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'{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox album | name = The Doors | type = studio | artist = [[the Doors]] | cover = TheDoorsTheDoorsalbumcover.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|1967|1|4}} | recorded = August 14–29, 1966 | venue = | studio = [[Sunset Sound Recorders]], Hollywood, California | genre = *[[Psychedelic rock]]<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Thomas |last=Smith |date=May 22, 2018 |title=The Doors' Jim Morrison: 10 Profound, Bizarre and Brilliant Quotes |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/jim-morrisons-best-quotes-1934299?amp? |magazine=[[NME]] |access-date=May 16, 2021 |quote=The Doors' debut album is undeniably one of the greatest psych-rock records of all time,{{nbsp}}...}}</ref> *[[hard rock]]{{sfn|Davis|2005|page=114}} *[[art rock]]<ref name="Gallucci/Michael">{{cite web |first=Michael |last=Gallucci |date=October 23, 2015 |title=Doors Albums Ranked Worst to Best |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/doors-albums-worst-to-best/ |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |access-date=April 27, 2021}}</ref> *[[psychedelic music|psychedelia]]<ref>{{cite web |first=Richard |last=Buskin |title=Classic Tracks: The Doors 'Strange Days' |url=https://www.soundonsound.com/techniques/classic-tracks-doors-strange-days?amp |work=Sound On Sound |access-date=June 5, 2021 |quote=Engineer and producer Bruce Botnick recorded some of the greatest artifacts of West Coast psychedelia, among them the first five albums by the Doors.}}</ref> | length = 44:48 | label = [[Elektra Records|Elektra]] | producer = [[Paul A. Rothchild]] | next_title = [[Strange Days (The Doors album)|Strange Days]] | next_year = 1967 | misc = {{Singles | name = The Doors | type = studio | single1 = [[Break On Through (To the Other Side)]] | single1date = January 1967 | single2 = [[Light My Fire]] | single2date = April 24, 1967 }} }} '''''The Doors''''' is the debut studio album by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[the Doors]]. Recorded in August 1966 at [[Sunset Sound Recorders]], [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], [[California]], it was produced by [[Paul A. Rothchild]] and released on January 4, 1967. Since its release, the record has been often regarded as one of the greatest debut albums of all time, by both critics and publishers. It features the long version of the breakthrough single "[[Light My Fire]]" and the lengthy song "[[The End (The Doors song)|The End]]" with its [[Oedipus complex|Oedipal]] spoken word section.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Doors: ''The Doors'' |date=September 26, 2009 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00mwr5r |work=[[BBC Four]] |access-date=May 13, 2021}}</ref><ref name=albumfacts>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/doors-debut-album-10-things-you-didnt-know-115997/ |title=The Doors' Debut Album: Things You Didn't Know |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=April 26, 2021}}</ref> The Doors started recording their debut album under the maintenance of Elektra Records in August 1966. The recording of ''The Doors'' established the band's large extensive number of musical influences, such as [[jazz]], [[classical music|classical]], [[blues]], [[pop music|pop]], [[Rhythm and blues|R&B]] and [[rock music]].<ref name="Gallucci" /> Its overall presentation has been viewed as an essential part of the [[psychedelic rock]] evolution, while it have also been acknowledged as a source of inspiration to other works. [[Paul McCartney]] of [[the Beatles]] has claimed that following the album's release, he wanted his band to capitalize on the Doors musical style as one of the "alter egos" of the group, for their upcoming album ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]''.{{refn|group=nb|Paul McCartney didn't referred specifically to the eponymous-debut album,{{sfn|Greene|2016|page=19}} but only ''The Doors'' was officially released during the period of ''Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band''{{'}}s making.<ref>{{cite web |first=Ed |last=Masley |url=https://amp.azcentral.com/amp/13976781 |title=''Sgt. Pepper'' and Beyond: A Look Back at 20 Great Albums Released in 1967 |date=May 30, 2017 |website=Azcentral |access-date=May 13, 2021}}</ref>}} ''The Doors'' and "Light My Fire" have been inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]]. In 2015 the [[Library of Congress]] selected ''The Doors'' for inclusion in the [[National Recording Registry]] based on its cultural, artistic or historical significance.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2015/15-041.html |title=New Entries to National Recording Registry |publisher=[[Library of Congress]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081256/http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/Current/Radiohead.htm |date=March 4, 2016 |access-date=April 30, 2021 |archive-date=April 30, 2021}}</ref> == Background == The Doors' final lineup was formed in mid-1965 after keyboardist [[Ray Manzarek]]'s two brothers Rick and Jim Manczarek left [[Rick & the Ravens]], whose members included besides Manzarek, jazz-influenced drummer [[John Densmore]] and then-novice vocalist [[Jim Morrison]]. The group was integrated when guitarist [[Robby Krieger]] agreed to join.{{sfn|Fong-Torres|The Doors|2006|page=37}} Though he had previous experience playing [[folk music|folk]] and [[flamenco guitar|flamenco]], Krieger had only been playing the electric guitar for a few months when he was invited to become a member of the band, soon renamed the Doors.<ref>{{cite web |first=Martin |last=Kielty |date=January 27, 2019 |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/robby-krieger-electric-guitar/ |title=Robby Krieger Recalls Move to Electric Guitar |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |access-date=May 7, 2021}}</ref> They were initially signed to [[Columbia Records]] under a six-month contract, but they asked for an early release after the record company failed to secure a producer for the album and placed them on a drop list.{{sfn|Fong-Torres|The Doors|2006|page=53}} [[File:Whisky a Go-Go.jpg|left|thumb| The [[Whisky a Go Go]], where the Doors were the house band from May to August 1966.