Mountain: Avalanche 1974

"'Avalanche"' is somewhat of an underrated gem. Leslie West"'s mean guitar tone prevails throughout the majority of the album, leading off with a cover of ""Whole Lotta Shakin"' Goin"' On"", while adding a loose remake of ""Satisfaction"". And the free-wheelin"' ""You Better Believe It"" serves as a proto stoner guitar workout, as the big man commands with a furious six string assault of distortion and fuzz, and cowbell fills augment the nearly-six-minute jamming cut. ""Sister Justice"" rolls behind a cool riff and a full-on "'70s groove. With guitarist David Perry, Corky Laing on the drums and Felix Pappalardi on keys & bass guitar this is definitely the most consistent and hardest rocking Mountain album in their discography.