Monster (studio album) by Steppenwolf

From Jboy56 03/09/2023 12:38

This album lacks power and banger songs, a very mediocre album with songs that are mostly forgotten. Not worth a revisit,

"Monster" by Steppenwolf from 1969 was their fourth in just two years. The previous three had all been a great successes - both commercially and artistically, and there were obviously high expectations for "Monster". The album was clearly the most political group released, especially obvious on the long title track, which in an edited version also released as a single.

Unfortunately, the group seemed musically to be running out of ideas, although the title track, however, shows some of the grandeur that characterized the previous albums.

The rest of the album is mediocre and somewhat repetitions of what the group had previously created.

Of course there are good elements, like the intro to "Power Play". This song was in fact a couple years old already when they chose to record it. "From Here to There Eventually" also has glimpses of the melodic that group was known for, but the number remains somehow unresolved.

The sound it is the "old" Steppenwolf, and in that respect the album does live up to expectations - unfortunately the songwriting does not.