The Doors - The Soft Parade
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Artist: The DoorsEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2007-03-27
Music Label: Rhino / Wea
Soundtracks:
- Tell All The People
- Touch Me
- Shaman's Blues
- Do It
- Easy Ride
- Wild Child
- Runnin' Blue
- Wishful Sinful
- The Soft Parade
- Who Scared You (Bonus)
- Whiskey, Mystics And Men (Version 1) (Bonus)
- Whiskey, Mystics And Men (Version 2) (Bonus)
- Push Push (Bonus)
- Touch Me (Dialogue) (Bonus)
- Touch Me (Take 3) (Bonus)
Music reviews of The Soft Parade
Music Review: Weakest Effort but with a Lot of Good Stuff
Rating: 4 Stars
"The Soft Parade" was the least well-received of the six Doors studio albums, at least among the critics, but many people like it. More than any other Doors album, it provokes disagreements on its merits. I will do my best here, and in any event, my comments are somewhat in between. Like many, I believe "The Soft Parade" is the group's weakest effort, but this is measured against a very high standard.
What is clear is that The Doors' power, in full display in the group's first two efforts, was fading during this period. This is true not only in the case of guitarist Robby Krieger's brass/string-backed songs but lead singer Jim Morrison's songs. Nevertheless, the Morrison compositions "Wild Child" and "Shaman's Blues" contain excellent lyrics, the former being accompanied by an interesting primitive beat with the Doors trademark sound. "Shaman's Blues," too, is Doors-like in hypnotic feel, and it creates a compelling mood.
Along with these two, the title cut is the highlight of the album. "The Soft Parade," also strong lyrically, compares favorably to the band's other long cuts. The music in this five-part suite is incoherent, but still interesting. Isolation and self-realization at the beginning give way to the simple, steady progression of the latter parts, which contain a parade of striking images.
As for Robby Krieger's entries, I liked "Touch Me" when I was younger and still do, but I am now ambivalent because of its pop excesses. "Tell All the People" even supersedes those excesses, but there is still something about its melodrama I like. Robby dedicated the un-Doors'-like "Runnin' Blue" to the recently deceased Otis Redding, but a catchy, if insubstantial, main verse is overshadowed by horns and an odd bluegrass chorus. "Wishful, Sinful" is the best Krieger entry, pretty with an underwater feel, although it is cloying at one moment too. "Easy Ride" (Morrison) and "Do It" (Morrison/Krieger) are both silly and flippant, but the former has a little more substance.
"The Soft Parade" reflects the last vestiges of the original Doors sound, somewhat degenerated. The hard rock and blues of the two subsequent releases serve as a reminder that "The Soft Parade" was not an ending or downhill point for this immensely talented band, but an inflection point for a new direction.
Bonus Tracks: There are a fair number, but do not be enticed unless you have a special interest. "Touch Me" is similar to the original. "Whiskey, Mystics, and Men" (basically spoken poetry) and the cocktail "Who Scared You" are available on the Box Set.
Description of The Soft Parade
THE SOFT PARADE, first released in 1969, climbed to #6 and featured the #3 hit "Touch Me," "Shaman's Blues," "Wild Child," and more. Boasts in-depth liner notes by Rolling Stone writer David Fricke. Six bonus tracks include a previously unissued version of "Touch Me," the previously unheard "Push, Push," and two unreleased takes of "Whiskey, Mystics And Men."Proto Punk CDs
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