Reviews (page 13 of 14)
One of the stand out examples of the time. Free ranging experimentation.
Cool but not my style, gave it a chance though...
Pretty much what I expected. Solid. Unique. And not my thing.
Some absolute classics there
Favourite Song: Light My Fire
Obviously synonymous with Apocalypse Now due to 'the end' but the whole album shares that same sound of annilhation thanks to Morrison's wild vocals and the whirling arrangements of various electric instruments.
Classic, aber nicht ganz meins.
Great sound….
I like the hits on here, and this is probably my favorite Doors album, but I'm not the biggest fan. This is the 3rd Doors album on this list and I kinda hope it's the last.
Little Mark with a C with his flowing hair.
un poco coñazo segun van pasando los temas
It’s alright
Not a bad album honestly. Not my style of music, but not bad music if that makes sense. Really nice drumming on most of the songs. Hopefully will listen again.
Para calificar un álbum siempre imagino con cuantas canciones la gente se prendería en un concierto sin ayuda de drogas fuertes... este disco tiene menos de la mitad. Bueno para tenerlo de fondo, aunque repetitivo.
Don't have the stomach for Jim anymore I must be getting old. This band is so good I see that but his whole...cloud or vibe or whatever...ugh
1967, Rock, starke 3
Un clásico pero nunca me ha enganchado
Honestly I was expected more from this album, still a good listen it just suffered from high expectations for me.
Nice
3* good start gets boring
Le daría 2, le pongo 3 nada más por aceptar que musicalmente fue muy relevante e influenció bastante. Es un disco que me gusto mucho... hace 25 años. Hoy en día casi no lo soporto. Dicen que los poetas sin talento se pueden hacer compositores grandes y Morrison es el ejemplo perfecto. Lo mejor de todo el disco sigue siendo la canción favorita de Ber... The End (porque la oigo y quiero salir del pantano de una jungla con mi cuchillo listo a ir por el Coronel Kurtz).
I know this is seemingly blasphemous to some people, but I never got into The Doors. That Being said, this album is great for what it has done for the course of music, and its many genres. I want to give it a 4, but its my personal rating, so suck it!
Extraña la combinación de canciones tan pequeñas (2:15, 2:26) con otras tan largas (7:10, 11:43) Tracks: Break on Through, Take it as it comes y ps sí, Light my fire Avoid: Alabahama (whiskey song), The end.
Never listened to the full album, couple of classics here. Discovered them when the biographical film was released in 1991 (I was 15 years old at this time). Top track: Light My Fire
Classic tracks but overall not my cup of tea
I'm getting worried that this list is going to disproportionately consist of boomer rock. This album was solid.
Si me late pero depende el humor. Hoy hace hueva y me lo vo'a saltar a la mitad.
Una de las bandas con las que crecí escuchando en casa, mucho power en el inicio con break on through pero se nota como se les fue trepando el trip y terminan haciendo cosas incomprensibles como Alabama song y the end. mucho blues y eso me gusta
Soy un poco ambivalente con este disco. Por un lado, hay rolas que sí me gustan aunque están muy choteadas (Break On Through y Laimaifaier) y por otro lado está el parto llamado The End… No sé cómo les dieron permiso de poner eso en un disco.
Way more psychedelic Vietnam war apocalypse now vibes compared to LA Woman. The End and Light My Fire are obvious classics but Alabama Song is straight up creepy
not a fan
Meh.
Started off GREAT, ended a little too weird for me.
I really like this album, the “breakthrough” and “the end” are amazing. The Doors are a little overhyped, but a good band nonetheless.
Meh. It’s okay. The first half was alright, really lost steam after Light my Fire which was just so long and boring. The End was boring and too long. Just kinda a boring album overall.
oh, the Doors... Jim Morrison seems like a lot of girl's crushes because they can just romanticize the party boy lifestyle, when it reality this guy would be no one's friend. The music is pretty good; sloppy bluesy keyboard-heavy grooves with Morrison warbling over the top.
The kind of door I want to open!
Pretty good
Quite liked the psychadelic vibe but probably wouldn't revisit it...
Pretty good!
The doors? More like The Bores.
It just sounds old, I think that's the organ's fault because it is ROUGH. why does he keep talking about little girls
Klassiker
I can see why this is required listening. It's so everyone can stop idol worshipping this band and realise how mediocre they are. This is basic. It's mostly generic blues filler songs. The only bit of joy I found was the bit where it gets all messy in Light My Fire and the guitar is noodling, then the organ cuts through in its perfect chromatic refrain before the final verse. It's fine. If I was 16 in 1967 and this was the only music I'd ever heard, Jim would be a god to me. But also like 25% of this album is The End. And that song is embarrassingly bad.
Not my thing, too much of that organ and too much repetitive sounds for me, not my cup of tea to be honest
Lots and lots and lots of organ. Didn’t hate it, but didn’t love it either. Some really cool moments of build & lyricism I want to dissect a bit more, but it didn’t have the personal “it” factor that draws me to an album instantaneously. I know it does for plenty of people, given its spot on the list, but from my 21st-century ear I’m a little more lukewarm. Strong two bordering on weak three. STAND-OUT SONG: “Soul Kitchen” HONORABLE MENTIONS: “Light My Fire”, “Take It As It Comes”
Only aware of the hits before listening to this. JMs voice is pretty terrible but the drumming is pretty good. That organ is something else - and not in a good way. Lyrically very immature, that kind of pretension a 6 former who has discovered poetry and the fact there’s more chance of getting laid if you’re in a band has. Kinda all sound a bit like Smash Mouths Walking on the Sun which I would rather listen to tbh.
