Reviews (page 11 of 14)
Bon, j'ai bien aimé, c'est bien de son époque, tout en ayant beaucoup de personnalité. Je pense qu'il faudrait que je l'écoute encore plusieurs fois pour vraiment l'assimiler comme il faut, mais il fait d'ores et déjà partie de ma liste de souhaits.
Perhaps it’s telling that the most I get involved in this album is when it briefly is just doing Brecht and Weill. It’s perhaps pointing I’m towards what the band would commit to more wholeheartedly in Strange Days, an album that feels like it has so much more of an identity than this one. As it stands a lot of the rest if the album feels more like an incomplete early draft of the many identities the band would adopt over the years. A loose blues act. A brooding pop act. And, unfortunately, a drunken bar band that somehow made it big. I think your fondness for this album is heavily depends on the patience you have for the two epics that shape it. And I’ve learned that I have some but not a lot. As fond as I am of Ray Manzarek’s organ, about 15 minutes into that solo I do sort of just want to tell him to move it along. And that’s generous compared to what I want to say to the band during the most indulgent bits of The End. I liked it all more when listening through the album as a whole but not enough to fully I love the album this time around. Highlights: Alabama Song (whiskey bar)
this album is lowk weird haha faves: break on through (to the other side) new discoveries: light my fire album art: why u looking at me like that
I liked the sound and the numerous short tracks, but I don't know if I'd find myself going back and re-listening. I really liked the first couple of songs. A fun album.
Light My Fire
Solid 60s psychedelic vibe,
good instrumentals
3/5!
I used to hear this album a lot as a kid. Re-listening to it. It’s amazing how much of the heavy lifting break on through and light my fire does.
L’album me touche pas particulièrement mais beaucoup de sons mythiques culturellement (notamment dans les films/pubs)
Pretty good! I had already known a couple of these. Nothing I'll listen to consistently but I can appreciate and enjoy it.
It was good album liked all instruments but I like 2 of out of 11 like instrumental bits too
i kinda liked it, didn’t read much into the lyrics bc i was busy while reproducing it. Isn’t what I usually go for when putting music on, as i dont really listen much of the 20th century besides hiphop and some dad rock music. Overall i liked it, chill but cool and its a different approach for me but not life changing
Je m'attendais pas à ce que ça soit si bluesy. Beaucoup de synthé orgue, pareil je m'y attendais pas. Je pensais que ce serait plus folk comme a horse with no name mais la seule chanson de référence que j'avais vraiment c'est people are strange donc bon hehe ;) En même temps cet album il est de 1967 !! Je pensais que the doors c'était les années 80 ! C'est très old school blues rock, mais quand même assez moderne, on sent qu'on tend vers un style plus 70's dans le rock/folk. omg je pensais qu'ils étaient anglais mais la musique faisait très LA et ils sont de LA !! C'est très désert océan palmiers americana, road trips dans le nevada pour rejoindre Vegas. Et on retrouve les mélodies en chromatisme de people are strange ;) Un peu redondant quand même. Chanson préférée : Break on through (the other side)
Typa songs you’d hear in the background of a movie where they’re in a bar but it’s an old one with wooden finishes and pool tables.
Iconic, always a good listen.
A good time
I can, of course, understand why it's here. That does not mean I should find it phonetically pleasing. It is much too plain, too dark and dismal.
Classic
Been meaning to get around to The Doors for a minute and this album was fun! That little organ is doing a lot for me I won't lie!
Some iconic songs but think the album tracks are better on other classic albums.
Nice chaotic feel to it - would sink a bottle of pinot and defeat the evil blackjack dealer to this
Better than I remeber
3.5 Why a 3 you may ask? Well, sounds a little dated; and Morrison comes off a little pretentious at times. I enjoy The Doors, and this album is no exception especially since it’s a trailblazer for modern psych records of its time, but it just doesn’t quite strike a cord for me like it does for others.
I like The Doors. This is fine. It doesn’t excite me or anything.
Oh, man! I've spent my whole life absolutely hating the Doors and Jim Morrison. I found it all so depressing and annoying. His voice sounds like a growl and he has just one sound/tone. (and the keys sounded the same on every song.) Listening to "Break on Through" reminded me of all that. But I'm on a journey through this list and I'm giving everything a chance. To be fair, it's better than I thought. On "The Crystal Ship" he actually sings like a normal person with a fine enough voice. "End of the Night" almost does it too. "Twentieth Century Fox" is hooky enough. Can't understand why people like "The End." Probably the same people that say he's a poet, when most of his lyrics come off like a 20-year old pot smoker. Oh, that's right. He was! I'd listen to it as an instrumental. (Check out Manzanera's AM/PM) I bit the bullet and listened to it all twice. Some is still quite annoying and some ain't so bad. Don't imagine I'll come back to listen to this whole album ever again, but at least I won't have to run to turn any Doors song off the second I hear a few notes, like I've done my whole life. Seems crazy to my mind, but I'm giving this a 3, not a 1 as was expected.
Light My Fire. One of those strange songs which seems to haunt you. I don't mean Joe Dolce Shuddup You Face haunt, more 10CC's I'm Not In Love haunt. Always been there, can't remember a time before it etc. With Light My fire I first heard it through my mother playing Jose Feliciano's version. As a five year old I loved it and for years thought it was his song. Then my grandmother in the early seventies had Shirley Bassey's version and, in an early display of my nascent fascist tendencies, I loudly asserted it was a Jose F song. Then, the dark cynical years of 13-14 descended and some Maroubra "dude" introduced me to this album, and doth spoke "it's really heavy". Which it is, for every Robbie Kreiger inspired Light My Fire there is Jimbo indulging himself with The End. But Break on Through is a groove, and Densmore really shows his drumming chops. He and Robbie are the real stars of this band, they make it happen. With Light My Fire , the old A minor to E minor is given life by Densmore's Latin beat. Soul Kitchen is a knock out, again funky as fuck. So much of the rest of it is, as the Maroubra dude thus spake, "heavy". An interesting and sometimes quite brilliant listen.
