Darken My Fire - A Gothic Tribute to the Doors

Various Artists | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: January 1, 2000
• Label: Cleopatra Records
• Copyright: (c) 2000 Cleopatra Records
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• ASIN: B000QZXGNC
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #277,826 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good if you are a Rivet Head, March 21, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Darken My Fire: Tribute to the Doors (Audio CD)

The above reviews are by misinformed doors fans. The Doors Tribute they are reffering to has not been released.

Darken My Fire is from indie label Cleopatra, who are best known for their stable of Goth and Industrial bands. These bands are clearly represented on this album, explaining the dark quality the above mentioned. If you like Indutrial and goth you will probably like this CD. If you like top 40 you will like the other one that isn't out yet.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars If you like The Doors *and* Gothic/Industrial..., September 24, 2001

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Andrea Supalla - See all my reviews

This review is from: Darken My Fire: Tribute to the Doors (Audio CD)

I love this CD... but I'm biased; I love both The Doors (and lots of classic rock) and goth/industrial music. I was raised on The Doors, it was probably some of the first music I ever heard, and they influence *all* my music choices today. I also have a great appreciation for a large variety of music genres.

I bought both this and the tribute "Stoned Immaculate". I like both, but actually enjoy a greater *majority* of songs on this CD at first. The reason? The beat of the songs was changed less on "Darken My Fire" than "Stoned Immaculate" (although once I got the hang of the cadence on both, I enjoyed both, for different reasons). You'll find the music greatly changed in style and often in beat on "Darken", with a great change in inflection in the singing, but the songs are quite recognizable (and you can still sing along, for the most part).

It is more ethereal and atmospheric than the original Doors. It is definitely gothified. My favorite track is "L.A. Woman" done by Eating Crow. The beat is hypnotic. My least favorite was "People Are Strange" done by Nosferatu, mostly because it was changed too much and is one of my favorite Doors songs. "The End" is done beautifully by goth staple band Rosetta Stone.

If you like both The Doors and goth music, you'll probably love this CD.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Proto-goth!, October 2, 2003

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Jenny Cadaver "jennycadaver" (Gotham City Sewers, 3rd Fortress of Evil on the left) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Darken My Fire: Tribute to the Doors (Audio CD)

Been WAITING for a buncha goths to make this exact album and honor these guys properly! A decent effort for Cleopatra. Some weak spots as usual (I would love to find one compilation that doesn't have the Electric Hellfire Club on it), but the stronger songs make the album worth buying, at least a used copy.

Standouts: LOVE Spahn Ranch's cover of "Strange Days". Athan Maroulis's gorgeous shot-of-codeine-syrup-on-the-rocks vocals pay just the perfect homage to Morrison's famous croon, but the tribal electrotweaker drums & thick synth backdrop make the song all their own. Love the Newlydeads-- they turn "Hello I Love You" into a sloppy batcave-rock number that should've been on the 'Return Of the Living Dead' soundtrack. And while I'm really not fond of techno, Alien Sex Fiend's gleeful trashing of "Five To One" just brings a warm glow to my heart.

I love the Doors originals and I love these modern interpretations. Cover songs that sound too close to the original are usually anticlimactic (viz. Echo & The Bunnymen's "People Are Strange" a billion years ago, technically flawless but hardly Bunnified at all). And I agree with the others here-- if you're a Doors purist, don't go buying ANY tribute albums, because tribute albums DO sound necessarily different from the original artist's sound. This is the idea: take the old influence and build something out of it. Long live Jim and vive le goth.