L.A. Woman

If I was told that I only had 24 hours to live, I would put this album on repeat for that last day so that it could feel like a longer time.

I've never considered myself much of a Doors fan. Morrison's vocals have never exactly impressed me, although they do seem to compliment their untamed, blues-driven style on this album. The hallmark organ work is undeniably prominent (bordering on overpowering), but it also gives the record a unique, hypnotic energy. There's a looseness to it, like they knew it was their last ride with Morrison. And Riders on the Storm feels like an eerie, almost cinematic farewell.

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

I liked the organs and bluesy guitars a lot. At first listen, I thought it was a decent album but not my favorite. Maybe it will grow on me with future listens. Favorite Song: Hyacinth House

One of the all time greats

5/5 While not every track is good on this album. As a whole it is very enjoyable to listen to. It's like the album is slowly building up to the last track, Riders on the Storm.

La woamn

there was a bit of filler in here(L'America, Hyacinth House) but, overall, a great Doors album

Mr mojo rising

recently I read some Joan Didion where she recounts an experience she had in the studio with the Doors where they all essentially sat around all bored waiting for Morrison to show up, and until now, that was my entire knowledge of them. And I feel with this album, as I do with many of the albums they give me that were considered groundbreaking and revolutionary in the 60/70s is that yeah, I can see how they were groundbreaking. I can! Does that make me listen and get on my knees and praise god these men met and made music? Not exactly. Like, it's fine. Morrison was really hot though, may he rest in peace.

Great. Would listen again.

Love this vibe ! Some of the songs did sound the same though but I would listen to at least half of these songs again.

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

The Doors are weird. They have a few good hits but otherwise it’s boring blues with mediocre poetry.

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.

***An ok album

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

5/10

Two of the greatest Rock songs are on this album, but other than them, not much else. I expected better given the artist. Favorite Track: "Riders On The Storm".

Ok

Nice, but the tracks are sometimes very similar, sounds like a forever looping.

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".

I don't think I like The Doors

One middling track at the end of this record cannot save all the filter here. This album sucks.

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.

One fantastic, ethereal track in Riders On The Storm - an extraordinary well written, performed and produced masterpiece. Most of the remainder, however, does little to replicate this - while the technicality doesn't drop off, the formulaic blues structure very much does lose it's magic after 5/6 songs. Best Tracks: - Riders On The Storm - L.A. Woman - The Changeling Worst Tracks: - Hyacinth House - Crawling King Snake - The Wasp (Texas Radio and the Big Beat) Rating: 6/10

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

I'll start by stating the obvious: "Riders on the Storm" is a legendary track. It's ominous, it's threatening, it's mysterious, it's cool. And it stands head and shoulders about any other track on this album. Not that the rest of the songs are bad, not at all. They lean very heavily into the blues, which I'm admittedly not the biggest fan of, but they have elements that make them more interesting. The guitar solo on "The Changeling" sounds otherworldly. There's a lot of organ action on "Love Her Madly". It's a solid album for sure, but not something I'd put on and actively listen to, save the last track. Fav tracks: The Changeling, Love Her Madly, Riders on the Storm

Solid Blues Rock with great ending!

I can hear the drugs

🤘 loved “changes”

I love the doors. Solid album. L’america was weird but the rest were great.

Bluesy and fairly catchy. Some excellent guitar solos. Jim Morrison sounds like a pirate which is funny if nothing else. Standout track is: “Been Down So Long” and “Hyacinth House”

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.

and its exhausting the way you walk across the stage like a cage inside a cage chalkened rage twisted mind and passages miracles hysterical blues drops through the back steals back full circle

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

Love the keyboard throughout. That's certainly the highlight. Riders on the Storm was a good one to listen to on this rainy day. This one veered toward 3.5 at times, but it kind of came and went most other times.

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.

The Doors is one of those groups that bounces back and forth between cool and lame to me. Riders On The Storm will always be a 10/10 banger for me though.

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

A classic in Blues Rock

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

3.5

The highlights of this album can be found on any Doors greatest hits: the rocking "Love Her Madly," the fast-moving and epic "L.A. Woman," and the simmering and jazzy "Riders on the Storm." The rest of the album is pretty straightforward blues rock with some psychedelic rock mixed in. 3.5

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.

Nice

Sounds of the sunset strip

Boring

LA Woman is bluesy it’s funky Jim Morrison does a guitar solo with his voice on Cars Hiss by my Window, love it

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

The 1001 albums don’t pass the bechtel test. Still enjoyed this album though

Lizard King 3.5

i don't get their appeal and i refuse to

I’d rather listen to Elvis Costello. This is probably their best album which is kind of like saying liver cancer is better than child abuse. There’s a couple of decent songs. But unless you’ve never heard actual blues they’re not that great. Krieger is a good player. And Densmore is a good drummer. Neither good enough to redeem this from ok.

