The Doors - The Future Starts Here: The Essential Doors Hits - Rock - CD - Explicit

In 2007, The Doors celebrated their 40th anniversary with a stunning CD compilation of 20 tracks, marking their explosive self-titled EP as one of rock's greatest debuts. This must-have CD showcases the band’s enduring legacy and extraordinary catalog, featuring classic hits remixed for superior sound quality. Produced by original engineer Bruce Botnick, this collection offers fans a fresh listening experience, highlighting the iconic sound that defined a generation and continues to resonate today.

Although the Doors were really only together for four years, releasing six albums between 1967 and 1971, their impact and legacy is as lasting as any in the history of rock, and no band before or since has really sounded anything like them. Driven by Jim Morrison's frequently bombastic and sophomoric but always utterly fascinating take on the colliding orbits of sex and death, the Doors managed to sound big, dangerous, and edgy while still retaining a commercial viability, placing singles high on the pop charts through every stylistic phase of the group's existence. This concise set hits all the absolute essentials, and each of these 20 tracks is a classic, from the early mission statement "Break on Through (To the Other Side)" to the unambiguous stomp of "L.A. Woman" (for the record, the chant of "Mr. Mojo Risin'" was intended as a deliberate anagram of the name Jim Morrison). What sometimes gets lost in the larger-than-life myth of Morrison was his still refreshing directness with love songs, and "Love Me Two Times," "Hello, I Love You," "Touch Me," and "Don't You Love Her Madly" all retain a surprisingly tender strength and honesty even some 40 years after they were recorded. Then, of course, there's "The End," still one of the most harrowing moments in the history of rock (the mix included here is the edit version from the film Apocalypse Now), and the song that best illustrates Morrison's over-the-top but somehow appropriately balanced sense of how theater, drama, psychology, sex, death, pop poetry, and rock all merge into a single unavoidable spectacle. No band has ever done it better, or had the courage to even try. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide

Performer	The Doors
Music genre	Rock
Music subgenre	Psychedelic Rock; Blues Rock; Folk Rock
Music release type	Album
Media format	CD
Original release date	2008
Language	English
Is collectible	Y
Number of tracks	20
Has parental advisory label	Y
Number of discs	1
Series title	The Doors - The Future Starts Here: The Essential Doors Hits
Track listing	Break on Through (To the Other Side), Strange Days, Back Door Man, Peace Frog, Love Me Two Times, The Unknown Soldier, Riders on the Storm, Alabama Song (Whisky Bar), Love Street, Light My Fire, The End (Edit Version from the Film Apocalypse Now), Moonlight Drive, Roadhouse Blues, L.A. Woman, The Crystal Ship, Touch Me, Soul Kitchen, Love Her Madly, Hello, I Love You, People Are Strange
Record label	Rhino
Target audience	Adult; Young Adult
Composer	The Doors
Songwriter	Jim Morrison
Music producer	Bruce Botnick
Occasion	Anniversary
Track name	Break On Through (To The Other Side), Light My Fire, Love Me Two Times, Hello, I Love You, People Are Strange, Strange Days, Riders On The Storm, L.A. Woman, Touch Me, Roadhouse Blues, Peace Frog, Love Street, The Crystal Ship, Soul Kitchen, Love Her Madly, Back Door Man, Alabama Song (Whisky Bar), Moonlight Drive, The Unknown Soldier, The End (Edit Version From The Film Apocalypse Now)
Duration	78.16 min
Digital audio file format	CD
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N