Released: 1967
Tracks: Strange Days; You’re Lost Little Girl; Love Me Two Times; Unhappy Girl; Horse Latitudes; Moonlight Drive; People Are Strange; My Eyes Have Seen You; I Can’t See Your Face in My Mind; When the Music’s Over
Best track: Love Me Two Times or When the Music’s Over
Tracks to skip: Unhappy Girl, My Eyes Have Seen You, I Can’t See Your Face in My Mind
It’s better than the debut, but it’s still got a few problems. I haven’t heard every note of every Doors album, but from what I’ve heard this is the most consistent one. Most of these songs are pretty good and it has more ‘good’ songs than the first one. The Door’s debut was more popular (thanks to Light My Fire), but this has significantly less filler. Of course there is some (listed above), but the good stuff overshadows it.
The main singles from this are very good and we also get some surprises on here. I’d say You’re Lost Little Girl is one of those surprises. The production on here is more advanced than on the first one, but at times it really distracts. I know it was ’67 and all, but all the ‘psychedelic’ production sounds so much better and more natural on stuff like Sgt. Pepper and Are You Experienced. It just sounds dated on here. Well, anyway, we get another 10 minute long epic on here, When the Music’s Over. I think I like this one better than The End. They’re both cool though. OK, so here it is: if you have to own one Doors studio album, get this. It’s not excellent by any means, and you can survive by getting the Best Of, but it’s still enjoyable. There are worse things to listen to out there.
Rating: 79
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