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Media Type: CD
Artist: IRON BUTTERFLY
Title: HEAVY
Street Release Date: 12/14/1993
Genre: ROCK/POP
Product Details
| Publisher | Elektra / Wea |
| Number Of Discs | 1 |
| Original Release Date | 1968-01-01 |
| Format | Audio CD |
| Brand | IRON BUTTERFLY |
| EAN | 0081227152123 |
| UPC | 081227152123 |
| Label | Elektra / Wea |
| Studio | Elektra / Wea |
| Artist | Iron Butterfly |
| Title | Heavy |
| Release Date | 1993-12-14 |
| Manufacturer | Elektra / Wea |
Customer Reviews
Old Guy.Review by OLD GUY., 2010-05-21
Well, well. I'm glad to see this one is still around. I have fond memories of this album playing while I was trying to get my grades up to go to a real college! I digress...nice record. Cleaner sounding California stuff. It can't deserve the "Heavy" appellation any longer...those darn Hippies! Bass player really good, guitars actually doing modern sound...songs a little goofy...of the day, but i still listen. The "Iron Butterfly Theme" could make a good concert piece today...It could be really "Heavy".
Heavy!
Review by Jeff Jefferson, 2009-09-20
I first heard "Unconscious Power", which has been one of my favorite driving tunes ever since, when I saw a biker movie called "The Savage Seven". That tune happened to be the opening theme for the movie, which also featured "Iron Butterfly Theme." The bass line on "Unconscious Power" grabbed my attention, so I bought "Heavy" a couple weeks later. Wasn't impressed with the lyrics to any of the songs except "You Can't Win" but the music was VERY cool on all cuts. "You Can't Win" painted an accurate picture of the Army during the Vietnam era, which I related to very well.
A foretaste of later Butterfly
Review by Richard R. Green, 2007-05-01
I remember the year my younger brother bought this. We liked it and played it so much that lately I wondered why I hadn't gotten either a new LP or a cassette in all this time. The tracks are fairly simple offerings as far as '60's compositions go, but once I started playing the CD I remembered all the words to all the songs. Some of the tunes are pretty catchy instrumentally; they're not great lyrically but still pretty decent. The "Iron Butterfly Theme" kind of gives a hint of what emerged from their later offerings--interesting organ riffs with high-gain screaming guitar. Not for everyone, but if you can preview the tracks, check it out. For those not in their teens in the '60's it may not be as great as some of the later rock, but if you like this one you will probably also get hooked on "Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida" and "Ball".
Their Best
Review by Fred Rayworth, 2006-08-14
This album holds a special place for me as it helped start my fledgling rock band experiences. I particularly like Possession, the Iron Butterfly Theme, Unconscious Power and Get Out Of My Life Woman. These songs were psychedelic, heavy, and really cool. Quite a contrast to The Monkees who were big around the same time. I can still see us kids trying to play those songs out in Sun Village near Palmdale. It reminds me of some great guys I used to play with.
Most people will probably quote In a Gadda Da Vida as their best but I disagree. This one did it for me and though I liked Da Vida, it could not hold a candle to Heavy.
If you want to hear what heavy music sounded like in its infancy, you can't go wrong with this album. Highly recommended.
Very good album
Review by bigchet, 2005-03-19
Iron Butterfly is known as a one hit wonder. But, this there debut album is very good. Maybe better than the Inna=gadda-davita album. What people don't know is that 3 members of the butterfly were fired after this album and were not on the inna-gadda -davita album. Doug Ingle and Ron Bushy were the only ones remaining. Ingle has a good voice although I think he sounds like Tom jones sometimes.
