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The Doors Doors Release Date: 1967 01 zz Running Time: 43:05 Label: WEA International A tremendous debut album, and indeed one of the best first-time outings in rock history, introducing the band's fusion of rock, blues, classical, jazz, and poetry with a knockout punch. The lean, spidery guitar and organ riffs interweave with a hypnotic menace, providing a seductive backdrop for Jim Morrison's captivating vocals and probing prose. "Light My Fire" was the cut that topped the charts and established the group as stars, but most of the rest of the album is just as impressive, including some of their best songs: the propulsive "Break On Through" (their first single), the beguiling Oriental mystery of "The Crystal Ship," the mysterious "End of the Night," "Take It as It Comes" (one of several tunes besides "Light My Fire" that also had hit potential), and the stomping rock of "Soul Kitchen" and "Twentieth Century Fox." The 11-minute Oedipal drama "The End" was the group at its most daring and, some would contend, overambitious. It was nonetheless a haunting cap to an album whose nonstop melodicism and dynamic tension would never be equaled by the group again, let alone bettered. Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide Tracks: Title Composer Time 1 Break on Through (To the Other Side) Densmore, Morrison, Manzarek, Krieger, Krieger, Doors 2:30 2 Soul Kitchen Krieger, Manzarek, Densmore, Morrison, Doors, Krieger 3:35 3 Crystal Ship Manzarek, Densmore, Morrison, Krieger, Doors, Krieger 2:34 4 Twentieth Century Fox Doors, Krieger, Krieger, Carlisi, Densmore, Barnes, Manzarek, Steele, Morrison, VanZant 2:33 5 Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) Weill, Brecht 3:20 6 Light My Fire Krieger, Krieger, Morrison, Doors, Manzarek, Densmore 7:08 7 Back Door Man Burnett, Dixon, Burnett, Berry 3:34 8 I Looked at You Doors, Krieger, Morrison, Krieger, Manzarek, Densmore 2:22 9 End of the Night Krieger, Krieger, Densmore, Manzarek, Clinton, Doors, Morrison 2:52 10 Take It as It Comes Densmore, Morrison, Manzarek, Krieger, Doors, Krieger 2:17 11 End Clinton, Doors, Morrison, Krieger, Krieger, Manzarek, Densmore 11:43 Releases: Year Type Label 2000 CD WEA International CD Elektra 1988 CD Elektra 2006 CD Elektra 2007 CD Warner Music France 1973 LP Elektra 2009 LP Rhino 1967 CD Rhino/Elektra 1988 CD Elektra 2001 CD WEA International 1997 LP DCC Compact Classics CS Elektra

Group Members: Jim Morrison Ray Manzarek Robbie Krieger John Densmore More >> Similar Artists: Love The C.A. Quintet The Grateful Dead Front The Animals More >>

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