times and L.A. Woman is not different in that case. There are some relatively generic blues-rock tracks on this album, though they are not necessarily bad songs. I probably would have left Morrison Hotel off this list, but L.A. Woman does deserve a spot since the Doors have a more "organic" sound on the album. Plus, Riders on the Storm is a great song. Being aggressively morbid, it's maybe not the worst thing this was The Doors last album with Jim Morrison. This feels like a bit of a death rattle for the band, just that it does feel like this is the best album of songs they would put together with Morrison. Some of the songs show there wasn't a whole lot left in the tank and I think the producer that left the sessions knew that as well. My favorite tracks were: The Changling Love Her Madly Been Down So Long L.A. Woman Hyacinth House Riders on the Storm
Päris hea
Morrison: I'ma keep on crawlin' 'til the day I die 🎶 🎶 🎶 Narrator: Morrison crawled for 75 more days.
Great album at the end of their run
I like the blues and rock sound of it, the guitar arrangements on most of the songs are full of life and creativity, the bass is really groovy. Some songs were not my cup of tea, but most of them are. 4/5
Muy anclado en el blues. Increíble actitud y carisma de Morrison
Favorite Track: Riders on the Storm
Love me some Doors. This is an excellent Doors album. Riders On The Storm is a delicious groove. I'm going to be harsh and mark it down half a star cos Morrison's vocals are a little rough. Cool album though.
7/10 This was an enjoyable bluesy album when it got going. The first side did take a while to get moving, with a bit of meandering and not too much in the way of memorable songs, but things did start to improve towards the end of the first half. One issue I had was that, for chunks of the album, Jim Morrison just doesn’t seem that interested. All too often he just leaves the band to it and just jumps in here and there and, as a result, there’s quite a lot of the band just plodding on. They’re obviously great at what they do, and are a tight, solid blues rock band, but without any of the engagement of the vocal it just feels a bit cold in places. When he showed a bit more energy, things did come alive a bit more for me, particularly with the title track, Crawling King Snake and Riders on the Storm, which were highlights. What I did enjoy was how much the band felt in the pocket. There were some solid grooves and some really nice interplay between the musicians, which is always rewarding to hear. Perhaps Jim was too busy vibing off that to pick up the mic except for when he felt he could contribute. Either way, it was a slightly mixed bag of an album, but the highs were enough to elevate things and the strength of the musicianship made it a worthy experience even on the less memorable tracks. The Changeling - A great, funky little intro. Jim Morrison has a nice bit of growly vocal fry to his delivery which gives a bit of edge to things. There are some good riffs and there are some little switches up here and there that add variety, particularly with the solos, but it’s nit necessarily the most memorable song. Love Her Madly - There’s a bit more swing to this. It gets a bit fairground in places, but it’s a pretty groovy blues rock number for the most part. There are some nice little bits of instrumental flair here and there that add a bit of extra depth too. Pretty decent. Been Down So Long - This slows things down a bit. It’s got quite a strutting rhythm, but it does tire a little after a while because it just keeps on going. There’s the odd fill here and there, but in general this is really more of a jam track than anything else and it’s not vastly interesting. Cars Hiss By My Window - This just plods along. There are big sections where Jim Morrison doesn’t sing and the band just play along like they’re just waiting for him to get involved. They’re a tight unit and they play with a good groove, but it’s ultimately not that engaging even, apparently, to the singer. L.A. Woman - And Jim Morrison becomes a bit more interested! It’s got a good rumbling bass line and a sense of urgency. Nice interplay between the different instruments too. There’s a bit more verve in the vocal delivery and a good dynamism to the playing in the various sections. It’s a slightly unnecessarily long song, but there are at least various phases that it moves through to keep things more interesting, and they mess around with tempo in there too, which is always fun. Best on the album so far. L’America - Nice moody intro, but it feels a bit thin, like there could be more going on to enhance the ambience. It takes a couple of minutes and then drops into something more typically The Doors, before it drops back out again. It’s all a bit of a meandering hodge-podge of ideas and psychedelia. Hyacinth House - This is pretty nice. I like the cadence of some of the riffs and rhythms and the song feels it offers variety in tone through different sections, rather than relying on one theme throughout. Jim has a bit more to do and doubles up nicely with some extra backing vocals. Crawling King Snake - There’s a laid back swagger to this, but there’s enough going on that it doesn’t drag so much as earlier tracks and Jim seems a bit more invested. There’s some really great subtle quality to the playing on this that’s really fun to listen to. The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat) - There’s a good bit of attitude to this. Some really nice playing on there too, but it does have that tendency to drag just a little, like some of the tracks from the first side of the record. And there’s nothing particularly memorable about it either. Riders on the Storm - This one’s obviously a bit of a classic. Again, one where Jim Morrison feels like he’s actually engaging with the band in a more significant way. Some solid riffs and hooks in there and it’s on that catches in your head. As with L.A. Woman, it does perhaps drag a bit and the storm effects seem a little unnecessary, but it’s a good way to round out the album.
Incrivelmente bom! Um clássico que mistura elementos do rock e do jazz para potencializar as belas letras.
No freshness
This is a very bluesy album with a bit of a psychedelic flavour. The Doors are pretty iconic tbh. My favorite songs were Love Her Madly, L.A. Woman and Hyacinth House. Riders on the Storm is a great tune too. There were some really cool musical elements on this album: sweet guitar lines, organ, interesting rhythms, and great vocals and lyrics. 8/10.
Good
Mid 4 Feels a bit late to be so into the blues. Classic doors sound tho cant go wrong
buena onda, hubo un par que TOP
7/10 One of the Doors better albums. Riders on the storm is still chill inducing. 9-24-2025
The Doors somehow became cool to hate but they produced a lot of great material. And a fair amount of less than great tracks too. But this is one of their strongest efforts for me. There are hits and oddities aplenty here but for me it’s interesting all the way through.
9/23/25. Love The Doors. This one isn’t my personal favorite, but still plenty of great songs on here. Enjoyed the big blues presence.
