Perception is a 12-disc box set by American rock band the Doors. The CDs contain the six 1999 remastered versions of the Doors' six studio albums plus DVD-Audio discs containing the 2007 40th anniversary stereo and surround remixes of those albums as well as visual extras.[4] Each album includes extra tracks consisting of previously unreleased session outtakes. Exclusive to the box set is a DVD with several live performances and other extras. The title is derived from Aldous Huxley's book The Doors of Perception, which inspired the band's name.[5]
Perception | ||||
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Released | November 21, 2006 | |||
Recorded | 1966–1971 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 345:42 | |||
Label | Elektra | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Classic Rock | [2] |
Pitchfork Media | 6.5/10[3] |
Track listing
editAll songs written by Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, and John Densmore, except where noted.
Discs one and two: The Doors
edit- "Break On Through (To the Other Side)" (Jim Morrison) - 2:29
- "Soul Kitchen" (Morrison) - 3:35
- "The Crystal Ship" (Morrison) - 2:34
- "Twentieth Century Fox" (Morrison) - 2:33
- "Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)" (Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) - 3:20
- "Light My Fire" (Robby Krieger, Morrison) - 7:06
- "Back Door Man" (Willie Dixon, Chester Burnett) - 3:34
- "I Looked at You" (Morrison) - 2:22
- "End of the Night" (Morrison) - 2:52
- "Take It As It Comes" (Morrison) - 2:17
- "The End" - 11:41
- "Moonlight Drive" ('66 Version 1) (Morrison) - 2:42
- "Moonlight Drive" ('66 Version 2) (Morrison) - 2:31
- "Indian Summer" (8/19/66 Vocal) (Morrison, Krieger) - 2:35
Discs three and four: Strange Days
edit- "Strange Days" (Morrison) - 3:11
- "You're Lost Little Girl" (Krieger) - 3:03
- "Love Me Two Times" (Krieger) - 3:18
- "Unhappy Girl" (Morrison) - 2:02
- "Horse Latitudes" (Morrison) - 1:37
- "Moonlight Drive" (Morrison) - 3:05
- "People Are Strange" (Morrison, Krieger) - 2:13
- "My Eyes Have Seen You" (Morrison) - 2:32
- "I Can't See Your Face in My Mind" (Morrison) - 3:26
- "When the Music's Over" - 10:58
- "People Are Strange" (False Starts & Dialogue) (Morrison, Krieger) - 1:57
- "Love Me Two Times" (Take 3) (Krieger) - 3:19
Discs five and six: Waiting for the Sun
edit- "Hello, I Love You" (Morrison) - 2:14
- "Love Street" (Morrison) - 2:53
- "Not to Touch the Earth" (Morrison) - 3:56
- "Summer's Almost Gone" (Morrison) - 3:22
- "Wintertime Love" (Morrison) - 1:54
- "The Unknown Soldier" - 3:25
- "Spanish Caravan" - 3:03
- "My Wild Love" (Morrison) -3:01
- "We Could Be So Good Together" (Morrison) - 2:26
- "Yes, the River Knows" (Krieger) - 2:36
- "Five to One" (Morrison) - 4:26
- "Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor" (Remo Giazotto) - 4:32
- "Not to Touch the Earth" (Dialogue) (Morrison) - 0:38
- "Not to Touch the Earth" (Take 1) (Morrison) - 4:05
- "Not to Touch the Earth" (Take 2) (Morrison) - 4:18
- "Celebration of the Lizard" (An Experiment/Work in Progress) (Morrison) - 17:09
Discs seven and eight: The Soft Parade
edit- "Tell All the People" (Krieger) - 3:23
- "Touch Me" (Krieger) - 3:12
- "Shaman's Blues" (Morrison) - 4:49
- "Do It" (Morrison, Krieger) - 3:08
- "Easy Ride" (Morrison) - 2:41
- "Wild Child" (Morrison) - 2:38
- "Runnin' Blue" (Krieger) - 2:33
- "Wishful Sinful" (Krieger) - 3:02
- "The Soft Parade" (Morrison) - 9:41
- "Who Scared You" (Morrison, Krieger) - 3:58
- "Whiskey, Mystics & Men" (Version 1)(Morrison) - 2:28
- "Whiskey, Mystics & Men" (Version 2) - 3:04
- "Push Push" - 6:05
- "Touch Me" (Dialogue) (Krieger) - 0:28