The Doors could undoubtedly write a hook, and I like that 'Light my Fire' is a catchy pop song but also a 7 minute psych odyssey - this is really the best version of this band for me, I don’t care for pretty much everything else on here (and I think I just like this cos it’s funny). Also, I wish Manzarek would drop the Vox Continental, or at least limit it to one or two songs, or maybe do something a little different than that sort of sloppy chromatic chord change thing that's on EVERY TRACK. Actually, I guess Alabama Song is a bit different, and it's dreadful, so maybe not. 'The End' is without doubt my favourite song on this album, even though 'Light my Fire' is the best - it's brilliant because it's so bad and it makes me think of Homer's psychedelic pepper trip in The Simpson's and, of course, Apocalypse Now. Ride the snake, the snake is long, 7 miles long etc. etc. never ever ever fails to make me laugh and drifts through my head more often than it should. Also the 'father i want to kill you' bit - excellent in its own awful way. Jim Morrison was a hack!
sehr slow und bisschen langweilig, nicht mein geschmack hab schon besseres gehört
Interesting album. Not really into psychedelic rock.
I enjoyed Morrison Hotel much more than this which is odd because I know more of the songs on this album. I'm a sucker for that 60/70s organ stuff, but it just feels like they are trying too hard.
this is i suppose objectively good but i’m a little disappointed honestly. this is a good friend of mine’s favourite band so my expectations were quite high but i just found this to be .. OK. ‘take it as it comes’ and ‘the end’ (though i felt it could’ve been 4 minutes shorter) stood out to me but aside from that this album didn’t invoke much feeling in me. probably wouldn’t listen again on purpose.
After first listening
really not my style.
Brilliant debut, brilliant musicality and blending of styles, let down by schoolboy lyrics.
I have never understood how The Doors are considered such rock legends and this didn't help. Pretentious, overly long nonsense from a bunch of strung out people who seem like they wouldn't be fun to be around. Lyrically it is just beat poet crap for people who want to think they are smarter than everyone else in the room so they pretend the lyrics are deep. I'm sure I have more albums from this overrated band in my future and I'm dreading each one of them.
Boring and slow. There was one good song and it was the very first one. After that it became a lame slog fest.
I used to like this album earlier, but now for some reason they put me to sleep
My wife loves The Doors. I do not. It has less to do with the band and their sound than it does with Jim Morrison, which I suspect is true for both of us.
This sounded exactly like I expected it to sound. The Doors had a unique sound, I think it is more the organ than anything. I never really dug it too much. It isn't bad, just not my thing.
Loved the organ and los partes instrumentales! Other than that it's just fine
I like The Doors well enough, but this is the third time I’ve gotten one of their albums in the short time I’ve been listening… Not very random…
Reminded me of the Vietnam war. Felt like those times. Kinda boring at times.
no me transmitió nada, algún que otro lindo tema
As far as The Doors albums go, this is fine, I guess. I'd still rather not.
Good album but to me one of the bands that I’ve grown tired of hearing.
Old mixing
Very dated.
Jesus this is annoying
Not for me.
If anyone says The Doors to me, I think of People Are Strange due to an abiding love of The Lost Boys, so I was a bit sad to discover it's not on this album. There were bigger hits on though, with Light My Fire and Break On Through (To The Other Side) included and I was also very familiar with The End for some reason. From the songs I didn't know, many of them seemed pretty different than I imagined the album tracks would be - much of it felt far more "swinging 60s" than I was ever expecting. I liked Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) but I could not explain why, even if I tried. The singles are great, but nothing else won me round in quite the same way. So I think this is a 2.5 ⭐ that's going to instead get a: 2/5
This was kinda cool, I guess. Nothing really caught my ear though (save for a couple tracks). Maybe need a relisten? I don't know. Favorites: Light My Fire, I Looked at You, End of the Night
Never been a Doors guy (I can not sanction Jim Morrison's buffoonery), but I do love Ray Manzarek's work on the keys. Iconic. Highs are high on this record but the lows are pretty bad/forgettable. Just not for me. Maybe not enough drugs on my part.
2/5 inget som stack ut som bra för mig. Helt okej
Back Door Man, Light My Fire and The End were the highlights for me, but the rest were kinda forgettable. Didn’t really know what to make of this one. 2-2.5
Light My Fire rips, but I didn’t care for the rest of this one.
aburrido
The doors are boring and their songs sound the fucking same
Yeah, this was difficult to listen to. I can't help but think how much better the songs would sound with a bass. It's an essential part of a song for me personally, not just saying it as a bassist. On top of that, the keyboard is grating to me, I hate the tone sooooo fucking much and the only one I sort of liked was The Crystal Ship because the piano part drowned it out for the most part. So yeah, not my thing and don't really get why people would like them sorry
I’ve always liked Light My Fire, but otherwise this really sounds of its time. Didn’t do much for me.
I went in with high hopes but found this really dreary
questionable lyrics
I'm sure this one did numbers once, it just felt repetitive and boring to me
Another album I felt like I was supposed to love. His voice is beautiful but I found the lyrics mostly uninteresting and the music repetitive.
I'm not high enough for this. That's the problem, I think, I've never been high enough for this. In addition, I just straight up dislike the organ as an instrument. I think it sounds dumb. Which is a tough beat for this band, because this shit is like 80% organ. I recognize the classic songs as such, I recognize Jim Morrison as a singular sex symbol, I heartily approve of the Aldous Huxley connection. I just don't care about The Doors and never have. Not for me.
