1. Steppenwolf - Dunhill 1968
Tracks:
1. Sookie Sookie / 2. Everybody's Next One / 3. Berry Rides Again / 4. Hootchie Kootchie Man / 5. Born to Be Wild / 6. Your Wall's Too High / 7. Desperation / 8. The Pusher / 9. A Girl I Knew / 10. Take What You Need / 11. The Ostrich
Rating : 8
2. The Second - Dunhill 1968
Tracks:
1. Faster Than the Speed of Life / 2. Tighten up Your Wig / 3. None of Your Doing / 4. Spiritual Fantasy / 5. Don't Step on the Grass, Sam / 6. 28 / 7. Magic Carpet Ride / 8. Disappointment Number / 9. Lost and Found by Trial and Error / 10. Hodge, Podge, Strained Through a Leslie / 11. Resurrection / 12. Reflections
Rating : 7
3. At Your Birthday Party - Dunhill 1969
Tracks:
1. Don't Cry / 2. Chicken Wolf / 3. Lovely Meter / 4. Round and Down / 5. It's Never Too Late / 6. Sleeping Dreaming / 7. Jupiter's Child / 8. She'll Be Better / 9. Cat Killer / 10. Rock Me / 11. God Fearing Man / 12. Mango Juice / 13. Happy Birthday
Rating : 8
4. Monster - Dunhill 1969
Tracks:
1. Monster/Suicide/America / 2. Draft Resister / 3. Power Play / 4. Move Over / 5. Fag / 6. What Would You Do / 7. From Here to There Eventually
Rating : 5
5. Steppenwolf 7 - Dunhill 1970
Tracks:
1. Ball Crusher / 2. Forty Days and Forty Nights / 3. Fat Jack / 4. Renegade / 5. Foggy Mental Breakdown / 6. Snowblind Friend / 7. Who Needs Ya' / 8. Earschplittenloudenboomer / 9. Hippo Stomp
Rating : 4
6. For Ladies Only - Dunhill 1971
Tracks:
1. For Ladies Only / 2. I'm Asking / 3. Shackles and Chains / 4. Tenderness / 5. Night Time's for You / 6. Jaded Strumpet / 7. Sparkle Eyes / 8. Black Pit / 9. Ride With Me / 10. In Hopes of a Garden
Rating : 4
7. Forgotten Songs and Unsung Heroes ( John Kay ) - Dunhill 1972
Tracks:
1. Many a Mile / 2. Walk Beside Me / 3. You Win Again / 4. To Be Alive / 5. Bold Marauder / 6. Two of a Kind / 7. Walkin' Blues / 8. Somebody / 9. I'm Movin' On
Rating : 6
8. My Sporting Life ( John Kay ) - Dunhill 1969
Tracks:
1. Heroes and Devils / 2. Dance to My Song / 3. Drift Away / 4. Easy Evil / 5. Moonshine / 6. Sing With the Children / 7. Nobody Lives Here Anymore / 8. My Sporting Life / 9. Giles of the River
Rating : 6
9. Slow Flux - Mums/Epic 1974
Tracks:
1. Get Into The Wind / 2. Gang War Blues / 3. Justice Don't Be Slow / 4. Children Of The Night / 5. Jeraboah / 6. Straight Shootin' Woman / 7. Smokey Factory Blues / 8. Morning Blue / 9. A Fool's Fantasy / 10. Fishin' In The Dark
Rating : 3
10. Hour Of The Wolf - Epic 1975
Tracks:
1. Caroline / 2. Annie, Annie Over / 3. Two for the Love of One / 4. Just for Tonight / 5. Hard Rock Road / 6. Someone Told a Lie / 7. Another's Lifetime / 8. Mr. Penny Pincher
Rating :
11. Skullduggery - Epic 1976
Tracks:
1. Skullduggery / 2. Road Runner / 3. Rock and Roll Song / 4. Train of Thought / 5. Life Is a Gamble / 6. Pass It On / 7. Sleep / 8. Lip Service
Rating : 4
12. All In Good Time ( John Kay ) - Mercury 1978
Tracks:
1. Give Me Some News I Can Use / 2. The Best Is Barely Good Enough / 3. That's When I Think of You / 4. Ain't Nobody Home / 5. Ain't Nothin' Like It Used to Be / 6. Business Is Business / 7. Show Me How You'd Like It Done / 8. Down in New Orleans / 9. Say You Will / 10. Hey I'm Alright
