Other Voices (The Doors album)

Other Voices
Studio album by The Doors
Released October 18, 1971
Recorded June–August 1971 using 8-track recording console
Genre Rock
Length 39:42
Label Elektra
Producer The Doors,
Bruce Botnick
The Doors chronology

L.A. Woman
(1971)		 Other Voices
(1971)		 Full Circle
(1972)
Singles from Other Voices
  1. "Tightrope Ride"
    Released: 1971
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Starpulse [2]
Robert Christgau C+[3]

Other Voices is the seventh studio album by The Doors, released in October 1971. It was the first album released by the band following the death of lead singer Jim Morrison.

Recording

The recording of the album began while lead singer Jim Morrison was on holiday in France. The song "Down on the Farm" was allegedly already written at the time of the recording of the previous album, but Morrison did not want to include it. According to keyboardist Ray Manzarek, some of the songs had been rehearsed with Morrison before he left for Paris.

The three remaining members of the band regrouped and released the album in October three months after Morrison's death. Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger took Morrison's place as lead singers.

Later releases

The album was not released on CD until October 23, 2006, by the Timeless Holland label, along with the final Doors album, Full Circle.

The Doors have largely disregarded the last two studio albums that were recorded without Jim Morrison, and had no plans of reissuing the albums on CD. At the time, The Doors stated that they were not in possession of the master tapes, but remastered material from both the albums has appeared on various compilations, most notably the 1997 Box Set and the 2000 compilation The Best of the Doors.

On September 27, 2011, The Doors finally gave Other Voices (along with Full Circle) its first official reissue, though made available only via digital download at sites such as the iTunes Store, Amazon.com and eMusic. The original master tapes were confirmed to have been used in these reissues.[4]

The official Doors store is offering pre-sales of a vinyl re-release of the album, due out July 10, 2015.

Track listing

While Other Voices' inside gatefold cover states "All songs written by Krieger, Densmore, Manzarek," a lyric sheet was included with early LP editions of the album that listed individual writing credits, and some early versions of the LP include these credits on the LP record labels as well. These individual credits are listed below.

Side one
No. Title Length
1. "In the Eye of the Sun" (Ray Manzarek) 4:48
2. "Variety Is the Spice of Life" (Robby Krieger) 2:50
3. "Ships w/ Sails" (Krieger/John Densmore) 7:38
4. "Tightrope Ride" (Manzarek/Krieger) 4:15
Side two
No. Title Length
5. "Down on the Farm" (Krieger) 4:15
6. "I'm Horny, I'm Stoned" (Krieger) 3:55
7. "Wandering Musician" (Krieger) 6:25
8. "Hang On to Your Life" (Manzarek/Krieger) 5:36

Personnel

The Doors

Additional personnel

Chart information

Album

Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1971 Pop Albums 31
Singles
Year Single Chart Position
1971 "Tightrope Ride"
B-side: "Variety is the Spice of Life"		 The Billboard Hot 100 71[5]
1971 "Ships with Sails"
B-side: "In the Eye of the Sun"		 Pop Singles ?

Production

References

  1. ↑ Lindsay Planer. "Other Voices". Allmusic. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
  2. ↑ "Other Voices Album Review, Songs, Ratings". Starpulse.com. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
  3. ↑ "Album: The Doors: Other Voices". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2012-01-11.
  4. ↑ http://www.thefreedomman.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3896&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight= OV/FC Master Tape Discussion
  5. ↑ Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Hot 100 Annual 1955-2005. Menomonee Falls: Record Research,2006