Reviews (page 10 of 13)
I wouldn't turn it off, but in my opinion not the best doors album.
Another solid album from The Doors, that focuses more on the style of the blues. Their hits really stand out here, but the rest are a bit too inconsistent. They tend to jump between enjoyable to droning track to track.
One of The Doors' better efforts, I think, which just shows they're a low-ceiling band. The title track is the best thing on offer here, as a propulsive, electric mission statement.
Solid 3 star
3.5 , really solid album but not the best by the doors
Felt like everything 70s rock stands for in my head canon. Could easily slip into a guardians of the galaxy movie. Sadly nothing special. Do love me some good organ though. 3 stars.
Decent album, a few really solid songs mixed with pure garbage like L'America.
Grand. First song the highlight
I can see the quality but not for me
- Good start to the album, loved The Changeling and Love Her Madly - Been down so Long felt like background pub music - Songs feel very country, not my vibe - L’America is a lil better - The WASP was… eh, poor choice of words - Riders on the Storm was my personal favorite, good ending to this album - Can appreciate The Doors’ impact on rock and roll, album is not all bad - Overall 3/5
First Doors album I’ve listened to from start to finish. Riders on the Storm is the obvious classic that listeners will recognize. I felt the rest of the album differed from that sound drastically. There’s a clear inspiration from early blues both lyrically and musically. For me personally, hyacinth house was the track I gravitated to the most. I would need to listen some more to really dig in deeper but overall I liked it and can see where it has been influential. 7/10
I didn't really know any of these, but I enjoy just having them on in the background.
This album is very hit and miss. Granted, when it hits, it hits real good with absolute bangers like LA woman, Riders on the storm and The Changeling. However, my active dislike for the failed attempt at being experimental in L'America loses the album a star.
Blues rock. Some good instrumental moments, but overall a little forgettable. Riders on the Storm is great, but it’s unfortunately the outlier from the rest of the album.
I honestly forgot that I still had another Doors album awaiting me. I gave four stars to Morrison Hotel and five stars to their self-titled album, so I have decently high expectations for this album. Looking at the track list, I’m familiar with the title track and “Riders on the Storm,” but these other songs will all be new for me. Let’s take a journey with Jim Morrison and company! L.A. Woman was fine overall, but it will definitely be my least favorite Doors album that I’ve reviewed. I’ll admit that I’m not a big fan of blues rock, and this album only reinforced my feelings towards the genre. However, there were a couple of really bright spots on this album. As luck would have it, “L.A. Woman” and “Riders on the Storm” were my favorite songs on the album. I really enjoy Jim Morrison’s vocals, and I liked how his voice created such a vivid atmosphere on those two songs, especially on “Riders on the Storm.” I tend to enjoy songs by the Doors that lean more into psychedelic rock, and even though this album didn’t rely on those psychedelic sounds as much, those two songs leaned on that element a bit more, with great results. I enjoyed “Love Her Madly” as well, which I had completely forgotten that I knew. “Love Her Madly” did the best job of blending blues and psychedelic elements, and I thought the piano and guitar playing melded together really well. The rest of the album was fine, but outside of my two favorite songs, there wasn’t a whole lot that I enjoyed from a musical aspect. I thought the guitar playing was pretty bland, and I would have loved more keyboards and organ playing, Just like on Morrison Hotel, some of the lyrics on this album were too weird for my taste. “Crawling King Snake” reminded me too much of the whole ‘Lizard King’ thing of Morrison’s that I absolutely despise, and “The WASP” was a little too out there for me as well. I don’t think this is an album I’d revisit, but I certainly won’t ever skip over “Riders on the Storm."
Instantly recognisable as a 70s album and I enjoyed it overall. Couple of tracks even I recognised and would play again
I really liked the bluesy tracks on this album which began with 'Been Down So Long' and was a recurring theme throughout. The production quality is excellent, great isolation but still giving the feel of a live performance. Things got a bit weird with 'L'America' in a way that I've come to expect from the doors and I'm never quite sure I really enjoy. The album finishes with "Riders on the Storm" which is a really cool track and further cements my opinion of the Doors as a band that lurches from cool to weird and back again. A decent album but not one that I'll return to.
The lyrics were a bit redundant and kind of weak. There was not much variety in sound. Overall, it was decent.
Really joyed the musical arrangements and strong blues influence, with strong vocalists. Yet lyrically similar to that of a drunken redneck.
the changeling- 5 lover her madly- 5 been down so long- 5 cars hiss by my window- 6 l.a. woman- 5 l'america- 5 or 6 hyacinth house- 6 crawling king snake- 5 wasp- 5 riders on the storm- 5
I preferred The Doors, this is still a great album though
jag har lite svårt för hans röst
really good , 3.5
Rating: 3/5 | Favorite Track: L.A. Woman --- I love the psychedelic tracks from the Doors, not so much the blues rock. Not a bad album, but not one I will return to often.
Old school rock, kinda vibey!
It was ok - a bit samey, and by the end of it (Despite it being Riders on the storm) I was bored of Jim Morrison's voice.
If I was told that I only had 24 hours to live, I would put this album on repeat for that last day so that it could feel like a longer time.
I've never considered myself much of a Doors fan. Morrison's vocals have never exactly impressed me, although they do seem to compliment their untamed, blues-driven style on this album. The hallmark organ work is undeniably prominent (bordering on overpowering), but it also gives the record a unique, hypnotic energy. There's a looseness to it, like they knew it was their last ride with Morrison. And Riders on the Storm feels like an eerie, almost cinematic farewell.
I liked the organs and bluesy guitars a lot. At first listen, I thought it was a decent album but not my favorite. Maybe it will grow on me with future listens. Favorite Song: Hyacinth House
***An ok album
5/10
Two of the greatest Rock songs are on this album, but other than them, not much else. I expected better given the artist. Favorite Track: "Riders On The Storm".
Ok
Nice, but the tracks are sometimes very similar, sounds like a forever looping.
One fantastic, ethereal track in Riders On The Storm - an extraordinary well written, performed and produced masterpiece. Most of the remainder, however, does little to replicate this - while the technicality doesn't drop off, the formulaic blues structure very much does lose it's magic after 5/6 songs. Best Tracks: - Riders On The Storm - L.A. Woman - The Changeling Worst Tracks: - Hyacinth House - Crawling King Snake - The Wasp (Texas Radio and the Big Beat) Rating: 6/10
I'll start by stating the obvious: "Riders on the Storm" is a legendary track. It's ominous, it's threatening, it's mysterious, it's cool. And it stands head and shoulders about any other track on this album. Not that the rest of the songs are bad, not at all. They lean very heavily into the blues, which I'm admittedly not the biggest fan of, but they have elements that make them more interesting. The guitar solo on "The Changeling" sounds otherworldly. There's a lot of organ action on "Love Her Madly". It's a solid album for sure, but not something I'd put on and actively listen to, save the last track. Fav tracks: The Changeling, Love Her Madly, Riders on the Storm
I can hear the drugs
🤘 loved “changes”
Bluesy and fairly catchy. Some excellent guitar solos. Jim Morrison sounds like a pirate which is funny if nothing else. Standout track is: “Been Down So Long” and “Hyacinth House”
Love the keyboard throughout. That's certainly the highlight. Riders on the Storm was a good one to listen to on this rainy day. This one veered toward 3.5 at times, but it kind of came and went most other times.
