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The Doors: Original Soundtrack Recording is the soundtrack to Oliver Stone's 1991 film The Doors. It contains several studio recordings by the Doors , as well as the Velvet Underground 's " Heroin " and the introduction to Carl Orff 's Carmina Burana .
In the book A to X of Alternative Music, "Touch Me" was described as a "solid gold soul classic". [1] Writing for AllMusic, critic Jason Elias wrote that the song has "the style of pop and pure lounge." [13] Some critics suggested the track blends pop [14] with psychedelic rock; a combination which was unique at the time. [9]
The Soft Parade is the fourth studio album by American rock band the Doors, released on July 18, 1969, by Elektra Records.Most of the album was recorded following a grueling tour during which the band was left with little time to compose new material.
All songs are performed by The Doors and written by Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, and John Densmore, except where noted. All spoken tracks are poetry read by Johnny Depp and written by Jim Morrison, except where noted. "Poem: Cinema" – 0:25 "Poem: The Spirit of Music" – 0:22 "Moonlight Drive" (Jim Morrison) – 3:01
It should only contain pages that are The Doors songs or lists of The Doors songs, as well as subcategories containing those things (themselves set categories). Topics about The Doors songs in general should be placed in relevant topic categories .
The use of the Doors song "The End", from their debut album, in the popular Vietnam War film, Apocalypse Now in 1979 and the release of the first compilation album in seven years, Greatest Hits, released in the fall of 1980, created a resurgence in the Doors. Due to those two events, an entirely new audience, too young to have known of the band ...
In 2011, the Doors received a Grammy Award in Best Long Form Music Video for the film When You're Strange, directed by Tom DiCillo. [ 180 ] In 2012, Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time included three of their studio albums; the self-titled album at number 42, L.A. Woman at number 362, and Strange Days at number 407.
13 was a project instigated by Elektra Records, who wanted product from the band for the Christmas season, to which the band reluctantly agreed. Morrison even agreed to shave off his beard for the album cover's photo shoot, but the label opted for a younger photo of the singer, which they had also done for the group's live album Absolutely Live, released in July of that year.