L.A. Woman
by The Doors
- Type: Album
- Released: April 19, 1971
- Label: Elektra
- Country: United States
- Length: 48:25
- Community rating: 4.28/5 from 23 ratings
Artists on this release: Jim Morrison, John Densmore, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Co-produced by the band and engineer Bruce Botnick, 'L.A. Woman' channels a raw, live-in-the-studio sensibility, marking a definitive return to their blues-rock origins. The sessions, held in the band's rehearsal space and featuring bassist Jerry Scheff, captured a stripped-down sound that places Jim Morrison's weathered, potent vocals at the forefront of meditations on Los Angeles, love, and disillusionment. Released shortly before Morrison's death, the album serves as a rugged and conclusive artistic statement for the original lineup.
Genres
Descriptors: bluesy, hedonism, literary, storytelling, classic
Tracklist
- The Changeling (04:19)
- Love Her Madly (03:18)
- Been down so Long (04:39)
- Cars Hiss by My Window (04:09)
- L.A. Woman (07:51)
- L'America (04:34)
- Hyacinth House (03:10)
- Crawling King Snake (04:58)
- The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat) (04:13)
- Riders on the Storm (07:14)
Credits
- Jim Morrison - lead singer, vocals, percussion, producer
- Ray Manzarek - keyboardist, wurlitzer piano, fender rhodes piano, tack piano, producer
- Paul A. Rothchild - producer
- Bruce Botnick - co-producer, sound engineer, audio recording engineer, producer, remastered
- Jerry Scheff - bassist, bass guitar
- Marc Benno - rhythm guitarist, rhythm guitar
- John Densmore - drums, producer
- Robby Krieger - guitarist, lead guitar, guitar, producer
- Doug Sax - mastering engineer