Slow Flux is the seventh studio album by Canadian-American rock band Steppenwolf. The album was released in August 1974, by Epic Records. In the US it was released on the Mums Records label, a short-lived CBS Records subsidiary. It was the first of three albums the band created after reforming in 1974 before they disbanded again in 1976. "Straight Shootin' Woman" was the last Steppenwolf song to chart on the Billboard magazine Top 40.[1] The song "Children of the Night" notably posits that the hippie movement at this time had died, and president Richard Nixon is referred to as "the fool who believed that wrong is right".
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| Released | August 30, 1974 | |||
| Recorded | 1974 | |||
| Studio | John Kay's Studio | |||
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| Length | 45:33 | |||
| Label | Mums (US)/Epic (International) | |||
| Producer | Steppenwolf | |||
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| Singles from Slow Flux | ||||
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Guitarist and composer Bobby Cochran replaced Kent Henry on lead guitar in this reformed lineup, until the 1976 breakup. Cochran is the late Eddie Cochran's nephew.
This was the last Steppenwolf album that Goldy McJohn would play on. He was sacked from the band by bandleader John Kay in 1975.[2] A horn section also played on the album.[3]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | (not rated) link |
| Džuboks | mixed[4] |
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Gang War Blues" | Goldy McJohn, Jerry Edmonton, John Kay, Kim Fowley | 4:52 |
| 2. | "Children of Night" | Kay | 5:11 |
| 3. | "Justice Don't Be Slow" | Kay, Joseph B. Richie | 5:00 |
| 4. | "Get into the Wind" | Bobby Cochran, Casey Van Beek | 3:00 |
| 5. | "Jeraboah" | Jack Conrad | 5:41 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 6. | "Straight Shootin' Woman" | Edmonton | 4:04 |
| 7. | "Smokey Factory Blues" | Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood | 4:09 |
| 8. | "Morning Blue" | George Biondo | 4:12 |
| 9. | "A Fool's Fantasy" | McJohn | 3:37 |
| 10. | "Fishin' in the Dark" | Kay | 5:47 |
Personnel
editSteppenwolf
edit- John Kay – guitar, vocals
- Goldy McJohn – keyboards
- Bobby Cochran – guitar
- George Biondo – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Jerry Edmonton – drums
Additional musicians
edit- Charles Black, Don Ellis, Gil Rathel, John Rosenberg, Sam Falzone – horns
- Skip Konte – Chamberlin (track 10)
Technical
edit- Steppenwolf – producers
- Ed Bannon – engineer
- Arnie Acosta – mastering
- Jerry Edmonton – art direction, design
- Tom Gundelfinger – photography (front cover)
- Ed Caraeff – photography (back cover & sleeve)
Charts
editAlbum - Billboard (United States)
| Year | Chart | Position |
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| 1974 | Billboard 200 | 47[5] |
Singles - Billboard (United States)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1974 | "Straight Shootin' Woman" | Billboard Hot 100 | 29[1] |
| 1974 | "Smokey Factory Blues" | Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100 | 108 |
References
edit- ^ a b Steppenwolf USA chart history, Billboard.com. Retrieved January 18, 2013.
- ^ uDiscoverMusic.com, August 4, 2017 - Death Of Goldy McJohn, Founding Member Of Steppenwolf by Tim Peacock
- ^ Discogs - Steppenwolf – Slow Flux
- ^ Konjović, S. "Steppenwolf - Slow Flux". Džuboks (in Serbian) (6 (second series)). Gornji Milanovac: Dečje novine: 22.
- ^ "Billboard 200 - Steppenwolf". Billboard. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
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