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Studio album by the Doors
Released February 9, 1970
Recorded August 19, 1966 (`Indian Summer`) & November 1969 – January 1970
Studio Elektra, Hollywood
Genre
Blues rockpsychedelia[1]R&B[2]
Length 37:05
Label Elektra
Producer Paul A. Rothchild
The Doors chronology
The Soft Parade
(1969) Morrison Hotel
(1970) Absolutely Live
(1970)
Morrison Hotel is the fifth studio album by American rock band the Doors, released on February 9, 1970, by Elektra Records. After the use of brass and string arrangements recommended by producer Paul A. Rothchild on their previous album, The Soft Parade (1969), the Doors returned to their blues rock style and this album was largely seen as a return to form for the band. The group entered Elektra Sound Recorders in Los Angeles in November 1969 to record the album which is divided into two separately titled sides, namely: `Hard Rock Café` and `Morrison Hotel`. Blues rock guitar pioneer Lonnie Mack and Ray Neapolitan also contributed to the album as session bassists.

The album reached No. 4 on the Billboard 200, and performed better overseas than the preceding album (it was the group`s highest-charting studio album in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at No. 12). The accompanying `You Make Me Real` / `Roadhouse Blues` single peaked at No. 50 in May 1970 on the Billboard 100 chart. The cover photo was taken by Henry Diltz.

Background
On March 1, 1969, Jim Morrison performed while intoxicated at the Dinner Key Auditorium in Coconut Grove, Florida, in front of a crowd of nearly 12,000; he was charged for his performance and behavior with indecent exposure, on April 4.[3] The incident negatively reflected on the band`s publicity, sparking a `March for Decency` at the Miami Orange Bowl.[4]

Consequently, twenty-five dates on the band`s next tour were cancelled, and their records were blacklisted from radio airplay, resulting in the band abandoning the rest of their potential tour, costing what John Densmore characterized as `a million dollars in gigs.`[5] Nevertheless, the band gradually regained momentum by playing concerts throughout the rest of the year, including the Toronto Rock and Roll Revival;[6] they played alongside John Lennon, among others, who later said, `supposedly the Doors were top of the bill.`[7] In July, the Doors released their fourth album, The Soft Parade, a heavily orchestrated affair that augmented the band`s sound with horns and strings.[8] Around early 1969, Morrison traded in his stage leathers for more conventional attire, grew a beard and gained weight as he attempted to live down his `Lizard King` image; however, his worsening alcoholism often undermined his efforts.[9]

In November, a drunken Morrison caused such a disturbance on a flight to Phoenix, Arizona, to see a Rolling Stones concert that he was charged with a new skyjacking law that carried up to a $10,000 fine and a ten-year prison sentence.[5]

Original album
Details are taken from the 1970 Elektra Records album and may differ from other sources.[37]

Side one: Hard Rock Café
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. `Roadhouse Blues` Jim Morrison, music by the Doors 4:04
2. `Waiting for the Sun` Morrison 3:58
3. `You Make Me Real` Morrison 2:50
4. `Peace Frog` Morrison, Robby Krieger 2:52
5. `Blue Sunday` Morrison 2:08
6. `Ship of Fools` Morrison, Krieger 3:06
Total length: 18:58
Side two: Morrison Hotel
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. `Land Ho!` Morrison, Krieger 4:08
2. `The Spy` Morrison 4:15
3. `Queen of the Highway` Morrison, Krieger 2:47
4. `Indian Summer` Morrison, Krieger 2:33
5. `Maggie M`Gill` Morrison, music by the Doors 4:24
Total length: 18:07

Personnel
Details are taken from the 2007 Rhino Records CD 40th Anniversary Edition liner notes with Bruce Botnick`s and David Fricke`s accompanying essays, which may differ from other sources.[16]

The Doors

Jim Morrison – vocals
Ray Manzarek – piano, organ, tack piano on `Roadhouse Blues` and `You Make Me Real`,[39] guitar on `Maggie M`Gill`[40]
Robby Krieger – guitar
John Densmore – drums; with brushes on `The Spy`[41]
Additional musicians

Ray Neopolitan – bass guitar[42]
Lonnie Mack – bass guitar on `Roadhouse Blues` and `Maggie M`Gill`
John Sebastian (as `G. Puglese`) – harmonica on `Roadhouse Blues`
Paul Beaver – moog synthesizer programming on `Waiting for the Sun`[39]
Technical

Paul A. Rothchild – production
Bruce Botnick – engineering
Gary Burden – art direction, sleeve design
Henry Diltz – sleeve photography