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.creemmagazine.com/_site/BeatGoesOn/NiteCity/DarkSideOfLA001.html |last=Goldstein |first=Patrick |title=Nite City: The Dark Side of L.A. |date=September 1977 |magazine=[[Creem]] |access-date=March 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709054645/http://www.creemmagazine.com/_site/BeatGoesOn/NiteCity/DarkSideOfLA001.html |archive-date=March 18, 2021}}</ref>]] Following their release from the label, the Doors played residencies in mid-1966 at two historic [[Sunset Strip]] club venues, the [[London Fog (nightclub)|London Fog]] and [[Whisky a Go Go]].{{sfn|Weidman|2011|pages=120–121}} They were spotted at the Whisky a Go Go by [[Elektra Records]] president [[Jac Holzman]], who was present at the suggestion of [[Love (band)|Love]] singer [[Arthur Lee (musician)|Arthur Lee]].{{sfn|Cherry|2013|page=13}} After he saw two sets, Holzman called producer [[Paul A. Rothchild]] to see the group.<ref name="Jackson">{{cite web |url=http://archives.waiting-forthe-sun.net/Pages/Interviews/OtherInterviews/rothchild_bam.html |title=BAM Interview with Paul Rothchild |last=Jackson |first=Blair |date=July 3, 1981 |website=Waiting for the Sun Archives}}</ref> On August 10, after attending several appearances of the band, Holzman and Rothchild ultimately signed them to Elektra Records.{{sfn|Fong-Torres|The Doors|2006|page=58}} The Doors continued performing at the Whisky a Go Go until on August 21, when they were fired due to their performance of "[[The End (The Doors song)|The End]]" on which lead singer Jim Morrison added a retelling section of the Greek myth of Oedipus.{{sfn|Cherry|2013|page=13}} Morrison had missed the first of two sets that night, as he had stayed at the Tropicana Hotel, tripping on [[LSD]].<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Joe |last=Taysom |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/jim-morrison-the-doors-fired-whisky-a-go-go/amp/ |title=How Jim Morrison Got the Doors Fired From Whisky a Go Go |magazine=Far Out Magazine |access-date=February 14, 2021}}</ref> == Recording == [[File:Sunsetsoundrecorders.JPG|thumbnail|right|All the tracks were recorded at [[Sunset Sound Recorders]] in Hollywood, California]] ''The Doors'' was recorded by producer Paul A. Rothchild and audio engineer [[Bruce Botnick]] at [[Sunset Sound Studios]] in Hollywood, California, between August 14–29, 1966.{{sfn|Ursula Dawn Goldsmith|2019|page=92}}{{refn|group=nb|Conversely, [[John Densmore]] states in his book, ''Riders on the Storm'', that the recording of the album took about six days.{{sfn|Densmore|1990|page=90}}}} A [[Multitrack recording|four-track]] tape machine was used. Three tracks were recorded mostly: bass and drums on one, guitar and organ on another, and Morrison's vocals on the third. The fourth track was used for overdubbing (mostly Morrison's harmony vocals and bass).<ref name="Jackson" />{{sfn|Fong-Torres|The Doors|2006|page=68}}<ref name="Kubernik" /> The album's instrumentation includes keyboards, electric guitar, bass (on some tracks),{{sfn|Classic Albums|2008|loc=26:33}} drums,<ref name="Liner" /> and [[marxophone]] (on "Alabama Song").{{sfn|Classic Albums Extras|2008|loc=0:00–0:40}} Rothchild had forbidden Krieger to use the [[wah-wah pedal]] on the record to avoid dating it.<ref name="Jackson" /> {{quote|{{nbsp}}... on some of the songs we brought in an actual bass player, one of the Los Angeles cats, Larry Knechtel, who played the same bass line that I played on "Light My Fire." He doubled my bass line.|source=Ray Manzarek explaining the bass-overdubs.<ref name="Kubernik" />}} According to Botnick, "What you hear on the first album is what they did live. It wasn't just playing the song–it transcended that."{{sfn|Weidman|2011|page=141}} However, session musician [[Larry Knechtel]] and Krieger overdubbed bass on several tracks in order to give some "punch" to the sound of Manzarek's [[keyboard bass]].{{sfn|Fong-Torres|The Doors|2006|p=71}}{{sfn|Davis|2005|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=fLzRXcFh4aQC&pg=PA139 139]}}<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |first=Steve |last=Sullivan |title=Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings |year=2013 |volume=2 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |pages=484–5 |isbn=978-0-8108-8296-6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QWBPAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA485 |access-date=December 20, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221063005/https://books.google.com/books?id=QWBPAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA485 |archive-date=December 21, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Hartman |first=Kent |title=The Wrecking Crew: The Inside Story of Rock and Roll's Best-Kept Secret |publisher=Macmillan |year=2012 |page=2 |isbn=978-0-312-61974-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-ne73TRP1FQC&pg=PA2 |access-date=December 20, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221081707/https://books.google.com/books?id=-ne73TRP1FQC&pg=PA2 |archive-date=December 21, 2016 }}</ref><ref name="interview" />{{refn|group=nb|Despite their contributions, both Robby Krieger and [[Larry Knechtel]] were not credited in the album's liner notes as bass players.<ref name="Liner" />}} For "The End" and "Light My Fire", two takes were edited together to achieve the final recording.{{sfn|Fong-Torres|The Doors|2006|page=71}}<ref name="Kubernik">{{cite web |first=Harvey |last=Kubernik |title=Ray Manzarek on the Doors' 6 Studio Albums: The 'Lost' Interviews |url=https://bestclassicbands.com/ray-manzarek-interview-doors-12-18-19/ |website=Best Classic Bands |access-date=March 13, 2021}}</ref> The album was mixed and completed in October 1966.<ref name=Holzman /> "Indian Summer" was recorded during the sessions and thought was given to including it as the final track, but it was replaced with "The End".<ref name=albumfacts />{{sfn|Weidman|2011|p=201}} == Composition == ''The Doors'' features many of the group's most famous compositions, including "Light My Fire", "[[Break On Through (To the Other Side)]]", and "The End". In 1969, Morrison stated: {{quote| Every time I hear ["The End"], it means something else to me. It started out as a simple good-bye song&nbsp;... Probably just to a girl, but I see how it could be a goodbye to a kind of childhood. I really don't know. I think it's sufficiently complex and universal in its imagery that it could be almost anything you want it to be.