The Very Best of The Doors (2001 album) explained

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

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".^[2]

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 (1997) & Essential Rarities (1999)) – 4:32

Personnel

• Jim Morrison – vocals
• Ray Manzarek – organ, piano, keyboards & bass
• Robby Krieger – guitar
• John Densmore – drums
• Paul A. Rothchild – producer of all tracks except for tracks 4-6 & 13
• Bruce Botnick – co-producer of tracks 4-6 & 13
• Jerry Scheff – bass guitar on tracks 4-6 & 13
• Douglass Lubahn – bass guitar on tracks 3 & 9-10
• Larry Knechtel (uncredited) – bass guitar on track 2
• Curtis Amy – saxophone solo on track 8
• George Bohanan – trombone
• Harvey Brooks – bass guitar on track 8
• Paul Harris – orchestral arrangements on track 8
• Ray Neapolitan – bass guitar on track 14
• Marc Benno – additional guitar on track 5

Notes and References

1. Blender Staff . May 2003 . 500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die! . . New York . . April 1, 2023.
2. Andy . Hermann . September 18, 2001. The Very Best of the Doors – Review . . July 3, 2022.