Mountain Songs Ranked
Mountain is an American hard rock band that formed on Long Island, New York in 1969. Originally comprising vocalist and guitarist Leslie West, bassist and vocalist Felix Pappalardi, keyboardist Steve Knight and drummer N. D. Smart, the band broke up in 1972 and has reunited frequently since 1973. Best known for their cowbell-tinged song “Mississippi Queen”, as well as the heavily sampled song “Long Red” and their performance at the Woodstock Festival in 1969, Mountain is one of many bands to be commonly credited as having influenced the development of heavy metal music in the 1970s. The group’s musical style primarily consisted of hard rock, blues rock, and heavy metal. Here are all of the Mountain songs ranked.
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10. South Bound Train (Over The Top, 1995)
“Albums are always great time pieces, and for this album the era would be the late ’80’s when I did all kinds of crazy drugs and played this album just to mellow out and think of a kinder gentler time.”
9. Hard Times (Go for Your Life, 1985)
“A nice rockin album to play in the background or to catch a buzz and put the headphones on. Not one of the best Mountain long plays but not a bad one either. After all, it’s been eleven years since their last studio recording.”
8. Don’t Look Around (The Man and the Mountain, 2013)
“Pretty solid power trio sounds from this outfit soon to turn into Mountain, but this seems to wear thin after a few listens. Still a pretty nice album though, with a good thumping sound.”
7. Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On (Avalanche, 1974)
“The album opens with a cover of “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On”. It is a powerful version but a trademark Mountain opener would’ve been better.”
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6. Spark (Go for Your Life, 1985)
“A nice rockin album to play in the background or to catch a buzz and put the headphones on. Not one of the best Mountain long plays but not a bad one either. After all, it’s been eleven years since their last studio recording.”
5. Sittin’ On a Rainbow (Climbing!, 1970)
“The way “Sittin’ On A Rainbow” is produced it almost sounds like a live cut and the brilliant “Boys In The Band” end the album with some brilliant vocals and is a great way to end the album as one of the highlights. “
4. Theme for an Imaginary Western (Climbing!, 1970)
” The dramatic and thematic “Theme For An Imaginary Western” is a cover of a song by “Cream” bassist Jack Bruce but almost works better here in the American power trio environment.”
3. Mystic Fire (Mystic Fire, 2002)
“The magic of Mountain is the intellectualism and serious musicianship of Felix Pappalardi. Leslie West is the prototypical guitar hero, the “heart” of this band as it were.”
2. For Yasgur’s Farm (Climbing!, 1970)
“The epic “For Yasgur’s Farm” open up the B side, A song inspired by Woodstock with great lyrics “Look at me, I believe it’s true, you’re a part of me, I’m a part of you” its a passionate and powerful classic”
1. Mississippi Queen (Climbing!, 1970)
“One of the early heavy riff-driven hits was a song by Mountain called “Mississippi Queen”, and despite being heavy for the time, it manages to be as catchy as a pop single in places. And to those who are always dying for more cowbell, I point you to this track.”