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hopkins |first=Jerry |editor1-last=Wenner |editor1-first=Jann |editor1-link=Jann Wenner |editor2-last=Levy |editor2-first=Joe |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t2CaFeDa_m0C |title=The Rolling Stone Interviews (Jim Morrison) |year=2007 |publisher=[[Little, Brown and Company|Back Bay Books]] |location=New York City|pages=496 |isbn=978-0-31600-526-5 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222071842/https://books.google.com/books?id=t2CaFeDa_m0C |archive-date=February 22, 2017 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>}} Interviewed by Lizze James, he pointed out the meaning of the verse "My only friend, the end": {{quote|Sometimes the pain is too much to examine, or even tolerate&nbsp;... That doesn't make it evil, though{{snd}}or necessarily dangerous. But people fear death even more than pain. It's strange that they fear death. Life hurts a lot more than death. At the point of death, the pain is over. Yeah{{snd}}I guess it is a friend.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Lizze|last=James|year=1981|url=http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:tfPkOj2_VdkJ:archives.waiting-forthe-sun.net/Pages/Interviews/JimInterviews/TenYearsGone.html+%22Sometimes+the+pain+is+too+much+to+examine,+or+even+tolerate%22%22That+doesn't+make+it+evil,+though+-+or+necessarily+dangerous.+But+people+fear+death+even+more+than+pain.+It's+strange+that+they+fear+death.+Life+hurts+a+lot+more+than+death.+At+the+point+of+death,+the+pain+is+over.+Yeah+-+I+guess+it+is+a+friend%22&hl=en |title=Jim Morrison: Ten Years Gone |magazine=Creem Magazine |location=Detroit|access-date=November 8, 2012}}</ref>}} "Break On Through (To the Other Side)" was released as the group's first single but it was relatively unsuccessful, peaking at No. 104 in ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' and No. 126 in ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]''. Elektra Records edited the line "she gets high", knowing a drug reference would discourage airplay (many releases have the original portions of both "Break On Through" and "The End" edited).{{sfn|Weidman|2011|page=141}} The song is in [[Time signature|4/4 time]] and quite fast-paced, starting with Densmore's [[bossa nova]] drum groove in which a [[Clave (rhythm)|clave]] pattern is played as a rim click underneath a driving ride cymbal pattern. Densmore appreciated the new bossa nova craze coming from Brazil, so he decided to use it in the song.<ref name=story>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfQAaK1pFM4 |title=The Story of "Break on Through" by The Doors |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919192526/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfQAaK1pFM4 |via=[[YouTube]] |archive-date=September 19, 2016 |access-date=March 11, 2021}}</ref> Robby Krieger has stated that he took the idea for the guitar riff from [[Paul Butterfield]]'s version of the song "[[Shake Your Moneymaker (song)|Shake Your Moneymaker]]" (originally by [[blues]] guitarist [[Elmore James]]).<ref name=story /> Later, a disjointed quirky organ solo is played quite similar to the introduction of [[Ray Charles]]' "[[What'd I Say]]".<ref>[http://www.jambands.com/reviews/dvds/2008/06/20/classic-albums-the-doors Classic Albums The Doors<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112080411/http://www.jambands.com/reviews/dvds/2008/06/20/classic-albums-the-doors |date=January 12, 2017}}</ref> [[File:The Doors 1968.JPG|thumb|The group in 1966 (l-r): Morrison, Densmore, Krieger and (seated) Manzarek]] The Doors' breakout hit "Light My Fire" was mainly composed by Krieger. Although the album version was just over seven minutes long, it was widely requested for radio play,<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Rock Stations Giving Albums the Air Play|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HygEAAAAMBAJ&dq=light+my+fire+requested+radio&pg=PA34|via=Google books|page=34|date=July 22, 1967}}</ref> so a single version was edited to under three minutes with nearly all the instrumental break removed for airplay on AM radio.<ref name="lmfgw">{{cite web|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/100_greatest_guitar_solos_45_quotlight_my_firequot_robby_krieger |title=Light My Fire |work=[[Guitar World]]|access-date=March 31, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212032303/http://www.guitarworld.com/100_greatest_guitar_solos_45_quotlight_my_firequot_robby_krieger |archive-date=February 12, 2012 }}</ref> While recalling the track's story, Krieger has claimed that it was Morrison who encouraged the others to write songs when they realized they did not have enough original material.<ref>{{cite web |first=Alan |last=Paul |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/amp/magazine/interview-robby-krieger-doors-strange-days |title=The Doors' Robby Krieger Sheds Light{{snd}}Album by Album |work=Guitar World |access-date=March 18, 2021}}</ref> Additionally, Morrison wrote "Take It as It Comes" which came from one of his observations on [[Maharishi Mahesh Yogi]]'s meditation classes. Morrison wasn't initially studying these series of classes contrary to the other group members, but was later convinced by them to attend.{{sfn|Densmore|1990|p=102}} According to Ray Manzarek, the organ solo heard throughout the song was inspired by [[Johann Sebastian Bach]].{{sfn|Manzarek|1998|p=78}} Manzarek has also stated that the lyrics to "Twentieth Century Fox" refer to his wife Dorothy Fujikawa.{{sfn|Manzarek|1998|p=5}} ''The Doors'' also contains two cover songs: "[[Alabama Song]]" and "[[Back Door Man]]". "Alabama Song" was written and composed by [[Bertolt Brecht]] and [[Kurt Weill]] in 1927, for their opera ''[[Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny|Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny]]'' (''Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny'').{{sfn|Gaar|2015|p=26}} The melody is changed and the verse beginning "Show me the way to the next little dollar" is omitted. On the album version, Morrison altered the second verse from "Show us the way to the next pretty boy" to "Show me the way to the next little girl", but on the 1967 ''Live at the Matrix'' recording, he sings the original "next pretty boy".