The Doors - Morrison Hotel
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Based on 3 reviews
1970 Ratings: #57 / 161
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Based on 754 ratings
1970 Rank: #81
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SnowyFighter
72

$2.50 for a room? Damn

Morrison Hotel shows the band taking their blues direction even further than on any of their previous works. While it’s a positive thing sometimes, I also feel like it can get slightly bland with some tracks. Overall though I still enjoy this one because of some particular standouts. Mainly Roadhouse Blues being a fucking BANGER. You cannot tell me that hook won’t get stuck in your head. Super fun and great song all around. Waiting for the Sun (which btw why ... read more

_Unbiased
86

Roadhouse Blues - 9.5/10
Waiting for the Sun - 8/10
You Make Me Real - 9.5/10
Peace Frog - 9/10
Blue Sunday - 8.5/10
Ship of Fools - 7.5/10
Land Ho! - 7/10
The Spy - 9.5/10
Queen of the Highway - 8.5/10
Indian Summer - 8/10
Maggie M'Gill - 10/10

JustSomeGuy
80

The Doors return to their blues roots and end up releasing their best album since their first two.

The Soft Parade didn't leave me with the best taste in my mouth, so I wasn't too too excited to get into the next album, Morrison Hotel. Although I think most people can agree that the album that preceded this is the weakest release from The Doors when they still had Morrison around, seeing so many people praise that as an amazing album when it was clearly really far from it did make me nervous ... read more

ArchieboldTay
65

The worst doors album is still pretty good

1avbar
80

The Doors abandon their psychedelic sound almost entirely and focus on fun and hard-hitting blues, with guitar getting more spotlight for this album and Manzarek's keyboards taking a bit of a rest compared to former records.
Having an incredibly strong A-side, with songs like Roadhouse Blues, Waiting for the Sun and Peace Frog being some of the best in The Doors' catalogue, it unfortunately has a comparatively weak and forgettable B-side.

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Januarium
90

Roadhouse Blues - 8
Waiting for the sun - 8.5
You Make Me Real - 9
Peace Frog - 9
Blue Sunday - 9.5
Ship of Fools - 7.5
Land Ho! - 8.5
The Spy - 9
Queen of the Highway - 9
Indian Summer - 9.5
Maggie M'Gill - 9.5

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Track List

1Roadhouse Blues
4:06
94
2Waiting For The Sun
4:00
90
3You Make Me Real
2:52
81
4Peace Frog
2:52
90
5Blue Sunday
2:08
83
6Ship Of Fools
3:16
79
7Land Ho!
4:12
75
8The Spy
4:15
79
9Queen Of The Highway
2:49
82
10Indian Summer
2:35
79
11Maggie M'Gill
4:21
77
Total Length: 37 minutes
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Added on: June 8, 2013