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| 1. Roadhouse Blues | |||
| 2. Waiting For The Sun | |||
| 3. You Make Me Real | |||
| 4. Peace Frog | |||
| 5. Blue Sunday | |||
| 6. Ship Of Fools | |||
| 7. Land Ho! | |||
| 8. The Spy | |||
| 9. Queen Of The Highway | |||
| 10. Indian Summer | |||
| 11. Maggie M'gill | |||
| 12. Talking Blues (Bonus) | |||
| 13. Roadhouse Blues (11/4/69, Takes 1-3) (Bonus) | |||
| 14. Roadhouse Blues (11/4/69, Take 6) (Bonus) | |||
| 15. Carol (11/4/69) (Bonus) | |||
| 16. Roadhouse Blues (11/5/69, Take 1) (Bonus) | |||
| 17. Money Beats Soul (11/5/69) (Bonus) | |||
| 18. Roadhouse Blues (11/5/69, Takes 13-15) (Bonus) | |||
| 19. Peace Frog (False Starts & Dialogue) (Bonus) | |||
| 20. The Spy (Version 2) (Bonus) | |||
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5.0 out of 5 stars
I woke up this morning and I got myself a great Doors album,
By Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER) (HALL OF FAME)
This review is from: Morrison Hotel (Audio CD)
After a couple of albums that were more noted for hit singles that smacked too much of pop music for their fans, namely 1968's "Waiting for the Sun" with "Hello, I Love You" and 1969's "The Soft Parade" with "Touch Me," the Doors got back to their roots with "Morrison Hotel." This is clear from the opening track on this 1970 album, the rock 'n' booze anthem "Roadhouse Blues," which blasts this album into the stratosphere. Robbie Krieger's opening riff sets the tone and Ray Manzarek pounds away on the piano to establish the mood, with the whole thing capped off by Jim Morrison's vocalized howls. You can hear live versions of "Roadhouse Blues," but unfortunately none of them were ever performed in the perfect locale, which would have been a bar. But you can imagine how great it would sound to hear this one blasting the top off of some juke joint. There are not any hit singles on the group's fifth studio album, which is undoubtedly why it went over better with the fans of the Doors, even if it only made it to #4 on the Billboard album charts. To help validate the blues the Doors brought in the great sessions jazz guitarist Ray Neopolitan, albeit as a bass player (the Doors never really bothered with one). The requisite touch of the exotic can be found in songs like "Waiting for the Sun," "Queen of the Highway," and "Indian Summer." Morrison, who was noticeably disengaged in terms of both his lyrics and his singing on previous albums, is back to waxing poetic big time, as evidenced by "Ship of Fools," which mixes nihilistic imagery with prospects for hope. Again, Morrison is found commenting on the counterculture, singing about how "Everyone was hanging out/Hanging up and hanging down/Hanging in and holding fast." Musically the instrumental break is where the group gets to indulge in some showmanship where the emphasis is decidedly on jazz and no longer on pop. The other great track is "Peace Frog," which comments on the "Blood in the streets," but is more notable for Morrison's musings on an episode from his childhood in some of his most searing imagery (e.g., "Indians scattered on dawn's highway, bleeding to death") and poetic (e.g., "Blood is the rose of mysterious union"). Again, Krieger and Manzarek provide the appropriate musical accompaniment to the verbal images of cultural unrest as the end of the turbulent Sixties being thrown out by Morrison. The Doors often commented on what was happening in the streets without ever offering a solution, and this song is one of their best efforts in that regard. One final track of note remains, and that would be the slow blues tune "The Spy," simply because its music, if not its lyrics (e.g., "I know the word that you long to hear/I know your deepest, secret fear"), anticipates the last great Doors song to come on their final album, "L.A. Woman."
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Doors' best album,
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This review is from: Morrison Hotel (Audio CD)
Morrison Hotel is the Doors' best album. While there were more hits on every other album they recorded with Jim Morrison, none of the albums rocked harder or were more consistent than this one. Morrison's rougher and grittier vocals made the tracks even better. Simply put there isn't a bad track here. The excellent tracks "Roadhouse Blues" and "Peace Frog" still receive extensive airplay on classic rock radio. Lesser-known tracks like "Waiting For The Sun", "Ship of Fools", and "The Spy" are also very strong tracks. But the best tracks may be their softer tracks such as "Blue Sunday", "Indian Summer", and the jazzy "Queen of The Highway", highlighted by Ray Manzarek's great organ playing. There are also some good upbeat tracks, for the Doors at least, in "Land Ho!" and "You Make Me Real". The performances by John Densmore and Robby Krieger are strong throughout, their playing perfectly fitting the mood of each song, such as Densmore's drumming on "Ship of Fools" and Krieger's guitar playing on the softer tracks. An excellent album and one of the best of the late 1960's.
5.0 out of 5 stars
the doors can rock,
By roger surprenant (fairhaven, ma. United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Morrison Hotel (Audio CD)
the doors put it all together. great lyrics,great sound, alot of messages in their songs. but they were best at playing good ole rock and roll. a great album to listen to while going down the road. on a blue Sunday, okay sing along, leave your cares far behind, just keep your eyes on the road, still sounds fresh even after thirty years.
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