<ref>{{cite web |title=The Doors: ''Live at the Matrix 1967'' |url=https://www.thedoors.com/discography/live-matrix-1967-3225 |access-date=September 2, 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906205809/https://www.thedoors.com/discography/live-matrix-1967-3225 |archive-date=September 6, 2015 |website=Thedoors.com}}</ref> The Chicago blues "[[Back Door Man]]" was written by [[Willie Dixon]] and originally recorded by [[Howlin' Wolf]].{{sfn|Dixon|Snowden|1989|page=143}}{{sfn|Manzarek|1998|page=174}} == Releases == ''The Doors'' was released on January 4, 1967, by [[Elektra Records]].<ref>{{cite web |title=''The Doors'' – Album Details |url=https://www.thedoors.com/discography/doors-583 |website=Thedoors.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907002911/https://www.thedoors.com/discography/doors-583 |archive-date=September 7, 2015 |access-date=July 20, 2020}}</ref> Jac Holzman initially intended to release the record in November 1966, but following a negotiation with the other members of the band, he decided to postpone the release to the next year, as he felt the period was appropriate time for album sales.<ref name=Holzman>{{cite web |url=https://thedoors.com/interviews/jac-holzman-talks-the-doors |title=Jac Holzman Talks ''The Doors'' – The Doors |website=Thedoors.com |date=July 31, 2012 |access-date=April 15, 2021}}</ref> For the album's cover, [[Joel Brodsky]] was hired to provide a photo of the group, which later received a [[Grammy]] nomination.<ref>{{cite news |first=Matt |last=Schudel |date=March 26, 2007 |title=Joel Brodsky 67; shot iconic album covers |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-mar-26-me-brodsky26-story.html?amp |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=November 13, 2021}}</ref> Holzman also suggested an association with [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'' magazine]] for the album's advertisement by promoting the record with [[Billboard|hoarding]], a novel concept which was made popular later on. It was propelled under the stationery "Break On Through With An Electrifying Album".{{sfn|Davis|2004|page=113}} The Doors were the first rock band to use this advertising medium.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/11-amazing-rock-billboards-from-the-sunset-strip-21643/ |title=11 Amazing Rock Billboards From the Sunset Strip |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=April 15, 2021 |date=October 24, 2013}}</ref> <!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:The Doors Billboards.jpeg|thumb|Photo of the band advertising ''The Doors'' through ''Billboards'', in 1967]] --> ''The Doors'' made a steady climb up the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], ultimately becoming a huge success in the US once the edited single version of "Light My Fire" scaled the charts to become No. 1, with the album peaking at No. 2 on the chart in September 1967 (stuck behind [[the Beatles]]' ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'') and going on to achieve multi-platinum status.{{sfn|Gaar|2015|p=37}} In Europe the band would have to wait slightly longer for similar recognition, with "Light My Fire" originally stalling at No. 49 in the UK singles chart and the album failing to chart at all; however, in 1991, buoyed by the high-profile [[Oliver Stone]] film ''[[The Doors (film)|The Doors]]'', a reissue of "Light My Fire" reached No. 7 in the singles chart, and the album reached No. 43.<ref name="Guinness18">{{cite book| last = Roberts| first = David| title = British Hit Singles and Albums 18 Ed| date = May 2005| publisher = Gullane Children's Books| isbn = 978-1-904994-00-8}}</ref> The mono LP was withdrawn not long after its original release and remained unavailable until 2009, when it was reissued as a limited edition 180 gram audiophile LP by [[Rhino Records]]. The 40th anniversary mix of the debut album presents a stereo version of "Light My Fire" in speed-corrected form for the first time. Previously, only the original 45 RPM singles ("Light My Fire" and "Break On Through") were produced at the correct speed.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|last=Botnick |first=Bruce |author-link=Bruce Botnick |date=May 2006 |title=''The Doors'' 40th Anniversary|type=CD reissue liner notes}}</ref> === Reissues === The album was reissued several times since the 1980s. In 1981, [[Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab]] released a half speed mastered version of the album on vinyl, cut by Stan Ricker with the Ortofon Cutting System.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=The Doors |others=The Doors |year=1981 |type=Media notes and runouts |publisher=Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MFSL 1-051)}}</ref> In 1988, it was digitally remastered by Bruce Botnick and Paul A. Rothchild at Digital Magnetics using the original master tapes.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=The Doors|others=The Doors|year=1988|type=Booklet|publisher=Elektra (74007-2)}}</ref> In 1992 [[Dunhill Records|DCC Compact Classics]] reissued the album on [[Gold compact disc|24kt gold CD]] and 180g vinyl; the gold CD was remastered by [[Steve Hoffman (audio engineer)|Steve Hoffman]] while the vinyl was cut by [[Kevin Gray (mastering engineer)|Kevin Gray]] and Hoffman at Future Disc.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=The Doors|others=The Doors|year=1992|type=Booklet|publisher=DCC Compact Classics (GZS 1023)}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=The Doors|others=The Doors|year=1992|type=Media notes and runouts|publisher=DCC Compact Classics (LPZ-2046)}}</ref> It was remastered again in 1999 for ''[[The Complete Studio Recordings (The Doors album)|The Complete Studio Recordings]]'' box set, this edition was remastered by [[Bernie Grundman]] and Bruce Botnick at Bernie Grundman Mastering using [[Audio bit depth|96khz/24bit]] technology; it was also released as a standalone CD release.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=The Doors|others=The Doors|year=1999|type=Booklet|publisher=Elektra (62434-2A)}}</ref> In 2006 the album was released in multichannel [[DVD-Audio]] as part of the ''[[Perception (The Doors album)|Perception]]'' box set.