Saturday, June 22, 2024

Mountain - Avalanche (1974)

Year: July 1974 (CD 2002)
Label: Collectables Records (US), COL-CD-6871 SONY A 52701
Style: Hard Rock, Rhythm and Blues
Country: Long Island, New York, U.S.
Time: 41:33
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 257 Mb

Not dramatically worse than Nantucket Sleighride, not even radically different. The spirit of Woodstock has been fading of course, but "I Love to See You Fly" is a nice song and the surprising cover of "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" has a nice touch in it as well. The instrumental "Alisan" is definitely not bad either. Instead, the version of "Satisfaction" is a waste of time. Seven of the ten tracks might make 2.5, but luckily we have a few quite good numbers on the album too.
Review by fairyeee. May 26 2015

The material on Mountain's Avalanche has slipped just a little but the musicianship is still there. There are some real toe tappers on this recording and Mr. Leslie West's guitar work is still masterful.
The Rolling Stones' Satisfaction is damn near a perfect hard rock tune and Leslie West makes it his own.
Review by rod45. Aug 06 2013

Way, way, way not the masterpiece Nantucket Sleighride and Climbing! are. Not by a longshot. That doesn't however mean Avalanche is bad. On the contrary, Avalanche is a great Proto-Metal disc. Full of heavy Guitar fire, thunderous Drums and booming Bass. It's the songwriting that isn't quite up to standard. The highlights are the crushing You'd Better Believe It, the chiming Sister Justice, and a kick ass cover of The Stones classic Satisfaction.
Review by DarthKarl. Mar 13 2012
(All review: rateyourmusic.com/release/album/mountain/avalanche/reviews/2/)

01. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On (05:05)
02. Sister Justice (03:58)
03. Alisan (04:40)
04. Swamp Boy (02:55)
05. Satisfaction (05:16)
06. Thumbsucker (03:20)
07. You Better Believe It (05:48)
08. I Love To See You Fly (03:45)
09. Back Where  I Belong (02:57)
10. Last Of The Sunshine Days (03:45)

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