The Doors

Features

The Doors: Open for Business (Again)

By Sean Murphy

If the first two Doors albums are drugs, they’d be of the decidedly psychedelic variety; the next couple are a dangerous cocktail of amphetamines and Quaaludes. Morrison Hotel is beer: authentic, unfiltered, as American as it gets. L.A. Woman manages to be all of the above. [8 May 2007]

Reviews

The Doors: Live at the Matrix 1967

By Steve Horowitz

Live at the Matrix 1967 works as an archival document of the Doors before the band exploded and fame overtook them. [11 December 2008]

The Doors by The Doors by The Doors, with Ben Fong-Torres

By Sean Murphy

Death has been very good to Jim Morrison, but it's been even better for those who continue to profit from his fleeting but fruitful body of his work. Not to mention his body. With that in mind, the following words will be eschewed for the duration of this discussion: Shaman, Dionysus, Rimbaud, God, Satan, and Witchcraft. [21 December 2006]

The Doors: The Very Best of the Doors

By Andy Hermann

Why did Elektra release this? Did some marketing survey reveal that there are fans out there who simply won't pay the extra six bucks for a double album? I don't get it -- but maybe that's why I had such a short-lived career in music marketing and promotions. [18 September 2001]

The Doors: The Bright Midnight Sampler

By Fred Kovey

Jim Morrison’s legacy makes it easy to forget that the Doors were primarily a pop band.

[28 November 2000]