- hard rock, rock
- 36 min
- 9 tracks
- MCA Records
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. It is also the band's only album to fail to chart on the Billboard 200. In Canada it made an appearance at number 89, December 27, 1975.
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Spare, grave, classical in form and cool.
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
- rawmeticulous
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Tracks
- A1Sun and Steel4:01
- A2Lightnin'3:02
- A3Beyond the Milky Way3:38
- A4Free2:39
- A5Scion5:02
- B1Get It Out2:53
- B2I'm Right, I'm Wrong5:27
- B3Watch the World Going By2:58
- B4Scorching Beauty6:46
9 tracks, 36 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Iron Butterfly
- Label
- MCA Records
- Released
- 1975
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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