The Doors returned to crunching, straightforward difficult stone on Morrison Hotel, an album that, despite yielding no major hitting singles, returned them to critical favor with hip listeners. An increasingly bluesy flavour began to colouring the songwriting as well as arrangements, particularly on the party'n'booze anthem "Roadhouse Blues." Airy mysticism was soundless introduce on "Waiting for the Sun," "Queen of the Highway," as well as "Indian Summer"; "Ship of Fools" as well as "Land Ho!" struck effective balances betwixt the difficult stone arrangements as well as the narrative accomplish of the lyrics. "Peace Frog" was the almost political as well as controversial track, documenting the domestic unrest of late-'60s America earlier unexpectedly segueing into the restful ballad "Blue Sunday." "The Spy," yesteryear contrast, was a tedious blues that pointed to the direction that would fully bloom on L.A. Woman.
Although the Doors quaternary album "The Soft Parade" (1969) had sold good as well as produced the boom hitting "Touch Me," both fans as well as critics alike felt equally though the band sold out. Compared to "The Doors" as well as "Strange Days" (both 1967) the band's to a greater extent than recent function had been viewed equally overtly commercial. In the eyes of the Doors faithful, both "Waiting for the Sun" (1968) as well as "The Soft Parade" seemed to pale inwards comparing to the Doors initiatory off ii albums. "The Soft Parade" inwards particular, with its strings as well as popular compositions, seemed to rub Doors fans as well as critics the incorrect way. The negative feedback, however, ultimately worked to the Doors advantage. In reply to the negative buzz, the Doors released what would ultimately live hailed equally 1 of their finest albums "Morrison Hotel" (1970).
"Morrison Hotel" is neither a supply to the audio of the Doors early on albums nor is it a follow-up to the styling of its immediate predecessor "The Soft Parade." Rather, "Morrison Hotel" opens a novel chapter inwards the Doors history all together. Gone were the psychedelic trimmings of the initiatory off ii albums. Gone was the commercialism of the lastly two. "Morrison Hotel" is distinctly stripped down, as well as edgier. It was akin to what Credence Clearwater Revival were doing at the time. All inwards all, "Morrison Hotel" is an album of unadulterated, meat-and-potatoes, no-nonsense, blues-tinged, stone n' roll.
Although "Morrison Hotel" embraces a novel sound, all the elements of the Doors are firmly inwards place; Jim Morrison's soulful baritone, John Densmore's jazzy percussion, Robbie Krieger's bluesy guitar, all the piece peppered with Ray Manzarek's wholly unique signature organ as well as piano. So piece "Morrison Hotel" sees the Doors exploring novel ground, they practise then inwards a means that doesn't forget what made the Doors, the Doors.
Some of Morrison's best poesy is on "Morrison Hotel." While all his function is good, with "Morrison Hotel," he was exactly starting to bloom equally a author as well as was becoming to a greater extent than refined.
In unopen to respects, "Morrison Hotel" is a precursor or sis album to its to a greater extent than renowned follow-up, "LA Woman" (1971). Both albums are cutting from the same stuff inwards the feel that they are both blues-tinged hard-rock, but "Morrison Hotel," piece hardly cheerful, is distinctly less dark, maybe because the listener knows that Morrison's expiry is non imminent.
