Waiting for the Sun - Definition and Overview

Waiting for the Sun
Album by The Doors
Released	July 1968
Recorded	???
Genre	Rock
Length	32 min 49 sec
Label	Electra
Producer	Paul Rothchild
Professional reviews
AMG	3.5/5	link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:7e881vdjzz9a~T1)
The Doors Chronology
Strange Days (1967)	Waiting for the Sun (1968)	The Soft Parade (1969)

Waiting for the Sun is the third album released by The Doors in 1968. (see 1968 in music). It became the band's first number one album and spawned their second number one single "Hello, I Love You". Much of the material of this album had been written around and before the time of the group's formation, most notably "Not to Touch the Earth", which was taken from Morrison's epic poem Celebration of the Lizard. The poem was originally intended to be recorded for this album where it would have taken up one side, but the group were never able to get it right (they would revisit it later in its full-length form on their 1970 album Absolutely Live).

Though a strong album lyrically, musically it has often been criticised for its softer, mellow sound; a departure from the familiar, edgier sound that the Doors had become well-known and notorious for. There is, however classic hard rock to be found on here, most notably the tracks "Five to One" and the much more evocative "Not To Touch The Earth". However, the song "Waiting For the Sun" appears on the 1970 album Morrison Hotel.

Track listing

all songs written by The Doors (Densmore, Krieger, Manzarek, Morrison)

1. "Hello, I Love You" - 2:22
2. "Love Street" - 3:06
3. "Not to Touch the Earth" - 3:54
4. "Summer's Almost Gone" - 3:20
5. "Wintertime Love" - 1:52
6. "The Unknown Soldier" - 3:10
7. "Spanish Caravan" - 2:58
8. "My Wild Love" - 2:50
9. "We Could Be So Good Together" - 2:20
10. "Yes, the River Knows" - 2:35
11. "Five to One" - 4:22

External links

• Waiting For The Sun Lyrics (http://home.att.net/~chuckayoub/Waiting_For_The_Sun.html)