I never understood why this band was considered a super band. Mediocre musicians who stopped at dense lyrics and a character typical of the emerging music "industry"
But then other times, it turns out you were oversaturated and there was no new ground.
idk it wasn't bad it just sounded kind of antiquated in a way that i didn't enjoy, it wasn't bad it just didn't stand out to me and i don't think i would go out of my way to listen again
Carnival music sung by a clown.
Break on Through (To the Other side) - 5.5/10 Soul Kitchen - 4.5/10 The Crystal Ship - 5/10 Twentieth Century Fox - 4/10 Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) - 4/10 Light My Fire - 3/10 Back Door Man - 4/10 I Looked at You - 4/10 End of the Night - 4/10 Take It as It Comes - 4/10 The End - 4.5/10
Bettter than expected, with some songs being actually enjoyable. The theatralics ruin it for me, though.
Kinda disappointed by this album. Thought i'd like it more.
not a huge fan. A little boring. Don't love his voice. Guitar is good though.
Very groovy and obviously classic. However I don't really get all the hype. Don't get me wrong, it's not bad! but I am so tired of hearing that organ.
Standard and boring rock. Vocals are a little annoying.
Bonne musique d'arrière plan mais sans plus. Déçu de la monotonie de l'album. Je n'ai pas accroché. Quelques musiques sortent du lot mais ne sauve pas l'album. Note : 2 À réécouter : Non
Meh
Hard to hear this with fresh ears, but Break on Through is still an incredible first salvo. And then we’re right into the blues rock and what sounds like a bar band doing its set, including Light My Fire, which I can take or leave for the most part. The End eventually made for a great film soundtrack, but I’ve always found its album execution tedious. I don’t dislike Morrison and co. as much as my peers, when they’re on, they’re a timeless rock band, but the rest of the time is spent chasing contemporary pop sounds which are nails-on-a-chalkboard ill-fitting.
Some classics songs, but I have never been a huge fan of the doors. 2.5 stars
Too much electric organ for me!
I don't like the doors. 2/10/2026
One of the most overrated bands ever. Eveeeerrrrr. This is what happens when a dude that can sing thinks he's the poetest poet that ever poeted.
I really don't like this band
Great first song. Pretty good last song. The middle? Meh. Not for me.
I don’t like it
I like the classics but everything else is too out-there for me.
wasn't digging it at first but it grew on me as it went on. I dont like the more upbeat songs, but the slower ones are nice. Its the electric keys noises that bother me. fav songs: the crystal ship, the end
Two classics in it. But the rest was just painful noises.
Not as good as the first time i listened to The Doors. The live stuff was good to listen to, can’t say much for the rest of the album tho.
had much higher expectations for this one..
I don't get the hype. All the songs are pretty similar, and lyrics lack and depth, substance, or meaning. This album doesn't make me feel anything.
alright.
I did not like it
I tried to like them back when I was young and rebellious because that's what I thought young and rebellious - and cool - people were into. I'm no longer young, I'm still rebellious and, well, I think I'm cool, and it turns out that I always thought The Doors were overrated and Jim Morrison was a bit of a dick.
Well that didn't go as expected 😂
I didn’t enjoy this re-listen as much as I expected. This particular sound just feels a bit worn out. Loved it 30 years ago when I first discovered them. Now I found it a bit of a slog.
overall a 2/5... some songs were good, but mostly unimpressive... i was expecting more honestly :(
2,5 sterren
eksperimetalni su, posebni, ali ovo je album koji poslusas jednom kao dozivljaj, nije nesto sto bih slusala za zabavu, eventualno pocetak the enda i 20th century fox kao neka pjesma na koju pleses u baru. cijeli album ima malo spooky halloween vajb zbog klavijature.
not really my thing i fear. wasn't a fan of some songs lacking any kind of percussion
mid ig
2/5 A little too old and low-res for me, did not appreciate it much
Reminds me of Napoleon Dynamite/Django Unchained soundtrack.
I wish there was a 2.5 star ranking as that is exactly what the doors were, a 2.5 star band that the death contributing mythos of the lead singer somehow made them legends. Had Jim lived into his 50s they would have faded into the background of the good but not great bands of their era, yet here we are.
2.6/5 I've never liked the doors and I've never understood the fascination with them, but I didn't mind this album to be honest. Might have to give them another chance. Not that big a fan of the keyboards though and some of the long songs. Light my fire is a great track but it's brought down by the massive long bridge. If it was a tight 3.30-4min song I'd love it more.
Not for me
Some stand out tracks, and some boring bluesy jams. I wonder if we’d still be talking about The Doors if Morrison hadn’t died young, or if they’d just be a footnote on the ‘60s.
Meh
Break on Through came on and I was like “Oh man, have I been too hard on the doors? Do they actually kind of rock the way I thought they did when I was fourteen?” Then it was followed by like four of the shittiest songs I’ve ever heard. That’s an exaggeration but whatever. There are some cool songs, and Manzarek is pretty cool. But overall, more bad than good.
I'm not a contrarian for the sake of it, but man, I _fucking hate_ this album. Ray's organ is way too prominent in mix, and the timbre is nasally and grating. It's like nails on a chalkboard. Particularly with no bassist to thicken up the sound. And then you have Jim’s brooding, pretentious, college-dorm philosophy and slurred, droning vocals. It's an awful pairing that my brain just can't enjoy.
