I absolutely love The Doors. They are a Top 10 band for me. The bluesy psychedelic sound, Morrison's hypnotic yet equally lush and menacing voice, his fascinating lyrics. But I get why people don't like them. Edit: My ranking 1) The Doors (5/5) 2) L.A. Woman (5/5) 3) Strange Days (4/5) 4) Morrison Hotel (3.5/5) 5) The Soft Parade (3/5) 6) Waiting for the Sun (3/5) 7) Other Voices (2/5) 8) Full Circle (2/5) 9) An American Prayer (1.5/5)
This was fun to listen to. For me, without going back and studying exactly which songs are on which albums (since I can never remember), my list would be: 1. The Doors (probably) 2-6 the other albums with Jim 7-9 the albums post Jim
Great lists, one of my favorite bands, at least the first 6 albums and American Prayer with Jim that is. Here's my rankings : 1 - L.A. Woman 2 - Morrison Hotel 3 - The Doors 4 - Waiting For The Sun 5 - Strange Days 6 - The Soft Parade 7 - An American Prayer 8 - Other Voices 9 - Full Circle
6. The Soft Parade 5. Waiting for the Sun 4. Morrison Hotel 3. LA Woman 2. The Doors 1. Strange Days Strange days is not a popular album, and usually not so well ranked as the debut or Morrison Hotel, but to me it is the most consistent one, with an overall dark moody psychedelic feel. It lack hits like the other ones, but all songs seems to go very well together. I feel the other albums are somehow a little disjointed, and this is the only one that really feels like a real album.
This would be my exact ranking as well. I always come back to this one. Makes you go down on a dark trip. And I'm sure I'm being weird but You're Lost Little Girl... I like that song over many of their hits xD
I’m blown away at how head scratching some of Joe’s calls can be when I find myself mostly agreeing with his choices more than kramzer and jason but how on earth is the soft parade better than la woman AND strange days. Mind boggling sir just outright mind boggling
I was surprised myself how much I liked Soft Parade. The bluesy LA Woman seems like a creative step back and Strange Days didn’t connect other than the singles. - Joe
The Doors have been my favorite since about 12 when I bought the 2CD Best Of, so it was a little tough to hear some of your opinions and rankings on this, but appreciate them nonetheless. I have always deeply connected with them, and later in life came to appreciate each member's contributions. They were/are so unique, and very American - for whatever that means, not sure how to articulate it. Morrison Hotel and Soft Parade are my two favorites atm.
I also bought that 2 CD "Best of" as my first introduction to The Doors and it was great! But then when I delved deeper into their catalogue, there was so much gold to find. It's not often that happens for me. Usually, when a band puts out a "greatest hits" album, the songs they didn't include are decidedly mid (ahem... looking at you, Eagles!). Not so for The Doors!
Not even gonna bother to rank the albums released after Morrison's passing... 1. The Doors 2. Morrison Hotel 3. Strange Days 4. L.A. Woman 5. Waiting for the Sun 6. The Soft Parade My top three are 5-star classic albums, imo. The others are good with some stellar moments on each.
the main 6 1. L.A. Woman (fav. love her madly) 2. The Doors (fav. crystal ship) 3. The Soft Parade (fav. wishful sinful) 4. Morrison Hotel (fav. peace frog/blue sunday, usually played together) 5. Strange Days (fav. you're lost little girl) 6. Waiting for the Sun (fav. love street)
Finally got to the last couple of Morrison albums I hadn't heard yet! 1. LA Woman 2. The Doors 3. Strange Days 4. Waiting for the Sun 5. Morrison Hotel 6. The Soft Parade
1 - L.A. Woman 2 - Strange Days (MONO!) 3 - Morrison Hotel 4 - The Doors (MONO!) 5 - Other Voices (Fuck Yeah!) 6 - Waiting For The Sun (With Celebration of the Lizard King Studio Edition) 7 - An American Prayer (Yeah !!) 8 - The Soft Parade (Half of it pure genious, the rest cringe) 9 - Full Circle (Mosquito Instrumental Themes, Verdilac too is fantastic!) Live, u totally need "In Concert" 2 CD and also the 4 CD box from 1997 is well worth your money ! Also Manzareks first solo LP "The Golden Scarab" is a must have album !
1. LA Woman 2. The Doors 3. Morrison Hotel 4. Strange Days 5. Waiting for the Sun 6. The Soft Parade 7. An American Prayer 8. Other Voices 9. Full Circle
One of my favorite bands of all time. Jason, you need to give them another chance. My list is: 1. Strange Days. 2. The Doors. 3. L. A. Woman. 4. Morrison Hotel. 5. Waiting for the Sun. 6. Sof Parade. I don't even consider the post-Morrison records as part of their catalogue. Fantastic job guys!!!
Love these breakdowns. I go back and listen to the band's albums that you rank. I's been fun little trip listening to some albums I haven't listened to in a while.👍👍
I definitely rate Soft Parade higher and LA Woman. Off the top of my head, a top 5: 1. The Doors (Classic with amazing songs throughout) 2. LA Woman (title track, Riders on the Storm, Love Her Madly, good stuff) 3. Strange Days (title track, Love Me Two Times, When the Music's Over) 4. Soft Parade (title track, Touch Me, Tell All The People, solid album IMO) 5. Morrison Hotel (ROADHOUSE BLUES!, Waiting for the Sun, Indian Summer, amazing 1-2 opener) Honorable mention for Five to One, GREAT TRACK! I just rediscovered these guys after many years and they rule. They were doing stuff in the late 60's that reminds me of Deep Purple. Their music was really diverse and a lot of it rocked. I would not call them a "proto metal band" but some of their stuff scorches. Great band that I encourage anybody to discover today, in 2024.
Stay in the moment. Be whole. That's exactly what makes The Soft Parade so great. The album runs like a soldier, as if conducted by Sir Eliot Gardiner. Of course there are the bigger songs on the Doors' other LPs. Hardly any of their other albums are so well rounded.
Kramzer's list is dead on. ✨ IMO, that's the righteous, accurate ranking. 🚪 Marc p.s. one thing though, the song "The Soft Parade" contains a pretty badass musical section.
