Strange Days - Remastered and Expanded

remastered with new advanced resolution stereo mixes, of the original album, plus two extra tracks and in-depth liner notes by music writer barney hoskyns, co-founder of online rock library rock's backpages. even darker than their purple-hued debut, the doors' follow-up, 'strange days', closed 1967 with an ominous flourish. highlighted mostly by short, radio-friendly tunes such as the bluesy 'love me two times' and the cabaret-style 'people are strange' and featuring a smattering of edgy recitations ('horse latitudes') and smoky rockers ('my eyes have seen you'), the album features a centerpiece that was another ambitious extended track, 'when the music's over.' on it, morrison railed at everything from organized religion to pollution, and his rallying cry - "we want the world, and we want it now!" - became a call to arms for the counterculture rising up around the band.