<ref>{{cite web|last=Puterbaugh|first=Parke|date=December 3, 2006|title=The Doors DVD-As|url=http://www.soundandvision.com/content/doors-dvd|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222053204/http://www.soundandvision.com/content/doors-dvd|archive-date=December 22, 2014|access-date=December 20, 2014|website=Sound & Vision}}</ref> The next year, a 40th anniversary edition was released featuring the 2006 stereo remix done by Bruce Botnick and three bonus tracks, which was mastered by Bruce Botnick at Uniteye.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=The Doors|others=The Doors|year=2007|type=Booklet|publisher=Elektra (R2 101184)}}</ref> In 2009, the original mono mix was released on 180g vinyl, this version was cut by Bernie Grundman.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=The Doors|others=The Doors|year=2009|type=Media notes and runouts|publisher=Elektra (8122-79788-8)}}</ref> On September 14, 2011, it was released on hybrid stereo-multichannel [[Super Audio CD]] by Warner Japan in their Warner Premium Sound series.<ref>[http://wmg.jp/sacdcd/?icid=top110810#header Warner Premium Sound 14 September releases] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813061646/http://wmg.jp/sacdcd/?icid=top110810|date=August 13, 2011}} (in Japanese). Retrieved November 3, 2011.</ref> [[Analogue Productions]] reissued the album on hybrid [[Super Audio CD|SACD]] and double 45 RPM vinyl, both editions were mastered by [[Doug Sax]] and Sangwook Nam at The Mastering Lab; the CD layer of the Super Audio CD contains the original stereo mix while the SACD layer contains Bruce Botnick's 2006 5.1 [[Surround sound|surround]] mix.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=The Doors|others=The Doors|year=2013|type=Booklet|publisher=Analogue Productions (CAPP 74007 SA)}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=The Doors |others=The Doors |year=2011 |type=Media notes |publisher=Analogue Productions (APP 74007-45)}}</ref> In 2017, a deluxe edition was released in commemoration of the album's 50th anniversary, it includes the original stereo and mono mixes, as well as a compilation of songs recorded live at The Matrix in San Francisco on March 7, 1967. This edition was remastered by Bruce Botnick from "recently discovered original master tapes".<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=The Doors|others=The Doors|year=2017|type=Booklet|publisher=Elektra (R2-558716)}}</ref> == Reception and legacy == {{album ratings | subtitle = Retrospective reviews | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="Unterberger">{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-doors-mw0000650088 |title=''The Doors'' – Review |last=Unterberger |first=Richie |author-link=Richie Unterberger|website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=December 20, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222153703/http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-doors-mw0000650088 |archive-date=December 22, 2014 }}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]'' | rev2Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|year=2011|page=2006|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|publisher=[[Omnibus Press]]|isbn=978-0-85712-595-8|edition=5th}}</ref> | rev3 = ''[[The Great Rock Discography]]'' | rev3Score = 9/10<ref>{{cite book|last=Strong|first=Martin C.|author-link=Martin C. Strong|year=2004|chapter=The Doors|title=The Great Rock Discography|publisher=Canongate U.S.|isbn=1841956155|edition=7th}}</ref> | rev4 = ''[[MusicHound|MusicHound Rock]]'' | rev4score = 4/5<ref>{{cite book|editor-last1=Graff|editor-first1=Gary|editor-last2=Durchholz|editor-first2=Daniel |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide|publisher=Visible Ink Press|location=Farmington Hills, MI|year=1999|isbn=1-57859-061-2|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578590612/page/358 358]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9781578590612/page/358}}</ref> | rev5 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' | rev5score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref name="Puterbaugh" /> | rev6 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]'' | rev6Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/the-doors/albumguide |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130106033635/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/the-doors/albumguide |title=The Doors: Album Guide |magazine=[[Rolling Stone|rollingstone.com]] |archive-date=January 6, 2013 |url-status=dead |access-date=August 31, 2015}}</ref> | rev8 = ''[[Slant Magazine]]'' | rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/the-doors-the-doors/1089 |title=The Doors: ''The Doors'' <nowiki>| Album Review</nowiki> |last=Cinquemani |first=Sal |date=April 18, 2007 |magazine=[[Slant Magazine]] |access-date=December 20, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811000830/http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/the-doors-the-doors/1089 |archive-date=August 11, 2012 }}</ref> | rev9 = ''[[The Village Voice]]'' | rev9Score = B–<ref name="Christgau">{{cite news |last=Christgau |first=Robert |date=December 20, 1976 |title=Christgau's Consumer Guide to 1967 |newspaper=[[The Village Voice]] |page=69 |location=New York |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=6N9LAAAAIBAJ&pg=6134,4535773 |access-date=June 22, 2013}}</ref> }} In a contemporary review for ''[[Crawdaddy!]]'' magazine, founder and critic [[Paul Williams (music journalist)|Paul Williams]] hailed ''The Doors'' as "an album of magnitude" while likening the band to [[Brian Wilson]] and [[the Rolling Stones]] as creators of "modern music", with which "contemporary 'jazz' and 'classical' composers must try to measure up". Williams added: "The birth of the group is in this album, and it's as good as anything in rock. The awesome fact about the Doors is that they will improve."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thedoors.com/news/doors-review-crawdaddy-1184 |last=Williams |first=Paul |date=May 5, 1967 |title=The Doors Review – Crawdaddy! |via=thedoors.com |access-date=August 31, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910111602/https://www.thedoors.com/news/doors-review-crawdaddy-1184 |archive-date=September 10, 2015 }}</ref> ''[[Record Mirror]]'' was similarly positive to the record: "[''The Doors''] for Elektra is wild, rough and although it's subtle in places, the overall sound is torrid. They're blues-based and get quite an effective sound."