The Doors – L.A. Woman (VG/VG+) – LP, AU 1972

L.A. Woman is an LP by The Doors from 1972 released on the Elektra label.

About this album

L.A. Woman is the bleak, blues-driven finale of The Doors’ classic run and one of their most enduring albums. Released in 1971, it captures the band sounding stripped back and streetwise, with Jim Morrison’s last studio performances giving the record a raw sense of farewell. Recorded with producer Bruce Botnick and the group largely self-producing after Paul A. Rothchild’s departure, it leans into loose blues forms, tough guitar riffs and late-night psych atmosphere. Tracks such as Love Her Madly, L.A. Woman and Riders on the Storm helped make it one of the band’s biggest commercial and critical successes, and a fitting final statement from Morrison’s original-era Doors.

Genre: Pop & Rock

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