The Doors is one of those groups that bounces back and forth between cool and lame to me. Riders On The Storm will always be a 10/10 banger for me though.
A classic in Blues Rock
3.5
The highlights of this album can be found on any Doors greatest hits: the rocking "Love Her Madly," the fast-moving and epic "L.A. Woman," and the simmering and jazzy "Riders on the Storm." The rest of the album is pretty straightforward blues rock with some psychedelic rock mixed in. 3.5
Nice
The 1001 albums don’t pass the bechtel test. Still enjoyed this album though
Lizard King 3.5
i don't get their appeal and i refuse to
Pretty cool. Highlights include: “The Changeling” “Cars Hiss by My Window” “L.A. Woman” “The Wasp (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)”
honestly i think jim morrison is kinda stupid as hell and i hate this kinda music ... i dont think time will reflect well on the doors
Geez, I don't know. Pretty good, but bangs on a bit. Make sure your don't listen to the 50th anniversary deluxe edition with the 20+ minute session versions of tracks. Thought I was having flashbacks. Whew. Three stars.
die "Riders" haben es halbwegs rausgerissen, sonst ganz ok
Probably would not listen again but I recognize this is objectively pretty good ; favorite song is probably been down so long; maybe i just don’t like the doors? Low 3
Some cool stuff and some not so cool stuff. Not a huge doors guy but respect it 3.45
Riders on the Storm is an absolute classic. Everything else is okay.
LA woman is one of the few doors songs I actually think is great. L’america really sucks
- The Doors may be the one exception to my general distaste for keyboards in rock music. For some reason, they add to the overall tone rather than making it feel dated. - Not overly impressed with Morrison's lyrics on this one, but the raw nature of his voice is still engrossing. And saying "goddamn" on a super popular album from 1971 shows some balls. - Highs and lows on here, but I never see myself seeking this out for another listen.
To me, this album represents ‘the end of the beginning’ of Rock and Roll as a genre. It’s incredibly interesting that I’m listening to this the day *after* listening to *Electric Warrior *by T. Rex. That album appeared just a few months after this one, and Marc Bolan is credited with pushing glam rock onto the scene with his television appearances on *Top of the Pops* which occurred just a couple months before this album was released (and a few months after it would have been recorded). *Funkytown*, also released in the fall of 1971, seemingly takes clear inspiration from *The Changeling* and was part of the first wave of the 70s disco music craze. The tragically sudden demise of *The Doors* right at the beginning of the 70s and the heavy blues influence on their music and this album specifically make them a bit of a convenient example of the transition from blues to clean 1960s rock to what would come in the 70s. This album is contemporary with and inspirational for ideas that we now think of as definitively “70s,” but also has some strong markings of music that came from the 30s and 40s, while the more straightforward songs are as middle-of-the-road as you get with rock music.
Songs are very long!
The clustering of this list is so weird sometime. This album was solid enough for a 3 for sure. Had a few songs I really like so I’m tempted to go to a 4 but maybe it’s the fatigue of listening to the same band. I got my fix on the last album and while I enjoyed parts of this I got lost at parts. I don’t smoke weed anymore so I’m plenty aware of when a song lasts longer than 5 minutes. High 3 low 4.
I like the general style, and I recognized a few of the songs from movies or TV series. But nothing came out of the album that would make me give it higher than a 3.
I'm completely ignorant to the history surrounding The Doors and how Jim Morrison became known as 'The Lizard King,' but if I had to guess, if he didn't already have the nickname then he got in during this era of his life. This album has some solid blues vibes and isn't a bad listen at all, but it doesn't live up to the hype The Doors always seem to get. I'll give it a three just because Riders on the Storm is such a legendary song.
Not bad, but it's a lot slower than the last album we listened to by The Doors. I really like "Riders on the Storm", but by the time we got to it as the last song on the album, I was checked out and over how drawn out and slow everything else had been up to that point.
A solid album to have on in the background. Way more bluesy than I'd expected from the Doors. Will probably listen again.
There were some of my favorite Doors tracks on this album, but it is still an uneven effort with the usual dreck one encounters with the Doors catalog. Probably better than other Doors albums I’ve sat through but still difficult to rate higher than mid range…
Alrightish record. Nothing in particular that amazed me, especially the blues tracks were a bit of a drag at times. The rest of the rock tracks were fine as they were, but nothing that caught my eye. Favorite track: Love Her Madly. Overall score: 5.0
the doors baffle me. ive listened to multiple doors albums multiple times and still have no idea if i actually like them or hate them. On the positive the fender rhodes jams are right up my street, morrison clearly has something about him but thats also a negative, occasionally morrison just feels like one of those ridiculous slam poets just saying stuff that sounds vaguely poetic while being about as deep as a puddle.
Nice
Never really been a fan of The Doors. A lot of the stuff on this album just feels incredibly dated to me, with the only thing propping it up being the singles, which have aged a lot better in my opinion (or it could just be that I've heard the songs so much, they don't sound as dated due to familiarity).
I like the different kind of vibe from this.
Un bon disque, mais pas parfait. Mes deux préférées sont celles que je connaissais déjà le mieux: « Love Her Madly » et « Riders On The Storm ». Je n’ai pas particulièrement aimé celles où Jim Morrison chante de façon plus blues et avec voix grasse.
Psych Rock, one of my least favourite genre. But I enjoy their hits. Jim died 3 months after release. Very cool, no doubt. Blues. More mature vocals.
Manche Songs gut, manche nervig. Trotzdem ikonisches Album. Riders on the Storm geiler Song von Need for Speed Underground 2. Würde es in die Playlist aufnehmen, aber 7 Minuten Song ist einfach zu lang.
just can't care about the doors
Bluesy vibes all the way through
I thought it was ok. A lot more bluesy than I expected.
I love The Doors. I love so many songs of theirs. But this album was mostly a dud. The famous two or three hits were great, everythint else was a huge dud. Shame, did not expect this.
Ja, da sind ein paar Hits drauf. Aber der Rest ist langweiliger Rock/Blues.
If you already like the Doors, there's plenty to like here - this is the one with "Love Her Madly" and "Riders on the Storm" Otherwise, prepare for a blues-heavy Doors album, as they seem to have left most of their psychedelic influence behind. Neverfear, Morrison still swoons and barks, and the songs are still punchy and memorable. Not their best work, but damn good.
Two solid songs, the rest of the album is pretty average.
I like Ray Manzarek's organ the best in The Doors, and that is less in front here. "Riders on the Storm" is a classic, but I am not as high on the rest. 3.5 stars
3.5
3.5 stars.
