The Doors - The Best of The Doors (Enhanced-CD) (Digitally Remastered, 2000)

Album Review:

The Best of The Doors is a compilation album by The Doors released in 2000, and is different from the album of the same name released in 1973 and 1985. All three versions of this album feature a slightly different track listing and a different photograph of the band's late singer Jim Morrison as cover art. Unlike its eponymous predecessors, the 2000 release includes both "Break on Through (to the Other Side)" and "The End" in their uncensored form.

The double disc version of the compilation is notable for a remastered track from one of the two post-Morrison albums. The track "No Me Moleste Mosquito" appeared as "The Mosquito" on the 1972 album Full Circle. This was the second acknowledgement of the band's last two (and only post-Morrison) studio albums, since the appearance of "Tightrope Ride", taken from the album Other Voices, on the 1997 Box Set.

Not to be confused with the two-disc compilation of the same name (the one that displays Jim Morrison's Jesus Christ pose), and not to be confused with the identically designed The Very Best of the Doors, this particular Best of the Doors was distributed in various territories outside the U.S. in 2000. The Very Best of the Doors, released in 2001, is a preferable single-disc anthology since it's easier to find and is a little smarter with its selections, but this disc does cover a lot of fertile ground, including "Riders on the Storm," "Light My Fire," "Touch Me," "The End," and "Five to One." For whatever reason, a live version of "Roadhouse Blues" gets the nod over the studio version. [This edition adds a second full disc of content, wisely swaps out the live version of "Roadhouse Blues" for the studio version, and functions as a much better introduction.]





Album Details:

Artist: The Doors
Album: The Best of The Doors (enhanced-CD)
Label: Elektra
Catalog#: 7559-62568-2
Format: 2 x CD, Compilation, Remastered
Country: Germany
Released: December 5, 2000
Recorded: 1966–1978
Language: English
Time: 77:52 + 71:39
Rating: 3.5 Stars
Genre: Rock
Styles: Rock & Roll, Psychedelic Rock, Blues-Rock, Classic Rock


Tracklist:


Disc one

01. Light My Fire - 7:08
02. Hello, I Love You - 2:15
03. People Are Strange - 2:12
04. Love Me Two Times - 3:16
05. Touch Me - 3:14
06. Strange Days - 3:08
07. Spanish Caravan - 2:59
08. Moonlight Drive - 3:02
09. We Could Be So Good Together - 2:24
10. The Unknown Soldier - 3:23
11. Queen of the Highway - 2:50
12. Shaman's Blues - 4:50
13. The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat) - 4:14
14. L.A. Woman - 7:52
15. Whiskey, Mystics And Men - 2:23
16. Summer's Almost Gone - 3:23
17. You're Lost Little Girl - 3:02
18. When the Music's Over - 11:01
19. No Me Moleste Mosquito (by Densmore, Manzarek & Krieger) - 5:18



Disc two

01. Riders on the Storm - 7:15
02. Break on Through (To the Other Side) - 2:28
03. Roadhouse Blues - 4:06
04. Soul Kitchen - 3:35
05. Love Her Madly - 3:19
06. Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar) - 3:19
07. Peace Frog - 2:53
08. Waiting for the Sun - 4:01
09. Who Scared You? - 3:55
10. The Crystal Ship - 2:34
11. Wishful Sinful - 2:58
12. Love Street - 2:51
13. Wintertime Love - 1:54
14. The Spy - 4:17
15. Back Door Man - 3:35
16. My Eyes Have Seen You - 2:28
17. Five to One - 4:26
18. The End - 11:45
Multi-Media Track: The Famous Roadhouse Blues Footage!







Credits:

Artwork By [Design & Artwork] - Blade
Drums - John Densmore
Guitar - Robby Krieger
Keyboards - Ray Manzarek
Management - Danny Sugerman
Photography [Additional] - David Sygal , Henry Diltz
Photography [Front Cover, Additional] - Joel Brodsky
Producer - Bruce Botnick (tracks: 1-14) , Paul A. Rothchild (tracks: All except for 1-14)
Remastered By - Bruce Botnick
Vocals - Jim Morrison
Written-By - Doors, The

Notes:

Digitally Remastered by Bruce Botnick.
CD 2 contains a Multi-Media Track: The Famous Roadhouse Blues Footage!
Track 1-19 is a bonustrack.















Lineage:

SilverCD -> EAC -> WV -> AvaxHome


Extra info:

- CD rip from my personal collection (silverCD, NOT CDR!).
- EAC was used for ripping the CDs.
- EAC settings: Secure Mode, Offset corrected, Test & Copy Image & Create Cuesheet, Compressed.
- Cuesheet files included (wav & wv).
- EAC ripping log included.
- Codec used for lossless compression: WavPack 4.60.1
- Samplerate/Bitrate: 44kHz/16bits.
- Complete scans @ 300 dpi, bmp format, no compression.
- All tracks accurately ripped.