1 Strange Days 2 debut album 3 LA Woman 4 Waiting for the Sun 5 Morrison Hotel 6 Soft Parade 7 all the rest tied. Strange Days is their psychedelic lp with the best carnival atmosphere. The debut is their objectively best album, hands down, but to me Days is my sentimental fav. Even the Doors thought Days was second best along with LA Woman
@@TastesLikeMusic yeah, I get you - the debut is monumental, hands down the best debut ever along with Hendrix. Amazed at how confident these two debuts are. It would be my number 1 but Strange Days was the first Doors for me so more sentimental, but so atmospheric. I got the reissued 45 RPM audiophile vinyl pressings of Days and LA and they blow your socks off, so as a proper listening experience (which they didn't quite get the on first time pressings) these two are sparkling.
Hi guys. Working my way a bit haphazardly through your listographies - really enjoying them. In regard to The Doors' influence, you might want to check out The Stranglers, an English band from Surrey whose original line-up was very popular in the UK and also did pretty well in Australia and parts of Europe. Having denied it initially, they later admitted that they were quite heavily influenced by The Doors, most evident through the work of their keyboard player, Dave Greenfield (who, sadly, died of Covid-19 last summer). Although they broke through as part of the UK punk scene, they were a bit older and more musically adept than their peers, and the original four-piece line-up (10 studio albums of rankable quality) remain one of my favourite bands - easily in my top 30. Thank you for the lists. Looking forward to seeing what you tackle in the future while I continue to catch up.
The Door with Jim where a great band, my favourite, especially songs such as The End, When the music is over, the Soft Parade and many others. No one put the energy into music like Jim did with his vocals, and the great lyrics. Absolutely Live is my favorite album. The Doors are an acquired taste and not for everyone.
My favourite Doors albums are the debut and LA Woman. The issue I have with the ones in between is that no matter how many times I listen to them, I can never remember the songs - the titles, how they go, anything about them. In one ear, out the other. Nice discussion guys.
I like the concept of a band being too like itself. Someone once told me the problem they had with the Beatles is that they're 'too Beatle-y'. It would have been fun to have heard Jason talk about The Doors.
Maybe someday we’ll do an episode where we talk about bands that we don’t like and share some thoughts about the bands covered in episodes that we sat out. -Jason
I love the Doors. I actually like some elements of the post- Morrison albums but it's obvious there is a gaping hole in the band without him. I like a lot of their live stuff too. Thanks guys.
The Doors are, definitely, one of the most original and, at the same time, subversive bands ever. The word "manacing" is SO much fitting for this band. I like their unique chemistry, specially at their prime in the beginning. Part of their discography I can't rank, though, because of Morrison's absence. 6 - The Soft Parade 5 - Waiting For The Sun 4 - Morrison Hotel 3 - L.A. Woman 2 - Strange Days 1 - The Doors ("The End" is, by far, their best song!) I don't know if you have done episodes for these bands, but I suggest incorporating some non-English speaking bands... Such as Mutantes, from my country. :)
I was 17 when The Doors came out. In my opinion they never produced a bad song. I can listen to any Doors album and get a different mood from each one.
6. LA Woman 5. Morrison Hotel 4. Waiting for the Sun 3. Strange Days 2. The Doors 1. The Soft Parade Last time I did a ranking of these albums, The Soft Parade was last place.
My worst-best the doors albums of all time. 9. Full circle 8. Other voices 7. An American prayer 6. The soft parade 5. Morrison hotel 4. Strange days 3. Waiting for the sun 2. La woman 1. The doors
I love The Doors! Here is my list: 1. LA Woman- I am no singer, but this is my all time favorite sing along album. I love every track. 5 2. Strange Days- There's a fantastic darkness to this album. 5 3. The Doors- A very close third. 5 4. Morrison Hotel 5 5. Waiting for the Sun 5 6. The Soft Parade 4.5 7. An American Prayer 3 8. Other Voices 2 9. Full Circle 2
I got The Doors > LA Woman > Strange Days > Morrison Hotel > Waiting For the Sun > The Soft Parade > Other Voices > Full Circle. The debut is one of those rare 'all killer, no filler' albums for me
I wish you guys would do one of these on The Tragically Hip. One of my all time favorites band. Gordon the lead singer has passed on so I dont think they are together any more.
For me, the first 2 albums are the best by a lot, with both making my 1967 top 5 and Strange Days edging out the debut (I think “When The Music’s Over” works a bit better than “The End” and the darkness overall feels more convincing). “Light My Fire” is my favorite song of theirs, though. At the bottom, Other Voices may be the most consistently mediocre album I’ve ever heard, but I think the lows are worse on Full Circle, and An American Prayer seems to suggest that Jim Morrison’s poetry outside the context of actual songs is mostly just stupid. 1. Strange Days 2. The Doors 3. L.A. Woman (this was my #4 for awhile, but I like the title track more than I used to) 4. Morrison Hotel 5. Waiting For The Sun 6. The Soft Parade 7. Other Voices 8. Full Circle 9. An American Prayer
I have never listened to the Doors that much. I can not rembember my parents to ever listended to them at home. I'm very glad discovering und enjoying them now a lot.
Great to see The Doors and Morrison Hotel in the Top 2. I agree with the entire rank other than swapping The Soft Parade and Waiting For the Sun. Always good to see Other Voices and Full Circle included.
Back when I had almost no knowledge of this kind of music, I used to think that all of the Misfits and Danzig songs were sung by Jim Morrison because of how similar their voices sounded. 😂
My list goes 1. The Doors 2. Waiting For Sun 3. Morrison Hotel 4. LA Woman 5. Soft Parade 6. Strange Days All the albums are amazing but if I had to rank them it would be this.
Haven't heard any of the releases after Morrison's passing, I'll have to give them a chance. 6. Morrison Hotel 5. The Soft Parade 4. L.A. Woman 3. Waiting for the Sun 2. Strange Days 1. The Doors (debut)
1. The Doors 2, Strange Days 3. Morrison Hotel 4. Waiting for the Sun 5. LA Woman 6. The Soft Parade I was a teenager when the Oliver Stone movie came out, and that’s when I started listening to them. Their debut is in my Top-50 of all time. #2 would be in my Top-100. #3-4 would be in the Top-150. I don’t care much for Soft Parade and I think LA Woman is their most over-rated.
