℗ 1967 Elektra Records
Released August 9, 2014
Duration 34m 51s
Record Label Rhino/Elektra
Genre Rock (Classic Rock)
 

Strange Days

The Doors

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1.1
Strange Days
The Doors
3:05
1.2
You're Lost Little Girl
The Doors
3:03
1.3
Love Me Two Times
The Doors
3:23
1.4
Unhappy Girl
The Doors
2:00
1.5
Horse Latitude
The Doors
1:30
1.6
Moonlight Drive
The Doors
3:00
1.7
People Are Strange
The Doors
2:10
1.8
My Eyes Have Seen You
The Doors
2:22
1.9
I Can't See Your Face in My Mind
The Doors
3:18
1.10
When the Music's Over
The Doors
11:00
- Billboard 200 - #3 (1967) Strange Days is the second studio album by American rock band the Doors, released on September 25, 1967 by Elektra Records. Strange Days was recorded during tour breaks between May and August 1967 at Sunset Sound Recorders in Hollywood (the same studio as their first LP). In contrast to the 1966 sessions, producer Paul A. Rothchild and engineer Bruce Botnick employed a cutting-edge 8-track recording machine. The protracted sessions allowed the band to experiment in the studio and further augment their otherworldly sound with unusual instrumentation and sonic manipulation. According to Botnick, this approach was inspired by the band obtaining an advance copy of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album and "absolutely flipping out" at what they heard. Botnick said that, following the Beatles' example, the Doors were determined to pursue "new techniques of recording. No holds barred." Developed with the assistance of Paul Beaver, the title track constitutes one of the earliest uses of a Moog synthesizer in rock. On the Morrison poem "Horse Latitudes", Botnick took the white noise of a tape recorder and varied the speed by hand-winding it (resulting in a sound akin to wind) as the four band members played a variety of instruments in unusual ways. Further varispeed was then employed to create different timbres and effects. The band also explored musique concrète techniques on the album.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Rhino/Elektra Studio Masters

Tracks 1-10 – contains high-resolution digital transfers of material originating from an analogue master source
Track title
Peak
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RMS
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LUFS
(integrated)
DR
Album average
Range of values
-1.10
-2.38 to -0.01
-17.15
-18.97 to -15.52
-13.93
-16.00 to -12.40
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9 to 10
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Strange Days
-0.61-15.52-12.49
2
You're Lost Little Girl
-1.43-17.55-14.810
3
Love Me Two Times
-0.53-15.91-12.610
4
Unhappy Girl
-1.27-16.73-13.310
5
Horse Latitude
-0.94-18.87-14.610
6
Moonlight Drive
-0.01-15.85-12.810
7
People Are Strange
-2.38-17.74-14.79
8
My Eyes Have Seen You
-1.31-16.66-13.410
9
I Can't See Your Face in My Mind
-1.85-18.97-16.010
10
When the Music's Over
-0.63-17.67-14.710

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