Reviews (page 7 of 14)
Haven’t listened to this album since high school. Definitely did not appreciate it for the album then. Loved The Doors, but very selectively.
This was definitely a good one!!!
The Doors are a little divisive for me. They have some of thr most boring bluesy rock songs ever, but then some of them are amazing. I like their songs that dive into psych rock a little better but this album only has one of those.
Hard for me to get through. Not for me.
Nothing really special about this band. Very stereotypical rock kinda deal, a little boring, but not bad.
The Lord is testing me once again on this journey, this time because I disparaged rock organ in a recent review. This gets a 3 on the strength of the singles alone, otherwise it's a 2-2.5 in my heart. I hate pretentious white man blues.
The Doors are one of those bands that are easy to love when you’re young and want to feel like you understand things in a deep esoteric way. Then you get a little older and realize Jim Morrison was a drunken buffoon and organ led rock and roll is lame. That being said - LA Woman is a legit great song. Especially the part where Val Kilmer sings it while sitting on the John.
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.
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.
Guarantee you The Doors loved Booker T. & the M.G.'s. I like The Doors more than I thought. Love Her Madly is good. L.A. Woman has its moments too. Mr Mojo Risin is the coolest acronym of anyone's name, I will give Morrison that. I would make everyone call me that instead of the Lizard King. Not loving every song on this album though. The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat) is awful. It highlights all of the things I hate about The Doors. Jim Morrison sounding overly serious while he spouts nonsense lyrics and overuse of the organ. Overuse of the Organ sounds like a Limp Bizkit album. Many people love Riders on the Storm. I am not one of them. It's fine.
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.
Tried to go in with an open mind. I've long considered The Doors to be one of the most over-rated bands in history. Not that they were particularly bad, just they weren't anywhere near as amazing as they seem to get credit for. For the most part, I can enjoy the musicians - Denzmore, Krieger and Manzarek - but Morrison was a college-level wanna-be poet at best. All of that being said, I did really enjoy the opening track, "The Changeling", a straight-up blued rocker. I've heard the three massive hits ("Love Her Madly", "Riders on the Storm" and "LA Woman" with it's cringe "Mister Mojo Rising" line) so many times I'm just bored with them. Most of the rest of side one was good. Side two, not so much. "L'America" is awful, "Hyacinth House" was meh. "Crawling King Snake" some of the worst lyrics so far. . . well, until "WASP" kicks in. Bottom line: Side one is descent, but "Love Her Madly" and "LA Woman" are over-played. Side two has so many cringe lyrics I barely got through it. "Riders On the Storm" is a good song, but again over-played.
I have never really been a fan of the Doors but I love the song LA Woman ... so I will compromise at three stars.
Classic album, album cover, and band. Everyone knows the title track and all the covers of it. Throw in "Love Her Madly", "Riders On The Storm" and glue tracks like "The WASP", "Crawling King Snake", "Been Down So Long" and "The Changeling" and you have a solid album. Can't say I've ever listened to it from top to bottom. Favorite new track, "Cars Hiss By My Window". "L'America" sucks. Top 1001? Not for me but a extremely respectable release with songs that are still very popular on rock radio. 3.5 stars, the overall vibe of the album is so chill it takes away from the rating.
100/10
Great album
No new standouts
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.
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.
Somehow the Doors are worse every time I hear them. I can barely get to two stars for Riders' genuine vibe. Jim Morrison is a jackass, and tho I rate Robby Krieger the band is replacement level. This is probably their best record.
This was cool, listened on my way from work, I liked la’America
Bloody love this; always have done... Two enormous tracks that I can never get tired of hearing 'L.A. Woman' & 'Riders'
I really liked a few of the songs I didn't know and there are some classic songs like Riders on the Storm too.
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.
Good bluesy rock
The Doors have a wonderful classic rock sound, yet they stay unique wit their bluesy vibe. An experience.
Again it's okay, doesn't grab me
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
This album has a lot of totally fine songs but that's all most of them are. Yeah, there are a couple of greats on there, but it just isn't consistent enough for me to think it's a classic to the extent many people seem to. 3*
IMHO their best album! LOVE THE DOORS!
