THE FUTURE STARTS HERE: THE ESSENTIAL DOORS HITS culls key tracks from all six of the now-classic studio albums the Doors recorded before Jim Morrison's death in 1971, beginning with their historic 1967 self-titled debut. That LP, whose four-decade mark in 2007 ignited Rhino's landmark Doors 40th Anniversary catalog restoration and expansion, is #42 on Rolling Stone's salute to the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time.” Two other seminal Doors albums, L.A. Woman and Strange Days, also make the list, ranking #362 and #407, respectively.
Among this new compilation's highlights are the band's #1 hits “Light My Fire” and “Hello I Love You,” plus the #3 single “Touch Me.” Also featured are signature songs including “Break On Through (To The Other Side),” “Riders On The Storm,” “L.A. Woman,” “Roadhouse Blues,” “Love Me Two Times,” “People Are Strange,” “Love Street” and the edit version of “The End” from the legendary film Apocalypse Now. So, beautiful friends and Doors fans old and new, revelatory new mixes of these and other essential tracks mark the beginning of a new era of appreciation for some of the greatest rock 'n' roll ever recorded.
Although the Doors were really only together for four years, releasing six albums between 1967 and 1971, their impact and legacy is as lasting as any in the history of rock, and no band before or since has really sounded anything like them. Driven by Jim Morrison's frequently bombastic and sophomoric but always utterly fascinating take on the colliding orbits of sex and death, the Doors managed to sound big, dangerous, and edgy while still retaining a commercial viability, placing singles high on the pop charts through every stylistic phase of the group's existence. This concise set 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" (for the record, the chant of "Mr. Mojo Risin'" was intended as a deliberate anagram of the name Jim Morrison). What sometimes gets lost in the larger-than-life myth of Morrison was his still refreshing directness with love songs, and "Love Me Two Times," "Hello, I Love You," "Touch Me," and "Don't You Love Her Madly" all retain a surprisingly tender strength and honesty even some 40 years after they were recorded. Then, of course, there's "The End," still one of the most harrowing moments in the history of rock (the mix included here is the edit version from the film Apocalypse Now), and the song that best illustrates Morrison's over-the-top but somehow appropriately balanced sense of how theater, drama, psychology, sex, death, pop poetry, and rock all merge into a single unavoidable spectacle. No band has ever done it better, or had the courage to even try. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide
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Break On Through (To The Other Side)
Light My Fire
Love Me Two Times
Hello, I Love You
People Are Strange
Strange Days
Riders On The Storm
L.A. Woman
Touch Me
Roadhouse Blues Peace Frog
Love Street
The Crystal Ship
Soul Kitchen
Love Her Madly
Back Door Man
Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)
Moonlight Drive
The Unknown Soldier
The End (Edit version from the film Apocalypse Now)
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