The Doors - The Very Best of the Doors [2007 1-CD]

Title: The Very Best of the Doors [2007 1-CD] Artist: The Doors Release Date: 3/26/2007 Label: WEA, Elektra/Rhino Album Type(s): Greatest Hits UPCs: 081227999582, 9325583042249, 081227999599 Genre: Rock Styles: Rock & Roll, Hard Rock, Psychedelic, Contemporary Pop/Rock, Proto-Punk, Album Rock, AM Pop Moods: Bravado, Cathartic, Confident, Dramatic, Swaggering, Aggressive, Brash, Druggy, Energetic, Literate, Nocturnal, Passionate, Provocative, Rebellious, Sensual, Sexual, Summery, Theatrical, Trippy, Dreamy, Nihilistic, Ominous, Raucous, Angst-Ridden, Brooding, Earnest, Eerie, Intimate, Reckless, Reflective, Rowdy, Gloomy, Paranoid, Intense, Rousing Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 3 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Break on Through (To the Other Side)
2. Light My Fire
3. Love Me Two Times
4. Hello, I Love You
5. People Are Strange
6. Strange Days
7. Riders on the Storm
8. L.A. Woman
9. Touch Me
10. Roadhouse Blues
11. Peace Frog
12. Love Street
13. The Crystal Ship
14. Soul Kitchen
15. Love Her Madly
16. Back Door Man
17. Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)
18. Moonlight Drive
19. The Unknown Soldier
20. The End [Edit Version from the Film Apocalypse Now]

Year Type Label Catalog # 2007 CD WEA 081227999582 2007 CD Elektra/Rhino 99959 2007 CD WEA 081227999599

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Rhino U.K.'s 2007 release The Very Best of the Doors is very similar to Rhino U.S.'s 2001 release The Very Best of the Doors -- and the 2007 comp is also available as a single disc and as a double-disc set, as well as a limited edition that adds a DVD to the two-CD version, so it's very easy to get all three compilations confused. That said, there are notable differences between all three U.K. comps and the original U.S. set. The American disc weighs in at 16 tracks while the single-disc U.K. set is longer at 20 tracks and, in fact, boasts a stronger overall selection of songs, making this arguably the best single-disc introduction to the band yet assembled. The double-disc U.K. set doesn't just add a second disc, it has a different sequencing as well and consequently feels like a very different beast than the original set. It's a compilation that digs deeper into album tracks and radio favorites, sometimes getting songs that maybe should have been on the U.K. single disc -- such as "Five to One," for instance, a Doors standard that's on the U.S. single disc but not the U.K. -- but its real strength is how it paints a richer portrait of the band. It's for the listener who wants a bigger picture of the Doors without investing in the actual albums or a box set and, in that sense, this Very Best of the Doors (along with the version with the DVD) does its job well. So, choose wisely: if you're looking for an introduction or just the hits, take either of the 2001 or 2007 single discs; if you're looking for most of the best, pick the double-disc set, either with or without the DVD; if you know you love the band already, go for Perception. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Name Credits Bruce Botnick Mixing, Producer Cory Lashever Management Dezo Hoffmann Photography Henry Diltz Photography Jeffrey Jampol Management Joel Brodsky Cover Photo, Inlay Photography John Densmore Author, Drums Michael Ochs Photography Nigel Williamson Liner Notes Paul Ferrara Photography Paul Rothchild Producer Ray Manzarek Author, Piano, Keyboards, Organ Robbie Krieger Author, Guitar Thomas Monaster Photography