In an era when the three-minute pop single ruled the music world, The Doors stood proud as practitioners of album art. From beginning to end, the band's six studio albums presented carefully-crafted sound tapestries, with the music of Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger and John Densmore woven around the unique lyrics of Jim Morrison.
Here is a book that finally considers the band's artistic vision and influences. Taking each album in turn, it discusses the lyrical and musical patterns that shaped the songs, the recording sessions that spawned them and the cultural environment in which the work was created.
