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- Released: November 17, 1978 (Vinyl LP); 1995 (CD)
- Recorded: March 1969 and December 1970 (spoken word); 1978 (music)
- Genre: Psychedelic rock, spoken word, poetry
- Length: 38:28
- Label: Elektra/Asylum Records (1978 LP); Rhino (1995 CD)
- Producer: John Densmore, Robbie Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Frank Lisciandro, John Haeny
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An American Prayer is the last studio album by The Doors. In 1978, seven years after lead singer Jim Morrison died and five years after the remaining members of the band broke up, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, and John Densmore reunited and recorded backing tracks over Morrison's poetry (originally recorded in 1969 and 1970). Other pieces of music and spoken word recorded by the Doors and Morrison were also used in the audio collage, such as dialogue from Morrison's film HWY and snippets from jam sessions. The album received mixed reviews and still divides critics, yet it has managed a platinum certification in the US. When the album was originally released, longtime Doors' producer Paul Rothchild labeled the album a "rape of Jim Morrison". Rothchild claimed that he had heard all of the reels of master tapes from both the 1969 and the 1970 poetry sessions, insisting that the three remaining Doors failed to realize Morrison's original intent for an audio presentation of the poetry. Morrison himself, prior to leaving for Paris, had approached composer Lalo Schifrin as a possible contributor for the music tracks meant to accompany the poetry, with no participation from any of the other Doors members. In addition, he had developed some conception of the album cover art work by January 1971, and was in correspondence with artist T.E. Breitenbach to design this cover in the form of a tryptich (a three-paneled painting with various images embedded in each panel).
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- Released: August 1972
- Recorded: Spring 1972
- Genre: Blues-rock, Hard rock, jazz fusion
- Length: 40:05
- Label: Elektra
- Producer: The Doors
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Full Circle is the second album released by The Doors after Jim Morrison's death, and also their last album together before they broke up. The album includes "The Mosquito", the last hit single by the band. Keyboardist Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger took Morrison's place as lead singer. Also, unlike their earlier work, bassists were collaboratively used on every track.
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- Released: April 1971
- Recorded: December 1970 – January 1971 at The Doors Workshop, Los Angeles, CA
- Genre: Blues-rock, psychedelic rock
- Length: 48:24
- Label: Elektra
- Producer: The Doors, Bruce Botnick
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L.A. Woman is the sixth and last studio album that the American rock band The Doors recorded with lead singer Jim Morrison, who died in July 1971. The album's style is arguably the most blues-rock-oriented of the band's catalog.
In 2003, the album was ranked number 362 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
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- Released: February 1970
- Recorded: November 1969; "Indian Summer": late August 1966; "Waiting for the Sun" begun in March 1968
- Genre: Blues-rock, psychedelic rock
- Length: 37:05
- Label: Elektra
- Producer: Paul A. Rothchild
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Morrison Hotel (sometimes referred to as Hard Rock Cafe from the title of the first side of the LP, whose second side is titled Morrison Hotel) is The Doors' fifth album. It was released in 1970. After their experimental work The Soft Parade was not as well received as anticipated, the group went back to basics and back to their roots. On this album, there is a slight steer toward blues, which would be fully explored by the band on their next album, L.A. Woman. The strategy worked; even though no major hit singles were drawn from the album, Morrison Hotel reestablished The Doors as favorites of the critics, peaking at #4 on the US album chart, and when they followed with L.A. Woman the next year, they were rewarded with two more US Top 20 hits. The album also became the band's highest charting studio album in the UK, where it peaked at #12.
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- Released: October 25, 1971
- Recorded: June–August 1971
- Genre: Blues-rock, psychedelic rock
- Length: 39:42
- Label: Elektra
- Producer: The Doors, Bruce Botnick
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Other Voices is a 1971 studio album by The Doors and was the first album released by the band following the death of lead singer Jim Morrison.
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