Gold: Their Great Hits

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Gold: Their Greatest Hits
Gold: Their Greatest Hits cover
Greatest hits by Steppenwolf
Released 1971
Genre Rock
Label Dunhill
Professional reviews

All Music Guide 4/5 stars link

Steppenwolf chronology
For Ladies Only
(1971)
Gold: Their Great Hits
(1971)
16 Greatest Hits
(1973)

Gold: Their Great Hits was the first greatest hits collection released by Canadian rock band Steppenwolf. The album, released in 1971, charted at #24 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts. The album certified "gold" by the RIAA on April 12, 1971. In its review, All Music praises the production and engineering as "stellar" and characterizes the album as "an amazing period piece" that is "nearly perfect" "as an introduction to a great band."

[edit] Track listing

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

[edit] Personnel