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

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.

Pretty cool. Highlights include: “The Changeling” “Cars Hiss by My Window” “L.A. Woman” “The Wasp (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)”

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

zeer goed album... een van hun beste ... en dat wil wat zeggen van zo'n groep...

Yeah this didn't move me..... Riders on the Storm is cool tho

This made me sad to listen to

honestly i think jim morrison is kinda stupid as hell and i hate this kinda music ... i dont think time will reflect well on the doors

cars hiss by my window riders on the storm

Pretty boring and slow imo. just not my thing unfortunately. 1.5/5 stars.

The Doors at their bluesy best.

Cool old rock classic

Хорошечно! Старая добрая классика The Doors

Geez, I don't know. Pretty good, but bangs on a bit. Make sure your don't listen to the 50th anniversary deluxe edition with the 20+ minute session versions of tracks. Thought I was having flashbacks. Whew. Three stars.

die "Riders" haben es halbwegs rausgerissen, sonst ganz ok

Possibly the most overrated band ever. This album is almost entirely just formulaic 12-bar blues with self-indulgent lyrics taken from a teenager's poetry book.

Been a long time since I listened to the Doors still a very good album. Love the riders closer. Can hear the rising alcohol use in Morrison voice. Love the added bass player

Probably would not listen again but I recognize this is objectively pretty good ; favorite song is probably been down so long; maybe i just don’t like the doors? Low 3

Some cool stuff and some not so cool stuff. Not a huge doors guy but respect it 3.45

Riders on the Storm is an absolute classic. Everything else is okay.

LA woman is one of the few doors songs I actually think is great. L’america really sucks

The Doors are great man. Riders on the storm is an all time favorite. Really no skips in this album, maybe 1 or 2 that are just fine but very solid from top to bottom. 9/10

- The Doors may be the one exception to my general distaste for keyboards in rock music. For some reason, they add to the overall tone rather than making it feel dated. - Not overly impressed with Morrison's lyrics on this one, but the raw nature of his voice is still engrossing. And saying "goddamn" on a super popular album from 1971 shows some balls. - Highs and lows on here, but I never see myself seeking this out for another listen.

Amazing album. Absolutely love the blues. Love their voice, very chill and would listen repeatedly. Plenty of guitar solos. Definitely a 5/5 album for me.

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

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

To me, this album represents ‘the end of the beginning’ of Rock and Roll as a genre. It’s incredibly interesting that I’m listening to this the day *after* listening to *Electric Warrior *by T. Rex. That album appeared just a few months after this one, and Marc Bolan is credited with pushing glam rock onto the scene with his television appearances on *Top of the Pops* which occurred just a couple months before this album was released (and a few months after it would have been recorded). *Funkytown*, also released in the fall of 1971, seemingly takes clear inspiration from *The Changeling* and was part of the first wave of the 70s disco music craze. The tragically sudden demise of *The Doors* right at the beginning of the 70s and the heavy blues influence on their music and this album specifically make them a bit of a convenient example of the transition from blues to clean 1960s rock to what would come in the 70s. This album is contemporary with and inspirational for ideas that we now think of as definitively “70s,” but also has some strong markings of music that came from the 30s and 40s, while the more straightforward songs are as middle-of-the-road as you get with rock music.

Songs are very long!

I just couldn’t really get into this one. 2 stars

👎🏼

The clustering of this list is so weird sometime. This album was solid enough for a 3 for sure. Had a few songs I really like so I’m tempted to go to a 4 but maybe it’s the fatigue of listening to the same band. I got my fix on the last album and while I enjoyed parts of this I got lost at parts. I don’t smoke weed anymore so I’m plenty aware of when a song lasts longer than 5 minutes. High 3 low 4.

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.

I like the general style, and I recognized a few of the songs from movies or TV series. But nothing came out of the album that would make me give it higher than a 3.

Idk if I’ll be with the group on this one, but I wasn’t super impressed. The band and name are so iconic I would have expected more. Not bad by any means, but it didn’t stand out to me.

I'm completely ignorant to the history surrounding The Doors and how Jim Morrison became known as 'The Lizard King,' but if I had to guess, if he didn't already have the nickname then he got in during this era of his life. This album has some solid blues vibes and isn't a bad listen at all, but it doesn't live up to the hype The Doors always seem to get. I'll give it a three just because Riders on the Storm is such a legendary song.