This was my first album from this collection, but from before I started listening in a group, and before I started to provide notes to what I was listening to, so I get to listen to it again and perhaps provide the same 4-star rating from way back when. I also appreciate it that I'm now finally able to listen to this album *after* the other two Doors albums in the collection, since that's more in line with the chronological order of the Doors albums in this collection. The highlights for this album for me are mostly their radio classics: "Love her madly", "L.A. woman", and especially "Riders on the storm". I also kind of like and don't like it that they'd clearly refined their sound down to a very blues-oriented song structure (much like The Rolling Stones did, I suppose). As a result, there's less of Morrison's somewhat irritating poetic noodling on this album ("L'America" probably the only exception), but also too many tracks that are missing Manzarek's iconic keyboard playing, and consequently many of the songs are lost in a middling haze of uninspired bar fare. This is definitely one of the few times I really wish there were half-stars, as this doesn't really deserve four stars overall but the classics also elevate the album well above 3 stars.
The Doors always teeter around being kind of bad, and this album, with the exception of Riders on the Storm and LA Woman, illustrates this. Sometimes they're kind of bad lounge music, sometimes kind of bad blues, etc. And I don't know wtf the wasp is supposed to be. But when it works, it works and is distinctive.
Good but don’t know what mood would have me play it
"I live uptown, I live downtown, I live all around" utter banality from the bearded lips of the bloated Lizard King on the Doors final studio album, L.A. Woman. "The Changeling" is a feeble attempt at James Brown funk, a stylistic departure from the demented carnival music courtesy of Ray Manzarek's keyboards ("Love Her Madly"). "Been Down So Long" appropriates the title of Richard Fariña's book "Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me" and sounds like a pale imitation of Creedence Clearwater Revival. On "Cars Hiss By My Window" Jim Morrison has the white boy blues and attempts to imitate a harmonica solo with vocal improvisation. I have been actively dreading the buildup to "L.A. Woman," the album version is much better than I remember (it must be the eleven minute extended version that has the self-indulgent organ solo that feels like downing). L'America is gloomy. "Hyacinth House" starts off beautifully as the inspiration to every 1980s jangle pop band and then Jim Morrison opens his mouth. "Riders on the Storm" is really the only song where it all comes together with a memorable enough melody, production style and dark poetic lyricism that it transcends the pretentiousness of the rest of the album.
Maybe I'd appreciate The Doors more if their entire discography hadn't been absorbed into the Boomer Nostalgia genre. Some ear worms for sure on this album but nothing that makes me want to seek it out again.
Warrior-poet draggy nonsense, repetitive, overlong garbage cut with a couple of absolute gems. If Jim Morrison had learned to sing and write songs, they could have had something!
Can appreciate their talent but not into it.
Our boy has moved on to fried chicken on this one.
Wanted to like this one more than I did. 3.25/5
The 3 hits from this album are great but I didn't like any of the non-hit songs.
Ganz gut, nicht zum Arbeiten
Not my thing
What i expected from a Doors album
More to this than Morrison’s reputation permits.
Ehh, it's pretty alright I suppose. The problem with being the original influences of blues musics is that I have heard it all before. Still, what is there is quite good, and I do appreciate that they try to make their tracks distinct from one another.
The Doors klinken als de overgang van de 60's naar de 70's. En ondanks hun korte carrière hebben ze in 4 jaartjes een indrukwekkende discografie neer weten te zetten. In mijn herinnering is L.A. Woman hun bekendste werk, maar eerlijk gezegd dat al het goede van the Doors hier niet op. Riders on the Storm is een sfeervol nummer en Top2000 klassieker maar kan niet een heel album overeind houden. Het interessante werk van the Doors staat op andere platen, daarmee zeg ik denk ik voldoende. 6,5/10 Highlights Love Her Madly L.A. Woman Riders on the Storm
I can't ever decide what I think of The Doors. Their great songs are great, all the rest fall off into mediocrity. I feel like Jim Morrison was bigger than The Doors and people liked the band just because of him. I don't get the reverence bordering on worship that he had though. Even when I was a kid 20 years after he died I knew people that thought he was some kind of prophet. I mean he was a good frontman, but I feel like had he not died, The Doors would have faded away into obscurity. Anyway, this album is fine. It's got a couple great songs on it and a lot of filler. Honestly though, Jim Morrison is my least favorite part of the whole album. Probably the same can be said about all Doors albums. 3/5
Kinda dreary except for riders, which has the dreariest name, ironically.
3 - I feel like a lot of these older albums are only recognized for one song
A little underwhelming. Think I prefer the doors by the song vs. the album
I’m not huge on the doors but this was enjoyable enough. They’re not a skip for me
Dvigubi jausmai. Kelios dainos - puikios, smagu, faina. Bet kai kurios - visiški filleriai. 2.5/5.
I liked this more than I expected. The Doors are... fine. This is fine.
The Doors have never been huge for me, but I do like the ways they featured keyboard/organ. This is not my favorite album from them, while there are some good tracks, Morrison Hotel is probably the one I would take if I had to pick one.
Some great. Some good.
I like the Doors but a pretty weak album from them I think
Don’t care too much for this but the guitar is cool
Songs were a little slow and repetitive, but there were a couple bangers. L.A Woman and of course Riders of the Storm and great. Okay album
I enjoyed this album, nothing was too exiting but honestly pretty good.
The music is solid. Like really good. But I just can't deal with Morrison's vocal style.
A little too grassroots / bluesy for my taste, very stripped back production, but theres a couple of good songs on here I would pick out. Highlight - Riders on the Storm
Liked it more than I thought I would. High 3s for me
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it’s kinda too stupid to really get mad at or feel any strong way about. just dumb stoner california rock…same as it ever was. it would probably sound pretty good in the background at a party where everyone was stoned out of their minds and also it was 1971 so maybe we didn’t have that many options. the title track is far and away the worst song on the record i think. fav tracks: cars hiss by my window; hyacinth house
An album I rarely turn to, but perhaps should do more often. Distills a lot of what I like about The Doors, whilst leaving out a lot of what I don’t.
I think I quite liked it? I kinda forgot
i dont get it. its alright ig
Rock, 1971 -> 3
It's an alright album, 7.5/10 for me, I guess.
That was fun, knew singles but not the album
I get the blues progression, I feel like the lizard king is mediocre and only held in high regard because people were high. I'm not mad at it. Completely adequate album but I'm nor seeking it out.
Some songs would be a five and others I didn’t really enjoy it all. But yeah, he’s a legend.