My mother saw them live in '68. Pretty awesome. One of the best bands ever. Def in my top 10 favorites. Agree they are more of a songs band then albums, but the debut and LA Woman are phenomenal. Strange Days isn't far behind those records. 1. The Doors 2. LA Woman 3. Strange Days 4. The Soft Parade 5. Morrison Hotel 6. Waiting for the Sun
Nice list, as always. For me, a very good band, though probably not in my top 20. I know using the word "interesting" is typically not a great thing in rock music, but they really were. For my list, I did not include An American Prayer. For me, this should've been called An American Cash Grab. Just pretentious and unnecessary. Other than that: 8. Other Voices. Wretched. I was too young to remember when this came out, but I can only imagine the universal shrugging of shoulders and shaking of heads when it did. 7. Full Circle. Slightly better. But slightly better than #8 isn't saying much. 6. Strange Days. Hard to repeat their classic debut. In hard rock/metal terms, this would be like Van Halen II compared to Van Halen I. But that's just me. 5.The Soft Parade. Wishful Sinful is great. Touch Me, even better. Overall a pretty polarizing record, but holds up well. 4.Morrison Hotel. Very confident record. Peace Frog still one of my favorites. 3. Waiting For The Sun. I wanted to rank this higher. I should be terribly sick of Hello, I Love You, but nope. Still great. Love Street, same. 2. The Doors debut. I'm so torn between this and my number one. It will never get old. 1. LA Woman. I can't think of a band with better bookend albums (obviously not counting the post-Morrison debacle). Just fantastic.
Jason, where were ya? Were you serious about The Soft Parade? Or were you just bustin' their chops? I love The Soft Parade, but never knew anyone else that did, hahahehe. Title track is GREAT. "everything must be this way". So true.
Well done. I disagree with the order (LA Woman is my #1, Soft Parade is #6, the ones without a breathing Morrison are travesties), but I enjoy that you guys generally liked this band. They're definitely in my top 10 overall. The "epic" songs are definitely something you have to be in the mood for. You can't be in halfway with those songs!
6. LA Woman 5. Morrison Hotel 4 The Soft Parade (the title track is fantastic!) 3. debut (at as high a level as the following 2 but not as well produced and Light My Fire and The End, I've just heard too much) 2. Waiting For The Sun 1. Strange Days
The Doors (perfect debut album), L.A. Woman (Robby's best moment), Strange Days (very similar to their debut, just a bit slower), Morrison Hotel, (roadhouse/peacefrog/maggie great, the rest is soft rock), Waiting for the Sun (too psychedelic), The Soft Parade (overproduced).
Always loved the Doors. Their unique sound & provocative lyrics created an intoxicating mix. Over the years I've encountered a fair number of people who can't stand them. I assume it's mostly due to all the stories about what a drunken lout Morrison supposedly was. I've read negative stuff about Jimi Hendrix & John Lennon too, but I don't let it keep me from enjoying their music. Human beings are flawed but they can still produce wonderful art. #1 The Doors. #2 Morrison Hotel. #3 Strange Days. #4 L.A. Woman. #5 Waiting for the Sun. #6 The Soft Parade. The post Morrison albums were just a sad cash grab.
9. Full Circle (1972) ★ 8. Other Voices (1971) ★ 7. An American Prayer (1978) ★½ 6. The Soft Parade (1969) ★★★ 5. L.A. Woman (1971) ★★★½ 4. Waiting for the Sun (1968) ★★★★ 3. Strange Days (1967) ★★★★½ 2. Morrison Hotel (1970) ★★★★½ 1. The Doors (1967) ★★★★½ ★★★★★ - Masterpiece ★★★★½ - Really great ★★★★ - Great ★★★½ - Really good ★★★ - Good ★★½ - OK ★★ - Bad ★½ - Really bad ★ - Awful ½ - The worst
@@Amaralder I may have been a little harsh with my ratings for the post-Jim albums. It's probably only Full Circle that deserves half a star, but I'd say all of them are below two stars. I relistened to some of the albums and gave The Soft Parade three stars, but I think it's still pretty far from the other "real" Doors albums.
Without Jim the albums they made were inferior to their previous works.Those made with Jim were great LPs and there can be no question of any of them being bad as such.Reviewing such bands calls for caution.American prayer is a collectors item and a discography filler.
1. The Doors; 2. The Soft Parade; 3. Morrison Hotel; 4. LA Woman; 5. Strange Days; 6. Waiting for the Sun. I think the critics missed the point of The Soft Parade, which is a concept album about man's rejection of God, and his descent into hell, as epitomized by song The Soft Parade. I think the Doors wrote songs like The End, When the Music's Over, and The Soft Parade because of Jim Morrison's fixation on God, death, and hell.
Ill do the 7 I have listened to. The main 6 + An American Prayer. I do want to make it clear, I dont hate any of these albums. I love them all being totally honest. 1. Waiting For The Sun 2. The Doors 3. Strange Days 4. L.A. Woman 5. The Soft Parade 6. Morrison Hotel 7. An American Prayer
My DOORS top 10 is a bit predicatble. On top is the debut album THE DOORS followed closely by LA WOMAN and STRANGE DAYS. All 3 absolute classics! Almost as good is MORRISON HOTEL with WAITING FOR THE SUN and SOFT PAARADE being a bit lesser albums but still crying to be heard.
7, 8 and 9 - haven't heard the last three, and kind of don't feel like it 6 - "The Soft Parade" 5 - "Strange Days" 4 - "L.A. Woman" 3 - "Morrison Hotel" 2 - "Waiting For The Sun" 1 - "THE DOORS"
Not a big fan, but they're kinda fun. Definitely prefer the earlier, more psychedelic stuff rather than their bluesy shit: 1. Strange days 2. The Doors 3. The soft parade 4. Waiting for the sun 5. L.A. woman 6. Morrison hotel 7. Other voices 8. Full circle 9. American prayer
Boyz I was sooo excited to watch this video but it reminds me of a particularly shit Christmas I had lol. (I asked for a mobile phone and got a box of chocolates and a suitcase). LA Woman one of the best albums of all time for me. I can’t type anymore through my tears....
