The Doors

Originally released as part of the completed recorded works 2006 box set Perception, this deluxe edition of L.A. Woman is a double-disc set containing one CD featuring a newly remastered version of the album with bonus tracks and a DVD with a 5.1 Surround mix, bonus video footage, and a photo gallery. Given that the Doors catalog was remastered just seven years before this box, the sonics of these 2006s remasters are noticeable but not radically different -- the kind of subtle remastering that is significant to audiophiles who know this music intimately. There isn't much bonus material added here, but both the bonus tracks are full-fledged songs: the outtakes "Orange County Suite" and "(You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further." Similarly, while the video bonus material contains merely a music video for "The Changeling" and rehearsal footage of "Crawling King Snake." This isn't much extra, but the outtakes are good, and ultimately this deluxe edition lives up to its title: this is the best-sounding, best-presented reissue of this album yet. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide