The album was certified gold in that country by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), as well as being certified gold and platinum in several other countries. "Light My Fire" was the cut that topped the charts and established the group as stars, but most of the rest of the album is just as impressive, including some of their best songs: the propulsive "Break on Through" (their first single), the beguiling mystery of "The Crystal Ship," the mysterious "End of the Night," "Take It as It Comes" (one of several tunes besides "Light My Fire" that also had hit potential), and the stomping rock of "Soul Kitchen" and "Twentieth Century Fox." At 0:54, the lyricsstart: No, Jim, you’re already stoned, this is the beginning!! The following is the discography of the American rock band the Doors. The Doors remain one of the most influential band of the 60s, with charismatic frontman Jim Morrison and songs that swirl with poetry, sex and death. Break on Through (To the Other Side) - (remix) 2. Their electrifying achievements in the studio and onstage were unmatched in the annals of rock; and though Morrison’s death meant the end of an era, Manzarek, Krieger and Densmore collaborated on two more original Doors albums, Other Voices and Full Circle, and a set of tracks they composed to accompany Morrison’s 1969 recording of his poetry, released in 1978 as An … Actually, beginnings or ends have something dramatic. L.A. Woman was certified gold and platinum in several different countries. “The End” served as the finale for many of The Doors' most notable concerts. The album features the long version of their breakthrough single "Light My Fire" and the lengthy song "The End" with its Oedipal spoken word section. Recorded in 1966 at Sunset Sound Recorders, Hollywood, California, it was produced by Paul A. Rothchild and released on January 4, 1967. DVDs Blu-ray VHS. Hit Parade – 1967", "NZ listener charts – The N.Z. The lean, spidery guitar and organ riffs interweave with a hypnotic menace, providing a seductive backdrop for Jim Morrison's captivating vocals and probing prose. From the second line, we are already in presence of 2 characters: the singer, and his “friend”. The Doors’ Jim Morrison lit the world on fire, but it was guitarist Robby Krieger who supplied the matches. The group next released Absolutely Live (1970), a live album containing snippets of performances edited together from fourteen different concerts recorded in nine different cities in 1969 and 1970. 1 in the US and France, and produced their second No. 1 single, "Hello, I Love You". It is just thematic, since f… Wikimedia Creative Commons. Morrison had worked on a … L.A. Woman (1971), was the final Doors album with singer Jim Morrison, who died in Paris shortly after the album's release. Books Magazines. Hit Parade – 1969", "NZ listener charts – Pop-O-Meter – 1971", "Tech N9ne Aligns With the Doors for 'Strange 2013, "Surviving Doors Collaborating with Rapper Tech N9ne", "Live At The Bowl '68 / Soundstage Performances / Live In Europe 1968", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Doors_discography&oldid=1021805692, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Hit Parade – 1968", "NZ listener charts – The N.Z. In 1969, Morrison stated: Interviewed by Lizze James, he pointed out the meaning of the verse "My only friend, the End": Shortly past the midpoint of the nearly 12-minute-long album version, the song enters a spoken word section with the words, "The killer awoke before dawn..." That section of the song reaches a dramatic climax with the lines, "Father / Yes son? Despite giving some of the most powerful performances of The Doors’ short career, Morrison’s offstage life is going to hell. / I want to kill you / Mother, I want to..." (with the next words screamed out unintelligibly). This was recorded with the lights off and only one candle burning next to Morrison. The Doors is the debut album by the American rock band the Doors. "Light My Fire" gave the band a huge US Number 1 single but in a haze of drugs, sexuality and Eastern … The Doors arrived in 1967, the same year as Sgt. Originally a song Jim Morrison wrote about breaking up with a long time girlfriend, it evolved through months of performances at Los Angeles' Whisky a Go Go into a nearly 12-minute opus on their self-titled album. He may look like a decadent angel, but inside he’s fighting just to keep his head above the dark waters he now finds himself in. You can barely hear the organ in this song but it is better because an overbearing organ wouldn't really fit with the mood of the song. The Doors. The album was a massive critical success, cementing The Doors as one of the greatest rock bands of all time. It was first released in January 1967. In 1969, Morrison stated: Everytime I hear that song, it means something else to me. The album was praised by critics and a commercial success, it landed inside the Top 10 in the US and Canada and produced two singles, "Love Her Madly" and "Riders on the Storm". Although only having produced one single, which did not perform well on the charts, Morrison Hotel became another Top 10 album for the band and was certified platinum in the US, Canada, and in France, by the Syndicat national de l'édition phonographique (SNEP). Like Morrison Hotel before it, L.A. Woman relied very heavily on the blues, which was a genre of music the Doors had often incorporated into their early live sets while the house band at the London Fog, a nightclub on the Sunset Strip, in Los Angeles. Morrison's lyrics may be the strongest in this song out of his career. The use of the Doors song "The End", from their debut album, in the popular Vietnam War film, Apocalypse Now in 1979 and the release of the first compilation album in seven years, Greatest Hits, released in the fall of 1980, created a resurgence in The Doors. This song was recorded in two takes with the lights off and only one candle burning next to Jim Morrison. The album was certified platinum in both the US and Canada. 