I enjoyed this a lot more than I expected. Previous listens to the doors have been very long winded unnecessary instrumental jams. This was more concise, with some great driving blues tracks. I hadn't noticed the influence jim Morrison must have had over Ian Curtis too. The middle 8 of hyacinth house is very similar to that really good horrors track too: still life. It dipped off a little in the second half for me, or maybe I was just more able to be distracted by then. However overall it was very enjoyable.
It's The Doors - what's not to like? This is a tight, exciting, sexy album full of swagger, confidence and playful psychedelia. Rock Riffs, jazzy basslines, daft lyrics, all backed by organ and solid drums. One mistep: The WASP is a crap track. Otherwise really good record
Another classic. More polished hits, more in tune with their sound, and more antics from Jim himself. Love Her Madly is perfect. Been Down so Long hits during a time and place. Cars Hiss by My Window is that acid poetry you need while coming down. LA Woman is a bop. L'America and The WASP are probably not needed. Riders on the Storm, iconic.
7/10
Although I have heard "Riders on the Storm" I have never really listened to the Doors before. It was fun, bluesy, and I can see why they had the impact they did.
The result of years of drugs and booze on blues and rock 'n' roll gives us this album, which is kind of brilliant in its appearance of spontaneity. L.A. Woman is perhaps the booziest of the tracks while Riders of the Storm is the most psychedelic. The Doors have been consigned to the hoary halls of "classic rock," so it's hard to see just how strange this album is through those eyes (or so I guess, I wasn't around during this time.)
GOOD
Really cool album Loved the bass lines Riders of the storm is amazing, other songs have similar vibes Some songs are a bit of a miss
Oh The Doors... who doesn't love them, but also you def have to be in a vibe to enjoy. When I listen to them, I just want to sit outside with a beer and friends.
Never been a huge Doors fan but this is my favorite all around album by them. Some great songs on here ("Love Her Madly," "LA Woman," and "Riders on the Storm") and I like the bluesy songs a lot (Edpecially "WASP Texas Radio Big Beat") that said, I don't like Jim Morrison and his cringey creeper persona on many of these songs. Dude was pretty abhorrent in many ways. Overall, a good, not great, album that showcases the best aspects of the band and has some great playing, especially Ray Manzarek and Robbie Krieger
Done.
Gotta love The Doors. Not sure why we needed to hear about it being the 10th attempt of Riders on the Storm, but the rule is that every album has to have something weird on it.
Suave, classic
Liked it more than I thought I would. The least interesting thing about The Doors is Jim Morrison. Fantastic band!
Wow, great album, never really listened to the doors before. "70s rock" but enough edge to keep it cool. 😎
I never had a "Doors phase" like a lot of my friends did, but I usually enjoy The Doors when they come up. Divisive opinions on Jim Morrison, whether he was over or underrated, don't really concern me too much. All I know is that his voice fits well with the other musicians around him and that's what matters. Everyone is really at the top of their games on this album, but I really want to call out Robby Krieger's guitar work which stands out on a lot of songs. However Ray Manzarek appears to be the best musician in The Doors, as usual. I just really wish they had a dedicated bass player since the bottom end often feels empty on many songs, but I suppose that is just part of their sound. There is a high energy throughout (the tone is set by "Changeling" right away), almost feeling like a live album with a sense of improv. It has a few all-time classic rock songs ("Love Her Madly", "L.A. Woman", "Riders on the Storm") and solid dirty blues ("Been Down So Long", "Crawling King Snake"). It's really a solid album which transports you back to dawn of the 70s.
Great album. The first half is especially good
Got some all time great songs on here, its the more straight forward 12 bar blues stuff that kind of detracts from it
i listen to this one quite a lot. it's weird; when i was in my final year at school, a lot of people were into the doors. i was never fussed. but i like this one, and i like the one with light my fire on it. i've never seen the film. my wife likes peace frog but I am less keen on that one. Next album please!
Maybe the band's most fun album, because it just sounds like all the members are sitting in the studio, smoking joints, jamming and enjoying themselves. There's great band chemistry amd all the sounds just come together really nicely. Both the slower, bluesier songs and the more lively ones are great. L'america is the only dud, the rest is pretty tight.
Great
Felt like I was part of Riders On The Storm on the way to meet an L.A. Woman.
Музыка: 8/10 Разнообразие: 7/10 Тематика и вайб: 8/10 Цепляемость (отдельные песни зашли): 7/10 Реиграбельность (можно ли рандомно врубить на фон): 8/10 Итог: 7.6
Legend
this got me to listen to their self titled twice which, I've only done l.a. woman once but I will relisten eventually
está bueno jajaj saludos
It's probably their best work.
Love Her Madly, LA Woman and Riders on the Storm. Great, great classic American psychedelic era music.
Good listen. Felt like I’ve heard a lot of the melodies before, should have bunch of derivatives
Virkelig god sammenhæng, og nogle sindssygt gode sange. Hvad mere kan man forvente af The Doors?
Highlight Song/s: Love Her Madly, L.A. Woman, Hyacinth House and Riders on the Storm L.A. Woman 1: Music for Bars, is my second Doors album from this generator. Morrison Hotel being the first one. This album has a nice atmosphere to it. What I imagine is: people sitting at the most crammed bar ever ordering shot after shot, the piano man in the corner jiving along to his own tune, with people dancing and prancing to it, with the clink of the glass because of people doing cheers. You get the point. First things first, -the bass guitar on this album is stupidly good, the Doors really should've had a full time dedicated bass player, but the session musicians they picked were always beasts so I guess it doesn't really matter; just means their concerts were a bit underwhelming in the bass department. -Their guitarist Robby Krieger is a pretty sweet player, playing soft and hard when needed. Guitarists don't always need to play 100%, 100% of the time. Sick tone, sick playing. -The drummer John Densmore is another underrated musician, my particular favourite playing is probably the title track, it seems quite stuttery but It has a strong charm to it. Another good part is the last 30 seconds of "The WASP." -The keyboardist Ray Manzarek is in my mind similar to to the bass player, where if it wasn't on the album then it wouldn't have the charm and atmosphere. "L'America" wouldn't nearly sound as haunting without the keyboards; nor would their early stuff - i.e. self-titled and Strange Days - sound like that. And finally -their lead singer Jim Morrison with that bluesy voice of his, stringing all the instruments into place. Doesn't really need anymore said about him (mainly because I can't think of anything else to say equivalent to the other band members.)