They tried that - but too late. In 1973 Krieger and Densmore started Butts Band with singer Jess Roden. Far better than the so-called Doors albums without Morrison but still pretty "normal" given those player's reputation. The Doors were a unit similar to Led Zeppelin - you cannot take any of the elements out or replace it, it is the chemistry of the four members that creates the result.
@@roxannewalsh yes i would agree with zeppelin, when john bonham died there was no way they would have carried on without him, same could be said for the beatles, they had that chemistry.
Love the doors. 1. The doors 2. La woman 3. Morrison hotel 4. Waiting for the sun 5. Strange days 6. Soft parade Dont care about the rest. Greatest song riders on the storm. Nice review soft parade never number 1 Steve from liverpool BEACH BOYS LIST NEXT
All of the six albums (six not nine, regardless what those 3 albums have printed on the cover) are essential classics and almost any track is still relevant and listenable today. It is a legacy that rarely any band has left behind in rock history. The first album for me is the best and most influential debut album ever released (I think I commented like this on the respective list of debut albums a while ago). LA Woman is their most accessible due to the more blues based song structures but not their best. Waiting for the Sun is their most light-weighted but that does not make it bad. 6. Soft Parade - the horns are not the problem but the Robbie Krieger songs are, the weakest tracks in the Doors catalogue, but the others compensate for it. A warning of where the Doors would go without Morrison. 5. Waiting for the Sun - Five to One or Not to Touch the Earth are great songs and the lighter tunes like Love Street or Summer's Almost Gone show another side of the band especially of Jim Morrison as a singer. 4. L.A. Woman 3. Morrison Hotel 2. Strange Days - yes, it is almost a re-make of the debut but each track just stands on its own, another 10 gems like no other band had done them before. 1. The Doors - one of the top 10 greatest albums of all times PS - Out of the works the survivors have released I find the first four Ray Manzarek (he is not "singing") records from the mid 70's quite enjoyable at times even if they have nothing in common with the Doors - but maybe that is the good thing about them.
I greatly respect your opinion,but I can think of several debuts that I personally prefer,including Hendrix,Neil Young,Velvet Underground,Led Zeppelin,Wire,Television,Patti Smith. My personal favorite is John Prine's Debut. I would also take Love Forever Changes over the Doors debut in a heartbeat
I absolutely love The Doors. They are a Top 10 band for me. The bluesy psychedelic sound, Morrison's hypnotic yet equally lush and menacing voice, his fascinating lyrics. But I get why people don't like them.
Edit: My ranking
1) The Doors (5/5)
2) L.A. Woman (5/5)
3) Strange Days (4/5)
4) Morrison Hotel (3.5/5)
5) The Soft Parade (3/5)
6) Waiting for the Sun (3/5)
7) Other Voices (2/5)
8) Full Circle (2/5)
9) An American Prayer (1.5/5)
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LA Woman is my favourite Doors album by a mile. Their musicianship and writing really matured. Brilliant album.
The End is one of the greatest songs of all time
It's my favorite song from the doors
I agree.
@@therealmomo8033 Same here.
The greatest
No, it isn’t. It’s just a bunch a nonsense rambling that even Jim Morrison admitted didn’t mean anything at all.
1.Strange Days
2.The Doors
3.Soft Parade
4.L.A. Woman
5.Waiting For The Sun
6.Morrison Hotel
This was fun to listen to. For me, without going back and studying exactly which songs are on which albums (since I can never remember), my list would be:
1. The Doors (probably)
2-6 the other albums with Jim
7-9 the albums post Jim
Great lists, one of my favorite bands, at least the first 6 albums and American Prayer with Jim that is. Here's my rankings :
1 - L.A. Woman
2 - Morrison Hotel
3 - The Doors
4 - Waiting For The Sun
5 - Strange Days
6 - The Soft Parade
7 - An American Prayer
8 - Other Voices
9 - Full Circle
We are simpatico, sir (although I, admittedly, haven't listened to the last two because... life is short!).
Big Doors fan such an iconic band. 50 years after Jim passed they still sell millions of albums. Pretty impressive.
6. The Soft Parade
5. Waiting for the Sun
4. Morrison Hotel
3. LA Woman
2. The Doors
1. Strange Days
Strange days is not a popular album, and usually not so well ranked as the debut or Morrison Hotel, but to me it is the most consistent one, with an overall dark moody psychedelic feel. It lack hits like the other ones, but all songs seems to go very well together. I feel the other albums are somehow a little disjointed, and this is the only one that really feels like a real album.
I really enjoy Strange Days too. I have it just behind the debut.
Strange days is my fav too!
This would be my exact ranking as well. I always come back to this one. Makes you go down on a dark trip. And I'm sure I'm being weird but You're Lost Little Girl... I like that song over many of their hits xD
@@Punkadelic2112 i love that one too. That one and Unhappy Girl are among my favourites on this one
I’m blown away at how head scratching some of Joe’s calls can be when I find myself mostly agreeing with his choices more than kramzer and jason but how on earth is the soft parade better than la woman AND strange days. Mind boggling sir just outright mind boggling
I was surprised myself how much I liked Soft Parade. The bluesy LA Woman seems like a creative step back and Strange Days didn’t connect other than the singles. - Joe
The Doors have been my favorite since about 12 when I bought the 2CD Best Of, so it was a little tough to hear some of your opinions and rankings on this, but appreciate them nonetheless. I have always deeply connected with them, and later in life came to appreciate each member's contributions. They were/are so unique, and very American - for whatever that means, not sure how to articulate it.
Morrison Hotel and Soft Parade are my two favorites atm.
