![]() ![]() Mick Box guitar playing style and Byron's singing style that make this band ![]() Almost all tracks are straightįorward hard rock music with great vocal, unique guitar sound, excellent bass, punchy This band with PINK FLOYD, YES, ELP, or KING CRIMSON. You would hardly regret on your decision. Well, I don't want to dwell into more details as it consumes your time reading it. My land for an enemy / Came across love's sweet cost / And in the face of beauty / Evil Touchy organ intro followed by nice lyric "Circle of hands/ cold spirits plan / Searching I also like "Circle of Hands" which has a I had tried to find you / Day after day on that windy road / I had walked behind you".Īll other tracks are equally excellent tracks. Recently, includes ex ROYAL HUNT's singer DC COOPER. It's amazing Gary Thain man! (You should also listen to KEEF Hey, if you listen to this track, observe how theīass guitar is played. "Easy Livin'" is also an upbeat rock music with Their music is simple but able to create an " wow! What a nice voice! I enjoy this album Repeating my cassette of this album in 1972, my mom (then 45) also loved this band. The acoustic guitar part of "The Wizard" had colored my childhood really. Listening to rock music than going to school, really. My childhoodĭays were filled by the music of that band in my school spirit. RAILROAD), "Hobo" (LUCIFER'S FRIEND) and "Space Shanty" (KHAN). Even, thisĪlbum represents my first introduction to rock music in my "right-placed" childhood,Īltogether with "Fools" (DEEP PURPLE), "I can See Him In The Morning" (GRAND FUNK Let's stop the discussion on music boundary and talk straight about this album.ĭefinitely this album is a masterpiece (wheter it is prog or not) musically. LUCIFER's FRIEND is much prog compared to URIAH HEEP. ![]() And to me, this one album does not justify to conclude this band asĪ prog band. But I never dare to say that this band is a prog band except But "Demon's and Wizards" is a prog album? Give me a their SALISBURY album is definitely a prog rock am I in the right space? Where am I? URIAH HEEP! Is it a progīand?. An edited version of this track was released as a single B side, but other than that, this absolute gem was for many years generally unavailable. The recently released deluxe remaster has 5 bonus tracks including an extended version of "Why". In another moment of inspiration, Roger Dean was asked to design the excellent cover, which looks so much better on the gatefold sleeve of an LP. I'm sure you get the message though, this album is the pinnacle, a work of pure genius. Had the other tracks appeared on any other album, I would have been listing them individually with glowing praise. It sends shivers up my spine every time I hear it. The centre point is a choral backed slide guitar solo by Hensley, which on its own would have made an excellent single in the "Sylvia" (Focus) vein. It has a complex structure with a multitude of vocal styles, and time changes a plenty. "The spell" was in many ways a predecessor for Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody". "Paradise" is a soft acoustic number, on which Byron and Hensley alternate the vocals on the repeating choruses. It is two separate pieces, which happen to combine well together. The closing two part track "Paradise/The spell", is awesome. "Circle of hands" is similar in structure to "July Morning" from the previous album, with a repeating instrumental conclusion. The Hammond organ and lead guitar combine with a great bass line from Thain, to provide the basis for this brief masterpiece. "Easy Livin'" is wonderful three minute burst of driving rock, with everything turned up to 11. The opening track, "The wizard" is an acoustic number, which finds David Byron in his best vocal form. The album is supremely melodic, and much less "'eavy" than previous albums. These were the final pieces which would see Uriah Heep creating it's finest works. Ken Hensley was now fully installed as the main composer with the band, and had just entered his "fantasy" phase. This was the first album recorded by the "classic" line up, with Lee Kerslake (drums), and Gary Thain (bass), completing the quintet. That misgiving soon vanished however, and ever since it has taken pride of place in my collection. I do remember however when I first heard it, the one minor criticism I had at the time was that, when compared to the previous "Look at yourself", there were too few instrumental breaks. I must admit to finding it somewhat difficult to write dispassionately about this album, since for the last 30+ years it has been my all time favourite. ![]()
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