Not bad, but it's a lot slower than the last album we listened to by The Doors. I really like "Riders on the Storm", but by the time we got to it as the last song on the album, I was checked out and over how drawn out and slow everything else had been up to that point.

A solid album to have on in the background. Way more bluesy than I'd expected from the Doors. Will probably listen again.

Raw vocals and organs which were matched by little to none are what make this album one of the greatest rock albums out there.

*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.

A good album that belongs in my 5 star A- class category, that includes the influence of the band on later bands as part of my rating.

There were some of my favorite Doors tracks on this album, but it is still an uneven effort with the usual dreck one encounters with the Doors catalog. Probably better than other Doors albums I’ve sat through but still difficult to rate higher than mid range…

Alrightish record. Nothing in particular that amazed me, especially the blues tracks were a bit of a drag at times. The rest of the rock tracks were fine as they were, but nothing that caught my eye. Favorite track: Love Her Madly. Overall score: 5.0

the doors baffle me. ive listened to multiple doors albums multiple times and still have no idea if i actually like them or hate them. On the positive the fender rhodes jams are right up my street, morrison clearly has something about him but thats also a negative, occasionally morrison just feels like one of those ridiculous slam poets just saying stuff that sounds vaguely poetic while being about as deep as a puddle.

it’s not my type of music, but it fells pretty fresh now, so that’s good

Nice

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.

Ehhhh, it's just not really my kind of music.

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

I wanted to dislike this, but this is honestly the best of the The Doors albums, IMHO. It was pure blues without the later sound of The Doors that drove me crazy (basically, just drunk bar singing).

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.

Never really been a fan of The Doors. A lot of the stuff on this album just feels incredibly dated to me, with the only thing propping it up being the singles, which have aged a lot better in my opinion (or it could just be that I've heard the songs so much, they don't sound as dated due to familiarity).

Absolutely fantastic. Contains possibly their greatest ever song, Riders on the Storm and the rest of the album is no slouch either

A couple of good tracks and then just some derivative blues.

I like the different kind of vibe from this.

Dreary.

Un bon disque, mais pas parfait. Mes deux préférées sont celles que je connaissais déjà le mieux: « Love Her Madly » et « Riders On The Storm ». Je n’ai pas particulièrement aimé celles où Jim Morrison chante de façon plus blues et avec voix grasse.

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

Не понравилось.

good classsic poetic rock

Psych Rock, one of my least favourite genre. But I enjoy their hits. Jim died 3 months after release. Very cool, no doubt. Blues. More mature vocals.

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

Riders on the storm, geilo. N paar netter Songs, kurz und knackig gebe ich 4 Sterne

Manche Songs gut, manche nervig. Trotzdem ikonisches Album. Riders on the Storm geiler Song von Need for Speed Underground 2. Würde es in die Playlist aufnehmen, aber 7 Minuten Song ist einfach zu lang.

Love this more than the other album. The blues vibe hits.

just can't care about the doors

Bluesy vibes all the way through

I thought it was ok. A lot more bluesy than I expected.

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.

I really don't like The Doors. Jim Morrison comes across as a right prick. Riders on the Storm is a banger but nothing else here is listenable.

I love The Doors. I love so many songs of theirs. But this album was mostly a dud. The famous two or three hits were great, everythint else was a huge dud. Shame, did not expect this.

Ja, da sind ein paar Hits drauf. Aber der Rest ist langweiliger Rock/Blues.

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)

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

If you already like the Doors, there's plenty to like here - this is the one with "Love Her Madly" and "Riders on the Storm" Otherwise, prepare for a blues-heavy Doors album, as they seem to have left most of their psychedelic influence behind. Neverfear, Morrison still swoons and barks, and the songs are still punchy and memorable. Not their best work, but damn good.

I’ve always had a soft spot for the Doors. The mix of blues, the organ work, the sleaze and Jim being a general mad head. All evident here.

One solid song, the title track -- everything works. But every other song is mediocre, and filled with Jim Morrison self-indulgence. Starting with "Changeling" set the tone, and the silly "L'America" song was the same -- repeating "change" or "L'America" doesn't do much for me. All in all, everyone just seems tired and done with being a rock band.

Two solid songs, the rest of the album is pretty average.

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

best doors album

Perfect. No notes. I know everyone loves Riders on the Storm, but Crawling King Snake might be the best song they ever made. 5/5

Starts off good, but loses it's way.

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.

Just a quality album. No more words.

8/10, Classic bluesy rock, basically their favourite juice.

