The Golden Scarab is the debut studio album by former Doors member Ray Manzarek as a solo artist.

It was recorded in 1973 and released in 1974 on the Mercury label, one year after the Doors breakup (at that time a trio formed of the surviving members of the band: Manzarek himself, Robby Krieger, and John Densmore).

Joe Viglione of AllMusic gave The Golden Scarab a rating of three out of five stars.

[2] He considered it to be the "best embodiment of the Doors by one of the three surviving members", concluding: It is amazing that such a fine work as The Golden Scarab escaped the masses, and shameful that classic hits stations don't add this to their incessant repertoire.

[2]In contrast, Uncut magazine wrote a scathing review, ridiculing, "It sucks ...