The Doors
Not prog proper I suppose, but their proximity to the entrance of prog earns The Doors a special mention. The band could certainly invoke a transportative chaos: "The End," "When The Music's Over." Scary, intense stuff, that. They burned at a cooler flame on popular hits like "Light My Fire," "Hello I Love You" and "Love Me Two Times;" turned it up a notch on scorchers like "L.A. Woman," "Roadhouse Blues" and "Break On Through (To The Other Side);" spoke in spectral colors on "Strange Days" and "Riders on the Storm." Morrison (you may have heard) passed away in 1971; it's been nonsense ever since. Still it shouldn't detract from The Doors' achievement, which forms a load-bearing pillar in the temple of the "sex, drugs and rock & roll" mythology.
| Date | ALBUMS / Singles |
|---|---|
| 1967 January | Break On Through (To The Other Side) |
| 1967 January | THE DOORS |
| 1967 May | Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) |
| 1967 May | Light My Fire |
| 1967 September | People Are Strange |
| 1967 October | STRANGE DAYS |
| 1968 March | The Unknown Soldier |
| 1968 July | Hello I Love You |
| 1968 July | WAITING FOR THE SUN |
| 1968 December | Touch Me |
| 1969 March | Wishful Sinful |
| 1969 June | Tell All The People |
| 1969 July | THE SOFT PARADE |
| 1969 August | Runnin' Blue |
| 1970 February | 13 |
| 1970 February | MORRISON HOTEL |
| 1970 April | You Make Me Real |
| 1970 July | Roadhouse Blues |
| 1970 July | ABSOLUTELY LIVE |
| 1970 October | Universal Mind |
| 1971 April | Love Her Madly |
| 1971 April | L.A. WOMAN |
| 1971 June | Riders On The Storm |
| 1971 October | OTHER VOICES |
| 1971 November | Tightrope Ride |
| 1972 January | WEIRD SCENES INSIDE THE GOLDMINE |
| 1972 May | Ship w. Sails |
| 1972 July | FULL CIRCLE |
| 1972 August | Get Up And Dance |
| 1972 September | The Mosquito |
| 1972 December | The Piano Bird |
| 1973 September | THE BEST OF THE DOORS |
| 1974 | STAR-COLLECTION VOL. 2 (Germany) |
| 1978 November | AN AMERICAN PRAYER |
| 1980 January | The End |
| 1980 October | GREATEST HITS |
| 1983 October | Gloria (live) |
| 1983 October | ALIVE SHE CRIED |
| 1983 | Love Me Two Times (live) |
| 1985 May | CLASSICS |
| 1985 November | THE BEST OF THE DOORS |
| 1987 June | LIVE AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL (EP) |
| 1991 March | THE DOORS: MUSIC FROM THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK |
| 1991 | Roadhouse Blues (live) |
| 1991 May 21 | IN CONCERT |
| 1992 March 12 | THE CEREMONY CONTINUES |
| 1995 June | The Ghost Song |
| 1996 October | GREATEST HITS |
| 1997 October | THE DOORS BOX SET |
| 1998 February 24 | OPENING THE DOORS OF PERCEPTION |
| 1999 November | THE COMPLETE STUDIO RECORDINGS |
| 2000 June 20 | ESSENTIAL RARITIES |
| 2000 November 7 | THE BEST OF THE DOORS |
| 2001 September 18 | THE VERY BEST OF THE DOORS |
| 2001 November 20 | "NO ONE HERE GETS OUT ALIVE" |
| 2003 August 12 | LEGACY: THE ABSOLUTE BEST |
| 2003 December | BOOT YER BUTT! THE DOORS BOOTLEGS |
| 2006 January | LOVE/DEATH/TRAVEL |
| 2006 November 21 | PERCEPTION |
| 2007 March 25 | THE VERY BEST OF THE DOORS (2007) |
| 2008 April 22 | VINYL BOX SET |
| 2009 November 17 | LIVE IN NEW YORK |
SEE ALSO...
RAY MANZAREK discography
NITE CITY discography
School of Rock: Music From And Inspired By The Motion Picture
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