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List Price: $18.98 | | Label: Elektra / Wea
Salesrank: 5129
Released: May 23, 1995 |
| Our Price: $10.70 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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An American Prayer Track Listing:
1. Awake - The Doors, Jim Morrison
2. Ghost Song
3. Dawn's Highway
4. Newborn Awakening
5. To Come of Age
6. Black Polished Chrome
7. Latino Chrome
8. Angels and Sailors
9. Stoned Immaculate
10. Movie
11. Curses, Invocations
12. American Night
13. Roadhouse Blues
14. World on Fire
15. Lament
16. Hitchhiker
17. American Prayer
18. Hour for Magic
19. Freedom Exists
20. Feast of Friends
21. Babylon Fading [*]
22. Bird of Prey [*]
23. Ghost Song
Editorial Review:
This long-awaited reissue of Jim Morrison's 1978 recording of spoken word performances is available for the first time on compact disc with three previously unreleased tracks.
No Track Information Available
Media Type: CD
Artist: DOORS
Title: AMERICAN PRAYER
Street Release Date: 05/23/1995
Domestic
Genre: ROCK/POP
Description of An American Prayer:
The Doors recorded six studio albums with Jim Morrison as their singer from 1967 to 1971, hitting the charts with a series of pop songs that were at least as good as Tommy James and the Shondells. On their albums, they indulged in Morrison's pretentious obsessions that included extended pieces about Oedipal complexes and the end of the world. Those obsessions have been exaggerated by The Doors myth that continues to this day. This is a collection of Morrison's poetry, embellished by the surviving Doors several years after the fact. That the live rendition of "Roadhouse Blues" is the only noteworthy selection should tell you what you need to know about the poetry. --Rob O'Connor
An American Prayer Reviews:
Bad Poet Rising 
2009-12-07 - "I'll always be a word man/Better than a bird man" - Jim Morrison
Regardless of the critical scorn that greeted this posthumous release, Doors aficionados should listen to Jim Morrison's "An American Prayer" (1978) at least once. "Ghost Song" and the powerful live recording of "Roadhouse Blues" are worth your time. The rest, for the most part, is Bad Poetry - ample proof that Mr. Mojo Risin' excelled as a lyricist.
Jim the Great! 
2009-11-20 - Just wanted to add my two cents! If you are any kind of Morrison fan you have to have this album!! Awesome job putting everything together. And, of course, Jim is the ONLY person that could write something as adorable as "Ode to My Cock"!
If you are even reading these reviews you need to buy this album!
Classic Jim Morrison
2009-04-08 - Great! If you like The Doors, you'll love Jim Morrison's poetry on An American Prayer.
Not Just A Rock Star - A Poet!
2009-02-15 - This album proves how Jim Morrison transended rock star status. He was also a truly gifted poet."Better a word man, than a bird man", rock on Jim!
Very happy with my purchase
2009-01-20 - All went very well with this transaction. The case cracked in shipping which was a small disapointment but item arrived on time and went straight under the christmas tree. Overall I am very happy with my purchase.
