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The Soft Parade

The Doors | Artist Essentials

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First released: 1969 (year verified)

Original 1969 full-length studio album recording

MusicAtlas editorial note: Allow the complete title track to close the Soft Parade portion of the route.

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First released: 1969 (year verified)

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Recording: Original 1969 full-length studio album recording
Credit: The Doors
Role in this collection: Primary group artist

Original album: The Soft Parade

The Doors official original-album discography
Read the original programs and dates of The Doors (1967), Strange Days (1967), Waiting for the Sun (1968), The Soft Parade (1969), Morrison Hotel (1970) and L.A. Woman (1971). Dates here describe original album programs, not later editions. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

The Doors - Rhino
Read album development, blues context of Morrison Hotel, long-form The End and the original six-album period. No solo or spoken-word release is merged into the studio selections. | Reviewed 2026-10-19

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ARTIST BACKGROUND

About The Doors

The Doors formed in Los Angeles around Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger and John Densmore. Their 1967 debut introduced songs including Break on Through and Light My Fire. Six studio albums with Morrison developed a repertoire drawing on rock, blues and extended song forms; later band albums and individual members' solo work form separate parts of their history.

Artist background sources

The Doors - official band history
Read original membership, debut songs, six-album period and distinct post-Morrison work. | Retrieved 2026-10-19

The Doors - Rhino career history
Read rock/blues context and extended studio compositions. | Retrieved 2026-10-19

Profile reviewed: 2026-10-19. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.

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