| The Future Starts Here: The Essential Doors Hits | ||||
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| Released | January 29, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 1966–1971 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 78:53 | |||
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The Future Starts Here: The Essential Doors Hits is a compilation album by the rock band the Doors. It was released in the U.S. in 2008 to commemorate the band's 40th anniversary and contains new audio mixes of the songs. [1]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
In a review for AllMusic, critic Steve Leggett ranked the album at four and a half out of five stars. He described the album as a "concise set [that] hits all the absolute essentials, and each of these 20 tracks is a classic, from the early mission statement 'Break on Through (To the Other Side)' to the unambiguous stomp of 'L.A. Woman'." [2]
All tracks are written by the Doors (John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison), except where noted. [2] Other releases may show different information. [3]
| No. | Title | Original album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Break On Through (To the Other Side)" | The Doors , 1967 | 2:27 |
| 2. | "Light My Fire" | The Doors | 6:59 |
| 3. | "Love Me Two Times" | Strange Days , 1967 | 3:16 |
| 4. | "Hello, I Love You" | Waiting for the Sun , 1968 | 2:41 |
| 5. | "People Are Strange" | Strange Days | 2:12 |
| 6. | "Strange Days" | Strange Days | 3:09 |
| 7. | "Riders on the Storm" | L.A. Woman , 1971 | 7:09 |
| 8. | "L.A. Woman" | L.A. Woman | 8:00 |
| 9. | "Touch Me" (Krieger) | The Soft Parade , 1969 | 3:12 |
| 10. | "Roadhouse Blues" (Morrison) | Morrison Hotel , 1970 | 4:08 |
| 11. | "Peace Frog" (Morrison/Krieger) | Morrison Hotel | 2:58 |
| 12. | "Love Street" | Waiting for the Sun | 2:57 |
| 13. | "The Crystal Ship" | The Doors | 2:35 |
| 14. | "Soul Kitchen" | The Doors | 3:33 |
| 15. | "Love Her Madly" | L.A. Woman | 3:40 |
| 16. | "Back Door Man" (Chester Burnett, Willie Dixon) | The Doors | 3:33 |
| 17. | "Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)" (Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) | The Doors | 3:17 |
| 18. | "Moonlight Drive" | Strange Days | 3:05 |
| 19. | "The Unknown Soldier" | Waiting for the Sun | 3:26 |
| 20. | "The End" (edited film version from Apocalypse Now ) | 6:28 |
Per album liner notes: [3]
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA) [4] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
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Waiting for the Sun is the third studio album by the American rock band the Doors. The album's 11 tracks were recorded between January and May 1968 at TTG Studios in Los Angeles. Released by Elektra Records on July 3, 1968, it became the band's only number one album, while also included their second US number one single, "Hello, I Love You". The first single released off the record was "The Unknown Soldier," which peaked at number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100. It also became the band's first hit album in the UK, where it reached number 16.
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