Slow Flux
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Slow Flux is the seventh studio album by Canadian-American rock band Steppenwolf. The album was released in August 1974, by Epic Records. In the US it was released on the Mums Records label, a short-lived CBS Records subsidiary. It was the first of three albums the band created after reforming in 1974 before they disbanded again in 1976. "Straight Shootin' Woman" was the last Steppenwolf song to chart on the Billboard magazine Top 40. The song "Children of the Night" notably posits that the hippie movement at this time had died, and president Richard Nixon is referred to as "the fool who believed that wrong is right".
Guitarist and composer Bobby Cochran replaced Kent Henry on lead guitar in this reformed lineup, until the 1976 breakup. Cochran is the late Eddie Cochran's nephew.
This was the last Steppenwolf album that Goldy McJohn would play on. He was sacked from the band by bandleader John Kay in 1975. A horn section also played on the album.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Gang War Blues" | Goldy McJohn, Jerry Edmonton, John Kay, Kim Fowley | 4:52 |
| 2. | "Children of Night" | Kay | 5:11 |
| 3. | "Justice Don't Be Slow" | Kay, Joseph B. Richie | 5:00 |
| 4. | "Get into the Wind" | Bobby Cochran, Casey Van Beek | 3:00 |
| 5. | "Jeraboah" | Jack Conrad | 5:41 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6. | "Straight Shootin' Woman" | Edmonton | 4:04 |
| 7. | "Smokey Factory Blues" | Albert Hammond, Mike Hazlewood | 4:09 |
| 8. | "Morning Blue" | George Biondo | 4:12 |
| 9. | "A Fool's Fantasy" | McJohn | 3:37 |
| 10. | "Fishin' in the Dark" | Kay | 5:47 |
Personnel
Steppenwolf
- John Kay – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
- Goldy McJohn – keyboards, backing vocals
- Bobby Cochran – lead guitar, backing vocals
- George Biondo – bass, backing vocals
- Jerry Edmonton – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Additional musicians
- Charles Black, Don Ellis, Gil Rathel, John Rosenberg, Sam Falzone – horns
- Skip Konte – Chamberlin (track 10)
Technical
- Steppenwolf – producers
- Ed Bannon – engineer
- Arnie Acosta – mastering
- Jerry Edmonton – art direction, design
- Tom Gundelfinger – photography (front cover)
- Ed Caraeff – photography (back cover & sleeve)
Charts
Album - Billboard (United States)
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Billboard 200 | 47 |
Singles - Billboard (United States)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | "Straight Shootin' Woman" | Billboard Hot 100 | 29 |
| 1974 | "Smokey Factory Blues" | Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100 | 108 |