The Very Best of The Doors (2001 album)

The Very Best of The Doors
Greatest hits album by
The Doors
ReleasedSeptember 18, 2001
Recorded1966–1971
Genre
Length72:16
LabelElektra
ProducerPaul A. Rothchild, Bruce Botnick, The Doors
The Doors chronology
The Best of the Doors
(2000) 		The Very Best of The Doors
(2001) 		Legacy: The Absolute Best
(2003)

The Very Best of The Doors is a compilation album by the Doors, released in the US in 2001. It features the same cover art as The Best of The Doors compilation released the previous year, and a similar track listing to the single CD version of that album.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Christgau's Consumer GuideA[2]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

Andy Hermann of PopMatters wrote in his review that with a few exceptions, The Very Best of the Doors is "as good an overview as any of the band's biggest hits and most important songs, all in their original album versions".[4]

Track listing

  1. "Break On Through (To the Other Side)" – 2:29
  2. "Light My Fire" – 7:08
  3. "People Are Strange" – 2:12
  4. "Riders on the Storm" – 7:15
  5. "L.A. Woman" – 7:52
  6. "Love Her Madly" – 3:20
  7. "Back Door Man" – 3:34
  8. "Touch Me" – 3:12
  9. "Hello, I Love You" – 2:16
  10. "Love Me Two Times" – 3:16
  11. "Twentieth Century Fox" – 2:34
  12. "The Crystal Ship" – 2:34
  13. "The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)" – 4:15
  14. "Peace Frog" – 3:00
  15. "The End" – 11:45
  16. "Roadhouse Blues" (Live) (Version found on The Doors: Box Set (1997) & Essential Rarities (1999)) – 4:32

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Blender Staff (May 2003). "500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die!". Blender. New York: Dennis Publishing Ltd. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert. "The Very Best of The Doors". Robert Christgau.
  3. ^ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (January 2008). "The Doors". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon & Schuster. p. 254. ISBN 978-1439109397.
  4. ^ Hermann, Andy (September 18, 2001). "The Very Best of the Doors – Review". PopMatters. Retrieved July 3, 2022.