I was never a huge a fan of Jim Morrison, but can’t deny they had a good groove. As an album, it’s cohesive and flows nicely but a few songs drag, not just the longer ones. The suburban blues lyrics didn't speak to me but the singing was good, if a bit passionless. I prefer their more composed, poppy music ("Love Her Madly") and never really got on with Riders on the Storm. Strong 6.5/10
ok so the doors are certainly rly indflucencial but i dont vibe with blues rock that much 3/5
The Doors annoy me. I think they’re overrated. Listening to this album made me realize that they would have been a good blues band. There are a few good tunes here. But the circus-organ sound kills the vibe for me whenever it arises. It’s a 2.
Two songs that I knew, the other songs sort of mixed together after a while. 3/5
Didn't like
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
Dull. Lot of 12 bar blues
-alright second album i’ve heard from The Doors… reminds me of their debut in a lot of ways in terms of the blues rock sound -i liked it. Jim Morrison has a cool ass voice and there are a lot of more subtle touches (such as the keyboards) that deserve appreciation too -Favorites are Love Her Madly, L.A. Woman, and Riders on the Storm
The doors goated
Some good songs, some bad songs. The Black Keys of the 70s? Jim does have an iconic voice and Riders on the Storm is quite the tune.
jammin!
I always thought this was a psychedelic album. Really more of a blues record.
So good. Exactly what you want from a Doors album.
A-
some of the songs are whatever, but man the high points are frickin high!
I hate the Doors. Riders on the storm is ok, the rest is just convoluted crap.
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.
Masterpiece! Riders On The Storm and Love Her Madly are masterpieces that hit Top 10 or 20.
Didn’t like any of the songs
Always amazing!
Never listened to this whole album, despite being a big Doors fan (many moons ago). It's... okay lol. Riders on the Storm is such a bop tho
Classic doors. Spooky vibes
Good.
This doesn’t feel like their best album, thus making its inclusion on this list perplexing to me. I think they do better in their psychedelic bag than this country bluesy sound. Riders in the storm is atmospheric and cool. LA woman is groovy. I didn’t like Love Her Madly lol
There are a few good tracks on here, but by the end, it felt like a lot of the songs just blended together. Best songs: Riders on the Storm, Love Her Madly, The Changeling
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.
Funky goodness
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
Mega!!
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
eh. kinda dragged on.
mola pero no es mi rollo
Still classic
Lovely sounds! Stand out songs: Love Her Madly Cars Hiss By My Window L.A. Woman Riders On the Storm
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’
É um som que lembra muito Jimi Henrdix, mas sem a qualidade da voz e dos riffs/solos do Hendrix.
A classic
Good stuff.
Didn't do much for me, apart from the last song.
I think The Doors are simply not for me.
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.
The Doors last full album with Jim Morrison. Very much a Doors album, very bluesy. I can't say I'm thrilled with anything here. Riders On The Storm is the closer. Favorite - LA Woman
Amazing disk, that end with my Door's favorite song: Riders on The Storm
High point: "LA Woman" and "Riders on the Storm" are great and justly famous, but the real hidden gem here is "The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)". Jim's psychedelic rap supported by the band in full acid mode. Awesome stuff. Low point: "Cars Hiss By My Window" is kind of phoned-in. Not a bad song, just not a lot of effort there, and it overstays its welcome.
Riders on the Storm is a great song and my favorite from the album. L'America was also pretty good. But overall, I don't love this album. I just don't think it's really my style/vibe.
Esta guapo
The Doors has never been my favorite band, but L.A. Woman and Riders on the storm are still great.
This album is frustrating. With the songs LA Woman, Riders of the Storm, and L'américa, they clearly had some gas left in the tank to make another album. But they really wanted to do blues, and unfortunately their blues songs are flat and disappointing. This album doesn't really come together. If this is on the List, 'The Doors' definitely is. Since that album is much better, even with its own flaws, it's questionable why 'LA Woman' should be on here. It feels like the Doors get a pass on the meh blues songs because we love Riders. I can't do it.
Have it
6/10 Enjoyable in parts, but it has the issue I have with a lot of the Doors stuff, which is I'm not sure they are very good. It's the kind of music I kind of like, but it lacks any Oomph. They don't seem too bothered and it's hard to generate any enthusiasm when the band sound bored.