2.5

4.5

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

I like Ray Manzarek's organ the best in The Doors, and that is less in front here. "Riders on the Storm" is a classic, but I am not as high on the rest. 3.5 stars

4.5/5

I always thought this was a cool entry in the Doors discography -- it's a lot bluesier but still retains some of their psychedelic leanings, so you end up with this weird blues album that's almost like Captain Beefheart or future Tom Waits. There's a couple tracks I don't love, but even those are interesting. My favorites are "Riders on the Storm", the title track, "Hyacinth House", and "Been Down So Long". 4.5 stars.

3.5

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

3.5 stars.

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

classic sloppy white boy blues - what's not to love

To me, this album has one great tune, Riders On The Storm, two good tunes, LA Woman and The WASP and the rest is filler. Not worthy of this list. I will admit , however, that this is one of my very favorite Morrisonisms: Out here on the perimeter there are no stars Out here we is stoned, immaculate - one of my favorite Doors lines. "The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom" seems to have been Jim Morrison's operating philosophy, but these late period Doors albums make me believe that the palace of wisdom isn't as much fun to listen to as may be to inhabit. After the disappointment of this album I went and listened to "When The Music's Over," the 10 minute beast at the end of "Strange Days." It was like night and day in terms of creative energy. Cancel my subscription to the resurrection! Yes, please!

This was my first album from this collection, but from before I started listening in a group, and before I started to provide notes to what I was listening to, so I get to listen to it again and perhaps provide the same 4-star rating from way back when. I also appreciate it that I'm now finally able to listen to this album *after* the other two Doors albums in the collection, since that's more in line with the chronological order of the Doors albums in this collection. The highlights for this album for me are mostly their radio classics: "Love her madly", "L.A. woman", and especially "Riders on the storm". I also kind of like and don't like it that they'd clearly refined their sound down to a very blues-oriented song structure (much like The Rolling Stones did, I suppose). As a result, there's less of Morrison's somewhat irritating poetic noodling on this album ("L'America" probably the only exception), but also too many tracks that are missing Manzarek's iconic keyboard playing, and consequently many of the songs are lost in a middling haze of uninspired bar fare. This is definitely one of the few times I really wish there were half-stars, as this doesn't really deserve four stars overall but the classics also elevate the album well above 3 stars.

The Doors always teeter around being kind of bad, and this album, with the exception of Riders on the Storm and LA Woman, illustrates this. Sometimes they're kind of bad lounge music, sometimes kind of bad blues, etc. And I don't know wtf the wasp is supposed to be. But when it works, it works and is distinctive.

Good but don’t know what mood would have me play it

"I live uptown, I live downtown, I live all around" utter banality from the bearded lips of the bloated Lizard King on the Doors final studio album, L.A. Woman. "The Changeling" is a feeble attempt at James Brown funk, a stylistic departure from the demented carnival music courtesy of Ray Manzarek's keyboards ("Love Her Madly"). "Been Down So Long" appropriates the title of Richard Fariña's book "Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me" and sounds like a pale imitation of Creedence Clearwater Revival. On "Cars Hiss By My Window" Jim Morrison has the white boy blues and attempts to imitate a harmonica solo with vocal improvisation. I have been actively dreading the buildup to "L.A. Woman," the album version is much better than I remember (it must be the eleven minute extended version that has the self-indulgent organ solo that feels like downing). L'America is gloomy. "Hyacinth House" starts off beautifully as the inspiration to every 1980s jangle pop band and then Jim Morrison opens his mouth. "Riders on the Storm" is really the only song where it all comes together with a memorable enough melody, production style and dark poetic lyricism that it transcends the pretentiousness of the rest of the album.

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

The album sound so familiar that you almost forget hoe good this blus based album is.

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

Maybe I'd appreciate The Doors more if their entire discography hadn't been absorbed into the Boomer Nostalgia genre. Some ear worms for sure on this album but nothing that makes me want to seek it out again.

Warrior-poet draggy nonsense, repetitive, overlong garbage cut with a couple of absolute gems. If Jim Morrison had learned to sing and write songs, they could have had something!

Det er helt sikkert blues rock. Kan godt lide overraskende godt. Ville ikke rigtig høre det om fredagen, fordi jeg ikke synes det var energien. Kunne bedst lide Cars hiss by my window Crawling King snake The changeling Riders on the storm (selvfølgelig det er bare et godt nummer tbh) Gode melodier immaculate vibes.