Some good ones in here
I respect them for turning doing drugs into a career, but their music is kinda meh
Not my taste
I normally enjoy psych rock, but this album just doesn't work for me. Everything's fine, but for the most part, things are just that: fine. I don't really see myself coming back to this album. Favorite tracks: "Light My Fire," maybe "The End"
The greatest CIA funded band in history, recruited him for his psychical attractiveness. Something, something MK-Ultra. Something, something CIA circus music playing. Something, something, I eat more chicken than any man ever. Something, something, she gets high. Something, something, eat more pork, beans and chicken because I'm the back door man. She poops everywhere, Hol up the bathrooms are clear. Something, something about Indians and Snakes. Thank you Jim Morrison for some truly groundbreaking music.
Mid
Ok - I love The Doors and LA Woman is probably in my Top 20 albums. However, like David Bowie, The Doors have produced some really dross - I cannot stand Alabama Song, and why does Jim need to sing about Back Doors all the time? Really?
Nothing crazy stand out except for the famous ones, and even then my mind isn't blown. But atmospheric, and great voice.
Great for montages of young people in the 60s doing drugs and fornicating.
I'm not a fan, never was, never will be. I think that Ray Manzarek's playing is atrocious.
some songs ok i got the cutie ness of it and then it was also just fucking wack as hell LMAO
This band were on the list of bands that I knew I would have to begrudgingly endure doing this. Listening to this and trying to equate it to the twittering of Morrison devotees is odd because there’s really not much to see here at all. Musically it’s ok. Certainly not the work of genius that some claim Morrison to be. Vastly overrated and dull. Struggled to a 2.
The hits are bangers, the rest is filler. Too much noodling.
I spent half of this album looking forward to the end and wishing Ray Manzarek would quit playing the keys so loud and start playing them more creatively. But then the B side started and that redeemed a lot of the album for me. There was a lot more I enjoyed on the B side, including “The End” which is unnecessarily long but I was kind of into it.
it was okay, only liked one song in the end
Honestly, couldn’t finish it. Their hits are neat, big Vietnam vibe. Sure it was important but it wasn’t for me
There was a time when I liked this shit, but it was 25+ years ago.
These guys have never really been my cup of tea…
It’s honestly really impressive how this album manages to be awfully boring and awfully annoying at the same time. Can’t help but respect that
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Technically fine and there’s a few songs I really like individually. Overall as an album it just doesn’t leave a mark on me though, and the hagiography of JM throughout my life predisposes me to shrug the effort off
The tracks everyone knows are great but the rest are just ok.
The doors are like the epitome of overrated Rock band for me. Hammond organ is cool and all, but it dominates the mix on some of these tracks... I just don't get how this is a good album. There's a friggin polka in the middle!
I've come back to this one many times over the years. No doubt it is famous and influential. I like this era and genre, but this one just never grabs me. The singles are OK, but the rest is pretty forgettable.
I get it, but not for me.
meh
Idk its fine Didn't finish it Date listened: 10/09/25 Favourites: Light my fire Rating: 2
6/10
idk kinda boring for me
lame
just not that into the pedo lyrics i guess
i liked the other one better
2 star album. I’m sure it was amazing at the time, but it’s far too linked to that specific counter culture moment
I Looked at You is the song I liked the most. A lot of the other songs the synth(?) is a bit much. It's like overly grating bagpipes. In smaller doses it's manageable but it's like someone discovered cinnamon for the first time and started putting it in everything.
snooooooze
Ni tan mal
Whiskey bar is godawful Flashes of brilliance, long stretches of boredom and jamming And I wrote the above before the 11+ minute closing track, with such lyrical insight as "ride the snake" and "the west is the best"
Mehhh. Just couldn’t get into much of this
I f-king hate Jim Morrison. I Looked At You pissed me off. However,Soul Kitchen is a vibe.
"I'm a backdoor man." "Ride the snake." Horny and shit poetry. The doors are overrated and gross.
Sad junkie music.
I do not like this band. But a fine listen
It's a spoken word piece? Frank Sinatra could "sing" every song IF on orange micro-dots, acid. Remember to "ride the snake". Found a rare mono upload with all the clicks and pops in. Back in the day we played this album to clear out the bar at closing time AND IT WORKED!
I've always had a love-hate relationship with The Doors. I've never gone out of my way to put one of their songs on—I’ve just never felt the need. That said, under the right atmosphere, if a track came on unexpectedly, I could get into it. Then there’s the whole “Jim Morrison was a poet” debate. Honestly? Not for me. He’s always seemed more famous for being out of his mind on drugs and alcohol than for any real musical or lyrical brilliance. He’s no Dylan or Carole King, that’s for sure. I get why this album makes so many “essential” lists. Released during the Summer of Love, with a unique sound and no traditional bass player, it stood out in its time. But for me, it doesn’t hold up. Blame it on decades of “classic rock” radio recycling the same few songs endlessly, but I’m just burned out on most of this album. The only tracks I still enjoy are "Take It As It Comes" and "I Looked at You." For my taste, this is a 2-star album.
I've officially become too cool for The Doors. Not sure if that means I'm no longer a pretentious asshole or I've become an even bigger ass than young Ray and Jim over here. Either way, I'm less than impressed by the wailing organ of Ray 'I invented the 7th chord' Manzarak and the immature lyrics of Jim 'The drugs make me think I'm a poet' Morrison than I was a younger man. Still they get two stars for the staying power at least. Love hearing other bands play their music.