It's good. They have 3 albums on the list. This is the 3rd one I got. Like their other albums, it has some great songs and some not so great songs. I think 3 the Doors albums is too many. They're too similar. A Best Of would have been great instead, but that's against the rules of the book. Favorite song: Hyacinth House.
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.
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.
Zuhause, Heidenheim, Deutschland Ganz okay, aber auf Albumlänge nervig
Good overall, mainly one very good song: riders of the storm. Maybe would put 3.5 if I could. Not my favourite
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.
Some good stuff, some old psychedelic style I don't really like
This was fine. I liked the last song in the album but I think that’s a popular one. It was too blue-sy for me.
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
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 !
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!
Voice to text: This album is trash it really like emphasizes the fact that white people only like listening to black music outside of black bodies. It’s like the most like sanitized corny blues type album. I’ve heard and I don’t know why they did that. I don’t remember if this is post, Jim Morrison dying or Why I just do not like this album the only song album that’s worth listening to as riders on a storm that literally one song carries this entire album.
This album is best experienced in its entirety. Even though it's not as good as other classic albums. "L.A. Woman" has some excellent bass work. It's a shame that this album is Jim Morrison's last before his death. I wonder if I'll get another great album this time. 3 stars for "L.A. Woman".
You don't hear guitar solos like this anymore. Easy to listen to but I got bored after a while
First track reminds me of funky town (shrek). Sure I've heard a cover of 'love her madly' Love the slow one, cars hiss by my window (apart from the weird singing) Looong songs
3 - It was kinda nice, kinda not terrible but I just don't know if I get the doors. One day maybe
Woozy, ambling, scraggly and not in a good way. Very derivative blues music mostly with uninteresting psychedelic interjections from time to time. The only good track for me is Riders, The Wasp is ok. Very disappointed by this one. Hypest hype though. 2.2/5
3.75
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.
Oh LA woman, the weakest doors album yet still pulls out Riders on the Storm, Love her Madly, Crawling King Snake and LA Woman. The doors are an interesting band. The first two albums were just stacked, just absolutely ridiculous, then the farther you get from there the quality drops off yet is still listenable. LA woman is a fine album to put and an listen to. The band is great, Morrisons lyrics are the weakest here while still able to pull out greatness here and there.
Dark, rich sounds with a mix of up tempo and slow - an overall enjoyable album
top songs: riders on the storm, hyacinth house, love her madly, L.A woman a solid album but not as good as their debut album
hyggelig baggrundsmuzak. Me like
Not an album I would return to but with the exception of a few slow songs not bad for background.
Pretty great
The opening track is no good, but after that, the album has a number of bangers
A couple of these songs are bangers — especially Love Her Madly — but it’s very uneven and some are drag to listen to. The better songs reminded me of a worse version of early Fleetwood Mac, so I’d rather listen to them.
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.
One of the Doors weaker albums.
No idea what's wrong with me today, have rated 6 albums (needed to catch up) all of them 2 or 3 stars. Aside from a few songs this is mostly forgettable for me, it's not The Doors' best album either. I really thought I'd love this but it's not hitting it
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
Them dang Doors
At first no, then maybe? The Doors are such a strange band. The years of hype and the actual music are hard to separate. Really feels like the greatest hits made them seem way better than they are. The Dumb Velvet Underground seems fair.
War okay. Habe Morrison Hotel besser in Erinnerung, aber es war nicht schlecht.
Der Sound an sich ist schon klasse. Ich mag Morrissons Gesang und natürlich die Orgel der Doors sehr gerne, nur haben ihre besten Songs und Alben für mich noch mehr Energie, die sind dann einfach etwas treibender. Hier fühlt sich das teilweise etwas nach Handbremse an, es ist mir ein wenig zu zahm. Opener, Titeltrack und der fantastische Closer sind aber klasse.
The Riffs sound feminine, the vocals sound gritty.
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!
3.5
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.
There is quite a mix here. It's a very blues-heavy record, a bit too much for my taste. Some good tracks, some filler, and, of course, Riders on the Storm.
