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The Doors discography
The Doors performing for Danish television in 1968
Studio albums9
Live albums4
Compilation albums22
Video albums13
Singles21
Bright Midnight archives18

The discography of the American rock band The Doors consists of nine studio albums, four live albums, 22 compilations, 18 Bright Midnight Archives and 21 singles. The list also includes thirteen home videos, a bibliography, and a filmography.

Formed in Los Angeles, California in 1965 by UCLA film students Jim Morrison, vocals, and Ray Manzarek, keyboards; with drummer John Densmore and guitarist Robby Krieger. The group never added a bass player, and their sound was dominated by Manzarek's electric organ work and Morrison's deep, sonorous voice, with which he sang and intoned his highly poetic lyrics. The group signed to Elektra Records in 1966 and released its first album, The Doors, featuring the hit "Light My Fire," in 1967.

Like "Light My Fire," the debut album was a massive hit, and endures as one of the most exciting, groundbreaking recordings of the psychedelic era. Blending blues, classical, Eastern music, and pop into sinister but beguiling melodies, the band sounded like no other. With his rich, chilling vocals and somber poetic visions, Morrison explored the depths of the darkest and most thrilling aspects of the psychedelic experience. Their first effort was so stellar, in fact, that the Doors were hard-pressed to match it, and although their next few albums contained a wealth of first-rate material, the group also began running up against the limitations of their recklessly disturbing visions. By their third album, they had exhausted their initial reservoir of compositions, and some of the tracks they hurriedly devised to meet public demand were clearly inferior to, and imitative of, their best early work.

On The Soft Parade, the group experimented with brass sections, with mixed results. Accused (without much merit) by much of the rock underground as pop sellouts, the group charged back hard with the final two albums they recorded with Morrison, on which they drew upon stone-cold blues for much of their inspiration, especially on 1971's L.A. Woman.

From the start, the Doors' focus was the charismatic Morrison, who proved increasingly unstable over the group's brief career. In 1969, Morrison was arrested for indecent exposure during a concert in Miami, an incident that nearly derailed the band. Nevertheless, the Doors managed to turn out a series of successful albums and singles through 1971, when, upon the completion of L.A. Woman, Morrison decamped for Paris. He died there, apparently of a drug overdose. The three surviving Doors tried to carry on without him, but ultimately disbanded. Yet the Doors' music and Morrison's legend continued to fascinate succeeding generations of rock fans: In the mid-'80s, Morrison was as big a star as he'd been in the mid-'60s, and Elektra has sold numerous quantities of the Doors' original albums plus reissues and releases of live material over the years, while publishers have flooded bookstores with Doors and Morrison biographies. In 1991, director Oliver Stone made The Doors, a feature film about the group starring Val Kilmer as Morrison.

Studio albums

Date Album Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
[1] 		UK
[2] 		CH
[3] 		NOR
[4]
1967 The Doors
  • Released: January 4, 1967
  • Record label: Elektra
 2 43 — — U.S.: 5× Platinum[5]
CAN: 4× Platinum[6]
Strange Days
  • Released: September 25, 1967
  • Record label: Elektra
 3 — — — US: Platinum[5]
CAN: Platinum[6]
1968 Waiting for the Sun
  • Released: July 11, 1968
  • Record label: Elektra
 1 16 — — US: Platinum[5]
CAN: Platinum[6]
1969 The Soft Parade
  • Released: July, 1969
  • Record label: Elektra
 6 — — — US: Platinum[5]
CAN: Platinum[6]
1970 Morrison Hotel
  • Released: February 1, 1970
  • Record label: Elektra
 4 12 — 13 US: Platinum[5]
CAN: Platinum[6]
1971 L.A. Woman
  • Released: April, 1971
  • Record label: Elektra
 9 28 — 15 US: 2× Platinum[5]
CAN: 3× Platinum[6]
Other Voices
  • Released: October, 1971
  • Record label: Elektra
 31 — — —
1972 Full Circle
  • Released: August, 1972
  • Record label: Elektra
 68 — — —
1978 An American Prayer
  • Released: November 17, 1978
  • Record label: Elektra
 54 — — — US: Platinum[5]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Live albums

