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An American Prayer  is the last studio album by The Doors.  In 1978, seven years after lead singer Jim Morrison died and five years after the remaining members of the band broke up, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, and John Densmore reunited and recorded backing tracks over Morrison's poetry (originally recorded in 1969 and 1970). Other pieces of music and spoken word recorded by the Doors and Morrison were also used in the audio collage, such as dialogue from Morrison's film HWY and snippets from jam sessions. The album received mixed reviews and still divides critics, yet it has managed a platinum certification in the US. When the album was originally released, longtime Doors' producer Paul Rothchild labeled the album a "rape of Jim Morrison". Rothchild claimed that he had heard all of the reels of master tapes from both the 1969 and the 1970 poetry sessions, insisting that the three remaining Doors failed to realize Morrison's original intent for an audio presentation of the poetry. Morrison himself, prior to leaving for Paris, had approached composer Lalo Schifrin as a possible contributor for the music tracks meant to accompany the poetry, with no participation from any of the other Doors members. In addition, he had developed some conception of the album cover art work by January 1971, and was in correspondence with artist T. E. Breitenbach to design this cover in the form of a tryptich (a three-paneled painting with various images embedded in each panel).


Track listing

Poetry, lyrics and stories by Jim Morrison; music by Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, and John Densmore.

Original release

Side one

  1. "Awake" – 0:36
  2. "Ghost Song" – 4:13
  3. "Dawn's Highway / Newborn Awakening" – 3:48
  4. "To Come of Age" – 1:02
  5. "Black Polished Chrome / Latino Chrome" – 3:22
  6. "Angels and Sailors / Stoned Immaculate" – 4:20
  7. "The Movie" – 1:36
  8. "Curses, Invocations" – 1:58

Side two

  1. "American Night" – 0:29
  2. "Roadhouse Blues" [Live] – 6:59
  3. "Lament" – 2:19
  4. "The Hitchhiker" – 2:16
  5. "An American Prayer" – 6:53
          * "The End"
          * "Albinoni: Adagio"

1995 remastered edition

Awake

  1. "Awake" – 0:36
  2. "Ghost Song" (edit) – 2:50
  3. "Dawn's Highway" – 1:21
  4. "Newborn Awakening" – 2:26

To Come of Age

  5. "To Come of Age" – 1:01
  6. "Black Polished Chrome" – 1:07
  7. "Latino Chrome" – 2:14
  8. "Angels and Sailors" – 2:46
  9. "Stoned Immaculate" – 1:33

The Poet's Dream

  10. "The Movie" – 1:35
  11. "Curses, Invocations" – 1:57

World on Fire

  12. "American Night" – 0:28
  13. "Roadhouse Blues" – 5:53
  14. "The World On Fire" – 1:06
  15. "Lament" – 2:18
  16. "The Hitchhiker" – 2:15

An American Prayer

  17. "An American Prayer" – 3:04
  18. "Hour For Magic" – 1:17
  19. "Freedom Exists" – 0:20
  20. "A Feast Of Friends" – 2:10 (also known as "The Severed Garden")

Bonus tracks

  21. "Babylon Fading" – 1:40
  22. "Bird Of Prey" – 1:03
  23. "The Ghost Song" (Extended Version) – 5:16 (There's a "hidden track" 34 seconds after the fade-out.)

Staff

1970 Readings

    * Jim Morrison – Vocals, spoken word (recorded in 1970)

The Doors

    * John Densmore – drums
    * Robby Krieger – guitar
    * Ray Manzarek – keyboards, bass

Additional staff

    * Reinol Andino – percussion
    * Bob Glaub – bass on "Albinoni – Adagio"
    * Jerry Scheff – bass


Released November 17, 1978 (Vinyl LP)
1995 (CD)
Recorded March 1969 and December 1970 (spoken word)
1978 (music)
Genre Psychedelic rock, spoken word, poetry
Length 38:28
Label Elektra / Asylum Records (1978 LP)
Rhino (1995 CD) [1]
Producer John Densmore,
Robbie Krieger,
Ray Manzarek,
Frank Lisciandro,
John Haeny


(https://en.wikipedia.org)

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"When You're a Free Man" is a song by The Moody Blues from their 1972 album Seventh Sojourn. It was written by the band's keyboardist Mike Pinder, who also sings the lead vocals.

"When You're a Free Man" basically describes a perfect world scenario, similar to the album's previous song "The Land of Make-Believe". However, "When You're a Free Man" uses the approach that we are psychologically imprisoned in the current world, which we will escape from. The details of the song reference Timothy Leary (albeit not by name), who fled the United States. His wife was Rosemary, also referenced in the song.

Song by The Moody Blues from the album Seventh Sojourn
Released 17 November 1972
Recorded 1972
Length 4:20
Label Threshold Records
Writer Mike Pinder
Producer Tony Clarke


(https://en.wikipedia.org)

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