I also bought that 2 CD "Best of" as my first introduction to The Doors and it was great! But then when I delved deeper into their catalogue, there was so much gold to find. It's not often that happens for me. Usually, when a band puts out a "greatest hits" album, the songs they didn't include are decidedly mid (ahem... looking at you, Eagles!). Not so for The Doors!
Not even gonna bother to rank the albums released after Morrison's passing...
1. The Doors
2. Morrison Hotel
3. Strange Days
4. L.A. Woman
5. Waiting for the Sun
6. The Soft Parade
My top three are 5-star classic albums, imo. The others are good with some stellar moments on each.
My Rankings exactly. All of the Morrison albums are all really good. The debut and Morrison Hotel are both absolute classics.
I think Strange Days is their best album.
the main 6
1. L.A. Woman (fav. love her madly)
2. The Doors (fav. crystal ship)
3. The Soft Parade (fav. wishful sinful)
4. Morrison Hotel (fav. peace frog/blue sunday, usually played together)
5. Strange Days (fav. you're lost little girl)
6. Waiting for the Sun (fav. love street)
Great review & discussion of the Doors. I've listen to a dozen or so of your videos in the last few days and have enjoyed them all.
Thanks, Bill. Greatly appreciated. - Joe
Finally got to the last couple of Morrison albums I hadn't heard yet!
1. LA Woman
2. The Doors
3. Strange Days
4. Waiting for the Sun
5. Morrison Hotel
6. The Soft Parade
1 - L.A. Woman
2 - Strange Days (MONO!)
3 - Morrison Hotel
4 - The Doors (MONO!)
5 - Other Voices (Fuck Yeah!)
6 - Waiting For The Sun (With Celebration of the Lizard King Studio Edition)
7 - An American Prayer (Yeah !!)
8 - The Soft Parade
(Half of it pure genious, the rest cringe)
9 - Full Circle (Mosquito Instrumental Themes, Verdilac too is fantastic!)
Live, u totally need "In Concert" 2 CD and also the 4 CD box from 1997 is well worth your money !
Also Manzareks first solo LP "The Golden Scarab" is a must have album !
1. LA Woman
2. The Doors
3. Morrison Hotel
4. Strange Days
5. Waiting for the Sun
6. The Soft Parade
7. An American Prayer
8. Other Voices
9. Full Circle
One of my favorite bands of all time. Jason, you need to give them another chance.
My list is:
1. Strange Days.
2. The Doors.
3. L. A. Woman.
4. Morrison Hotel.
5. Waiting for the Sun.
6. Sof Parade.
I don't even consider the post-Morrison records as part of their catalogue.
Fantastic job guys!!!
hey Fran - Not surprized yer a Doors fan! At imes I actually had Strange Days as my #1 Doors album. Always close debut/strange days/morrison hotel . .
@@NaughtyVampireGod I checked out your list too. Awesome taste mate!
I'm a big Doors fan and have a fondness for Strange Days too, but as NaughtyVampireGod says it is always a close call.
Love these breakdowns. I go back and listen to the band's albums that you rank. I's been fun little trip listening to some albums I haven't listened to in a while.👍👍
1- the doors
2- LA woman
3- strange days
4- waiting for the sun
5- morrison hotel
6- soft parade .
I definitely rate Soft Parade higher and LA Woman. Off the top of my head, a top 5:
1. The Doors (Classic with amazing songs throughout)
2. LA Woman (title track, Riders on the Storm, Love Her Madly, good stuff)
3. Strange Days (title track, Love Me Two Times, When the Music's Over)
4. Soft Parade (title track, Touch Me, Tell All The People, solid album IMO)
5. Morrison Hotel (ROADHOUSE BLUES!, Waiting for the Sun, Indian Summer, amazing 1-2 opener)
Honorable mention for Five to One, GREAT TRACK! I just rediscovered these guys after many years and they rule. They were doing stuff in the late 60's that reminds me of Deep Purple. Their music was really diverse and a lot of it rocked. I would not call them a "proto metal band" but some of their stuff scorches. Great band that I encourage anybody to discover today, in 2024.
1. The Doors
2. Strange Days
3. LA Women
4. Morrison Hotel
5. Waiting For The Sun
6. Soft Parade
7. An American Prayer
8. Other Voices
9. Full Circle
1. Debut
2. La woman
3. Strange days
4. Morrison hotel
5. Soft parade
6. Waiting for the sun
Don't care about the others
I'm with Jason I'm not a Doors fan, but I wanted to say I loved the first 2 seconds of this video.
Stay in the moment. Be whole. That's exactly what makes The Soft Parade so great. The album runs like a soldier, as if conducted by Sir Eliot Gardiner. Of course there are the bigger songs on the Doors' other LPs. Hardly any of their other albums are so well rounded.
Kramzer's list is dead on. ✨
IMO, that's the righteous, accurate ranking.
🚪
Marc
p.s. one thing though, the song "The Soft Parade" contains a pretty badass musical section.
1 Strange Days 2 debut album 3 LA Woman 4 Waiting for the Sun 5 Morrison Hotel 6 Soft Parade 7 all the rest tied. Strange Days is their psychedelic lp with the best carnival atmosphere. The debut is their objectively best album, hands down, but to me Days is my sentimental fav. Even the Doors thought Days was second best along with LA Woman
For some reason Strange Days and LA woman didn’t click with me. Debut is best. - Joe
@@TastesLikeMusic yeah, I get you - the debut is monumental, hands down the best debut ever along with Hendrix. Amazed at how confident these two debuts are. It would be my number 1 but Strange Days was the first Doors for me so more sentimental, but so atmospheric. I got the reissued 45 RPM audiophile vinyl pressings of Days and LA and they blow your socks off, so as a proper listening experience (which they didn't quite get the on first time pressings) these two are sparkling.
Hi guys. Working my way a bit haphazardly through your listographies - really enjoying them.
In regard to The Doors' influence, you might want to check out The Stranglers, an English band from Surrey whose original line-up was very popular in the UK and also did pretty well in Australia and parts of Europe.
Having denied it initially, they later admitted that they were quite heavily influenced by The Doors, most evident through the work of their keyboard player, Dave Greenfield (who, sadly, died of Covid-19 last summer).