I would not have known this was The Doors if it wasn’t for the hits. Jim Morrison does not sound like himself. The band sound tight but, other than the aforementioned hits, this edges too close to standard white men playing the blues for me
8/10
A decent album. The obvious highlight is "Riders on the Storm" which happens to be one of my favorite songs of all time. "L.A. Woman" is also a pretty good song. The rest of the album is just decent. I'm a little disappointed, I had higher hopes for this album, but it ended up being pretty middle of the road, since 2 great songs don't really make up for the other 8.
Pas écouté en entier :(
WTH!? I skipped this album, omg, because didn't listen to music for 2-3 days. Damn, this is a real 5/5. Again an album to listen to while alive. Songs saved: all.
A few standout tracks but mostly filler made up of boring hippie blues.
Cops in cars, the topless bars Never met a woman so alone I love this album.
Nice
I fucking HATE the Doors. HATE HATE HATE. Self-indulgent twaddle.
the albums haven't been doing it for me lately but this was cool
I enjoyed this one, the blues elements are cool, it's not an album I'm desperate to return to though.
Murrig ljudbild, som vilket genomsnittligt 70-talsalbum. Trummor, bas, gitarr och en orgel. Grupper ger sig på blues och bluesrock. Inleder med en traditionell soul. Sången gör sig inte särskilt väl till låtarna. Sista spåret Riders on the storm, det enda som sticker ut och förmodligen ända anledningen till att albumet finns med på listan. Här låter sången bra.
Didn’t like this
I didn’t know The Doors other than the name. They sit just on the right side in terms of experimental blues/rock for the era, but occasionally it gets a bit too weird (L’America). It has a compelling beat/sound throughout but I didn’t necessarily get any deeper resonance with the songs, they’re just decent tracks.
love this album
Classic
The Doors' last album (while Jim was alive) is one of their best - they went back to their blues roots and and with Morrison's more mature and raw singing, Manzarek's usual brilliant playing it became one of their classic albums. The self titled track and the more jazzy Riders on the Storm are especially brilliant. It is great throughout, from the more experimental, psychedelic tracks to even the most bluesy tracks. If Morrison Hotel got downgraded to 4, LA Woman is upgraded to 5 stars.
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
When I think about The Doors the first thing I remember is this electric keyboard.
Riders on the Storm. At least four stars just for that song alone. The rest bring it up to a five.
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
I decided I really like The Doors
The best Doors album. Has wide variety of music stiles and some of their best songs.
Second Doors I get and I.... Don't care for it either sadly. I guess I just don't find their blues rock thing too interesting or Jim's voice all that, it's also missing the organ from the first record which made it stand out in my mind. So, eh
Expected The Doors but got a dope bluesy album instead
4,5
Never really bothered with The Doors, so only know their more famous songs. I personally didn’t get much from this album, but it’s perfectly listenable with a few good tracks. Just not really for me I guess.
Beautiful snapshot of that era
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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.
Sawright
This is another case of “how much can a few songs carry a whole album”. This may be a controversial opinion but I think the vast majority of this album is filler. There’s like 3-4 songs on this album that are good. Two of those 3-4 songs are spectacular, but ultimately I feel like this album is a slog to get through. It pays you for getting to the end with the best song, but you do have to earn it. Sadly this album was kind of a let down.
I’ve never been a huge Doors fan. I’m ok with a few of their songs……but that’s about it. I always felt the keyboards were a bit too much.
ugh NO thank you. i do not like the doors i do not like jim morrison. i do not like this album.
Enjoyable
Influenced a lot more by the blues than I was expecting.
I love everything The Doors did and this is no exception. Raw and bluesy and it has the amazing Riders on the Storm, what an album. Jim's voice is hoarser than ever (goes well with the raw vlues style) and Ray Manzarek's keys are not only melodically great, but that tight rhythm! Fantastic album.
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.
Liked it less than the other doors album
I always found The Doors to be overrated, but listenable. This isn’t tear my ears off bad, but wow it is so reductive. This is the twelfth album I’ve listened through this project and I’ve only heard one album by a black artist and at least three white bands blatantly using black music (in a far less effective way than their predecessors)
I wouldn’t exactly call the genre for this album rock. It’s more blues than anything else. However, I like this sound for The Doors. I did find some of the songs to sound a little bit same-y after a bit. Riders on the Storm is, of course, a classic, and there a few other really good hidden gems in this album. It’s solid, but not my favorite of what The Doors have to offer.