God, I totally don't know what to do with the Doors... Morrison is a total pretentious prat and not nearly as deep as he thinks he is, the band are a glorified lounge act... and yet, and yet, THIS record is surprisingly listenable. Most songs are 3 minutes or under, not enough time to outstay their welcome, and the tunes are catchy, the band can swing a little bit, and their dynamic interplay is not too bad. The lyrics are not TOO dumb (for the most part). Light My Fire and The End have a tendency to drag on a bit. I often think about the way Danny Sugerman describes the impact of seeing the early Doors as a 13-year-old boy with ADHD, which is probably the core audience for this record. I really want to hate The Doors, but this album is kinda fun. I can forgive the band for this record. (Footnote: Alfie did point out that the opening of Soul Kitchen sounds a lot like Walking on the Sun by Smashmouth. Just sayin')
A very obvious 1960's sound, for example the organ solo, from this album, but some of it still works in 2025. Break on through and Light my fire are well known classics and still good to listen to. Other tracks, e.g. Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) are full of 1960's psychedelic rock mystery and a bit impenetrable nearly 50 years later unless you're a fan of psychedelic rock.
I am never going to be a big Jim Morrison fan but to be honest on here his mystic shaman act is not quite as over the top as on later records and there is some actual musicality to the songs. The rest of the band is not just there to provide a background to Morrison's convulsions and it is actually quite pleasant psychedelic 60ies pop with plenty of freaky organ work and lots of performative pseudo-spiritual woo woo stuff that only gets really annoying in the final track. Would happily listen to it again some day. Can't believe I am going to give this three stars.
I can't tell one Doors album from the next.
i have known too many insufferable idiots who loved the doors so i never did. a victim of their own success, you might say.
I thought it was good in parts, some songs worked better than others. But as a debut it has more than its fair share of recognisable hits. Soul kitchen was a nice highlight
I hadn’t listened to this before as an album but recognised most of it. I think I finally got The Doors listening to this. As it’s a pretty cool sound all together. A 3.5 rounded down to 3 On the below basis: There was one song I was half listening to and it seemed to be about beckoning little girls to come be seduced, which was grim.
Sure there’s a song or two that I can get down with. But overall I’ve always been confused at people who idolize The Doors. 3/5
Emhh I don't like it
I preferred this to LA Woman but still a bit overrated imo
You can hear the excellence and potential on this record that has a couple classic tracks and also lots of other tracks that seem like templates for better songs on future albums.
Classic rock. Honestly didn't realize Jim Morrison was in the doors.
Not a huge Doors fan, but another killer track to open
Favourite track: Light my Fire
Ganske bra, litt slitsom i lengden. Men avslutter med en klassiker.
2-3 et sted. Noen gode opplevelser, kanskje mest The End. Typisk album som er stort i sin tid. Hadde ikke anledning til å grave meg ned i tekster. Tenkte mye på Disintegrate av Suede
"The Doors had no bass. The Gypsies had no homes. Don't let that scare you—let that free you."
3.5 Stars. Some classics!
Solid debut album. I had a grand time when I wasn’t paying attention to the creepy little girl lyrics. 3.5/5
Second time listening to The Doors. This one’s kind of overhyped, but it could be that I don’t actually like The Doors. Jury’s still out.
The Doors are kind of hit or miss for me. I love a few songs on this album, Light My Fire is fantastic. However outside of those few bangers it just doesn't do it for me.
A lot of these songs sound the same. I don't hate it, but I also would not seek it out to listen to on purpose. And what was that line about eating chicken?
It’s a solid album, sound considered classic at this point, a lot of wisdom and fresh perspectives for the time of the release. A lot of spiritualism and drugs 😅
one of the rare albums that has a perfect beginning, middle and end track. still giving it a 3.
Never listened to the whole album before, but it's not bad. I think my rating really just comes down to the fact that I find Jim Morrison annoying. Musically, the album is really good. Feels of it's time, but some songs do feel current.
As I’ve grown older, I find myself liking the Doors less. All of their non-Blues songs just aren’t that interesting to me.
Good background music i guess
The highs are insanely high, but the album as a whole is not my favorite.
The lyrics on these songs are simply not good. At all. The instrumentation is fun, though.
Again not bad but far too much organ noodling for my taste! Done solid doings but also a lot of dross. Has the ability but must try harder.
I was expecting worse because my only memory of The Doors includes “LA Woman” which I did not enjoy. This was pretty good.
First heard Break on Through in Tony Hawk Pro Skater and although the Doors have been an influential band, I feel that the hallucinogenics probably was a big factor in their success.
Had some vibey songs for sure, Jim Morrison's waxing poetic at times was great, and then sometimes was frustrating to hear because the backing track wasn't being done justice. Favorite song: Back Door Man
Not bad
Bom e só. Algumas músicas sensacionais, outras esqueciveis.
2nd Doors’ album I believe. Very ‘60s and very Doors.
Just kinda don't love it. Idk, respect them but can't really get into any of the songs.
The album gives me a feel of "The rolling stones" while still being original, the keyboard in most of the tracks also make the album a bit more interesting. My grandparents would rock to this shit, but it is from 1967, so i'll cut it some slack.. (Keyboard sounds like an old church altar) (But the guitar solos on the album are kinda cool) (Singer kinda sounds like the singer from "The Cramps" mixed with Elvis) Ending track was 11 minutes.. my opinion Best song: (Twentieth Century Fox) Worst song: (The Crystal Ship) 3/5
I mean I don’t know. whatever. who cares at this point
Paul McCartney wannabe
3,3/5
It's mega fans of The Doors and Jim Morrison that have ruined much of this for me. I'm trying really hard to listen to this and not think of the fans. But good grief the "Alabama Song" is terrible, it sounds like shitty circus music.
Yea, it's fine. Heard a lot of these songs hundreds of times so they don't really excite me any more. It's not as good as Madvillainy.
