Legacy: The Absolute Best

Legacy: The Absolute Best
Greatest hits album by the Doors
Released	August 12, 2003
Recorded	1966-1971
Genre	Psychedelic rock, blues rock, acid rock
Length	155:49
Label	Elektra/Rhino
Producer	The Doors & David McLees
The Doors chronology
The Very Best of The Doors (2001) Legacy: The Absolute Best (2003) The Very Best of The Doors (2007)

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Legacy: The Absolute Best is a two-disc compilation album by American rock band the Doors, released in 2003. This compilation includes the uncensored versions of both "Break On Through (To the Other Side)" (with the lyrics "she gets high" restored) and "The End" (with Morrison's liberal use of the word "fuck" during the song's interlude). Also included is a previously unreleased studio version of Morrison's epic poetry piece "Celebration of the Lizard," a rehearsal outtake from the band's Waiting for the Sun sessions.

The album debuted on the Billboard 200 on August 30, 2003 at number 63 and remained on the chart for four weeks.

Track listing

Disc one

1. "Break On Through (To the Other Side)" (Jim Morrison) – 2:29
2. "Back Door Man" (Willie Dixon, Chester Burnett) – 3:34
3. "Light My Fire" (Robby Krieger) – 7:08
4. "Twentieth Century Fox" (Morrison) – 2:23
5. "The Crystal Ship" (Morrison) – 2:34
6. "Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)" (Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) – 3:19
7. "Soul Kitchen" (Morrison) – 3:35
8. "The End" (Densmore, Krieger, Manzarek, Morrison) – 11:46
9. "Love Me Two Times" (Krieger) – 3:16
10. "People Are Strange" (Krieger, Morrison) – 2:12
11. "When the Music's Over" (Densmore, Krieger, Manzarek, Morrison) – 11:02
12. "My Eyes Have Seen You" (Morrison) – 2:29
13. "Moonlight Drive" (Morrison) – 3:04
14. "Strange Days" (Morrison) – 3:09
15. "Hello, I Love You" (Morrison) – 2:16
16. "The Unknown Soldier" (Densmore, Krieger, Manzarek, Morrison) – 3:25
17. "Spanish Caravan" (Densmore, Krieger, Manzarek, Morrison) – 3:01
18. "Five to One" (Morrison) – 4:27
19. "Not to Touch the Earth" (Morrison) – 3:54

• Tracks 1-8 from The Doors (1967)
• Tracks 9-14 from Strange Days (1967)
• Tracks 15-19 from Waiting for the Sun (1968)

Disc two

1. "Touch Me" (Krieger) – 3:12
2. "Wild Child" (Morrison) – 2:38
3. "Tell All the People" (Krieger) – 3:21
4. "Wishful Sinful" (Krieger) – 2:58
5. "Roadhouse Blues" (Morrison) – 4:04
6. "Waiting for the Sun" (Morrison) – 4:00
7. "You Make Me Real" (Morrison) – 2:53
8. "Peace Frog" (Krieger, Morrison) – 2:58
9. "Love Her Madly" (Krieger) – 3:18
10. "L.A. Woman" (Morrison) – 7:51
11. "Riders on the Storm" (Densmore, Krieger, Manzarek, Morrison) – 7:10
12. "The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)" (Morrison) – 4:15
13. "The Changeling" (Morrison) – 4:21
14. "Gloria" (Van Morrison) – 6:18
15. "Celebration of the Lizard" (Morrison) – 17:01
    • "Lions in the Street"
    • "Wake Up!"
    • "A Little Game"
    • "The Hill Dwellers"
    • "Not to Touch the Earth"
    • "Names of the Kingdom"
    • "The Palace of Exile"

• Tracks 1-4 from The Soft Parade (1969)
• Tracks 5-8 from Morrison Hotel (1970)
• Tracks 9-13 from L.A. Woman (1971)
• Track 14 from Alive, She Cried (1983)
• Track 15 previously unreleased (2003)

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)	Gold	500,000^
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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• Guitar tabs