L.A. Woman - 40th Anniversary Mixes CD

remastered with new advanced resolution stereo mixes, of the original album, plus three extra tracks and new in-depth liner notes by ben fong-torres. the final album with jim morrison in the lineup is by far their most blues-oriented, and the singer's poetic ardor is undiminished. the seven-minute title track was a car-cruising classic that celebrated both the glamour and seediness of los angeles; the other long cut, the brooding, jazzy 'riders on the storm,' was the group at its most melodic and ominous. it and the far bouncier 'love her madly' were hit singles, and 'the changeling' and 'l'america' count as some of their better little-heeded album tracks. an uneven but worthy finale from the original quartet. the album was released in 1971 shortly before morrison's mysterious death in paris.