La Woman: Remastered & Expanded - Doors

LA Woman confirms the Doors transition into the world of Rock and Roll with a smattering of blues thrown in for good measure. Morrison Hotel, their last album, started their transition into this arena but LA Woman shows a more mature output, the next logical step after Morrison Hotel. When this record came out it was widely speculated that this album was going to be there last, this was without the hindsight of Morrison’s imminent death in Paris. Whether this true or not I feel that the LP has a reflective quality about it, like the band knew it was the end of the road. The product of their work is outstanding. When the album was produced, ...

I have been a Doors fan for about 8 years now and pull out one of their CD's every couple of weeks. LA Woman is consistently good from start to finish, LA Woman is Jim's Au Revoir before expiration in Paris and it is a dandy. The title cut is one of the all time greats, packing great images of LA into lively keyboard and guitar work; Mr. Mojo Risin' is not exceptional but is like an eye of a hurricane leading into a powerful climax. The Wasp also has great lyrics by Jim, and excellent drumming by John rides through primitive style instrumental rhythms and beats. Riders on the Storm is also a classic, and evokes a dark mood that is more broadly palatable than ...

i stumbled across this album/cd a coupla months ago, and although i did know these songs, i was addicted to several songs from this cd. like "la woman, lamerica, riders on the storm, and love her madly" among half the other songs on this cd. it's a great buy. and it's probably cheap too so buy it especially if you're a classic rock fan. morrison was great i admit. but calling him godlike would be to much for you to believe. but he's kinda godlike with this cd. it's very cool. well that's enough for me. buy the cd. it's great. and support the economy. ...