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Don't You Love It Madly!!!
For their last studio album as a foursome, the Doors return to their blues roots in 1971 for the excellent album LA Woman. Longtime producer Paul Rothchild refuses to help in this case, saying the tapes sound like "cocktail music," so the band assumes production duties in collaboration with engineer Bruce Botnick. The title track is a great freeway driving song; unfortunately it was one of the few Doors classics overplayed on classic rock radio. "The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)" was also overplayed, however John Densmore's pounding drum beat and Ray Manzerak's fabulous organ work still make it memorable. Singer Jim Morrison excels on the blues cuts: on "Been Down So Long," his voice is strong and authoritative, on "Cars Hiss By My Window" (a great Jimmy Reed-style slow blues), he does a great wah-wah vocal effect. Nice! "Riders on the Storm" works so well because both Jim and the band underplay the story of a "killer on the road" to brilliant effect. Excellent piano work by Ray and guitar work by Robbie Krieger on this track. There is even a fantastic cover of John Lee Hooker's "Crawling King Snake," which fits Jim's Lizard King persona to perfection. Absolutely mesmerizing (like a cobra!). Unfortunately, "L'America" and "Hyacinth House" are merely good, not great songs and it is obvious the band needed to recharge their batteries before moving on. Sadly, Jim died in Paris in the summer of 1971 and it was not meant to be. Still, the original Doors left us with six high-quality studio albums of their mystical, penetrating music that is still enjoyed by their fans today. Get this album, you will love it madly.

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The Lizard King's last hurrah
The Doors' sixth album L.A. Woman was released in April of 1971. The album was the band's last with original frontman Jim Morrison. The album was recorded after the band was banned from touring across much of the country after Jim got arrested for a disputed indecent exposure incident in Miami in 1969. As a result, the band went in the studio with producer Paul Rothchild to record L.A. Woman. However, the band played through the run throughs of each track badly that Paul was bored to tears and walked out. As a result, engineer Bruce Botnick agreed to co-produce with the band and record at The Doors' Workshop. The result, a kick ass album. Songs like the opening The Changeling, the Top 20 hit Love Her Madly, the title cut, The WASP(Texas Radio and the Big Beat), Been Down So Long and the closing Riders on the Storm showed the band at their best. The album was a huge Top 10 hit and monster seller but unfortunately, Jim Morrison passed away in July of 1971 in Paris but there are some reports that he may have faked his death as no one save his wife saw him when he passed, she would pass away in 1974 from a heroin overdose. This album is still a classic, even today. I first got this album on cassette when I was 10 and it still kicks ass today, especially the 2000 reissue from Elektra with the remastered/repackaged sticker on the sleeve. Highly recommended!

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This is more like it.
After some lemons The Doors give us a peach. This is probably the album they would've wanted "Strange Days" to be. This is alot more polished than thier first album, but still has a dark haunting sound. "Riders On The Storm" has become one of my favorites as it's got a thunderstorm in the mix( I can listen to them all day, "LAmerica" has a Sabbath riff written all over it one of Morrison's better trances he's been under, The rest of the songs are hit and miss, but after 4 studio albums that didn't follow up from thier debut this is a far cry better. With the maturity on this album it makes me wonder what would've happened had Morrison not have died.