Fake poetry boomer crap.
I was not high enough for this.
Much of what I said about their debut album applies here, too. Putting the two together, I conclude that The Doors are the textbook archetype for justifying the need for a "Greatest Hits" album. Glad that that was my initial experience with them and not these individual albums, which are islands of hits in seas of calm meh to choppy ugh. Even so, this is still far better than most other entries on this list, and fillers aside, the hits do hold some personal nostalgia for me. I'd say this is a 3.5; so, since I gave their debut a 4, I'll give this a 3 and call it even.
This was better than the first doors album we had. But I’m still not into it.
Cwassic
Not their best.
Ну прикольно че
There's definitely good stuff here, but I could skip at least have of these so so blues songs.
The last album with Jim Morrison (if we don't count 'American Prayer') is one of my favourites by the band even though it was seen a bit controversial by some. Infamous is the label of 'cocktail jazz'. Seems a bit over the top though. The album clearly has a blues DNA and is less psychedelic than the predecessors. You need to like that. Next to obviously 'Riders on the storm' 'Cars Hiss by My Window' is my favourite track.
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.
I like a few tracks but not all.
Classic
LA woman was the only one i might go back to download. not my cup of tea. was building a bed so maybe i should give it another shot
Exceptional in all ways. The band made you feel like you're in a long road trip in the 60's/70's, they might sound a litte rusty to the younger listeners but it's something you deserve to hear at least one time in your life
sounds a lot like the doors TBF....not for me. Riders on the storm is good though.
Very bluesy and stripped down. Excellent vocals. Not my personal taste, but I can respect the craft that went into the project.
It’s an exceptional voice backed by lackluster instrumentals, less than exciting melodies, and decent lyricism. Formative, yet ehh.
this would definitely merit inclusion if the title of the book was "The Rise and Fall of The Doors." limp blues facsimiles with a jim morrison who sounds like he has an inordinate amount of phlegm stuck in his throat
The Doors are very hit and miss for me.
Nothing will ever make me like The Doors
Classic rock
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.
Phenomenal…or filler.
Man, when The Doors hit, the really hit. But everything else is pretty out there for me.
I wouldn't turn it off, but in my opinion not the best doors album.
The doors most consistently good album
Another solid album from The Doors, that focuses more on the style of the blues. Their hits really stand out here, but the rest are a bit too inconsistent. They tend to jump between enjoyable to droning track to track.
One of The Doors' better efforts, I think, which just shows they're a low-ceiling band. The title track is the best thing on offer here, as a propulsive, electric mission statement.
Solid 3 star
3.5 , really solid album but not the best by the doors
very good
Felt like everything 70s rock stands for in my head canon. Could easily slip into a guardians of the galaxy movie. Sadly nothing special. Do love me some good organ though. 3 stars.
Just boring. I didn’t ever need to listen to this. Ever.
Mundane 70s blues rock, it wasn’t even bad per se just nothing stood out in any regard. So I’m having a very difficult time finding even one song to add to my playlist from this. And I’m especially confused why the curator of this list felt the need to include this album as part of the 1001.
Listened to the original vinyl album. Essential Doors sound with the band and Morrison in top form. Rich and textured analogue sound on this record. Classic.
Decent album, a few really solid songs mixed with pure garbage like L'America.
Iconic. Though not for me. Morrison put absolutely everything into this album and it shows. It’s weird and disorganized, but it has heart. Resonance - 6 Hooks - 4 Yield - 4 Technique - 6 Heart - 10 Mood - 5 RHYTHM - 35
Grand. First song the highlight
This is #day251 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and… funny how just a few days ago I got An American Prayer in Ukrainian translation for my birthday, and now it's my second The Doors album on the list. What can I say about L.A. Woman? It's fair to call it the band's magnum opus. For me, though, Strange Days will remain one of my personal favorites, on par with Waiting for the Sun. But there's something about L.A. Woman that is undeniably enigmatic. First, it's the last album recorded while Morrison was still alive. Then, it feels like a pull-yourself-together kind of record, like a final burst of energy, a statement made loud before the doors slam shut. And finally, it's just a wild psychedelic blues rock record, showcasing the band at their absolute best, with Riders on the Storm as the cherry on top. Some of the highlights are... well, the whole damn album. This is a 5 out of 5, of course. Looking forward to #day252.
