Iron Butterfly "Sun And Steel"

Sun and Steel is the sixth and final 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. Tracks from this album are usually left out of Iron Butterfly compilations/greatest hit collections.

Track listing

Side one

1. "Sun and Steel" Brann 4:01
2. "Lightnin'" Bill DeMartines, Philip Taylor Kramer 3:02
3. "Beyond the Milky Way" Ron Bushy, DeMartines 3:38
4. "Free" Brann 2:41
5. "Scion" Brann 5:02

Side two

1. "Get It Out" Brann 2:53
2. "I'm Right, I'm Wrong" DeMartines, Kramer 5:27
3. "Watch the World Going By" Brann 2:59
4. "Scorching Beauty" Brann 6:42

Iron Butterfly "Scorching Beauty"

Scorching Beauty is the fifth studio album released by Iron Butterfly. Released four years after their original breakup, it was recorded by a reformed lineup with only one member (Ron Bushy) remaining from their previous album. In addition to Bushy, this lineup includes Erik Brann, the guitarist from the classic lineup, Phil Kramer, and Howard Reitzes. The album cover was designed by Ernie Cefalu and illustrated by Drew Struzan. This album, along with Sun and Steel (released later in 1975), failed commercially. Tracks from this album tend to be ignored on Iron Butterfly compilations/greatest hit collections.

Track listing

Side one

1. "1975 Overture" Erik Brann, Ron Bushy, Philip Taylor Kramer, Howard Reitzes 4:19 
2. "Hard Miseree" Brann 3:42 
3. "High on a Mountain Top" Kramer 4:01 
4. "Am I Down" Brann 5:22 

Side two 

1. "People of the World" Brann 3:23 
2. "Searchin' Circles" Brann 4:38 
3. "Pearly Gates" Jon Anderson, Bushy 3:25 
4. "Lonely Hearts" Brann 3:14 
5. "Before You Go" Brann, Reitzes 5:34

Iron Butterfly "Metamorphosis"

Metamorphosis is the fourth studio album by Iron Butterfly, released on August 13, 1970. Though not as successful as its predecessor Ball (1969), it reached number 16 on the US charts. Erik Brann, who left because of band disputes, was replaced by four session guitarists. Two of them, Mike Pinera, and Larry "Rhino" Reinhardt (called El Rhino on the sleeve), would become members of Iron Butterfly before the album's release. Officially, the album is credited not to Iron Butterfly, but to "Iron Butterfly with Pinera & Rhino", in reference to the two aforementioned guitarists.

The album spawned the single "Easy Rider (Let the Wind Pay the Way)", which reached number 66 on the Billboard chart, making it the band's biggest hit aside from "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida". The album is noted for having one of the earliest uses of the talk box on a rock album.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ron Bushy, Lee Dorman, and Doug Ingle, except where noted.

Side one

1. "Free Flight" 0:40
2. "New Day" 3:08
3. "Shady Lady" (music: Bushy, Dorman, Ingle; lyrics: Robert Woods Edmonson) 3:50
4. "Best Years of Our Life" 3:55
5. "Slower Than Guns" (music: Bushy, Dorman, Ingle; lyrics: Edmonson) 3:37
6. "Stone Believer" 5:20

Side two

1. "Soldier in Our Town" (music: Bushy, Dorman, Ingle; lyrics: Edmonson) 3:10
2. "Easy Rider (Let the Wind Pay the Way)" (music: Bushy, Dorman, Ingle; lyrics: Edmonson) 3:06
3. "Butterfly Bleu" 14:03

Songwriting credits per BMI Records. The album sleeve ambiguously credits the songs to "Iron Butterfly".

Iron Butterfly "Live"

Live is the first live album by Iron Butterfly, released in 1970. The last album to be recorded with the longstanding quartet of Brann, Bushy, Dorman, and Ingle, it is the only Iron Butterfly album which does not feature more than one lead vocalist. It was a commercial hit, reaching number 20 on the Billboard album chart.