Although they broke through as part of the UK punk scene, they were a bit older and more musically adept than their peers, and the original four-piece line-up (10 studio albums of rankable quality) remain one of my favourite bands - easily in my top 30.
Thank you for the lists. Looking forward to seeing what you tackle in the future while I continue to catch up.
The Door with Jim where a great band, my favourite, especially songs such as The End, When the music is over, the Soft Parade and many others. No one put the energy into music like Jim did with his vocals, and the great lyrics. Absolutely Live is my favorite album. The Doors are an acquired taste and not for everyone.
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My favourite Doors albums are the debut and LA Woman. The issue I have with the ones in between is that no matter how many times I listen to them, I can never remember the songs - the titles, how they go, anything about them. In one ear, out the other. Nice discussion guys.
1)The Doors 2) Strange days 3) morrison hotel 4) Soft Parade5) Waiting for the sun 6)L.A. woman
I like the concept of a band being too like itself. Someone once told me the problem they had with the Beatles is that they're 'too Beatle-y'. It would have been fun to have heard Jason talk about The Doors.
Maybe someday we’ll do an episode where we talk about bands that we don’t like and share some thoughts about the bands covered in episodes that we sat out. -Jason
Hearing Jason vent about the Doors would have been both infuriating and great at the same time! :)
I love the Doors. I actually like some elements of the post- Morrison albums but it's obvious there is a gaping hole in the band without him. I like a lot of their live stuff too. Thanks guys.
Waiting for the sun does have my favorite doors song with not touch the sun.
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The Doors are, definitely, one of the most original and, at the same time, subversive bands ever. The word "manacing" is SO much fitting for this band. I like their unique chemistry, specially at their prime in the beginning. Part of their discography I can't rank, though, because of Morrison's absence.
6 - The Soft Parade
5 - Waiting For The Sun
4 - Morrison Hotel
3 - L.A. Woman
2 - Strange Days
1 - The Doors ("The End" is, by far, their best song!)
I don't know if you have done episodes for these bands, but I suggest incorporating some non-English speaking bands... Such as Mutantes, from my country. :)
It's their best song, but not by far.
I was 17 when The Doors came out. In my opinion they never produced a bad song. I can listen to any Doors album and get a different mood from each one.
They really grew on me doing this Listography. - Joe
6. LA Woman
5. Morrison Hotel
4. Waiting for the Sun
3. Strange Days
2. The Doors
1. The Soft Parade
Last time I did a ranking of these albums, The Soft Parade was last place.
Soft parade is great. Not my favorite, but wildly underrated. - Joe
My worst-best the doors albums of all time.
9. Full circle
8. Other voices
7. An American prayer
6. The soft parade
5. Morrison hotel
4. Strange days
3. Waiting for the sun
2. La woman
1. The doors
I think Other Voices and Full Circle have some excellent music and some of their best instrumental work.
Great band
Debut album is my favourite album
I love The Doors! Here is my list:
1. LA Woman- I am no singer, but this is my all time favorite sing along album. I love every track. 5
2. Strange Days- There's a fantastic darkness to this album. 5
3. The Doors- A very close third. 5
4. Morrison Hotel 5
5. Waiting for the Sun 5
6. The Soft Parade 4.5
7. An American Prayer 3
8. Other Voices 2
9. Full Circle 2
Great band!
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Great review. Thanks guys.
I’m definitely a certified Doors hater, but this was pretty interesting! Good job guys 🤙🏼
Yo igual los odio
LA Woman-#1 Morrison Hotel #2 The Doors #3
I got The Doors > LA Woman > Strange Days > Morrison Hotel > Waiting For the Sun > The Soft Parade > Other Voices > Full Circle. The debut is one of those rare 'all killer, no filler' albums for me
You know that "mano a mano" means "hand in hand" and NOT "Man to man", right? 😄
LA woman is basically a live album. I first heard it 1971, blew me away and should be No.1
It disappointed me in 2020. - Joe
By then there was no way to cover up Morrisons' descent into alcoholism.
Interesting listing. I should do the Doors myself.
Surprised you haven’t already!
LA Woman is in my top ten favorite albums.
I wish you guys would do one of these on The Tragically Hip. One of my all time favorites band. Gordon the lead singer has passed on so I dont think they are together any more.
Not a Doors fan but the debut is so perfect.
For me, the first 2 albums are the best by a lot, with both making my 1967 top 5 and Strange Days edging out the debut (I think “When The Music’s Over” works a bit better than “The End” and the darkness overall feels more convincing). “Light My Fire” is my favorite song of theirs, though. At the bottom, Other Voices may be the most consistently mediocre album I’ve ever heard, but I think the lows are worse on Full Circle, and An American Prayer seems to suggest that Jim Morrison’s poetry outside the context of actual songs is mostly just stupid.
1. Strange Days
2. The Doors
3. L.A. Woman (this was my #4 for awhile, but I like the title track more than I used to)
4. Morrison Hotel
5. Waiting For The Sun
6. The Soft Parade
7. Other Voices
8. Full Circle
9. An American Prayer
I have never listened to the Doors that much. I can not rembember my parents to ever listended to them at home. I'm very glad discovering und enjoying them now a lot.
Son muy malos men, evitalos
Great to see The Doors and Morrison Hotel in the Top 2. I agree with the entire rank other than swapping The Soft Parade and Waiting For the Sun. Always good to see Other Voices and Full Circle included.
Can't believe I'm hearing this, The End, When The Music's Over too long? you guys are so boring.
This comment is boring. - Joe
Back when I had almost no knowledge of this kind of music, I used to think that all of the Misfits and Danzig songs were sung by Jim Morrison because of how similar their voices sounded. 😂
6. The Soft Parade
5. Waiting for the Sun
4. Morrison Hotel
3. Strange Days
2. L.A. Woman
1. The Doors
Good list
My list goes
1. The Doors
2. Waiting For Sun
3. Morrison Hotel
4. LA Woman
5. Soft Parade
6. Strange Days
All the albums are amazing but if I had to rank them it would be this.
Haven't heard any of the releases after Morrison's passing, I'll have to give them a chance.