*Jim Morrison voice* It’s time to give this one a 2
Pre-listening thoughts: Christ are we not done with these guys either????? Post/during listening thoughts: well this was definitely another album by The Doors! I know a lot of my reviews have been like this recently but genuinely because we’ve already gotten these artists before and these albums aren’t any different from their other ones, I don’t have anything new to say. This one at least had some songs I recognized. But this blues rock genre is actually one of my least favs to ever exist. 4/10 DID I NEED TO HEAR THIS BEFORE I DIE: no Fav tracks: Break On Through, Light My Fire Least fav tracks: eh I don’t remember this one well enough
Classic rock, not my thing genre-wise and wouldn’t listen to it again (esp that fucking organ/piano or whatever it is in every song it was so annoying. Light my fire is THE WORST because of this) but the lyrics were solid (besides calling women little girls in every song)…also it sounds like early Pink Floyd which ig makes sense. At least it was short. 5/10
I knew The Doors would come up at some point, so part of me is glad to check one off the list. I'm not a Jim Morrison fan. If I could somehow listen to this album without wincing every time he launched into his signature overly theatric vocals, there’s a possibility I’d enjoy some of these songs. Hell, if they just mixed everything differently to make Jim and the organ less prominent, I might be able to enjoy this more. I understand how influential The Doors were, but I just can't get past Jim. Maybe that will change with later albums, but I kinda doubt he got less obnoxious as he got more famous. The saving grace is that they influenced a lot of later acts who managed to tweak the recipe and make enjoyable music. I don't have many specific notes about this album. The hits were the hits. You know them, you have feelings about them. "Twentieth Century Fox" feels like a warm-up for "Light My Fire" - without the tempo difference, they open with essentially the same melody and that's all I could think about. Somewhere during "The End" I started looking for the ffwd button. The 45min runtime for this record felt like it meandered more than it needed to; the opposite of yesterday's Supertramp album.
Started off excited bc the doors. Then listened to half and I was like ok it's a 3 then I got to light my fire which I thought was gonna be a hit and it sucked so here's a two star. Organ is 10/10 tho
Nisam veliki fan Doorsa, koliko god kužila zašto su bitni, ovaj album mi pogotovo ne sjeda. Dosadno mi je i jednolično. 2/5, 3/10
Not for me Dull The End is good, the rest is mediocre
2.5, good organ, few solid tracks, otherwise a little boring
carnival music is for carnivals. a couple of classics, but overall not well recorded, not creative, just lots of drugs. carnivals are for kids
Snooze
I was super bored during this, I don't know. I imagine there's something important here but I just couldn't hear it. It wasn't cacophonous, but at this point maybe it would have been more memorable if it was.
Not my vibe
Groupe et album connu, peu apprécié. A part les tubes 'Light my fire' et 'The end' (qui lui évitent la note minimale), je trouvais les autres morceaux quelconques. Cette nouvelle écoute ne m'a pas fait changer d'avis. =>2/5
When you get a bit older you realise you don't have to be so reverant of this album made by essentially teenagers, which I assume they were because whatshisface died at 27 I think. Never listening to this again!
not my fave
I understand its place of importance as far as rock music goes, but it just wasn't for me. Aged fairly poorly if you ask me.
Ei jäänyt kuin ehkä yksi kappale mieleen. Ei itselle tämä.
This album sums up my mixed opinion of The Doors. It contains a set of musically accomplished and varied, if rambling, tracks which do seem to have captured a moment in musical culture. However, the overuse of the electric organ sounds dated and irritating, case in point 'Alabama Song' which is like a nightmare about being trapped in a old fashioned funfair. Then there are the lyrics which feel contrived, self-indulgent and pretentious, delivered with a smug sense of artistic superiority. I guess I just don't "get it"...
OK, but other than Light My Fire and Break on Through, not many standout songs. I especially disliked Alabama Song - they should have just kept that song cover off the record. A meh listen. 2/5
eh. Not great. I remember going through my doors faze in high school and college. I gotta say, not a great album. I used to love “Alabama song”. Heard it today and I was like, nah. Just ok. Not good. Light my fire and break on through still rip though.
There are certainly bands I hate worse than The Doors, but they are definitely very low on my list.
I think I’m a Doors hater… not surprising. Just dudes making rock music is not impressive to me.
Eh. The doors have never been my jam. Get it?
Some good songs, but sounds very samey. Best song This is the End
As I’ve gotten older, I like The Doors less. Hearing this entire album confirms that
First of Jim Morrison is mogging like CRAZY. Has he done his banana peel routine? I can hear the Beatles BLEEDING through the second track, "Soul Kitchen". But not to worry, I speak Jive. If you like the vibes of this record... be sure to check out Roxy Music "In Every Dream Home a Heartache". Man, I am so niche with my interests and should be respected. The album jumps about into near ska territory in "Alabama Bar". And I don't completely hate it. "Light My Fire" in the last half of its run is a standout. Rating: 4/10 Talent, vibes, but I don't want to hear much of it ever again Adds: None Likes: The End, Soul Kitchen, Take It as it Comes
Enjoyable enough, but I found the lyrics to most songs odd or slightly offputting. Rock before it became hard rock (soft rock?) isn't my favorite genre, but The End was a decent song.
2/5 hi shanks
for gods' sake man, put on a shirt
not vibing once more, was also in mental hell while listening which made it more painful
not bad
Not my type.
