The Best of The Doors is a compilation album

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

 by The Doors

The Doors

The Doors were an American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, California, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, drummer John Densmore, and guitarist Robby Krieger...

 released in 2000, and is different from the albums of the same name released in 1973 and 1985. All three albums feature a slightly different track listing and a different photograph of the band's late singer Jim Morrison

Jim Morrison

James Douglas "Jim" Morrison was an American musician, singer, and poet, best known as the lead singer and lyricist of the rock band The Doors...

 as cover art. Unlike its eponymous predecessors, the 2000 release includes both "Break on Through (To the Other Side)

Break on Through (To the Other Side)

"Break on Through " is a song by The Doors from their debut album, The Doors. It was the first single released by the band and was unsuccessful compared to later hits, reaching only #126 in the United States...

" and "The End

The End (The Doors song)

"The End" is a song by The Doors. Originally written by Jim Morrison as a song about breaking up with girlfriend Mary Werbelow, it evolved through months of performances at Los Angeles' Whisky a Go Go into a nearly 12-minute opus on their self-titled album. The band would perform the song to close...

" in their uncensored form.

Original version

1. "Riders on the Storm
   Riders on the Storm
   "Riders on the Storm" is a song by The Doors from their 1971 album, L.A. Woman. It reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US, number 22 on the UK singles charts and number 7 in the Netherlands.-Overview:...
   
   " – 7:15
2. "Light My Fire
   Light My Fire
   "Light My Fire" is a song by The Doors which was recorded in August 1966 and released the first week of January 1967 on the Doors' debut album. Released as a single in April, it spent three weeks at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and one week on the Cash Box Top 100, nearly a year after...
   
   " – 7:07
3. "Love Me Two Times
   Love Me Two Times
   "Love Me Two Times" is a song by The Doors. It was written by the band and first appeared on the 1967 album Strange Days. It was released as the second single from that album, and reached #25 on the charts in the US....
   
   " – 3:15
4. "Roadhouse Blues
   Roadhouse Blues
   "Roadhouse Blues" is a blues-rock song written and recorded by the American rock band The Doors. The song, which appeared on the B-side of "You Make Me Real", was first released as a single from the album Morrison Hotel in March 1970 and peaked at #50 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100...
   
   " (live) – 4:34
5. "Strange Days
   Strange Days (The Doors song)
   "Strange Days" is a song by The Doors. It was released in 1967 and is the first track on the album of the same name. According to a review at Allmusic by Tom Maginnis, the song seems to find lead singer Jim Morrison "pondering the state of the then emerging hippie youth culture and how they are...
   
   " – 3:08
6. "Break on Through (To the Other Side)
   Break on Through (To the Other Side)
   "Break on Through " is a song by The Doors from their debut album, The Doors. It was the first single released by the band and was unsuccessful compared to later hits, reaching only #126 in the United States...
   
   " – 2:28
7. "Five to One
   Five To One
   "Five to One" is a song by The Doors, from their 1968 album Waiting for the Sun.-Origin:"Five to one" is rumored to be the approximate ratio of whites to blacks, old to young, or non-pot smokers to pot smokers in the US in 1967, depending on whom you ask. A further urban legend has it as the ratio...
   
   " – 4:26
8. "Moonlight Drive
   Moonlight Drive
   "Moonlight Drive" was one of the seminal tracks on The Doors' second album, Strange Days. Although it was only a B-side , it is a favorite in The Doors canon...
   
   " – 3:02
9. "Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)" – 3:19
10. "Love Her Madly
    Love Her Madly
    "Love Her Madly" is a song by The Doors, which was released in March 1971. Composed by guitarist Robby Krieger, it served as the lead single from L.A. Woman, their final album with frontman Jim Morrison. Session musician and Elvis Presly TCB Band touring member Jerry Scheff, played bass guitar on...
    
    " – 3:19
11. "People Are Strange
    People Are Strange
    "People Are Strange" is a single released by The Doors in September 1967 from their second album Strange Days which was also released in September 1967. The single peaked at the #12 position of the U.S. Hot 100 chart and made it to the top ten in the Cash Box charts...
    
    " – 2:11
12. "Touch Me
    Touch Me (The Doors song)
    "Touch Me" is a song by The Doors from their album The Soft Parade. Written by Robby Krieger, its riff was influenced by The Four Seasons' "C'mon Marianne." It is notable for its extensive usage of brass and string instruments to accent Jim Morrison's vocals...
    
    " – 3:13
13. "Back Door Man
    Back Door Man
    "Back Door Man" is a blues song written by Willie Dixon and recorded by Howlin' Wolf in 1961. It was released by Chess Records as the B-side to Wolf's "Wang Dang Doodle"...
    
    " – 3:33
14. "The Unknown Soldier
    The Unknown Soldier (song)
    "The Unknown Soldier" was the first single from The Doors' 1968 album Waiting for the Sun, and was also the subject of one of the band's few music videos.-Lyrics:...
    
    " – 3:22
15. "L.A. Woman
    L.A. Woman (song)
    "L.A. Woman" is a song by American rock band The Doors. The song is the title track on their 1971 album L.A. Woman, the final album with frontman Jim Morrison before his death.In the song's coda, Morrison repeats the phrase Mr...
    
    " – 7:52
16. "Hello, I Love You
    Hello, I Love You
    "Hello, I Love You" is a song by The Doors from their 1968 album Waiting for the Sun. It was released as a single that same year, reaching number one in the United States and selling over a million copies in the U.S. alone. In Canada, it hit number one as well...
    