#402. I think I remember saying on a different review that I didn't listen to The Doors much before, but it wasn't as strange as I remember them being. I think this one though must the one that I remember being strange, because there are a few good songs here, but most of it leaves you wondering what the hell is going on. 3/5: acceptable
Old school blues, rock
Heard the album before. A couple of great songs but overall The Doors don't hold up as well as some other classic rock bands. Soft 3
3.5
I've always been a fan of the doors but I can tell you that this is not my favorite album of theirs. I felt that the 3 so-called radio singles are the best songs. The rest of everything else seems like a lot of filler. Nothing really memorable or catchy about it. It's one of those albums that I probably won't listen to again. If you like the lizard king poet, there are a few moments on here where he shines, but the loose blues feel doesn't really pull you in too often if at all. 3/5
It was fine. Felt longer than it actually was. Some good stuff, but often repetitive and slow
nice vibe
Fav: L.A. Woman Least Fav: Crawling King Snake
realmente um rock dos anos 70, é isso
I still don’t love The Doors. A couple of these songs are pretty good, but I just don’t think I like Jim Morrison’s voice and style too much. The musicianship is all there so it’s not bad by any stretch of the imagination. I just wouldn’t choose to put this on over others doing a similar sound. Favorite songs were the title track, The WASP, and Riders On The Storm
Not really my jam. Some good songs (Riders on the storm), but some of it just drags on.
this is one of the few doors albums from their peak run that i hadn't heard prior to the challenge. definitely their bluesiest material; the 12 bars hang deep over a lot of the songs here, and having 4 of those songs in near identical keys front to back opening the record could be a rough sell for those who want a bit more melodic and harmonic variety. the album then threatens to get more interesting with that truly ugly opening on the title track, only to basically move to a 1-chord blues!!!! it's absolutely absurd! and this partially ties into something that i think is really missing from here as compared to my favorite doors albums: ray manzarek. jim morrison is obviously the heart of the doors in a lot of ways, but manzarek is the soul with him too. the best doors songs allow that dude to go completely insane on the organs, both with his tone and with his weird melodic instinct. have you ever thought about just how ridiculous the opening of light my fire is? well, you will listening to this because he's mostly absent from the album and when he is here, he's actively de-emphasised! a baffling decision to be honest, because while the doors are one of THE rock bands, they were never a guitar band. jim morrison was, as i understand it, in pretty bad shape especially with regards to alcohol around this time, so it's a marvel that his performances here sell the hell out of what are some kind of uninspired lyrics. the self-titled has this masterful narrative arc of describing a party at the end of the world and he lives up to the title of rock poet so often that these songs feel really underwritten by comparison. the self-titled subverts traditional party blues expectations so much that seeing this record play them straight is kind of disappointing. and i'm not touching the wasp lol. there are some moments i like here. the creeping quiet of cars hiss by my window and l'america are both quite effective, at least until the latter turns into YET ANOTHER boring blues song for a brief moment. and like, the recording quality of these songs is very good, so everything thumps and rollicks like it's supposed to. it just lacks a lot of my favorite parts of the doors.
Love Her Madly and Riders are great; the rest is OK 3.4
Listening to Riders on the Storm without Snoop Dogg feels weird, but that's I played so much Need For Speed: Underground 2 when I was younger. Still a good song and album though
I always feel like I SHOULD like the Doors. They do have a few songs that I like alot. But generally I just want them to get over themselves. Most of their songs could be half the length and be fine. Could be an attention span thing. I can hear the talent and like some components but am usually ready for their songs to be done WAY before they end.
Very Blues-y. All of the Jim Morrison-era Doors albums coming within a 4-year period is pretty crazy. The only actual favourite Doors song of mine on this album is Riders on the Storm, weird considering it's usually one of the most well-known albums.
Had some nice songs but didn't care for most of it.
Very good! I was a big fan of The Doors back in my early teenage years, when I had long hair and baggy pants. But honestly I mostly just stuck with a single greatest hits album. This one feels a little more... all over the map. The almost growling vocals are still super unique to this day, and at my current age I see them as more aggressive.
The bluesy stuff works better than the “heroin” stuff. A lot of this album is good, but many songs run out of gas before they end. “L’America” is a major low point, and “Riders on the Storm” is overrated. However, the title track is very good. CONTROVERSIAL STATEMENT: Jim Morrison’s reputation as a “poet” is undeserved, and The Doors would not have endured like they have if he hadn’t died young.
The changeling has some power. But Morrison’s voice and imagery still doesn’t grab me.
Classic the doors, but everything sounds the same.
Nice songs, big 3
meh
Enjoyable album, but lots of filler songs for me.
Jus the doors
Ikkje lika bra som Morrison Hotel
This is my first Doors album on here, and it's their last before Jim Morrison died. I didn't dislike this at all, but it's very much a Blues rock album, and I struggle a bit with the Blues rock thing. "Love Her Madly" and "Riders on the Storm" are probably the best songs on here, and they're a little bit more in the psychedelic rock side of things. But a lot of the rest of the album is a heavy Blues sound, and I find it a harder style for me to get into and harder for bands to stand out to me. I could see myself coming around to this more once I get a little better sense of the Doors other music, but for now it's perfectly ok but a little unexceptional to me. Favorite song: Riders on the Storm Other: The Changeling, Love Her Madly, L.A. Woman, L'America 10/2/24
Pretty chill, mellow rock album. A few good ones. Good background music.
Not the best thing I heard that day.
I really enjoyed the changeling, love her madly, LA woman and of course riders on the storm, but really wasn’t a big fan of the other tracks on this :(
first few seconds of "Crawling King Snake" is nice, "Hyacinth House" is the most interesting song
I liked their other album more, this was a bit boring. Stand-out: Riders of the Storm
Songs like "Love Her Madly," "L.A. Woman" and "Riders on the Storm" are great. The rest is all right. Jim Morrison attempts to impersonate a guitar solo and/or harmonica on "Cars Hiss by My Window."
Very Doors!
nice to hear the whole album
Quiet whiny pop rock, to what will presumably be a lot more up front. Let’s give these hippies a whirl. Good first song. Exciting, foreboding in a weird way. Probably the organ. Anyway, it went too long, but it was cool. This one is more lame. More bar rock and too much warbling. Man that riff is so friendly. It’s funny. Get outta here with this one. Ohhh yeah. This is cool. More growly, blues influenced. Hell yeah. Simple riff. Whoever wrote the last one is out. Maybe. I don’t research these albums for these word vomit reviews. I mean it repeats too much, but the wailing guitar solos and vocal changes keep this one fairly interesting. Good. Another blues song with vocal modulation to sound like a fuckin harmonica?? Gold. The title track??!? In this part of the album, in this part of the review localized entirely within this text box?? Yes. Anyway. It’s fine. Not as good for me. The blues was a better direction for this album. Pray 4 Mo Jo. L’America is translated to “The America.” That one was free. Oh god that intro is cool. Eerie. Hell yeah. Out front angry hippies are so much cooler than secretly angry and hateful peace and love hippies. Oh man. Nooooooo. Why did it change?? Keep the sinister early black sabbath shit. Ok it’s back. Transylvanian keyboard solo. Then it leaves for a literal public domain riff. I still think this thing is so cool. Definite highlight. Well. What are they doing in the Hyacinth house? Whatever it is, it may have something to do with sleeping pills. Is that too soon? Whatever. This is middling to suck. Ehhh are we screeching to a halt here? Or just lurching to a chug? This one is not great either. It just sort of faded in. It’s sloppy , listless, white guy blues. Alright. This is weird, which I like, but the music sucks. The lamest ideas from like 50s torch music end up on the chorus. I like when it is more driving but there’s not enough of it. Too many breaks for relatively uninspiring solos. And the big hit from this one. I think. I don’t know. I’ve heard it before. This is the Doors that I picture. Kind of lame. But then again, popular music is often big time lame. Yeah this thing is meh. I like the whispering backup vocals a little bit, but that’s where it ends. Some real big wins here. Some songs that I will never revisit. That levels out to a solid, serviceable and relatively enjoyable release. 3 HIGHLIGHTS: The Changeling, Been Down so Long, Cars Hiss by my Window, L’America
So it’s really3 stars for 3 songs on this one. Love Her Madly, LA Woman and Riders on the Storm. The rest feel like typical Doors songs. It really emphasizes how much the 2 disc cd “best of” really does capture the best of the Doors output.
