Elektra / Wea
1967
Strange Days
About This Album
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. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide
Track List
(try tracks 2,6,8 and 10)
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Ritchie Unterberger, a relative unknown, is the personificat i o n of bombastic.
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SLIP into drawn out bombast???.. . y o u aren't a big doors afficianado or a great 70's rock guy huh?
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"When the Music's Over",my favorite track on my favorite Doors album. Bought this album ,dropped some Blue Cheer, then listened to Strange Days for the first time. The guitar solo on "When the Music's Over" was like a wild living map of the Earth's magnetispher e , the lines squirming like snakes inside my head. Still among my favorite guitar solos.
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Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide, comments that the long drawn out instrumental s are bombast. Bombast? The older I get the better the instrumental musicians get. More, not less of them is appreciated. Here's to "bombast."
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How could someone leave out People Are Strange when talking about this album?
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No way is this album as good as their first. The Doors will ALWAYS be known for their first album.
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I think this guys reviews have tendency to slip into drawn-out bombast, what a moron!
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What is this dimwit talking about, this is probably the best Doors album next to L.A. woman and The Doors self-titled.
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It is hard to find something much better than this. One can really hear how these former UCLA film students bring a visual nature to their music, too.
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When the music's over might just be one of the greatest rock and roll songs ever made by an American rock band.
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Under "try tracks" above you should listen to track 7 - People Are Strange ! !
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