I can see the quality but not for me
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.
Eh, didn't like it. Nothing notable, vocals were not my style.
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.
This is far from the best doors album so I can only hope that the other doors albums are on this list somewhere. There are maybe three great songs here and a handful of filler.
Great album.
- Good start to the album, loved The Changeling and Love Her Madly - Been down so Long felt like background pub music - Songs feel very country, not my vibe - L’America is a lil better - The WASP was… eh, poor choice of words - Riders on the Storm was my personal favorite, good ending to this album - Can appreciate The Doors’ impact on rock and roll, album is not all bad - Overall 3/5
First Doors album I’ve listened to from start to finish. Riders on the Storm is the obvious classic that listeners will recognize. I felt the rest of the album differed from that sound drastically. There’s a clear inspiration from early blues both lyrically and musically. For me personally, hyacinth house was the track I gravitated to the most. I would need to listen some more to really dig in deeper but overall I liked it and can see where it has been influential. 7/10
4.5
I’ve never seen the appeal of The Doors. I still don’t even now. Their organ sound ages this music terribly.
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
I didn't really know any of these, but I enjoy just having them on in the background.
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.
This is the voice I love. It's deep and husky and gruff and sexy as hell. I've always loved this album for it's bluesy, trippy, psychedelic vibe, you know, because out here we is stoned...immaculate. Love Her Madly and L.A. Woman are killer songs, L'America is an offbeat, weirdo gem and then there is Riders on the Storm, my favorite Doors song. This is such a great album.
I liked this 5/5 virile blues
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.
This album is very hit and miss. Granted, when it hits, it hits real good with absolute bangers like LA woman, Riders on the storm and The Changeling. However, my active dislike for the failed attempt at being experimental in L'America loses the album a star.
Have I not suffered enough
It’s a real shame the band sounds as good as they do because nothing would save Jim Morrison from choking on his own ego. I actually like “L.A. Woman” and “L’America” actually works pretty well, but this is a real fuckin’ whimper from what could have been an amazing band.
holy ass
nice
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
Blues rock. Some good instrumental moments, but overall a little forgettable. Riders on the Storm is great, but it’s unfortunately the outlier from the rest of the album.
I honestly forgot that I still had another Doors album awaiting me. I gave four stars to Morrison Hotel and five stars to their self-titled album, so I have decently high expectations for this album. Looking at the track list, I’m familiar with the title track and “Riders on the Storm,” but these other songs will all be new for me. Let’s take a journey with Jim Morrison and company! L.A. Woman was fine overall, but it will definitely be my least favorite Doors album that I’ve reviewed. I’ll admit that I’m not a big fan of blues rock, and this album only reinforced my feelings towards the genre. However, there were a couple of really bright spots on this album. As luck would have it, “L.A. Woman” and “Riders on the Storm” were my favorite songs on the album. I really enjoy Jim Morrison’s vocals, and I liked how his voice created such a vivid atmosphere on those two songs, especially on “Riders on the Storm.” I tend to enjoy songs by the Doors that lean more into psychedelic rock, and even though this album didn’t rely on those psychedelic sounds as much, those two songs leaned on that element a bit more, with great results. I enjoyed “Love Her Madly” as well, which I had completely forgotten that I knew. “Love Her Madly” did the best job of blending blues and psychedelic elements, and I thought the piano and guitar playing melded together really well. The rest of the album was fine, but outside of my two favorite songs, there wasn’t a whole lot that I enjoyed from a musical aspect. I thought the guitar playing was pretty bland, and I would have loved more keyboards and organ playing, Just like on Morrison Hotel, some of the lyrics on this album were too weird for my taste. “Crawling King Snake” reminded me too much of the whole ‘Lizard King’ thing of Morrison’s that I absolutely despise, and “The WASP” was a little too out there for me as well. I don’t think this is an album I’d revisit, but I certainly won’t ever skip over “Riders on the Storm."