6,5/10
Didn't listen. I just had The Doors a few days ago and I wasn't in the mood. I'm sure it's great. Also, I'm sure I owned this at one point. 3.5
Singers voice is weird
I always found Jim Morrison so corny and I can’t get Val Kilmer’s over-the-top performance as him out of my head. This is also the album of theirs that has the most songs I’ve heard so many times I never need to hear them again. Musically I dig it but The Doors are just not top tier 60’s rock to me barring a few ATJs
Honestly, I fucking hate the doors. Getting that out of the way, I can respect how so many people in the late 60s loved this music. It's fine.
My karma must be way out of wack. If I get Boston in the next week I’m gonna do something drastic. Milketoast is not my preferred genre of music. Cultural significance in a pop sense I’ll allow it. Just barely 3.8
Alabama song is incredibly grating. In fact, the whole second half of the album is less than stellar.
Should The End reeeeaally take so long to get to the end?
The Doors are fun when Jim keeps his Lizard King shit under wraps. He's courteous enough to spill it all out with the last track, "The End". The Jesus Man still can't resist giving us a "back door man" song (nudge nudge wink wink). They're highly overrated but they did make some fun songs and this album has a few snappy tracks.
Quite something for a debut, but not for me. 3.
Keyboard solos for dayyysss
a rendition of a Kurt Weill / Bertolt Brecht song is always a good thing to see, and of course Light my Fire and The End are insane psych rock songs. but otherwise the drug addled, CIA funded story of The Doors is a lot more interesting than the actual music. but this is one of their better moments deserves to be one of the 1001? too important to leave off, it needs to be included
Mmm, one of those classic rock bands that I think are too overrated in today’s day & age. A couple of great singles but no care for the album tracks.
Not massively for me but I appreciate the influence. Still a couple of bangers. Probably better after a zoot.
Very typical 60's sounding psychedelic rock that defined that genre in that era
I've never been a huge fan of The Doors, but it's pretty clear this is their magnum opus. And obviously a strong debut album. Their trademark organ used on essentially every track gives it a psychedelic bluesy feel.
3- pretty average but a few good bangers
No one is more surprised than I am. Maybe it’s the ankle fracture and pain meds talking, because what?! This was actually really good in parts. First full listen of this album, and dare I say… I enjoyed The Doors? Two songs I’d never heard before absolutely stole the show: The Crystal Ship is a shimmering ★★★★. And then out of nowhere, Take It As It Comes dropped with full five-star energy. Consider my mind blown.
1. Break on Through (to the Other Side) - 2.5 2. Soul Kitchen - 2.5 3. The Crystal Ship - 3.0 4. Twentieth Century Fox - 3.0 5. Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) - 2.5 6. Light My Fire - 3.5 7. Back Door Man - 2.5 8. I Looked at You - 2.5 9. End of the Night - 2.5 10. Take it as it Comes - 3.0 11. The End - 2.5
Solid listen.
Pretty funky and embodies the 60s sound pretty much the whole album. I like and definitely see the cultural significance but I don’t know how much of it is my vibe. I definitely will be returning so maybe my mind will change.
Overall pretty neutral on this one. There were some parts that I liked but I found some songs to be a bit boring.
An interesting soundscape but I don’t really like Jim Morrisons vocals Also listen to Jose Felicianos cover of “Light My Fire”
I liked the keyboard. Album did not seem cohesive
the 11 minute song felt a little excessive but overall the album was enjoyable, particularly enjoyed 20th century fox and light my fire
High 3, but not quite a 4
Great! Not in love, definitely good. Just not my cup of tea.
all 60s rock lowkey sounds the same but it was enjoyable background noise.
Musically brilliant but I get irritated by Morrison’s vocal stylings.
Not a 3 but better than a 2
I wanted to like this album more than I did. Not that it's bad, at all, I guess I just hyped it up in my head. I really enjoyed a few of the songs, but most felt really expressive and interesting in a way that wasn't really something I can listen to again; absolutely insane that this album is from 1967. Very excited to listen to more of The Doors, I want to be a fan. Favorite songs: Break on Through (To the Other Side) Twentieth Century Fox Light My Fire Back Door Man
The Doors were the cool band that split up before we were born of the 80s. It's alright.
Alright.
I would have given this four stars, because I really do like some of these songs (although they're extremely out of fashion), but The End may be the single worst track ever included on a major label release.
Songs ranging from terrible to great
Torn how to rate this album for sure. Musically I really enjoy most of the album. I think now that I have listened to a couple of their albums I can definitely say their lyrics and the vocals are less my thing. Morrison’s voice works well in spots, but overall I'm not a fan and get tired of it quickly. Stuck between a 3 and a 4 for this because what is good is really good to me, but overall I can't say I would look forward to listening to this again. Ultimately I think I fall a bit on thinking this album is overrated which inclines me to shift towards the 3.
I probably should like this more than I do. I can only really say I like the singles and The End goes on a bit. I can see the appeal but wouldn't put it on out of choice
Not a bad album, but it shows me that I prefer the doors 3-4 years after this. It seems like they were more caught up in that classic sound of the 60s with this one. They were able to “break on through to the other side” for lack of a better term in the years following. The meandering organ music doesn’t do much for me.
Have always felt the Doors to be quite a bit on the overrated side. This album has some interesting moments, but still nothing I would prefer. 3/5
think the Doors are the most over rated band ever, but this wasn't that bad
When Robbie Krieger's snakey Byzantine SG leads, Ray Manzarek's swirling organ take center stage, and Jim Morrison shuts the fuck up and they're actually a decent blues psych band with the classic 60s California sound. The trouble is he rarely does since he's constantly wailing on and on about little girls.
Loved it
Hits like I would expect. I am sure this was impactful on the genre, but I don't think I would relisten.
My second Doors album, and I definitely preferred it to Morrison Hotel. I'm still a bit on the fence about the Doors (love Break On Through, think The End is a pretentious dirge, reckon Light My Fire gets covered so often because people realised it was a great pop song struggling to break free of the unnecessarily long organ solo), but I can at least understand what other people see in them based on this one.
Psychedelic. Good, would listen again, but perhaps not for a while?
