Perception

Disc 1
1	Break on Through (To the Other Side) 2:29
2	Soul Kitchen 3:35
3	The Crystal Ship 2:34
4	Twentieth Century Fox 2:33
5	Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) 3:20
6	Light My Fire 7:08
7	Back Door Man 3:34
8	I Looked at You 2:22
9	End of the Night 2:52
10	Take It as It Comes 2:17
11	The End 11:45
12	Moonlight Drive Bonus Track / Version 1 2:43
13	Moonlight Drive previously unreleased / Bonus Track / Version 2 2:30
14	Indian Summer previously unreleased / Bonus Track / 8/19/66 Vocal 2:36
Disc 2
1	Break on Through (To the Other Side) 5.1 Surround Sound
2	Soul Kitchen 5.1 Surround Sound
3	The Crystal Ship 5.1 Surround Sound
4	Twentieth Century Fox 5.1 Surround Sound
5	Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) 5.1 Surround Sound
6	Light My Fire 5.1 Surround Sound
7	Back Door Man 5.1 Surround Sound
8	I Looked at You 5.1 Surround Sound
9	End of the Night 5.1 Surround Sound
10	Take It as It Comes 5.1 Surround Sound
11	The End 5.1 Surround Sound
12	Moonlight Drive Bonus Track / 5.1 Surround Sound / Version
13	Moonlight Drive previously unreleased / Bonus Track / 5.1 Surround Sound / Version
14	Indian Summer previously unreleased / Bonus Track / 5.1 Surround Sound / Version
15	Break on Through (To the Other Side) [5.1 Surround
16	The End 5.1 Surround Sound
17	[Bonus Material] Bonus Track / DVD
Disc 3
1	Strange Days 3:09
2	You're Lost Little Girl 3:03
3	Love Me Two Times 3:16
4	Unhappy Girl 2:00
5	Horse Latitudes 1:35
6	Moonlight Drive 3:04
7	People Are Strange 2:12
8	My Eyes Have Seen You 2:29
9	I Can't See Your Face in My Mind 3:26
10	When the Music's Over 11:00
11	People Are Strange (False Starts & Studio Dialogue) previously unreleased / Bonus Track 1:58
12	Love Me Two Times previously unreleased / Bonus Track / Take 3 3:19
Disc 4
1	Strange Days 5.1 Surround Sound
2	You're Lost Little Girl 5.1 Surround Sound
3	Love Me Two Times 5.1 Surround Sound
4	Unhappy Girl 5.1 Surround Sound
5	Horse Latitudes 5.1 Surround Sound
6	Moonlight Drive 5.1 Surround Sound
7	People Are Strange 5.1 Surround Sound
8	My Eyes Have Seen You 5.1 Surround Sound
9	I Can't See Your Face in My Mind 5.1 Surround Sound
10	When the Music's Over 5.1 Surround Sound
11	People Are Strange (False Starts & Studio Dialogue) [5.1 Surr
12	Love Me Two Times previously unreleased / Bonus Track / 5.1 Surround Sound / Take
13	Love Me Two Times Live / 5.1 Surround Sound
14	When the Music's Over Live / 5.1 Surround Sound
15	[Bonus Material] Bonus Track / DVD
Disc 5
1	Hello, I Love You 2:16
2	Love Street 2:52
3	Not to Touch the Earth 3:55
4	Summer's Almost Gone 3:22
5	Wintertime Love 1:54
6	The Unknown Soldier 3:25
7	Spanish Caravan 2:59
8	My Wild Love 2:52
9	We Could Be So Good Together 2:24
10	Yes, The River Knows 2:37
11	Five to One 4:28
12	Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor Bonus Track 4:33
13	Not to Touch the Earth (Dialogue) previously unreleased / Bonus Track 0:39
14	Not to Touch the Earth previously unreleased / Bonus Track / Take 1 4:03
15	Not to Touch the Earth previously unreleased / Bonus Track / Take 2 4:17
16	Celebration of the Lizard Bonus Track / An Experiment/Work in Progress 17:06
Disc 6
1	Hello, I Love You 5.1 Surround Sound
2	Love Street 5.1 Surround Sound
3	Not to Touch the Earth 5.1 Surround Sound
4	Summer's Almost Gone 5.1 Surround Sound
5	Wintertime Love 5.1 Surround Sound
6	The Unknown Soldier 5.1 Surround Sound
7	Spanish Caravan 5.1 Surround Sound
8	My Wild Love 5.1 Surround Sound
9	We Could Be So Good Together 5.1 Surround Sound
10	Yes, The River Knows 5.1 Surround Sound
11	Five to One 5.1 Surround Sound
12	Albinoni's Adagio in G Minor Bonus Track / 5.1 Surround Sound
13	Not to Touch the Earth previously unreleased / Bonus Track / 5.1 Surround Sound
14	Not to Touch the Earth previously unreleased / Bonus Track / 5.1 Surround Sound / Take
15	Not to Touch the Earth previously unreleased / Bonus Track / 5.1 Surround Sound / Take
16	Celebration of the Lizard[5[5
17	Spanish Caravan Live / 5.1 Surround Sound
18	The Unknown Soldier Live / 5.1 Surround Sound
19	[Bonus Material] Bonus Track / DVD
Disc 7
1	Tell All the People 3:21
2	Touch Me 3:12
3	Shaman's Blues 4:48
4	Do It 3:08
5	Easy Ride 2:43
6	Wild Child 2:36
7	Runnin' Blue 2:27
8	Wishful Sinful 2:58
9	The Soft Parade 8:41
10	Who Scared You Bonus Track 3:58
11	Whiskey, Mystics and Men Bonus Track / Version 1 2:28
