The Doors Songs Ranked
The Doors were an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1965, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger, and drummer John Densmore. They were among the most controversial and influential rock acts of the 1960s, mostly because of Morrison’s lyrics and his erratic stage persona, and the group was widely regarded as representative of the era’s counterculture. The band took its name from the title of Aldous Huxley’s book The Doors of Perception, itself was a reference to a quote by William Blake. After signing with Elektra Records, the Doors released eight albums in five years, some of which are considered among the greatest of all time, Here are all The Door’s songs ranked from worst to best.
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20. Summer’s Almost Gone (Waiting for the Sun, 1968)
“This is such a beautifully constructed song about endings. Relationships, friendships and experiences. Ray is really at his best in this song.”
19. Spanish Caravan (Waiting for the Sun, 1968)
“Nothing beats this song. The only reason Spanish Caravan isn’t higher on this list is because it hasn’t been heard by as many people. The Doors at their best!”
18. Love Street (Waiting for the Sun, 1968)
“This is my favorite doors song, How it is low, it’s so melodic and beautiful. This is the most beautiful song ever.”
17. Five to One (Waiting for the Sun, 1968)
“This song is an absolute jam. Morrison’s vocals are brilliant and the feeling the song gives you is mesmerizing. Love it. What’s not to love about this song, One hell of a band!”
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16.Strange Days (Strange Days, 1967)
“The bass line is great, keys are brilliant, guitar is perfect, drums are genius. I can’t fault a single doors release, maybe a soft parade track, but everything these guys did was nothing short of pure genius. Most underrated band of all time.”
15. Alabama Song (The Doors, 1967)
“I’m always getting happy because of the rhythm and sad cause of the lyrics and together- PERFECT! Love it to listen in the car when I drive while it’s dark outside”
14. Love Me Two Times (Strange Days, 1967)
“It starts with you driving in your car as if just another music piece has come on the radio. It suddenly ends with you red in the face from singing, yelling, and pounding to the beat and you’ve forgotten exactly how you got there.”
13. (Morrison Hotel, 1970)
“This is the song that got me into the doors and I love it. First heard it in tony hawk’s American wasteland and have been a doors fan ever since then.”
12. Love Her Madly (L.A. Woman, 1971)
“Beautiful lyrics and singing by Jim Morrison as always, and such a lovely melody. “Don’t you love her as she’s walking out the door? Like she did one thousand times before”
11. When the Music’s Over (Strange Days, 1967)
“One of the greatest songs of all time. Only Roger Daltrey and Jim Morrison can scream like that. Organ driven with short breaks for instrumentals with the narrator of the Lizard King himself. We want the world and we want it now, now? NOW!”
10. The Crystal Ship (The Doors, 1967)
“I think it’s one of the best songs were ever written. And one of the best songs performed by Jim. And it’s very peaceful too. Beautiful song. When I have my headache crisis I listen to classical music or The Crystal Ship by the Doors.”
9. Hello, I Love You (Waiting for the Sun, 1968)
“This song gives me a unimaginable peace.. His voice is so soft, the poetry, all spiritual. Love this one, a little more mellow, brings a good feeling to my heart!”
8. Roadhouse Blues (Morrison Hotel, 1970)
“The blunt and rusted guitar-work, the hard-hitting rifts and drives, and of course Jim’s complementing vocals! This song is an accepted masterpiece of Classic Rock.”
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7. L.A. Woman (L.A. Woman, 1971)
“L.A. woman is superb. The perfect blend of guitar and keyboard melody (with exquisite solos from each) and a knockout vocal performance from Morrison. I could personally do without the whole Mr. Mojo Risin’ mumbo jumbo, but it does serve as a unique and effective buildup to the song’s finale, an awesome repetition of the opening verse and chorus with redoubled instrumental flourishes.”
6. Touch Me (The Soft Parade, 1968)
“The imagery that Jim gives you with his lyrics is uncanny. Combined with the new twist of horn instruments, it really is my favourite song by the doors. Although, the doors probably have the largest amount of songs that I like as a whole. “If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.”
5. People are Strange (Strange Days, 1967)
“Great lyrics, awesome guitar. Apparently Jim was feeling morose one day or night and went for a walk alone, when he returned he introduced the band to this track, written during his walk”
4. Break On Through (To the Other Side) (The Doors, 1967)
“One of the most underrated songs ever and it’s amazing song that should be in the first top 10 list long live rock’n’roll and hail to jim morrison!”
3. The End (The Doors, 1967)
“Cathartic, Emotional, Heavy and Trippy, “The End” is the Doors’ best recorded song. It features the greatest from every member: Jim Morrison’s iconic vocals, philosophy and psychedelic imagery out in the Californian desert dominate this song along with one of the greatest guitar lines in Psychedelic music.”
2. Riders on the Storm (L.A. Woman, 1971)
“The Doors went out in style with this piece being the last track on L.A. Woman. It’s got everything great poetic lyrics, great beat, clever effect of rain and thunder at beginning and end of the song, great work on guitar, drums, and most of all Manzarek’s keyboard, the perfect song for relaxing, to driving on the road come rain or shine.”
1. Light My Fire (The Doors, 1967)
“The solos by Robby and Ray are awesome, it’s Robbys first attempt at writing a track and he did produce a timeless song, but the doors released some purely epic tracks. When the musics over, unknown soldier, waiting for the sun, L.A. woman, shamans blues, end of the night, queen of the highway, wishful sinful, strange days, universal mind, wild child, I could go on all night.”