Sun and Steel is the sixth and final album released by Iron Butterfly

Iron Butterfly

Iron Butterfly is a US psychedelic rock band best known for the 1968 hit "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida".Their heyday was the late 1960s, but the band has been reincarnated with various members. In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida is the 31st best-selling album in the world, selling more than 25 million copies.-History:The...

 in 1975. It explores a wider variety of styles than any other Iron Butterfly album, yet always remains within the contemporary conventions of hard rock, aside from a foray into progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 on "I'm Right, I'm Wrong".

Reception

Allmusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine delivered a negative review of Sun and Steel, rating it one out of five stars. He said it "was an outright disastrous attempt at reshaping the band's signature sound to '70s hard rock conventions, lacking even the curiosity value of Scorching Beauty."

Side one

1. "Sun and Steel" – 4:01
2. "Lightnin'" (Bill DeMartines, Phillip Kramer) – 3:02
3. "Beyond the Milky Way" (Ron Bushy, DeMartines) – 3:38
4. "Free" – 2:41
5. "Scion" – 5:02

Side two

1. "Get It Out" – 2:53
2. "I'm Right, I'm Wrong" (DeMartines, Kramer) – 5:27
3. "Watch the World Going By" – 2:59
4. "Scorching Beauty" – 6:42

Singles

• "Beyond the Milky Way" b/w "Get It Out"
• "I'm Right, I'm Wrong" (3:50 edit) b/w "Scion" (3-minute edit)

Band members

• Erik Brann – guitars, lead vocals
• Ron Bushy
  Ron Bushy
  Ron Bushy is the drummer of the rock band Iron Butterfly.He was born in Washington, D.C. on December 23, 1945. He grew up in a military family, living in approximately 34 states during his youth...
  
   – drums
• Alex Quigley – marimba, backing vocals, tambourine
• Phil Kramer – bass, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Lightnin'" and "I'm Right I'm Wrong"
• Bill DeMartines – keyboards, backing vocals, lead vocal on "Beyond the Milky Way"