12	Whiskey, Mystics and Men previously unreleased / Bonus Track / Version 2 3:04
13	Push Push previously unreleased / Bonus Track 6:06
14	Touch Me (Dialogue) previously unreleased / Bonus Track 0:31
15	Touch Me previously unreleased / Bonus Track / Take 3 3:36
Disc 8
1	Tell All the People 5.1 Surround Sound
2	Touch Me 5.1 Surround Sound
3	Shaman's Blues 5.1 Surround Sound
4	Do It 5.1 Surround Sound
5	Easy Ride 5.1 Surround Sound
6	Wild Child 5.1 Surround Sound
7	Runnin' Blues 5.1 Surround Sound
8	Wishful Sinful 5.1 Surround Sound
9	The Soft Parade 5.1 Surround Sound
10	Who Scared You Bonus Track / 5.1 Surround Sound
11	Whiskey, Mystics and Men Bonus Track / 5.1 Surround Sound / Version
12	Whiskey, Mystics and Men previously unreleased / Bonus Track / 5.1 Surround Sound / Version
13	Push Push previously unreleased / Bonus Track / 5.1 Surround Sound
14	Touch Me (Dialogue) previously unreleased / Bonus Track
15	Touch Me previously unreleased / Bonus Track / 5.1 Surround Sound / Take
16	The Soft Parade Live / 5.1 Surround Sound
17	Tell All the People Live / 5.1 Surround Sound
18	[Bonus Material] Bonus Track / DVD
Disc 9
1	Roadhouse Blues 4:04
2	Waiting for the Sun 4:00
3	You Make Me Real 2:53
4	Peace Frog 2:49
5	Blue Sunday 2:13
6	Ship of Fools 3:08
7	Land Ho! 4:10
8	The Spy 4:17
9	Queen of the Highway 2:47
10	Indian Summer 2:35
11	Maggie M'Gill 4:25
12	Talking Blues previously unreleased / Bonus Track 0:59
13	Roadhouse Blues previously unreleased / Bonus Track / Takes 1-3 8:47
14	Roadhouse Blues previously unreleased / Bonus Track / Take 6 9:27
15	Carol previously unreleased / Bonus Track 0:55
16	Roadhouse Blues previously unreleased / Bonus Track / Take 1 4:32
17	Money Beats Soul previously unreleased / Bonus Track 1:05
18	Roadhouse Blues previously unreleased / Bonus Track / Takes 13-15 6:20
19	Peace Frog previously unreleased / Bonus Track / False Starts & Dialogue 2:00
20	The Spy previously unreleased / Bonus Track / Version 2 3:48
21	Queen of the Highway Bonus Track / Jazz Version 3:36
Disc 10
1	Roadhouse Blues 5.1 Surround Sound
2	Waiting for the Sun 5.1 Surround Sound
3	You Make Me Real 5.1 Surround Sound
4	Peace Frog 5.1 Surround Sound
5	Blue Sunday 5.1 Surround Sound
6	Ship of Fools 5.1 Surround Sound
7	Land Ho! 5.1 Surround Sound
8	The Spy 5.1 Surround Sound
9	Queen of the Highway 5.1 Surround Sound
10	Indian Summer 5.1 Surround Sound
11	Maggie M'Gill 5.1 Surround Sound
12	Talking Blues previously unreleased / Bonus Track / 5.1 Surround Sound
13	Roadhouse Blues previously unreleased / Bonus Track / 5.1 Surround Sound / Take
14	Roadhouse Blues previously unreleased / Bonus Track / 5.1 Surround Sound / Take
15	Carol previously unreleased / Bonus Track / 5.1 Surround Sound
16	Roadhouse Blues previously unreleased / Bonus Track / 5.1 Surround Sound / Take
17	Money Beats Soul previously unreleased / Bonus Track / 5.1 Surround Sound
18	Roadhouse Blues previously unreleased / Bonus Track / 5.1 Surround Sound / Take
19	Peace Frogs previously unreleased / # [5.1 Surround Sound
20	The Spy previously unreleased / Bonus Track / 5.1 Surround Sound / Version
21	Queen of the Highway Bonus Track / 5.1 Surround Sound / Version
22	Roadhouse Blues 5.1 Surround Sound
23	Wild Child 5.1 Surround Sound
24	[Bonus Material] Bonus Track / DVD
Disc 11
1	The Changeling 4:21
2	Love Her Madly 3:20
3	Been Down So Long 4:41
4	Cars Hiss by My Window 4:12
5	L.A. Woman 7:53
6	L' America 4:38
7	Hyacinth House 3:11
8	Crawling King Snake 5:00
9	The Wasp (Texas Radio and the Big Beat) 4:15
10	Riders on the Storm 7:16
11	Orange County Suite Bonus Track 5:45
12	(You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further Bonus Track 3:41
Disc 12
1	The Changeling 5.1 Surround Sound
2	Love Her Madly 5.1 Surround Sound
3	Been Down So Long 5.1 Surround Sound
4	Cars Hiss by My Window 5.1 Surround Sound
5	L.A. Woman 5.1 Surround Sound
6	L' America 5.1 Surround Sound
7	Hyacinth House 5.1 Surround Sound
8	Crawling King Snake 5.1 Surround Sound
9	The Wasp (Texas Radio and the Big Beat) 5.1 Surround Sound
10	Riders on the Storm 5.1 Surround Sound
11	Orange County Suite Bonus Track / 5.1 Surround Sound
12	(You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further Bonus Track / 5.1 Surround Sound
13	The Changeling 5.1 Surround Sound
14	Crawling King Snake Footage from the Doors Rehearsal Space
15	[Bonus Material] Bonus Track / DVD

