The Best of The Doors (1973 album)
The Best of The Doors | ||||
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Greatest hits album by the Doors | ||||
Released | September 10, 1973 (September 10, 1973) | |||
Recorded | 1966–1971 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 43:52 | |||
Label | Elektra | |||
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The Best of the Doors is a compilation album by the American rock band the Doors, released in September 1973 by Elektra Records. It was the third compilation album to be released by the band and contains seven of the Doors' eight Top 40 hits.[1]
Critical reception
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Christgau's Record Guide | B[2] |
Critic Robert Christgau gave the compilation a "B" rating,[2] while AllMusic's William Ruhlmann rated it four and a half out of five stars.[1] The latter commented that at the time of its release, "it was the best Doors greatest-hits collection on the market", but noted that most of the material is found on the more comprehensive The Best of the Doors first released in 1985.[1]
Releases
The songs on the album were re-mixed for four channel quadraphonic sound and the album was originally released on LP in the CD-4 Quadradisc format. The album was also released on quadraphonic 8-Track tape and Reel-to-reel tape formats. In 1980, the LP was reissued in a two-channel stereo version through the Columbia House record club.
In 2015, Audio Fidelity released the original quadraphonic mix of The Best of the Doors in the hybrid Super Audio CD format. Steve Hoffman mastered the release at Marsh Mastering. This version also contains the same content in stereo.
In 2017, the quad mix was released on Blu-Ray Audio, in the triple disc edition of the compilation The Singles.[3]
Track listing
All tracks are written by the Doors (Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger and John Densmore), except as noted. Details are taken from the 1973 U.S. Elektra release; other releases may show different information.[4]
No. | Title | Original album (year) | Length |
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1. | "Who Do You Love?" (Ellas McDaniel a.k.a. Bo Diddley) | Absolutely Live (1970) | 6:48 |
2. | "Soul Kitchen" | The Doors (1967) | 3:30 |
3. | "Hello, I Love You" | Waiting for the Sun (1968) | 2:23 |
4. | "People Are Strange" | Strange Days (1967) | 2:10 |
5. | "Riders on the Storm" | L.A. Woman (1971) | 7:05 |
No. | Title | Original album (year) | Length |
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1. | "Touch Me" | The Soft Parade (1969) | 3:15 |
2. | "Love Her Madly" | L.A. Woman | 3:20 |
3. | "Love Me Two Times" | Strange Days | 3:16 |
4. | "Take It as It Comes" | The Doors | 2:14 |
5. | "Moonlight Drive" | Strange Days | 3:01 |
6. | "Light My Fire" | The Doors | 6:50 |
Personnel
From the 1973 Elektra album:[4]
- Jim Morrison – vocals
- Robbie Krieger – guitar
- Ray Manzarek – piano, organ, bass keyboards, marimba
- John Densmore – drums
References
- ^ a b c d Ruhlman, William. "The Best of The Doors [1973] – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
- ^ a b Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: D". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^ Paul Sinclair (28 June 2017). "The Doors / The Singles 2CD+Blu-ray". superdeluxeedition.com. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
- ^ a b The Best of the Doors (Album notes). The Doors. New York City: Elektra Records. 1973. LP labels, back cover. EQ-5035.
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- The Doors (1967)
- Strange Days (1967)
- Waiting for the Sun (1968)
- The Soft Parade (1969)
- Morrison Hotel (1970)
- L.A. Woman (1971)
- Other Voices (1971)
- Full Circle (1972)
- An American Prayer (1978)
- Absolutely Live (1970)
- Alive, She Cried (1983)
- Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1987)
- In Concert (1991)
- Message to Love: The Isle of Wight Festival 1970 (1996)
Bright Midnight Archives |
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- 13 (1970)
- Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine (1972)
- The Best of The Doors (1973)
- Greatest Hits (1980)
- The Doors Classics (1985)
- The Best of The Doors (1985)
- Greatest Hits (1996)
- Essential Rarities (1999)
- The Best of The Doors (2000)
- The Very Best of The Doors (2001)
- Legacy: The Absolute Best (2003)
- The Very Best of The Doors (2007)
- The Future Starts Here: The Essential Doors Hits (2008)
- The Platinum Collection (2008)
- The Singles (2017)
- The Doors (1991)
- When You're Strange: Music from the Motion Picture (2010)
- The Doors: Box Set (1997)
- The Complete Studio Recordings (1999)
- No One Here Gets Out Alive (2002)
- Boot Yer Butt: The Doors Bootlegs (2003)
- Love/Death/Travel Box Set (2005)
- Perception (2006)
- The Doors: Vinyl Box Set (2008)
- A Collection (2011)
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1983 |
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- Wilderness: The Lost Writings of Jim Morrison
- The American Night
- No One Here Gets Out Alive
- The Doors Are Open (1968)
- A Tribute to Jim Morrison (1981)
- The Doors (1991)
- The Doors – 30 Years Commemorative Edition (1999)
- Soundstage Performances (2002)
- Live in Europe 1968 (2004)
- When You're Strange (2009)
- Live at the Bowl (2012)
- R-Evolution (2013)
- Feast of Friends (2014)
- Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 (2018)
- Discography
- Rick & the Ravens
- Bill Siddons
- Danny Sugerman
- Butts Band
- Manzarek–Krieger
- "Craigslist"
- The Lost Paris Tapes
- Stoned Immaculate: The Music of The Doors
- Barbaturex morrisoni
- HWY: An American Pastoral
- Night Divides the Day – The Music of the Doors
- Light My Fire: A Classic Rock Salute to The Doors
- Pamela Courson
- Patricia Kennealy-Morrison
- George Stephen Morrison
- Paul A. Rothchild
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