 The band began recording without much material and needed to compose songs on the spot , either by jamming or talking through ideas . Morrison enjoyed not having multiple takes , as on The Soft Parade , and showed up to the sessions on time and sober , unlike sessions for that album . The absence of Rothchild helped as he was a perfectionist who insisted on many takes . In 1994 , guitarist Robby Krieger stated , " Rothchild was gone , which is one reason why we had so much fun . The warden was gone . " Despite its troubled beginnings , L.A. Woman contains some of the Doors ' most critically @-@ acclaimed , as well as some of their most blues @-@ oriented . Lyrically , it deals with contemporary topics such as love , life in Los Angeles , and complex aspects of the human experience . Manzarek explained the band did not " approach the album with one vision , but after we started working on the songs , we realized that they 're talking about L.A. They 're about men , women , boys , girls , love , loss , lovers @-@ lost , and lovers @-@ found in Los Angeles " . The album , as a whole , demonstrated Morrison 's songwriting abilities , combined with his poetic phrasing and enthusiasm for Los Angeles , and a desire to leave the city with his partner , Pamela Courson . Artistically , L.A. Woman saw the band mixing blues , psychedelia , and jazz , often within a single song . For the first time since the " The End " and " When the Music 's Over " , the group incorporated longer songs , including " L.A. Woman " and " Riders on the Storm " . 
