Climbing!

Artist: Mountain
Label: Sony
Category: Music

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Media: Audio Cassette

UPC: 074644736144
EAN: 0074644736144
ASIN: B00000EIC9

Release Date: 1992-07-28

Climbing!

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Tracks:

Mississippi Queen
Theme for an Imaginary Western
Never in My Life
Silver Paper
For Yasgur's Farm
To My Friend
Laird
Sittin' on a Rainbow
Boys in the Band

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Customer Reviews:

Brilliant.......2006-01-23

Climbing! by Mountain is a true rock classic. Every song is great, and Leslie West's guitar playing is AMAZING. He can say more with a couple of notes than most players can in an entire solo! No doubt about it, Leslie is a MASTER of the guitar! Pick up this cd if you love hard rock and great musicianship!

Imus in the Morning.......2005-09-30

You know it is a winner if Lou Rufino (engineer & social commentator through music) plays "Mississippi Queen" off this album as a "bumper" for the Imus in the Morning show as he did today 9-30-05. Awesome drums! All around great classic rock!

A classic rock masterpiece.......2005-04-11

Climbing (1970.) Mountain's first album.

In the late sixties, a record producer/bass player named Felix Pappalardi gained moderate fame producing records for Cream, rock and roll's first true supergroup. He has even taken on the title as the unofficial "fourth member" of that group. After Cream broke up, Pappalardi put together a group of his own - Mountain. Unfortunately, this new group, featuring organ player Steve Knight, guitar player/singer Leslie West, and drummer Corky Laing, would only score one major hit in their career, and accordingly, they would go overlooked by many a classic rock fan. The few fans that do discover the group, though, will tell you they are excellent - and I agree. Read on for my review of Mountain's 1970 debut album - Climbing.

Climbing is Mountain's first and most popular album, due in no small part to the fact that the album features Mississippi Queen, an excellent hard rocker that, while excellent, would doom the band to one-hit wonder status. That was a shame, because this whole damn album is five-star material! Take Theme From An Imaginary Western for instance. With its awesome melodies and killer lyrics, this is one of the best classic rock songs I've ever heard. And after that, we've got Never In My Life and Silver Paper, two hard rockers reminiscent of early Deep Purple - and that's a good thing. For Yasgur's Farm is an excellent, semi psychedelic rocker that sounds similar to that of Cream, the band Felix Pappalardi gained such high fame for producing. Leslie West's voice on the track even sounds like Jack Bruce's in places. Despite similarities to Cream, though, the song is distinctly Mountain. The acoustic-heavy instrumental that follows it up, To My Friend, is another damn good song. After it we get the slow and melodic Laird, which, oddly enough, features somewhat of a middle-eastern sound. The band had a knack for thinking outside the box, and this song demonstrates that beautifully. Closing out the album are the upbeat, classic hard rock of Sittin' On A Rainbow, and the slower-paced, piano-backed rock of Boys In The Band. The album ends excellently, not surprisingly. In the end, Mountain's debut is a classic rock masterpiece not to be missed if you like classic rock.

Mountain's albums got remastered, and while the remastering of the sound quality is questionable, I do like how the record company included bonus tracks on the new issues. On this album, you get a live take on For Yasgur's Farm. I wish they'd done a better job remastering the sound quality, though, but we're talking about a recording from 1970, so there's only so much (or so little) that can be done.

Climbing is an essential classic rock album. The band's "Cream meets Foghat" sound is one of the most excellent rock and roll sounds I have ever heard, and it's a shame the band never really got the proper credit, and were deemed one-hit wonders. Take my advice - if you like classic rock, buy this album. I can guarantee you'll enjoy it if you enjoy classic rock.

A Gem! An All Time Classic Rock Album!.......2004-08-07

A Rock Classic! Perhaps, one of the most underrated albums ever. Simply put this album, which was originally released in 1969, made we want to go out and buy a guitar when I first heard it. The quality of the CD transfer is exceptional. Every song on this album is terrific...great driving music as well! The songs cover the gambut of musical "ebbs" and "flows" from the quintessential rock anthem "Mississippi Queen" (which, in my opinion, could have been voted 1 of the 500 songs that shaped rock and roll by the Rock n'Roll Hall of Fame) to the gripping and heartfelt, "Theme for an Imaginary Western" (this is one of my wife's favorite songs to this day). Tremendous songwriting and gut-wrenching guitar playing by Leslie West, truly one of the great rock guitarists. Mr. West doesn't play fast, but plays in a raucous, electric blues-rock form, which is melodic and hauntingly moving; to me that makes for better guitar. The other members of the band, Felix Pappalardi - bass(and producer of the Cream albums), Corky Laing - drums, and Steve Knight - keyboards, are exceptional in their own right and contribute to making this one of the true classic rock albums! If you do not own this record, you are missing out! As the CD sleeve suggests, "THIS RECORD WAS MADE TO BE PLAYED LOUD".

"Beloved, if God so loved us,
we ought also to love one another"

John 1: 11

The Best Hard Rock Album ... PERIOD.......2003-03-30

I've never written a review before.. but am compelled to step in after reading here that Leslie West was not as technically proficient as guitarist X, Y, or Z.

Bull! I saw this band at the Fillmore East, twice, and it was a religious experience. Yes, Leslie's tone is unrivaled.. but his mastery of the instrument is second to none. He is a true virtuoso. I remember at one point, he broke into a solo, playing a dazzling intricate riff. He then proceeded to increase the tempo until the entire audience rose to our feet. There was no cheering though, we were all mute, totally hypnotized by a level of talent that we didn't know could exist.

Beyond his guitar playing, West possesses a roaring voice that is the perfect mate for his thunderous playing style.

This album may be short.. but it still has more incredible songs than almost any other album.

Perhaps the best example of the beautiful contrast between Pappalardi's silken voice and West's screaming vocals is 'For Yasgur's Farm'. It's a gorgeous sweet ballad until suddenly, here comes Leslie! Wow!

Other classics are 'Theme From an Imaginary Western', 'Never In My Life', 'Mississippi Queen' and the astonishing acoustic guitar piece, 'To My Friend'.

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