Strange Days
by The Doors

Strange Days by The Doors
Year: 1967
Release date: 1967-09-25
Overall rank: 222nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
82/100 (from 1,247 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1967 (10th)
Award Top 50 albums of of the 1960s (35th)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (222nd)

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Strange Days is ranked 3rd best out of 49 albums by The Doors on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Doors is The Doors which is ranked number 28 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 25,450.

The Doors album bestography « Higher ranked (193rd)
L.A. Woman
This album (222nd)
Strange Days
Lower ranked (573rd) »
Morrison Hotel

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Overall rank: 222nd | 1960s rank: 35th | 1967 rank: 10th  Overall chart history
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From BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements
The overall chart is ever changing, and it's difficult to keep up with the detail of what's happening. So, for those people who are interested, this post attempts to show the latest movements - biggest climbers, movers, new entries and leavers for the top 100, 250, 500 & 1000 over the past month,…
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From BestEverAlbums 08/23/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5413): By telegram
Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by telegram () 1. by (1972) 2. by (1967) 3. (1980) 4. by (1979) 5. by (2006) 8. (1999) 9. by (1988) 10. by (2004) 11. by (1979) 12. by by (1969) 14. by (2020) 15. by by (2008) 17. by by by (1979) 21. by (1998) 22. by (1983) 23. by (2013) 25. by…
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From BestEverAlbums 08/08/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5398): By mrmcrook
Today's chart of the day Top 100 Greatest Music Albums by ) 1. by (1973) 2. by (1982) 3. by (1977) 4. by by (1979) 7. by (2013) 8. by (1986) 9. by by by (1995) 12. by (1973) 13. by (1981) 14. by (1970) 15. by by (1972) 17. by (1991) 19. by (1998) 20. (1996) 21. (1984) 22. by (1973) 23. by (1971)…
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85/100
From 03/05/2023 16:43 | #294733
Gigantes se consolidaram em seu blues-acid-rock!
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70/100
From 02/23/2023 11:58 | #294369
A more experimental record from The Doors that will either click with you and you will love it or you won't get it and I fall in the latter category. The music just doesn't seem to work for me and it doesn't have the appeal and charm of their debut or later releases. There isn't anything ground breaking or really exciting on here that makes me think I have to come back again for that outstanding moment. Despite this, there are 4 or 5 good songs that are enjoyable and they are spread out intelligently so the weaker tracks don't seem so impactful. Overall, I think this is a good record and I might be missing something but this record hasn't clicked for me and I don't understand why it is so highly praised.
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90/100
From 07/19/2022 23:46 | #287613
This is my favorite Doors album. Loaded with great tracks. Title track and 'People are Strange' being my pick of the bunch within. One of the greater bands of the late 60's (Edited)
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85/100
From 01/30/2022 04:05 | #280285
85.5

Lanzado en 1967, opacado por el album debut de la banda, Strange Days es otro recital de buena música que no les puedo mentir: me lo he gozado de inicio a fin.
Strange Days introduce este concepto de extrañeza, misterio y ambigüedad que será el tema central del disco.
Siguiendo, el bajo que sienta las bases de You're Lost Little Girl aporta ese concepto misterio y oscuro del concepto del album.
Love Me Two Times es un clásico que le tengo mucho aprecio. La escuché en Guitar Hero por primera vez, nada más y nada menos que tocándola, la canción se puede interpretar como una temática sexual, clásico de Jim y de The Doors.
A esta obra maestra le siguen 2 canciones de menos de 2 minutos, que no cumplen lo suficiente para seguirle la pista pero que dejan interesantes instrumentaciones psicodélicas, (de paso en 1967, qué tal año para tocar rock psicodélico)
Cuando parece por dos canciones seguidas que el disco languidece, The Doors retoman con Moonlight Drive, un lindo tema que destaca por sus riffs de guitarra que aportan un sutil blues hipnotizante.
A continuación, el principal tema del disco, STRANGE DAYS, sí, no se podía dejar de lado lo extraño ni en el título, pero toda la atmósfera que crea esta canción es de destacar, quizá de lo mejor que sigue el concepto. El solo con el teclado y la guitarra acentúa la visión de lo que puede ser una casa fantasma ubicada en un bosque desolado. Enorme trabajo.
My Eyes Have Seen You parece imitar un tanto la melodía de Strange Days, parece que el fantasma de la mejor canción le seguirá al resto del disco. Endless roll, Endless roll, Endless roll, Endless roll.
I Can't See Your Face ralentiza el rock del disco, que, a decir verdad, no ha sido hard rock como Break on Through to the Other Side, ha sido rock psicodélico con una especie de soft rock, acid rock.
Finalmente, When the Music's Over, un título irónico para un tema que se prolonga hacia los 10 minutos. Abre con una nota parecida a Soul Kitchen, crece y crece, y se reinventa e incorpora instrumentos, y en el coro, "Turn out the lights" muy muy muy similar al estribillo de End of the Night. El disco en este punto parece un The Doors 2.0, ¿y por qué no estaría agradable eso?
Fin. Se acabó el disco. ¿Será mejor que The Doors? No lo sé. ¿Por qué decidir ahora? Ha estado grandioso y eso es lo que cuenta. Gracias, The Doors, por esta obra maestra.
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85/100
From 01/17/2022 19:04 | #279587
Not my favorite Doors record, People Are Strange is quite good song and there are couple of hidden gems, but overall i don't come again to this one very often.
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