<ref>{{cite magazine |title=''The Doors'' – Review |magazine=[[Record Mirror]] |orig-year=1967 |date=April 22, 2020 |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B_Svi4VHyJd/ |via=Instagram}}</ref> [[Robert Christgau]] was less enthusiastic in his column for ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'', recommending the album but with reservations; he approved of Manzarek's organ playing and Morrison's "flexible though sometimes faint" singing while highlighting the presence of a "great hard rock original" in "[[Break On Through (To the Other Side)|Break on Through]]" and clever songs such as "Twentieth Century Fox", but was critical of more "esoteric" material such as the "long, obscure dirge" "[[The End (The Doors song)|The End]]".<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Christgau|first=Robert|date=June 1967|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-aow/columns.php|title=Columns|magazine=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]|access-date=April 23, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428110900/http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/bk-aow/columns.php|archive-date=April 28, 2016}}</ref> He also found Morrison's lyrics often self-indulgent, particularly lines like "our love becomes a funeral pyre", which he said spoiled "[[Light My Fire]]", and "the nebulousness that passes for depth among so many lovers of rock poetry" on "The End".<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Cheetah|date=December 1967|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/music/lyrics-che.php|title=Rock Lyrics Are Poetry (Maybe)|last=Christgau|first=Robert|access-date=April 23, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412032721/http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/music/lyrics-che.php|archive-date=April 12, 2016}}</ref> ''The Doors'' has since been frequently ranked by critics as one of the greatest albums of all time; according to [[Acclaimed Music]], it is the 36th most ranked record on all-time lists.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/album/A94.htm|title=The Doors ranked 36th greatest album|website=[[Acclaimed Music]]|access-date=19 July 2021}}</ref> In 2003, Parke Puterbaugh of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' called the record "the L.A. foursome's most successful marriage of rock poetics with classically tempered hard rock{{snd}}a stoned, immaculate classic."<ref name="Puterbaugh">{{cite magazine|last=Puterbaugh |first=Parke |date=April 8, 2003 |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/the-doors-20030408 |title=The Doors by the Doors |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |location=New York City|access-date=April 23, 2016 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807113218/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/the-doors-20030408 |archive-date=August 7, 2011 }}</ref> Sean Egan of [[BBC Music]] opines, "The eponymous debut of the Doors took popular music into areas previously thought impossible: the incitement to expand one's consciousness of opener 'Break on Through' was just the beginning of its incendiary agenda."<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/xnwx BBC Music review] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160321151340/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/xnwx |date=March 21, 2016}}</ref> [[AllMusic]] critic [[Richie Unterberger]], lauded ''The Doors'' as a "tremendous debut album, and indeed one of the best first-time outings in rock history{{nbsp}}..." He concluded in his review that it was "nonetheless a haunting cap to an album whose nonstop melodicism and dynamic tension would never be equaled by the group again, let alone bettered."<ref name="Unterberger"/> In 2000, the album was voted number 46 in [[Colin Larkin]]'s ''[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]''.<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]|author=Colin Larkin|author-link=Colin Larkin|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2000|edition=3rd|isbn=0-7535-0493-6|page=56}}</ref> ''The Doors'' was ranked No. 42 on ''Rolling Stone'''s list of "[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]".<ref>{{cite magazine |title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time: The Doors – ''The Doors'' |magazine=Rolling Stone |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/the-doors-the-doors-167011 |url-status=dead |access-date=December 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716162758/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/the-doors-the-doors-167011/ |archive-date=July 16, 2019 }}</ref> When the list was revised in 2020, the album was included at No. 86.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time- |title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=September 22, 2020 |access-date=September 24, 2020}}</ref> ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' magazine ranked the album at No. 75 on its list of the "100 Greatest Albums Ever" and No. 226 in [[NME's The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|''NME'' magazine's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time"]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|url=https://www.nme.com/photos/the-500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-300-201/324403|publisher=NME.com|access-date=February 7, 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208000758/http://www.nme.com/photos/the-500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-300-201/324403|archive-date=February 8, 2015}}</ref> In 2007, ''Rolling Stone'' included it on their list of The 40 Essential Albums of 1967.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/photos/gallery/15327933/the_40_essential_albums_of_1967/photo/1/large |title=The 40 Essential Albums of 1967|year=2007 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070708233604/http://www.rollingstone.com/photos/gallery/15327933/the_40_essential_albums_of_1967/photo/1/large |archive-date=July 8, 2007 |url-status=dead |access-date=December 20, 2014}}</ref> More recently, ''[[Ultimate Classic Rock]]'' cited it as the fourth-top [[psychedelic rock]] album of all time.