L.A. Woman by The Doors is, for me, their best album — and one I’ve always loved. The Doors can be very hit and miss. At their best, they’re brilliant, but too often they drift into middle-of-the-road blues or songs that just don’t work. L.A. Woman, however, captures them at their strongest. Standout tracks like Love Her Madly, L.A. Woman, and Riders on the Storm are exceptional — full of atmosphere, groove, and unforgettable basslines. The lyrics are haunting yet melodic, and these songs were a huge part of my musical journey growing up. Favourite track: L.A. Woman and Love Her Madly Least favourite track: Crawling Kiss Snake Album artwork: Iconic, instantly recognisable cover.
I love this! I only knew the obvious tracks but it's all good. The stripped back live bluesy sound is great. The addition of a proper bass player on this really makes a difference. Late at night on headphones it sounds amazing, such clarity, a brilliant recording. Riders On The Storm is, of course, magnificent. Final thought. John Densmore, what a drummer.
What I would give to have seen Jim Morrison live - that dude lived hard
I was interesting to hear the album as my Doors knowledge comes exclusively from their “Best of.” L.A. Woman must have been a powerful move from 60s pop into the 70s sound when it was released in 1971. The hits still resonate. The first song “The Changling” is an impressive deep track. Really showcasing the talent of The Doors. Love Her Madly and holds up as their carnival crazy anthem. There are some oddball songs like L’America and Hyacinth House. But the version of Riders on the Storm at the end blew me away. This mix broke the 4th wall with the studio outtake intro. This version of this song is certainly a lost gem in 2025.
The Doors have vacillated between over-rated and under-rated more than any band in history. First they were cool, then they were kinda lame, with Light My Fire being the only track on the radio. Then the movie came out and they were cool again, and now I would say they are semi-forgotten. Which is a shame, because even putting aside Morrison, they were a really, really good band. This album isn't my favorite of theirs, too many by the numbers blues rock tracks for me. But Love Her Madly and LA Woman are all-timers, and Riders On The Storm should be at the top of any respectable 'Night Driving' playlist. Cars Hiss is also really good, while my least favorite is Been Down. Very good album, just not my top fave. 4 stars.
Besides their hits, I havent really listened to much from The Doors, and I was surprised by how Blues inspired this album is.
Some really enjoyable tunes here
I thought The Doors was the deepest, most incredible band when I was 18
La pire version de Jim Morrison. Une poésie de Village des Valeurs depuis que ça appartient à Walmart. Mais les musiciens, c'est malade, d'ou le 4 etoiles.
J'aurais bien aimé 4,5 pour celui-là. Mon coeur dit 5, ma tête dit 4.
Band en feu fronté par Homer Simpson en furie. Ça passe souvent du heavy au joyeux lourdaud majeur. L'attitude un peu trahie par le désir du band d'avoir juste du fun. Des belles touches psychédélique à une époque où c'était pas mal en train de disparaître. Toute sonne ben. 3.75 étoiles.
3.6.
Think the top reviewer on here as of today sums this up for me perfectly, 3 types of Doors songs, 5 star absolute classics, 3 star white man average blues and absolute drug addled 1 Star shit. And they are all here on this album, I like the Doors but all the albums suffer from the above, will mark this at a higher end for the good stuff but the dross is down there with the worst 4 Stars
Si está este disco es probable qué estén todos los de los Doors (o al menos cuatro). Está bien, no son discos malos. Pero me hace preguntar cuántos discos de artistas como Spinetta, Serrat, Silvio Rodríguez, Chico Buarque o demás artistas periféricos puede haber en esta lista. En fin, el disco está bueno. No me parece de los mejores discos de los Doors porque no me interesa tanto el sonido más "blusero" que tiene este disco (ojo Morrison Hotel y el primero también lo tienen, pero me parece que está mejor hecho en esos). Así, canciones como Been Down So Long, Crawling King Snake, Cars Hiss by My Window y The Wasp me aburren un toque. Creo que deberían haber quitado alguna de éstas, porque es un disco laaaargo (56 minutos). Después hay dos temas que no me gustan mucho, pero tienen momentos interesantes, como The Changeling (buena música, la letra me parece medio pelotuda), y L'America (en mi opiniónla peorcita de las canciones no bluseras) El resto del disco es excelente y hace que no pueda ponerle menos de 4 estrellas. Como toda persona normal (?) mi canción favorita es Riders on the Storm con ese piano mágico que nos hace saber que estamos ante un clásico. Pero las otras canciones están muy buenas y tienen un plus que no tienen los primeros discos de la banda: no están quemadas. Love Her Madly es un TEMAZO, con unos teclados y una melodía lírica bastante juguetonas. Y no la vas a ver en ningún greatest hits. Hyacinth House también es una gran canción (que no recordaba tanto, tal vez por estar en la 2da mitad del disco, entre canciones que no me gustan tanto. Y por supuesto, la canción homónima que es brillante. En fin, muy buen disco y gran cierre de la carrera de Jim Morrison.
I was already familiar with this album prior to listening. It's a very strong album. Love Her Madly, Riders on the Storm, and the title track are huge hits, but really all the tracks are good. Aside from the aforementioned tracks, my favorites are The Changeling and Hyacinth House. I would listen to this album any time.
Quite a range on this. From not bad to excellent. I love L.A. Woman, Texas Radio, Love Her Madly, but there's also some filler-ish tracks.
Classic 😎
It feels like being the only sober person in a party. Everyone having fun and you're missing out on it
I love the Doors, although I prefer their first album
A lot of great blues on this one
8/10…psychedelic rock
Good. Bluesy. Didn't hit like it did in HS but I still dig it
Bloody red sun of fantastic L.A.
