The Doors - An American Prayer (1978)

The Doors - An American Prayer - Released Year 1978


Tracklist front / back album covers

Side one
1. "Awake
Ghost Song
Dawn's Highway
Newborn Awakening"

7:10

2. "To Come of Age
Black Polished Chrome
Latino Chrome
Angels and Sailors
Stoned Immaculate"
8:41

3. "The Poets Dreams
The Movie
Curses, Invocations"
3:28

Side two


4. "The World On Fire
American Night
Roadhouse Blues
Lament
The Hitchhiker"
11:59


5. "An American Prayer"

6:52

An American Prayer is the 9th and final studio album by The Doors and posthumously features Jim Morrison, who employs spoken-word poetry. In 1978, seven years after lead singer Jim Morrison died and five years after the remaining members of the band broke up, Ray Manzarek, Robby Krieger, and John Densmore reunited and recorded backing tracks over Morrison's poetry (originally recorded in 1969 and 1970). Other pieces of music and spoken word recorded by the Doors and Morrison were also used in the audio collage, such as dialogue from Morrison's film HWY: An American Pastoral and snippets from jam sessions.

The album also includes a composite live version of "Roadhouse Blues", splicing together performances at New York City's Felt Forum and Detroit's Cobo Hall, both captured during the Doors' 1970 Roadhouse Blues Tour. This version of the song later appeared on the In Concert compilation.