Perception (The Doors album) explained

Perception
Type:box
Artist:the Doors
Cover:Perception_TheDoorsalbum.jpg
Released:November 21, 2006
Recorded:1966–1971
Genre:Rock
Length:345:42
Label:Elektra
Producer:
Prev Title:Love/Death/Travel
Prev Year:2006
Next Year:2008

Perception is a 12-disc box set by American rock band the Doors. The CDs contain the six 1999 remastered versions of the Doors' six studio albums plus DVD-Audio discs containing the 2007 40th anniversary stereo and surround remixes of those albums as well as visual extras.[1] Each album includes extra tracks consisting of previously unreleased session outtakes. Exclusive to the box set is a DVD with several live performances and other extras. The title is derived from Aldous Huxley's book The Doors of Perception, which inspired the band's name.[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, and John Densmore, except where noted.

Discs one and two: The Doors

  1. "Break On Through (To the Other Side)" (Jim Morrison) - 2:29
  2. "Soul Kitchen" (Morrison) - 3:35
  3. "The Crystal Ship" (Morrison) - 2:34
  4. "Twentieth Century Fox" (Morrison) - 2:33
  5. "Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)" (Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) - 3:20
  6. "Light My Fire" (Robby Krieger, Morrison) - 7:06
  7. "Back Door Man" (Willie Dixon, Chester Burnett) - 3:34
  8. "I Looked at You" (Morrison) - 2:22
  9. "End of the Night" (Morrison) - 2:52
  10. "Take It As It Comes" (Morrison) - 2:17
  11. "The End" - 11:41
  12. "Moonlight Drive" ('66 Version 1) (Morrison) - 2:42
  13. "Moonlight Drive" ('66 Version 2) (Morrison) - 2:31
  14. "Indian Summer" (8/19/66 Vocal) (Morrison, Krieger) - 2:35

Discs three and four: Strange Days

  1. "Strange Days" (Morrison) - 3:11
  2. "You're Lost Little Girl" (Krieger) - 3:03
  3. "Love Me Two Times" (Krieger) - 3:18
  4. "Unhappy Girl" (Morrison) - 2:02
  5. "Horse Latitudes" (Morrison) - 1:37
  6. "Moonlight Drive" (Morrison) - 3:05
  7. "People Are Strange" (Morrison, Krieger) - 2:13
  8. "My Eyes Have Seen You" (Morrison) - 2:32
  9. "I Can't See Your Face in My Mind" (Morrison) - 3:26
  10. "When the Music's Over" - 10:58
  11. "People Are Strange" (False Starts & Dialogue) (Morrison, Krieger) - 1:57
  12. "Love Me Two Times" (Take 3) (Krieger) - 3:19

Discs five and six: Waiting for the Sun

  1. "Hello, I Love You" (Morrison) - 2:14
  2. "Love Street" (Morrison) - 2:53
  3. "Not to Touch the Earth" (Morrison) - 3:56
  4. "Summer's Almost Gone" (Morrison) - 3:22
  5. "Wintertime Love" (Morrison) - 1:54
  6. "The Unknown Soldier" - 3:25
  7. "Spanish Caravan" - 3:03
  8. "My Wild Love" (Morrison) -3:01
  9. "We Could Be So Good Together" (Morrison) - 2:26
  10. "Yes, the River Knows" (Krieger) - 2:36
  11. "Five to One" (Morrison) - 4:26
  12. "Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor" (Remo Giazotto) - 4:32
  13. "Not to Touch the Earth" (Dialogue) (Morrison) - 0:38
  14. "Not to Touch the Earth" (Take 1) (Morrison) - 4:05
  15. "Not to Touch the Earth" (Take 2) (Morrison) - 4:18
  16. "Celebration of the Lizard" (An Experiment/Work in Progress) (Morrison) - 17:09

Discs seven and eight: The Soft Parade

  1. "Tell All the People" (Krieger) - 3:23
  2. "Touch Me" (Krieger) - 3:12
  3. "Shaman's Blues" (Morrison) - 4:49
  4. "Do It" (Morrison, Krieger) - 3:08
  5. "Easy Ride" (Morrison) - 2:41
  6. "Wild Child" (Morrison) - 2:38
  7. "Runnin' Blue" (Krieger) - 2:33
  8. "Wishful Sinful" (Krieger) - 3:02
  9. "The Soft Parade" (Morrison) - 9:41
  10. "Who Scared You" (Morrison, Krieger) - 3:58
  11. "Whiskey, Mystics & Men" (Version 1)(Morrison) - 2:28
  12. "Whiskey, Mystics & Men" (Version 2) - 3:04
  13. "Push Push" - 6:05
  14. "Touch Me" (Dialogue) (Krieger) - 0:28
  15. "Touch Me" (Take 3) (Krieger) - 3:40

Discs nine and ten: Morrison Hotel

  1. "Roadhouse Blues" (Morrison) - 4:04
  2. "Waiting for the Sun" (Morrison) - 3:59
  3. "You Make Me Real" (Morrison) - 2:53
  4. "Peace Frog" (Morrison, Krieger) - 5:04
  5. "Blue Sunday" (Morrison) - 2:13
  6. "Ship of Fools" (Morrison, Krieger) - 3:08
  7. "Land Ho!" (Morrison, Krieger) - 4:10
  8. "The Spy" (Morrison) - 4:17
  9. "Queen of the Highway" (Morrison, Krieger) - 2:47
  10. "Indian Summer" (Morrison, Krieger) - 2:36
  11. "Maggie M'Gill" (Morrison) - 4:23
  12. "Talking Blues" (Morrison) - 0:59
  13. "Roadhouse Blues" (Takes 1-3, 11/4/69) (Morrison) - 8:47
  14. "Roadhouse Blues" (Take 6, 11/4/69) (Morrison) - 9:26
  15. "Carol" (Chuck Berry) - 0:56
  16. "Roadhouse Blues" (Take 1, 11/5/69) (Morrison) - 4:32
  17. "Money Beats Soul" (Morrison) - 1:04
  18. "Roadhouse Blues" (Takes 13-15, 11/5/69) (Morrison) - 6:21
  19. "Peace Frog" (False Starts & Dialogue) (Morrison, Krieger) - 2:00
  20. "The Spy" (Version 2) (Morrison) - 3:48
  21. "Queen of the Highway" (Jazz Version) (Morrison, Krieger) - 3:36

Discs eleven and twelve: L.A. Woman

  1. "The Changeling" (Morrison) - 4:21
  2. "Love Her Madly" (Krieger) - 3:20
  3. "Been Down So Long" (Morrison) - 4:41
  4. "Cars Hiss By My Window" (Morrison) - 4:58
  5. "L.A. Woman" (Morrison) - 7:57
  6. "L'America" (Morrison) - 4:37
  7. "Hyacinth House" (Ray Manzarek, Morrison) - 3:11
  8. "Crawling King Snake" (Anon, arr. by John Lee Hooker) - 5:00
  9. "The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)" (Morrison) - 4:16
  10. "Riders on the Storm" - 7:09
  11. "Orange County Suite" (Morrison) - 5:45
  12. "(You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further" (Dixon) - 3:41

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Doors Perception . Stuart . Berman . Pitchfork.com . December 5, 2006 . November 28, 2018 .
  2. The Doors – Perception . David . Cavanagh . . November 28, 2018 .

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