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

5* Perfect

Well, I guess it's time for my last time listening to an album from The Doors for this project. Fitting, seeing as this was the last album released by the band in Jim Morrison's lifetime. How did the Doors finish their career with Morrison? Pretty well! This album's great! I don't think it's quite as good as their debut, but I would say it's better than Morrison Hotel. I don't have a ton to say that I didn't say in those reviews. Jim Morrison's singing is as great as ever. I really like the style of this album. It doesn't feel quite as energetic as some of their earlier stuff, but I think that works here. That's not to say that there aren't bops here, but the album is definitely a bit bluesier than the others I've heard. The songs and writing are pretty good too. I wouldn't call any of the songs here bad. "Lover Her Madly" is a solid love song. I like the title track. It's pretty good too. And of course, the highlight of the album comes from its closer, "Riders on the Storm." This song is just excellent. Overall, while it's not my favorite Doors album, L.A. Woman was a great closing album for the band, even if it had to be that way for less than great reasons. High 4/5.

Can appreciate their talent but not into it.

Our boy has moved on to fried chicken on this one.

The Doors are trash. Full stop.

Wanted to like this one more than I did. 3.25/5

good one

The 3 hits from this album are great but I didn't like any of the non-hit songs.

Season one True Detective ass album. Dad rock. No, Uncle rock. The weird uncle and the cool uncle. Immaculate vibes, rough execution.

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

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

Doors haters are dipshits. Sure Jim's a drunken buffoon who thinks he's a poet or whatever, but LA woman captures a city's essence in ways even novels struggle to. Cool ass guitar, ranging from slide blues to just about everything else from Robbie, interesting jazzy drumming from big Densmore, and titanic musicianship from big Ray. Anyway they drank their own koolaid and Jimbo drank himself to death, but give the devil her due.

I'm not sure any album by The Doors has really held up, at this point. Yes, there are still millions of fans and a lot of still-fervent fans and new people finding them every year. However, with so many artists that have taken from The Doors and made newer versions and the drugged-out approach of the 60's out of vogue, listening to The Doors does feel like looking through a window to a different time. That being said, I do still like an occasional listen to them, and I think one could argue "L.A. Woman" is their best album, though I may be split between this album and "Strange Days," myself, and I think many may believe the first album or "Waiting for the Sun" are better with their strong singles and being more approachable. In any case, I think this is a classic album that should be listened to, even if I don't think it holds as much relevance as it did maybe into the late 90's.

Nice

Riders of the storm is a masterpiece and most of it is pretty nice

Cool

At times quite funky

The Doors are always good. Riders of the Storm is dramatic and all-around excellent. Good stuff. When God closes a door, he opens a window, after all.

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

还行

I don’t even need to listen to L.A. Woman to know it’s a five-star album — but I’m going to anyway, because it’s just that good. This is The Doors at their rawest, loosest, and most locked-in, and as a final statement with Jim Morrison, it hits even harder. RIP Jim — you went out with a masterpiece. What really stands out on every listen is Jerry Scheff’s bass work. He’s the unsung hero of this record, grounding every track with smooth, melodic lines that add real depth and groove. And Robby Krieger’s slide guitar on “Been Down So Long”? Absolutely filthy in the best way — gritty, bluesy, and perfectly unpolished. From the title track’s hypnotic drive to the eerie sprawl of “Riders on the Storm,” L.A. Woman is a classic from front to back. Raw, soulful, and timeless. Automatic 5 stars. Favorite song: Love Her Madly. Scheff's bass really shines through here.

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

Probably the Doors album I like the most. The last 3 songs are the most solid run in the album, but there are some good songs scattered throughout.

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

Very nice album to start with

Great, Great, Great

Love her madly, L.A. woman and Riders on the storm - all such tuuuunes! The rest were less amazing so its a solid 4* from me :)

Ganz gut, nicht zum Arbeiten

Blues psychedelic rock mixed with folksy vibes , and successful experimental work .. just the type of album that hits the right spots for me… Haven’t heard much of the doors before but they lived up to the hype

Not my thing

Plenty of filler here but the bangers keep it bouyant....

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

In high school I went on a mission to get to know the classics. I Pirate Bay'd as much as I could of all the rock bands that I understood to be the most important/foundational. Among this was a Doors best of album, which I really enjoyed as a teen. Over the years, the sheen has faded a bit from the doors, but I definitely still like them. I think Jim Morrisson's (or Bruce Morrisson as the DJ on the Bar Harbor classic rock station called him on our Acadia trip) lyrics are what I've pulled away from most. He's a great singer, but not the great poet he aspired to be/I'm sure thought he was. This album definitely rocks. My standouts are Love Her Madly and Riders on the Storms, and the part where he says "Mojo Rising". L'america sucked. They should have cut that one. Album cover: (B+/A-)

This album was pretty sweet. The Doors don't sound like I expected them to sound. There's a lot of riff-heavy songs. I liked "L.A. Woman" and "Crawling King Snake" a lot. "The WASP" was also sick. I had no idea "Riders on the Storm" was by The Doors. They've put the most famous song right at the end! 7/10

Incredible blues record. Jim Morrison kills it as always.