6. Morrison Hotel
5. The Soft Parade
4. L.A. Woman
3. Waiting for the Sun
2. Strange Days
1. The Doors (debut)
Don’t give them a chance. Run far away from them. - Joe
They're decent - don't listen to Joe, despite his good ranking of the Morrison albums.
1. The Doors
2, Strange Days
3. Morrison Hotel
4. Waiting for the Sun
5. LA Woman
6. The Soft Parade
I was a teenager when the Oliver Stone movie came out, and that’s when I started listening to them. Their debut is in my Top-50 of all time. #2 would be in my Top-100. #3-4 would be in the Top-150. I don’t care much for Soft Parade and I think LA Woman is their most over-rated.
My mother saw them live in '68. Pretty awesome. One of the best bands ever. Def in my top 10 favorites. Agree they are more of a songs band then albums, but the debut and LA Woman are phenomenal. Strange Days isn't far behind those records.
1. The Doors
2. LA Woman
3. Strange Days
4. The Soft Parade
5. Morrison Hotel
6. Waiting for the Sun
Strange days is their best album?? Wtf, also when the musics over is the best closer... bruh how is it too long
Your intro music reminds me of "Your applications failed" by Roxy Music (it was on the b-side of the UK version of All I Want Is You).
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@@TastesLikeMusic Loved the review.
The song Soft Parade is awesome. Not too long. Wild Child is great too. Morrison stuff is better than Krieger's on Soft Parade
My 6
6. The Soft Parade
5. Morrison Hotel
4. Strange Days
3. Waiting For The Sun
2. L.A Woman
1. The Doors
Frankly Full circle isn't that bad, there was definitely a lack of complex lyrics, but the instrumentation is still great.
'The soft parade' the song is underrated.
Nice list, as always. For me, a very good band, though probably not in my top 20. I know using the word "interesting" is typically not a great thing in rock music, but they really were. For my list, I did not include An American Prayer. For me, this should've been called An American Cash Grab. Just pretentious and unnecessary.
Other than that:
8. Other Voices. Wretched. I was too young to remember when this came out, but I can only imagine the universal shrugging of shoulders and shaking of heads when it did.
7. Full Circle. Slightly better. But slightly better than #8 isn't saying much.
6. Strange Days. Hard to repeat their classic debut. In hard rock/metal terms, this would be like Van Halen II compared to Van Halen I. But that's just me.
5.The Soft Parade. Wishful Sinful is great. Touch Me, even better. Overall a pretty polarizing record, but holds up well.
4.Morrison Hotel. Very confident record. Peace Frog still one of my favorites.
3. Waiting For The Sun. I wanted to rank this higher. I should be terribly sick of Hello, I Love You, but nope. Still great. Love Street, same.
2. The Doors debut. I'm so torn between this and my number one. It will never get old.
1. LA Woman. I can't think of a band with better bookend albums (obviously not counting the post-Morrison debacle). Just fantastic.
Jason’s #1, The Soft Parade, and Joe’s not liking “The End”, from their debut album, wtf?
Jason, where were ya? Were you serious about The Soft Parade? Or were you just bustin' their chops? I love The Soft Parade, but never knew anyone else that did, hahahehe. Title track is GREAT. "everything must be this way". So true.
Contrarian is Jasons' middle name.
Well done. I disagree with the order (LA Woman is my #1, Soft Parade is #6, the ones without a breathing Morrison are travesties), but I enjoy that you guys generally liked this band. They're definitely in my top 10 overall. The "epic" songs are definitely something you have to be in the mood for. You can't be in halfway with those songs!
6. LA Woman
5. Morrison Hotel
4 The Soft Parade (the title track is fantastic!)
3. debut (at as high a level as the following 2 but not as well produced and Light My Fire and The End, I've just heard too much)
2. Waiting For The Sun
1. Strange Days
Debut, Waiting For The Sun and Strange Days are the only ones I like. Thanks for sharing guys!
My favs:
6 Waiting For The Sun
5 Strange Days
4 Soft Parade
3 LA Woman
2 Morrison Hotel
1 Debut
Jason is killing me. The soft parade???😂😂😂 20:30
The Doors (perfect debut album), L.A. Woman (Robby's best moment), Strange Days (very similar to their debut, just a bit slower), Morrison Hotel, (roadhouse/peacefrog/maggie great, the rest is soft rock), Waiting for the Sun (too psychedelic), The Soft Parade (overproduced).
Mmmmm disagree. - Joe
1)The Doors /Strange Days/morrison Hotel/L. A Woman
2)Waiting for the Sun
3)the Soft Parade.
I remember some of American Prayer sounding pretty cool musically
My Top 6:
1. The Doors
2. Strange Days
3. The Soft Parade
4. LA Woman
5. Morrison Hotel
6. Waiting For The Sun
Morrison Hotel is my #1 because it was my first Doors album. And, no long tracks.
The Doors first album is top 10 album of all time for me. The rest are ok but that one is incredible.
Thanks guys. I'm only ranking the six. 6 The Soft Parade. 5 LA Woman. 4 Waiting for the Sun. 3 The Doors. 2 Strange Days. 1 Morrison Hotel.
Always loved the Doors. Their unique sound & provocative lyrics created an intoxicating mix. Over the years I've encountered a fair number of people who can't stand them. I assume it's mostly due to all the stories about what a drunken lout Morrison supposedly was. I've read negative stuff about Jimi Hendrix & John Lennon too, but I don't let it keep me from enjoying their music. Human beings are flawed but they can still produce wonderful art. #1 The Doors. #2 Morrison Hotel. #3 Strange Days. #4 L.A. Woman. #5 Waiting for the Sun. #6 The Soft Parade. The post Morrison albums were just a sad cash grab.