Year Album Peak Chart Positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
[1] 		UK
[2] 		CH
[3] 		AUT
[7]
1970 Absolutely Live 8 69 — — US: Gold[5]
CAN" Gold[6]
1983 Alive, She Cried 32 36 — — US: Gold[5]
CAN: Gold[6]
1987 Live at the Hollywood Bowl 154 51 — —
1991 In Concert 50 24 23 6 US: Platinum[5]
CAN: Gold[6]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Compilation albums

Year Album Peak Chart Positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
US
[1] 		UK
[2] 		GER
[8] 		CH
[3] 		NL
[9] 		NOR
[4] 		AUT
[7]
1970 13 25 — — — — — — US: Platinum[5]
CAN: Platinum[6]
1972 Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine 55 50 — — — — — US: Gold[5]
1973 The Best of The Doors 158 — — — — — —
1980 The Doors Greatest Hits 17 — — — — — — US: 3x Platinum[5]
CAN: 5x Platinum[6]
1985 The Doors Classics 124 — — — — — —
The Best of The Doors 32 17 — 4 40 3 — US: Diamond[5]
CAN: 6x Platinum[6]
1991 The Doors: Original Soundtrack Recording 8 11 — — — — — US: Platinum[5]
CAN: Platinum[6]
1996 The Doors Greatest Hits — — — — — — — US: 2x Platinum[5]
1997 The Doors: Box Set 65 — — — — — — US: Platinum[5]
1999 The Complete Studio Recordings — — — — — — —
2000 Essential Rarities — — — — — — —
The Best of the Doors
  • Released: December 5, 2000
  • Record label: WEA International
 — 9 50 17 38 — 19 CAN: Gold[10]
2001 The Very Best of The Doors 92 — — — — — — US: Gold[5]
CAN: Gold[6]
2003 Legacy: The Absolute Best 63 — — — — — — US: Gold[5]
2006 Love/Death/Travel Box Set — — — — — — —
Perception — — — — — — —
2007 The Very Best of The Doors 113 15 81 36 12 34 16 US: Gold[5]
2008 The Future Starts Here: The Essential Doors Hits 161 — — — — — —
The Platinum Collection — — — — — — —
The Doors: Vinyl Box Set — — — — — — —
2010 When You're Strange: Music From The Motion Picture — — — — — — —
2011 A Collection — — — — — — —
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

Bright Midnight archives

Year Album Peak chart positions Sales & certifications
US
[1] 		CH
[3] 		U.S.
[5] 		CAN
[6]
2000 The Bright Midnight Sampler
  • Released: September 25, 2000
  • Record label: Bright Midnight
Live In Detroit
  • Released: October 23, 2000
  • Record label: Bright Midnight
2001 Bright Midnight: Live in America
  • Released: 2001
  • Record label: Bright Midnight
 79
Live in Hollywood Highlights From The Aquarius Theatre Performances
  • Released: 2001
  • Record label: Bright Midnight
Live at the Aquarius Theatre: The First Performance
  • Released: 2001
  • Record label: Bright Midnight
Live at the Aquarius Theatre: The Second Performance
  • Released: 2001
  • Record label: Bright Midnight
No One Here Gets Out Alive
  • Released: December, 2001
  • Record label: Bright Midnight
The Lost Interview Tapes Featuring Jim Morrison Volume One
  • Released: 2001
  • Record label: Bright Midnight
2002 The Lost Interview Tapes Featuring Jim Morrison Volume Two
  • Released: 2002
  • Record label: Bright Midnight
Backstage and Dangerous: The Private Rehearsal
  • Released: January 23, 2002
  • Record label: Bright Midnight
Live in Hollywood
  • Released: May, 2002
  • Record label: Bright Midnight
2003 Boot Yer Butt: The Doors Bootlegs
  • Released: December, 2003
  • Record label: Bright Midnight
2005 Live in Philadelphia '70
  • Released: November 29, 2005
  • Record label: Bright Midnight
2007 Live In Boston 145
2008 Pittsburgh Civic Arena
Live at the Matrix 1967 191
2009 Live in New York
2010 Live in Vancouver 1970