<ref name="Gallucci">{{cite web |first=Michael |last=Gallucci |date=February 23, 2021 |title=Top 25 Psychedelic Rock Albums |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/psychedelic-rock-albums/ |website=[[Ultimate Classic Rock]] |access-date=March 28, 2021}}</ref> == Track listing == ===Original album=== All tracks are written by the Doors ([[Jim Morrison]], [[Ray Manzarek]], [[Robby Krieger]] and [[John Densmore]]), except where noted. Details are taken from the 1967 U.S. Elektra release; other releases may show different information.<ref name="Liner">{{cite AV media notes| year = 1967| title = The Doors| type = Album notes| others = [[The Doors]]| location = New York City| publisher = [[Elektra Records]]| id = ELK-4007| at = Back cover}}</ref> {{track listing | headline = Side one | title1 = [[Break On Through (To the Other Side)]] | note1 = | length1 = 2:25 | title2 = [[Soul Kitchen (song)|Soul Kitchen]] | note2 = | length2 = 3:30 | title3 = [[The Crystal Ship]] | note3 = | length3 = 2:30 | title4 = Twentieth Century Fox | length4 = 2:30 | title5 = [[Alabama Song#The Doors version|Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)]] | writer5 = {{hlist|[[Bertolt Brecht]]|[[Kurt Weill]]}} | length5 = 3:15 | title6 = [[Light My Fire]] | note6 = | length6 = 6:50 }} {{track listing | headline = Side two | title1 = [[Back Door Man#The Doors version|Back Door Man]] | writer1 = {{hlist|[[Willie Dixon]]|[[Howlin' Wolf|Chester Burnett]]}} | length1 = 3:30 | title2 = I Looked at You | note2 = | length2 = 2:18 | title3 = [[End of the Night]] | note3 = | length3 = 2:49 | title4 = Take It as It Comes | length4 = 2:13 | title5 = [[The End (The Doors song)|The End]] | length5 = 11:35 }} ===Reissues=== {{track listing | collapsed = yes | headline = 40th Anniversary Edition Bonus Tracks | title12 = [[Moonlight Drive]] | note12 = August '66 version 1 | length12 = 2:43 | title13 = Moonlight Drive | note13 = August '66 version 2 | length13 = 2:31 | title14 = Indian Summer | note14 = 8/19/66 vocal | length14 = 2:37 }} {{track listing | collapsed = yes | headline = 50th Anniversary Edition Second CD/Fourth LP: Original Mono Album Mix | title1 = [[Break On Through (To the Other Side)]] | length1 = 2:29 | title2 = [[Soul Kitchen (song)|Soul Kitchen]] | length2 = 3:35 | title3 = [[The Crystal Ship]] | length3 = 2:34 | title4 = Twentieth Century Fox | length4 = 2:33 | title5 = [[Alabama Song#The Doors version|Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)]] | length5 = 3:21 | title6 = [[Light My Fire]] | length6 = 7:01 | title7 = [[Back Door Man#The Doors version|Back Door Man]] | length7 = 3:35 | title8 = I Looked at You | length8 = 2:24 | title9 = [[End of the Night]] | length9 = 2:54 | title10 = Take It as It Comes | length10 = 2:18 | title11 = [[The End (The Doors song)|The End]] | length11 = 11:46 }} {{track listing | collapsed = yes | headline = 50th Anniversary Edition Third CD: Live at the Matrix 3/7/67 | title1 = [[Break On Through (To the Other Side)]] | length1 = 3:35 | title2 = [[Soul Kitchen (song)|Soul Kitchen]] | length2 = 4:05 | title3 = [[The Crystal Ship]] | length3 = 3:07 | title4 = Twentieth Century Fox | length4 = 2:54 | title5 = [[Alabama Song#The Doors version|Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)]] | length5 = 4:03 | title6 = [[Light My Fire]] | length6 = 8:52 | title7 = [[Back Door Man#The Doors version|Back Door Man]] | length7 = 5:44 | title8 = [[The End (The Doors song)|The End]] | length8 = 14:14 }} == Personnel == Personnel adapted from album [[liner notes]]:<ref name="Liner"/> '''The Doors''' * [[Jim Morrison]] – vocals * [[Ray Manzarek]] – organ, piano, [[keyboard bass]]; backing vocals{{sfn|Classic Albums|2008|loc=30:04}} and [[marxophone]] on "Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)"{{sfn|Classic Albums Extras|2008|loc=0:00–0:40}} * [[Robby Krieger]] – guitar, bass on "Back Door Man",<ref name="interview" />{{sfn|Krieger|2021|page=262}} backing vocals on "Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)"{{sfn|Classic Albums|2008|loc=30:04}} * [[John Densmore]] – drums, backing vocals on "Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)"{{sfn|Classic Albums|2008|loc=30:04}} '''Additional musicians''' * [[Larry Knechtel]] – bass on "Soul Kitchen",{{refn|group=nb|According to Doors' engineer Bruce Botnick, the song's bass guitar was provided by session musician Larry Knechtel,{{sfn|Classic Albums|2008|loc=26:28}} but guitarist Robby Krieger argued that he played the bass guitar.<ref name="interview">{{cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kyej2cAh6wU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/Kyej2cAh6wU| archive-date=2021-12-11 |url-status=live|title=Mr. Mojo Risin': The Story of L.A. Woman Q&A and Performance |via=[[YouTube]] |time=12:50–13:33 |access-date=August 19, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref>{{sfn|Krieger|2021|page=262}}}} "Twentieth Century Fox"<ref name="AFMreport">{{Cite report |date=October 10, 1966 |title=Phonograph Recording Contract 3308 |publisher=[[American Federation of Musicians]] |page=1 |quote=Titles of Tunes: 20th Century Fox, Employee's Name: Knechtel |author=Lawrence W.}}</ref> and "Light My Fire"{{sfn|Davis|2005|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=fLzRXcFh4aQC&pg=PA139 139]}} '''Production''' * [[Paul A. Rothchild]] – producer; backing vocals on "Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)"{{refn|group=nb|Bruce Botnick stated on the documentary ''Classic Albums: The Doors'', while hearing the song's final verse: "It's possible that Paul Rothchild would singing in there too."{{sfn|Classic Albums|2008|loc=30:04}}}} * [[Bruce Botnick]] – engineer == Charts == '''Album''' {|class="wikitable sortable" |- !scope="col"| Chart (1967) !scope="col"| Peak |- |{{album chart|Canada|15|artist=The Doors|album=The Doors|chartid=10094a|access-date=June 21, 2016}} |- |{{album chart|Billboard200|2|artist=The Doors|album=The Doors|refname=uschart|access-date=June 21, 2016}} |- !scopre="col"| Chart (2021) !scope="col" | Peak |- |{{album chart|Portugal|4|artist=The Doors|album=The Doors|access-date=28 June 2021}} |} '''Singles''' {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col"| Year ! scope="col"| Single (A-side / B-side) ! scope="col"| Chart ! scope="col"| Position |- | 1967 | scope="row"| "[[Break On Through (To the Other Side)]]" / "[[End of the Night]]" | [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] |126{{refn|group=nb|Although some sources incorrectly state this record peaked at 106, the actual chart published in ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' verifies the position was 126.