What i expected from a Doors album

More to this than Morrison’s reputation permits.

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

this album has one of the most inspiring songs in rock and roll - L.A. Woman is a glorious, top down, hair blowing music blaring as loud as possible as you howl and shout-sing flying down the road. the bangers are interspaced with some pretty psychadelic stuff in between. Love Her Madly another gem and Riders on the Storm - these 3 tracks alone for me make it a 4-5

I appreciate it, but this one’s not for me.

This feels like a world away from the debut album just three years earlier. Some songs feel a little weary with Morrison's voice showing some cragginess. But the songs that shine (sometimes darkly) -LA Woman, Riders on the Storm, Love her Madly, The Changeling, L'america make up for the rote second rate blues of Cars Hiss by my Window and Crawling King Snake. Not perfect but compelling.

More blues than I like, but it is still unique.

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

Ehh, it's pretty alright I suppose. The problem with being the original influences of blues musics is that I have heard it all before. Still, what is there is quite good, and I do appreciate that they try to make their tracks distinct from one another.

Excellent psychedelic blues vibes, riders on the storm is still amazing. The inbetween songs are tasty jams with a good sound. I was trying to come up with reasons not to revisit but i guess i will have to now.

Een krampachtige poging om de inhaalslag te maken te midden de feestdagen. Deze moet lukken. Niet lang terug natuurlijk ook een Doors-plaat getroffen, dus het referentiekader is er. Die plaat bloedde na de iconische opener beetje bij beetje dood, en liet wat betreft consistentie te wensen over. Deze plaat draait dat op z'n kop, en komt wat mij betreft moeizaam o gang, maar belandt vanaf de titelsong in een fascinerende flow van psychedelics, roots rock en blues. Het laatste trucje van het complete viertal, en met een paar van hun beste composities ('Riders on the Storm' en de zeer ondergewaardeerde trip 'L'America'.) De lat die gelegd werd door hun debuutplaat werd nooit echt meer bereikt, maar dit zijn toch wel waardige rock-albums. 7,5/10 Highlights: L'America Hyacinth House Riders on the Storm

The Doors klinken als de overgang van de 60's naar de 70's. En ondanks hun korte carrière hebben ze in 4 jaartjes een indrukwekkende discografie neer weten te zetten. In mijn herinnering is L.A. Woman hun bekendste werk, maar eerlijk gezegd dat al het goede van the Doors hier niet op. Riders on the Storm is een sfeervol nummer en Top2000 klassieker maar kan niet een heel album overeind houden. Het interessante werk van the Doors staat op andere platen, daarmee zeg ik denk ik voldoende. 6,5/10 Highlights Love Her Madly L.A. Woman Riders on the Storm

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

Classic. Worth 5 * for the title track alone.

Genial. En plenitud

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

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

Some great songs here, but some meandering parts where I think they indulged Jim Morrison a bit too much. All the same one of their best albums 4.5*

Indulgent and experimental, but mostly annoying

Redondo!!!

3.5★. A great mix of boggy, swampy blues, traditional rock 'n' roll and the more surreal/somber psychedelia that The Doors are famous for.

Obviously, there are undeniable hits and classics on this album, like "Love Her Madly" and "Riders On The Storm". Then there's the experimental songs that make this album really interesting like, "L'America" and "Hyacinth House". I'd throw the title track into either of the two categories. Those are five of ten of the tracks that are absolutely amazing. The rest are blues tracks with varying ranges of energy. Some work, but "Crawling King Snake" was the most necessary. Overall, incredibly enjoyable album. 4/5

I can't ever decide what I think of The Doors. Their great songs are great, all the rest fall off into mediocrity. I feel like Jim Morrison was bigger than The Doors and people liked the band just because of him. I don't get the reverence bordering on worship that he had though. Even when I was a kid 20 years after he died I knew people that thought he was some kind of prophet. I mean he was a good frontman, but I feel like had he not died, The Doors would have faded away into obscurity. Anyway, this album is fine. It's got a couple great songs on it and a lot of filler. Honestly though, Jim Morrison is my least favorite part of the whole album. Probably the same can be said about all Doors albums. 3/5

