Released in April, 1971, three months before Jim Morrison’s death in July, 1971, this is obviously the last studio recording of the complete Doors. They had brought in a couple of members of Elvis Presley’s band, Jerry Scheff (bass) and Marc Benno (rhythm guitar) to help in the recording. Here’s a link to the wiki page on the album.
There is certainly a polarization of opinion on The Doors, perhaps more so than any other band. If there were to be shape for the opinions, I think it would look like your cartoon barbell: two large camps of “Love ‘em” & “Hate ‘em” with a small group of intermediate opinions. I think it was Jim Morrison’s persona, attitudes and stage actions that drive this polarization.
I’m in the intermediate group. There’s a lot I like about The Doors’ catalogue, and there’s a few that I don’t. It’s that way for most bands, and I’m not bought into the zealous Us/Them argument. Here’s one viewpoint on this.
I certainly enjoy this album as a whole. It starts off funkily, gets in its pop hit, drops into the blues and rock zones, with a stop in a trippy little cafe, then ends with a moody storm. My favourite song is The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat). The driving beat, the keyboards & the guitar really do it for me. Here’s a link to a track-by-track review.