My first experience with this album was at my first job. I was working retail at a folf course pro shop, and the owners wife came in to drop off some products and arrange some displays. She found this album in a pile of cd's by a boombox and put it in, within 30 seconds of Break on Through she flipped out and unplugged the whole machine sighing "UGH DRUGGIE MUSIC", she played Brenda Lee later on. Its fine, 60's psychadelic rock isnt my thing but there is some good, Break on Through being the standout, but a lot of it just falls flat and is a chore to get through. Also the keyboard tones are pretty obnoxious.
Still not Wild about the doors but Break On Through is pretty catchy. Whisky Bar is AWFUL though!
So much of this is old hat, but a little bit of it really hits. The circus-y/creepy nonsense ("Alabama Song") and the sleaze ("The End" "Twentieth Century Fox" ) are a total lead balloon. But when its rock and keyboards, I like it. I'm surprised it made it up to 3, even though the songs of theirs I like the most ("Roadside Blues") are pretty great.
not my kind of music but don’t think alot of this will be liked it quite a lot like 6/10 added one of the songs to liked songs and after the album finishes people are strange came on and turns out they wrote it banger btw nd somehow it wasn’t in my liked songs so yk i had to add it heavy rate this album probs wld listen more if i was born 60 years before but yk oh well
iconic, perhaps a victim of nostalgia bias, but there are still a lot of songs that hold up
Good album overall. Not as energetic as I picture old rock to be. Almost hiphopy. I guess music of today has been influenced by this. Overall just a great listen. Some catchy songs and riffs and some songs that just bring the overall tune of the album.
Partly listened. Quite cool, but not for me.
Dad rock
Doors might be over rated
Liked this album 30 years ago. Some good tracks but also some not so good tracks
I loved this when I was I kid. Not so much now, but there's still great stuff on this album.
6.8/10
I've heard great things about this album, but for me, while being enjoyable, it simply wasn't all that memorable.
i liked this more than the previous (1980's) album. but i'm not that into this time period (1960's) either.
I’d listened to the album before, naturally. But boy is it short. Short and sweet, production sucks though
/100 Sam: 69/100 Katie:Production hasn't held up to time very well and pacing/lay out of the album is a little weird. Some songs are solid and boundary pushing but others fell a lil flat. Top Songs: Break on Through, Backdoor Man, Light My Fire
Good album. Couple of hits.
good listen, some bangers, some strange jamming out nonsense.
I still don’t care for The Doors, but this is definitely their best album. Favorite songs were Break On Through, Soul Kitchen, and Light My Fire.
Nice album with some iconic tracks, but it’s not exactly my cup of tea. While I can appreciate the unique sound and vibe, it doesn’t quite resonate with me the way I hoped it would. It’s a solid listen, but I’m not rushing to play it on repeat!
3 out of 5. Solid end to a full week of rock albums. Overall I feel just ok about The Doors as a whole though some of their instrumentation did blow me away.
marginally better than their other albums. i still dont get it tho
Fine. Bit whiny
Nice, bit of a dated feel to it though.
OK, here goes. I never really liked or got The Doors (and was once put in a headlock by a 14 year old classmate to prove just how wrong I was - everybody knows *that* kids right?) Morrison's voice always just annoyed me and the songs felt so tepid. The tracks you instantly think of are all here, so definitely some kudos for them all coming on debut and Apocalypse Now means I view |"The End" in a different light now. Plus I question how much I was turned-off them, because they were a band you were *supposed* to like?
can’t make me like the doors
Several classics here. Personally, I prefer Doors songs in ones or twos—their sound is so distinct. Touch Me is welcome whenever.
“the end” is mostly a pretty bad song. there, i said it.
It was alright. Just alright. To me, a very overrated album. Not bad by any means, but definitely an insane slog, especially after Light My Fire. And don't even get me started on The End. Overall, a fine enough album but not a lyrical masterpiece or anything. Rating:6.1/10
It’s not bad but not great. On this site it’s better than most other albums we got lowk
decent. Fav Track: Soul Kitchen, Light My Fire
SO much organ!!! But some pretty good songwriting and suits Jim Morrison's (very weird) voice well
They say The Doors were ahead of their time. I was born in 1988, and this album sounds like it could still play on a weird alternative radio station. I'm not sure if that makes it good or not.
The Doors have never sat in my mind as a band that fit nicely into the musical landscape of the '60s. Often, they just kind seem to me like a good bluesy psychedelic rock band, but they have some songs where their kind of obscure mystical image seeps a little deeper into their music and they get pushed into being one of the most interesting bands of the '60s. That's kind of how this album feels to me in a nutshell, we have a good current of bluesy rock here that is occasionally put into overdrive. These songs define this album to me: Break On Through has some real momentum to it, Light My Fire is allowed to grow into something greater than its pop appeal and End of the Night sounds woozy and disorienting. Of course, The End is the centerpiece of this album. It really feels like The Doors tap into something dark and esoteric here. Jim Morrison's vocal performance is incredibly dynamic, and the song's release of its slow building intensity is one of '60s rock's defining moments, in its own strange way. Overall, while I understand the importance of this, its underlying blues rock aesthetic only does so much for me, but every once in a while something here is truly fascinating to me. Read this score as a pretty high 3.
a really good album! something i feel like i can only really listen to in fall, though.
Good
I thought this was actually pretty decent and a good, if dated, rock and roll album. It’s up and down but running through the middle of it is some decent guitar and drums and a variety of sounds. Probably a 4 for the most part but knocked a mark off for some grating songs.
The music is a bit too dated for my liking. I still enjoyed some of the songs. Just not the music I'd listen to on loop.
A few good tracks, but some are boring.
Fairly middle of the road, and found all of the songs merging together. I can usually handle quite a bit of noodling around but had to skip a few.
Some all time tracks, gets psychedelic in the middle culminating in The End.
What's your favourite Doors album? The Best of The Doors. Not quite enough here to break on through, so to speak.
The End is brilliant but the rest didn’t really jump out at me
Never listened to the whole of The END in it's entirety - don't think I ever will again. The jingle jangly bits are always nice on a sunny day.
For four solid decades I've been expected to love this music. It's fine. A few great hooks. But so much pretentious silliness. And that Continental Vox. C'mon Ray; there's a reason no one else made it a staple of their sound.