01) The Changeling – 8,0 02) Love Her Madly – 10,0 03) Been Down So Long – 8,0 04) Cars Hiss by My Window – 9,0 05) L.A. Woman – 8,5 06) L'America – 8,0 07) Hyacinth House – 8,0 08) Crawling King Snake – 8,0 09) The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat) – 8,0 10) Riders on the Storm – 10,0 TOTAL: 8,55 (86/100) Current ranking: 78/401

I still remember hearing riders on the Storm for one of the very first times. Coming back from Kings Island on a bus full of kids... It had to be around 1985. We had a boombox with detachable speakers in the back of the bus. We took turns putting the speakers up to our ears like headphones and listening to it. I think I played it about three or four times in a row. I had heard Jim Morrison sing before, but I must say his voice is so deep and dark it was almost scary to me as a kid. From that point on I fell in love with the doors. Let's be honest a couple of these songs on this album are just terrible. But it has some greatness and elite psych rock as well. LA woman is one of the best driving songs of all time. If you can't turn the volume up and want to drive 100 mph then you're not living man. Riders on the Storm is a perfect blend of a jazzy drum beat, Ray manzarek steals the show with his keyboards that transport you to a higher level of consciousness...and Morrison's haunting vocals, they all mesh as one. Texas Radio is in its own realm and universe. One of the few times as an adult I wished I still had some acid and time to listen to this about 8 times in a row.

I like The Doors. Blues rock at its finest. Morrison was a weird cat but he inspired generations. It would interesting to see who he would have become later in life. L.A. Woman isn’t a constant rotation album, but it’s great for a rainy day listen or a roadtrip.

Kinda dreary except for riders, which has the dreariest name, ironically.

Liked it a lot, but since it has my favorite doors song included I’m giving it a five without much pontification.

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

A classic

I generally find The Doors a bit overrated, but this is a really good time. Nice and bluesy, without too much strange abstract songwriting from Jim Morrison. And “Riders on the Storm” is an all-time jam.

I used to hate the Doors (cannot remember why). Going in with an open mind and largely meh response. Enjoyed Riders on a storm - but large parts passed me by / annoyed me slightly. Some good bass /grooves but do not really care for Jim Morrisons vocals. A high 2.

3 - I feel like a lot of these older albums are only recognized for one song

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

I'm a firm believer that there is no longer be a Doors fan once you turn 15. Because at 15 you become too mature for lyrics written by someone with a 14 year old's mentality. The Doors may be a great band, I wouldn't know. It's impossible to get past Jim Morrison and his ego. This album did nothing to change my mind from that opinion.

Magnifique !

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

A little underwhelming. Think I prefer the doors by the song vs. the album

I’m not huge on the doors but this was enjoyable enough. They’re not a skip for me

I enjoyed this album, The Doors are very much aligned with music that I enjoy so always open. Grant and I laughed when realizing that this album was recorded in the bathroom of the hot dog shop we went to in Los Angeles.

Visited the LA hot dog shop bathroom this was recorded in two months ago. The “Jim Morrison Memorial Shitter”

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

Dvigubi jausmai. Kelios dainos - puikios, smagu, faina. Bet kai kurios - visiški filleriai. 2.5/5.

Blues. Unremarkable. Only semi-highlight is Riders of the Storm

There’s the good Doors songs that become hits and then there’s the rambling blues stuff. This had too much of the latter

I liked this more than I expected. The Doors are... fine. This is fine.

I don’t like this band and this album did not change that.

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

It’s crazy how Jim Morrison sounds like a 40 year-old man when he’s only in his 20s at this point. A classic.

unexpectedly iconic, a couple of songs added

The Doors have never been huge for me, but I do like the ways they featured keyboard/organ. This is not my favorite album from them, while there are some good tracks, Morrison Hotel is probably the one I would take if I had to pick one.

Great album Jim Morrisons vocals are really good here the best track is love her madly In my opinion where the guitar really shines and the lyrics are great overall the album is a great listen but there is a bit of filler

Some great. Some good.

I like the Doors but a pretty weak album from them I think

Fantastic band just a shame they didn't support Radiohead when we went to see them

Don’t care too much for this but the guitar is cool

This is my second album by The Doors. Morrison Hotel proved to me I've been sleeping on this band. L.A. Woman proved I've been sleeping on Jim Morrison as a singer. Really good stuff.

Excellent album. Driving and ballsy songs that still maintain a level of brevity and fun. The B side is definitely weaker, but the ending more than makes up for it. Overall very enjoyable. Top tracks: The Changeling, L.A. Woman, Riders on the Storm

best one yet

Banger

Songs were a little slow and repetitive, but there were a couple bangers. L.A Woman and of course Riders of the Storm and great. Okay album

Not bad. Good bye Jim Morrison

I enjoyed this album, nothing was too exiting but honestly pretty good.

