13
is the first
compilation album
by American
Rock Band
released by
Elektra Records
on
November 30, 1970.
The title refers
to
the thirteen tracks
included,
which feature a
variety of songs
from their
studio albums
It includes all
six songs
by the band
that had reached
the American
Top 40
to this point,
although not necessarily
in their
single release version.
The cover shrink wrap
featured a clear sticker
that read:
"A Collection of
Thirteen Classic Doors Songs".
It is the band's
only compilation album
released while
lead singer
was alive.
The album reached No. 25
on the Billboard 200.
It has been superseded
by later
Doors compilations,
such as the
highly successful
The Best of the Doors
(1985),
and has
not been
reissued on CD.
Background
13
was a project
instigated by
Elektra Records,
who wanted product
from the band
for the
Christmas season,
to which the band
reluctantly agreed.
Morrison even
agreed to shave off
his beard
for the
album cover's
photo shoot,
but the label
opted for a
younger photo
of the singer,
which they had
also done for
the group's
live album
Absolutely Live,
released in July
of that year.
Author
Danny Sugerman
commented in
his memoir
of the band,
No One Here Gets Out Alive,
"Elektra obviously wanted
the 'pretty'
Jim Morrison.
" Morrison's image is
also much larger
than those of
guitarist
Robby Krieger,
keyboardist
Ray Manzarek,
and drummer
John Densmore,
and Sugerman said that,
"Although Ray,
Robby,
and John
had become
accustomed to the attention
directed towards
their lead singer,
it upset Jim."
The album's back cover
features the band
posing with a small bust
of
Ludwig van Beethoven
some have
mistakenly claimed
it is of occultist
Aleister Crowley
TRACKLIST
Light My Fire
People Are Strange
Back Door Man
Moonlight Drive
The Crystal Ship
Roadhouse Blues
Touch Me
Love Me Two Times
You're Lost, Little Girl
Hello, I Love You
Land Ho!
Wild Child
The Unknown Soldier
BONUS TRACKS
Five To One
Waiting For The Sun
Love Her Madly
Break On Through
(To The Other Side)
L.A. Woman
Riders On The Storm
Crawling King Snake
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