Morrison was a weird dude
Not bad, the Doors are good in small doses, but admittedly an entire album just gets repetitive.
This kind of sputtered out for me after a great start with “break on through to the other side.” Other than the starter, nothing really stood out as particularly inspiring to me. I had high hopes and was a little disappointed
This is a weird one because I've been negative to music like this SEVERAL times in the past, but I still kind of enjoyed this. Ew! Slow psych rock! Acoustics? What happened to my electric guitars and keyboards and synths? I want Pink Floyd back! It's still not amazing, and I don't know if I'll come back to any of this... Ever. But I liked it more than I should have, which is what an album from a foreign genre should do. Favs: Light My Fire, Back Door Man, End of the Night Least fav: Twentieth Century Fox 7/10
Somehow I have no comments to make? Which is a surefire 3
Good stuff. I respect their vibe and importance, but I'm not sure many of these will make it in to the rotation
Album art:2
ja tof hoor, die deuren favo: soul kitchen varia: orgeldeuntjes voor extra plezier
Enough has been said about this album. RIP Val Kilmer.
its giving me music rather surface level
it was alright
Not my style
enjoying this much more than I did as a teen, which is probably the last time I listened to the Doors (apart from their hits appearing in movies, shows, commercials, etc.). Some of it's still not really hitting for me though. Was never a fan of Alabama Song and it's still falling flat, for instance.
The big songs are all great, the lesser ones are not filler either. Great album. Light my Fire and The End as the highlights.
Obviously a classic - amazing as a debut album and truly a unique sound... Sometimes the "quirkyness" can be a distraction from the overall enjoyment of the otherwise great songs.
They have an undeniably unique sound
The hits are hits and the rest are forgettable. 1/3 of the album is one song.
The Good: Straightforward song naming; the last one on the album is called “The End”! The Bad: Yes, a self-titled album, and it’s a freshmen endeavor! The Ugly: It seems like the ‘60s are giving the 00’s a run for their money… I was excited to see this album pop up, especially considering that I have already had to sit through 2 The Doors albums and I was craving Break on Through… So yeah, three massive songs, escorted along by several songs I, quite frankly, never need to hear again… Does this album belong on the list: YES! Will this album get plenty of replay by me: NO!!! 3*
[6/10]
Listened to this while paddle boarding. I wanted to like this more than I did. Light My Fire was too long and self indulgent but the rest of the album I didn’t dislike. Felt it showed it’s age a bit but they did alright them doors
3/5. 2/5 until I got to the last song, which is close enough to "Methodrone" that the whole album gets 1 more points.
It’s not my favorite Doors album but there are some highlights and some classics, as well as some songs that just seem to drone on past their welcome.
hmmm so many thoughts about this one.. i understand that the doors r a classic and influential band but this is the thrid(?) doors album out of <200 songs total? must we listen to every single doors album? but then again every single doors album is still preferable to some of this other stuff so i really can’t complain too much. ending the album with a 12-minute song called the end was funny but 12 minutes long smh. “kam on beybi layt may fayur” -my dad
The Doors, 1 of the more polarising bands of not just the 60’s. Particularly Morrison. For me they aren’t as good as the hype, but not as bad as the haters. The highs are really good, classics but the lows are very much filler. And if you don’t love Morrison and his act, he does appear to be something of a knob. Letting go of the (excessive ) pretension and just trying to listen to the music - revisited today there is a lot of filler around the big tracks, thought this was going to be a 4 or 5, but can't see higher than 3 Star
Some good songs on here but the album just didn't really hit well for me.
3.5/5 Iconic, creative, and culturally influential album (+4), impressive for a debut album (+1), multiple lyrics that give me ick (-1.5)
I like Morrison Hotel album better :(
klassiker
Some good, dare I say excellent, songs to be found on this album, but not quite enough to earn a higher score.
Listened to this a lot during my university years. I liked it then. I like it now. Not something I’d play a lot nowadays though. Has that student vibe to it and I’m far from a student these days.
The Doors, what a unique band, and what a breakthrough first album ! No one sounds like them. It is the perfect illustration of a band blending strong and very different individuals: Who plays like Manzarek, organ and keyboard bass, jazzy drums like Densmore, finger style overdriven guitar like Krieger ? and Jim Morrisson (Val Kilmer) ? One of the few 60s bands that still sounds relevant today. They have great songs but not great albums, although this one and LA woman stand out. The B side is a bit weak at the exception of the monumental "The end".
Un bon album avec 2 morceaux iconiques et devenus des classiques, par ailleurs une belle rythmique/poesie dans les morceaux dans cet album.
The Doors make sense in context, but I imagine a lot of people who have never heard them before are thinking What The Fuck Is This Shit. In the 60s you could eat this stuff with a spoon. Anyway, for me, I'm left wondering why a band that was capable of making cool stuff like The End would waste their time making third-rate crap like the Alabama Song.
Pretty good. Well recorded. Already knew of the big songs from it. The outro and the album in general is trippier than I remember. Might go back to a few songs but probably not the whole thing.
Meh… it was good and has its place but it doesn’t speak to my soul.
É um bom álbum, tem umas 3 que eu considero realmente fodas, as outras são ok, mas algumas são bem cansativas
Some groovy and some very weird songs
Side A can battle with any other band's debut album for the title of best ever. Side B, however...slumps. Always been partial to "Alabama Song" (best rendition) and "Soul Kitchen" is climbing on my top Doors song. These guys must have straight kicked the door down and blew people's minds when this album dropped. Thank you for putting "The End" as the last song. This is a hard one to rate with SideA/B so different...3.45 stars.
