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Gold: Their Great Hits

Gold: 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.

Gold: Their Great Hits
Greatest hits album by
Steppenwolf
ReleasedMarch 1971
GenreHard rock
Length40:23
LabelDunhill
Steppenwolf chronology
For Ladies Only
(1971) 		Gold: Their Great Hits
(1971) 		16 Greatest Hits
(1973)
Singles from Gold: Their Great Hits
  1. "Screaming Night Hog"
    Released: 30 July 1970 [1]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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

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Side one
  1. "Born to Be Wild" (Mars Bonfire) – 3:28
  2. "It's Never Too Late" (Kay, Nick St. Nicholas) – 4:05
  3. "Rock Me" (Dave Grusin, Kay) – 3:39
  4. "Hey Lawdy Mama" (Larry Byrom, Jerry Edmonton, Kay) – 3:00
  5. "Move Over" (Kay, Gabriel Mekler) – 2:53
  6. "Who Needs Ya" (Byrom, Kay) – 2:59
Side two
  1. "Magic Carpet Ride" (John Kay, Rushton Moreve) – 4:30
  2. "The Pusher" (Hoyt Axton, Kay) – 5:43
  3. "Sookie, Sookie" (Don Covay, Steve Cropper) – 3:09
  4. "Jupiter's Child" (Edmonton, Kay, Monarch) – 3:24
  5. "Screaming Night Hog" (Kay) – 3:17

CD track listing

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  1. "Magic Carpet Ride" (John Kay, Rushton Moreve) – 4:30
  2. "The Pusher" (Hoyt Axton, Kay) – 5:43
  3. "Born to Be Wild" (Mars Bonfire) – 3:28
  4. "Sookie, Sookie" (Don Covay, Steve Cropper) – 3:09
  5. "It's Never Too Late" (Kay, Nick St. Nicholas) – 4:05
  6. "Rock Me" (Dave Grusin, Kay) – 3:39
  7. "Hey Lawdy Mama" (Larry Byrom, Jerry Edmonton, Kay) – 3:00
  8. "Move Over" (Kay, Gabriel Mekler) – 2:53
  9. "Who Needs Ya?" (Byrom, Kay) – 2:59
  10. "Jupiter's Child" (Edmonton, Kay, Monarch) – 3:24
  11. "Screaming Night Hog" (Kay) – 3:17

Song information

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"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

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Charts

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Chart (1971) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] 38
US Billboard 200[8] 34

References

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  1. ^ "Steppenwolf singles".
  2. ^ a b Gold: Their Great Hits at AllMusic
  3. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - May 16, 1970" (PDF).
  4. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p128471
  5. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/r13158
  6. ^ "RPM Top 100 Singles - October 3, 1970" (PDF).
  7. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 293. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  8. ^ "Billboard 200-Steppenwolf". Archived from the original on February 18, 2017. Retrieved September 3, 2017.
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