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Album
US
[11] 		UK
[12] 		GER
[13] 		AUT
[14] 		NL
[15] 		CH
[16]
1967 "Break on Through (To the Other Side)"
B-side: "End of the Night" 		106[17] 64 — — — — The Doors
"Light My Fire"
B-side: "The Crystal Ship" 		1 7 — — 27 —
"People Are Strange"
B-side: "Unhappy Girl" 		12 — — — — — Strange Days
"Love Me Two Times"
B-side: "Moonlight Drive" 		25 — — — — —
1968 "The Unknown Soldier"
B-side: "We Could Be So Good Together" 		39 — — — — — Waiting for the Sun
"Hello, I Love You"
B-side: "Love Street" 		1 15 33 — 14 10
"Touch Me"
B-side: "Wild Child" 		3 — 39 16 — 10 The Soft Parade
1969 "Wishful Sinful"
B-side: "Who Scared You" (non-LP track) 		44 — — — — —
"Tell All the People"
B-side: "Easy Ride" 		57 — — — — —
"Runnin' Blue"
B-side: "Do It" 		64 — — — — —
1970 "You Make Me Real"
B-side: "Roadhouse Blues" 		50 — — — — — Morrison Hotel
1971 "Love Her Madly"
B-side: "(You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further" (non-LP track) 		11 — — — 4 — L.A. Woman
"Riders on the Storm"
B-side: "Changeling" 		14 22 28 — 7 —
"Tightrope Ride"
B-side: "Variety Is the Spice of Life" 		71 — — — 23 — Other Voices
"Ships with Sails" — — — 23 —
1972 "The Mosquito"
B-side: "It Slipped My Mind" 		85 — 25 15 17 — Full Circle
"Get Up and Dance"
B-side: "Tree Trunk" (non-LP track) 		— — — 15 17 —
"The Piano Bird" — — — — —
1979 ""Roadhouse Blues"(live)
B-side: "Albinoni's Adagio (The Severe Garden)" 		— — — — — An American Prayer
1980 "People Are Strange"
B-side: "Not to Touch the Earth" 		— — — — — The Doors Greatest Hits
1983 "Gloria"
B-side: "Moonlight Drive" 		71 — — — — — Alive, She Cried
"—" denotes releases that did not chart. NOTE: "Break on through" (1967) was not a hit in the UK until 1991, and "Light my fire" originally made No.49 in the UK in 1967 (the 1991 re-issue attained the peak position of No.7)

Official Videography DVD

Release date Video Label Certifications
(sales thresholds)
1985 The Doors Collection - Collector's Edition Universal Pictures Platinum
1991 The Doors Pioneer Entertainment
1998 The Doors Are Open Pioneer Entertainment
2000 The Doors Live At The Hollywood Bowl Universal Pictures Platinum
2001 The Doors - 30 Years Commemorative Edition Universal Pictures Platinum
2001 No One Here Gets Out Alive Eagle Vision Gold
2001 VH1 Storytellers Image Entertainment
2002 The Doors Soundstage Performances Eagle Vision Gold
2003 The Doors of the 21st Century: L.A. Woman Live Image Entertainment
2004 The Doors Live In Europe 1968 DTS Eagle Vision Platinum
2005 The Doors Collector's Edition - (3 Dvd) Eagle Vision
2008 The Doors Classic Albums: The Doors Eagle Vision
2010 When You're Strange Universal Pictures Gold

References

  1. ^ a b c d allmusic ((( The Doors > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums)))
  2. ^ a b c "Chart Stats - The Doors". www.chartstats.com. Retrieved 2009-06-22.
  3. ^ a b c d "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
  4. ^ a b "norwegiancharts.com - Norwegian charts portal". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u RIAA Gold and Platinum Search for albums by The Doors
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) Cite error: The named reference "CAN" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  7. ^ a b "austriancharts.at - Austria Top 40 - Hitparade Österreich". austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
  8. ^ "Musicline.de - Chartverfolgung - Doors, The". www.musicline.de. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
  9. ^ "dutchcharts.nl - Dutch charts portal". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
  10. ^ "Gold & Platinum Certification – May 2001". Canadian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
  11. ^ allmusic ((( The Doors > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles)))
  12. ^ "Chart Stats - The Doors". www.chartstats.com. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
  13. ^ "Musicline.de - Chartverfolgung - Doors, The". www.musicline.de. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
  14. ^ "austriancharts.at - Austria Top 40 - Hitparade Österreich". www.austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
  15. ^ "dutchcharts.nl - Dutch charts portal". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
  16. ^ "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
  17. ^ in the documentary DVD When you're Strange Part 2, minute 8:46 features the following credits the Single Peak chart positions in the United States 106.
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