Katana VentraIP

The Doors (album)

The Doors is the debut studio album by American rock band the Doors, released on January 4, 1967, by Elektra Records. It was recorded in August 1966 at Sunset Sound Recorders, in Hollywood, California, under the production of Paul A. Rothchild. The album features the extended version of the band's breakthrough single "Light My Fire" and the lengthy closer "The End" with its Oedipal spoken word section.[4] Various publications, including BBC and Rolling Stone, have ranked The Doors as one of the greatest debut albums of all time.[5][6]

The Doors

January 4, 1967 (1967-01-04)

August 1966

Sunset Sound, Hollywood

43:34

Elektra

Paul A. Rothchild

The Doors worked on the material of their debut album throughout 1966 at various locations and stages, such as the Whisky a Go Go. The album's recording started after their dismissal from the venue, having just signed with Elektra Records. The recording of The Doors established the band's wide range of musical influences, such as jazz, classical, blues, pop, R&B and rock music.[7] It has been largely viewed as an essential part of the psychedelic rock evolution, while also being acknowledged as a source of inspiration to numerous other works.


The Doors and "Light My Fire" have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. In 2015, the Library of Congress selected The Doors for inclusion in the National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[8] The Doors has sold over 13 million copies worldwide as of 2015,[9] making it the band's best-selling album.[10] In 2003 and 2012, Rolling Stone ranked it number 42 on its list of the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time", repositioning it to number 86 in the 2020 edition.

Track listing[edit]

Original album[edit]

All tracks are written by the Doors (Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger and John Densmore), except where noted. Details are taken from the 1967 U.S. Elektra release; other releases may show different information.[28]

– vocals

Jim Morrison

– organ, piano, bass; backing vocals[104] and marxophone on "Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)"[29]

Ray Manzarek

– guitar; bass guitar on "Soul Kitchen"[nb 4] and "Back Door Man";[36][108] backing vocals on "Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)"[104]

Robby Krieger

– drums, backing vocals on "Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)"[104]

John Densmore

Personnel adapted from the 50th Anniversary edition album liner notes:[74]


The Doors


Additional musicians


Production

Outline of the Doors

Cherry, Jim (March 25, 2013). The Doors Examined. Bennion/Kearny.  978-1909125124.

ISBN

Davis, Stephen (2004). Jim Morrison: Life, Death, Legend. . ISBN 1-59240-064-7.

Penguin Books

(1990). Riders on the Storm: My Life with Jim Morrison and the Doors. Delacorte Press. ISBN 978-0-385-30033-9.

Densmore, John

; Snowden, Don (1989). I Am the Blues. Boston, Massachusetts: Da Capo Press. ISBN 0-306-80415-8.

Dixon, Willie

(2008). Classic Albums: The Doors (DVD). Eagle Rock Entertainment. & The Doors (2008). Classic Albums: The Doors Extras (DVD). Eagle Rock Entertainment.

The Doors

; The Doors (2006). The Doors. Hyperion. ISBN 1-4013-0303-X.

Fong-Torres, Ben

Fong-Torres, Ben (2007). The Doors (CD booklet). The Doors. . R2-101184.

Rhino Records

Gaar, Gillian G. (2015). . Voyageur Press. ISBN 978-1627887052.

The Doors: The Illustrated History

Gerstenmeyer, Heinz (2001). (in German). ISBN 978-3-8311-2057-4.

The Doors – Sounds for Your Soul – Die Musik Der Doors

Greene, Doyle (2016). . Jefferson, New York City: McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-6214-5.

Rock, Counterculture and the Avant-Garde, 1966–1970: How the Beatles, Frank Zappa and the Velvet Underground Defined an Era

(2021). Set the Night on Fire: Living, Dying, and Playing Guitar with the Doors. Ebook. ISBN 978-0316243544.

Krieger, Robby

Lenhoff, Alan; Robertson, David (2019). Classic Keys: Keyboard Sounds that Launched Rock Music. . ISBN 978-1-57441-776-0.

University of North Texas Press

(1998). Light My Fire: My Life With the Doors. New York: Putnam. ISBN 978-0-399-14399-1.

Manzarek, Ray

Moskowitz, David (2015). The 100 Greatest Bands of All Time: A Guide to the Legends Who Rocked the World. Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood.  978-1440803390.

ISBN

Goldsmith, Melissa Ursula Dawn (2019). Listen to Classic Rock! Exploring a Musical Genre. . ISBN 978-1440865787.

ABC-CLIO

(October 30, 2014). Love Becomes a Funeral Pyre. UK: Hachette. ISBN 978-1409151258.

Wall, Mick

Weidman, Richie (October 1, 2011). The Doors FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Kings of Acid Rock. . ISBN 978-1-61713-017-5.

Rowman & Littlefield

(2021). The Doors (Liner Notes). The Doors. Elektra Records. RCV1-653797.

Weiss, Jeff

at Discogs (list of releases)

The Doors