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Light and Heavy: The Best of Iron Butterfly
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0081227116620
Label: Elektra / Wea
Manufacturer: Elektra / Wea
MPN: 71166
Number Of Discs: 1
Publication Date: 1993
Publisher: Elektra / Wea
Release Date: January 19, 1993
Studio: Elektra / Wea
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Rating:  - Cool Psychedelic Journey
I give this album 5 stars, but I absolutely cannot believe the Iron Butterfly put out a best of collection and left out the song "Are You Happy." Most people consider that the 2nd best song they ever did. However you still get a great array of songs to take a nice musical trip on. I especially liked "In the Time of Our Lives" and hearing some of their later material for the first time. Check this album out if you remember them & want to relive it or if your a newcomer and want to get a taste ... Read More
Rating: - Essential Iron Butterfly
The name "Iron Butterfly" immediately invokes thoughts of strength and agility. This is what you'll find in this collection of songs, gleaned mostly from the band's albums "Metamorphosis," "Heavy," and "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida."
Iron Butterfly's music was written mostly during the "flower power" era of the late 1960's (when America was deep into the space race and our boys were fighting in Vietnam) which is reflected in many of the songs here. A few may have been "suggested" by an LSD- ... Read More
Rating: - IB
This CD would be worth it if only for In the Time Of Our Lives & Iron Butterfly Theme, two of the most evil sounding songs I've ever heard (next to Dutch Nepal by Amon Duul 2). The fact that they could go from that sound to bubble gum & soul all on one side of a vinyl disk was a testiment to their versitility. This album avoids most of their weaker material and is a fine overview. Can't wait to see them in a couple of weeks (Oct 30 2005) at the Chet Helms Tribute in SF.
Rating: - Impressive account of one original band !
The peak of the crown is In a gadda da vida, but there is still more : Easy rider is a hard to kill rock work and for many of my fellow friends the masterpiece of Iron . .
Real fright is a punch theme and in this order My mirage , it must be love , Belda-beast and Stone Believer .
The presence of Rhino was the supreme difference . And beware he was the artificer of Captain Beyond four years later .
Iron was a terrific band with one of the darkest voices in the rock ever : Doug Ingle ... Read More
Rating: - It's Iron Not Led And Butterfly Not Rooster.
Hey, it has seven more tracks than the cassette version so quit complaining. Yeah, they could have included the entire InAGaddaDaVida trilogy, but why bother? Besides, if they did that, there wouldn't have been room for the extra tracks which are at least as interesting and inarguably more listenable. The selection is unimpeachable, the sound quality is great and the nostalgia factor is noticeable only if you miss InAGaddaEtc. Otherwise it's a blast: Ingle's Dracula impression on 'Possession' from ... Read More
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