Not my forte, still enjoyed it a little bit
I always found Jim Morrison's troubled persona to be more interesting than the band itself. The Doors had some great songs but their big picture didn't move me to become a big fan. This was just OK.
The 3 hits are very good. The rest isn't worth listening to.
Uno de los mejores trabajos de The Doors, al menos en mi opinión. La producción del disco y las composiciones denotan un leve cambio de sonido, tornándose un poco más pesado y más influenciado por el Blues. Todo, por supuesto, con toques "alternativos" que influenciarían a toda la escena que vino después del legendario acto liderado por Morrison. Pista favorita: Love Her Madly. Altamente recomendado. Si nota 3 estrellas es por tema de afinidades personales y no por la calidad del LP.
Pre-listening thoughts: I think I’ve literally only heard Light My Fire before by the Doors. Sorry classic rock fans I’ve failed you! Post/during listening thoughts: this is kinda awesome. Groovy in the right places, bluesy in others. (Oh 12 bar blues form you never seem to fade away 😭). Pretty standard classic rock but I seem to be a 45 yr old man in terms of my music taste half the time cause I like this kind of stuff sorry! 6.5/10 DID I NEED TO HEAR THIS BEFORE I DIE: not really no but not a bad listen Fav tracks: The Changeling, Love Her Madly, L’America, The Hyacinth House Least fav tracks: listen the blues is fine but goddd 12 bar blues form gets so repetitive after so many songs/albums! Sorry to Cars Hiss By My Window and Crawling King Snake. Also don’t do talking aka WASP
A pretty decent album to listen to but not their best.
Jim Morrison sucks
I spend a lot of time shitting on Jim Morrison, mainly because he seems like an alcoholic moron pretending to be an intellectual that no one would give a shit about if he didn't look good in leather pants. What I can say for this album is that it has several Doors songs that I really like. A lot of the other songs kinda drag on without much that I find interesting. This is much more of a blues album than I would have anticipated. The Doors have always been bluesy, but you can really hear the blues influence on the non-hit songs on this album 3/5 The songs that I like, I really like. However, the other songs are mostly dull, which makes the album drag on and feel uneven
First listen. Decent.
The Doors were back in fashion when I was in high school, and Jim Morrison was the Kurt Cobain of the 80s - all the musical genius minus the angst and self-loathing. Maybe because this is the last album it is more boozy and bluesy, and there’s a little less of the early style and finesse of their unique sound. Still some good tracks, but they have better albums.
Pretty cool. Love the blues, especially the uptempo ones where Jim Morrison had more grit in his voice (sounds awesome on Been Down So Long, def a fav from this album). Still don't really like his voice though, the grit just makes it more bearable. Certainly didn't expect a fake guitar solo from Jim either. The instrumentals, however, are always awesome- can't get groovier! LA Woman itself is an awesome song though, as is Riders On The Storm. Not sure what the hell to rate it overall though. A few songs I dig, but they don't quite make up for the rest of them (or the lecture on the history of Texas blues, wtf).
Loved the opening and final tracks, the rest was pretty groovy and bluesy but pretty boring.
What a bluesy record by these fine English gentlemen. I'm familiar with The Doors, but wasn't familiar with this one. It's fun, funky, electric and entertaining. This is a band that really knew how to have fun with their music. The guitars and overall lofi sound add to the sometimes-melancholy mood, but the quirky guitar licks add some circus-like feel to it. I dig this.
Nice classic blues from The Doors. Only maybe 3-4 standouts throughout the whole thing. 5/10
If it's rock with some blues in it, I will admit that I'm a pretty easy target. And half this album either gets consistent radio play on classic rock stations, or was a cover of a blues standard. So I was familiar with a lot of this. I tend to enjoy it, but as an "album listen," I was getting kind of bored toward the end.
3.5
Heard the album before. A couple of great songs but overall The Doors don't hold up as well as some other classic rock bands. Soft 3
I like Riders on the Storm, I kind of like Love Her Madly, Cars Hiss By My Window, L.A. Woman; I almost like The Wasp
I enjoyed this album okay. It didn't hit me the same way as when I was younger. Not something I will relisten to but there are a few songs I will listen to if they're on.
Started off strong then petered out
I like Jim Morrison's voice a lot, but the only two songs that really did anything for me are the last two.
Hearing Riders On the Storm for the first time while on a walk in pouring rain was a trip
Good doors album but a bunch of dude
𝘚𝘪𝘨𝘩. The Doors are one of the bands that are a hit-or-miss. Although they've created among the most catchy ("Light My Fire") and ambitious ("The End") music pieces, many of their later albums don't reach their earlier glory, especially after Jim Morrison spiraled down to alcoholism. Dismissing the essential chart-hits ("Love Her Madly", "L.A. Woman" and "Riders On The Storm"), I find L.A. Woman to be quite hollow and lacking and I'd be dishonest to reward it a high score, despite my love for the Doors.
While I enjoy the downtempo vibes this has, it leans a little too much into the bluesy sound and ends up mostly blending together for me, I'm not much of a fan of blues. I would only come back to this album for a few songs that stick out.
average Doors, not the bangers
I wish Morrison wasn't such a jerk. This is an excellent album that I really want to like, but his nonsense takes away a star for me.
Good stuff, some great moments here. Not reaching the heights of the Doors' best stuff though.
i have historically Never Rly Gotten The Doors. i get the mystique, i get the talent of the musicians that surrounded jim morrison, and i even get jim morrison a bit (tho more in theory then in practice), but not most of the actual songwriting. ig its lucky i rolled this one then cuz honestly i think i was always more likely to enjoy a Back To Basics approach considering i didnt totally vibe with the band trying to rapidly ascend Above The Basics on those first two revered albums. the most ive been "wait, its THAT song i hear at work all the time?" on an album since tom petty's greatest hits. all in all feels like really sturdy and tasteful white boy blues, which is not my favorite combination of things but no longer something i have an inherent wretching reaction to. i cant deny that the band absolutely kills it and in a less mystical setting the character of jim morrision appears just a bit more colorful...livening up a more "basic" kind of persona rather then failing to live up to lofty heights. other then deep purple i rly havent struggled much with any of these so far, idk if thats luck or just being stockholm syndromed into liking classic rock again lmao, ill take it tho
Still not into them.
Loved in high school, now just OK
There were some songs that were really good. Like "riders on the storm", except for this fact I don't find the album particularly amusing.
Grew on me. Loved the conversations between the band. Different to what i thought the doors were about.
