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''The Soft Parade'' is the fourth studio album by the American rock band The Doors, and was released on July 18, 1969 on Elektra Records (''see'' 1969 in music).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Doors, The – The Soft Parade )〕 It saw the group totally departing from the material that encompassed their past three albums. The Doors incorporated brass and string arrangements into their compositions at a point in which the group was experiencing personal issues, particularly related to Jim Morrison. In addition, the album fulfilled the band's desire to feature jazz and blues influences in their work.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Soft Parade )〕 Upon release, the album peaked at number six on the ''Billboard'' Top LPs chart. It was preceded by "Touch Me" in December 1968, which awarded the Doors an unexpected top-ten hit on the ''''Billboard'' Hot 100'', and several other accolades, including a number-one listing in the ''Cashbox'' charts. Three additional singles, "Wishful Sinful", "Tell All the People", and "Runnin' Blue", also became moderate hits on the ''Billboard'' singles charts.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Singles Box )〕 == Background == The Doors, on the tail-end of their lengthy recording period, initiated a national tour that abruptly ended in disaster. On March 1, 1969, Morrison allegedly performed while intoxicated, and exposed himself in front of a crowd of nearly 12,000 in Miami, Florida, which Morrison's bandmates deny actually occurred. A month later, on April 4, Morrison was charged with indecent exposure, and paid a $5,000 bail, after Morrison had turned himself in to the authorities. The incident negatively reflected on the band's publicity, sparking a "March for Decency" at the Orange Bowl. Consequently, 25 dates on the Doors next tour were cancelled, and their records were blacklisted from radio airplay, resulting in the band abandoning the rest of their potential tour. Shortly after the release of ''Waiting for the Sun'', Morrison became disinterested in studio recordings and concert performances, a result of his interest in poetry and worsening alcoholism. As a result, Robby Krieger wrote about half of the tracks on the album. Morrison became increasingly uncooperative, and disruptive when recording for the album commenced as he regularly missed sessions or was intoxicated when he managed to be present. As the Doors' record producer Paul Rothchild explained, "Jim was not really interested after about the third album. It became very difficult to get him involved in the records. When we made ''The Soft Parade'', it was like pulling teeth to get Jim into it". The alcoholic dependencies caused Morrison to act estranged from his bandmates, prompting Ray Manzarek to name Morrison's, sometimes aggressive, alcoholic state, "Jimbo". Aside from the troubles originating from Morrison, the album marked the one and only time in which each songwriter was credited under his own name, instead of the band name. This stemmed from Morrison not wanting to be associated with the lyrics of "Tell All the People" as one line urges listeners to "grab your guns".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Discography of the Doors )〕 Following rehearsals in June 1968, the Doors commenced a grueling nine month recording period which concluded in May 1969 at Elektra Sound Recorders in Los Angeles, California, in contrast to the six days their debut album required. Morrison later reflected on the drawn-out sessions, saying in 1970, "It kinda got out of control, and took too long in the making. It spread over nine months. An album should be like a book of stories strung together, some kind of unified feeling and style about it, and that's what ''The Soft Parade'' lacks". The album differed from past efforts for its addition of brass and string arrangements.〔 For the first time, the band were required to write their compositions in the studio, while past albums featured material derived from experiments in their live performances. Rothfield brought in Paul Harris to handle the arrangements and horn overdubs, while session musicians Doug Lubahn and Harvey Brooks were hired to play bass guitar. A staggering amount of $80,000 was required to pay for the creation of the album. The complexity and difficulty of the developments prompted George Harrison, who appeared at the sessions in November 1968, to be reported as stating it resembled "the complexity required for the ''Sergeant Pepper'' recordings".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Soft Parade」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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