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  Type greatest
  Artist Steppenwolf
  Cover GoldTheirGreatestHitsjpg
  Released 1971
  Genre Rock
  Label Dunhill
  Reviews All Music Guide link
  Last Album ''For Ladies Only'' (1970)
  This Album '''''Gold: Their Great Hits'''''
  Next Album ''Live'' (1971)


''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 it's 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."


TRACK LISTING

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


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