Strange Days
Occupation
- Jim Morrison: vocals, Moog synthesizer in Title 1
- Ray Manzarek: Vox Continental organ, Fender Rhodes piano bass on the songs 4 and 10, the harpsichord under Title 3, Piano (backward) in Title 4, marimba with Title 9, backing vocals
- Robbie Krieger: guitar
- John Densmore: Drums
- Douglas Lubahn: Bass on Titles 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9
Strange Days is the second studio album by the American rock band The Doors. It was released in September 1967 by Elektra Records. It was taken at number 409 in the list of the 500 best albums of the magazine Rolling Stone.
History
The songs of Strange Days was written as its predecessor already in the years 1965 to 1966. The album was recorded from March to May in 1967 Sunset Sound Recorders in Hollywood ( California). Producer Paul A. Rothchild said:
"We all thought it was the best album. Significantly, so what it the one with the weakest sales. We were confident it what going to be bigger than anything The Beatles had done. But, there what no single. The record died on us. "
" We all thought it was the best album. Significantly, it was also the one with the weakest sales figures. We were convinced that it would be greater than anything the Beatles had done. But there was no single. The plate is pegged us. "
Despite Rothchilds assessment, focusing on the lack of a single, which was comparable with Beatles hits, referring, the album reached # 3 on the U.S. charts as well as gold status. Also, two singles were released: People Are Strange reaching number 12, Love Me Two Times Square 25
Criticism
The page Allmusic gave the album 3.5 out of 5 stars and wrote, as many of the previously written song material has been used for the first disc, " the band 's second effort Is not as stunning as Consistently Their debut, though overall it's a very successful continuation of the themes of Their classic album. "
Title list
All pieces were written by The Doors ( John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, and Jim Morrison ).