Morrison Hotel - The Doors

The Doors - Morrison Hotel (1970) Producer: Paul A. Rothchild Roadhouse Blues Waiting for the Sun You Make Me Real Peace Frog Blue Sunday Ship of Fools Land Ho! The Spy Queen of the Highway Indian Summer Maggie M'Gill After their previous album, The Soft Parade, was not well received by either fans or critics due to its experimental edge, The Doors reverted back to their original style for album number five, with a new significance given to the blues. This tactic worked and saw the band receive glowing reviews from critics, and fans had their faith in the band ...  Read the complete review

Morrison, Manzarek, Kreiger & Densmore : The Doors. Individually even Jim Morrison probably wouldn’t have been a success but the fusion of all their abilities and musical styles made a sound that still sounds truly unique. The majority of their is driven by Manzarek’s keyboards assisted by subtle flourishes from Kreiger and sold beats and theatrical flourishes from Densmore over which Morrison’s lyrics laden with mysticism added a dangerous edge in the hippie era of love and peace. From an inspired residency at the famous Whiskey-A-Go-Go club through their 1st three albums The Doors could do no wrong However in 1969 it went pear-shaped The Soft ...  Read the complete review

Morrison Hotel is an album released in 1970 by The Doors and I really love it, it has a great gravelly blues sound to it. Jim Morrison sounds coarse and rough - god knows what he got up to in the years between the release of their debut album and this but it certainly aged him and his voice! Whilst this album failed to produce any big hits - Roadhouse Blues happens to my favourite Doors track ever and other good tracks include Peace Frog, Queen of the Highway and the more sombre Waiting for the Sun. The songs are quite deep and moving, whilst some seem to just be plain random poetry and quite a few have insanely catchy choruses - this is album is ...  Read the complete review

Morrison Hotel marks a more hard rock and blues feel attitude from the Doors and in my opinion also marks their return back to form. I still have reservations though and this is to do with myself being an early Doors fan. Morrison Hotel puts Morrison's vocal talents to the forefront and you can tell that his voice has certainly matured a lot more than from early albums. Maybe this is from all the drinking and smoking he did? His voice sounds almost rough and ready and you can really enjoy it as the album progresses. The Doors also do-away with the horn section that was so much in evidence in “The Soft Parade” album. I am for one pleased ...  Read the complete review