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  • Issued : 12 Jan 2010

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Genre : Rock & Pop Catalogue Number : 8122.798650
Format : LP Label : Rhino
Issued : 12 Jan 2010 Item sourced from : Europe
Number of Discs : 1

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  • LP   GER Edition   ¥2,720   GER Import   Released: 22 May 1997  
  • CD   US Edition   ¥1,584   Limited Edition CD (US ImportPaper Jacket)   Released: 25 Jul 2000  
  • CD   Japan Edition   ¥1,800   Reissue CD   Released: 24 Aug 2005  

HMV Review

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 knock-out punch. 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. 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 Oriental 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. The 11-minute Oedipal drama The End was the group at its most daring and, some would contend, overambitious. 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. ~ Richie Unterberger, Rovi

Credits

Jim Morrison(Vocals),  John Densmore(Drums),  Ray Manzarek(Bass),  Ray Manzarek(Keyboards),  Ray Manzarek(Organ),  Ray Manzarek(Piano),  Robby Krieger(Guitar),  Bruce Botnick(Engineer),  Paul Rothchild(Producer),  Bruce Botnick(Mastering),  Bruce Botnick(Remastering),  Chester Burnett(Composer),  Guy Webster(Cover Photo),  Guy Webster(Photography),  Jim Morrison(Composer),  Jim Morrison(Remastering),  Joel Brodsky(Photography),  John Densmore(Composer),  John Densmore(Group Member),  Paul Rothchild(Mastering),  Paul Rothchild(Remastering),  Ray Manzarek(Composer),  Ray Manzarek(Group Member),  Ray Manzarek(Remastering),  Robby Krieger(Composer),  Robby Krieger(Group Member),  Doors(Composer),  William S. Harvey(Art Direction),  William S. Harvey(Design),  Jac Holzman(Production Supervisor),  Bruce Botnick(Audio Engineer),  Paul Rothchild(Audio Production)

Songs

SIDE A

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    1
    Break on Through (To the Other Side)  (02:30)
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    2
    Soul Kitchen  (03:35)
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    3
    Crystal Ship  (02:34)
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    4
    Twentieth Century Fox  (02:33)
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    5
    Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)  (03:20)
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    6
    Light My Fire  (07:08)

SIDE B

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    7
    Back Door Man  (03:34)
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    8
    I Looked at You  (02:22)
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    9
    End of the Night  (02:52)
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    10
    Take It as It Comes  (02:17)
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    11
    End  (11:43)

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  • ★★★★★ 

    星影のステラー・リージョンズ  |  宮城県  |  不明  |  23/July/2009

    当時の風潮か?.. 。12分近いラストのMJの、決してダレる事のなく持続され続けるテンション..!。ハッとさせる程挑発的なオープニングM@や、MEの原題タイトル.. 。「Rockとは何か?。」の問いに、音と歌詞で、シンプルに、そしてストレートに答えてくれる歴史的傑作!。俺にとって、ドアーズの歴史なんてのは、ある意味どうでもよくて (熱狂的ファンの皆さんゴメンナサイ 。)、ここで聴けるカタルシスこそ強烈なアンチ・モラリスティックな大衆音楽のひとつだと叫びたい !。                

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  • ★☆☆☆☆ 

    R  |  コネチカット  |  不明  |  17/January/2009

    usa盤の紙ジャケはダメです。

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  • ★★★★☆ 

    モリソバ  |  屠殺場  |  不明  |  02/April/2007

    ちょっと下品でございますがね、あの、@やらFやらJやらのモリスンさんの常識無用のシャウトは「イク!」の感覚にほど近い猥雑さがあります、リミッター外れています。当時のTV映像でもかましています、これが後期になると心身疲労がたまるわ世の中革命のお熱が冷めるわで失われてしまうのです。

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