Sun and Steel (album)

Sun and Steel
Studio album by Iron Butterfly
Released	October 1975
Recorded	1974–1975
Genre	Hard rock
Length	35:05
Label	MCA
Producer	John Ryan
Iron Butterfly chronology
Scorching Beauty (1975) Sun and Steel (1975) Rare Flight (1988)

Sun and Steel is the sixth and final album released by Iron Butterfly in 1975. It explores a wider variety of styles than any other Iron Butterfly album, yet always remains within the contemporary conventions of hard rock, aside from a foray into progressive rock on "I'm Right, I'm Wrong".

Reception

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Allmusic

Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine delivered a negative review of Sun and Steel, rating it one out of five stars. He said it "was an outright disastrous attempt at reshaping the band's signature sound to '70s hard rock conventions, lacking even the curiosity value of Scorching Beauty."

Track listing

All songs written by Erik Brann except where noted.

Side one

1. "Sun and Steel" – 4:01
2. "Lightnin'" (Bill DeMartines, Phillip Kramer) – 3:02
3. "Beyond the Milky Way" (Ron Bushy, DeMartines) – 3:38
4. "Free" – 2:41
5. "Scion" – 5:02

Side two

1. "Get It Out" – 2:53
2. "I'm Right, I'm Wrong" (DeMartines, Kramer) – 5:27
3. "Watch the World Going By" – 2:59
4. "Scorching Beauty" – 6:42

Singles

• "Beyond the Milky Way" b/w "Get It Out"
• "I'm Right, I'm Wrong" (3:50 edit) b/w "Scion" (3-minute edit)

Band members

• Erik Brann – guitars, lead vocals
• Ron Bushy – drums
• Alex Quigley – marimba, backing vocals, tambourine
• Phil Kramer – bass, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Lightnin'" and "I'm Right I'm Wrong"
• Bill DeMartines – keyboards, backing vocals, lead vocal on "Beyond the Milky Way"