Complete List Of Mountain Songs From A to Z

Feature Photo: 14 Nov 1970, page 41, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Mountain formed in New York in 1969 around guitarist and vocalist Leslie West and bassist, vocalist, and producer Felix Pappalardi. Keyboardist Steve Knight and drummer N. D. Smart completed the first lineup. West had already built a following with the Vagrants, while Pappalardi was known for producing Cream albums including Disraeli Gears. Their new band combined blues, hard rock, melodic songwriting, and an unusually massive guitar sound that helped push rock music toward the heavier styles of the 1970s.

Mountain had played only a handful of concerts when it appeared at the Woodstock festival on August 16, 1969. The eleven-song set included “Blood of the Sun,” “Stormy Monday,” “Theme for an Imaginary Western,” “Long Red,” an early version of “For Yasgur’s Farm,” and “Southbound Train.” Corky Laing replaced Smart soon after Woodstock, creating the lineup of West, Pappalardi, Knight, and Laing heard on the band’s first studio album.

Climbing! arrived in 1970 and became Mountain’s most commercially successful studio album. It reached number seventeen on the Billboard 200 and included “Mississippi Queen,” which reached number twenty-one on the Billboard Hot 100. The album also featured “Never in My Life,” “For Yasgur’s Farm,” and Pappalardi’s lead vocal on “Theme for an Imaginary Western,” a Jack Bruce and Pete Brown composition that became one of the band’s defining recordings.

Nantucket Sleighride followed in 1971 and reached number sixteen on the Billboard 200. Later that year, Mountain released Flowers of Evil, an album divided between new studio material and a live performance recorded at the Fillmore East. Its second side centered on the extended “Dream Sequence,” which moved through a guitar solo, “Roll Over Beethoven,” “Dreams of Milk and Honey,” “Variations,” and “Swan Theme” before the album closed with a live “Mississippi Queen.”

The original group separated in 1972 after an intense period of recording and touring. West and Laing formed West, Bruce and Laing with former Cream bassist Jack Bruce, while Mountain’s live album Live: The Road Goes Ever On preserved “Long Red,” “Waiting to Take You Away,” “Crossroader,” and an extended “Nantucket Sleighride.” West and Pappalardi re-formed Mountain in 1973, recording the double live album Twin Peaks in Japan before releasing Avalanche in 1974. That record became Mountain’s final studio album with Pappalardi.

West and Laing revived Mountain again for Go for Your Life in 1985, two years after Pappalardi’s death. Later versions of the band released Man’s World in 1996 and Mystic Fire in 2002. Mountain’s eighth and final studio album, Masters of War, appeared in 2007 as a collection of Bob Dylan songs. Ozzy Osbourne contributed vocals to the title track, while Warren Haynes appeared on “Serve Somebody” and “The Times They Are A-Changin’.”

Mountain’s influence reached well beyond hard rock. The drum introduction from the Woodstock performance of “Long Red” became one of rock’s most frequently sampled breaks, appearing throughout hip-hop production. “Mississippi Queen” remained a classic-rock standard and later reached new audiences through films and video games. West’s thick guitar tone and economical soloing also influenced generations of hard rock and heavy metal players.

Leslie West continued recording and performing under his own name after Mountain’s final studio album. He died on December 23, 2020, at the age of seventy-five. Mountain’s recorded legacy remains anchored by eight studio albums, major live releases, the group’s historic Woodstock appearance, and a catalog that joined blues feeling, melodic composition, and some of the heaviest guitar work of its era.