Kinda boring...? There are a few fantastic tracks here, but quite a few of them really do drag on. It doesn't help that Morrison's vocals can be sleep inducing sometimes too.
decent, rocky-country vibe going on, if im ever in the mood for that, id listen to it again (ill never be) YMN
The Changeling - Solid Opener Good walking track. Good baseline. Strong Pre Chorus and Chorus main riff. Good dual leads on closing riff with a memorable tone. Ok Drums Good Rhythm, good growly vocals. Love her madly - Very strong Intro, fun chord changes, groovy keyboard. Strong in and out guitar. OK Chorus. Thought provoking ish. Nice guitar solo pairs well with keys. Been down so long - Very strong vocal intro, catchy guitar and hook. Repetitive and simple yet effective bass Car hiss by the Window - Slow and mellow, good groove, slightly mid guitar solo L.A Woman -Strong Drum and bass intro, Good dance track, very long, controversial but I feel for the length of the song it doesn't really develop much. L'America - Unique Opening guitar riff, strong fade into bass, eerie tone with keys. I like how each instrument fades in and out. Very Experimental sounding. Huge shift in mood at 2:08, far more enjoyable, doesn't last long enough. Another shift at 2:55, slightly different to earlier. The song is almost disturbing at times. Whilst I respect the vision I did not enjoy the song whatsoever. Hyacinth House - Very good keys, Keys harmonising with vocals. Very good vocals and keys, overlapping vocals. Powerful almost. Crawling King Snake - Nothing particularly bad but nothing hugely of note. WASP - Keyboard MVP Riders on the storm - Definitely the best on the album, but still not hugely impressive. Final notes, Personally not a huge fan but I respect the album, For 1971 it was very different and probably influential. For the genre itself it's definitely a must pick, just not a fan of early prog rock
the doors are all right, but not my favorite. psychedelic blues rock is for nostalgic dads, their teenage kids, and no one else. there are some ok songs on here but most of them are filler, and even the good ones overstay their welcome. fine but not for me. favorites: the changeling, love her madly, l.a. woman, riders on the storm
It's not the most exciting rock album I've ever listened to, but there are interesting ideas here and the musicianship is solid. Morrison had an inherent charisma that buoyed his less compelling lyrics and performances. Highlights: Love Her Madly, L.A. Woman, Hyacinth House
Liked the start of this album. Some really good blues and the bass playing is great. Kind of teeters off midway through. Still a good listen. 3.5/5 Might listen again
I am more a „Hotel Morrison“-guy.
It's a pretty good blues album. L.A. Woman, Cars Hiss By My Window, The Changeling, and Riders on the Storm are good tracks. For me, this album gets a 3 because of the historical significance of the Doors, but not one I'd listen to again. 3/5
I am a little worn out on classic rock, even for a band as good as The Doors. “Riders on the Storm” is the real highlight here.
This review sums it up perfectly. You can classify Doors tunes into 3 categories; the hits, average blues tunes and drug addled drek.
LA Woman is an all time listen, and Love Her Madly and Riders on the Storm are classic Doors, but aside from these high points, the rest of album is quite dull and samey
Alors, nous y voilà, on attaque du lourd, voir du très lourd. Un de ces albums qui, à force d'être partout, finit par faire partie du mobilier. Je parle évidemment de "L.A. Woman" des Doors. Le disque-testament, le chant du cygne, l'épitaphe bluesy du Roi Lézard avant qu'il n'aille moisir dans une baignoire parisienne. Et je le regarde, avec sa pochette couleur vinasse et sa photo de groupe où Morrison, barbu et déjà bien entamé par les excès, semble nous dire : "Allez, c'est la dernière, après j'arrête les conneries". On me demande un avis, un ressenti. Et mon ressenti, le voilà, brut de décoffrage : 3 sur 5. Sacrilège ! Hérésie ! Comment, puis-je oser profaner une telle relique ? C'est simple. Parce que j'ai 55 balais, et que ce disque, je l'ai entendu jusqu'à la nausée. Et avec le recul, débarrassé de toute la mythologie morbide qui l'entoure, que reste-t-il ? Un bon, voire très bon album de blues rock. Et c'est là que le bât blesse. "Juste" un bon album de blues rock. Remettons-nous dans le contexte de 1971. Le Flower Power est mort et enterré à Altamont. Les rêves psychédéliques des sixties se sont évaporés dans un nuage de mauvaises descentes. Le rock devient lourd, sérieux, progressif. Et que font les Doors ? Eux, les chamanes électriques, les incendiaires de l'âme, les porte-paroles d'une jeunesse qui voulait "le monde, et le voulait maintenant" ? Ils retournent à la niche. Ils font un disque de blues. Attention, je n'ai rien contre le blues. C'est la mère de tout. Mais pour un groupe de cette envergure, à ce moment précis de leur carrière, ce virage à 180 degrés sent moins la réinvention audacieuse que le refuge confortable. C'est le son d'un groupe à court d'idées, fatigué, qui se branche sur le pilote automatique du shuffle à douze mesures. C'est le son d'un Jim Morrison qui a troqué sa folie imprévisible contre un professionnalisme un peu pâteux d'alcoolique fonctionnel. Bien sûr, il y a des fulgurances. On ne peut pas décemment cracher sur tout. Le morceau-titre, "L.A. Woman", est un putain de road trip. C'est l'autoroute de nuit, les néons qui bavent, l'odeur de bitume et de danger. C'est un boogie hypnotique et poisseux qui fonctionne à merveille. Efficace, carré, presque trop. On sent le groupe de musiciens chevronnés qui sait exactement où il va. C'est redoutable, mais où est passée la faille, le dérapage, le moment où tout pouvait basculer dans le chaos ? Et puis, il y a "Riders on the Storm". Ah, "Riders on the Storm"... Le classique ultime. La bande-son parfaite pour un film noir de David Lynch, pour une nuit d'orage, pour une pub de parfum. C'est magnifique, atmosphérique, avec ce piano électrique fantomatique de Manzarek. C'est un morceau immense. Mais c'est un morceau d'ambiance. Il installe un climat, il ne met pas le feu. Il est devenu si iconique qu'il en a perdu toute sa substance subversive. C'est une belle pièce de musée, qu'on admire avec respect mais qui ne nous fait plus frissonner. Le reste de l'album ? Franchement, ça oscille entre le correct et l'anecdotique. "Love Her Madly" est une jolie chansonnette pop qui aurait pu être écrite par n'importe qui. "The Changeling" a un bon groove, mais ne décolle jamais vraiment. Les purs blues comme "Crawling King Snake" sont bien exécutés, mais des centaines de groupes faisaient ça à l'époque, et parfois avec plus de conviction et moins de dollars sur leur compte en banque. Alors, pourquoi ce disque est-il un classique ? Pour une raison simple et tragique : Jim Morrison est mort trois mois après. Voilà. C'est tout. "L.A. Woman" est devenu un monument parce que c'est le dernier. C'est le point final. L'oeuvre testamentaire. On l'écoute avec la connaissance de la fin, et cette connaissance teinte chaque note d'une gravité qu'elle n'aurait peut-être jamais eue sinon. Chaque parole de Morrison devient une prophétie, chaque accord une oraison funèbre. On ne juge plus le disque, on commémore le mythe. Et le mythe, c'est bien ce qui me fatigue. Le mythe du poète maudit qui s'est en réalité noyé dans son vomi et son whisky. Le mythe d'un album de blues rock compétent, élevé au rang de chef-d'oeuvre absolu par la grande faucheuse. Mon 3 sur 5 n'est pas un jugement méprisant. C'est une note honnête. C'est un album qui s'écoute sans déplaisir, qui a deux, voire trois, titres immortels qui justifient à eux seuls sa place dans le grand livre du rock. Mais pour le reste, ça sent un peu la fin de service. Le groupe a fait le job, a empoché le chèque, et le chanteur est parti prendre son dernier bain. C'est une belle histoire pour les magazines, mais pour mes oreilles de vieux con qui a entendu des milliers de disques, ça manque de cette étincelle de pure folie qui faisait des premiers Doors un groupe véritablement dangereux et essentiel. C'est un classique, oui. Mais un classique un peu trop confortable. Un classique de salon. Et moi, le rock, je l'ai toujours préféré quand il mettait le bordel dans la baraque.