Track listing

Side one

1. "In the Time of Our Lives" (Doug Ingle, Ron Bushy) – 4:23
2. "Filled with Fear" (Ingle) – 3:27
3. "Soul Experience" (Ingle, Bushy, Erik Brann, Lee Dorman) – 3:55
4. "You Can't Win" (Danny Weis, Darryl DeLoach) – 2:48
5. "Are You Happy" (Ingle) – 3:20

Side two

1. "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (Ingle) – 19:00

Iron Butterfly "Ball"

Ball is the third studio album by the rock band Iron Butterfly, released in January 17 1969. After the enormous success of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Iron Butterfly modified its acid-rock sound somewhat and experimented with more melodic compositions. The band's trademark heavy guitars, however, are still evident on such tracks as "In the Time of Our Lives" and "It Must Be Love". The album reached number 3 on the Billboard 200 charts, making Ball more immediately successful than In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. Ball was certified Gold in March 1969. It also spawned two minor hit singles: "Soul Experience", an uncharacteristically uplifting song for the group, went to number 75 on the Billboard charts, and despite its nightmarish musical tones and morbid lyrics, "In the Time of Our Lives" managed to reach number 96. This is the second and final studio album to feature the famous lineup of Ingle, Bushy, Dorman and Brann.

In 1999, Collector's Choice Music released Ball with two bonus tracks, "I Can't Help But Deceive You Little Girl" and "To Be Alone", which previously were available only on a 7" single although "I Can't Help But Deceive You Little Girl" had been released on the 1993 compilation Light and Heavy.

Track listing

Original LP

Side one

1. "In the Time of Our Lives" Ron Bushy, Doug Ingle 4:46
2. "Soul Experience" Erik Brann, Bushy, Lee Dorman, Ingle 2:50
3. "Lonely Boy" Ingle 5:05
4. "Real Fright" Brann, Bushy, Ingle 2:40
5. "In the Crowds" Dorman, Ingle 2:12

Side two

1. "It Must Be Love" Ingle 4:23
2. "Her Favorite Style" Ingle 3:11
3. "Filled with Fear" Ingle 3:23
4. "Belda-Beast" Brann 5:46

1995 deluxe edition bonus tracks

1. "I Can't Help but Deceive You Little Girl" Ingle 3:34
2. "To Be Alone" Ingle, Robert Woods Edmonson 3:05

Iron Butterfly "Heavy"

Heavy is the debut studio album by the rock band Iron Butterfly, released in early 1968.

The first two tracks, "Unconscious Power" and "Possession", were released as the respective sides of a single.

Three of the group's members (Darryl DeLoach, Jerry Penrod, and Danny Weis) left the band shortly after the album was recorded, leaving Ingle and Bushy to find replacements. Despite being a debut album with no hit single to provide an entry point for the casual listener, Heavy was a commercial success, reaching number 78 on the Billboard Charts and eventually going Gold in the US.

The album's artwork depicts the band members playing their instruments beside a large monument of a human ear. It was designed by Armando Busich (artwork) and Joe Ravetz (photography).

Iron Butterfly had amassed a considerable body of material by the time Heavy was recorded, much of which was held over for later albums. In addition to the ten songs on Heavy, songs from this era include "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (later recorded for the album of the same name), "Lonely Boy", "Real Fright", "Filled with Fear" (all later recorded for Ball), "Evil Temptation" (an instrumental version of which was later used as the B-side to "Possession"), "It's All Up to You", and "Gloomy Day to Remember".

Track listing

Side one

1. "Possession" Doug Ingle 2:45
2. "Unconscious Power" Ron Bushy Ingle, Danny Weis 2:32
3. "Get Out of My Life, Woman" Allen Toussaint 3:58
4. "Gentle as It May Seem" Darryl DeLoach Weis 2:25
5. "You Can't Win" DeLoach Weis 2:41

Side two

1. "So-Lo" DeLoach Ingle 4:05
2. "Look for the Sun" DeLoach Ingle, Weis 2:14
3. "Fields of Sun" DeLoach Ingle 3:12
4. "Stamped Ideas" DeLoach Ingle 2:08
5. "Iron Butterfly Theme" - Ingle 4:34

Foreigner "Agent Provocateur"

Agent Provocateur is the fifth studio album by the British-American rock band Foreigner, released on December 7, 1984. The album was the band's first and only number one album in the United Kingdom, and it reached the top 5 in the United States. Although album sales were lower than their previous work in the U.S., it contains the band's biggest hit single, "I Want to Know What Love Is", which is their only #1 single in the UK and the U.S., staying at the top spot for three and two weeks respectively. The follow-up single, "That Was Yesterday", also proved to be a sizeable hit, peaking at #12 in the U.S. The album was certified Platinum in the UK by the BPI, and triple Platinum in the U.S. by the RIAA.