2) Green label with the 4:10 version of The End. The Doors' second studio album, Strange Days (1967), sold well commercially but did not reach the same level of success as the debut, and failed to produce a major hit single. Find album reviews, stream songs, credits and award information for The Doors [Original Soundtrack] - Original Soundtrack on AllMusic - 1991 - … Sales. At 0:32, it takes a regular rhythm. "The End" is a song by The Doors. [7] Interviewed by Lizze James, he pointed out the meaning of the verse "My only friend, the End": Sometimes the pain is too much to examine, or e… Soul Kitchen - (remix) 3. 3 on the Billboard 200 and was certified platinum in the United States and Canada. The Doors became one of the most popular rock bands of their era. A tremendous debut album, and indeed one of the best first-time outings in rock history, introducing the band's fusion of rock, blues, classical, jazz, and poetry with a knockout punch. In 1991, The Doors, a feature film about the band, directed by Academy Award winning director Oliver Stone, that starred Val Kilmer as Morrison, was released, which helped to expand The Doors' popularity to another audience. When You're Strange, is a 2009 documentary about The Doors written and directed by Tom DiCillo and narrated by Johnny Depp. The album received several sales certifications including a four times multi-platinum from both the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and from the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA). After decades as a classic-rock staple, The Doors’ debut album still overflows with smoldering sensuality and moody, mysterious vibes. [1] Despite this, The Soft Parade became the band's fourth straight Top 10 album and it produced their third most successful single, "Touch Me". The band would perform the song to close their last set. Dark, brooding, introspective, poetic, cynical. Buy for $9.99. CDs Vinyl. I think it's sufficiently complex and universal in its imagery that it could be almost anything you want it to be. However, I don't … It reached No. The band would perform the song to close their last set. In the 1980s, the band released concert films, and live and compilation albums to much commercial success. 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It was nonetheless a haunting cap to an album whose nonstop melodicism and dynamic tension would never be equaled by the group again, let alone bettered. Complete song listing of The Doors on OLDIES.com. "Tightrope Ride" / "Variety is the Spice of Life", "Ships with Sails" / "In the Eye of the Sun", Record label: Bright Midnight/Eagle Vision, This page was last edited on 6 May 2021, at 19:43. It was gestated through months of performances at Los Angeles' Whisky a Go Go. This is the song that got The Doors … Morrison had recorded the poetry in separate sessions in 1969 and 1970. To counter the artistic criticism of their last two albums the Doors next released Morrison Hotel (1970). "—" denotes releases that did not chart or are unknown. 3) Red label with the 4:10 version of The End. The Doors' Robby Krieger Sheds Light — Album by Album — on One of Rock’s Most Mysterious Bands. It was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Nonfiction Series and won a Grammy Award for Best Long Form Video. The 11-minute Oedipal drama "The End" was the group at its most daring and, some would contend, overambitious. The group's popularity continued to increase. L.A. Woman (1971), was the final Doors album with singer Jim Morrison, who died in Paris shortly after the album's release. 2 on the US Billboard 200 and produced the group's most successful single, "Light My Fire". This is the 40th anniversary mix where it was discovered the previous CD & LP releases were actually running fast [long story, read the credits]. For the fourth studio album The Soft Parade (1969), the Doors chose to incorporate string and brass instruments into a number of their songs. Gifts. The band was criticized by many for this, and referred to as "pop sellouts" and having "gone soft". THE END As recorded by The Doors (From the 1967 Album THE DOORS) Transcribed by Nick Thompson Words and Music by The Doors AIntro 1I T A B e44 Gtr I Rock Ballad P = 115 D5/AV 3 V 2 W 0 U (0) let ring U (0) W (0) V 0 c Guitar Tuned To Drop-D (Low to High: D, A, D, G, B, E) 5I T A B e (D5/A) W 3 W 2 W 0 W 0 GK KK K VV VV V 3 V 0 V H 2 g V 3 V 0 c V 0 V 3 V 0 V H 2 g V 3 V 2 … “It was hard living with Jim.” … Thus, The Soft Parade was born out of this. The song, which lasts 11:41, starts on a quiet, inspired, haunted instrumental made of drum rolls and lonely guitar that sets up a mystic atmosphere. Both albums appeared on the US and Canadian albums charts, and likewise both produced charting singles, but the success was limited and the three sought solo ventures. The album version of the song is a combination of two takes, which took a total of about 30 minutes to record. It was nonetheless a haunting cap to an album whose nonstop melodicism and dynamic tension would never be equaled by the group again, let alone bettered. Five years later, Manzarek, Krieger, and Densmore reunited to record backing tracks over Morrison's spoken word poetry, and released The Doors' ninth and final studio album titled, An American Prayer (1978). The blues-heavy LP was a critical and commercial success. He’s caught between his own idealised vision of himself as a hedonistic poet and artist and the earthier expectations of a record company, Elektra, who ar… This was the last song on that album. The Guitar part in this song sounds very Middle-Eastern. The band continues to release compilations through Rhino Records and new live material through both Rhino and their Bright Midnight Archives label. Crystal Ship, The - (remix) 4. Jim Morrison’s dark, poetic vision powers the platter, from elegant ballad “The Crystal Ship” to doomy odyssey “The End.”