The Doors - Celebration Of The Lizard 1970

The Doors - Celebration Of The Lizard 1970

Upon entering the recording studio in 1968 to make their third album, The Doors hit a creative wall for several reasons.  First and
foremost, they had simply run out of material, having blown through their backlog of quality songs with their first two albums in the previous year.  Paraphrasing Robbie Krieger, the ‘Third Album Syndrome’ had affected The Doors, who were thrown into the position of needing a new album to promote with no songs immediately on hand, forced to compose new material in the studio.  A solution was to base their third album around a lengthy poetry piece of Jim Morrison’s, entitled “Celebration of the Lizard”.  Originally claimed to occupy an entire side of the LP, “Celebration of the Lizard” But Paul Rothchild, who felt the band absolutely needed a hit single he was sure. But this is not Rothchilds vision But Jim's...

The result is an album in-tune with Jim Morrison’s intentions before Rothchild’s desire for a hit single destroyed it.  And at the centerpiece, a strong, nearly-fourteen minute title track that is a sum of the more passionate performances of its seven pieces, constructed into a cohesive whole.  So are you ready?  The ceremony is about to begin…  

Tracklist

Side A:
1.  Five To One
2.  Love Street
3.  We Could Be So Good Together
4.  Yes, The River Knows
5.  My Wild Love
6.  The Unknown Soldier

Side B:
7.  Spanish Caravan
8.  Wintertime Love
9.  Celebration of the Lizard

Players
Jim Morrison – lead vocals, harmonica, percussion, synthesizer (1965–1971; his death)
Ray Manzarek – keyboards, vocals (1965–1973; died 2013)
Robby Krieger – electric guitar, vocals (1965–1973)
John Densmore – drums, percussion (1965–1973)