Legacy: The Absolute Best

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide	[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]

Legacy: The Absolute Best has received perfect ratings in scales from both The New Rolling Stone Album Guide,^[2] and AllMusic.^[1] The latter's critic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, notes in his review:

This [album] winds up giving a thorough overview of the band's peak, whether it's on the familiar hits or on strong album cuts ... There are a couple of omissions ... but there's little question that Legacy is the best Doors compilation yet [as of 2003] assembled.^[1]

All tracks are written by the Doors (John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison), except where noted. Details are taken from the 2003 U.S. Elektra/Rhino CD with discographical annotation by Gary Peterson,^[4] except running times, which are taken from the AllMusic review.^[1] Other releases may show different information.

1. "Break On Through (To the Other Side)" – 2:29
2. "Back Door Man" (Willie Dixon, Chester Burnett) – 3:34
3. "Light My Fire" – 7:08
4. "Twentieth Century Fox" – 2:33
5. "The Crystal Ship" – 2:34
6. "Alabama Song (Whisky Bar)" (Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) – 3:19
7. "Soul Kitchen" – 3:35
8. "The End" – 11:46
9. "Love Me Two Times" – 3:16
10. "People Are Strange" – 2:12
11. "When the Music's Over" – 11:02
12. "My Eyes Have Seen You" – 2:29
13. "Moonlight Drive" – 3:04
14. "Strange Days" – 3:09
15. "Hello, I Love You" – 2:16
16. "The Unknown Soldier" – 3:25
17. "Spanish Caravan" – 3:01
18. "Five to One" – 4:27
19. "Not to Touch the Earth" – 3:54

Original releases

• Tracks 1-8 from The Doors (1967)
• Tracks 9-14 from Strange Days (1967)
• Tracks 15-19 from Waiting for the Sun (1968)

1. "Touch Me" (Krieger) – 3:12
2. "Wild Child" (Morrison) – 2:38
3. "Tell All the People" (Krieger) – 3:21
4. "Wishful Sinful" (Krieger) – 2:58
5. "Roadhouse Blues" (Morrison, the Doors) – 4:04
6. "Waiting for the Sun" (Morrison) – 4:00
7. "You Make Me Real" (Morrison) – 2:53
8. "Peace Frog" (Krieger, Morrison) – 2:58
9. "Love Her Madly" – 3:18
10. "L.A. Woman" – 7:51
11. "Riders on the Storm" – 7:10
12. "The WASP (Texas Radio and the Big Beat)" – 4:15
13. "The Changeling" – 4:21
14. "Gloria" (Van Morrison) – 6:18
15. "Celebration of the Lizard" (Morrison) – 17:01

Original releases

• Tracks 1-4 from The Soft Parade (1969)
• Tracks 5-8 from Morrison Hotel (1970)
• Tracks 9-13 from L.A. Woman (1971)
• Track 14 from Alive, She Cried (1983)
• Track 15 previously unreleased (2003)

Per liner notes:^[4]

The Doors

• Jim Morrison – vocals
• Ray Manzarek – keyboards
• Robby Krieger – guitar
• John Densmore – drums

Technical

• Bruce Botnick – remastering, engineering
• Jac Holzman – production supervisor