Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf (1968), MFSL UDCD 714
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Steppenwolf - Steppenwolf
Артист: Steppenwolf
Альбом: Steppenwolf, 1968
Издатель: MFSL / UDCD 714
Жанр: Hard Rock, Psychedelic Rock
Формат файла: NL+0802
Ссылка 1: CD 1 82 clicks
Ссылка 2: CD 2
Нахождение: eDonkey/Torrent
Примечание: found and repacked. Thanks to the original releaser
TRACKLIST
 1. Sookie Sookie . . . . . .3:17
 2. Everybody's Next One. . .3:00
 3. Berry Rides Again . . . .2:52
 4. Hootchie Kootchie Man . .5:15
 5. Born To Be Wild . . . . .3:32
 6. Your Wall's Too High. . .5:47
 7. Desperation . . . . . . .5:48
 8. The Pusher. . . . . . . .5:53
 9. A Girl I Knew . . . . . .2:41
10. Take What You Need. . . .3:30
11. The Ostrich . . . . . . .5:43

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Review (AMG)
Steppenwolf entered the studio for their recording debut in mid-1968 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.
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