Solid

This album has a few amazing songs (Riders on the Storm and Love Her Madly being timeless classics), a few middling songs that are just the basic blues, and then a few weird ones that didn't click with me.

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

Great Blues album!

Een enorm bluesy album van De Deuren. Ideaal om aan te zetten tijdens het werk. Ik heb hier verder niet zo heel veel over te melden. Ik ben geen Doors fan, dus er heerst geen totale jubelstemming dat ik deze eindelijk mag luisteren van de Heer of iets dergelijks. Ik ga 4 sterren geven omdat ik me, eerlijk is eerlijk, op diverse punten in het album wel een klein beetje verveel. Ik heb nu wel zin om die film nog eens een keer te kijken.

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

I have never been able to get into The Doors and this album is no different. Not the worst thing I've ever listened to, but mediocre at best. 2/5

One of the great live performances: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=--RYPHqbD50

I thought I liked The Doors, but wasn’t feeling this album…

3.5, but rounding up to 4 because of Riders On The Storm. Killer track

I think I might actually hate the Doors. The hits on this album - LA Woman, Riders on the Storm - are alright, but this album continues their monotony of bad bar music.

Meh. I do like some Doors songs but there are so many better bands of this era and frankly better Doors albums. Jim Morrison was an inspiration for the early punks, so I have to give him that.

The music is solid. Like really good. But I just can't deal with Morrison's vocal style.

A little too grassroots / bluesy for my taste, very stripped back production, but theres a couple of good songs on here I would pick out. Highlight - Riders on the Storm

Spectacular music from a truly flawed source.

Liked it more than I thought I would. High 3s for me

хрень

OPEN THE NOOR 8/10

it’s kinda too stupid to really get mad at or feel any strong way about. just dumb stoner california rock…same as it ever was. it would probably sound pretty good in the background at a party where everyone was stoned out of their minds and also it was 1971 so maybe we didn’t have that many options. the title track is far and away the worst song on the record i think. fav tracks: cars hiss by my window; hyacinth house

Vinyls getting longer happened at the wrong time because it meant that the Doors could finally make a near-hour record of sludge. He reuses the same melody over and over, the lyrics are stupid, and most obviously he has a horribly unpleasant voice. He somehow drains blues of its signature emotion and rhythm and turns it into a dull slog. Really horrible stuff. I think if one or two of those things from the aforementioned trifecta (bad melodies, bad lyrics, bad voice) were decent then this could be good, so it has potential. I imagine there are probably a lot of great and colorful covers of these songs so the band gets credit for building music with strong bones but unfortunately in its original recorded form, it just sounds like a bunch of guys experimenting with what they thought was really innovative instrumentation but ends up as a cacophony with a drunk guy screaming over it.

An album I rarely turn to, but perhaps should do more often. Distills a lot of what I like about The Doors, whilst leaving out a lot of what I don’t.

I think I quite liked it? I kinda forgot

Not my vibe. Some old samples from this album

Love

L.A. Woman, The Doors’ final album with Jim Morrison, sees the band leaning fully into the blues-rock direction hinted at on Morrison Hotel, shedding the surreal psychedelia of their early work for a raw, soulful, and mature sound. Morrison delivers one of his most compelling performances, his grittier, world-weary baritone lending emotional depth to tracks like "Riders on the Storm" and swaggering bravado to the bluesy "Been Down So Long." His electrifying delivery on "L.A. Woman," especially the iconic "Mr. Mojo Risin’" refrain, and his haunting whispers on "Riders on the Storm" showcase an artist both defiant and reflective, blending personal musings with mythic Americana. The rest of the band—Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, and John Densmore—are at their best, with Krieger’s versatile guitar, Manzarek’s atmospheric keyboards, and Densmore’s jazz-inspired drumming creating a perfect foundation. While some straight blues tracks feel less remarkable, they’re elevated by the band’s musicianship and Morrison’s charisma. The haunting "Riders on the Storm" closes the album and Morrison’s career with poetic brilliance, a fitting farewell to one of rock’s most enigmatic figures. Less than three months after its release, Morrison was gone, leaving L.A. Woman as a powerful swan song to his legendary career. Did/Do I own this release? For some reason, we had this in our family car. Does this release belong on the list? The Doors' prolific output in just four years cements their legacy, but choosing which album best represents their brilliance is no easy task. Would this release make my personal list? Probably, but narrowing it down to one Doors album is tough. Will I be listening to it again? Absolutely—a timeless road companion.

i dont get it. its alright ig

Jimbo can blow

Rock, 1971 -> 3