Within the early months of 1971, Steppenwolf celebrated what, by then, was three years of unbroken success by releasing the Gold: Their Nice Hits compilation. Inside just a few weeks, it lived as much as its identify by changing into their newest gold album.
By September of that yr, the Los Angeles rockers had been returning to studio work with the discharge of their sixth LP For Women Solely. The idea of the document was as daring, for the occasions, as its title, conceived as an idea album with reference to feminism.
Because it turned out, Steppenwolf’s preliminary heyday was drawing to an in depth, and For Women Solely turned their final album of latest materials earlier than they cut up in 1972, forward of a profitable reunion two years later. However the album (produced, like its predecessor Steppenwolf 7, by Richie Podolor) nonetheless gave the band some new chart exercise, reaching No.54 and two singles from it showing on the Sizzling 100.
Sizzling 100 exercise
“Born To Be Wild” author Mars Bonfire’s music “Ride With Me” previewed the album in the summertime and reached No.52, backed with one other monitor from the brand new set, “Black Pit.” Then on November 6, 1971, an edit of the title music from For Women Solely took its bow. A band composition credited to Kent Henry, John Kay, Goldy McJohn, and Bonfire’s brother Jerry Edmonton, it opened on the Billboard chart at No.88, proper subsequent to Diana Ross’ “I’m Still Waiting” and 5 locations greater than The Who’s Who’s Subsequent excerpt “Behind Blue Eyes.”
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The one would solely attain No.64, however fortunately it didn’t show to be Steppenwolf’s chart swansong: that later reunion would give them a brand new Prime 30 hit in 1974 with “Straight Shootin’ Woman.”
Purchase or stream the full-length model of “For Ladies Only” on the album of the identical identify.