- "Touch Me" (Take 3) (Krieger) - 3:40
Discs nine and ten: Morrison Hotel
edit- "Roadhouse Blues" (Morrison) - 4:04
- "Waiting for the Sun" (Morrison) - 3:59
- "You Make Me Real" (Morrison) - 2:53
- "Peace Frog" (Morrison, Krieger) - 5:04
- "Blue Sunday" (Morrison) - 2:13
- "Ship of Fools" (Morrison, Krieger) - 3:08
- "Land Ho!" (Morrison, Krieger) - 4:10
- "The Spy" (Morrison) - 4:17
- "Queen of the Highway" (Morrison, Krieger) - 2:47
- "Indian Summer" (Morrison, Krieger) - 2:36
- "Maggie M'Gill" (Morrison) - 4:23
- "Talking Blues" (Morrison) - 0:59
- "Roadhouse Blues" (Takes 1-3, 11/4/69) (Morrison) - 8:47
- "Roadhouse Blues" (Take 6, 11/4/69) (Morrison) - 9:26
- "Carol" (Chuck Berry) - 0:56
- "Roadhouse Blues" (Take 1, 11/5/69) (Morrison) - 4:32
- "Money Beats Soul" (Morrison) - 1:04
- "Roadhouse Blues" (Takes 13-15, 11/5/69) (Morrison) - 6:21
- "Peace Frog" (False Starts & Dialogue) (Morrison, Krieger) - 2:00
- "The Spy" (Version 2) (Morrison) - 3:48
- "Queen of the Highway" (Jazz Version) (Morrison, Krieger) - 3:36
Discs eleven and twelve: L.A. Woman
edit- "The Changeling" (Morrison) - 4:21
- "Love Her Madly" (Krieger) - 3:20
- "Been Down So Long" (Morrison) - 4:41
- "Cars Hiss By My Window" (Morrison) - 4:58
- "L.A. Woman" (Morrison) - 7:57
- "L'America" (Morrison) - 4:37
- "Hyacinth House" (Ray Manzarek, Morrison) - 3:11
- "Crawling King Snake" (Anon, arr. by John Lee Hooker) - 5:00
- "The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)" (Morrison) - 4:16
- "Riders on the Storm" - 7:09
- "Orange County Suite" (Morrison) - 5:45
- "(You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further" (Dixon) - 3:41
- Discs two, four, six, eight, ten and twelve are DVDs that are exclusive to the box set.
Personnel
edit- Jim Morrison – lead vocals
- Ray Manzarek – piano, organ, keyboards & bass
- John Densmore – drums
- Robby Krieger – guitar
- Paul A. Rothchild – producer of all albums except L.A. Woman
- Bruce Botnick – co-producer of L.A. Woman
- Larry Knechtel (uncredited) – bass guitar on tracks 2, 4, 6-8, & 10 of The Doors
- Douglass Lubahn – bass guitar on tracks 1-3, 6-9 (of Strange Days), 1-5, 7, 9-11 (of Waiting for the Sun), 5-6, & 8 (of The Soft Parade)
- Kerry Magness – bass guitar on track 6 of Waiting for the Sun
- Leroy Vinnegar – acoustic bass on track 7 of Waiting for the Sun
- Curtis Amy – saxophone solo on track 2 of The Soft Parade
- Reinol Andino – conga on track 9 of The Soft Parade
- George Bohanan – trombone on tracks 1, 2, 7, and 8 of The Soft Parade
- Harvey Brooks – bass guitar on tracks 1-4, 7 and 9 of The Soft Parade
- Jimmy Buchanan – fiddle on track 7 of The Soft Parade
- Jesse McReynolds – mandolin on track 2 of The Soft Parade
- Champ Webb – English horn solo on track 8 of The Soft Parade
- Paul Harris – orchestral arrangements on tracks 1, 2, 7, and 8 of The Soft Parade
- Lonnie Mack – bass guitar on tracks 1 and 11 of Morrison Hotel
- Ray Neapolitan – bass guitar on tracks 2-9 of Morrison Hotel
- John Sebastian (credited as "G. Puglese") – harmonica on track 1 of Morrison Hotel
- Jerry Scheff – bass guitar on L.A. Woman
- Marc Benno – additional guitar on tracks 3-5 & 8 from L.A Woman
References
edit- ^ "Perception –Review". AllMusic. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
- ^ Lewis, Jonathan (December 2006). "Open Sesame!: The Doors Perception (40th Anniversary Box)". Classic Rock. p. 98.
- ^ "The Doors: Perception Album Review - Pitchfork". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
- ^ Berman, Stuart (December 5, 2006). "The Doors Perception". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
- ^ Cavanagh, David. "The Doors – Perception". Uncut Magazine. Retrieved November 28, 2018.