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Artist:
Steppenwolf
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List Price: $9.98
Our Price: $4.93
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Binding: Audio CD
Brand: STEPPENWOLF
EAN: 0076743132827
Label: Mca
Manufacturer: Mca
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Mca
Release Date: 1990-10-25
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Disc 1:
| 1. Monster/Suicide/America | | 2. Draft Resister | | 3. Power Play | | 4. Move Over | | 5. Fag | | 6. What Would You Do (If I Did That to You) | | 7. From Here to There Eventually |
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Product Description
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Genre: Popular Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 6-SEP-1988
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Steppenwolf bites back!, 2008-09-29
The album still packs a punch, especially the first cut, which details the many ways MAerica has failed to live up to its promises. Unfortunately, little has changed, with the current administration adding to our woes!
I was reminded of this great album after watching "USA Vs. John Lennon".
 BGO has a long way to go, 2009-03-12
This was my second purchase of a BGO release...and my second disappointment.
My first was Canned Heat "Living The Blues". The distortion of the flute parts on the song "Going Up The Country" was so annoying I could not finish listening to the disc. Fortunately, I returned it as defective and as the shop could not acquire a replacement , I was given a credit which I gladly used on something else.
While this Steppenwolf "Monster" release is nowhere near the poor quality of the Canned Heat disc (although there appears to be a soft drop out at the beginning of "Draft Resister") it is nonetheless lifeless. It just sounds flat and washed out. While the MCA disc was a little shrill, it at least had much more volume than this release.
I'm sorry BGO has taken over the Steppenwolf catalogue, as I was hoping to upgrade all my Steppenwolf collection. As it stands, I will remain content with my old copies.
I am giving this release one star, only for BGO reproducing the back cover and inside gatefold art.
Where Rock and Politics Met, Circa the 1960's , 2009-02-25
America where are you now?
Don't you care about your sons and daughters?
Don't you know we need you now
We can't fight alone against the monster
The heavy rock band Steppenwolf, one of many that was thrown up by the musical counter-culture of the mid to late 1960's was a cut above and apart from some of the others due to their scorching lyrics provided mainly, but not solely, by gravelly-voiced lead singer John Kay. Not all the lyrics worked, then or now. Not all the words are now some forty years later memorable. Certainly some of the less political lyrics seem entirely forgettable. As does some of the heavy decibel rock sound that seems to wander at times. But know this- when you think today about trying to escape from the rat race of daily living then you have an enduring anthem "Born To Be Wild" that still stirs the young (and not so young). If Bob Dylan's "Like A Rolling Stone was one musical pillar of the youth revolt of the 1960's then" Born To Be Wild" was the other.
And if you needed (or need) a quick history lesson about the nature of American society in the 1960's, what it was doing to its young, where it had been and where it was heading (and seemingly still is as we fight against the Iraq and Afghan wars) then the trilogy under the title "The Monster" (the chorus which I have posted above) said it all. Then there were songs like "The Pusher Man" a song that could be usefully used as an argument in favor of decriminalization of drugs (although not drug pushers) and other then more topical songs like "Draft Resister" to fill out the album. The group did not have the staying power of others like The Rolling Stones but if you want to know, approximately, what it was like for rock groups to seriously put rock and roll and a hard political edge together give a listen.
Apart from the Title-Track, Somewhat Disappointing, 2010-02-14
"Monster" by Steppenwolf from 1969 was their fourth in just two years. The previous three had all been a great successes - both commercially and artistically, and there was obviously high expectations for "Monster". The album was clearly the most political group released, especially obvious on the long title track, which in an edited version also released as a single.
Unfortunately, the group seemed musically to be running out of ideas, although the title track, however, shows some of the grandeur that characterized the previous albums.
The rest of the album is mediocre and somewhat repetitions of what the group had previously created.
Of course there are good elements, like the intro to "Power Play". This song was in fact a couple years old already when they chose to record it. "From Here to There Eventually" also has glimpses of the melodic that group was known for, but the number remains somehow unresolved.
The soundwise it is the "old" Steppenwolf, and that respect the album live up to expectations - unfortunately the songwriting does not.
Fantastic!, 2009-02-06
Steppenwolf-WOW! The group and john kay takes me back. I have this on vinil, socked away to be in my library for the future.Cd has all the origional songs and the haunting MONSTER song that was way ahead of its time.John kay with his strong raspy voice-great guitar work and fantastic drummimg.The whole cd needs to be listened to again and again to get the depth of which the group is trying to tell you.If your a fan -purchase it you wont be sorry.I rate a 5.0
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