Released October 1975 Length 35:05 Sun and Steel
(1975) Rare Flight
(1988) Release date October 1975 | Recorded 1974–1975 Producer John Ryan Artist Iron Butterfly Label MCA Records | |
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Genres Rock music, Psychedelic rock, Hard rock, Progressive rock Similar Scorching Beauty, Metamorphosis, Evolution: The Best of Iron Butte, Light & Heavy: The Best of Iro, Ball | ||
Iron butterfly sun and steel full album 1975
Sun and Steel is the sixth studio album released by Iron Butterfly in 1975. It explores a wider variety of styles than any other Iron Butterfly album, yet always remains within the contemporary conventions of hard rock, aside from a foray into progressive rock on "I'm Right, I'm Wrong". Tracks from this album are usually left out of Iron Butterfly compilations/greatest hit collections.
Contents
Reception
Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine delivered a negative review of Sun and Steel, rating it one out of five stars. He said it "was an outright disastrous attempt at reshaping the band's signature sound to '70s hard rock conventions, lacking even the curiosity value of Scorching Beauty."
Track listing
All songs written by Erik Brann except where noted.
Side one
- "Sun and Steel" – 4:01
- "Lightnin'" (Bill DeMartines, Phillip Kramer) – 3:02
- "Beyond the Milky Way" (Ron Bushy, DeMartines) – 3:38
- "Free" – 2:41
- "Scion" – 5:02
Side two
- "Get It Out" – 2:53
- "I'm Right, I'm Wrong" (DeMartines, Kramer) – 5:27
- "Watch the World Going By" – 2:59
- "Scorching Beauty" – 6:42
Singles
Band members
Songs
1Sun and Steel4:01
2Lightnin'3:02
3Beyond the Milky Way3:38