<ref>Whitburn, Joel. ''Bubbling Under Singles & Albums'' (1998): 66.</ref>}} |- | 1967 | scope="row"| "[[Light My Fire]]" / "[[The Crystal Ship]]" | Hot 100 | 1<ref name=hot100>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/401582/doors/chart?f=379|title=The Doors The 'Hot' 100|magazine=Billboard|access-date=August 22, 2020}}</ref> |} ==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Argentina|artist=The Doors|title=The Doors|type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=1993|certref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=&album=&LanDesde_MM=1&LanDesde_AA=1980&LanHasta_MM=12&LanHasta_AA=2010&Galardoyn=O&Tipo=1&AyCCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP |archive-url=https://archive.today/20110706084844/http://www.capif.org.ar/Default.asp?PerDesde_MM=0&PerDesde_AA=0&PerHasta_MM=0&PerHasta_AA=0&interprete=&album=&LanDesde_MM=1&LanDesde_AA=1980&LanHasta_MM=12&LanHasta_AA=2010&Galardon=O&Tipo=1&ACCION2=+Buscar+&ACCION=Buscar&CO=5&CODOP=ESOP |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |title=Discos de oro y platino |access-date=September 16, 2012 |publisher=[[Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas]] |language=es |url-status=dead }}</ref>}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|artist=The Doors|title=Doors|type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=1967}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=The Doors|title=The Doors|type=album|award=Platinum|number=4|relyear=1967}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=France|artist=Doors|title=The Doors|type=album|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=1967|certyear=1993|source=infodisc}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|artist=The Doors|title=The Doors (1st Album)|type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=1967}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|artist=Doors|title=The Doors|type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=1967|certyear=2021|note=sales since 2009|access-date=May 4, 2021}} {{certification Table Entry|title=The Doors|artist=The Doors|type=album|relyear=1991|certyear=1991|region=Spain|award=Gold|certref=<ref name="Spanish certifications 1991-1995">{{cite book|url=http://www.mediafire.com/view/vqzno2c0fe48zam|title=Solo Exitos 1959–2002 Ano A Ano: Certificados 1991–1995|year=2005|publisher=Solo Exitos 1959–2002 Ano A Ano|isbn=8480486392}}</ref>|access-date=December 25, 2013}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|artist=Doors|title=The Doors|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=1967|certyear=1999|access-date=April 23, 2019}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|type=album|title=The Doors|artist=The Doors|award=Platinum|relyear=1999|domestic=false}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Doors|title=The Doors|type=album|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=1967|certyear=2004}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=The Doors|title=The Doors|type=album|award=Platinum|number=4|relyear=1967}} {{Certification Table Bottom|streaming=true}} == Notes == {{Reflist|group=nb}} == References == {{Reflist|30em}} == Sources == * {{cite book |last=Cherry |first=Jim |title=The Doors Examined |date=March 25, 2013 |publisher=Bennion/Kearny |isbn=978-1909125124 }} * {{cite book |title=Jim Morrison: LIfe, Death, Legend |year=2004 |first=Stephen |last=Davis |publisher=[[Penguin Books]] |isbn=1-59240-064-7 }} * {{cite book |last=Densmore |first=John |author-link=John Densmore |year=1990 |title=Riders on the Storm: My Life with Jim Morrison and the Doors |publisher=[[Delacorte Press]] |isbn=978-0-385-30033-9 }} * {{cite book |last1=Dixon |first1=Willie |author-link1=Willie Dixon |last2=Snowden |first2=Don |title=I Am the Blues |location=Boston, Massachusetts |publisher=[[Da Capo Press]] |year=1989 |isbn=0-306-80415-8 }} * {{cite AV media |people=[[The Doors]] |year=2008 |title=Classic Albums: The Doors |medium=DVD |publisher= [[Eagle Rock Entertainment]] }} * {{cite AV media |people=The Doors |year=2008 |title=Classic Albums: The Doors Extras |medium=DVD |publisher=Eagle Rock Entertainment }} * {{cite book |last1=Fong-Torres |first1=Ben |first2=The |last2=Doors |title=The Doors |year=2006 |publisher=Hyperion |isbn=1-4013-0303-X }} *{{cite book |first=Gillian |last=G. Gaar |year=2015 |title=The Doors: The Illustrated History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Xu76CwAAQBAJ |publisher=Voyageur Press |isbn=978-1627887052 }} * {{cite book |last=Greene |first=Doyle |year=2016 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VLWaCwAAQBAJ |title=Rock, Counterculture and the Avant-Garde, 1966–1970: How the Beatles, Frank Zappa and the Velvet Underground Defined an Era |publisher=McFarland |location=Jefferson, New York City |isbn=978-1-4766-6214-5}} * {{cite book |last=Krieger |first=Robby |author-link=Robby Krieger |year=2021 |title=Set the Night on Fire: Living, Dying, and Playing Guitar with the Doors |publisher=Ebook |isbn=978-0316243544 }} * {{cite book |last=Manzarek |first=Ray |title=Light My Fire: My Life With the Doors |title-link=Light My Fire (book) |publisher=Putnam |year=1998 |isbn=978-0-399-14399-1 |location=New York |author-link=Ray Manzarek }} * {{cite book |first=Melissa |last=Ursula Dawn Goldsmith |year=2019 |title=Listen to Classic Rock! Exploring a Musical Genre |publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]] |isbn=978-1440865787}} * {{cite book |first=Mick |last=Wall |date=October 30, 2014 |publisher=Hachette |location=UK |isbn=978-1409151258 |title=Love Becomes a Funeral Pyre }} * {{cite book |last=Weidman |first=Rich |title=The Doors FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Kings of Acid Rock |date=October 1, 2011 |publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]] |isbn=978-1-61713-017-5 }} == External links == * {{Discogs master|45347|The Doors}} {{The Doors}} {{The Doors songs}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Doors, The (album)}} [[Category:The Doors albums]] [[Category:1967 debut albums]] [[Category:Grammy Hall of Fame Award recipients]] [[Category:Albums produced by Paul A. 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