The Doors : Strange Days (50th Anniversary Expanded Edition)

PEOPLE ARE STRANGE

WHEN YOU'RE A STRANGER

FACES  LOOK UGLY

WHEN YOU'RE ALONE....

 Strange Days

 is the second 

studio album

 by the 

American

 rock band

 The Doors, 

released on 

September 25, 1967 

by Elektra Records, 

arriving eight months

 after their

 self-titled debut album

. After the latter's 

successful release, 

the band started

 experimenting with

 both new

 and

 old material

 in early 1967

 for their second record. 

Upon release, 

Strange Days 

reached number three 

on the

 US Billboard 200,

 and eventually earned

 a platinum certification

 from the 

Recording Industry Association

 of America (RIAA).

 It contains two

 Top 30 hit singles,

 "People Are Strange" 

and

 "Love Me Two Times".

Despite the album's failure

 to match the

 success of 

its predecessor,

 it was

 "arguably the one the band

 itself most appreciated 

musically and creatively",

 according to author 

David V. Moskowitz. 

Music journalist 

Stephen Davis

Recording and concept

STRANGE DAYS

Was Recorded

Between Tour Breaks

May and August 1967 

at 

Sunset Sound Recorders

 in Hollywood 

the same studio

 as their first LP

 In contrast to the

 1966 sessions, 

producer 

Paul A. Rothchild 

and engineer

 Bruce Botnick 

employed a then 

cutting-edge

 8-track recording machine.

 The protracted sessions 

allowed the band to

 experiment in the studio 

and further augment 

their sound with 

unusual instrumentation

 and sonic manipulation. 

Botnick said that

 the Doors were 

determined to pursue 

"new techniques of recording.

 No holds barred."

Unlike The Doors, 

Strange Days

incorporates

 various instruments,

 ranging from 

marimba to 

Moog synthesizer, 

which has been 

described as one

 of the first uses

 of the synth

 in rock music history.

 The contribution of

 the synthesizer 

was programmed with

 the help of 

Paul Beaver 

and played by 

lead singer 

Jim Morrison.

 keyboardist 

Ray Manzarek 

played his

 keyboard introduction

 backwards, 

and the corresponding

 overdubs were 

later made. 

On the track 

"Horse Latitudes",

 Botnick took the 

white noise of a

 tape recorder 

and varied 

the speed by

 hand-winding it

 (resulting in a sound akin to wind) 

as the

 four band members

 played a variety 

of instruments

 in unusual ways.

 Further varispeed 

was then employed to 

create different timbres 

and effects

TRACK LIST 

CD 1

(Remastered)

Strange Days

You're Lost Little Girl 

Love Me Two Times

Unhappy Girl

Horse Latitudes

Moonlight Drive 

People Are Strange 

My Eyes Have Seen You

I Can't See Your Face In My Mind

When The Music's Over 

BONUS TRACKS

Moonlight Drive

 (Version 1)

Moonlight Drive

 (Version 2)

People Are Strange

 (False Starts & Dialogue)

People Are Strange 

(Just Vocals Only)

Love Me Two Times 

(Take 3)

Moonlight Drive (w/Horse Latitudes)

 (Live)

You're Lost Little Girl 

(Live)

When The Music's Over

 (Live)

Ghost Song

CD 2

(Mono)

Strange Days

You're Lost Little Girl 

Love Me Two Times

Unhappy Girl

Horse Latitudes

Moonlight Drive 

People Are Strange 

My Eyes Have Seen You

I Can't See Your Face In My Mind

When The Music's Over 

EXTRA BONUS TRACK

Paris Blues 

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