music.wikisort.org - CompositionGold: Their Great Hits is a greatest hits album released by the Canadian-American hard rock band Steppenwolf. The album, released in 1971, charted at #24 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts and was certified "gold" by the RIAA on April 12, 1971. Initial pressings of the album came in a gatefold sleeve, with a detachable poster of the band.
1971 greatest hits album by Steppenwolf
Gold: Their Great Hits |
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Released | March 1971 |
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Genre | Hard rock |
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Length | 40:23 |
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Label | Dunhill |
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- "Screaming Night Hog"
Released: 30 July 1970 [1]
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Reception
Professional ratingsReview scores |
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Source | Rating |
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Allmusic |     [2] |
In a retrospective review, Allmusic praised the production and engineering of most of the tracks and called it a "nearly perfect" introduction to the band.[2]
Record track listing
- Side one
- "Born to Be Wild" (Mars Bonfire) – 3:28
- "It's Never Too Late" (Kay, Nick St. Nicholas) – 4:05
- "Rock Me" (Dave Grusin, Kay) – 3:39
- "Hey Lawdy Mama" (Larry Byrom, Jerry Edmonton, Kay) – 3:00
- "Move Over" (Kay, Gabriel Mekler) – 2:53
- "Who Needs Ya" (Byrom, Kay) – 2:59
- Side two
- "Magic Carpet Ride" (John Kay, Rushton Moreve) – 4:30
- "The Pusher" (Hoyt Axton, Kay) – 5:43
- "Sookie, Sookie" (Don Covay, Steve Cropper) – 3:09
- "Jupiter's Child" (Edmonton, Kay, Monarch) – 3:24
- "Screaming Night Hog" (Kay) – 3:17
CD track listing
- "Magic Carpet Ride" (John Kay, Rushton Moreve) – 4:30
- "The Pusher" (Hoyt Axton, Kay) – 5:43
- "Born to Be Wild" (Mars Bonfire) – 3:28
- "Sookie, Sookie" (Don Covay, Steve Cropper) – 3:09
- "It's Never Too Late" (Kay, Nick St. Nicholas) – 4:05
- "Rock Me" (Dave Grusin, Kay) – 3:39
- "Hey Lawdy Mama" (Larry Byrom, Jerry Edmonton, Kay) – 3:00
- "Move Over" (Kay, Gabriel Mekler) – 2:53
- "Who Needs Ya?" (Byrom, Kay) – 2:59
- "Jupiter's Child" (Edmonton, Kay, Monarch) – 3:24
- "Screaming Night Hog" (Kay) – 3:17
- "Hey Lawdy Mama"
A single released in 1970, it became a top 40 hit, reaching number 18 in Canada,[3] and peaking at 35 on The Billboard Hot 100.[4] The tune was covered by punk rock group, The Minutemen, for their Project: Mersh EP.[5]
- "Screaming Night Hog"
Also released in 1970, it reached number 50 in Canada.[6]
Personnel
Charts
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] |
38 |
United States (Billboard 200)[8] |
34 |
References
Steppenwolf |
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- John Kay
- Michael Wilk
- Gary Link
- Ron Hurst
- Danny Johnson
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