Started off stong, quickly became hard to listen to halfway through, finished off ok.
I don't think I care too much for the doors
groan
while I'm not a huge psych rock fan, this wasn't too bad. was better than other Doors album we've listened to on this list. but then I reached "The End"...... and ugh. nope-lost a star from that one.
"Show me the way To the next little girl. No, don't ask why" Despite the lyrics I enjoyed the music.
I recently got another album of The Doors and thought it was a fine album overall. This one was just not enjoyable. Outside of a couple songs I recognized, this album was just so bland and just droned on. The final song “The End” made me end it early. It was absolutely dreadful to listen to.
The Doors best is greatest hits.
There's undoubtedly classics here even if I never realized they were performed by The Doors (Break on Through, Light My Fire) and perhaps that's why they're on this list: whatever influence they've had on rock perhaps was so foundation-shifting that it's difficult to separate the two. They ARE rock and roll. That's my kind way of saying, “There are some neat moments on this album, but most of it is forgettable to my senseabilities.” Maybe I can put it this way: I like many of the ingredients, but I'm just not feeling the whole dish. My favorite tracks are I Looked at You (only the instruments, not the vocals), and The End.
Everything I would expect from The Doors
Meh, dreary
perdão mas esse eu achei MUITO chato. nada salva
BREAK ON THRU 2 THE OTHA SIDE Alabama Song is truly a terrible song what the hell JIM STOP SAYING "LITTLE GIRLS" End of the Night is kinda spooky and fun. The lyrics are dull and cliche tbh. Maybe they are the origin of the cliché but whatever. I feel like I'd like a lot of songs much more without them, like Take It as It Comes is quite good musically but the lyrics are so boring.
2.5/5
Do I like a couple of the singles from The Doors? Yes. Would I ever choose to listen to one of their albums? No. Although, this is an impressive debut. Do I think they are worth all of the hype? No.
Ray Manzarek is the man, Jim Morrison's voice is mostly insufferable, and the singles are the only good songs on the album, though they do rip.
Not unique
Insert whatever I said for the last 60’s boy band that doesn’t need to be on this list
I can't help it, I just really dislike The Doors. They are so pretentious and the endless organ solos just grate on me.
Was pretty decent. Nothing really grabbed me but nothing pushed me away. Wouldn’t complain if it was on, but didnt add any songs to my playlist I really need to adjust my rating system. New rules starting now: 1 - bad 2 - not my type of music, meh songs 3 - pretty decent music 4 - fun to listen to, enjoyed a decent amount of the songs 5 - like a majority of the songs and had a blast listening to.
The doors best album but still bogged down by Morrison’s bad poetry masquerading as lyrics. Overrated.
Doors Pretty bad sounding album. The bass sounds like garbage. Vocals are too loud and shouty and Jim Morrison is annoying and drains all my energy. Break on through is cool. Soul kitchen is ok Crystal ship is an energy sucker 20th century fox is bad Whiskey Bar is bad Light my fire - I don’t really like it as a song. The solos have some memorable parts but the keyboard sound is really grating. Kinda trancelike vamp is cool I guess. Back door man- terrible I looked at you- boring 60s rock Take it as it comes- bad The end- points for being original and Droney I guess but again Jim Morrison is sooo annoying and this 60’s psychedelic stuff was maybe exciting at the time but has aged terribly and is now super boring.
Was gonna give this a 3 until whiskey bar. Some of the songs are kinda iconic like light my fire and break on through. The organ sound is very characteristic and recognizable but i think it sounds terrible and one of the things i hate most about this band. I dont like when they try to play blues.
I don’t really get it. Twentieth Centry Fox is my fave
I thought I was gonna like this from the first track but it was downhill from there. Take it as it comes was a good breath of fresh air but it couldn't save this album for me. Favourite song: Take it as it comes
Different genre then i am used to but nice
Did they have any studio execs telling them to make it more "Beatles?" Because it sounds like if you told the Doors to make a Beatles album. Also, is that just the limit of the organ in the 1960's? It's a pretty boring album, because there's nothing to sell the organ after the hits. They aren't really trying to push the boundaries of the instrument that makes them unique. This makes me want to hear them in a couple of decades more than it makes me want to listen to this album again.
The Doors have never really been my thing, which has been further proven by this album. Rating: 2
Not my type of music but was pretty good
The doors can get bent.
2.5
These guys have a distinct sound of Rock with spooky organ keys mixed in. It reminds you Halloween or something. Maybe it's the time of year. Mostly songs are slow and sleepy. And the recognizable ones are sort of worn out and immediately bland halfway through the song.
Maybe iconic for its time, but didn't do it for me. 2* Highlights: light my fire
Another contender for most obnoxious face on an album cover. Almost as irritating as the organ noodling throughout. First half had some ok bits, enough for a three; second half bored me to tears so two for you. I think I might like the later stuff more? I just don't get the Doors early doors.
2.4
Probably the 60s drug culture music that we studied in class. Just not that interesting to me but I do not hate it.
The Doors are one of the canonical rock bands I like the least. Jim Morrison just seems like he would be the least enjoyable person to spend time with ever. That fucking organ is SO high in the mix. It all just gets on my nerves. It avoids a 1 because there are some good ideas in here. They just get buried in the crap.
"I'm a back door man The men don't know But the little girls understand" jesus fucking christ dude
didntlike
It was okay. Like Aerosmith, there seems to be a lot of love for the Doors, but it's over my head. Music was fine, not memorable.
