13 (The Doors album) 13 (The Doors album) 13 is the first compilation album by by American rock band the Doors, released by Elektra Records on November 30, 1970. The title refers to the thirteen tracks included. It is the only compilation album released while lead singer Jim Morrison was alive. The album contains mostly "radio-friendly" tracks and omits many Doors' more challenging songs; whilst The Unknown Soldier is included, the band's first single Break On Through (To the Other Side) doesn't appear, and none of the group's longer tracks are included. The album debuted at number 75 "Billboard" 200 on December 19, 1970,
The Doors who was present at the recommendation of Love singer Arthur Lee, whose group was with Elektra Records. After Holzman and producer Paul A. Rothchild saw two sets of the band playing at the Whisky a Go Go, they signed them to the Elektra Records label on August 18 – the start of a long and successful partnership with Rothchild and engineer Bruce Botnick. The Doors were fired from the Whisky on August 21, 1966 when Morrison added an explicit retelling and profanity-laden version of the Greek myth of Oedipus during "The End". The band recorded their first album from August