The Doors - The Doors

I'm angry I bought this

I'm a huge Doors fan. I lost the original CD I bought. It was the original mix and sounded great. Now they remixed it!!! In the song Break on Through, Jim doesn't sing just "She gets, she gets, she gets........high". Now they inserted the "high" for each "she gets". This is artistically wrong. The current crew who remixed this did not see that. Are they crazy!!! Leave good enough alone, please!!! July 4, 2008

The Doors 1967

A true classic. One of the only Doors albums you ever need and its one of those classic summer of love 67' albums along with, surealistic pillow, grateful dead, are you experienced, and piper at the gates of dawn etc. The Doors were different the music they were making was heavy and dark and yet poetic all at the same time. They were litterly one of the most creative bands that came out in the 60s and too prove it listen to this whole album and you'll be nodding your head. Some key tracks on here are, Break On Through, Light My Fire, and The End. The song The End is a very apocalyptic song and is really kind of Jim Morrison telling a story or vision of the end of the world extremly great song. Now with the 40th anniversery albums out some songs dont sound the same like, Light My Fire for instance is more faster and isnt as dark and the songs sound more lighter but still this is a great album.
5/5 stars May 21, 2008

This Doors fan for 40 years wasn't ready for these mixes

Maybe I'm missing something, but in comparing the new mixes with the '99 masters, I'm really disappointed.
The first thing is that the volume, and thus the signal-to-noise ratio, is considerably lower than the older ones. That is just plain bizarre. Usually, a new mastering allows for a higher bitrate and a "larger" sound without any increase in distortion. That's the way it SHOULD be, anyway. So what happened here ? Further, all of the flourishes and oddities may just take some getting use to, but generally with great bands like The Doors, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

I'm not writing these new mixes off, just pointing out some unusual and, to me, problematic issues upon initial listening. I can say that when these records were originally released back in the day, I had no such problem. They jumped right off my turntable and blew my mind instantly. But, hey, that's just me. April 23, 2008

The Doors of perception have been altered

This is NOT the original recording. It has been remixed. Bad idea. I don't understand why the Doors albums were remastered in 1999, but only released in the US in that box set. The '99 remasters sounded great. But now they're remixed?? I think even the average listener would be able to tell that something just doesn't sound right here. It isn't the same classic recordings you're used to hearing.

Now, why am I against the remixes? Well, for one, it opens the door to reinterpretation. I mean, why not get a whole host of remixers for the project? You could have today's top DJs remixing classic albums from every era. You could buy the Timbaland version of Light My Fire for when you want that combination of Jim Morrison and super sexy deep club beats. Why not just put the raw tracks on DVD audio and let the listener "remix" for themselves? Maybe you could get some guest musicians to add tracks to the original recordings. I mean, maybe what LA Woman really needs is a Slash guitar solo. Or how about getting Napalm Death to add some crunchy heaviness to Roadhouse Blues?

Do you get the point? If you start rearranging the past, where do you stop? And now these remixed CDs are taking the place of the original catalog, so new listeners will be hearing something totally different than what we originally heard and fell in love with. Classics are classics for a reason. Remastering for higher fidelity is one thing, but remixing, rearranging, and reinterpreting are quite another. March 25, 2008

Defined Rock and Roll

The debut album by The Doors is the unique moment that defined rock and roll. Somewhere between a teen idol and legitly heavy, The Doors instead create a Who like explosive rock atmosphere that made Morrison an icon of 60s counter culture and the excellent musicianship is the soundtrack to Morrison's poetry. This is the best album by The Doors because it has the most songs that got played on the radio. It's really cool. I liked it a lot. November 29, 2007

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