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| L.A. Woman | 
| Artist: The Doors
Label: Rhino / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (166 reviews)
Sales Rank: 8725
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 101155
UPC: 081227999865
EAN: 0081227999865
ASIN: B000MG1ZGA
Release Date: March 27, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | The Changeling | | • | Love Her Madly | | • | Been Down So Long | | • | Cars Hiss By My Window | | • | L.A. Woman | | • | L'america | | • | Hyacinth House | | • | Crawling King Snake | | • | The Wasp (Texas Radio And The Big Beat) | | • | Riders On The Storm | | • | Orange County Suite (Bonus) | | • | (You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further (Bonus) |
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Album Description
1971's L.A. WOMAN, released shortly before Morrison's death in Paris, went to #9 and delivered the signature songs "Love Her Madly," "Riders On The Storm," and the title track. In-depth liner notes by Ben Fong-Torres. Two bonus tracks including "Orange County Suite" and "(You Don't Need Meat) Don't Go No Further."
Amazon.com essential recording
The last official Doors studio album, L.A. Woman was still high on the charts when, like the "actor out on loan" of its closing track, "Riders on the Storm," Jim Morrison died in a Paris bathtub in the summer of 1971. Via such tracks as "The Changeling," "Crawling King Snake," and the frothy, rollicking title track, the collection leaned heavily toward the blues--in particular, Morrison's boastful "Lizard King" brand of it. It also holds another entry in the band's ever-adventurous tone poems in the ever-underrated mythical tale of American music and culture, "WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)." --Billy Altman
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| Customer Reviews: Read 161 more reviews...
 Skip the last track October 13, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
L.A. Woman is my favorite Doors compilation, which is why it grieves me to have to give it a 4-star instead of a 5-star rating. This bluesy collection is Morrison at his best with greats like Changeling, Hyacinth House, Been down so long & the fabulous title track. I also enjoyed the bonus track Orange County Suite.
The reason I gave this compilation a 4-star is because of the last track. You see it's very simple...no Morrison-no Doors period. I feel they could have found any a number of tracks done by Morrison to complete this set and I'm sorry if this sounds harsh, but I want to hear his voice and only his voice when I'm listening to the Doors! That's just the way it is with me.
So, minus the last track I would give this CD a 5-star rating in a heart beat. It's classic Blues/Rock only the Doors can pull off.
 Attempting the dignified exit September 24, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
3 1/2
Although The Doors final entry had a few songs that could hang with the best of their catalog (obviously the ones that went on to be hits) those songs almost feel like intuitive last-chance stabs at audio immortality in an attempt to raise the vibe of these creatively limited final recording sessions.
The rating is for the original mixdown September 3, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is not 1971 mixdown, which presumably was approved by ALL four members of the band and reflected their original intent.
Remixing, while making it more satisfactory to the ear accustomed to current trends, compromises it's value of what people liked and bought for the last 39 years. It would been a better thing to remaster the original recording and, if space permitted, add as many remixes that showed the alternate benefits of what it might sound like recorded today or reveal hidden aspects that may have been deliberately buried in the mix as part of the 1971 mix for the benefit of the curious.
 2007 Remix L.A. Woman June 14, 2008
I like this new mix. The first album I ever bought was The Doors/LA Woman. It was the summer of '71 (I think) and I was 13 years old. When I opened the album and saw the yellow inner sleeve I thought it was the coolest thing I ever saw. Very risque for a 13 year old in 1971. The music on the album was even cooler. My Uncles had already given me the earlier Doors albums so I was familiar with the music. This album got played 'till the grooves wore out.
The new mix sounds "harder" than the original. The bass and drums more pronounced. The drums get the Lars Ulrich treatment-up front and crisp. I like that effect on "The Changeling" and "LA Woman". The new mix also makes the bass seem to drive harder.
The original got my heart pumping and always will. The new mix also gets my heart pumping but in a different way. Updated, yet still maintaining the soul of the Seventies.
this is the one June 14, 2008
there are several versions
Re-mixes/Re-masters out there
this is the best version
if you want LA Woman on Cd get this one!!!
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