The Best of The Doors (1985 album)

The Best of The Doors
Greatest hits album by The Doors
Released	November 1985
Recorded	1966–1971
Genre	Psychedelic rock, acid rock, blues rock, hard rock
Length	89:17
Label	Elektra
Producer	Paul A. Rothchild, Bruce Botnick, The Doors
The Doors chronology
The Doors Classics (1985) The Best of The Doors (1985) The Doors (soundtrack) (1991)

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The Best of The Doors is a two-disc compilation album consisting of 19 songs of The Doors. It was commercially released in 1985. All of the songs were a part of previous Doors albums. Included in the set are the Doors' two famous epic poems, "When the Music's Over", and "The End", which end disc one and two, respectively. Danny Sugerman contributed a short essay which discussed the band's origins, influences and Jim Morrison's personality, and was printed inside the gatefold sleeve of the vinyl version of the album. Remastered versions of the album were released in 1991 and 2006. The album was very popular and had strong sales. It remains the band's best selling release, and is one of the best selling albums of all time. In February 2007 the RIAA certified this album as Diamond.^[2]

Track listing

All songs by The Doors (John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, and Jim Morrison), except where noted.

Disc one

1. "Break On Through (To the Other Side)" (from The Doors (1967)) (Jim Morrison) – 2:27
2. "Light My Fire" (from The Doors) (Robby Krieger) – 7:06
3. "The Crystal Ship" (from The Doors) (Morrison) – 2:33
4. "People Are Strange" (from Strange Days (1967)) (Morrison, Krieger) – 2:11
5. "Strange Days" (from Strange Days) (Morrison) – 3:07
6. "Love Me Two Times" (from Strange Days) (Krieger) – 3:15
7. "Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)" (from The Doors) (Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) (CD-only bonus track) – 3:20
8. "Five to One" (from Waiting for the Sun (1968)) (Morrison) – 4:26
9. "Waiting for the Sun" (from Morrison Hotel (1970)) (Morrison) – 3:59
10. "Spanish Caravan" (from Waiting for the Sun) – 2:58
11. "When the Music's Over" (from Strange Days) – 10:56

Disc two

1. "Hello, I Love You" (from Waiting for the Sun) (Morrison) – 2:14
2. "Roadhouse Blues" (from Morrison Hotel) (Morrison) – 4:03
3. "L.A. Woman" (from L.A. Woman (1971)) (Morrison) – 7:49
4. "Riders on the Storm" (from L.A. Woman) – 7:11
5. "Touch Me" (from The Soft Parade (1969)) (Krieger) – 3:12
6. "Love Her Madly" (from L.A. Woman) (Krieger) – 3:17
7. "The Unknown Soldier" (from Waiting for the Sun) – 3:23
8. "The End" (from The Doors) – 11:42

Personnel

• John Densmore – drums
• Robby Krieger – guitar
• Ray Manzarek – organ, piano, keyboards, bass
• Jim Morrison – vocals
• Paul A. Rothchild – producer of all tracks except the L.A. Woman selections
• Bruce Botnick – co-producer of the L.A. Woman selections
• Douglass Lubahn – occasional bass guitar on the tracks that came from Strange Days & Waiting for the Sun except disc 2, track 7
• Jerry Scheff – occasional bass guitar on the L.A. Woman tracks
• Ray Neapolitan – bass guitar on disc 1, track 9
• Lonnie Mack – bass guitar on disc 2, track 2
• John Sebastian – harmonica on disc 2, track 2 (credited as "G. Puglese")
• Harvey Brooks – bass guitar on disc 2, track 5
• Paul Harris – orchestral arrangements on disc 2, track 5
• Curtis Amy – saxophoneosolon disc 2, track 5
• Marc Benno – additional guitar on disc 2, track 3
• Kerry Magness – bass guitar on disc 2, track 7
• Leroy Vinnegar – acoustic bass on disc 2, track 10
• Larry Knechtel – bass guitar on disc 1, track 2 (though was uncredited)

Charts and certifications

See also

• List of best-selling albums in the United States

References