68: Mountain – Best of Mountain

Mar 16, 2010 By mkanderson 1 Comment

: Cover of The Best of Mountain

Leslie West. Do I need to say more? The dude can play some guitar. Now I know Mountain is still around and I respect that. I'm also not even remotely suggesting they peaked in 1971 when The Best of Mountain (1971) was released. But "Mississippi Queen" and "Never In My Life" have rocked me me since I owned this record in the mid-70s. This is one of the best of "best of" albums you can own. Every one of the songs can be covered by more modern rock bands and sound current. It's timeless rock from one of the pioneers of hard rock.

I also just noticed later releases of this CD and MP3 downloads have four extra songs not included on my record and CD I purchased upon first release. Regardless, this is a must-have in my School of Rock.

By the way, no, "Mississippi Queen" does not need more cowbell.

"Mississippi Queen" as I hear it (somecamerunning.typepad.com)

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Filed Under: Music, School of Rock Tagged With: 100 Days 100 Albums, Leslie West, Mississippi Queen, Mountain, Music, School of Rock

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Roger Belveal says:

Aug 1, 2011 at 2:37 pm

Love Theme from an Imaginary Western and Nantucket Sleighride. Here's a secret, If you have this best of album on cassette, those two tunes are adjacent on oppostite sides which means you can flip and play (or hit reverse if your tape player has such technology) endlessly. Now of course, its on my iPod.

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