4.5 Great album, and the vocals are really special throughout. L.A. woman is definitely on the all-time driving tunes playlist. Funny enough, as I was listening to it, I thought this would be a great karaoke song for me, I will have to add it to my setlist. Looks like shawns-music1 shares my sentiment
Niet perfect, wel goed. Een van de eerste elpees die ik van m'n vader overnam.
What an album! This was awesome! I know of The Doors, but not enough it seems! Excellent bluesy rock!
Turns out I kind of love the doors. The grooves they find are compelling and Morrison is a helluva front man. I think the hits from this “riders on the storm”, “Love her madly” have been overplayed. I would have loved to have heard a lot of these songs sooner. “changeling” was a favorite.
Haven’t listened to this album since high school. Definitely did not appreciate it for the album then. Loved The Doors, but very selectively.
Sehr gut! Enthält "Riders in the Storm"
I discovered, while going through this project, that I like the Doors after all. Ray Manzarek is a unique songwriter and musician and Robbie Krieger, I feel, is an underrated guitarist, and Morrison, well... This band does require a particular mood to really enjoy and they don't seem to have a particularly definitive album in my opinion. This album, though, is a highlight and might be their most consistent even if it may not be my go to.
Genuinely enjoyed it. Twelve bar blues songs get stale for me really quickly but the mix of different song structures keeps the album moving. I used to love the Doors as a teenager and it's easy for me to forget that. I love how feral Jim Morrison seems at times on this album and the playing and tones are all great. So grateful to be reminded.
Certified rock royalty, 3 legendary songs on this one!
In my opinion, after their debut album, this is the only other album of their's that belongs on this list, and that is probably because this was the album that came the closest to urgent explosiveness and expressiveness of their first album. For me when Jim Morrison died in July 1971, the rest of the Wonderland Avenue L.A. rock scene became incredibly tedious and boring when it became dominated by the Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young variations of the solo artists and groups, their friends, and the women they dated. L.A. Woman features the all time standards that most people know: the title track, "Love Her Madly" and "Riders on the Storm" (although I prefer the version without all the pre-take discussion). It is not a perfect record. Notably the back half of the record, with the exception of "Riders On The Storm". Their cover of John Lee Hooker's "Crawling King Snake" is competent, but lacks the fiery intensity that Hooker brought his version. The Doors version seems far more subdued and I wasn't a fan.
Great album
The Doors are a band that I would never seek out, but I do enjoy them from time to time when I hear them on the radio. I've never listened to a full album from them, so I was interested to see whether I would like this entire record. This is an excellent album, even if it's not a cover to cover truly great record. Certainly, there are the songs that we all know: Lover Her Madly, Riders on the Storm, the title track. All classics and these alone would be enough to make this a worthy listen. But it wasn't just the hits, there were others on here that I enjoyed as well, The Changeling most notably. I liked the way this song just drove throughout. On the flip side, there were a couple of tracks on this which weren’t that good: L'America and The WASP chief among them. I can, at least, appreciate that they brought some variety to the album. That said, they do drag this record down from being truly great for me personally. All the same, a good listen. Four stars.
Solid album with a lot of range for a guy who sounds like he might keel over from alcoholism at any moment. 8/10
This album? Man, it's just solid gold from start to finish. I've had this one on vinyl for years, and it never gets old. The music on this record is just so tight; every track locks in perfectly. And Jim Morrison? His voice is just awesome on here, pure classic. But seriously, you can't forget the rest of the band – they are absolutely kick-ass. Robby Krieger's guitar, Ray Manzarek's keys, John Densmore's drums... they're all firing on all cylinders. This is one of those albums that just feels right. It's got that raw, bluesy rock vibe that just hits the spot. If you haven't given it a full spin, you're missing out.
I really liked a few of the songs I didn't know and there are some classic songs like Riders on the Storm too.
The Doors have a wonderful classic rock sound, yet they stay unique wit their bluesy vibe. An experience.
It goes on a bit in places, but still has some very bright spots.
Some doors classics on this album. Great musicianship and really cool writing and changes. Traditional blues meets interesting and unique songwriting
One of their best
Nice to listen to
The last studio Doors album represented something of a recovery to form, building from the momentum of Morrison Hotel and further distancing from the mess that was the Soft Parade. Some seriously classic Doors songs--the title track and Riders on the Storm rank among their best. Those two are boosted by the very good Love Her Madly, and the more underground banger the WASP, which is reminiscent of Five to One. Now, all that praise being said, there are quite a few filler tracks on this album. Nothing completely terrible like the majority of Soft Parade, or from the lowest points of Morrison Hotel, but just boring. The Changeling and Been Down so Long are decent blues tracks. L'America tries to capture some of the fire of Not to Touch the Earth but doesn't really succeed. Cars Hiss by my Window is just boring. Hyacinth House doesn't really capture the eery wistfulness of tracks like Crystal Ship or Moonlight Drive. All that being said, the high point lift this album into something special. The Soft Parade is their real only dud for me. The first three albums are nearly flawless, and Morrison Hotel is a little worse on average. Even if there are a few more truly good songs on the latter, Morrison Hotel has a couple truly terrible songs as well. And nothing that matches the LA Woman's two standouts. I'm sure other Doors studio albums will pop up on this list, but I'll lay out the ratings all here just in case. I could see arguments for WFTS at 3/5 just as MH at 4, but this is my current thinking: The Doors: 5/5 Strange Days 5/5 Waiting for the Sun 4/5 Soft Parade 2/5 Morrison Hotel 3/5 LA Woman 4/5
liked a few songs
The doors goated
So good. Exactly what you want from a Doors album.
Classic
This is a good one. Great bluesy rock, musicianship for days, and Morrison's vocals are always fun. Love Her Madly still slaps after the thousandth listen, a testament to the staying power of this one. An absolute classic.
Good.
