The Future Starts Here: The Essential Doors Hits

The Future Starts Here: The Essential Doors Hits
Greatest hits album by The Doors
Released	January 29, 2008
Recorded	1966–1971
Genre	Psychedelic rock, acid rock, blues rock, hard rock
Length	78:53
Label	Elektra/Rhino
Producer	Paul A. Rothchild, Bruce Botnick, The Doors
The Doors chronology
The Very Best of The Doors (2007) The Future Starts Here: The Essential Doors Hits (2008) The Platinum Collection (2008)

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The Future Starts Here: The Essential Doors Hits is a compilation album by the rock group The Doors. It was released in the U.S. on January 29, 2008 to commemorate the band's 40th anniversary.^[2]

Track listing

All songs composed by The Doors (John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison) unless otherwise indicated.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Break On Through (To the Other Side)"	Morrison	The Doors, 1967	2:28
2.	"Light My Fire"	Morrison, Krieger	The Doors	7:00
3.	"Love Me Two Times"	Krieger	Strange Days, 1967	3:16
4.	"Hello, I Love You"	Morrison	Waiting for the Sun, 1968	2:40
5.	"People Are Strange"	Morrison, Krieger	Strange Days	2:12
6.	"Strange Days"	Morrison	Strange Days	3:09
7.	"Riders on the Storm"		L.A. Woman, 1971	7:08
8.	"L.A. Woman"	Morrison	L.A. Woman	8:00
9.	"Touch Me"	Krieger	The Soft Parade, 1969	3:13
10.	"Roadhouse Blues"		Morrison Hotel, 1970	4:07
11.	"Peace Frog"	Morrison, Krieger	Morrison Hotel	2:58
12.	"Love Street"	Morrison	Waiting for the Sun	2:57
13.	"The Crystal Ship"	Morrison	The Doors	2:35
14.	"Soul Kitchen"	Morrison	The Doors	3:33
15.	"Love Her Madly"	Krieger	L.A. Woman	3:40
16.	"Back Door Man"	Willie Dixon, Chester Burnett	The Doors	3:33
17.	"Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)"	Kurt Weill, Bertolt Brecht	The Doors	3:17
18.	"Moonlight Drive"	Morrison	Strange Days	3:04
19.	"The Unknown Soldier"		Waiting for the Sun	4:03
20.	"The End" (Edited version from the film Apocalypse Now, 1979)		The Doors	6:28

Personnel

• Jim Morrison – vocals
• Robby Krieger – guitar
• Ray Manzarek – piano, organ
• John Densmore – drums
• Bruce Botnick – co-producer for tracks 7-8 & 15, engineer for all tracks including the ones mentioned, remixing job for this release
• Paul A. Rothchild – producer for all tracks except 7-8 & 15
• Larry Knechtel (uncredited) – bass guitar on tracks 2, 14, & 16
• Douglass Lubahn – bass guitar on tracks 3-6, 12, & 18
• Kerry Magness – bass guitar on track 19
• Curtis Amy – saxophone solo on track 9
• George Bohanan – trombone on track 9
• Harvey Brooks – bass guitar on track 9
• Jesse McReynolds – mandolin on track 9
• Paul Harris – orchestral arrangements on track 9
• Lonnie Mack – bass guitar on track 10
• Ray Neapolitan – bass guitar on track 11
• John Sebastian (was credited as "G. Puglese") – harmonica on track 10
• Jerry Scheff – bass guitar on tracks 7-8 & 15
• Marc Benno – additional guitar on track 8

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA)[3]	Gold	500,000
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

External links

1. Allmusic review
2. http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-future-starts-here-the-essential-doors-hits-r1271562/review
3. "American album certifications – The Doors – The Future Starts Here: The Essential Doors Hits". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH