Apr 10, 2014  2005 - Away From The Sun (Live From Houston, Texas) Audio. Doors; Full Circle (1972 album) The Doors (album): Wikis. The Doors is the debut album by the American rock band The Doors, recorded in August 1966 and released in January 1967. It features the breakthrough single 'Light My Fire'. 'Back Door Man' was a Howlin' Wolf cover.

The Doors in late 1967 Studio albums 9 Live albums 5 Compilation albums 21 Singles 21 Soundtrack albums 2 Videos 24 Box sets 8 Archive albums 23 The following is the discography of the American band. Formed in Los Angeles in 1965, the group consisted of (vocals), (keyboards), (drums), and (guitar). The Doors became one of the most popular rock bands of their era. Their debut album, (1967), released by, charted at No. 2 on the US and produced the group's most successful single, '.

Season 9 episode 6 friends. The album received several including a four times multi-platinum from both the (RIAA), and from the (CRIA). The Doors' second studio album, (1967), often recognized as their most creative output, failed to produce a hit single, though the album sold well commercially but did not reach the same level of success as the debut.

It reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and was certified platinum in the United States and Canada. The Doors' third studio album (1968), was regarded as an artistic disappointment when compared to their earlier material. However, commercially it was very successful and reached No. 1 in the US and France, and produced their second No. 1 single, '.

Waiting for the Sun was the first Doors album to chart in the United Kingdom, where it peaked inside the Top 20. The album was certified gold in that country by the (BPI), as well as being certified gold and platinum in several other countries. For the fourth studio album (1969), the Doors chose to incorporate string and brass instruments into a number of their songs. The band was criticized by many for this, and referred to as 'pop sellouts' and having 'gone soft'. Despite this, The Soft Parade became the band's fourth straight Top 10 album and it produced their third most successful single, '. The album was certified platinum in both the US and Canada.

To counter the artistic criticism of their last two albums the Doors next released (1970). The blues-heavy LP was a critical and commercial success. Although only having produced one single that did not perform well on the charts, Morrison Hotel became another Top 10 album for the band and was certified platinum in the US, Canada, and in France, by the (SNEP). The group next released (1970), a live album containing snippets of performances edited together from fourteen different concerts recorded in nine different cities in 1969 and 1970. Absolutely Live was well received and charted in the Top 10 in the US and Canada and was certified gold in both countries. (1971), was the final Doors album with singer Jim Morrison, who died in Paris shortly after the album's release. The album was praised by critics and a commercial success, it landed inside the Top 10 in the US and Canada and produced two singles, ' and '.

Like Morrison Hotel before it, L.A. Woman relied very heavily on the blues, which was a genre of music the Doors had often incorporated into their early live sets while the house band at the, a nightclub on the, in Los Angeles. Woman was certified gold and platinum in several different countries. After the death of Morrison, the three remaining Doors members released two more studio albums before they eventually disbanded, (1971), and (1972). Both albums appeared on the US and Canadian albums charts, and likewise both produced charting singles, but the success was limited and the three sought solo ventures. Five years later, Manzarek, Krieger, and Densmore reunited to record backing tracks over Morrison's poetry, and released The Doors' ninth and final studio album titled, (1978).

Morrison had recorded the poetry in separate sessions in 1969 and 1970. Upon release, the album received mixed reviews, but was commercially successful and was awarded platinum status in the US by the RIAA. The use of the Doors song ', from their debut album, in the popular Vietnam War film, in 1979 and the release of the first compilation album in seven years,, released in the fall of 1980, created a resurgence in The Doors. Due to those two events, an entirely new audience, too young to have known of the band earlier, began listening and purchasing the band's music. The group's popularity continued to increase. In the 1980s, the band released concert films, and live and compilation albums to much commercial success. In 1991,, a feature film about the band, directed by winning director, that starred as Morrison was released, which helped to expand The Doors' popularity even more, and a new audience had been born., is a 2009 documentary about The Doors written and directed by and narrated.