Steppenwolf – Steppenwolf (2013 AP)
Жанр: Hard rock, psychedelic rock, blues rock
Год издания: 1968
Издатель (лейбл): Analogue Productions
Номер по каталогу: CAPP 50029 SA
Аудиокодек: DSD64 2.0
Тип рипа: .iso
Продолжительность: 00:47:12
Источник (релизер): PS³SACD
Наличие сканов в содержимом раздачи: да
Треклист:
1. Sookie Sookie 03:16
2. Everybody’s Next One 02:59
3. Berry Rides Again 02:51
4. Hootchie Kootchie Man 05:15
5. Born To Be Wild 03:31
6. Your Wall’s Too High 05:47
7. Desperation 05:46
8. The Pusher 05:50
9. A Girl I Knew 02:41
10. Take What You Need 03:30
11. The Ostrich 05:47
Доп. информация: Steppenwolf is the first studio album by Steppenwolf, released in January 1968 on ABC Dunhill Records.
Об исполнителе (группе)
Steppenwolf entered the studio for their recording debut with a lot of confidence — based on a heavy rehearsal schedule before they ever got signed — and it shows on this album, a surprisingly strong debut album from a tight hard rock outfit who was obviously searching for a hook to hang their sound on. The playing is about as loud and powerful as anything being put out by a major record label in 1968, though John Kay’s songwriting needed some development before their in-house repertory would catch up with their sound and musicianship. On this album, the best material came from outside the ranks of the active bandmembers: “Born to Be Wild” by ex-member Mars Bonfire, which became not only a chart-topping high-energy anthem for the counterculture (a status solidified by its use in Dennis Hopper’s movie Easy Rider the following year), but coined the phrase heavy metal, thus giving a genre-specific name to the brand of music that the band played (and which was already manifesting itself in the work of bands like Vanilla Fudge and the just-emerging Led Zeppelin); the Don Covay soul cover “Sookie, Sookie,” which, as a single by the new group, actually got played on some soul stations until they found out that Steppenwolf was white; two superb homages to Chess Records, in the guise of “Berry Rides Again,” written (though “adapted” might be a better word) by Kay based on the work of Chuck Berry, and the Willie Dixon cover “Hoochie Coochie Man”; and Hoyt Axton’s “The Pusher,” an anti-drug song turned into a pounding six-minute tour de force by the band. The rest, apart from the surprisingly lyrical rock ballad “A Girl I Knew,” is by-the-numbers hard rock that lacked much except a framework for their playing; only “The Ostrich” ever comes fully to life among the other originals, but the songs would catch up with the musicianship the next time out.
Об альбоме (сборнике)
The album was a successful debut for the band, featuring the songs “Born to Be Wild”, as well as “The Pusher”, both of which were used in the 1969 movie Easy Rider. “Berry Rides Again” is a tribute to guitarist Chuck Berry. The spelling of track #4 on the vinyl is “Hootchie Kootchie Man”. The album credits say it was recorded at American Recording Company in Studio City, California; however, the actual name of the studio was American Recorders.
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