The Best of The Doors
Greatest hits album by
the Doors
ReleasedSeptember 10, 1973 (September 10, 1973)
Recorded1966–1971
GenreRock
Length43:52
LabelElektra
Producer
The Doors chronology
Full Circle
(1972) 		The Best of The Doors
(1973) 		An American Prayer
(1978)

The Best of the Doors is a compilation album by the American rock band the Doors, released in September 1973 by Elektra Records. It was the third compilation album to be released by the band and contains seven of the Doors' eight Top 40 hits.[1]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideB[2]

Critic Robert Christgau gave the compilation a "B" rating,[2] while AllMusic's William Ruhlmann rated it four and a half out of five stars.[1] The latter commented that at the time of its release, "it was the best Doors greatest-hits collection on the market", but noted that most of the material is found on the more comprehensive The Best of the Doors first released in 1985.[1]

Releases

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The songs on the album were re-mixed for four channel quadraphonic sound and the album was originally released on LP in the CD-4 Quadradisc format. The album was also released on quadraphonic 8-Track tape and Reel-to-reel tape formats. In 1980, the LP was reissued in a two-channel stereo version through the Columbia House record club.

In 2015, Audio Fidelity released the original quadraphonic mix of The Best of the Doors in the hybrid Super Audio CD format. Steve Hoffman mastered the release at Marsh Mastering. This version also contains the same content in stereo.

In 2017, the quad mix was released on Blu-Ray Audio, in the triple disc edition of the compilation The Singles.[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by the Doors (Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger and John Densmore), except as noted. Details are taken from the 1973 U.S. Elektra release; other releases may show different information.[4]

Side one
No.TitleOriginal album (year)Length
1."Who Do You Love?" (Ellas McDaniel a.k.a. Bo Diddley)Absolutely Live (1970)6:48
2."Soul Kitchen"The Doors (1967)3:30
3."Hello, I Love You"Waiting for the Sun (1968)2:23
4."People Are Strange"Strange Days (1967)2:10
5."Riders on the Storm"L.A. Woman (1971)7:05
Side two
No.TitleOriginal album (year)Length
1."Touch Me"The Soft Parade (1969)3:15
2."Love Her Madly"L.A. Woman3:20
3."Love Me Two Times"Strange Days3:16
4."Take It as It Comes"The Doors2:14
5."Moonlight Drive"Strange Days3:01
6."Light My Fire"The Doors6:50

Personnel

From the 1973 Elektra album:[4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Ruhlman, William. "The Best of The Doors [1973] – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved August 9, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: D". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ^ Paul Sinclair (28 June 2017). "The Doors / The Singles 2CD+Blu-ray". superdeluxeedition.com. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  4. ^ a b The Best of the Doors (Album notes). The Doors. New York City: Elektra Records. 1973. LP labels, back cover. EQ-5035.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)


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