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The Soft Parade - CD, LP, SACD

The Doors

Rock | Pop Rock | Psychedelic rock | Blues Rock | Symphonic Rock

1969

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LP The Doors: The Soft Parade

Elektra 14. February 2008 Europe

Album Reissue Stereo

Forty-seven years ago, The Doors released their fourth album, which departed somewhat from the sound of their previous albums and used arrangements with horns and strings. "It was meant to be a sonic extravaganza," Ray Manzarek wrote in his autobiography Light My Fire: My Life with The Doors, "with horns and strings complementing our basic guita...

More ID: 33295 EAN: 0075596067416 Discogs ID: 10102967

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Title	The Soft Parade
Artist	The Doors
Format	LP (vinyl)
Labels	Elektra
Country of issue	Europe
Date of publication	14. February 2008
First released	1969
Weight	230 g
EAN	0075596067416
Product ID	33295
Discogs ID	10102967
Discogs reviews	4.24

The Doors: The Soft Parade version on vinyl LP in Standard edition. This particular edition was published in Europe in publishing company Elektra on 14. February 2008.

Forty-seven years ago, The Doors released their fourth album, which departed somewhat from the sound of their previous albums and used arrangements with horns and strings. "It was meant to be a sonic extravaganza," Ray Manzarek wrote in his autobiography Light My Fire: My Life with The Doors, "with horns and strings complementing our basic guitar, keyboard and percussion sound. We wanted to bring in jazz players, country and western players, and classical players. Like most of the band's catalog, The Soft Parade was produced by Paul A. Rothchild, but Manzarek took the opportunity to contribute himself. "I had a hell of a time producing the album," Manzarek wrote. "I especially enjoyed working with Paul Harris on the arrangements of the songs, which were meant to be sonically varied, full of horns and strings." Although the album didn't go down in history as the easiest to record (Manzarek described it as "taking an incredibly long time to complete"), it was commercially successful: it put the Doors in the Top 10 - reaching No. 6. The band scored another Top 5 single with "Touch Me", while three other songs ("Wishful Sinful", "Tell All the People" and "Runnin' Blue") all climbed into the Hot 100.Review "This is probably the Doors' most underrated album, as the addition of horns and strings ("Wishful Sinful") makes it more experimental than their simpler music usually attempts. But it's on "Tell All the People" that the band is at its most revolutionary, and the long title track is one of its most ambitious." (All Music Guide)

Album spans genres Rock, Pop Rock, Psychedelic rock, Blues Rock and Symphonic Rock.

A1	Tell All The People	3:24 min
	Written-By Robby Krieger
A2	Touch Me	3:15 min
	Written-By Robby Krieger
A3	Shaman's Blues	4:45 min
	Written-By Jim Morrison
A4	Do It	3:01 min
	Written-By Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger
A5	Easy Ride	2:35 min
	Written-By Jim Morrison
B1	Wild Child	2:36 min
	Written-By Jim Morrison
B2	Runnin' Blue	2:27 min
	Written-By Robby Krieger
B3	Wishful Sinful	2:56 min
	Written-By Robby Krieger
B4	The Soft Parade	8:40 min
	Written-By Jim Morrison