. 1967. Due to those two events, an entirely new audience, too young to have known of the band earlier, began listening and purchasing the band's music. Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) - … The Doors. Eleven minutes of laments, of mysticism, of collective and rarefied improvisations on resignation. The End - The Final Song on The Album and maybe one of their most famed songs ever. The 11-minute Oedipal drama "The End" was the group at its most daring and, some would contend, overambitious. Waiting for the Sun was the first Doors album to chart in the United Kingdom, where it peaked inside the Top 20. The night he died, he was playing old Doors albums, ending with this one. Included in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums Ever" Tracks of Disc 1; 1. Announcing that “this is the end” sounds dramatic. referencing The Doors, LP, Album, RE, Don, EKS 74007, EKS-74007 Obviously, it's an absolute classic album, almost an affront to all the "flower power" stuff going on during that time. The Doors 4th album "The Soft Parade" came after an extensive tour, and with pressure from the record company to produce another album left the band members little time to compose new music. From the "Apocalypse Now Soundtrack". The Doors (Expanded) [40th Anniversary Mixes]: THE DOORS: Amazon.ca: Music ... read the liner notes where after recording this album they still had over 60 minutes of additional material which would end up on the next 2 albums. The Doors’ Debut Is Still One of the Most Dangerous Albums Ever. This is the end, beautiful friend This is the end, my only friend, ... it was a short goodbye song for a girl but this song is also famous for being the reason (in his total length) why the Doors were fired from the Whiskey a Go Go in July 1966 and then they went to do their first record ... BTW: There's a good 15:43 minute live-version which includes some more lines. Elektra pressed three different versions of this 12" with the same release # in the exact same jacket with the same B side: 1) Green label with the 6:29 version of The End. It was first released in January 1967 on their self-titled debut album. Probably just to a girl, but I see how it could be a goodbye to a kind of childhood. Those who … Formed in Los Angeles in 1965, the group consisted of Jim Morrison (vocals), Ray Manzarek (keyboards), John Densmore (drums), and Robby Krieger (guitar). By Alan Paul 08 January 2016. Take It As It Comes, a disengaged and resilient reprisal of the vortex of Light My Fire introduces the very long eleven minutes of The End, the legendary agony with which the album ends. The album was praised by critics and a commercial success, it landed inside the Top 10 in the US and Canada and produced two singles, " Love Her Madly " and " Riders on the Storm ". The lyrics are a combination of different variations sung … Producer Paul Rothchild called it "one of the most beautiful moments I've ever had in a recording studio." "The End" is a song by The Doors from their self-titled album. The End was ranked 328 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Absolutely Live was well received and charted in the Top 10 in the US and Canada and was certified gold in both countries. Twentieth Century Fox - (remix) 5. I really don't know. Their debut album, The Doors (1967), released by Elektra Records, charted at No. Upon release, the album received mixed reviews, but was commercially successful and was awarded platinum status in the US by the RIAA. Named after the Aldous Huxley novel "The Doors of Perception", they earned their spurs as a house band at the notorious Whisky A Go Go club on Sunset Strip in Los Angeles before signing with Elektra Records and releasing the classic debut album "The Doors" (1967). After the death of Morrison, the three remaining Doors members released two more studio albums before they eventually disbanded, Other Voices (1971), and Full Circle (1972). The album version of the song is an edited combination of two takes, which took a total of about 30 minutes to record. End Of Show – Live At Felt Forum – Second Show – January 17, 1970; Disc 4. Their producer, in the meantime, wanted the band to try out a new sound, while pushing into a popular sound and style. The Doors: 10 of the best. In 2008, the legendary axman shed light on one of rock’s most mysterious bands for Guitar World. "The End" is a song by The Doors. The album was released January 4th, 1967 through Elektra Records. Originally a song Jim Morrison wrote about breaking up with a long time girlfriend, it evolved through months of performances at Los Angeles' Whisky a Go Go into a nearly 12-minute opus on their self-titled album.
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