Steppenwolf 7

Steppenwolf 7
Studio album by Steppenwolf
Released November 1970
Genre
Length 39:57
Label Dunhill
Producer Richard Podolor
Steppenwolf chronology
Steppenwolf Live
(1970)Steppenwolf Live1970		 Steppenwolf 7
(1970)		 For Ladies Only
(1971)For Ladies Only1971
Singles from Steppenwolf 7
  1. "Who Needs Ya"/"Earschplittenloudenboomer"
    Released: 1970
  2. "Snowblind Friend"/"Hippo Stomp"
    Released: 1970
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Robert ChristgauC- [2]

Steppenwolf 7 is an album by the band Steppenwolf, released in 1970, and their fifth studio recording for Dunhill Records. It is the first Steppenwolf album with new bass player George Biondo. While the album featured Steppenwolf's trademark rock and roll sounds, none of the songs were able to make the top 40. The album featured a cover of Hoyt Axton's "Snowblind Friend", their second cover of one of his antidrug songs (the first being "The Pusher"). Along with "Who Needs Ya", it was one of two singles from the album which made the charts, but fell short of the top 40.[3] The album track "Renegade" is autobiographical for lead vocalist John Kay, recounting his flight with his mother from the Soviet occupied part of Germany to the West in 1948.[4] The intro to "Earschplittenloudenboomer" is spoken by Kay partially in German.

Track listing

All tracks composed by John Kay and Larry Byrom; except where indicated
Track [times] per LP sleeve, followed by actual.[5]

Side one
  1. "Ball Crusher" – [8:00] 4:50
  2. "Forty Days and Forty Nights" (Bernie Roth) – [2:57] 3:02
  3. "Fat Jack" (George Biondo) – [4:20] 4:50
  4. "Renegade" – 6:07
Side two
  1. "Foggy Mental Breakdown" – [4:00] 3:52
  2. "Snowblind Friend" (Hoyt Axton)[6] – [3:50] 3:52
  3. "Who Needs Ya'" – [2:47] 2:59
  4. "Earschplittenloudenboomer" – [5:04] 5:00
  5. "Hippo Stomp" – [4:20] 5:43

Personnel

Steppenwolf

Technical

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

Year Chart Position
1970 Billboard 200 19[7]

Singles - Billboard (United States)[3]

Year Single Chart Position
1970 "Who Needs Ya" Billboard Hot 100 54
1971 "Snowblind Friend" Billboard Hot 100 60

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ "Robert Christgau Review - Steppenwolf 7". Retrieved September 3, 2017.
  3. 1 2 Steppenwolf USA chart history, Billboard.com. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
  4. ↑ John Kay (musician)
  5. ↑ "Steppenwolf 7 vinyl album DSX 50090, Joe Cox 24Oct2010"
  6. ↑ "Steppenwolf 7". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "Billboard 200-Steppenwolf". Retrieved September 3, 2017.


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