Full Circle
Album by The Doors
Released	July 1972
Recorded	Spring 1972
Genre	Rock
Length	40:05
Label	Elektra
Producer(s)	The Doors
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
The Doors chronology
Other Voices (1971)	Full Circle (1972)	American Prayer (1978)

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Track listing

1. "Get Up and Dance" (Krieger, Manzarek) - 2:25
2. "4 Billion Souls" (Krieger) - 3:18
3. "Verdilac" (Krieger, Manzarek) - 5:40
4. "Hardwood Floor" (Krieger) - 3:38
5. "Good Rockin" (Brown) - 4:22
6. "The Mosquito" (Densmore, Krieger, Manzarek) - 5:16
7. "The Piano Bird" (Conrad, Densmore) - 5:50
8. "It Slipped My Mind" (Krieger) - 3:11
9. "The Peking King and the New York Queen" (Manzarek) - 6:25

Personnel

The Doors

• John Densmore - drums
• Robbie Krieger - guitar, vocals, harmonica
• Ray Manzarek - keyboards, vocals

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• Chico Batera - percussion on "Piano Bird" and "The Peking King and the New York Queen"
• Jack Conrad - bass on "4 Billion Souls", "Good Rockin", "The Piano Bird" and "The Peking King and the New York Queen"
• Chris Ethridge - bass on "Get Up and Dance"
• Venetta Field - vocals
• Bobbi Hall - percussion on "Verdilac", "The Piano Bird" and "The Peking King and the New York Queen"
• Clydie King - vocals
• Charles Larkey - bass on "Verdilac" and "The Piano Bird"
• Charles Lloyd - tenor saxophone on "Verdilac"; flute on "The Piano Bird"
• Melissa MacKay - vocals
• Leland Sklar - bass on "Hardwood Floor", "The Mosquito" and "It Slipped My Mind"

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Production

• Producer: The Doors
• Engineer: Henry Lewy
• Cover concept: Pacific Eye & Ear
• Cover illustration: Joe Garnett

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