The straight-forward "Roadhouse Blues" was the almost rocking vocal the Doors recorded since "Break on though (to the other Side) from the Doors debut. John Sebastian of the Lovin' Spoonful (though non credited yesteryear name) adds the perfect behave on of harmonica to laissez passer on the vocal a gritty edge. "Waiting for the Sun," which was originally penned for the album yesteryear that name, begins slow as well as serene, with an underlining pull per unit of measurement area slow edifice upwards beneath the surface, equally forceful keyboards pierce their means though from fourth dimension to time. Then, equally the chorus sets in, the vocal yields to Morrison, demanding to know "what went wrong." The upbeat "You Make Me Real," piece non bad, lacks the grit of the ease of "Morrison Hotel," as well as is non 1 of the albums improve songs. The highly underrated melodic "Peace Fog" gets the album dorsum on rails as well as features 1 of Krieger's best solos. The serene "Blue Sunday" is merely enchanting, as well as Morrison had never given a to a greater extent than soulful delivery (although yesteryear right away his phonation was non what it had been). Cut from the same cloth, the jazzy "Ship of Fools" as well as the bluesier "Land Ho!" acts effectively equally a semi-medley. On the low-key, serene, "The Spy," 1 actually believes that Morrison is omni-present, equally he states he is. The easygoing "Queen of the Highway" follows nicely, keeping upwards the momentum. "Indian Summer" is merely 1 of the almost beautiful Doors compositions ever. More than exactly unopen to other balled, Morrison never sounded then vulnerable or sincere. Though Morrison's phonation is nearly shot for the closing "Maggie Mc'Gill," this bluesy rocker makes for a proficient finale.
Unfortunately for Morrison as well as the band equally a whole, yesteryear the recording of "Morrison Hotel," Morrison's heavy drinking as well as drugs were get-go to receive got a cost on his voice. While his phonation isn't a ghost of its old glory equally it is inwards the follow-up "LA Woman," Morrison does audio strained.
Upon its release, "Morrison Hotel" was greeted with a warm reception alongside fans as well as critics alike, as well as the album was praised equally the groups' best function since "Strange Days." While "Morrison Hotel" is held inwards high regard today, it is unfortunately sometimes overlooked due to the fact that fans as well as critics alike tend to mention the Doors initiatory off ii albums, as well as Morrison's swan song, "LA Woman" equally the bands best work. And piece "Morrison Hotel" boasts such classics equally "Roadhouse Blues" as well as "Waiting for the Sun," many other songs similar "Indian Summer" as well as "The Spy" are overlooked as well as stay lost treasures.
The screen photograph was taken at the actual Morrison Hotel located at 1246 South Hope Street inwards Los Angeles. The band asked the owners if they could photograph the hotel as well as they declined, then the band went within when nobody was looking as well as took the photograph. The bring upwards screen features a photograph of the Hard Rock Café on 300 East 5th Street, Los Angeles. The founders of the subsequently as well as otherwise unrelated Hard Rock Cafe chain used the name, having seen it on the Doors' album. The master copy cafe is no longer opened upwards for business.
The next-to-last Doors album, recorded prior to Jim Morrison's soundless mystery-shrouded expiry inwards a Parisian bathtub, eschewed much of the band's previous penchant for baroque musical, poetic, as well as philosophical pretensions (this was, after all, the back-to-roots era of the Beatles' Let It Be, the Stones' Let It Bleed, as well as Dylan's Nashville Skyline). Instead, the Doors circa 1970 wisely seeped themselves inwards a bluesy, no-frills approach that mightiness receive got hinted at creative exhaustion inwards a lesser band. Instead, the Doors of "Roadhouse Blues" as well as "Peace Frog" reinvented themselves into arguably 1 of the greatest bar bands ever, with Morrison's well-documented demons frolicking inwards a welcome novel ambience. "Waiting for the Sun" as well as "Ship of Fools" may hearken dorsum to the band's cabalistic as well as Kurt Weill leanings, respectively, but framed inwards an edgier, to a greater extent than effective way.
Tracks Listing
1. Roadhouse Blues (4:04)
2. Waiting For The sun (4:00)
3. You Make Me Real (2:53)
4. Peace Frog (2:50)
5. Blue Dominicus (2:12)
6. Ship Of Fools (3:08)
7. Land Ho! (4:10)
8. Spy (4:17)
9. Queen Of The Highway (2:47)
10. Indian Summer (2:35)
11. Maggie McGill (4:24)
Line-up / Musicians
- Jim Morrison / vocals
- Ray Manzarek / organ, keyboards, pianoforte as well as vocals
- John Densmore / drums
- Robby Krieger / guitar
guests:
- Lonnie Mack / bass
- Ray Neapolitan / bass
- G. Puglese / harmonica, harp
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