Perception (The Doors album)

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Perception
Box set by
the Doors
ReleasedNovember 21, 2006
Recorded1966–1971
GenreRock
Length345:42
LabelElektra
Producer
The Doors chronology
Love/Death/Travel
(2006)		 Perception
(2006)		 The Doors: Vinyl Box Set
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarHalf star[1]
Classic RockStarStarStarStarStarStarStarStar[2]
Pitchfork Media6.5/10[3]

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]

Track listing

All songs written by Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, and John Densmore, except where noted.

Discs one and two: The Doors

  1. "Break On Through (To the Other Side)" (Jim Morrison) - 2:29
  2. "Soul Kitchen" (Morrison) - 3:35
  3. "The Crystal Ship" (Morrison) - 2:34
  4. "Twentieth Century Fox" (Morrison) - 2:33
  5. "Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)" (Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) - 3:20
  6. "Light My Fire" (Robby Krieger, Morrison) - 7:06
  7. "Back Door Man" (Willie Dixon, Chester Burnett) - 3:34
  8. "I Looked at You" (Morrison) - 2:22
  9. "End of the Night" (Morrison) - 2:52
  10. "Take It As It Comes" (Morrison) - 2:17
  11. "The End" - 11:41
  12. "Moonlight Drive" ('66 Version 1) (Morrison) - 2:42
  13. "Moonlight Drive" ('66 Version 2) (Morrison) - 2:31
  14. "Indian Summer" (8/19/66 Vocal) (Morrison, Krieger) - 2:35

Discs three and four: Strange Days

  1. "Strange Days" (Morrison) - 3:11
  2. "You're Lost Little Girl" (Krieger) - 3:03
  3. "Love Me Two Times" (Krieger) - 3:18
  4. "Unhappy Girl" (Morrison) - 2:02
  5. "Horse Latitudes" (Morrison) - 1:37
  6. "Moonlight Drive" (Morrison) - 3:05
  7. "People Are Strange" (Morrison, Krieger) - 2:13
  8. "My Eyes Have Seen You" (Morrison) - 2:32
  9. "I Can't See Your Face in My Mind" (Morrison) - 3:26
  10. "When the Music's Over" - 10:58
  11. "People Are Strange" (False Starts & Dialogue) (Morrison, Krieger) - 1:57
  12. "Love Me Two Times" (Take 3) (Krieger) - 3:19

Discs five and six: Waiting for the Sun

  1. "Hello, I Love You" (Morrison) - 2:14
  2. "Love Street" (Morrison) - 2:53
  3. "Not to Touch the Earth" (Morrison) - 3:56
  4. "Summer's Almost Gone" (Morrison) - 3:22
  5. "Wintertime Love" (Morrison) - 1:54
  6. "The Unknown Soldier" - 3:25
  7. "Spanish Caravan" - 3:03
  8. "My Wild Love" (Morrison) -3:01
  9. "We Could Be So Good Together" (Morrison) - 2:26
  10. "Yes, the River Knows" (Krieger) - 2:36
  11. "Five to One" (Morrison) - 4:26
  12. "Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor" (Remo Giazotto) - 4:32
  13. "Not to Touch the Earth" (Dialogue) (Morrison) - 0:38
  14. "Not to Touch the Earth" (Take 1) (Morrison) - 4:05
  15. "Not to Touch the Earth" (Take 2) (Morrison) - 4:18
  16. "Celebration of the Lizard" (An Experiment/Work in Progress) (Morrison) - 17:09

Discs seven and eight: The Soft Parade

  1. "Tell All the People" (Krieger) - 3:23
  2. "Touch Me" (Krieger) - 3:12
  3. "Shaman's Blues" (Morrison) - 4:49
  4. "Do It" (Morrison, Krieger) - 3:08
  5. "Easy Ride" (Morrison) - 2:41
  6. "Wild Child" (Morrison) - 2:38
  7. "Runnin' Blue" (Krieger) - 2:33
  8. "Wishful Sinful" (Krieger) - 3:02
  9. "The Soft Parade" (Morrison) - 9:41
  10. "Who Scared You" (Morrison, Krieger) - 3:58
  11. "Whiskey, Mystics & Men" (Version 1)(Morrison) - 2:28
  12. "Whiskey, Mystics & Men" (Version 2) - 3:04
  13. "Push Push" - 6:05
  14. "Touch Me" (Dialogue) (Krieger) - 0:28
  15. "Touch Me" (Take 3) (Krieger) - 3:40

Discs nine and ten: Morrison Hotel

  1. "Roadhouse Blues" (Morrison) - 4:04
  2. "Waiting for the Sun" (Morrison) - 3:59
  3. "You Make Me Real" (Morrison) - 2:53
  4. "Peace Frog" (Morrison, Krieger) - 5:04
  5. "Blue Sunday" (Morrison) - 2:13
  6. "Ship of Fools" (Morrison, Krieger) - 3:08
  7. "Land Ho!" (Morrison, Krieger) - 4:10
  8. "The Spy" (Morrison) - 4:17
  9. "Queen of the Highway" (Morrison, Krieger) - 2:47
  10. "Indian Summer" (Morrison, Krieger) - 2:36
  11. "Maggie M'Gill" (Morrison) - 4:23
  12. "Talking Blues" (Morrison) - 0:59
  13. "Roadhouse Blues" (Takes 1–3, 11/4/69) (Morrison) - 8:47
  14. "Roadhouse Blues" (Take 6, 11/4/69) (Morrison) - 9:26
  15. "Carol" (Chuck Berry) - 0:56
  16. "Roadhouse Blues" (Take 1, 11/5/69) (Morrison) - 4:32
  17. "Money Beats Soul" (Morrison) - 1:04
  18. "Roadhouse Blues" (Takes 13–15, 11/5/69) (Morrison) - 6:21
  19. "Peace Frog" (False Starts & Dialogue) (Morrison, Krieger) - 2:00
  20. "The Spy" (Version 2) (Morrison) - 3:48
  21. "Queen of the Highway" (Jazz Version) (Morrison, Krieger) - 3:36

Discs eleven and twelve: L.A. Woman

  1. "The Changeling" (Morrison) - 4:21
  2. "Love Her Madly" (Krieger) - 3:20
  3. "Been Down So Long" (Morrison) - 4:41
  4. "Cars Hiss By My Window" (Morrison) - 4:58
  5. "L.A. Woman" (Morrison) - 7:57
  6. "L'America" (Morrison) - 4:37
  7. "Hyacinth House" (Ray Manzarek, Morrison) - 3:11
  8. "Crawling King Snake" (Anon, arr. by John Lee Hooker) - 5:00
  9. "The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)" (Morrison) - 4:16
  10. "Riders on the Storm" - 7:09
  11. "Orange County Suite" (Morrison) - 5:45
  12. "(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

  • 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

  1. "Perception –Review". AllMusic. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
  2. Lewis, Jonathan (December 2006). "Open Sesame!: The Doors Perception (40th Anniversary Box)". Classic Rock. p. 98.
  3. "The Doors: Perception Album Review - Pitchfork". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
  4. Berman, Stuart (December 5, 2006). "The Doors Perception". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved November 28, 2018.
  5. Cavanagh, David. "The Doors – Perception". Uncut Magazine. Retrieved November 28, 2018.