Barnes & Noble

Although the surviving members of the Doors have certainly explored the band's catalog broadly since the death of singer Jim Morrison, they've never dipped quite as deeply -- or with results quite as intriguing -- as on this all-encompassing box. Perception, which takes its title from the Aldous Huxley novel that gave the band its name in the first place, focuses on the studio recordings of the original lineup, with each of those six albums outfitted with fascinating bonus material that includes both studio banter and unreleased songs, all the better to fully open the Doors to outsiders. The archival material on earlier discs here tends to point up the band's pop instincts -- a surprisingly breezy alternate take on "Moonlight Drive" finds Ray Manzarek unspooling his best ? & the Mysterians organ riffs, and "Love Me Two Times" softens Robby Krieger's guitar palpably -- but, as fans might imagine, things get more intricate and more mysterious as time goes on. Waiting for the Sun offers up some of the meatiest material, notably the oft-bootlegged full version of "Celebration of the Lizard," which unfolds with a hypnotic inexorability, taking listeners on a trip that's by turns sensual and frightening. There's a decidedly more playful version of the previously unheard songs tagged onto The Soft Parade, from the surprisingly garage-styled "Push Push," a sex-crazed ditty that could've appeared on The Doors, to the woozy sea chantey "Whiskey, Mystics and Men," which finds Morrison going heavy on the first element, rather than the second -- a sharp contrast to most of his latter-day writing. The band follow their leader into Delta territory on Morrison Hotel, a disc that carries more of a whiff of the crossroads in this expanded edition -- thanks to multiple, subtly different versions of "Roadhouse Blues" as well as "Money Beats Soul," Morrison's sneering rejoinder to anyone who'd accuse him of selling out. L.A. Woman, which history has shown to be the singer's low ebb, still has some bright moments in its margins -- one of which, "You Need Meat," actually features Manzarek on lead vocals. Each of Perception's audio discs is paired with a DVD containing 5.1 audio mixes, photo galleries, lyrics, new liner notes, new producer's notes, and a pair of videos, making it a completist's dream and an unparalleled history lesson. David Sprague

All Music Guide

It's hard not to look at the 2006 box set Perception without a skeptical eye, since it is not only the third box set of the Doors studio recordings to be released within the course of a decade, it is the second in a row to purport to house the "complete studio recordings" of a group that released six studio albums -- and this doesn't count the live sets and hits comps that have appeared during that decade, either. Needless to say, the band has been packaged, repackaged, and reissued more than most, but just because there has been more Doors boxes than necessary doesn't mean that Perception lacks value. Indeed, it trumps the 1999 box The Complete Studio Recordings in every sense, since it covers the same territory in a set that is better packaged and better-sounding while also offering many more rarities. It also offers brand-new remasters supervised by the surviving band and their original producer Bruce Botnick, highlighted by the first-ever release of the classic debut album at its proper speed; apart from that, the improvements are by and large marginal in terms of the CD audio, but there are also 5.1 surround mixes of each of the albums on the DVD-Audios that accompany each album in this set, which are the primary sonic enticements to those who have already purchased these albums two, three, four times on CD. The bonus material -- and each of the albums have bonus tracks, ranging from two cuts on L.A. Woman to ten on Morrison Hotel -- by and large presents songs that have been official releases before (including much of the music from the Essential Rarities disc that was included in the 1999 box), but there have been a handful of rarities excavated for this set, including the unheard "Push Push" which has been added to The Soft Parade. All this makes Perception into what the 1999 box promised to be in its title: the complete recorded works, more or less, and it's better-looking and better-sounding, too. Even so, any fan who has purchased the prior sets would be forgiven if they passed on this otherwise excellent box: no matter how well-done it is, it's hard not to shake the perception that you've bought this all before. [Rhino/Elektra reissued this set in 2008.] Stephen Thomas Erlewine