Complete List Of Mountain Songs From A to Z

“(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction” – Avalanche (1974)
“Alisan” – Avalanche (1974)
“The Animal Trainer and the Toad” – Nantucket Sleighride (1971)
“Babe in the Woods” – Go for Your Life (1985)
“Back Where I Belong” – Avalanche (1974)
“Bardot Damage” – Go for Your Life (1985)
“Beside the Sea (Live at Woodstock)” – Live at Woodstock (8/16/1969) (2019)
“Better Off with the Blues” – Mystic Fire (2002)
“Blood of the Sun (Live at Woodstock)” – Live at Woodstock (8/16/1969) (2019)
“Blowin’ in the Wind (Acoustic Version)” – Masters of War (2007)
“Blowin’ in the Wind (Heavy Version)” – Masters of War (2007)
“Boys in the Band” – Climbing! (1970)
“Crest of a Slump” – Man’s World (1996)
“Crossroader” – Flowers of Evil (1971); live version on Live: The Road Goes Ever On (1972)
“Don’t Look Around” – Nantucket Sleighride (1971)
“Dreams of Milk and Honey” – Flowers of Evil (live, 1971)
“Dream Sequence” – Flowers of Evil (live, 1971)
“Everything Is Broken” – Masters of War (2007)
“Fever” – Mystic Fire (2002)
“Flowers of Evil” – Flowers of Evil (1971)
“For Yasgur’s Farm” – Climbing! (1970); live Woodstock recording released in 2019
“The Great Train Robbery” – Nantucket Sleighride (1971)
“Guitar Solo” – part of “Dream Sequence,” Flowers of Evil (live, 1971)
“Hard Times” – Go for Your Life (1985)
“Heart of Mine” – Masters of War (2007)
“Highway 61 Revisited” – Masters of War (2007)
“Hotel Happiness” – Man’s World (1996)
“I Look (Hit Mix)” – Man’s World bonus track (1996)
“I Look (Power Mix)” – Man’s World (1996)
“I Love to See You Fly” – Avalanche (1974)
“I Love Young Girls” – Go for Your Life (1985)
“Immortal” – Mystic Fire (2002)
“I’m Sorry” – Man’s World (1996)
“In Your Face” – Man’s World (1996)
“Is That Okay?” – Man’s World (1996)
“Johnny Comes Marching Home” – Mystic Fire (2002)
“King’s Chorale” – Flowers of Evil (1971)
“The Laird” – Climbing! (1970)
“Last of the Sunshine Days” – Avalanche (1974)
“Like a Rolling Stone” – Masters of War (2007)
“Little Bit of Insanity” – Go for Your Life (1985)
“Long Red (Live)” – Live: The Road Goes Ever On (1972); Woodstock performance also released in 2019
“Makin’ It in Your Car” – Go for Your Life (1985)
“Man’s World” – Man’s World (1996)
“Marble Peach / Rotten Peach” – Mystic Fire (2002)
“Masters of War” – Masters of War (2007)
“Mississippi Queen” – Climbing! (1970); live version on Flowers of Evil (1971)
“Mountain Express (Oh Boy)” – Mystic Fire (2002)
“Mr. Tambourine Man” – Masters of War (2007)
“Mutant X” – Mystic Fire (2002)
“My Lady” – Nantucket Sleighride (1971)
“Mystic Fire” – Mystic Fire (2002)
“Nantucket Sleighride (to Owen Coffin)” – Nantucket Sleighride (1971)
“Nantucket Sleighride (Redux)” – Mystic Fire (2002)
“Never in My Life” – Climbing! (1970)
“One Last Cold Kiss” – Flowers of Evil (1971)
“Pride and Passion” – Flowers of Evil (1971)
“Roll Over Beethoven” – part of “Dream Sequence,” Flowers of Evil (live, 1971)
“The Sea” – Mystic Fire (2002)
“Serve Somebody” – Masters of War (2007)
“Seven Days” – Masters of War (2007)
“She Loves Her Rock (And She Loves It Hard)” – Go for Your Life (1985)
“Shimmy on the Footlights” – Go for Your Life (1985)
“Silver Paper” – Climbing! (1970)
“Sister Justice” – Avalanche (1974)
“Sittin’ on a Rainbow” – Climbing! (1970)
“So Fine” – Man’s World (1996)
“Southbound Train (Live at Woodstock)” – Live at Woodstock (8/16/1969) (2019)
“Spark” – Go for Your Life (1985)
“Stormy Monday (Live at Woodstock)” – Live at Woodstock (8/16/1969) (2019)
“Subterranean Homesick Blues” – Masters of War (2007)
“Swamp Boy” – Avalanche (1974)
“Swan Theme” – part of “Dream Sequence,” Flowers of Evil (live, 1971)
“Taunta (Sammy’s Tune)” – Nantucket Sleighride (1971)
“Theme for an Imaginary Western” – Climbing! (1970)
“The Times They Are A-Changin'” – Masters of War (2007)
“Thunder” – Man’s World (1996)
“Thumbsucker” – Avalanche (1974)
“Tired Angels (to J.M.H.)” – Nantucket Sleighride (1971)
“To My Friend” – Climbing! (1970)
“Travellin’ in the Dark (to E.M.P.)” – Nantucket Sleighride (1971)
“Travellin’ in the Dark (to E.M.P.) (Live)” – Nantucket Sleighride reissue bonus track (2004)
“Variations” – part of “Dream Sequence,” Flowers of Evil (live, 1971)
“Waiting to Take You Away (Live)” – Live: The Road Goes Ever On (1972)
“Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” – Avalanche (1974)
“You Better Believe It” – Avalanche (1974)
“You Can’t Get Away” – Nantucket Sleighride (1971)
“You’ll Never Be Alone” – Man’s World (1996)