Iron Butterfly ‎ Ball Rare 1969 Atco Records Original Monarch Press Vinyl LP

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Ball Studio album by  Iron Butterfly Released January 17, 1969 Recorded 1968 Studio Gold Star, Hollywood
The Hit Factory, New York City Genre Psychedelic rock Length 41:36 Label Atco Producer Jim Hilton Iron Butterfly chronology In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
(1968) Ball
(1969) Live
(1970) Singles from Ball

1. "Soul Experience"
   Released: February 1969
2. "In The Time Of Our Lives"
   Released: May 1969

Ball is the third studio album by the rock band Iron Butterfly, released on January 17, 1969. After the enormous success of In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida, Iron Butterfly modified its acid-rock sound somewhat and experimented with more melodic compositions. The band's trademark heavy guitars, however, are still evident on such tracks as "In the Time of Our Lives" and "It Must Be Love". The album reached number 3 on the Billboard 200 charts, making Ball more immediately successful than In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. Ball was certified Gold in March 1969. It also spawned two minor hit singles: "Soul Experience", an uncharacteristically uplifting song for the group, went to number 75 on the Billboard charts, and despite its nightmarish musical tones and morbid lyrics, "In the Time of Our Lives" managed to reach number 96. This is the second and final studio album to feature the famous lineup of Ingle, Bushy, Dorman and Brann.

In 1999, Collector's Choice Music released Ball with two bonus tracks, "I Can't Help But Deceive You Little Girl" and "To Be Alone", which previously were available only on a 7" single although "I Can't Help But Deceive You Little Girl" had been released on the 1993 compilation Light and Heavy.

Reception

AllMusic rated Ball three out of five stars. Reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine explained that the quality "is wildly inconsistent", but that it "was a more ambitious album" than In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. He concluded by calling it "a more consistent album than their two previous records".

Track listing

Original LP