L.A. Woman

Most of “L.A. Woman” differs from what I remembered of The Doors' sound. I'm not even sure if I didn't know this album at all except for “Riders on the Storm” or if I didn't attribute the other songs to The Doors. In any case, this last “real” Doors album is incredibly bluesy and Jim Morrison sounds much older than he actually was. It goes so far that I can't say whether “L.A. Woman” is an unusual Doors album or a great blues rock album that is only attributed to The Doors because, coincidentally, all the band members were involved in it.
Since Morrison subsequently left the band and died shortly afterwards in officially unexplained circumstances, I consider this album (without wanting to devalue the achievements of the other musicians) to be the final statement of this outstanding frontman – albeit one that moves somewhere in the gray area between monumental and disturbing.

Man - I just don't get the Doors.

I just can't see what others see. It just dribbles on for me...and the organ ruins every song.

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I had this when I was a kid and alt rock types thought Jim Morrison was cool. Turns out he was s bit of a knob with an over-self-aware singing voice.

Fantastic organ sound throughout, strong rhythm section. Some good tunes, including Rider on the Storm, let down by too many white mam pretends to sing the blues.

Još jedan vrlo dobar Doors album, malo ispod debija i malo iznad drugog koji sam slušala. Gotovo na listi s njima.

It's my third Doors album and I still don't really get it. Every song feels like it's eight minutes long, even the ones that clock in at less than four.

Fuck I should really listen to The Doors more

God what a fuckin revelation this must have been in '71

Why do they insist on the organs? It sounds more retro than their debut. Jim has a deeper and rough voice here too, which adds to the blues vibes.

Ok.

Solid album. Nice finish with "Riders on the Storm".

Some good songs but also some pretty boring sections in there that really let the album down

Very cool. Didn't love every song but I loved the style of the whole album. Blue-sy but not tired and worn out.

Not too bad but I didn't find it the most interesting.

Standout track: Riders on the storm

It was good, I liked it, had a number of really solid tracks on it.

Smoky and bluesy, very enjoyable. Perfect length, also cohesive. The WASP is excellent, as is Riders on the Storm, an old favourite. Love an album that ends strong.

I liked this album musically but Jim Morrison has an annoying voice and L'America is awful

I was a huge Doors fan in high school, but at some point I completely fell out of love with them. I don’t think I’ve listened to any of their music in nearly 20 years.

Listening to L.A. Woman now brings back so many memories, but somehow still feels kind of fresh and new to me because it’s been so long since I’ve heard any of these songs. Jim Morrison’s voice is amazing and the band are on fire. I really enjoyed listening to this one and I’m going to need to go do a deep dive through their albums again.

Also, to the reviewer who claims that both L.A. Woman and In Utero by Nirvana would never have been as popular if they weren’t the final releases of beloved musicians, what are you on about, man? We clearly hear music incredibly differently.

What an album! Blues rock masterpiece no doubt and perhaps the bluesiest offering from the Doors. Also this is last album to feature Jim, some of my favourite tracks are here. Rated 4.5 on RYM so at least 4 stars here but I see this going for 5 stars as well.

I wasn’t bowled over by Morrison Hotel. This is so much better. Gets a 4 just for L.A. Woman and Riders. But the rest is pretty cool too. Clearly their zenith. I guess it had to be as 3 months later Morrison was dead.

Había escuchado el Morrisson Hotel antes de que se hicieran famosos de nuevo con la película. El tema L.A. Woman lo conocía por la versión de Billy Idol y bueno cuando llegó el boom me compré una caja con todos los CD de ellos. Pura magia, nunca pensé que me gustaría tanto un grupo de esa época. Este disco es mejor de lo que parece en una primera escucha y además de grandes canciones se cierra con la enorme «Riders on the storm». Acabo antes diciendo que no me guardé en favoritos «Cars Hiss by my Window» y «Crawling King Snake».