    " – 2:15
17. "The End
    The End (The Doors song)
    "The End" is a song by The Doors. Originally written by Jim Morrison as a song about breaking up with girlfriend Mary Werbelow, it evolved through months of performances at Los Angeles' Whisky a Go Go into a nearly 12-minute opus on their self-titled album. The band would perform the song to close...
    
    " – 11:44

Bonus disc

The album was also released as a limited edition digipak, which included the following bonus disc:

1. "Riders on the Storm" (Baez & Cornell Tunnel Club mix)
2. "Riders on the Storm" (N.O.W. mix)
3. "Riders on the Storm" (Ibizarre remix)
4. "Riders on the Storm" (Spacebats remix)
5. Multimedia track (interview, gallery, E-card and more)

Double disc version

The double disc version of the compilation is notable for a remastered track from one of the two post-Morrison albums. The track "No Me Moleste Mosquito" appeared as "The Mosquito" on the 1972 album Full Circle

Full Circle (The Doors album)

Full Circle is the eighth studio album by The Doors released in 1972. It is the second album after Jim Morrison's death, and also their last album together before they broke up. The album includes "The Mosquito", the last hit single by the band. Keyboardist Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger...

. This was the second acknowledgement of the band's last two (and only post-Morrison) studio albums, since the appearance of "Tightrope Ride", taken from the album Other Voices

Other Voices (The Doors album)

Other Voices is the seventh studio album by The Doors released in 1971. It was the first album released by the band following the death of lead singer Jim Morrison.-Recording:...

, on the 1997 Box Set

The Doors: Box Set

This is the first box set by the band The Doors released on October 28, 1997. The set includes previously rare and unreleased demo recordings.-Track listing:All songs written by Jim Morrison, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, and John Densmore, except where noted....

.

Disc one

1. "Light My Fire"
2. "Hello, I Love You"
3. "People Are Strange"
4. "Love Me Two Times"
5. "Touch Me"
6. "Strange Days"
7. "Spanish Caravan
   Spanish Caravan
   "Spanish Caravan" is a song by The Doors from the album Waiting for the Sun released in 1968. Its basic flamenco track is an established form of flamenco music known as Granadinas.The beginning riff was taken from Asturias , a classical piece of music by a Spanish composer Isaac Albeniz...
   
   "
8. "Moonlight Drive"
9. "We Could Be So Good Together
   We Could Be So Good Together
   "We Could Be So Good Together" is a song by American rock band The Doors, appearing as the ninth song on their 1968 album, Waiting for the Sun, but was initially released as the B-side of the single The Unknown Soldier...
   
   "
10. "The Unknown Soldier"
11. "Queen of the Highway"
12. "Shaman's Blues"
13. "The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)
    The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)
    "The WASP " is a 1971 song by The Doors, which appears on their final album with frontman Jim Morrison, L.A. Woman. The music was written by Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger and John Densmore. The spoken word lyrics, written by Morrison, come from a poem he wrote in 1968, three years before the music...
    
    "
14. "L.A. Woman"
15. "Whiskey, Mystics & Men
    Whiskey, Mystics & Men
    "Whiskey, Mystics & Men" is a song by The Doors from the compilation Essential Rarities.-Overview:The song released on the 2000 compilation is mostly a studio creation, the vocal parts of Morrison are the same as the ones in the bootleg Missing Links "Whiskey, Mystics & Men" is a song by The Doors...
    
    "
16. "Summer's Almost Gone
    Summer's Almost Gone
    "Summer's Almost Gone" is the fourth track on Waiting for the Sun, the third album by American rock band The Doors. The song was covered by pianist George Winston on his album Night Divides the Day - The Music of the Doors....
    
    "
17. "You're Lost Little Girl"
18. "When the Music's Over
    When the Music's Over
    "When the Music's Over" is a song by American rock band The Doors, featured on their 1967 album Strange Days. The song, at almost eleven minutes long, is their third longest recorded song, behind "The End", at 11:42, and "Celebration of the Lizard", at 17:01...
    
    "
19. "No Me Moleste Mosquito" (by Densmore, Manzarek & Krieger)

Disc two

1. "Riders on the Storm"
2. "Break on Through (To the Other Side)"
3. "Roadhouse Blues"
4. "Soul Kitchen
   Soul Kitchen (song)
   "Soul Kitchen" is a song by The Doors from their self titled debut album The Doors. It runs 3 minutes and 35 seconds.The punk band X made it a cover at 1980 for their debut album...
   
   "
5. "Love Her Madly"
6. "Alabama Song (Whiskey Bar)"
7. "Peace Frog
   Peace Frog
   "Peace Frog" is a song by The Doors which appears on the album Morrison Hotel. It was released on vinyl in February 1970 by Elektra/Asylum Records and produced by Paul Rothchild...
   
   "
8. "Waiting for the Sun"
9. "Who Scared You?"
10. "The Crystal Ship"
11. "Wishful Sinful
    Wishful Sinful
    Wishful Sinful is a song written by Doors guitarist Robby Krieger and performed by The Doors. Released in March 1969 from the band's fourth album, The Soft Parade, "Wishful Sinful" follows the general theme of the album by incorporating elements of classical music. It reached #44 on the Billboard...
    
    "
12. "Love Street
    Love Street
    "Love Street" is a 1968 song by The Doors which appears on their album Waiting For The Sun. The song was originally a poem written by singer Jim Morrison about the street in Laurel Canyon, California, where he lived with his girlfriend Pamela Courson. Their address was 8021 Rothdell Trail...
    
    "
13. "Wintertime Love"
14. "The Spy"
15. "Back Door Man"
16. "My Eyes Have Seen You"
17. "Five to One"
18. "The End"
19. The Famous Roadhouse Blues Footage! (multimedia track)