The Best of The Doors (2000 album)

The Best of The Doors
Greatest hits album by The Doors
Released	December 5, 2000
Recorded	1966–1978
Genre	Psychedelic rock, acid rock, blues rock, hard rock
Length	73:53 (Single disc version)
Label	WEA International Records
Producer	The Doors, Bruce Botnick, Paul A. Rothchild
The Doors chronology
Essential Rarities (2000) The Best of The Doors (2000) The Very Best of The Doors (2001)

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The Best of The Doors is a compilation album by The Doors released in 2000, and is different from the albums of the same name released in 1973 and 1985. All three albums feature a slightly different track listing and a different photograph of the band's late singer Jim Morrison as cover art. Unlike its eponymous predecessors, the 2000 release includes both "Break On Through (To the Other Side)" and "The End" in their uncensored form.

Track listing

All songs written by The Doors (John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, and Jim Morrison), except where noted.

Original single disc version

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Riders on the Storm"		L.A. Woman, 1971	7:15
2.	"Light My Fire"	Robby Krieger	The Doors, 1967	7:07
3.	"Love Me Two Times"	Krieger	Strange Days, 1967	3:15
4.	"Roadhouse Blues (Live)"		The Doors: Box Set & Essential Rarities, 1997/1999; originally from Morrison Hotel, 1970	4:34
5.	"Strange Days"	Jim Morrison	Strange Days	3:08
6.	"Break On Through (To the Other Side)"	Morrison	The Doors	2:28
7.	"Five to One"		Waiting for the Sun, 1968	4:26
8.	"Moonlight Drive"	Morrison	Strange Days	3:02
9.	"Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)"	Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill	The Doors	3:19
10.	"Love Her Madly"	Krieger	L.A. Woman	3:19
11.	"People Are Strange"	Morrison, Krieger	Strange Days	2:11
12.	"Touch Me"	Krieger	The Soft Parade, 1969	3:13
13.	"Back Door Man"	Willie Dixon, Chester Burnett	The Doors	3:33
14.	"The Unknown Soldier"		Waiting for the Sun	3:22
15.	"L.A. Woman"	Morrison	L.A. Woman	7:52
16.	"Hello, I Love You"	Morrison	Waiting for the Sun	2:15
17.	"The End" – 11:44"		The Doors	11:44

Bonus disc

The album was also released as a limited edition digipak, which included the following bonus disc:

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Riders on the Storm" (Baez & Cornell Tunnel Club mix)
2.	"Riders on the Storm" (N.O.W. mix)
3.	"Riders on the Storm" (Ibizarre remix)
4.	"Riders on the Storm" (Spacebats remix)
5.	"Multimedia track" (Interview, gallery, E-card and more)

Double disc version

The double disc version of the compilation is notable for a remastered track from one of the two post-Morrison albums. The track "No Me Moleste Mosquito" appeared as "The Mosquito" on the 1972 album Full Circle. This was the second acknowledgement of the band's last two (and only post-Morrison) studio albums, since the appearance of "Tightrope Ride", taken from the album Other Voices (1971), on 1997's The Doors: Box Set.

Disc one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Light My Fire"		The Doors	7:07
2.	"Hello, I Love You"	Morrison	Waiting for the Sun	2:15
3.	"People Are Strange"	Morrison, Krieger	Strange Days	2:11
4.	"Love Me Two Times"	Krieger	Strange Days	3:15
5.	"Touch Me"	Krieger	The Soft Parade	3:13
6.	"Strange Days"	Morrison	Strange Days	3:08
7.	"Spanish Caravan"		Waiting for the Sun	3:05
8.	"Moonlight Drive"	Morrison	Strange Days	3:02
9.	"We Could Be So Good Together"		Waiting for the Sun	2:19
10.	"The Unknown Soldier"		Waiting for the Sun	3:22
11.	"Queen of the Highway"	Morrison, Krieger	Morrison Hotel	2:47
12.	"Shaman's Blues"	Morrison	The Soft Parade	4:48
13.	"The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)"	Morrison	L.A. Woman	4:15
14.	"L.A. Woman"	Morrison	L.A. Woman	7:52
15.	"Whiskey, Mystics & Men"		The Doors: Box Set and Essential Rarities, 1997 & 1999/2000	2:20
16.	"Summer's Almost Gone"	Morrison	Waiting for the Sun	3:22
17.	"You're Lost Little Girl"	Krieger	Strange Days	3:02
18.	"When the Music's Over"		Strange Days	10:59
19.	"No Me Moleste Mosquito"	John Densmore, Ray Manzarek, Krieger	Originally known as "The Mosquito" from Full Circle, 1972	5:15

Disc two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Riders on the Storm"		L.A. Woman	7:15
2.	"Break On Through (To the Other Side)"	Morrison	The Doors	2:28
3.	"Roadhouse Blues"		Morrison Hotel	4:02
4.	"Soul Kitchen"	Morrison	The Doors	3:35
5.	"Love Her Madly"	Krieger	L.A. Woman	3:19
6.	"Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)"	Brecht, Weill	The Doors	3:19
7.	"Peace Frog"	Morrison, Krieger	Morrison Hotel	2:58
8.	"Waiting for the Sun"	Morrison	Morrison Hotel; originally recorded for the album of the same name	3:59
9.	"Who Scared You"		B-side of the "Wishful Sinful" single, 1969	3:54
10.	"The Crystal Ship"	Morrison	The Doors	2:33
11.	"Wishful Sinful"	Krieger	The Soft Parade	3:00
12.	"Love Street"	Morrison	Waiting for the Sun	2:52
13.	"Wintertime Love"		Waiting for the Sun	1:53
14.	"The Spy"	Morrison	Morrison Hotel	4:18
15.	"Back Door Man"	Dixon, Burnett	The Doors	3:34
16.	"My Eyes Have Seen You"	Morrison	Strange Days	2:32
17.	"Five to One"	Morrison	Waiting for the Sun	4:26
18.	"The End"		The Doors	11:44
19.	"The Famous Roadhouse Blues Footage!" (Multimedia track)

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[1]	6× Platinum	420,000^^
Canada (Music Canada)[2]	Platinum	100,000^^
Argentina (CAPIF)[3]	Platinum	60,000^x
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[4]	Gold	50,000^^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[5]	Gold	25,000^x
United Kingdom (BPI)[6]	Silver	60,000^^
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

External links

• The Best of The Doors at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

References

1. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2001 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association.
2. "Canadian album certifications – The Doors – The Best of The Doors". Music Canada.
3. "Discos de oro y platino" (in Spanish). Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2012-12-07.
4. "Solo Exitos 1959–2002 Ano A Ano: Certificados 1991–1995". Solo Exitos 1959–2002 Ano A Ano. ISBN 8480486392.
5. "Austrian album certifications – The Doors – The Best of The Doors" (in German). IFPI Austria. Enter The Doors in the field Interpret. Enter The Best of The Doors in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen
6. "British album certifications – Doors – The Best of The Doors". British Phonographic Industry. Enter The Best of The Doors in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Silver in the field By Award. Click Search