Morrison Hotel
	Produced by Paul A. Rothchild
	Released on February 1970
	US CHART POSITION #4 . . . GOLD RECORD (2/23/70), PLATINUM (11/15/01) . . . UK CHART POSITION #12
	Find it at GEMM
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A fter several albums that found Morrison’s influence shrinking within the band, the singer reasserts himself as the principal dynamic force on the aptly titled Morrison Hotel. It’s not hard to hear why many felt this was a return to their blues-based debut -- the opening “Roadhouse Blues” rumbles and roars like nothing since it. The album is actually divided into two halves: the first, subtitled “Hard Rock Café,” is by far the better half, with the powerful psychedelia of “Waiting for the Sun,” the politically charged “Peace Frog,” the masterfully smooth “Blue Sunday” and the straightahead blues of “You Make Me Real.” On the second side, which shares the album’s title, the songs settle into storytelling that are less electrically charged but still interesting. “The Spy” slinks like its namesake, “Indian Summer” floats along like a raft on a slow current, but only “Maggie M’Gill” summons the singer’s dark vocal powers. There are a few clunkers on here -- “Ship of Fools” and “Land Ho!” in particular haven’t aged so well -- but Morrison’s performance rights what might have been, material-wise, a listing ship. Apparently, The Doors realized that strings and psychedelic arrangements were no match for Morrison’s raw magnetism, and Morrison Hotel is the better album for it.

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TRACK LISTING

1. ROADHOUSE BLUES    (Jim Morrison/The Doors)    4:04
2. WAITING FOR THE SUN    (Jim Morrison)    3:58
3. YOU MAKE ME REAL    (Jim Morrison)    2:50
4. PEACE FROG    (Jim Morrison/Robbie Krieger)    2:52
5. BLUE SUNDAY    (Jim Morrison)    2:08
6. SHIP OF FOOLS    (Jim Morrison/Robbie Krieger)    3:06
7. LAND HO!    (Jim Morrison/Robbie Krieger)    4:08
8. THE SPY    (Jim Morrison)    4:15
9. QUEEN OF THE HIGHWAY    (Jim Morrison/Robbie Krieger)    2:47
10. INDIAN SUMMER    (Jim Morrison/Robbie Krieger)    2:33
11. MAGGIE M'GILL    (Jim Morrison/The Doors)    4:24

CREDITS

JOHN DENSMORE -- drums
ROBBIE KRIEGER -- guitar
RAY MANZAREK -- piano & organ
JIM MORRISON -- vocals
Ray Neopolitan -- bass
Lonnie Mack -- bass (1,11)
G. Puglese -- harp (1)
Bruce Botnick -- engineer
Gary Burden -- design
Henry Diltz -- photography

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