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Iron Butterfly - Scorching Beauty/Sun & Steel Audio CD

A fair review of the Iron Butterfly "Scorching Beauty/Sun & Steel" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Iron Butterfly reviews here, or go back to the Iron Butterfly tabs.

Iron Butterfly Band: Iron Butterfly
Title: Scorching Beauty/Sun & Steel
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Release Date: 2008-10-14
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: 1975 Overture 2: Hard Miseree 3: High on a Mountain Top 4: Am I Down 5: People of the World 6: Searchin' Circles 7: Pearly Gates 8: Lonely Hearts 9: Before You Go 10: Sun and Steel 11: Lightnin' 12: Beyond the Milky Way 13: Free 14: Scion 15: Get It Out 16: I'm Right, I'm Wrong 17: Watch the World Goin' By 18: Scorching Beauty

2 great albums!


Please don't listen to this expecting In A Gadda Da Vida. I am a fan of everything they did. This is similar to typical mid 70's rock.

Scorching Beauty came first and even in the words of drummer Ron Bushy, the keyboardist sucked. It does weaken even the best of songs (like High On A Mountain Top) Otherwise, Am I Down, Searchin Circles & Pearly Gates are awesome songs.

Sun & Steel is the better of the two. EVERY song is great! The ones eric Braunn doesn't sing are better. He was a shaky singer at best. But it adds a certain emotion to the songs so they are good! Sun & Steel, Beyond The Milky Way, Scion, I'm Right I'm Wrong, Watch The World Going By and Scorching Beauty are the best cuts!

THIS IS PURE CLASSIC ROCK GOLD!.


Old Butterfly Fan
I bought both these featured albums upon their release hoping for the best, but being disappointed both times. I've liked Butterfly since the In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida days. Of the two, Sun and Steel was unlistenable. I did like a couple of the Scorching Beauty tracks. If you're a Butterfly fan, you've got to check them out regardless.


A mixed performance
The album was undercut by weak vocals, lackluster songwriting and mediocre playing. Of these two albums, remastered on one CD, Scorching Beauty (1974) largely doomed this band's attempt at a comeback. By comparison, Sun and Steel (1975) was not bad at all, and marked a major change in direction. It featured dense instrumental arrangements, with multiple keyboard overdubs, and occasional orchestrations. The songs were much more progressive than anything the Iron Butterfly had previously attempted. Sun and Steel should have been more successful, but in the wake of the previous album, it failed to chart. .


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