Instantly recognisable as a 70s album and I enjoyed it overall. Couple of tracks even I recognised and would play again
Some songs I think are really interesting. However aside from the odd peak the majority of the album I found a very boring rhythm. Secondly it is clearly quite blues in nature which I like but it was the type of blues that just repeats in an annoying slow loop. I even heard some nick cave esk vocals but delivered in a flat and boring way. It has nothing on that!
I really liked the bluesy tracks on this album which began with 'Been Down So Long' and was a recurring theme throughout. The production quality is excellent, great isolation but still giving the feel of a live performance. Things got a bit weird with 'L'America' in a way that I've come to expect from the doors and I'm never quite sure I really enjoy. The album finishes with "Riders on the Storm" which is a really cool track and further cements my opinion of the Doors as a band that lurches from cool to weird and back again. A decent album but not one that I'll return to.
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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Classic, love love love
Pretty darn good
Classic. Riders on the storm. Love the age of bluesy rock.
this was the second Doors album in 5 days from this site. this one was leaps and bounds worse than the other. in the 4 years between them they traded away psychedelia for the blues and it just makes every song far less interesting
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The lyrics were a bit redundant and kind of weak. There was not much variety in sound. Overall, it was decent.
Really joyed the musical arrangements and strong blues influence, with strong vocalists. Yet lyrically similar to that of a drunken redneck.
5.0/5.0: Iconic
i didnt like the doors as a kid and because of that have never really given them a chance as an adult but i really enjoyed this one
Great album. Legendary title track. More restrained than their previous albums but still distinctly theirs.
Liked it, although Jim's voice sounds pretty bad in the first half.
A rock 'n' roll must!
the changeling- 5 lover her madly- 5 been down so long- 5 cars hiss by my window- 6 l.a. woman- 5 l'america- 5 or 6 hyacinth house- 6 crawling king snake- 5 wasp- 5 riders on the storm- 5
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.
I don't know what it is about his voice, but something about it just turns me off. It's not bad, it just rubs me the wrong way. Most of the songs were ok. L.A. Woman and Riders On The Storm were pretty good. L'America was annoying and repetitive. Overall, it's just ok. Best song: Riders On The Storm
I gotta say, I was not expecting to like L.A. Woman as much as i did but good lord this is genuinely a glorious album. In my eyes, this album represents everything a psychedelic rock album should be. A fun, catchy, ever-changing experience that anyone using psychedelic drugs can enjoy (not that i was using any, I'm only 20 years old as of writing this which is probably underage for these drugs) with a good dose of quirkiness but not too much to make the album annoying. The songs, at worst, could be a little repetitive but even that flaw was very rare as the songs always had elements to help keep themselves from getting stale. This is easily one of the best psych rock albums i have heard. Best Song: L'America Worst Song: Crawling King Snake
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
What a banger of an album
I preferred The Doors, this is still a great album though
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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
2.4 I don't get the Doors. And this list has taught me I never will. This one sounds like I've wandered into a random bar and some drunk guy is on stage trying to do the blues. Not for me Clive.
It contains that one song everyone knows, other than that, nothing remarkable.
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.
really good , 3.5
Rating: 3/5 | Favorite Track: L.A. Woman --- I love the psychedelic tracks from the Doors, not so much the blues rock. Not a bad album, but not one I will return to often.
4.5
Old school rock, kinda vibey!
Fucking awesome. It’s ironic the bass playing on this album is awesome hahah. So many classics
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.
I usually find the Doors pretty silly, but this was just mostly gross. Really did not enjoy this.
This is a classic this vs that. There are "doors people" and none doors people. I am a no thank you on the doors person. All the elements are cool sure. Jim, sure. The pianos, fun. But nah. Not 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 always feel like I'm missing sonething when I listen to The Doors. They are fine musicians and songwriters, but there is a simplicity and campy quality that keeps me from fully connecting to any of their songs. Jim Morrison is also a character I have a hard time enjoying. His reputation as an asshole proceeds his vocal talents, and on LA Woman he sounds absolutely shit faced. I smell booze when I listen to this album. Some singers sound great when they've had a few drinks, but Jim really needed to put the bottle down. Good thing Riders On The Storm was on this album or else there would be nothing here for me to compliment.
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!
It was ok - a bit samey, and by the end of it (Despite it being Riders on the storm) I was bored of Jim Morrison's voice.