L.A. Woman
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L.A. Woman
L.A. Woman is the sixth studio album by the American rock band the Doors, released on April 19, 1971, on Elektra Records. It is the last to feature the group's lead singer, Jim Morrison, who died three months after the album's release. It saw the band continue to integrate elements of blues back into their music, a direction begun with their previous album, Morrison Hotel. It was also recorded without record producerPaul A. Rothchild after he fell out with the group over the perceived lack of quality of their studio performances. Subsequently, the band co-produced the album with longtime sound engineer Bruce Botnick. - Wikipedia
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Rolling Stone
1971 - This is the Doors’ greatest album and (including their first) the best album so far this year. A landmark worthy of dancing in the streets.
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Slant Magazine
2007 - L.A. Woman might be one of the best swan songs ever, but Jim Morrison’s raspy, drug-, cigarette-, and alcohol-ravaged voice is a symbol of impending doom, promises unfulfilled, and death in a bathtub.
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All Music
The final album with Jim Morrison in the lineup is by far their most blues-oriented, and the singer's poetic ardor is undiminished, though his voice sounds increasingly worn and craggy on some numbers.
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Ultimate Classic Rock
2015 - Their worst fears would soon be confirmed — but first they managed to rebound with a set of songs that served as a triumphant reminder of the band's appeal.
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Classic Rock Review
2011 - This album encompasses a mixture of blues, funk, and rock while maintaining a sound that is still distinctly The Doors.
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BBC
One of the band’s best, and their final fling with erratic frontman Morrison.
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Sputnik Music
2015 - One of the truly rare occasions in which a band has ended with its best album.
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Pop Matters
This is a great road album.
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American Songwriter
2012 - Needless to say, L.A. Woman is the most perplexing album in The Doors’ far-too-small discography.
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All About Jazz
2012 - Jim Morrison and company effectively and authentically went back to their musical roots and, in so doing, restored their camaraderie as a band.
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Rhino
2016 - Alas, L.A. Woman was destined to be the final time the world was graced with an album’s worth of new material with Morrison fronting the band, but if you’re going to go out, you might as well go out with an album that finds you at the top of your game.
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Independent
2012 - Possibly the band's best album, full of churning gutbucket blues.
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Omega
2016 - Where Morrison Hotel succeeded, the straightedge blues tracks on L.A. Woman improved tenfold.
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Vintage Rock
There’s no easy way to make a graceful exit, but somehow the Doors did it with their final album.
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Silver Michaels
2013 - L.A. Woman, the sixth and final Doors studio album, showed that he could have been a brilliant bluesman, an interesting complement to already having established himself as a brilliant poet.
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Elsewhere
2012 - Four decades gone, the big beat goes on.
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