Ostrega
I like The Doors very much. My favourite album is their debut, but this is good. I'm not sure I agree with the description "stripped-back blues" because to me that implies a regretful man with a guitar, and The Doors are never that; they always have huge energy and a sense of grandiosity alongside a helping of tortured genius. Perhaps if we're just talking chord progressions, then yes, they're blues-y. Anyway, there were a handful of slightly less inspiring Doors-by-numbers songs here, but Love Her Madly is a perfect (bluesy) pop song and LA Woman is brilliant; I can never get to the "Driving down your freeways" line without jigging around in my seat. I was struck this time by Hyacinth House too; very good. And I love the moody Riders on the Storm. Lots to enjoy and, as always, Jim Morrison's vocals take you into his world.
i grew up listening to it so it was nice
The Changeling - 5/5 Love Her Madly - eh Been Down So Long - eh Cars Hiss By My Window - eh L.A. Woman - eh L'America - 4/5 Hyacinth House - 5/5 Crawling King Snake - 4/5 The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat) - eh Riders on the Storm - 3/5
A very good last album
Should be rated higher on this site imo but still really good. The first side is near perfect with some sombre blues and the masterpiece of a song that is the title track. The second side does falter a little with some songs that are just plain annoying. But they do close the album with "Riders on the Storm" which makes up for that 8/10 Favourite: L.A. Woman Least Favourite: L'America
Lovely sounds! Stand out songs: Love Her Madly Cars Hiss By My Window L.A. Woman Riders On the Storm
A classic
Good stuff.
As someone, who's Dad is fully into the Dad Rock canon, I obviously listened to the full Doors catalogue before. While I do have a lot of sympathy for The Doors, I do think that a big part of their discography does sound a bit dated. I feel like The Doors are one of the Classic Rock bands, that aren't as beloved by younger generations as other acts, but I think their dark mysterious aura still works in most cases nowadays. Judging purely by the musical contents, this has to be their best album. The switch from the psychedelic sound to the more blues oriented songs was a good call and one can only wonder, what The Doors would have done, would Jim Morrison have lived longer. I think they would have faded into obscurity during the 1970s, because the concept of the band was just made to exist in the late 60s to very early 70s maximum. Also Riders On The Storm might be one of the best songs ever written.
Amazing disk, that end with my Door's favorite song: Riders on The Storm
The volume always goes to 11 when LA Woman comes on. I love the visuals that songs paints, the build up, all of it. Really liked been down so long and cars, which I hadn't heard before.
Who knew The Doors could be so bluesy? This is a consistently good album and I enjoyed it a lot, even though I'm not really a Doors fan. Liked Songs Added: The Changeling Love Her Madly L.A. Woman Crawling King Snake Riders On The Storm
Riders on the Storm is amazing. Great album. The blues guitar with Morrison's voice is fantastic.
Last song was the best Loved the blues at the beginning Got a bit heavy in the middle RIP Jim Had never heard the whispered vocal in there before. Genius.
This is an excellent album with a few of their very best songs on, shame the daft git killed himself before they could do any more music!
Yeah I love this their self titled is better though
I “discovered” the Doors around the same time as the film came out back in the day and I found some songs were brilliant and others not so much. Don’t really listen to them that often anymore. I really enjoyed listening to this album again as it has some absolute bangers and the rest are still pretty good. Very bluesy I would say and not to much poetry guff!
3.75
Dark, rich sounds with a mix of up tempo and slow - an overall enjoyable album
hyggelig baggrundsmuzak. Me like
Pretty great
The opening track is no good, but after that, the album has a number of bangers
Them dang Doors
This was a huuge vibe. It might be a tad too long, but I just had fun with almost every track. An amazing record, but I don't think it's too original. I hope most of the stuff wasn't just straight up stolen, but still, can't help but vibe with this one.
8/10
Cops in cars, the topless bars Never met a woman so alone I love this album.
love this album
Classic
A great example of why you should listen to a whole Album. I would have never expected so much Blues from the album that brought Riders on the Storm
Expected The Doors but got a dope bluesy album instead
4,5
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Solid blues-rock album. It felt so good to open the windows and blast this album while driving. There are many iconic songs in this album but they're all great.
Enjoyable
This was preferable to my previous Doors album from the list, Morrison hotel. Whilst that felt pretty coherent and well crafted, this felt more honest and true to their aim. Riders on the Storm is about as good a last track on your last album before you die too.
Cwassic
Perfect album to get on a sunny Friday. This is classic doors and its great.
Pretty good album definitely started and ended with the best songs on there. Didn't really think of the song in the title though
Great songs. Morrison is yelling too much instead of singing.
Classic
The WASP has the keys for future songs they do. The Vibe of this album was very true to the vibe of the time. They remained "the DOORS" while still creating different and complex jam songs.
Het meeste is gewoon goed, niet bijzonder Riders on the Storm trekt dit naar een 4
Roadhouse blues vibes to this record, the musicianship is excellent and Morrison's vocals are perfect on this album.
very good
Way more bluesy that I expected. Riders on the Storm is still a masterpiece.
A strange one. I recognise the brilliance but simultaneously found it a bit challenging. “Been Down so Long” and “Cars Hiss By My Window” in particular were difficult to enjoy.
Last Doors album with Jim Morrison's passing right after it's release. A lot more blues-heavy that I was expecting. Standouts are title and and "Riders on the Storm" which are fantastic.
Great album.
This album is a bit better than I expected. I especially liked the more bluesy numbers, but in the main, Morrison's singing basically wrecks the experience on many of the tunes. I'll still give it four stars though, because I might fancy listening to it again sometime to see if it will grow on me.
Never liked the band much, nor Morrison, but the album is actually very good. Besides the well know hits there's a couple of nice songs I did not know. 7/10
Whilst The Doors recorded some brilliant, brilliant stuff they also recorded some really unenjoyable shit. This album is no different, but when they hit their poetic majesty, especially on Crawling King Snake and Riders on the Storm, it’s good enough to outweigh the crap and keep it in the ‘really good album’ slot. There’s too much crap for it to be 5 stars, but it isn’t far away.