3.36
This is one of those capital-C "Classics" that I've never really liked all that much. I listened to it again now, and I sort of get why it was compelling, but it just sounds very dated. At the time it probably did sound pretty fresh, but their style is kind of easily-imitated, and it's been done to death, so it doesn't hold up like the lighter side of 60s rock. There's a few main reasons for that: -Morrison isn't really that good a singer - his voice has a nice timbre, and he does some crazy shit sometimes (those are his best moments), but he's got kind of limited range -Their songs are pretty basic - really The Doors are early blues riff-rock, but without the transcendence of a Hendrix behind them - and I just don't like that as much as the folk-psychedelic stuff, I don't think it holds up as well -The sound itself is really dated - there's nothing wrong with hard rock that features electric organ, like I think I gave "In Rock" four stars, but even their organ sound is kind of tinny The best moments are the ones the ones where either Morrison freaks out (late in "The End", for example, or on "Backdoor Man") or when they incorporate a little more variety in the sound. I love the Threepenny Opera cover - the oomph-pa beat, all the glock sounds, it's probably the best song on here. And the blues rockers like "Break On Through" and "Soul Kitchen" are nice, catchy rockers, the former basically rock canon. But I've never liked "Light My Fire", I think it's a boring song, and aside from the freakout so is "The End". It's fine, but I don't think it deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as e.g. the Beatles apogee, or peak Band, or a few others.
-so this is the iconic Jim Morrison. I was unfamiliar with his game -I wasn’t expecting so much blues rock influence somehow but it was really good. such an interesting range of genre and talent, it felt almost as if they were showing off on the album. 3.5 -Favorites are Soul Kitchen, Light My Fire, and The End
Oldies rock - Nice guitar - Nothing outstanding
Album doesn’t get going until light my fire. Then it gets special.
Definitely my favorite from the group so far, though I'm still not totally into them.
3/5
A few great tracks from the Doors here, good stuff.
It was okay. I listened twice to make sure I couldn't bump it past three stars. Would probably enjoy it more if I had the flu and was taking lots of cold medicine minus the actually having the flu part.
Never been a fan of the doors. I find their sound a bit monotonous, especially the long drawn out organ solos. I marked the End as a notable track because the beginning is good, but it just drags on and on and on. I never have and never will really seek the bands out to listen to, but it is ok
Overall it’s alright but come on you don’t need to have the final song be 11 minutes cut it into separate songs
Neutral
Ok, sounded good
I thought the album was pretty good, but I don't understand why this is considered one of the best albums of all time. I saw that "The End", the closing song on the album, was considered one of the greatest songs of all time. Maybe psychedelic rock just isn't my thing? I thought it was way too long, but maybe this sort of thing was groundbreaking at the time.
For the first half of the album I was like ahh, I kinda like this electric keyboard vibe in the background of the songs (circa I’m a believer by the monkees kind of sound). After like the 7th song with the electric keyboard in it, that shit started to get old. I’ve never really listened to the doors much and I know Jim Morrison is considered a legend so I’m glad I did but can’t give it more than a three
Same notes as before
What the hell is a Soul Kitchen??? Honestly, I understand why this blew minds when it released, a Rock band where the lead instrument is pretty much an organ? Extremely cool. Unfortunately, despite Jim Morrison having a reputation as a poet, there were a number of lyrics on the album that were downright bad. Favourite track probably being between Break on Through and Light My Fire, side A i thought was far stronger material. Psychedelic Rock isn't really my cup of tea, so will have to get a 3, but it's probably actually a 7. I don't think I even listened to a remaster and It still sounds immaculate. Influential rather than a timeless classic.
Didn't realize how sexual some songs were and even more how creepy Alabama song is
Going to suggest 3*s for boring but not offensively so.
is “the end” really that good or has it been made good in the public consciousness by its incredible usage in *apocalypse now*? maybe a combination of both. “light my fire” is one of the worst songs in the world. somebody should have taken that organ away from them (and pretty much everybody else who isn’t the phantom of the opera). fav tracks: i looked at you; the end
whatever
I dug Crystal Ships. And realized I'm a fan of Jim Morrisons vocal style. Still an unwavering pretentiousness to it but I can look past that. I enjoyed the production as well. I may figure out the Doors yet.. . I'm returning a couple days later a few days later. This certainly kindled an interest in the doors. And I love the studio albums. In particularly Waiting For The Sun. All excited I watched The Doors Live At The Bowl. And I remembered what I disliked about them in the first place. Pretentious meandering masturbation. The studio albums are amazing. I imagine with a producer in place to reel in their arty pretentious ramblings. Live its like 2 out of 20 minutes is coheisive music. And Morrison is high as fuck. I saw this video at the RNR Hall of Fame and it turned me off. I see why. I might go as far as to say they suck live. Or they choose to suck live is prolly more accurate. Great studio band....with shimmers of greatness live but its ruined by drug fueled boring ass meanderings by Morrison.
I like how it seems the growing sentiment is "you know, I think I'm gonna try getting into the Doors." However, you know this will never happen no matter how hard you might try. To quote Kids in the Hall..."Doors fans aren't made. Their born." For me, I'm OK with staying put as a curious on looker making note of all the strange influences.
Not all songs are good, but all in all its nice
Meh, I can see how it is classic, but I thought it was alright.
I like Break on Through, Soul Kitchen, Light My Fire; I kind of like I Looked at You; I almost like End of the Night
"The End" is a pretty messed up song when you actually pay attention to it.
I get the significance of The Doors historically, but their music hasn't held up as well as Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd for me personally. It's certainly not bad, but I'll basically never choose to listen to them. 3.2
It was fine. I preferred the Byrds from last week.
Reveal thoughts: I'm not disappointed! Most of my experience listening to The Doors has been through movies, so it'll be fun to listen to an actual album. Actually, I’m a little disappointed. Kind of boring, to be honest.
Didn’t hate it. But I still don’t think I am a Doors fan.
Cool and groovy album, maybe influenced by just watching Ocean’s 11 previously but fits into that vibe. Can’t say I actively enjoyed a single track though which is a shame.
My only experience with the Doors before this album was the Riders of the Storm remix with Snoop Dogg (yes I know) so I had zero expectations going in. Honestly I thought I wouldn't be a fan of their music (and I'm not) but I had a better time with it than I expected, mainly because of the organ and some of the more hard rock tunes, they are just good fun music for the most part and I can't complain about that really
Oude popmuziek. Op zich prima te luisteren. ***
It was alright
I have nothing against the Doors. I’ve also never deliberately sought to listen to them. That won’t change after hearing this album in full.
