Morrison Hotel
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Morrison Hotel
Morrison Hotel is the fifth studio album by American rock band the Doors, released February 9, 1970 by Elektra Records. Following the use of brass and string arrangements recommended by producer Paul A. Rothchild on their previous album, The Soft Parade, the band returned to their original blues-rock style and was largely seen as a return to form for the band. The Doors entered Elektra Sound Recorders in Los Angeles in November 1969 to record the album which is divided into two separately titled sides; "Hard Rock Cafe" and "Morrison Hotel". The group included session bassists Lonnie Mack and Ray Neapolitan on the album's songs. - Wikipedia
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Rolling Stone
1970 - This could have been a fine album, but the unavoidable truth is that so much of it is out of the same extremely worn cloth as the songs on all their other albums.
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Ultimate Classic Rock
2016 - When they returned to the studio to record the follow-up LP, Morrison Hotel, they were leaner, tougher and more focused than they had been since their 1967 debut.
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Classic Rock Review
2015 - Morrison’s lyrics portray a sense of maturity, while musically the group moved towards a more roots-focused rock sound, shedding any remnants of psychedlia from their first four albums.
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All Music
The Doors returned to crunching, straightforward hard rock on Morrison Hotel, an album that, despite yielding no major hit singles, returned them to critical favor with hip listeners.
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Slant Magazine
2007 - The record is split between old, previously unheard Doors songs and newly written ones, creating an inconsistency in tone.
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xs noize
This album ignited and paved the way for their last ever album with Morrison.
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Sputnik Music
2007 - This album is just typical Doors material. Mostly blues, but it explores some other genres, even having a mild psychedelic feel with Waiting For The Sun and others.
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Sputnik Music
2011 - It stands out of a collage of all their influences and their iconic sound.
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seattlepi
2011 - Morrison Hotel is raunchy, energetic, and explosive. It is bar band music at its best. It remains a superior testament to one of rock’s enduring bands.
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SA-CD.net
2013 - Vocals & drums may drive this Blues machine, but it’s the keyboards that float it.
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music scramble
2015 - Morrison Hotel saw the band getting back to their blues and rock ‘n’ roll roots.
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Somethingelse Reviewa
2016 - A cooperative collaboration of blues and rock, sealed with firm melodies and catchy poetry encompassing sex, booze, and politics, Morrison Hotel scores a victory on both a musical and lyrical level.
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