Greatest Hits (The Doors album)
Greatest Hits is a compilation album by American rock band the Doors, released in 1980. The album, along with the film Apocalypse Now, released the previous year, created an entirely new audience which was too young to have remembered the band years before. The album went on to become one of the highest selling compilations of all time, with combined CD and vinyl sales of 5,000,000 in the United States alone.
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Released | October 1980 (Vinyl LP) October 15, 1996 (CD) | |||
Recorded | 1966-1971 | |||
Genre | Psychedelic rock, blues rock, acid rock | |||
Length | 48:10 (1980 version) 55:57 (1996 version) | |||
Label | Elektra | |||
Producer | Paul A. Rothchild, Bruce Botnick, the Doors | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic[1] |
The album was re-released in 1996 as an enhanced CD with a different track listing and cover art. The songs "The Ghost Song", "The End" and "Love Her Madly" were added, whereas "Not to Touch the Earth" was omitted.
1980 Vinyl LP and cassette track listing
Side one
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Hello, I Love You" | Jim Morrison | Waiting for the Sun, 1968 | 2:23 |
2. | "Light My Fire" | Robby Krieger | The Doors, 1967 | 7:05 |
3. | "People Are Strange" | Morrison, Krieger | Strange Days, 1967 | 2:10 |
4. | "Love Me Two Times" | Krieger | Strange Days | 3.16 |
5. | "Riders on the Storm" | Morrison, Krieger, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore | L.A. Woman, 1971 | 7:15 |
Side two
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Break On Through (To the Other Side)" | Morrison | The Doors | 2.25 |
2. | "Roadhouse Blues" | Morrison | Morrison Hotel, 1970 | 4:08 |
3. | "Not to Touch the Earth" | Morrison | Waiting for the Sun | 3:56 |
4. | "Touch Me" | Krieger | The Soft Parade, 1969 | 3:10 |
5. | "L.A. Woman" | Morrison | L.A. Woman | 7:47 |
1995 CD track listing
- "Hello, I Love You" (Morrison) – 2:12
- "Light My Fire" (Krieger) – 7:05
- "People Are Strange" (Morrison, Krieger) – 2:09
- "Love Me Two Times" (Krieger) – 3:14
- "Riders on the Storm" – 7:09
- "Break On Through (To the Other Side)" (Morrison) – 2:26
- "Roadhouse Blues" (live) (Morrison) – 6:14
- "Touch Me" (Krieger) – 3:10
- "L.A. Woman" (Morrison) – 7:47
- "Love Her Madly" (Krieger) – 3:17
- "The Ghost Song" (Morrison) – 4:13
- "The End" – 6:28 (edited version for George S. Clinton from Apocalypse Now (1979))
Note: Japanese version of this CD has 13 tracks : Track 13 "Wintertime Love".
Personnel
- Robby Krieger – guitar
- Jim Morrison – vocals
- Ray Manzarek – keyboards and backing vocals
- John Densmore – drums
Additional musicians
- Curtis Amy – saxophone on track 8 (CD)/track 9 (vinyl)
- Lonnie Mack - bass guitar
- Jerry Scheff – bass guitar on tracks 5 & 9-11
- Douglass Lubahn – bass guitar on tracks 1 & 3-4 (CD); tracks 1, 3-4, & 8 (vinyl)
- Marc Benno – rhythm guitar on track 10 (vinyl)/track 9 (CD)
- Larry Knechtel – bass guitar on track 2 (both formats) (was uncredited as such, however)
- Harvey Brooks – bass guitar on track 8 (CD)/track 9 (vinyl)
- George Bohanan – trombone
- Jesse McReynolds – mandolin
- John Sebastian - harmonica
- Paul Harris – orchestral arrangements on track 8 (CD)/track 9 (vinyl)
Other personnel
- Paul A. Rothchild - re-mastered by
- Bruce Botnick - original engineering
- Joel Brodsky – photography
- Ron Coro – original art direction
- Ray and Dorothy Manzarek, Ron Coro, Denise Minobe – original album design
- William Gazecki - re-mastering engineer
Charts
Date | Chart | Position |
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December 1980 | Billboard 200 [2] | 17 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Argentina (CAPIF)[3] | Gold | 30,000^ |
Australia (ARIA)[4] | 2× Platinum | 140,000^ |
Canada (Music Canada)[5] CD edition |
5× Platinum | 500,000^ |
Canada (Music Canada)[5] LP edition |
2× Platinum | 200,000^ |
France (SNEP)[6] | Gold | 100,000* |
United Kingdom (BPI)[7] | Silver | 60,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[8] CD edition |
2× Platinum | 2,000,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[9] LP edition |
3× Platinum | 3,000,000^ |
*sales figures based on certification alone |
References
- AllMusic
- "The Doors Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard.com. 2019. Archived from the original on September 20, 2019.
- "Discos de oro y platino" (in Spanish). Cámara Argentina de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2001 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association.
- "Canadian album certifications – The Doors – Greatest Hits". Music Canada.
- "French album certifications – Doors – Greatest Hits" (in French). InfoDisc. Select DOORS and click OK.
- "British album certifications – Doors – Greatest Hits _1996_". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Greatest Hits _1996_ in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
- "American album certifications – The Doors – Greatest Hits _1996_". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.
- "American album certifications – The Doors – Greatest Hits _LP_". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.