362 - The Doors - L.A. Woman

[csberry]

This is a very bluesy side of The Doors and a fitting swan song for the band. The band sounds very tight, even though Jim can often sound like he's barely there. Jim's delivery changes from song to song. There are times where it sounds like he stepped up to the mic after a night of drinking; he's at that state of drunkeness where the body and voice are emotionally fatigued and on the verge of unconsciousness. For these songs, that works very well. But there are just as many songs on here where Jim is alert and wild...a beast, not a bum.

While I list only a few songs in the "like" categories below, that is a poor measurement of how much I enjoyed the album (okay, I really enjoyed the first half and just liked much of the second half). The distribution of the strong songs help to recover from those that don't seem to quite hit the mark. It's not a great album, but it is a very good and interesting one.

Songs I knew I liked: "Love Her Madly," "L.A. Woman," and "Riders on the Storm"

Songs I didn't know but now like: "The Changeling"

Songs I can go the rest of my life without hearing again: "L'america"