Stoned Immaculate: The Music of the Doors

1	Break on Through (To the Other Side) / Stone Temple Pilots 3:47
2	Riders On The Storm / Creed 6:18
3	Light My Fire / Train 3:43
4	Peace Frog / Smash Mouth 3:02
5	L.A. Woman / Days of the New 3:47
6	Love Me Two Times / Aerosmith 3:20
7	Under Waterfall / The Doors 3:12
8	Wild Child / The Cult 3:22
9	Roadhouse Rap / Jim Morrison 1:03
10	Rock House Blues / Jim Morrison 5:34
11	Is Everybody In? / William S. Burroughs 2:43
12	Hello I Love You / Oleander 2:36
13	Touch Me / The Cult 4:38
14	Children Of Night / Exene Cervenka 3:02
15	Love Her Madly / Bo Diddley 4:54
16	The Cosmic Movie / The Doors 3:03
17	The End / Days of the New 16:04

Barnes & Noble

One of the best ways to make sure a tribute album stays on track is to let the honoree take part in the festivities -- something the surviving members of the Doors do on this interesting but flawed set. The disc's best moments emerge when Ray Manzarek, Robbie Krieger, and John Densmore (or some combination thereof) team with artists established enough not to be awed by their presence. So when they hook up with the legendary Bo Diddley for a down-and-dirty "Love Her Madly" or a suitably sexed-up Aerosmith on "Love Me Two Times," the vibe is raucous and even a little bit dangerous. On the other hand, Creed singer Scott Stapp -- solo for "Touch Me" and supported by his bandmates on "Riders on the Storm" -- rises just a step or two above karaoke imitation. Similarly, Train, Oleander, and Marvelous 3 take virtually no chances on their rote versions of classics from the pen of Jim Morrison. The band's artier collaborators, however, manage to be quite provocative, particularly X's Exene Cervenkova, who takes on "House of the New Dead," and the late William Burroughs, whose unmistakable tones are woven into "Is Everybody In?" There's no sign of the piece that gave the album its title, but there are enough rarities to please the Morrison die-hards out there, including "The Cosmic Movie" and a version of "Roadhouse Blues" that stitches together performances by the Lizard King and seminal influence John Lee Hooker. David Sprague

All Music Guide

Essentially Elektra Records' tribute to a band that originally helped put them on the map, Stoned Immaculate: The Music of the Doors was assembled by producer Ralph Sall, with a heavy concentration on mainstream-oriented alternative rock. While some tracks are the straight-up covers typical of tribute albums, die-hard Doors fans have greater reasons to pay attention. The surviving band members appear on several tracks -- sometimes as a backing unit, sometimes as individual guest collaborators -- with frequently vital-sounding results. Echoing the Fatboy Slim "Bird of Prey" single (coincidence that this was released around the same time?), producer Sall also incorporates sampled Morrison vocals, usually over atmospheric, electronic-tinged backing tracks; this tactic also produces beyond-the-grave Morrison duets with John Lee Hooker and William S. Burroughs. However -- perhaps logically -- it's the band performances that have the most life to them, especially those involving the Stone Temple Pilots and Ian Astbury. Even though Stoned Immaculate occasionally suffers from typical tribute-album unevenness, it's overall a fitting testament to the Doors' legacy. Steve Huey