This wasn’t bad, but it did over stay its welcome. Quite high on the jangle scale.
'L.A. Woman' was the first blues record I consciously listened to and the first Doors record. I hated it. I couldn't understand at all why my friends liked it so much. Blues isn't for me. This way of playing and expressing music makes me feel sick and rejected. I'm sorry, that's not just specific to the Doors, but I associate it specifically with this record. But in the end, the Doors didn't make this record for nothing in my opinion, there is the absolutely wonderful and outstanding 'Riders on the Storm', for that reason alone it deserves 5 stars.
Honestly I found it a bit dull, repetitive and even irritating at times. Love her madly was good, riders is fine if a bit overrated, and everything else passed by without me caring whatsoever. Not one to revisit I reckon. 02/07/24
The last album by the original Doors lineup has isolated moments of decent rock padded by meandering blues and edgelord poetry. During these moments I amused myself by imagining how embarrassing Jim Morrison’s 80s musical output would have been.
This is the first i’ve ever listened to of the doors so i don’t know what to expect. The Changeling 8/10 Love Her Madly 8/10 Been Down So Long 8/10 Cars Hiss by My Window 7/10 L.A. Woman 8/10 L’America 6/10 Hyacinth House 5/10 Crawling King Snake 5/10 The WASP 2/10 I hated this Riders on the storm 7/10 I just lost interest and got bored after a while but i will revisit 7/10
Probably better with multiple listens but admittedly only listened once
- entspanntes Album (nicht du L'America) - Riders on the Storm ist einfach ein absoluter Nostalgie-Banger
Nice but too much organ. Sounds like you’re going to a carnival.
I like The Doors, but this one didn't quite hit the same. Jim Morrison's voice was weirdly off, like it was pitch shifted to avoid copyright claim, and most of the songs felt a little too esoteric or like they were B-sides
I like the doors. Always have. But I don't think this is one of the best albums ever
Love her madly, and riders on the storm are the songs that brought the Doors to number one in the early 70s.
- Decent vibes - Good guitar work, sounds very classic and fun to listen to
- this is a good album - really digs into the blues - Riders on the Storm is a classic, but is it overrated?
Для меня The Doors - музыка очень настроенческая. Сегодня норм, завтра раздражает в смерть. Собственно, сегодня норм. Лучшая песня - Riders on the Storm.
Not bad. Couple of classic tracks, couple of spots that drag on a bit. A decent listen
Not a huge fan of the Doors still, but I liked this one more than the last Doors album.
Liked this one a lot more than Morrison Hotel, since it is a solid blues rock record throughout. I’m becoming more of a Jim Morrison fan, but still don’t love everything here.
Ok listen. Best track is Riders On The Storm 3/5
More bluesy than their other stuff. You can hear Morrison just at his maximum belligerent. There's some good songs here but as a whole the album is pretty average.
I like them a lot more when they’re more blues than psychedelic. The organ can get particularly irritating on some songs as can Jim Morrison’s ramblings. I’m not a huge Doors fan, but their hits are undeniable
meh
There are a lot of Blues Rock albums on this list. Some are boring (like this one), others aren't (Songhoy Blues). I'm not sure what makes the difference, possibly just how I feel on the day of listening. But this album was, for me, a classic case of "each song individually is likable, but all together it's a bit samey"
Probably a 2 without that last track
Gritty 70s blues
The Doors! Again! I think I like this one more than the self titled, but TBH, they're pretty similar. What is fun and interesting to me are the Blues elements. As well as the kind of creepy spooky minor keys. I also noticed the change in Jim Morrison's voice with this record. A lot more rash and harsh. Its a good tun. Love Her Madly and Riders of the Storm are the obvious winners on this record, but L'America is really good sneaky good song.
mim jorrison
Love Her Madly L.A. Woman Riders On The Storm
The title track is their best song — actual poetry without the pretension that characterizes their other work.
Not bad, though they kinda seem like the didn't have fun making this? Some of the music is fine but some feels a bit disjointed and unrevised.
I enjoyed the blueisness of it. Riders on the Storm is a classic. Solid album altogether.
The Doors are the definition of meh
Easy listening but decent
I guess it's kind of hard to completely dislike The Doors, but on the other hand, they sound very, VERY dated. This is another I would kind of give 3.5 if I could. When comparing it to yesterday's Queen album, I'd say the biggest difference is that the Queen album sounds unmistakably Queen, and very different than anything else. That gives it a sort of timelessness. This album sounds very The Doors, but The Doors sound is very heavy on the 70s rock organ, meaning it sounds very anachronistic. For that reason, I think this album gets a 3.
I really hate the blues tracks, but oh mama when they get synthy. This is a band best enjoyed through singles
I'm not a huge fan of the doors but I can't deny this is a pretty good album. Solid 3.
i am perpetually conflicted about the doors. last week, i was given their first album and i love it a lot. this album is always the other side of the coin for me. where their first album feels fresh and energized, this album feels stale, stagnant, depressing (derogatory). jim morrison's nearing death here and he is very obviously riddled with his various vices. his vocal performance is, at points, atrocious. this seems to be a hot take but his vocal performance on the title track is actually borderline unlistenable to me. it's not good. it's not cool. it's not A Vibe. it's just sad. he was never a singer's singer, always fueled by attitude, but on this album it's not attitude as much as an imbibed stupor. the crop of songs here are also not very strong. my favorite of the bunch has always been 'love her madly' which i think is classic doors fare, but not too much more than that. what i think saves this album from being a complete disaster is the musicianship by the rest of the band. and, as always, i will give a special shoutout to ray manzarek, whom without, the doors would be nothing. his keyboard playing is spectacular and iconic on most everything he touched.
Some GREAT tracks, some eh. At their best, they were a freaked out roadhouse band. But they also had some psudo-potetry stinkers and BAD blues imitations.
More bluesy than I was expecting from The Doors. "Riders on the Storm" remains a good jam, but most of the rest of the album kinda just passed by in the background for me. 2.7
The Doors never really did it for me. It is good though.
Loved it. I bet it was incredible to see them live. And Jim Morrison…. Enough said.