From the first outing, the music was interesting and quite different from what surrounded it, but the lyrics and singing wrecked the show.
Not that bad, but I enjoy other songs more. Also, I don't get why Light My Fire became so popular. It's bad.
The Doors are weird to me. I like their hits, and I grew up listening to them. The stuff that isn't a hit is just so strange often times .
The End rules, Manzarek rules. Everything else was good in its time I guess. The older I get the more I agree with Danny Fields, Morrison was a twat.
The End was cool and now it is over indulgent
When I was a self-serious teenager, I found myself at odds with the quotidian, and began to explore how to escape the trap of God and Country, Football and Band, school spirit and fucking corn fields. Trying desperately to not turn into a Republican, I searched outside of Metal and suburban Punk. Naturally, I was drawn to the mystery that The Doors represented, and for an important reason:;they seemed literate. Keen on lyrics that went past the usual, that hinted at actual poetry. And that poetry should speak to—and for me. The Doors, in retrospect, never spoke for me. I never felt anywhere near what The Doors represented; there was something that was L.A. specific about what they did. I enjoyed Manzarek's bass key work. I thought Robbie Krieger was an excellent musician, and with Densmore percussion and Morrison's baritoned poesy, they created a vibe, and I liked that. I would forever love those songs and albums that were self-contained universes, that teleported me out of Shitbag, Indiana, to a world of possibility. Morrison, who I now regard as mostly hackneyed Imagistic poetry, was responsible for showing that such a thing was possible at all. Full disclosure: At this point, Dylan was a vague figure for Hippies. Didn't want to be a Hippie. I grew out of that shit. And Morrison gave me a reading list, so whatever indignities I heap on Jimbo Lizardpants, the Bing Crosby of acid fried alcoholics, I do owe him that. So when I was dealt this, I was relieved that it was one of the first two albums, the only back to front classics the band ever produced, and even then, this comes with the qualification that the self-titled has the phenomenally dumb "20th Century Fox" and the follow-up has three terrible songs "Unhappy Girl", and two back to back turds, "My Eyes Have Seen You" and "I Can't See Your Face in My Mind", between the stone classics "People are Strange" and "When the Music's Over". The relief dissolved into ennui quickly. Do I really need to ever hear "Break on Through" ever again? Is "Light My Fire" really going to set anything ablaze in my soul? Can I enjoy "The End" without the Coppola connection? The answer, today, seems to be "meh". I didn't feel anything, thought about the Dead Milkmen through side one, and realized that part of the problem is they don't move me, like make me physically want to move my body. They just don't. Don't feel like dancing. The Velvet Underground make me want to do fantastic 1960s dances, the chopping clean guitar, the ominously omnipresent bass, the cymbal, high-hat and ride removed from the drums, just beats beats beats, noxious blasts of fuzzed out noise enveloping everything in white noise fog, send electricity through my body (Goddamn that New York Subway Sound. Everytime). Reeds lyrics don't speak for me, either, but they do feel familiar in the rust belt. It's unfair to compare the two, perhaps, as one was a Psychedelic Rock Band, and, if you've even took the twenty minute "Follow the Leader" ride, recorded in San Fran, you know they were a dance band. Certainly, there are multitudes that love The Doors for their own complicated reasons. Maybe they feel it, maybe it’s the cult of Jim Morrison, maybe its nostalgia for the time. And by all means, enjoy it. I don't.
Iconic album and group of the 60’s. Died way to young.
I used to love this album when I was a teenager but somehow now I didn't like it :(
I’ve never really been a fan of the doors Top tracks: Break On Through (To The Other Side), Light My Fire
Stupidly overrated
I’m really not a doors fan. Their music is just mid to me.
You can tell they liked that synthesizer, almost to a fault. You can also tell that it was new and cool, because they injected that shit into every single track on this album. Its all you can hear, stabbing you in the ear over and over and over. Definitely transitional, in between the dry sound of the 60's and the sloppy sound of the 80's. Alabama song is horrible, had to skip. Overall, dry but interesting.
I feel like this is my most controversial opinion - this album was not very good. It feels like baritone screaming over discordant ambience. The End was a solid song, but I didn't care for anything else. Unfortunate, after hearing about how good The Doors are since as long as I can remember
mid
not for me! found the lyrics grating and juvenile (cringe rhyming, making me reconsidering my songwriting) + the melodies uninteresting the guitar solos also felt very rudimentary and not melodic like any teen could rip em there are a couple good songs though (this is the end is an awesome song)
The Doors are highly overrated. Yea I said it. Come at me, baby boomers.
For me not a huge band or album. Never understood the appeal and Morrison always seemed kind of hacky. Manzarek's organ is grating after a while and that's coming from someone who loves late 60s/early 70s Dead. The End is probably the coolest track followed by End of the Night. Alabama Song doesn't make any sense for this album. I'm glad I'm hearing 'classic' albums but this one won't be revisited.
I thought this was very cool about 50 years ago. Sound engineering is poor quality by modern standards and honestly I found it hard to listen to, plus the music itself is pretty self-indulgent. Not something I would listen to on my own now.
It's funny, how I could rate one of their albums with a 5, and this I'm giving a 2. I guess I like their later sound more than this. 2/5
Just ok
Better than the other Doors albums on this list, but not by much. I struggle to think of a more overrated band in rock.
The sound of the Doors is still worth listening to, unfortunately a bit too much synthesizer due to the time.