I enjoyed the sound of most of this. "Riders on the Storm" was the only one I knew, possibly the only one I know by The Doors. They are a band I've somehow missed. However there were some I thought weren't that great on here and there was something that felt "sleazy" to me in the album. Not in a fun way.
oh yeah. love the doors love jim morrison
Riders on the storm carries this album, but overall really good I don’t like the doors that much, but this album changed my mind a bit
I'd be hard-pressed to tell you that there was a 'Doors' album out there that I didn't like, but if there was one that I understood the least, it'd be 'L.A Woman'. On the surface, it's the same bluesy, hard-rock experience we've been getting from this band since '67. But it always sounded much cleaner, more tamed, and quite frankly, it just felt like a more streamlined Doors experience more than anything else. After listening to it this most recent time, though, I saw it for what it really was, which was just another Doors album, a great one at that. And it honestly does have some of the band's best songs. The clusterfuck of a title track, for as messy as it is, is absolutely one of the band's most firey songs. I love the opening keyboard groove of 'Love Her Madly', easily my favorite song on the album, especially when that intro comes back with that new layer of guitar. 'Car Hiss by My Window' and 'Crawling King Snake' see the band going bluesier than ever, and 'The WASP' has those esoteric Morrison lyrics we've learned to love over the years. And yeah, the closer 'Riders of the Storm' has no reason to be as popular as it is. I mean, it's such an odd song, very low-key and unsettling - but cunning all the same. As this is the band's final album (as their full lineup), I've always felt it was their most mainstream-sounding, which turned me off initially. I found that the band's inner turmoils and intra-band conflicts from this time were reflected in the music, making the entire album feel very scattered. And while I do think that's still true to a certain extent, it just proves that even on their worst days, 'The Doors' still sound damn tight, interesting, and amazing.
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Pretty darn good
Classic. Riders on the storm. Love the age of bluesy rock.
да
Great album. Legendary title track. More restrained than their previous albums but still distinctly theirs.
A rock 'n' roll must!
McKenna said it was boring
teenage obsession. holds up. bit more funk and jazz than I recalled. long jams. maybe not the best doors album so only four stars.
4.5
This rules. Great band. You listen to them, especially the more well-known songs, and you can just picture a movie scene of someone doing too much drugs. Now that’s how you corner a market. It’s not a 5 because some songs don’t live up to the quality of some others. ML#108
Maybe about as good as it gets in terms of classic rock before the total takeover of electric guitars propelled the genre into its new age. Jim Morrison has a huge vocal presence, his performances here kinda convince the listener that he was born to be a frontman. As always, there’s so much black cultural/musical influence on a rock records of this time, and it gets really hard to overlook as soon as “Been Down So Long” in the track listing here. It goes without saying but the title track has such a cool tempo pickup in its second half and probably could’ve only been done so well thanks to the treasure trove of drugs available to the Doors at the time. I really like the hypnotic keyboard playing on “L’America”! Then I really really liked the lead vocal melody right after on “Hyacinth House”. I will say, you better like Jim Morrisons tone and vocal delivery, because he kinda stays within a certain range the whole time - I could see it being hard to get through if you don’t dig his voice. “The WASP” may be your only bit of changeup for his voice, and thats also mostly due to how it was recorded and processed differently. In fact, this cut might be my non-obvious pick for the record! Great storytelling. L.A. Woman sticks the landing by ending with “Riders On The Storm”, tying the bow on an album full of character, keyboard, and just the right amount of psychedelia.
Great Doors Album. I can listen to this one over and over
I know next to nothing about the doors let's go Funky! Is it weird to say I'm getting a pokemon colosseum ost vibe. Like i can see the influence this had. nme should hire me. this is a good album. i'm not sure its what im in the mood for right now but when the vibes are right this is probably great. riders on the storm! the colosseum ost is back babey this is the fucking under. I understand everything about music now
Coming from The Doors, L.A. Woman delivers more... The Doors sound. Tight, but frankly, I worry that they never evolve anywhere but a bit faster and just a bit more exciting. It's fun, but then, almost every song on here follows the same formula. The songs here, even though mixed pretty well, and having nice instrumentals, maybe lack... purpose? And there's only one song that I feel like's truly memorable. So that's another point for The Doors over this album.
4.5
Fye duh
I’m putting the Doors in with The Stones and Zepplin… I like hearing a song in the wild on occasion, but a whole album is too much for me.
Great stuff. Will listen again
This is probably my favourite Doors album, and also maybe the only one that lives up to their reputation for me.
This is their best album
I’m not a Doors guy. I find Morrison a charismatic yet tiring person -if that’s posible. Don’t get me wrong, I like the hits, but don’t go much farther. But today, this entire album sounded delightfully. Great record!
One of my favourite Doors albums. Jim Morrison was a genius. This was a nice return to their blues rock roots after a few drug addled psychedelic albums. I love how unpolished it is. That grit just hits right. Favourite songs: Been Down So Long, Riders on the Storm, The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat), Love Her Madly, The Changeling, Cars Hiss By My Window, Crawling King Snake, L.A. Woman, Hyacinth House Least favorite songs: L'America 4/5
One of the all time greats
La woamn
there was a bit of filler in here(L'America, Hyacinth House) but, overall, a great Doors album
Love this vibe ! Some of the songs did sound the same though but I would listen to at least half of these songs again.
For the most part, I really liked this album. If not for the inclusion of L’America and The WASP, this would earn 5 stars from me. I really, really liked the three big songs on this album, as well as the bluesy tracks...Love Her Madly, LA Woman, and Riders on the Storm are my favorite Doors songs. Jim Morrison’s voice sounds kind of damaged on most of the side one tracks, particularly LA Woman, but for me that doesn’t detract at all…it just adds some character. I just love Ray Mazarek’s keyboard work on this album. The highs on this album are really high, and I hope to find a reasonably priced used vinyl copy sometime. Rating it in its entirety, I give it four stars.