Listened
Some bangers/classic hits on this album. It’s kinda a stoners paradise. Hits include: Riders on the storm Love her madly L.A. Woman But it got some hits, the rest of the songs are kinda meh.
Fairly gentle rock (I guess?) Cool organ and other instrumentation
не оставляла мысль что он изображает низкий голос. норм, которые оказались даже знакомыми
I have not heard of this album before but I know a couple songs by the doors. This album wasn’t my favorite style of rock but the music wasn’t entirely bad. My favorite songs were Hyacinth House and Riders on the Storm. I will still listen again though.
It was fine. Some good instrumentals and vibes, but as a whole I would say it's mostly unremarkable. Not bad, but nothing to write home about. Sounds like your stereotypical 70s bluesy rock.
I really like Jim Morrisons voice and appreciate the bigger hits on this album. Sure it could be a more experimental album, but all around good. 3/5.
Pretty good 6/10
Not my style but I respect it
Ok, but not as good as Morrison Hotel
Alright
Very strong last album from the doors. A bit more out there from hotel but still very good.
I enjoyed the bluesy songs and the three classics on this album. The Doors have their own sound that is for sure. Would have given this a 3.5 if I could.
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Another day, another album that I don't understand how it made it on this list. I mean it wasn't awful, the guitar was nice and the instruments were played well and sounded good in the songs but I did not like Morrison's voice and the songs were just kinda weird lyrically and did not resonate with me at all. Seriously what is supposed to make this album soooooo good that it makes it one of the 1,001 albums that I NEED to listen to before I die? Someone please explain.
enjoyed the bluesy-er feel with a couple tracks. didn't enjoy the psychedelic sound of several others. find his voice kind of flat & one dimensional. just not my style 2.5
Nostalgia; not as good as I remember.
Love her Madly was tolerable. Blusey Cars Hiss by my Window. Hyacinth House alright. Cant stand Jim Morrison's voice.
Partenza col botto, proseguimento sfortunatamente poco interessante
There's "Riders on the Storm" but that's it, the rest really isn't memorable.
3,5
Like a ride through the mountains. Ups and downs. Highs and lows. Rough at times. Of an all-pervading, discreet beauty. Thrill and relaxation. 3.5/5
This CD was in the car when I was a kid so I've heard it a ton of times. I really like the keyboard riffs (especially on Love Her Madly and The Changeling, what a great opener) and of course Riders on the Storm is a classic. However, some of the magic is gone, or maybe my tastes have changed. I tend to prefer tighter and cleaner performances with more interesting vocal melodies and harmonies. The Doors just like to jam and it seems like each track was done in a clean take with no additional layers. Nothing wrong with that, but I've just gotten used to music that has lots of replayability and things to look for every time. Jim's voice is powerful and emotionally raw but the actual melody is often quite simple and similar between songs. But give me that keyboard any day!
Mediocrity occasionally broken up by pure inspiration
Classic but not the best album by The Doors
never cared much for the doors, but cant understate their influence on Rock. nothing really notable but not bad either. Solid 3.
LA Woman is a pretty good song. Jim Morrison is a dumb persons version of a wise sage. I should know, I used to think Jim Morrison was the shit and I was dumb as fuck in my youth
This is my 12th album from the year 1971. For me, Pearl and Sticky Fingers did the blues better, Surf's Up and Aqualung did psychedelic weirdness better, and Maggot Brain rocks harder and pushes the envelope further. I know all of The Doors singles here but never listened to this album. I feel like the hype about them and Jim Morrison being such a legendary frontman let me down here. I know this was their final album before his death and more of a return to a live blues sound, so I'll look forward to hearing more of their earlier work to get a fuller picture of this group. I do want to give a shout out to the keyboard player, he rips it up in some of these songs.
I like moody beach music and keys
By this stage of their career, The Doors had a little (lot) of notoriety, band members being charged for all sorts of things. Lyrically, the album deals with contemporary topics such as love, life in Los Angeles, and complex aspects of the human experience. Like a lot of the earlier rock, there is more of a heavy blues influence in riffs and style. Best: Riders on the Storm Worst: Crawling King Snake
Love Her Madly, LA Woman, and Riders on the Storm are the only good tracks. Everything else is forgettable at best.
Obviously has some great hits but the whole album overall is just average
There were some decent songs on the album, but perhaps an over-reliance on 12-bar blues. I enjoyed the listen and it had decent production, but the homogeneity among tracks left me feeling like it could have gone in a more interesting direction.
has some bangers could i write poetry to this? y
I feel the same way about the doors as Jim feels about LED zeppelin
Laulajan suoritus on vaihteleva - välillä ärisevä tai pönöttävä, välillä blues-kontekstissa ihan toimiva. Musiikki on kyllä kohdallaan. Vaikken täysin lämpenekään sen esteettiselle ilmeelle, eli flirttailulle synkän arvoituksellisuuden kanssa, useiden näistä biiseistä teho on kiistämätöntä, erityisesti Love Her Madly:n.
Riders on the storm
Solid blues album, lyrics are simple which is to be expected. But aside from the organ and occasionally good guitar solo pretty forgettable.
I really like the instrumentals in all the songs. My favourites are the changeling and been down there so long. LA woman and riders on the storm were too long and the other tracks were just okay. 3/5
Overall pretty good album. Nothing particularly stood out to me as either good or bad. Good instrumentals, good singing. 3/5 lol
Yee haw blues But very chill, has it’s place
Good album. Typical of the Doors
Not their best not their worst
Just again really boring I'm not into classic rock
Riders on the Storm is the big hit on the album, but I think some of the bluesy stuff is better music. Some solid stuff, but I don't think it really stands out.
Favourite song - Car hiss by my window
Las puertas
Yeah, good thanks
The Doors seemed way cooler back in the 90s. There's a couple of crackers on here but I'm not feeling very generous.
Didn't do much for me, blues is blues
OK, I’ve never been a big doors fan, but this album is really good. I still think the synth keyboard is a bit overbearing But the arrangements are good, singing is high-quality, music is interesting from one song the next … Got me to do a bit of a deep dive into doors music and enjoyed the ride quite a bit !
LA Woman is an album that succeeds in moments. Moments where Morrison shines as a vocalist and narrator (LA Woman), moments where I can’t help but make a stank-face at what Ray Manzarek is doing on keys (Riders on the Storm), and moments when I have to acknowledge Robby Krieger as one of the most unique guitarists of his time (the latter half of Been Down So Long). Additionally, there are moments on here so murky and spooky that they must have inspired music I love like Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. But then there are portions of this album that go by where I’m only hearing different takes on the blues. Not necessarily elevating any material, just giving it a Doors-esq spin. The record begins with two of the best tracks in the Doors’ catalog and offers a couple more before the album reaches its close including the pretty and hidden gem Hyacinth House. From there though, the rest of the material feels a bit inconsequential. Again, good takes on the blues but, ultimately, kind of just that. It’s interesting to hear the Doors commit to this mode more than it is something I feel compelled to return to. This is a solid 7/10 for me. But in the scope of this project I’m giving it 3/5 for how necessary I feel it is as “An Album I must listen to before I die.”
Simply the doors. Nothing else