People like these guys
Kind of boring, repetitive, etc. 🤷🏽♀️
I recognized their single “Light My Fire” and some of the tracks were kinda OK. Give this 2.5 stars
personally I don't like The Doors
Not as good as it was in 1967.
not a big fan of them
I struggled. I’ve never really been sure what all the fuss was about with Morrison. I’m sure this was mind bending and totally groundbreaking at the time but listening now it just sounds like a demented fairground ride from a low budget horror movie. Doubt I’ll listen again. 2.4
I’ve heard of them of course and I was expecting to like it more than I did. The voice seemed whiny honestly, and just snoozy. Didn’t appeal to anything. Disappointed.
I grew up hearing these lounge lizards all over the radio as a kid. Sometime during university there was a period where I really gave a fresh go at these fellas although in retrospect I remember now that it was because I was in one of those stupid CD-of-the-month clubs and they sent me this because I forgot to send in my card then I was too lazy to send back. Don't be lazy. I of course found out that they still had that awful/cheesy organ dominating every damn song along with the deep and overly-ponderous stylings of THE POET Jim Morrison. They were obviously good musicians and credit to them - they had a sound that nobody else has ever really come close to. And through many decades of digesting music and shifting preferences, I still never liked the Doors. I suppose one has to listen to this album to fully round out the history of rock - so many famous songs, and much like a lot of other so-called classic acts it does work better all in context (i.e. listening to the entire album). Even a few one-off tracks here that I can listen to...e.g. "Break On Through" is a worthy cut and even if "The End" is so stupidly-pretentious as to seem parodic - still, it's creepy enough to warrant....something. The rest I'll continue to pass on. 5/10 2 stars
Unbelievably mid
the 60s really were a different time, break on through to the other side must have made these people go wild bitch so bad i call her a twentieth century fox "show me the way to the next little girl oh don't ask why" joncore this is music they play in like themed americana restaurants\ take it as it comes rock lobster ass beat but i'm kinda into it ngl fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckawyeahfuck! it was fine, 2.5/5 prob closer to 2 than 3
We all shat on Korn, but "buhm na na uhm, na na eema" is easily as smart as anything Jim Morrison sang
- solid but I wasn’t in love with it
Heavy on keys which I liked. Break on through, soul kitchen, and light my fire are my favs. Sounds like walking into a record store. Not something I'd listen to regularly, just not my type of music.
Good, but some songs are to long and, like, self absorbed?
I've never been a fan of The Doors from the radio hits and other exposure. Listening to this album in its entirety cemented that. Lyrically unimpressive, but my favorite line is "I eat more chicken any man ever seen." The organ is fucking insufferable. Like the phantom of the opera serenading me in hell. Why is it soooo loud? Lead guitar? Fuck no. Lead organ. Morrison has a great voice though. Would have loved to hear him front a post hardcore band.
Some classics but not my speed
I think it would have been fine to close the door on this album early on. 2/5
Heroin music. The Velvet Underground do it better. I like Soul Kitchen.
The hits on this album are great, but some of the deeper cuts are total ass. Like Alabama Song? Annoying instruments coupled with some bizarre kinda pedo lyrics?? Not for me. Some of the organ meandering gets pretty boring in spots on this record too. I was hoping the band would make up for my luke-warm interest in Jim Morrison, but unfortunately I don't think they made up for it either.
At least most of the songs are short.
I like: Soul Kitchen
idk what to think kinda dreamy/wispy idk i can see why people like it but not much appeal for me 2 maybe since i'm sorta waiting for it to be over there's this part in light my fire that reminds me of take five bonus points for that i'm getting into this it got weirder none of it really caught my attention and i just moved on once it was over
Eh
As today's youts would say... "Mid". If some of them even know this album or the artist...? Whiskey Bar > Light my fire Wouldn't actively seek this album out but I am aware of it and the band themselves. Just not for me.
It’s been a while since I’ve listened and I forgot how little I enjoy the non-standout tracks on here. Alabama Song was one of the worst songs I’ve heard on this project. 2.5/5
hmmm not to my taste tbh
I still don't super dig The Doors but I once impulse purchased this album for like a quarter. It was beat to fuck. I made myself listen to it only once and it was so roughed up and noisy that I've never put it on my player again. With that said I remember really enjoying it at that time despite the quality. Nevertheless Break On Through is one of the de-facto THUG 2 themes for me, if not the song I associate with the game the most. The End, of course is also notable for its appearance in accordance with the Lost finale. I don't remember if it was actually in the finale or just for the promo but I digress. I enjoyed this album a lot this time around as well. It's probably redundant to say but this is my favorite Doors album. I particularly like the keyboard sound. Very 60s. Pretty sure it's a Hammond or something similar. Classic sound. I also feel like this album has a little more of a blues edge to it than others I've heard which is always nice. I still don't think there's much here for me. At least not a ton that I'll come back to often. Except Break On Through. Censored version though. This "she gets high" business has to go. 2
I never gave the band much of a chance thinking that all the songs would sound like “Light My Fire”, and there were definitely some that did, but there a few songs I did like. Listen again: probably not Purchase for my collection: I think I have it. Favourite Song: Alabama Song
Never cared about The Doors. Almots 40 years old and it was probably my first time sitting throught this whole album. Still couldn't care less about The Doors.
The music itself is pretty good, but Morrison’s droning and pretentious “poetry” forces the instrumentation to the background. They could’ve been great with a quality frontman.
It’s like listening to the Beatles without the enjoyment of listening to the Beatles.