The Doors - The Doors

If God really did create the universe in seven days, then this must surely come a close second in the creativity stakes. Taking just over a week to complete, The Doors emerged from the Sunset Sound Recording Studios having recorded what must be one of the most stunning and original debut albums.

'The Doors' is part psychedelic pop, operatic rock and blues. A heady mix but this was 1967 after all! Dark, fun and sexy music.

Most of the attention on this album was deservedly drawn towards the Oedipal closing track 'The End'. A twelve minute opus that in less skilled hands could've become an overblown rock tragedy. But this is The Doors so thankfully nothing they produced could be as straight forward. Disaster averted then.

But as well as attention challenging marathon tracks there also some great pop songs on here. The most famous of those being 'Light My Fire'...... but I'll come clean. I don't actually rate it that much. The album version is a flabby seven minute jam whereas the single, trimmed down by producer Paul Rothchild to a more radio friendly 3 minutes, is a much tighter proposition. If I had to pick a favourite track then that accolade would go to 'Twentieth Century Fox'. It has the classic Doors sound; Ray Manzarek's distinctive organ playing, Robbie Kreiger's Gibson SG guitar and the jazz tinged rhythm section.

It all makes for a fantastic debut and all recorded in a frantic seven days. A frantic seven days that changed the course of 60s rock music.