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A live version from a 1969 show was included on the Doors' 1983 live album Alive, She Cried. [3] [18] An early version of the song was released on the Doors' live album London Fog 1966. [19] The Guardian critic Dave Simpson called this version "tightly wound" and "thrillingly focused." [19]
The use of the Doors song "The End", from their debut album, in the popular Vietnam War film, Apocalypse Now in 1979 and the release of the first compilation album in seven years, Greatest Hits, released in the fall of 1980, created a resurgence in the Doors. Due to those two events, an entirely new audience, too young to have known of the band ...
Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine declared "Soul Kitchen" as a "classic Doors song". [10] According to rock critic Greil Marcus, "Soul Kitchen" is the Doors' version of "Gloria" by Van Morrison, a song the Doors often covered in their early days. Marcus writes, "It was a staircase—not, as with 'Gloria' in imagery, but in the cadence the two ...
Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine is the second compilation album by American rock band the Doors (following 13) and the first following the death of singer Jim Morrison. A double album, it was released in January 1972. The album's title is a lyric from the song "The End."
Considered to be the earliest known live recording of the Doors, London Fog 1966 includes versions of eventual album tracks and covers of blues standards. Issued to coincide with celebrations for the 50th anniversary of the Doors' first album, London Fog 1966 was overseen by the band's longtime sound engineer/producer Bruce Botnick and Peña ...
The Doors FAQ author Richie Weidman, declared "Hyacinth House" as "one of the strangest Doors' songs ever recorded." [5] Critic Ryan Leas of Stereogum, who ranked L.A. Woman the second best Doors album, praised "Hyacinth House" as "secretly one of the Doors' finest songs" and that it "still fits into the universe of L.A. Woman."
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The Doors' first album, The Doors, re-entered the Billboard 200 album chart in September 1980 and Elektra Records reported the Doors' albums were selling better than in any year since their original release. [162] In response a new compilation album, Greatest Hits, was released in October 1980.