L.A. Woman [Bonus Tracks]

by The Doors

Overview

The final album with Jim Morrison in the lineup is by far their most blues-oriented, and the singer's poetic ardor is undiminished, though his voice sounds increasingly worn and craggy on some numbers. Actually, some of the straight blues items sound kind of turgid, but that's more than made up for by several cuts that rate among their finest and most disturbing work. The seven-minute title track was a car-cruising classic that celebrated both the glamour and seediness of Los Angeles; the other long cut, the brooding, jazzy "Riders on the Storm," was the group at its most melodic and ominous. It and the far bouncier "Love Her Madly" were hit singles, and "The Changeling" and "L'America" count as some of their better little-heeded album tracks. An uneven but worthy finale from the original quartet. [The CD was also released with two bonus tracks.]

Product Details

Release Date:	03/27/2007
Label:	Rhino
UPC:	0081227999865
catalogNumber:	101155
Rank:	2391

Tracks

1. The Changeling
2. Love Her Madly
3. Been Down So Long
4. Cars Hiss by My Window
5. L.A. Woman
6. America
7. Hyacinth House
8. Crawling King Snake
9. The Wasp (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)
10. Riders on the Storm
11. Orange County Suite
12. (You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Doors   Primary Artist
Jim Morrison   Vocals,Group Member
Marc Benno   Guitar
Ray Manzarek   Organ,Piano,Group Member
John Densmore   Drums,Group Member
Jerry Scheff   Bass
Robby Krieger   Guitar,Group Member

Technical Credits

Willie Dixon   Composer
John Lee Hooker   Composer
Doors   Composer,Audio Production
Bruce Botnick   Producer,Engineer,Liner Notes,Audio Production
Hugh Brown   Art Direction
Jeffrey Jampol   Management
Jimmy Hole   Art Direction
Wendell Hamick   Cover Photo
Ben Fong-Torres   Liner Notes
Carl Cossick   Concept