sixth studio album american rock band doors released april feature group lead singer died months album release saw band continue integrate elements blues music direction begun previous album recorded long time record producer fell band studio performance subsequently band produced album sound engineer love released single march preceding album release reached billboard hot release album peaked number billboard reached number albums charts additional single support album riders storm achieved chart success billboard critics remarked doors best albums citing morrison enthusiasm vocal performance band stripped return blues rock roots background doors achieved commercial critical success year radio concert singer charged profanity exposure stemming concert miami florida march promoters feared episode like morrison recognition poet begun film mentioned leaving group end convinced keyboardist stay months september morrison convicted miami incident interview morrison said miami think trying concert trying reduce worked november shortly morrison trial ended doors entered sunset sound los_angeles record early versions woman riders storm love songs recently written new songs departure heavily orchestrated pieces earlier album group long drawn recording sessions simplified straightforward style progressing received noted magazine return tight fury early doors music band conflicted record company released doors compilation album product christmas market released band input featured large image younger morrison threaten signing label contract required album group unable follow threat continued new material record producer worked band albums attended early sessions quit following friction band included dissatisfaction song love recalled drove studio felt recording composition step backwards calling cocktail music said remark directed riders storm maintains said group angry good left group slow developing new material especially band contained songwriters enthusiasm band deteriorated unable persuade morrison consistently attend rehearsals revealed book love funeral issue led leaving emotional devastation felt death worked second solo effort pearl left master takes complete recommending doors produce sound engineer recording group organized makeshift recording studio private rehearsal space doors workshop story building santa boulevard los_angeles record comfortable relaxed setting avoiding expenses professional studio mixing console previously owned installed upstairs workshop studio monitors keyboards set compensate lack isolated vocal booth morrison recorded bathroom singing microphone doors final tour recording doors hired elvis_presley bassist rhythm guitarist round sound particular contributing track america characterized pocket man praised allowed communicate morrison slowed ray right hand keyboards got fast accounts morrison huge fan excited participation addition asked participate result recent notoriety working songs completed takes professional quality channel recorder album finished days morrison blues proclaimed final recording session blues day recording crawling king snake cars window woman album raw live sound overdubs limited additional keyboards explained overall concept recording session early roots try live studio overdubs possible mixing completed february march time morrison moved paris france music band began recording material needed compose songs spot talking ideas morrison enjoyed having multiple takes showed sessions time sober unlike sessions album absence helped insisted takes guitarist stated gone reason fun warden gone despite troubled beginnings contains doors critically acclaimed blues oriented lyrically deals contemporary topics love life los_angeles complex aspects human experience explained band approach album vision started working songs realized talking men women boys girls love loss lovers lost lovers found los_angeles album demonstrated morrison songwriting abilities combined poetic enthusiasm los_angeles desire leave city partner saw band mixing blues jazz single song time end music group incorporated longer songs including woman riders storm opens morrison penned track doors wanted album single taken morrison written overruled group decision favor love non album need meat don author noted song mention spirit child reference morrison difficult childhood funky composition appears singer departure los_angeles line town midnight train addition doors chose incorporate compositions written america crawling king snake wasp originally recorded soundtrack director film ultimately rejected previously titled latin_america work sessions drum overdubs doors arrangement traditional crawling king snake dates early tours coupled morrison poem celebration wasp reworking morrison sample poetry appearing group books combining double tracked spoken word song poetic readings morrison posthumously revealed american prayer highlight melancholy wasp devised early use synthesized drums morrison contributed long song inspired folk singer book long looks like tune turn money green conventional blues song reminiscent earlier doors performances lyrics showed depression liberation sexuality owing morrison potential imprisonment contributed blues number cars window unlike tracks composed studio recalled jim said living venice beach hot room hot girlfriend open window bad time closes title track song album thought morrison final goodbye los_angeles communicated mixed feelings passion disdain city night lyrics feature morrison mojo remaining self written material wrote love echoed songs romance wrote song home bored waiting morrison trial finish features lyrics written morrison music song shows influenced polish composer flat major organ solo final track riders storm collective effort doors sign increasing jazz interests explored morrison based arrangement ghost riders sky line delicate riders storm taken poem praise track morrison imagery poetry projects faint backdrop heard song recording morrison doors live performances morrison recorded poetry december felt encouraged play material tour december doors performed sold audiences dallas band opened concert extended love struggled older material played live august set included woman closed music concerts received proving doors capable live act leading extra performance louisiana audience recordings doors performances love woman track ship included album boot butt doors december doors played warehouse new_orleans turned live performance morrison midway set drunk morrison began lyrics light fire interrupted speeches jokes sat drum platform solos stand finish song prompting tried sing stand stage wood doors agreed stop touring focus completing years fans speculated possible recordings new_orleans concert stage manager warehouse revealed reel reel recording gig secured safety deposit box explained discovered tapes moved offices warehouse building doors tape stack warehouse tapes cast left debris despite confirmation existence official release recordings release reception released april reached number billboard remaining charts weeks reached number spending weeks albums charts cover pressing colored curved corner cardboard sleeve framing clear insert photography credited according chief executive officer wasn sure album create collector cover doors faces printed clear film backing color inner sleeve changed affect mood package album jim cover photo right bigger smaller guy band months release july morrison found dead discussions morrison future recording returned paris album accompanied love single released march charted number billboard hot stay weeks failed chart additional single riders storm released june reached number billboard chart managing peak number chart album received positive reviews rolling_stone impressed sense fun band saying doors greatest album best album year robert_christgau appreciated morrison sense humor lyrics believed band sounded better disappointed long america recently writing allmusic described uneven noted album contains compositions rate finest disturbing work sal_cinquemani reviewing album slant_magazine considers sound band perfect harmony describes doors material disturbing cynical years songs exception reviewing 40th anniversary edition album remarks original stands proud time classic journey bright shining darkness popmatters said morrison lyrics previous work conventional blues bbc_music attributed record success stripped sound developed tied tightly band brand rock confidence born having functioning unit years book complete guide describes album expansion style coherent form believed fitting swan song morrison pleased finally record blues oriented album ranked rolling_stone_magazine list greatest albums time list revised accommodate number albums released album number named doors second best album website adding traveled raw blues rock lane predecessor doors sounded ragged 70s records comes like end 60s later produced mixed new surround version album released dvd audio december produced original track analog master tapes digitally remastered years doors series reissued expanded format january records seven alternate versions songs previously unreleased tracks orange county suite nice rock accompany release documentary titled mojo story woman distributed film includes interviews live studio performances track listing singles love need meat don march riders storm june personnel note source section follows doors lead vocals percussion piano orange county suite production hammond organ tracks piano tracks track rhythm guitar track track electric piano track rhodes piano tracks lead vocals need meat don production guitar production production additional musicians bass guitar guitar tracks technical bruce production engineering engineer sleeve art concept design sleeve photography visual effects personal management chart positions album singles certifications biography jerry gets alive isbn
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