The second album from this band from USA.
The band was a quartet with a lineup of marimba, drums, percussion, guitars, harpsischord, piano, organ, keyboards, minimoog and vocals.
A guest added bass on most of the tracks.
The Doors reached their commercial and creative peak with their self-tifled, iconic debut album. One of the bigger albums of our time.
The band was pressed into the studio again by their record label Elektra who had been taken by surprise by the success of their debut album.
The mercurial vocalist Jim Morrison had by now already started to self-destruct and the only way to keep him under control was in a record studio.
The band did not have any real hits up their sleeves when going into the studio and they did not produce any songs rivalling the best songs from the debut album. They never did that again, with the exception of Raiders Of The Storm from their sixth album.
What we get here is one long track and nine shorter tracks. The shorter tracks is quirky blends of west coast pop/rock, psych rock and blues. The long track When The Music Is Over is quirky long blend of blues and psych rock.
Jim Morrison is on fire here and his vocals is very good. If he only had been as dedicated to singing as substance and alcohol misuse.... Tragic, indeed.
The real stars here and the reason why the album is a very good album, is the three other musicians who adds some very good drums, keyboards and guitar solos, riffs and hooks. Ditto for the guest bassist.
The songs are all very good, made very good by the musicians. The Doors has maximised some pretty good songs and made them so much better. That is the magic of this album.
3.5 points
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