La maldición de las bandas es que el público se estanca en solo sus exitos más sonados, pero su música no solo es eso. Doors tiene un repertorio muy rico y debe ser re visitado y disfrutado
I didn’t realize the doors were so bluesy. Maybe this should have been obvious. Certain songs might as well have been Howling Wolf
Solid blues album. The way the sound design was done made this album better to me than it may have been otherwise, so props to any and every audio/sound engineer that worked on this cuz they nailed it. Favorite songs are "Been down so Long" and "Riders on the Storm".
Ahh another classic Doors album! I really enjoyed this album and it has one one of my favorite songs of theirs on it, Riders on the Storm! And LA Woman! Great album, good representation here, this is just a classic album of rock music!
Love the Doors, problematic front man and all. This record is heavy on the blues rock, which works for them. Band sounds great, Manzarek’s keyboard is on point, not too noodly. Jim doesn’t sound too drunk and his poetry shines. “LA Woman” (and I am one,) “Wasp/Texas Radio” and of course “Riders on the Storm” are standouts.
Banger after banger.
I've had almost no exposure to The Doors, it's been cool to get into them. There's this boogie woogie soul hiding in there, in the thumps bass lines and the organ/Rhodes piano. His voice is a bit odd, slurred almost. But very good
Solid Blues Rock with great ending!
I love the doors. Solid album. L’america was weird but the rest were great.
Didn’t realize L.A. Woman album was so blues influenced which was a pleasant surprise. Standouts were “The Changeling”, “Crawling king Snake” and “Riders on the Storm” which is probably my favorite Doors song.
I have heard Love Her Madly and Riders On The Storm here and there in the past since they were classic singles, but the rest of this was new to me. Really digging their sound on this record. It's bluesy but features a lot of upbeat rock music. The title track L.A. Woman was a jam. I enjoyed all of the other songs too, maybe with the exception of Cars Hiss By My Window. I would put this solidly as a 4.
I'm not the biggest Doors fan, but this album rips. Soulful and bluesy with plenty of whiskey drenched jams throughout. It gets a little slogged in the back half, but is otherwise full of fun. Changeling kicks things off on a soulful note with dripped out guitars and wonderful organs underpinning it all. Love Her Madly is a delightful bopper -- great driving song and an even better organ solo. Been down so Long turns things in towards more "bluesy" territory, and I for one love it. Such a satisfying stomp with Morrison selling the whole thing on his confident vocals. L.A. Woman is one of my favorites of their radio hits. Amazing that this was able to command radio play at almost 8 minutes. But this one is so damned satisfying. The guitar work is liquid and pleasing, and the keys give a wonderfully cluttered and jovial feel. L'America is a dark one from The Doors. I would say its actually a soft spot on the album, but still I find myself bobbing along to the relentless downward spiral. Riders on the Storm is another long play single and a fine way to end the album. Not too much to shake a stick at here -- solid 4 / 5.
4.5 stars for me. Solid album. Rider on storm and love her madly are great hits. overall album is an easy listen
Another great Doors album. Such incredible bluesy rock. Love her Madly is such a fun and catchy song. Riders on the Storm is already a great song but it works even better as part of this album.
As a Doors fan this has some of my absolutely favorite hits on it. The Changeling, Love Her Madly, L.A. Woman and Riders On the Storm are all absolute jams with my fav being L.A. Woman. I also have a random love for The WASP. The rest are some solid blues songs sprinkled in throughout. Might be one of the highest 4's I give and debated going 5 but couldn't pull the trigger.
Doors are great quintessential Doors. Favorite song is on here but prefer Morrison hotel more. The music defined an era in a lot of ways. One of them being a white artist garnering the fame over his black contemporaries.
Banger
Solid album with three really amazing tracks- "Love Her Madly", "L.A. Woman", and "Riders on the Storm". I've always kept a little bit of a distance from The Doors. To me I think I I've probably had a fear that I would like them too much and become "The Doors guy". Growing up I had friend groups that had those types- we had "the Pink Floyd kid", "the Metallica kid", "the Guns n Roses kid", and each of them were a bit annoyingly too much into their band. Like every day wearing a different t-shirt of the same band, every music conversation funneling into a discussion about their favorite band, every CD change in their car turning into a repeat of their favorite album by their favorite band. I think I might have subconsciously noticed that, and realized that there's a few bands I would certainly obsess over to an unhealthy level and The Doors fit that bill. When I listen to their songs now, some 20 years after those foolish teenage ideas, I'm a little bit thankful that I reserved some of these fine wines for later consumption. I'm not tired of hearing "L.A. Woman", I can throw it on right now and jump around and there's still a sheen of newness on it. "Riders on the Storm" is a familiar but fresh journey- for me on this listen it's a vision of an early fall night drive through a rain soaked city with no direction besides "away". Would these tracks be this fresh for me now if I allowed myself to obsess over them when I was first introduced? I'm not entirely sure, but it's nice right now in the moment.
Sounds of the sunset strip
I liked the beginning, then I got kind of tired (or just listened in the wrong mood), although "Riders on the storm" is undoubtedly the best thing on the album.
I tend to disregard The Doors as being boomer blues or spaced out organ rock and hardly ever listened directly to their albums. Now I'm informed that this some solid blues rock. I mean, I get it, everybody knows how tripped out and grand they were, but I can attest it's pretty good.
