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Greatest Hits is a compilation album by American rock band the Doors, released in 1980. The album, along with the film Apocalypse Now, released the previous year, created for the band an entirely new audience of the generation that did not grow up with the Doors. The album went on to become one of the highest-selling compilations of all time ...
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 ...
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.
The Best of The Doors is a compilation album by American rock group the Doors. Released in 1985, the double LP set contains 18 songs from their six albums with lead singer Jim Morrison , including charting singles and selected album cuts. [ 1 ]
Music writer Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave The Very Best of the Doors four and a half out of five stars in an album review for AllMusic.He outlines the differences between the similarly named releases and advises "if you're looking for an introduction or just the hits, take either of the 2001 or 2007 single discs; if you're looking for most of the best, pick the double-disc set, either with or ...
In a review for AllMusic, critic Steve Leggett ranked the album at four and a half out of five stars.He described the album as a "concise set [that] hits all the absolute essentials, and each of these 20 tracks is a classic, from the early mission statement 'Break on Through (To the Other Side)' to the unambiguous stomp of 'L.A. Woman'."
The Very Best of The Doors is a compilation album by ... The Very Best of the Doors is "as good an overview as any of the band's biggest hits and most important ...
In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked the Doors 41st on their list of 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. [15] Also in 2004, Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time included two of their songs: "Light My Fire" at number 35 and "The End" at number 328. [178] In 2007, the Doors received a Grammy Award for lifetime achievement. [179]