Friday, 29 June 2018

Stranger Days


Many of the songs on Strange Days had been written around the same time as the ones that appeared on The Doors, and with hindsight one has the sense that the best of the batch had already been cherry-picked for the debut album. For that reason, the band's second effort isn't as consistently stunning as their debut, though overall it's a very successful continuation of the themes of their classic album. Besides the hit "Strange Days," highlights included the funky "Moonlight Drive," the eerie "You're Lost Little Girl," and the jerkily rhythmic "Love Me Two Times," which gave the band a small chart single. "My Eyes Have Seen You" and "I Can't See Your Face in My Mind" are minor but pleasing entries in the group's repertoire that share a subdued Eastern psychedelic air. The 11-minute "When the Music's Over" would often be featured as a live showstopper, yet it also illustrated their tendency to occasionally slip into drawn-out bombast.



The second CD ripped from the Doors Box Set “Infinite” to 24bit FLAC

The Doors; Strange Days

1.      Strange Days
2.      You’re Lost Little Girl
3.      Love Me Two Times
4.      Unhappy Girl
5.      Horse Latitudes
6.      Moonlight Drive
7.      People Are Strange
8.      My Eyes Have Seen You
9.      I Can’t See Your Face In My Mind
10.   When The Music’s Over

The debut Doors album is still available here
 


9 comments:

  1. GREAT Album... The Infinite Box is not really the Best Iteration in existence, if you are litterally obsessed by this (like ME)
    try to listen to some Prof. Stoned MONO MIX or PBTHAL rip!
    Same for The first, a little less evident.

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  2. For the 98% of music I'm more than happy with the first copy/format/edition I have at hand.
    If talking of Beatles catalog I listen only to Dr. Ebbetts,
    Same for Zeppelin (Monarch etc.) Or Stones... if I got to listen to horrible remasters. Better listen to Techno!

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  3. I hope you are just enjoying a holiday and will be back soon! I had intentions of keeping a more productive blogging schedule, but life happens...

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  4. When are you coming back lizard king?

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  5. He's dead Jim.

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    1. Thanks blureu, just a wee break for the summer

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