13 by the Doors (Vinyl record album review)

Album name: 13

Group name: the Doors

Year: 1970

Number of discs: one

Label: Elektra Records

Collection: Selman

Distinguishing characteristics:

“WAMU-AM” written in pen on front of album

Hole drilled through lower left corner of album

“WAMU-AM” written in pen on side one of LP

Buy it on Amazon: $31.57

My review

Level of familiarity before listening

This is a compilation record and I’ve never listened to it, but I’m pretty sure that I’ve listened to all the songs on it.

What I expected

A bunch of hits from the Doors, but missing Break On Through (To The Other Side).

What it was actually like

Here is how I rank all thirteen of the songs in order of most excellent to least, with their track numbers in parentheses:

Light My Fire (1)

Roadhouse Blues (6)

Love Me Two Times (8)

Hello, I Love You (10)

People Are Strange (2)

The Crystal Ship (5)

Back Door Man (3)

Touch Me (7)

Land Ho (11)

Wild Child (12)

You’re Lost Little Girl (9)

Moonlight Drive (4)

The Unknown Soldier (13)

The best part of the record was the harmonica on Roadhouse Blues.

The worst part of the record was the saxophone solo on Touch Me.

I still don’t understand why Break On Through (To The Other Side) was missing.

I had not heard Land Ho before, and it wasn’t bad at all, even though parts of it hinted at being slightly Oompa Loompa.

Grade

4/5: would listen again