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The Doors

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Album

The Doors · In the autumn of 1966 the group had been playing on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles for some time. The Whisky a Go Go fired the band on 21 August, after singer Jim Morrison had improvised a passage from Oedipus Rex during The End. Elektra Records had signed the group three days earlier. Producer Paul A. Rothchild and sound engineer Bruce Botnick recorded the debut in about a month at Sunset Sound in Hollywood. What you hear on the record is, according to Botnick, what the band did live.

The album combines jazz, blues, classical, pop and R&B on a rock foundation, with organ and guitar at the core. Light My Fire became the breakthrough, in the full version, and The End closes with the spoken, improvised Oedipus section. The record was a commercial and critical success. In 2015 the Library of Congress included it in the National Recording Registry.

Listening

Listening tip. Listen to Light My Fire and notice Ray Manzarek's long organ solo and the guitar solo after it, which show how the group combines jazz and rock.

Track list

  1. 1Break On Through (To The Other Side)2:26Apple Music ↗
  2. 2Soul Kitchen3:31Apple Music ↗
  3. 3The Crystal Ship2:32Apple Music ↗
  4. 4Twentieth Century Fox2:32Apple Music ↗
  5. 5Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)3:16Apple Music ↗
  6. 6Light My Fire6:58Apple Music ↗
  7. 7Back Door Man3:31Apple Music ↗
  8. 8I Looked At You2:21Apple Music ↗
  9. 9End Of The Night2:49Apple Music ↗
  10. 10Take It As It Comes2:15Apple Music ↗
  11. 11The End11:39Apple Music ↗

30-second previews via Apple Music. Listen to the whole album on Apple Music ↗

See also

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (en): The Doors
  2. Wikipedia (en): Riders on the Storm
  3. newstalk.com
  4. uncut.co.uk
Categories: Albums and songs