L.A. Woman is The Doors at their rawest and most unfiltered, ditching some of the psychedelic haze of their earlier work in favor of a looser, blues-heavy sound that suits them surprisingly well. Jim Morrison’s voice is grittier, more lived-in—half shaman, half barroom poet—and the band leans into a swampy, road-worn groove that makes tracks like Been Down So Long and Crawling King Snake feel as dirty as they should. The title track is a hypnotic, sprawling ride, Riders on the Storm is pure cinematic cool, and Love Her Madly injects just enough radio-friendly polish to balance things out. It’s an album that sounds like it was recorded in a room thick with cigarette smoke, beer bottles rattling on the floor, and that energy makes it one of their most compelling. That said, L.A. Woman isn’t quite perfect. Some tracks feel a little stretched out, and the bluesier direction, while fitting, doesn’t always hit as hard as their more mystical, fever-dream moments from earlier albums. Morrison’s vocals, while still commanding, sometimes feel more like a man on his last legs than a rock god in his prime—which, given the circumstances, makes the album feel even more like the chaotic last stand it was. Still, there’s something undeniably magnetic about L.A. Woman. It’s the sound of a band shedding the last of its illusions and going all in on instinct, and while it’s rougher around the edges than their more polished work, that’s part of its charm. A gritty, blues-soaked farewell from one of rock’s most enigmatic frontmen, and an album that—flaws and all—still deserves its place in the pantheon. 4/5
cars hiss by my window riders on the storm
I was not expecting this album to grab me like it did. I thought it was a real showcase of their lyricism, as Hyacinth House and L'America are particularly haunting. Riders on the Storm is also really great, and one of those songs that you can hear everywhere in television, but I had no idea where it came from. Definitely would have these songs in the rotation.
*The Doors* veröffentlichten mit *L.A. Woman* 1971 eines ihrer letzten Alben mit dem legendären Jim Morrison. Das Album wurde in den *Doors*’ eigenen Studios in Los Angeles aufgenommen, mit Unterstützung von Bruce Botnick als Produzenten. Es stellt eine Rückkehr zu einem eher rohen, bluesorientierten Sound dar, der stark von der Atmosphäre und den Erfahrungen in Kalifornien beeinflusst wurde. Die Band, bestehend aus Jim Morrison (Gesang), Ray Manzarek (Keyboard), Robby Krieger (Gitarre) und John Densmore (Schlagzeug), bringt in *L.A. Woman* eine Mischung aus Rock, Blues und Psychedelic zum Ausdruck. Besonders bemerkenswert ist der Song "Riders on the Storm", der mit seinem atmosphärischen, fast gespenstischen Sound und den poetischen Texten herausragt. Auch der Titeltrack "L.A. Woman" vermittelt das Gefühl der kalifornischen Wüste und der dortigen Lebensweise. Weitere bemerkenswerte Stücke sind "Love Her Madly" und "Been Down So Long", die durch ihre eingängigen Melodien und den charakteristischen Groove bestechen. Das Album stellt einen Kontrast zu einigen früheren, experimentelleren Arbeiten dar, indem es einen direkteren, simpler strukturierten Rockansatz verfolgt, der die musikalische Reife der Band widerspiegelt. Jim Morrisons Stimme ist kraftvoll und ausdrucksstark, oft mit einer rauen Intensität, die perfekt zur rauen Atmosphäre des Albums passt. Insgesamt ist *L.A. Woman* ein Werk, das den Übergang von der psychedelischen Ära zu einem traditionelleren Rock-Sound markiert. Es bleibt ein Meilenstein der Bandgeschichte und eine stilistische Weiterentwicklung, die die Vielseitigkeit von *The Doors* unterstreicht. *L.A. Woman* ist ein Album, das die Essenz von *The Doors* in einer markanten und gleichzeitig klareren Form einfängt. Es verbindet Blues, Rock und psychedelische Elemente zu einer kraftvollen und nachdenklichen Erzählung, die durch ihre Ehrlichkeit und Direktheit beeindruckt.
This is one of the better Doors albums.
it’s not my type of music, but it fells pretty fresh now, so that’s good
Doors fans aren't made, they're born! I do like the bluesy rock vibes of this, and obviously Love Her Madly and Riders on the Storm are solid hits. I did end up listening to it twice so that should probably weigh until my overall score.
Some great tunes on this, the music, the lyrics and the voice all combine very nicely
“riders on the storm” un po’ lunghina però la amo non posso abbassare il voto
It’s bluesy, it’s gritty, it’s got that late-night, half-crazed energy. The vocals sound half-spoken, half-snarled. The whole thing moves like a slow burn, but it never drags.
Love Her Madly L.A. Woman Riders on the Storm
My first front to back doors album listen. Never been a huge fan of Jim’s vocals but as a whole package it’s a good album. Been down so long, car hiss, Hyacinth house, and the WASP stood out as ones I will go back to
Not nearly as special as their first album, and some songs feels like filler. but still probably good enough for a 4
Riders on the storm, geilo. N paar netter Songs, kurz und knackig gebe ich 4 Sterne
Love this more than the other album. The blues vibe hits.
What a great week in music! This album was maybe a 3.5 for me, but I am feeling generous and we are rounding up.
Har hørt mest på første plata til The Doors, ganske sykt hvor mye grovere og eldre stemmen til Jim Morrison høres ut her. Veldig tight, veldig blues, med noen skikkelig sære innslag (L'America) og noen evige klassikere (Riders of the Storm)
Meer Doors? Ik ben er eigenlijk altijd best wel positief over, omdat ze een soort prettig midden houden tussen rock en blues. Met ook wat invloeden van Jazz. Ook vind ik de zanger gewoon een hele prettige stem hebben! Ja ik kan the Doors prima hebben en dit album is voor mij denk ik degene die me heeft overgehaald dat ik ze écht goed vind! Hiervoor was het soms net iets te veel standaard rock, en daar houd ik gewoon niet zo van. Dit is iets meer vreemde blues en jazz en dat trek ik een stuk beter! Hoeveel The Doors albums staan er in deze lijst alleen? Want dit is al nummer 4 volgens mij. Het album mist net een beetje het laatste beetje waardoor ik het een fantastisch album vind, het blijft toch net hangen op een heel goed. Geen schande natuurlijk! Maar wel jammer, denk dat ik het middenstuk net iets te meh vond en te langdradig voor 5 sterren, maar verder is dit een ontzettend goed album en wat ik iedereen zou aanraden die The Doors niet kent! FAVO: Love her madly, Cars hiss by my window, L.A. Woman, L'america, WASP, Riders on the storm
amazing bg music, very moist
An album that grew on me as I listened, as much as because I was learning more about its context as I went than because it simply gets better and better (which it does). A stomach flu will prevent me saying much more – but this is an album that sounds like a goodbye. “Riders on the storm” is Universe-level.