9. Full Circle (1972) ★
8. Other Voices (1971) ★
7. An American Prayer (1978) ★½
6. The Soft Parade (1969) ★★★
5. L.A. Woman (1971) ★★★½
4. Waiting for the Sun (1968) ★★★★
3. Strange Days (1967) ★★★★½
2. Morrison Hotel (1970) ★★★★½
1. The Doors (1967) ★★★★½
★★★★★ - Masterpiece
★★★★½ - Really great
★★★★ - Great
★★★½ - Really good
★★★ - Good
★★½ - OK
★★ - Bad
★½ - Really bad
★ - Awful
½ - The worst
for me, The Soft Parade is Top 3 and Really Good, And albums without Jim are Ok
@@Amaralder I may have been a little harsh with my ratings for the post-Jim albums. It's probably only Full Circle that deserves half a star, but I'd say all of them are below two stars. I relistened to some of the albums and gave The Soft Parade three stars, but I think it's still pretty far from the other "real" Doors albums.
Without Jim the albums they made were inferior to their previous works.Those made with Jim were great LPs and there can be no question of any of them being bad as such.Reviewing such bands calls for caution.American prayer is a collectors item and a discography filler.
1. The Doors; 2. The Soft Parade; 3. Morrison Hotel; 4. LA Woman; 5. Strange Days; 6. Waiting for the Sun. I think the critics missed the point of The Soft Parade, which is a concept album about man's rejection of God, and his descent into hell, as epitomized by song The Soft Parade. I think the Doors wrote songs like The End, When the Music's Over, and The Soft Parade because of Jim Morrison's fixation on God, death, and hell.
Ill do the 7 I have listened to. The main 6 + An American Prayer. I do want to make it clear, I dont hate any of these albums. I love them all being totally honest.
1. Waiting For The Sun
2. The Doors
3. Strange Days
4. L.A. Woman
5. The Soft Parade
6. Morrison Hotel
7. An American Prayer
My DOORS top 10 is a bit predicatble. On top is the debut album THE DOORS followed closely by LA WOMAN and STRANGE DAYS. All 3 absolute classics! Almost as good is MORRISON HOTEL with WAITING FOR THE SUN and SOFT PAARADE being a bit lesser albums but still crying to be heard.
7, 8 and 9 - haven't heard the last three, and kind of don't feel like it
6 - "The Soft Parade"
5 - "Strange Days"
4 - "L.A. Woman"
3 - "Morrison Hotel"
2 - "Waiting For The Sun"
1 - "THE DOORS"
1.strange days
2.the Doors
3.morrison hotel
4.l.a. woman
5.waiting for the Sun
6.soft parade
My Obligatory Ranking:
1.Strange Days: 9.2/10 :
2.Waiting For The Sun: 8,5/10 :
3.Morrison Hotel: 8,2/10 :
4.L.A. Woman: 8/10 :
5.The Doors: 7,7/10 :
6.The Soft Parade: 7,5/10 :
7.An American Prayer: 5,75/10 :
8.Full Circle: 5,5/10 :
9.Other Voices: 5/10 :
The best Doors albums 1)the Doors/Strange Days 2) Morrison Hotel/LA Woman
Not a big fan, but they're kinda fun. Definitely prefer the earlier, more psychedelic stuff rather than their bluesy shit:
1. Strange days
2. The Doors
3. The soft parade
4. Waiting for the sun
5. L.A. woman
6. Morrison hotel
7. Other voices
8. Full circle
9. American prayer
Boyz I was sooo excited to watch this video but it reminds me of a particularly shit Christmas I had lol. (I asked for a mobile phone and got a box of chocolates and a suitcase).
LA Woman one of the best albums of all time for me. I can’t type anymore through my tears....
Come on, man. I had it top three! - kram
Listography You’re right to paraphrase the purple one - I was reeling when I wrote this....forgive me it goes astray.....
should have carried on with another singer when morrison died or retired the band, mistake making the three albums after he died.
They tried that - but too late. In 1973 Krieger and Densmore started Butts Band with singer Jess Roden. Far better than the so-called Doors albums without Morrison but still pretty "normal" given those player's reputation. The Doors were a unit similar to Led Zeppelin - you cannot take any of the elements out or replace it, it is the chemistry of the four members that creates the result.
@@roxannewalsh yes i would agree with zeppelin, when john bonham died there was no way they would have carried on without him, same could be said for the beatles, they had that chemistry.
Love the doors.
1. The doors
2. La woman
3. Morrison hotel
4. Waiting for the sun
5. Strange days
6. Soft parade
Dont care about the rest.
Greatest song riders on the storm.
Nice review soft parade never number 1
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I've always disliked the L.A. Woman album cover.
Es muy simple
All of the six albums (six not nine, regardless what those 3 albums have printed on the cover) are essential classics and almost any track is still relevant and listenable today. It is a legacy that rarely any band has left behind in rock history. The first album for me is the best and most influential debut album ever released (I think I commented like this on the respective list of debut albums a while ago). LA Woman is their most accessible due to the more blues based song structures but not their best. Waiting for the Sun is their most light-weighted but that does not make it bad.
6. Soft Parade - the horns are not the problem but the Robbie Krieger songs are, the weakest tracks in the Doors catalogue, but the others compensate for it. A warning of where the Doors would go without Morrison.
5. Waiting for the Sun - Five to One or Not to Touch the Earth are great songs and the lighter tunes like Love Street or Summer's Almost Gone show another side of the band especially of Jim Morrison as a singer.
4. L.A. Woman
3. Morrison Hotel
2. Strange Days - yes, it is almost a re-make of the debut but each track just stands on its own, another 10 gems like no other band had done them before.
1. The Doors - one of the top 10 greatest albums of all times
PS - Out of the works the survivors have released I find the first four Ray Manzarek (he is not "singing") records from the mid 70's quite enjoyable at times even if they have nothing in common with the Doors - but maybe that is the good thing about them.
The best debut album ever? I respect your opinion, but I can think of at least half a dozen better debuts.
@@Nounboy1066 I can easily name a top 20 but in the end one of them must be winner...
@@roxannewalsh true
I greatly respect your opinion,but I can think of several debuts that I personally prefer,including Hendrix,Neil Young,Velvet Underground,Led Zeppelin,Wire,Television,Patti Smith. My personal favorite is John Prine's Debut. I would also take Love Forever Changes over the Doors debut in a heartbeat
@@painless465 Are You Experienced? is a stunning debut, and my favourite.