Rating :
13. Wolftracks - CBS 1982
Tracks:
1. All I Want is All you Got / 2. Time / 3. None of the Above / 4. You / 5. Every Man For Himslef / 6. Five Finger Discount / 7. Hold Your Head Up / 8. Hot Night in a Cold Town / 9. Down to Earth / 10. For Rock´n Roll / 11. The Balance
Rating :
14. Rock´n Roll Rebels - Intercord 1987
Tracks:
1. Rock and Roll Rebels / 2. Rock Steady / 3. Hold On / 4. Everybody Knows You EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU / 5, Give Me News I Can Use / 6. Replace the Face / 7. Man oa a Mission / 8. Turn Out the Lights / 9. Give Me Life / 10. Rage
Rating :
15. Rise and Shine - IRS 1990
Tracks:
1. Let´s Do it All / 2. Time Out / 3. Do or Die / 4. Rise and Shine / 5. The Wall / 6. The Daily Blues / 7. Keep Rockin´ / 8. Rock´n Roll War / 9. Sign on the Line / 10. We Like it We Love it / 11. Lonely Dreamers / 12. Now and Forever
Rating :
16. Paradox - Attic 1998
Tracks:
1. Watch Your Innocense / 2. Nothing is Forever / 3. You´re the Only One / 4. The Fixer / 5. Give Me News i Can Use / 6. Only the Strong Survive / 7. Ain´t Nothing / 8. Slender Thread of Hope / 9. Tell Me It´s Alright / 10. Circles of Confusion
Rating :
17. Heretics and Privateers ( John Kay ) - Cannonball 2001
Tracks:
1. Heretics and Privateers / 2. Don´t Waste My Time / 3. Ain´t That a Shame / 4. Dodging Bullets / 5. She´s Got the Goods / 6. For the woman in My Life / 7. To be Alive / 8. I Will Not Be Denied / 9. Endless Commercial / 10. The Ice Age / 11. Sleep With One Eye Open / 12. The Back Page
Rating :
Essential Albums!
Original albums as listed and rated on “Rate Your Music” - December 25 - 2005
74 Steppenwolf - 1968
95 Monster - 1969
106 Seven - 1970
137 For Ladies Only - 1971
172 The Second - 1968
253 Live - 1970
261 Slow Flux - 1974
266 Early Steppenwolf - 1969
302 At Your Birthday Party - 1969
484 Skullduggery - 1976
540 Forgotten Songs and Unsong Heroes - 1972
615 My Sporting Life - 1973
694 Hour of the Wolf - 1975
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December 25 - "rateyourmusic.com"
My Suggestion For a 80 minutes (app.) Best Of Compilation:
1. Snow Blind Friend ( Axton ) Steppenwolf 7
2. Lovely Meter ( Mekler ) At Your Birthday Party
3. Many a Mile ( Sky ) Forgotten Songs and Unsung Heroes
4. A Girl I Knew ( Kay/Cavett ) Steppenwolf
5. Desperation ( Kay ) Steppenwolf
6. She´ll Be Better ( Mekler/Edmonton ) At Your Birthday Party
7. Don´t Step On The Grass Sam ( Kay ) The Second
8. 28 ( Mekler ) The Second
9. Monster ( Kay/Edmonton ) Monster
10. Magic Carpet Ride ( Kay ) The Second
11. It´s Never Too Late ( Kay/St.Nicholas) At Your Birthday Party
12. Everybody´s Next One ( Kay/Mekler ) Steppenwolf
13. Born To Be Wild ( Bonfire ) Steppenwolf
14. The Pusher ( Axton ) Steppenwolf
15. Take What You Need ( Kay/Mekler ) Steppenwolf
16. Chicken Wolf ( Kay/Monarch ) At Your Birthday Party
17. Happy Birthday ( Mekler ) At Your Birthday Party
18. Nobody Lives Here ( Kay ) My Sporting Life
19. Morning Blue ( Biondo ) Slow Flux
20. Smokey Factory Blues ( Hammond/Hazlewood ) Slow Flux
21. Rock´n Roll Song ( Horsdal ) Skulduggery
22. Pass it On ( Watt ) Skulduggery
LINKS:
The Official Steppenwolf
Canadian Rock - Steppenwolf