Name: The Soft Parade [Vinyl]
Brand: Elektra
SKU: 18479978
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The Soft Parade [Vinyl]

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Album: The Soft Parade [Vinyl]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Tell All the People	More Info...
2)	Touch Me	More Info...
3)	Shaman's Blues	More Info...
4)	Do It	More Info...
5)	Easy Ride	More Info...
6)	Wild Child	More Info...
7)	Runnin' Blue	More Info...
8)	Wishful Sinful	More Info...
9)	The Soft Parade	More Info...

Album: The Soft Parade [Vinyl]
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Tell All the People	More Info...
2)	Touch Me	More Info...
3)	Shaman's Blues	More Info...
4)	Do It	More Info...
5)	Easy Ride	More Info...
6)	Wild Child	More Info...
7)	Runnin' Blue	More Info...
8)	Wishful Sinful	More Info...
9)	The Soft Parade	More Info...

Performer Notes

The Doors: Jim Morrison (vocals); Robby Krieger (guitar, background vocals); Ray Manzarek (keyboards); John Densmore (drums).
Additional personnel: Jesse McReynolds (mandolin); Jimmy Buchanan (fiddle); Champ Webb (English horn); Curtis Amy (saxophone); George Bohannan (trombone); Harvey Brooks, Doug Lubahn (bass); Reinol Andino (conga).
Recorded at Elektra Sound Recorders, Los Angeles, California.
Dismissed by the benighted as the Doors' "pop album," SOFT PARADE is one of the band's most adventurous recordings, utilizing strings and horns without resorting to schlocky over-production and moving far beyond their blues roots. Morrison was fully into his shaman phase by 1969, and his obsession with that image is reflected in the proselytizing air of "Tell All the People," and of course "Shaman's Blues." The album's biggest hit "Touch Me," while easily the group's most radio-friendly offering, is a pop classic that ranks among the great '60s AM radio tunes. "Wild Child" is a brief return to the blues-rock of yore, but the title track is a sophisticated, extended piece that moves through several different moods and textures, full of the elliptical, poetic lyrics that were Morrison's trademark.

Professional Reviews

Q (11/00, p.124) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...A mixture of hefty pop singles, bullfrog rockers and nonsense poetry..."

Down Beat (p.69) - 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "THE SOFT PARADE showcases the band at the apex of its creative life."