Other Voices / The Doors

The Doors (Performer) | Format: Vinyl

Product Details

• Vinyl
• Label: Elektra
• ASIN: B0016BPAOS
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #331,901 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

The Doors / Other Voices / Elektra #75017 / 1971 / In The Eye of the Sun, Variety Is The Spice Of Life, Ships W/Sails, Tightrope Ride / Side Two: Down On The Farm, I'm Horny, I'm Stoned, Wandering Musician, Hang On To Your LIfe

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's Not Morrison, But It's Still The Doors, July 28, 2010

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Sam Bethune (Lincoln, Nebraska USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Other Voices / The Doors (Vinyl)

Like the most recent reviewer, I also am more than just a casual listener of the Doors. I have all their albums as well as several bootlegs and have been listening to them for well over 40 years.

When "Other Voices" came out I bought the album with a degree of trepidation because I wasn't sure what the post Jim Morrison Doors would sound like. I was pleasantly surprised. "In the Eye of the Storm", except for Ray Manzarek's vocal, has the sound and feel of a Doors song. "Variety is the Spice of Life" also has that sound and feel although Robby Krieger's vocals are a little litle easier on my ear than Manzarek's. "Tightrope Ride" is a great song that features one of Krieger's best guitar solos of all time. I have read that Ray Manzarek had said the group was working on some of the songs on this album before Jim Morrison went to Paris, never to return. "Down on the Farm", a Robby Krieger composition, was one of the songs that had already been written. Whether Morrison recorded any vocals for it is probably a question that will never be answered but I have no reason to doubt Manzarek's claim. "I'm Horny I'm Stoned" is a fun track to listen to and the album's closing song "Hang on to Your Life" has a somewhat eery presence to it that makes you wonder whether the band was thinking about their deceased singer when they recorded it.

Overall, I consider "Other Voices" to be a good Doors album albeit not quite as ballsy as "Morrison Hotel" or as psychedelic as "Strange Days". There's no "almost" about this album, and to say it doesn't deserve to be considered a Doors album is an ignorant statement that disrespects the surviving members and their talents. No rock band, even the Doors, is about one person. Apparently the rather uninformed person who wrote the "1 star" review believes that the Doors without Jim Morrison is something less than the Doors and this album is not worth a listen. Nevertheless, for those who want to know where the band went musically after Morrison's passing this album and their followup, "Full Circle", are well worth owning.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Without Jim Morrison, October 22, 2009

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Terry Anderson "Doors fan" (Portland, Maine) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Other Voices / The Doors (Vinyl)

"I'm nervous, I'm lonely, I,m bored, I'm stoned" You gotta love a song with these lyrics.Different music after Morrison died, but very very good rock and roll.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great Album..very under rated since no Jim Morrison, August 13, 2009

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This review is from: Other Voices / The Doors (Vinyl)

Almost all the reviewers on youtube say this album is trash because there is no Jim Morrison...well hell, shallow people.

This album, many of the tracks were rehearsed while Jim was alive and wouda been the next album. Ray Manzerik comes in on most of the vocals and does a very good job.

You can sense the songs structure and feel were made for Jim Morrison to come in the studio and lay down his vocals on the tracks, but it didnt happen.

"Tightrope Ride" was the single released and I am amazed it wasnt atleast a top 40 hit, the album must not have been promoted too much by the label, although it did reach No. 35 on the charts and thats not bad, having the 35th most popular album in America.

The song "Ships with Sails" is a amazing song and if you heard it, you'd KNOW it's classic Doors all the way, a great 6+ min tune that kinda resembles "Riders on the storm".

The opening song "In the Eye of the Sun" is also a great Doors song that has that great Doors sound.

This album has been ignored long enough, bring it back, release it on CD, its not a Morrison release, but its the Doors and it's a great album!