The Doors Review

   For my blog entry, I chose to review a review of The Door's debut self titled album. The review can be found at  http://www.guypetersreviews.com/doors.php. In this evaluation, the reviewer, Guy Peters, does a good job of mixing a focus on the influences of The Doors and an actual review of the album itself. Having read a biography of Jim Morrison, I can attest to the fact that Guy has a good sense of what The Doors stood for and what they were about. This knowledge helps to validate his review of the album because he proves that he is not some random nobody who is critiquing a band that he knows nothing about. Throughout the review, he breaks down what he thought about each individual song. My only problem with his review comes with his opinion of some of the specific songs, which I happen to like.  However, I personally like all of the songs on this album so, in all fairness, any negativity towards them would cause discord with me. In particular, the song, "The End", is possibly my favorite song by the band and although he says he likes the hypnotic feel, he dislikes the vocals. I would have to disagree very strongly with him on this point because the vocals, in combination with the whole sound the rest of the band puts out, produce a song that entrances the listener. I have listened to it countless times and every time I close my eyes and relax my mind, it takes me to a new place.

   If I were to review this album, I would probably follow a similar style to Guy. The only additional thing I would put into the review would be more background information about who The Doors were and their style, although Guy does put a good amount of this into the review.