The Doors

Originally released as part of the completed recorded works 2006 box set Perception, this deluxe edition of the Doors' 1967 sophomore album, Strange Days, 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. Similarly, the bonus tracks are not major revelations: a take of "People Are Strange" complete with false starts and dialogue, plus an alternate take of "Love Me Two Times," while the videos contains performances of "Love Me Two Times" and "When the Music's Over" filmed in Europe in 1968. Just because these aren't big revelations doesn't mean that this deluxe edition doesn't live up to its title: this is the best-sounding, best-presented reissue of this album yet. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide