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Side One
1 Light My Fire 6:50
2 People Are Strange 2:10
3 Back Door Man 3:30
4 Moonlight Drive 3:00
5 The Crystal Ship 2:30
6 Roadhouse Blues 4:04

Side Two

7 Touch Me 3:15
8 Love Me Two Times 3:23
9 You're Lost Little Girl 3:01
10 Hello, I Love You 2:22
11 Land Ho! 4:08
12 Wild Child 2:36
13 The Unknown Soldier 3:10

(All links are to vinyl LPs.)


THE DOORS 13 was a certified Platinum Record, this group's first compilation album, and the only such "best of" collection issued while Jim Morrison was alive (Nov. '70). Its highest Billboard 200 chart position was 25, during the first two weeks of January '71.

The release in April '71 of the Doors' sixth (and last) studio album, L.A. WOMAN, immediately made "13" obsolete. It in fact (or coincidentally) fell off the charts in early May.


SIDE ONE
Light My Fire (from:THE DOORS)
People Are Strange (from: STRANGE DAYS)
Back Door Man (from: THE DOORS)
Moonlight Drive (from: STRANGE DAYS)
The Crystal Ship (from: THE DOORS)
Roadhouse Blues (from: MORRISON HOTEL)

SIDE TWO
Touch Me (from: THE SOFT PARADE)
Love Me Two Times (from: STRANGE DAYS)
You're Lost Little Girl (from: STRANGE DAYS)
Hello, I Love You (from: WAITING FOR THE SUN)
Land Ho! (from: MORRISON HOTEL)
Wild Child (from: THE SOFT PARADE)
The Unknown Soldier (from: WAITING FOR THE SUN)

Total running time: 44 minutes.

"Morrison Hotel" notwithstanding, I have never been enamored with this group's album output. Sure they've had their decent moments on each LP, even on 1968's limp "Waiting For The Sun". Having said that, it astonishes me as to how Elektra unerringly selected these 13 performances. Though the "Unknown Soldier" still drags at the fadeout and I wish they didn't bypass the classic "Break On Through", no other Doors album has ever generated such consistency. And I'm quite grateful to find "Moonlight Drive", "People Are Strange", "Wild Child", "Roadhouse Blues" and "Land Ho!" all on one platter. This showcases Jim at his most emotive and the band hits its peak of vibrancy. Also, most of the pretense is held at bay.