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Gold: Their Great Hits

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{{Infobox album

| name = Gold: Their Great Hits

| type = greatest

| artist = Steppenwolf

| cover = GoldTheirGreatestHits.jpg

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| released = March 1971

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| genre = Hard rock

| length = 40:23

| label = Dunhill

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| prev_title = For Ladies Only

| prev_year = 1971

| next_title = 16 Greatest Hits

| next_year = 1973

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| name = Gold: Their Great Hits

| type = Greatest hits

| single1 = Screaming Night Hog

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Gold: Their Great Hits is a greatest hits album released by the Canadian-American hard rock band Steppenwolf. The album, released in 1971, charted at #24 on the Billboard Pop Albums charts and was certified "gold" by the RIAA on April 12, 1971. Initial pressings of the album came in a gatefold sleeve, with a detachable poster of the band.

Reception

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In a retrospective review, Allmusic praised the production and engineering of most of the tracks and called it a "nearly perfect" introduction to the band.

Record track listing

;Side one

  1. "Born to Be Wild" (Mars Bonfire) – 3:28
  2. "It's Never Too Late" (Kay, Nick St. Nicholas) – 4:05
  3. "Rock Me" (Dave Grusin, Kay) – 3:39
  4. "Hey Lawdy Mama" (Larry Byrom, Jerry Edmonton, Kay) – 3:00
  5. "Move Over" (Kay, Gabriel Mekler) – 2:53
  6. "Who Needs Ya" (Byrom, Kay) – 2:59

;Side two

  1. "Magic Carpet Ride" (John Kay, Rushton Moreve) – 4:30
  2. "The Pusher" (Hoyt Axton, Kay) – 5:43
  3. "Sookie, Sookie" (Don Covay, Steve Cropper) – 3:09
  4. "Jupiter's Child" (Edmonton, Kay, Monarch) – 3:24
  5. "Screaming Night Hog" (Kay) – 3:17

CD track listing

  1. "Magic Carpet Ride" (John Kay, Rushton Moreve) – 4:30
  2. "The Pusher" (Hoyt Axton, Kay) – 5:43
  3. "Born to Be Wild" (Mars Bonfire) – 3:28
  4. "Sookie, Sookie" (Don Covay, Steve Cropper) – 3:09
  5. "It's Never Too Late" (Kay, Nick St. Nicholas) – 4:05
  6. "Rock Me" (Dave Grusin, Kay) – 3:39
  7. "Hey Lawdy Mama" (Larry Byrom, Jerry Edmonton, Kay) – 3:00
  8. "Move Over" (Kay, Gabriel Mekler) – 2:53
  9. "Who Needs Ya?" (Byrom, Kay) – 2:59
  10. "Jupiter's Child" (Edmonton, Kay, Monarch) – 3:24
  11. "Screaming Night Hog" (Kay) – 3:17

Song information

;"Hey Lawdy Mama"

A single released in 1970, it became a top 40 hit, reaching number 18 in Canada,{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5065.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - May 16, 1970|website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca}} and peaking at 35 on The Billboard Hot 100. The tune was covered by punk rock group, The Minutemen, for their Project: Mersh EP.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/project-mersh-mw0000272969|title=Project: Mersh - Minutemen | Album|website=AllMusic|access-date=June 4, 2025}}

;"Screaming Night Hog"

Also released in 1970, it reached number 50 in Canada.{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.4700.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - October 3, 1970|website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca}}

Personnel

Charts

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!Peak
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Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=293}}

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US Billboard 200{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/280528/steppenwolf/chart?f=305|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218203023/https://www.billboard.com/artist/280528/steppenwolf/chart?f=305|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 18, 2017|title=Billboard 200-Steppenwolf|access-date=September 3, 2017}}

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References

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Category:1971 greatest hits albums

Category:Steppenwolf (band) compilation albums

Category:Dunhill Records compilation albums