I don’t remember ://
more like the bores
I used to love them, but as an adult I find the lyrics disturbing
Has its strengths but the songs sound the same after a while
Fett album! Dette er nok noe for fredrik
ok
pasme, eu nunca tinha ouvido esse. achei que seria bem pior, mas foi agradável. rockzinho que trabalha muito bem suas influencias e deixa tudo isso notável. bem sólido. é um debut bem acima da média, inclusive. dito isso, tome mais um 3.
Banger instrumentals. No song in particular stood off much
I don’t enjoy their lyrics
it’s good but didnt really do anything extra for me
Beetje een bluesy rock album, bevalt me best goed als een maandagochtend album. Valt me alles mee, ook omdat de stijl van The Doors erg prettig wegluistert. Alabama Song is een heel grappig nummer, voelt een beetje als een soort mengelmoes qua genres. Light my fire is de grote hit van dit album, en dat hoor je! Verfrissend dat de 'grote' hit eens niet als eerste nummer staat, ook al is dat ook 1 van de bekendere nummers. Alles bij elkaar, vind ik dit absoluut een prima album, duurt ook precies lang genoeg! FAVO: Break on through to the other side, Alabama Song(Whisky Bar), Light my fire
I used to really like The Doors. Or at least I used to say I really liked them. I’m not sure I ever really did. Psychedelic rock with a strong emphasis the organ, which starts to sound like circus music to me. It’s definitely their best body of work, but it’s just okay in my book.
Repetitive for my liking but decent.
-Album starts with the banger “Break on Through” (baba’s fav song) -Jim voice is just sexy, so rock n roll -The End is a pretty good 11 minute song -some song lyrics leave more to be desired
Break on Through (To the Other Side) - love the ending, good vocals Soul Kitchen - great concept, pre-chorus hits, transition b/w guitar solo and ending!!?!!??!! The Crystal Ship - kinda Dark Lady-ish, vibey Twentieth Century Fox - not much to say, that organ kinda thing at the back goes hard Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) - best lyrics so far, cool instrumentation, for me its a bit repetitive Light My Fire - slinky 60s vibe, gets better as it goes on, THE ORGAN HITS, the fade out in the middle of the song is so cool, the lil organ at the end hahahahha Back Door Man - kind of a skip, not bad but other songs do what it sets out to do better, unserious in a good way I Looked at You - the median song on the album End of the Night - emotional, mysterious, cool instruments, we're back Take It as It Comes - short and impactful The End - perfect ending for this album, not a replay song tho, cool story
This album features for me one of my whole time keyboard moments ever on Light My Fire. The keyboard solo in the middle of that track is just sublime and the guitar solo ain’t bad either. It was sacrilege to cut these from the single version. I also love the first few minutes of The End before it goes a bit weird. The rest of the album is standard Doors fodder. OK but not great. But this is the Doors and Jim Morrison so deserves the accolades it gets. 3/5 18/11/24
7/10 Much better than the other album of theirs I have heard Decent but unthrilling 60s rock music with a total banger at the start, middle, end. Yes, the 3 big songs are clearly the best Good playing, keyboard/organ really stood out Vocals didn’t always hit, nor lyrics Best: Light My Fire
Coming back to this after a.... long time away. Let's go! A nice short album to return to. I liked this! Nice and easy. Light My Fire is obviously a banger. Correct that like 15% of the album is that one song
I was ready to give this like a 8 or 9/ 10 but then I listened to the lyrics on Alabama Song... Jim Morrison yikes my guy what are you doing? 5/10
Ik kijk even terug naar mijn eerdere schrijfsels over The Doors. Bij beide albums viel mij op dat het eerste en het laatste nummer vooral heel sterk waren. En dat hebben ze ook op dit album voor elkaar gekregen. Is dat dat het recept om The Doors te luisteren? Gewoon alle eerste en laatste nummers van hun albums in één playlist. Daar lijkt het wel op. Want ook dit album maakt mij verder niet bijster enthousiast. Vooral niet als het wat neurotische klanken biedt, zoals bij die andere hit van het album. Het onderscheid tussen de albums van deze band, zit hem dus vooral in de opvulling, in het midden. Dit album schaal ik wat dat betreft tussen Morrison Hotel en L.A. Woman.
I loved my 'Best of The Doors' tape when I was young and getting into 60s bands, played it to destruction. 'Break on Through', what an opening to a debut album. The first three are all great, 'Crystal Ship' my favourite. After that the stars start to fall. 'Light My Fire' is a classic but let's be honest, it's too long! Then lots of fairly average tracks until 'The End' which I used to think was amazing, I still like the music but Jim's stoned rambling is nonsense really, tedious. Maybe this just got me on a bad day, who knows, People Are Strange :-)
the doors didn’t quite get fours from me
If you take some mediocre Rolling Stones album tracks and slap in some organ, you have The Doors. The organ sound is distinctive but sounds incredibly dated. 3 stars because I like the psychedelic lyrics, and it’s undeniable that The Doors create a unique mood.
This was a tough one. Some absolute classics that still sound amazing with some of the worst songs I've heard in a while to fill in the gaps.
Grooves. Vox continental organ. Rhodes bass. Guitar tones. Hooky melodies Album begins amazing. Tracks 1-3 are an excellent start Vocals really do feel like another instrument. Unique style and the lyrics don’t really even register as I hear them. I’m sure that would change as I listen through the album more Had never heard of a marxo phone before. Sounds cool “Backdoor man” groove reminds me a lot of “five to one” in the very beginning. Also very sampleavle “Light my fire” is also very sampleable. Organ solos galore
It was fine. Morrison has kinda dull vocals but the band is excellent. Probably a better live group than album. Some classic hits but deep cuts were just there as murky palate cleansers.
This is a really strange album to review. On one hand it's got some the heaviest hitters in this band entire catalogue. On the other hand it's missing some of things that I love most from the Doors. Doesn't feel like there is any insane guitar solo or rock anthem on this album - it's just a lot of synth mashing. And while the synth does hit for me, I can't help but walking away from this one a little dissatisfied.
