An American Prayer is the ninth and final studio album by
The Doors. In 1978, seven years after lead singer
Jim Morrison died and five years after the remaining members of the band broke up,
Ray Manzarek,
Robby Krieger, and
John Densmore reunited and recorded backing tracks over Morrison's poetry (originally recorded in 1969 and 1970). Other pieces of music and
spoken word recorded by the Doors and Morrison were also used in the audio collage, such as dialogue from Morrison's film and snippets from jam sessions.