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| 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 |
| 11. People Are Strange |
| 12. Love Me Two Times |
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Even darker than their purple-hued debut, the Doors' follow-up, Strange Days, closed 1967 with an ominous flourish. Highlighted mostly by short, radio- friendly tunes such as the bluesy "Love Me Two Times" and the cabaret-style "People Are Strange" and featuring a smattering of edgy recitations ("Horse Latitudes") and smoky rockers ("My Eyes Have Seen You"), the album features a centerpiece that was another ambitious extended track, "When the Music's Over". On it, Morrison railed at everything from organised religion to pollution, and his rallying cry--"We want the world, and we want it now!"--became a call to arms for the counterculture rising up around the band. --Billy Altman
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Strange Days + 2 exclusive Bonus Tracks (40th Anniversary Mixes by The Doors & Bruce Notnick) (CD Album) by The Doors - 2007 Elektra/Rhino (8122-79998-4) - 16 Tracks: 1. Strange Days (3:05), 2. You're Lost Little Girl (3:01), 3. Love Me Two Times (3:23), 4. Unhappy Girl (2:00), 5. Horse Latitudes (1:30), 6. Moonlight Drive (3:00), 7. People Are Strange (2:10), 8. My Eyes Have Seen You (2:22), 9. I Can't See Your Face In My Mind (3:18), 10. When The Music's Over (11:00) - Bonus Tracks : 11. People Are Strange (False Starts & Studio Dialogue) (1:57), 12. Love Me Two Times (Take 3) (3:19)
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
"Strange Days" continued the breakout of the Doors, back in the flowering of the 1960s music scene -- which is admittedly a great place to start. Their sophomore album showed no signs of a slump, polishing up the rough blues'n'rock of their first album, and continuing into weirder, more intense territory.
It opens with the dark, hallucinatory beauty of "Strange Days," with Jim Morrison's rich voice singing distantly, "Strange days have found us/Strange days have tracked us down/They're going to destroy/Our casual joys..." His melancholy vocals are totally at odds with the energetic drums, keyboard and bouncy melody.
It's followed by the affectionate-sounding "You're Lost, Little Girl," and the deliciously stompy-bluesy "Love Me Two Times." Having hooked listeners in, the Doors spill out a stream of bluesy rock'n'roll -- sometimes it's dusty and raw, and sometimes it's flavoured with keyboard. And at the end there's a haunting pair of slow, atmospheric rockers -- the darkly enticing "I Can't See Your Face in My Mind," and the sprawling electrobluesy "When the Music's Over."
"Strange Days" does pretty much the same thing as the Doors' first album -- a catchy intro, blues-rocky middle parts, and a haunting, long outro that lingers in your mind. The big difference is that in this album, their music is less striking, but it is more polished and experienced.
That polish is especially present in the music -- Robby Krieger played some brilliantly flexible guitar, whether it was lean rock riffs or a funky little tune, and John Densmore was equally good with some quirky drums. Ray Manzarek flavoured the whole thing with marimba and colourful waves of keyboard. Most of the time this worked -- the only real exception is the dark, mildly frightening "Horse Latitudes," which is a good experimental track, but it feels out of place.
But Morrison gave the music that extra boost into genius. He had a rich, full voice that could flower into a croon, a murmur, or an impassioned howl. And his songwriting was pretty much poetry, full of strange imagery and passions ("The face in the mirror won't stop/The girl in the window won't drop/A feast of friends/Alive, she cried/Waiting for me outside...").
The Doors continued doing what they did best in "Strange Days," a blend of blues and psychedelic rock'n'roll. Definitely a deserving classic.
It opens with the dark, hallucinatory beauty of "Strange Days," with Jim Morrison's rich voice singing distantly, "Strange days have found us/Strange days have tracked us down/They're going to destroy/Our casual joys..." His melancholy vocals are totally at odds with the energetic drums, keyboard and bouncy melody.
It's followed by the affectionate-sounding "You're Lost, Little Girl," and the deliciously stompy-bluesy "Love Me Two Times." Having hooked listeners in, the Doors spill out a stream of bluesy rock'n'roll -- sometimes it's dusty and raw, and sometimes it's flavoured with keyboard. And at the end there's a haunting pair of slow, atmospheric rockers -- the darkly enticing "I Can't See Your Face in My Mind," and the sprawling electrobluesy "When the Music's Over."
"Strange Days" does pretty much the same thing as the Doors' first album -- a catchy intro, blues-rocky middle parts, and a haunting, long outro that lingers in your mind. The big difference is that in this album, their music is less striking, but it is more polished and experienced.
That polish is especially present in the music -- Robby Krieger played some brilliantly flexible guitar, whether it was lean rock riffs or a funky little tune, and John Densmore was equally good with some quirky drums. Ray Manzarek flavoured the whole thing with marimba and colourful waves of keyboard. Most of the time this worked -- the only real exception is the dark, mildly frightening "Horse Latitudes," which is a good experimental track, but it feels out of place.