Boring. I get why they were cool then.
was expecting more than this as i liked the other doors album much more and the cover goes hard. some good tracks… some not so good. 3/5
The vocalist needs to drink water
My Favorites are: break on through, Twentieth Century Fox, Back Door Man, The End (GUITAR INTRO) - Like the sound of it overall - I'm no fan of 60's keyboards but don't try and deny that the Doors make them work -> almost more prominent here than guitar - psychedelic rock isn’t really my world but I do have to say that I understand and respect the influence they have/had on music - it definitely is a must listen and an album you need to listen to before you die - considering the context of political and societal circumstances I bet that this album was IT! (And the band overall) - although I probably wouldn’t listen to it as a whole myself -> only a few selected songs - OVERALL: 3/5
This was... a hard album to rate. Theoretically it's a great album. Has a couple absolute bangers. But I'm not sure if I was too sober or what, but it just didn't click for me.
Eh
Overall I liked this album, but I didn’t find it an exciting listen.
Biiiiigggg fan of the doors but this is not my favorite album of theirs, so we’ll see how this goes. Despite lyrical content, I did not enjoy “Alabama Song.” Yeah this is just okay. 3.5? 4? Ugh.
Definitely strong for a debut, but there were some tracks that were weaker, and I guess I'm not a huge Doors fan
Light my firen intro piristää aina!! Vahva levy kyllä, toimii vaikkei ole hittien kyllästämä. Tai siis ainakaan sinkkumielessä - paljohan nää biisit soi esim. soundtrackeillä. Toki aika taiteellinen ja showta ylläpitävä meno. Tavallaan yhden keikan tunnelma (sellanen jolla ei tahallaan pidetä välispiikkejä ja valo on keltainen). Vikan biisin jamitkaan ei vaikuta megaliiallisita, vähän vain.
Avaus on ehkä bändin uran huippuhetki, ja levyllä on muutakin vahvaa materiaalia. Jees. Sitten heikkoudet: soundin yksitoikkoisuus, vetonaulabiisin muuntaminen jamiksi, laulajan mytologisoinnin perusteettomuus. Mutta loppujen lopuksi - ja tästä saa ehkä syyttää Smackia - olen lämmennyt. 3,5
There were a 3 songs I really liked. Otherwise the melody and lyrics of the others didn’t really resonate.
Appreciate the classics and the quirkiness but only found one new song I truly enjoyed.
Groovy background music.
Liked the live versions of all the songs honestly but some songs definitely were sub par where the mixing between the vocals and the instruments were shambolic.
I'm not really a The Doors fan, I haven't listened to them much, but psychedelic music just doesn't fit me very well. Additionally I'm not a great jazz fan either, and I feel like I hear some heavy jazz influences on this album too. I have heard 'Light My Fire' before, but I think it might have been a cover by someone else, or maybe the single version which I understand to not have the big middle jazz section - I remember enjoying this song more than I feel like I did this time at least. 'Back Door Man' is also one of my standouts, but I'm told that that's not a The Doors number but rather a cover, so the fact that it's one of my standouts probably indicative of me not super enjoying their own sound Standouts Light My Fire Back Door Man The End 3/5
Can see why it may have been iconic or pioneering back in the day, but it's just not my style of music. Not my type of vocals, lacks the harmonic and textual depth that I like, doesn't draw me in.
183/1001
Fine, overrated.
I guess I'm kind of fed up with the Doors.
I just wish they had a song called "The Doors" so they could join the heady company of Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, and Bad Company! Jokes aside, for me, over the last 30 years, The Doors have gone from "This band is my life and Jim Morrison is Kerouac, Rimbaud, and Blake combined" to "Fuck, I'm so embarrassed I used to listen to The Doors", to my latest position. The band is important culturally, a touch stone for many other artists. The music is bloody good actually. Little heavy on the keys occasionally but Krieger has a unique style and Densmore is a fantastic drummer, given the space he has to fill. This is psychedelic with a gothic tint. Later albums move a bit further into the dark and have a bit more interest for me due to that.
This album has some amazing memorable songs but is overall a bit repetitive and mediocre. Incredibly influential but not for me Fav song: Light my fire
Neither a Doors fan, nor a hater. Which makes me feel like I'm in rarified air. This Is The End makes me wish it was the end, but beyond that these are all solid songs.
I've never been a huge fan of The Doors so I really don't have much to say, it's just not for me
Classic but okay
Some good songs. Okay album
60s blues rock. I used to like The Doors but now I find Jim Morrison a bit insufferable. The big hits are classic songs though
Organ lead rock, got a bit rambly
I think much of The Doors’ appeal has to do with Morrison’s charisma and early death. Obvious highlights are the famous ones
Some classics but a very dated sound.
I think hindsight has only hurt this album. Not dramatically, but I don't think it stands out as much now, as it probably did when it was released. That said, it's a very, very solid album. Not really "greatest ever" but still great. Nothing particularly stands out, other than the keys/synth work throughout the album, which is really well done and balanced. Favorite Song(s): Light My Fire
I mean it was alright ig, not big on the 60s as a whole but fairs
An album that is not as good as you remember it being when you were 19..
A decent album, nothing on there to make me stop listening. There were two more well-known tracks, and they were basically a distillation of the rest of the album. If it came on again I'd probably listen to it, but I wouldn't actively search it out and listen again. That, to me, is the sign of a 3 star album.
It was good, a really good debut but not perfect, I suppose nothing is…
i've actually been meaning to listen to this album for the longest time, but ig i just never got around to lol break on through is pre good, iconic for sure soul kitchen is kinda a meh song for me currently on the crystal ship, and i'm liking it a lot more, it feels very mysterious and i love that it reminds me of humbug in a way really like twentieth century fox, it oozes 60s with the keys and guitar love the play on words as well
Solid album. Really dig Jim Morrison's voice, and the guitar work. Need to listen to more Doors!
I really enjoyed some tracks, but not others… this is like a 3.5 for me
It was fine. I thought I hated The Doors, but I discovered I didn't mind them. I listened to this hours into a long drive, so that may have affected my opinion, but I'm not sure how.