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Rank the tracks Doors 1st album

Postby The Modernist » 18 Nov 2017, 10:30

Prompted by an exchange between Hatz and Charlie on the first Doors album, rank the tracks in order from favourite to least favourite.

"Break On Through (To the Other Side)"
"Soul Kitchen"
"The Crystal Ship"
"Twentieth Century Fox"
"Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)
"Light My Fire" 7:06
Side B
No. Title Length
"Back Door Man" (writer: Willie Dixon)
"I Looked at You"
"Take It as It Comes"
"End of the Night"
"The End"

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Re: Rank the tracks Doors 1st album

Postby The Modernist » 18 Nov 2017, 10:34

For me it goes:
"End of the Night"
The Crystal Ship"
Break On Through (To the Other Side)
The End
Light My Fire
Soul Kitchen
Take It As It Comes
Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)
Back Door Man
Twentieth Century Fox
I Looked at You

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Re: Rank the tracks Doors 1st album

Postby naughty boy » 18 Nov 2017, 10:35

Light My Fire



Soul Kitchen

Crystal Ship

I Looked At You
Alabama Song
The End
Twentieth Century Fox


Back Door Man

End Of The Night

Break On Through


Take It As It Comes
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Re: Rank the tracks Doors 1st album

Postby The Modernist » 18 Nov 2017, 10:37

No consensus at all there! Apart from maybe Back Door Man.
Interesting.

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Postby Belle Lettre » 18 Nov 2017, 11:00

Soul Kitchen
The Crystal Ship
The End
Break On Through (To The Other Side)
Back Door Man
Light My Fire
Take It As It Comes
End Of The Night
I Looked At You
Alabama Song
Twentieth Century Fox
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Re: Rank the tracks Doors 1st album

Postby Bent Fabric » 18 Nov 2017, 13:56

"Light My Fire"
"The End"
"The Crystal Ship"
"Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)"*
"Break On Through (To the Other Side)"
"Back Door Man"
"Soul Kitchen"
"Twentieth Century Fox"
"End of the Night
"I Looked at You"
"Take It as It Comes"

*(I may rate their "Alabama Song" higher than most. My top four are more or less tied, really)

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Postby Rayge » 18 Nov 2017, 14:02

I had to give it a quick listen first, because I had no memory at all of two of the tracks, and only a hazy idea of others.
top three are in order, next four largely interchangeable. Never liked JM's soul man schtick, and nothing's going to make me listen to the last two embarrassments (mine, not theirs) again

"Light My Fire"
"Break On Through (To the Other Side)"
"End of the Night"

"The Crystal Ship"
"I Looked at You"
"Twentieth Century Fox"
"Take It as It Comes"

"Back Door Man"

"Soul Kitchen"



"The End"



"Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)"
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Re: Rank the tracks Doors 1st album

Postby billy » 18 Nov 2017, 20:26

The Crystal Ship
Soul Kitchen

Break On Through (To the Other Side)

Light My Fire
The End

Back Door Man
Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)
I Looked at You

End of the Night

Twentieth Century Fox
Take It As It Comes
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Postby toomanyhatz » 18 Nov 2017, 21:19

Love unconditionally:

Soul Kitchen
Break on Through (To the Other Side)
Light My Fire
The Crystal Ship

Imperfect, but near-great and nervy as hell:

The End

Really, really good, and unusual for the time:

Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)

More typical of the period, but still damned impressive:

Take It As it Comes (I sometimes picture Jagger singing this one)
I Looked At You
20th Century Fox

Still really good, just my least favorite in this context:

End of the Night
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Re: Rank the tracks Doors 1st album

Postby pcqgod » 21 Nov 2017, 02:21

Break On Through (To the Other Side)"
"The Crystal Ship"
"The End"
"Light My Fire"
"Back Door Man"
"Soul Kitchen"
"End of the Night"
"Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)
"Take It as It Comes"
"Twentieth Century Fox"
"I Looked at You"
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Re: Rank the tracks Doors 1st album

Postby fange » 21 Nov 2017, 02:43

I've played the album a few times over the weekend to see how i feel about all the tracks, and here's my order as it stands today -

Soul Kitchen
End of the Night
The Crystal Ship
Light My Fire
Break On Through (To the Other Side)
Back Door Man
The End
Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)
I Looked at You
Twentieth Century Fox
Take It As It Comes

There is no a single song i don't like on the album, though. 'The End' used to be top 5 in my 20s, but not any more. And 'Back Door Man' used to get skipped a lot more than now; in fact, i'll often play it just to hear how fantastically it comes to life under the group's urging.
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Re: Rank the tracks Doors 1st album

Postby Quaco » 21 Nov 2017, 03:38

Simply one of the finest, most consistent debuts ever. Also one of the first albums I remember hearing as a child.

THE BEST
"The End"

SO GOOD
"The Crystal Ship"
"Break On Through (To the Other Side)"
"Light My Fire"
"End of the Night"

STILL GREAT
"Twentieth Century Fox"
"I Looked at You"
"Take It as It Comes"

JUST FINE
"Soul Kitchen"
"Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)
"Back Door Man"
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Re: Rank the tracks Doors 1st album

Postby Dayodead » 21 Nov 2017, 09:29

Break On Through (To the Other Side)
Soul Kitchen
End of the Night
The End
The Crystal Ship
Light My Fire
Take It as It Comes
Back Door Man
Twentieth Century Fox
Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)
I Looked at You

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Postby naughty boy » 21 Nov 2017, 10:02

Are people (apart from the hippest BCBers) not choosing 'Light My Fire' as their number one because they're burnt (ha ha) out on it, or because they just think the other tracks are as good?
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Postby Rayge » 21 Nov 2017, 11:04

*fun and open field* wrote:Are people (apart from the hippest BCBers) not choosing 'Light My Fire' as their number one because they're burnt (ha ha) out on it, or because they just think the other tracks are as good?


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Re: Rank the tracks Doors 1st album

Postby Goat Boy » 21 Nov 2017, 11:10

Fucking great!

Break On Through (To the Other Side)
End of the Night
The End
The Crystal Ship
Light My Fire

Still better than anything on the Top 100 albums of the 21st Century list!

Take It as It Comes
Soul Kitchen
I Looked at You
Back Door Man
Twentieth Century Fox
Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)
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Postby fange » 21 Nov 2017, 11:17

Rayge wrote:
*fun and open field* wrote:Are people (apart from the hippest BCBers) not choosing 'Light My Fire' as their number one because they're burnt (ha ha) out on it, or because they just think the other tracks are as good?


You, me and Davey? :lol:

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Not so much burnt out, but used to it, if that makes sense. It still thrills me, but it's not the song I go to first now when I spin the album because i've heard it a lot more often in a lot of other situations than just when I decide to put the Doors debut on. Songs like 'Soul Kitchen' or 'End of the Night' have become a special treat I enjoy in a more personal way now. Not making a value judgement here; just which songs I enjoy most or want to listen to most these days.
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Re: Rank the tracks Doors 1st album

Postby naughty boy » 21 Nov 2017, 11:24

Make a value judgement, Ange, goddammit! MAKE A FUCKIN VALUE JUDGEMENT! :lol:
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Re: Rank the tracks Doors 1st album

Postby fange » 21 Nov 2017, 11:26

Fine, it's the 4th best song on the album! :lol:
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Postby naughty boy » 21 Nov 2017, 11:30

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