But Morrison gave the music that extra boost into genius. He had a rich, full voice that could flower into a croon, a murmur, or an impassioned howl. And his songwriting was pretty much poetry, full of strange imagery and passions ("The face in the mirror won't stop/The girl in the window won't drop/A feast of friends/Alive, she cried/Waiting for me outside...").
The Doors continued doing what they did best in "Strange Days," a blend of blues and psychedelic rock'n'roll. Definitely a deserving classic.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Not too much to say about Strange Days -it's probably my favourite of all The Doors albums. I bought my first Doors LP (Waiting for The Sun) in 1968. In mono, LOL. They've been with me all my life, it seems, and Strange Days is utter perfection. Vocally, instrumentally, productionwise, it is just *perfect*, & remains exactly so after four decades, and will going on six, seven, fifteen.
Two songs that haven't been mentioned: the wonderful Moonlight Drive (the song that Jim sang to Ray on Venice Beach that got the whole trip started) and My Eyes Have Seen You, a breathtaking example of The Doors musical & production values thst set them apart from way back to now. Have to disagree re Horse Latitudes - a spoken poem with a tremendous atmospheric soundtrack. Fits in perfectly.
I cannot imagine my life without this record.
Two songs that haven't been mentioned: the wonderful Moonlight Drive (the song that Jim sang to Ray on Venice Beach that got the whole trip started) and My Eyes Have Seen You, a breathtaking example of The Doors musical & production values thst set them apart from way back to now. Have to disagree re Horse Latitudes - a spoken poem with a tremendous atmospheric soundtrack. Fits in perfectly.
I cannot imagine my life without this record.
13 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The Doors back catalogue has been due a makeover for years, and wow, haven't they spent some effort on it. The sound quality on these discs has never been bettered in my opinion. If you're thinking of upgrading your entire Doors collection, consider the Perception Box Set, if not read on...
My Eyes Have Seen You... Unhappy Girl... Strange Days... When the Music's Over... The Doors' second album Strange Days takes up where the first album leaves off. And, if anything, it's a more cohesive body of work. It features the Doors experimenting with Moogs and overdubs (in a quaint 60s way). Fab. When the Music's Over, press the start button again.
The bonus cuts here are alternate takes of Love Me Two Times and People are Strange. Pity an alternative take of Strange Days didn't show up in the archives...
My Eyes Have Seen You... Unhappy Girl... Strange Days... When the Music's Over... The Doors' second album Strange Days takes up where the first album leaves off. And, if anything, it's a more cohesive body of work. It features the Doors experimenting with Moogs and overdubs (in a quaint 60s way). Fab. When the Music's Over, press the start button again.
The bonus cuts here are alternate takes of Love Me Two Times and People are Strange. Pity an alternative take of Strange Days didn't show up in the archives...
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Can anyone enlighten me if this is the 40th anniversary expanded edition. the same as the rest in the series - same run/packaging etc?
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Published 4 months ago by Sam Twerp
The best
This is the greatest of the Doors albums in my view
And without any doubt of the the great albums of the 60's and beyond
Add to the top of the list with... Read more
And without any doubt of the the great albums of the 60's and beyond
Add to the top of the list with... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Mj Elton
When "remaster" means "remix.
I am in the process of upgrading my vynil collection and purchased this "remastered" cd. I had read many reviews of the "remastered" set of Doors cds and came across only one... Read more
Published 14 months ago by Colin Cramp
People are strange ....
I don't usually bother looking at reviews of albums, especially one like this that has been part of my life since I bought a vinyl version in 1968. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Campbell Russell
Conjurers of Specialities
Oozes charisma emanating from the pores of the Satyr of lust's leather strides whilst bathed in the luxurious waters of pathos. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Dr. Delvis Memphistopheles
You are caught in a prison of your own devise
The Doors second album was released 9 months after their first and follows a similar pattern, lots of shorter songs climaxed by an epic. Read more
Published on 23 Mar 2010 by A. Willard
You're Lost if you hate this album
The Doors debut album was so good a sophomore release in the same year was practilly flinging open the metaphorical doors for torrents of enivatible criticism (and sales). Read more
Published on 16 Mar 2010 by Kenneth
1967 -- what an amazing year!
The simplistic history of pop music tends to see 1966/7 as the era of the creative battle between the Beatles and the Beach Boys. Read more
Published on 8 Oct 2008 by Gavin Wilson
Strange ways
This is one of my favourite Doors albums and, like most of the others, sublime moments sit next to eccentric ones. Read more
Published on 22 May 2008 by D. J. H. Thorn
Definitely their best.,
This is without a doubt the best Doors album of them all. I'm not the biggest fan of their music, some of it is pretentious to say the least, although with this album it seemed... Read more
Published on 13 Oct 2007 by P. Philips
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