Full Circle (The Doors album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Full Circle
Type = Album
Artist = The Doors


Released = August 1972
Recorded = Spring 1972
Genre = Rock, Funk, Jazz, Dance
Length = 40:05
Label = Elektra
Producer = The Doors
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:yk9ss35ba3xg~T1 link]
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* Tiny Mix Tapes Rating|0|5 [http://www.tinymixtapes.com/musicreviews/d/doors.htm link]
Last album = "Other Voices"
(1971)
This album = "Full Circle"
(1972)
Next album = "An American Prayer"
(1978)

"Full Circle" is the second album The Doors released after Jim Morrison 's death, and also their last album together before they broke up . The album included the last hit single by the band; "The Mosquito". Keyboardist Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger took Morrison's place as lead singer. Also, unlike their earlier work, bassists were collaboratively used on every track.

Track listing

#"Get Up and Dance" (Krieger, Manzarek) – 2:25
#"4 Billion Souls" (Krieger) – 3:18
#"Verdilac" (Krieger, Manzarek) – 5:40
#"Hardwood Floor" (Krieger) – 3:38
#"Good Rockin" (Roy Brown) – 4:22
#"The Mosquito" (Densmore, Krieger, Manzarek) – 5:16
#"The Piano Bird" (Conrad, Densmore) – 5:50
#"It Slipped My Mind" (Krieger) – 3:11
#"The Peking King and the New York Queen" (Manzarek) – 6:25

B-Side

In 1972, The Doors released "Get Up and Dance" as a single in the UK. For the B-Side, they released a song called "Tree Trunk". The track is one of only three non-album studio tracks released by the band. According to Robby Krieger, the track was left off the album because "it sounded too commercial" [cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Palladium/1409/robby.htm|title=The Robby Krieger interview] .

This was the song's only official release, and it is now next to impossible to find. The Doors have largely disregarded the two post-Morrison albums, with no official American CD releases of the albums. This album was released on CD October 23, 2006 by the Timeless Holland label; along with the previous Doors album without Morrison, "Other Voices". While it is relatively easy to find CD copies of "Full Circle" and "Other Voices" on the Internet, "Tree Trunk" still remains the Holy Grail to The Doors fans.Fact|date=March 2008

Personnel

The Doors
* John Densmore - drums
* Robby Krieger - guitar, vocals, harmonica
* Ray Manzarek - keyboards, vocals, keyboard bass

Additional personnel
* Chico Batera - percussion on "Piano Bird" and "The Peking King and the New York Queen"
* Jack Conrad - bass on "4 Billion Souls", "Good Rockin", "The Piano Bird" and "The Peking King and the New York Queen"
* Chris Ethridge - bass on "Get Up and Dance"
* Venetta Fields - vocals
* Bobbi Hall - percussion on "Verdilac", "The Piano Bird" and "The Peking King and the New York Queen"
* Clydie King - vocals
* Charles Larkey - bass on "Verdilac" and "The Piano Bird"
* Charles Lloyd - tenor saxophone on "Verdilac"; flute on "The Piano Bird"
* Melissa MacKay - vocals
* Leland Sklar - bass on "Hardwood Floor", "The Mosquito" and "It Slipped My Mind"

Chart Information

Note: "#" represents the number the song peak at in the Billboard Hot 100.

The Mosquito #85 Billboard Hot 100 USA 1972 [Whitburn,Joel. The Billboard Hot 100 Annual 1955-2005. Menomonee Falls: Record Research, 2006]

References

Production

*Producer: The Doors
*Engineer: Henry Lewy
*Cover concept: Pacific Eye & Ear
*Cover illustration: Joe Garnett