The Doors - L.A. Woman
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Release date: 02 February 2011
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- The Changeling
- Love Her Madly
- Been Down So Long
- Cars Hiss by My Window
- LA Woman
- L'America
- Hyacinth House
- Crawling King Snake
- The Wasp
- Riders on the Storm
- L.A. Woman ( LP Version )
- Riders On The Storm ( LP Version )
- The WASP ( Texas Radio And The Big Beat ) ( LP Version )
- Crawling King Snake ( LP Version )
- Hyacinth House ( LP Version )
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The Doors - L.A. Woman: Wikipedia Album Entry
L.A. Woman is the sixth and last studio album that the American rock & roll band The Doors recorded with lead singer Jim Morrison, who died in July 1971. The album's style is arguably the most blues rock -oriented of the band's catalogue. Following the departure of their record producer Paul A. Rothchild (who dismissed the group's differing style as "cocktail music") around November 1970, the Doors and engineer Bruce Botnick began production on the album at The Doors Workshop in Los Angeles. Most of the tracks were recorded live, except for a few overdubbed keyboard parts by Ray Manzarek. Session musicians Jerry Scheff and Marc Benno entered the studio in January 1971 to put some finishing touches. It is the only Jim Morrison-era studio album which The Doors did not follow up with a concert tour; Morrison had moved to Paris by the time it was released in May 1971 and died two months later on July 3, 1971.
Botnick produced and mixed a new 5.1 Surround version of the album, which was released on DVD-Audio, December 19, 2000. It was produced from the original 8 track analog 1" master tapes.
In 2003, the album was ranked number 362 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.
A new version of the album, titled L.A. Woman (40th Anniversary Mixes) was released on March 27, 2007 on Rhino records. It contains two bonus tracks: "Orange County Suite" and the Willie Dixon-authored "(You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further". The latter track features Manzarek on vocals. The track "Orange County Suite" was not recorded with the other tracks on the album, the song is originally a Morrison solo vocal and piano recording with music later overdubbed by the surviving Doors.
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The Doors - L.A. Woman Lyrics
The Doors - Riders On The Storm Lyrics
Riders on the storm, riders on the storm
Into this house we're born, into this world we're thrown
Like a dog without a bone, an actor out on loan
Riders on the storm
The Doors - Don't Go No Further Lyrics
You need meat,
Go to the market.
You need bread,
Try the bakery.
The Doors - Orange County Suite Lyrics
Well I used to know someone fair
She had orange ribbons in her hair
She was such a trip, she was hardly there
But I loved her, just the same
The Doors - Cars Hiss By My Window Lyrics
The cars hiss by my window
Like the waves down on the beach
The cars hiss by my window
Like the waves down on the beach
The Doors - Crawling King Snake Lyrics
Well, I'm the crawlin' king snake
And I rule my den
I'm the crawlin' king snake
And I rule my den
The Doors - Hyacinth House Lyrics
What are they doing in the hyacinth house?
What are they doing in the hyacinth house?
To please the lions in this day
The Doors - L'america Lyrics
I took a trip down to L'America
To trade some beads for a pint of gold
I took a trip down to L'America
To trade some beads for a pint of gold
The Doors - L.a Woman Lyrics
Well, I just got into town about an hour ago
Took a look around, see which way the wind blow
Where the little girls in their Hollywood bungalows?
Are you a lucky little lady in the city of light?
The Doors - Been Down So Long Lyrics
Born from the blind, delusional mind
Bite the hand that feeds the lie
The garden is severed, burned is the truth
Open your eyes 'cause God hates you
The Doors - Love Her Madly Lyrics
Don't you love her madly?
Don't you need her badly?
Don't you love her ways?
Tell me what you say?
The Doors - The Wasp Lyrics
I wanna tell you 'bout Texas Radio and the Big Beat
Comes out of the Virginia swamps
Cool and slow with plenty of precision
With a back beat narrow and hard to master
