Strange Days (album)

Strange days
Studio album by The Doors
Publication (s)	September 25, 1967
admission	May, August 1967
Label (s)	Elektra Records
Format (s)	LP
Genre (s)	Psychedelic rock
Title (number)	10/12
running time	35:25
occupation	Jim Morrison : vocals , Moog synthesizer on track 1 Ray Manzarek : Vox Continental organ , Fender Rhodes piano bass on tracks 4 and 10, harpsichord on track 3, piano (backwards) on track 4, marimba on track 9, background vocals Robbie Krieger : guitar John Densmore : drums Douglas Lubahn : Bass on tracks 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9
production	Paul A. Rothchild
Studio (s)	Sunset Sound Recorders , Hollywood , California
chronology The Doors (1967) Strange days Waiting for the Sun (1968)
Single releases People are strange Love Me Two Times

Strange Days is the second studio album by the American rock band The Doors . It was released on Elektra Records in September 1967 . It was listed at number 409 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of 500 best albums .

history

The songs of Strange Days were already written between 1965 and 1966, like those of their predecessor. The album was from March to May in 1967 Sunset Sound Recorders in Hollywood ( California included). Producer Paul A. Rothchild said:

“We all thought it was the best album. Significantly, it was also the one with the weakest sales. We were confident it was going to be bigger than anything The Beatles had done. But, there was no single. The record died on us. "

“We all thought it was the best album. Significantly, it was also the one with the weakest sales figures. We believed it would be bigger than anything the Beatles had done. But there was no single. The record just died. "

- Paul A. Rothchild

Despite Rothchild's assessment, which referred to the lack of a single that was comparable to Beatles success, the album reached number 3 in the US charts and gold status . Two singles were also released: People Are Strange reached # 12, Love Me Two Times # 25.

criticism

The site Allmusic gave the album 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, since much of the previously written song material was already used for the first record, “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. "

Track list

All songs were written by The Doors (John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison) .

Side one

1. Strange Days - 3:11
2. You're Lost Little Girl - 3:03
3. Love Me Two Times - 3:18
4. Unhappy Girl - 2:02
5. Horse Latitudes - 1:37
6. Moonlight Drive - 3:05

Side two

7. People Are Strange - 2:13
8. My Eyes Have Seen You - 2:32
9. I Can't See Your Face in My Mind - 3:26
10. When the Music's Over - 10:58

40th Anniversary Edition bonus titles

11. People Are Strange (False Starts & Studio Dialogue) - 1:57
12. Love Me Two Times (Take 3) - 3:19

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rolling Stone: "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" ( Memento from July 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ).
2. ↑ ^{a b} http://www.doorshistory.com/doors1967.html .
3. ↑ Strange Days at Allmusic (English).