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Uriah Heep
Released 1998

Gypsy
06:36
821 plays

The Wizard
03:00
729 plays

July Morning
10:30
69 plays

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- 1
- Gypsy
- 06:36
- 821 plays

- 2
- Come Away Melinda
- 03:47
- 508 plays

- 3
- Bird Of Prey
- 04:05
- 652 plays

- 4
- I'll Keep On Trying
- 05:24
- 439 plays

- 5
- High Priestess
- 03:40
- 472 plays

- 6
- The Park
- 05:41
- 576 plays

- 7
- Lady in Black
- 04:42
- 246 plays

- 8
- Look At Yourself
- 05:08
- 684 plays

- 9
- July Morning
- 10:30
- 69 plays

- 10
- Tears In My Eyes
- 04:59
- 523 plays

- 11
- Love Machine
- 03:37
- 381 plays

- 12
- The Wizard
- 03:00
- 729 plays

- 13
- Why Fourteen Minutes
- 04:55
- 392 plays

- 14
- Traveller In Time
- 03:24
- 466 plays

- 15
- Easy Livin'
- 02:37
- 1,349 plays

- 16
- Circle Of Hands
- 06:27
- 433 plays

- 17
- Rainbow Demon
- 04:24
- 422 plays

- 18
- Paradise/The Spell
- 12:41
- 64 plays

- 19
- Sunrise
- 04:04
- 494 plays

- 20
- Blind Eye
- 03:34
- 397 plays

- 21
- The Magician's Birthday
- 10:19
- 69 plays

- 22
- Sweet Lorraine
- 04:15
- 527 plays

- 23
- Rain
- 03:59
- 328 plays

- 24
- Stealin'
- 04:49
- 2,207 plays

- 25
- Sweet Freedom
- 06:27
- 382 plays

- 26
- Wonderworld
- 04:28
- 302 plays

- 27
- The Easy Road
- 02:40
- 318 plays

- 28
- Return to Fantasy
- 05:48
- 139 plays

- 29
- Footprints In The Snow
- 03:53
- 298 plays

- 30
- Weep In Silence
- 05:06
- 343 plays

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album review

To irritate snobbish rock critics in the 1970s, all a band had to do was play heavy metal or progressive rock. Imagine their horror when Uriah Heep came along and consciously fused both styles. Uriah Heep was the subject of one vicious critic's infamous quote, "If this group makes it, I'll have to commit suicide." Well then, this critic is probably dead, because the British band did achieve widespread success. 1998's two-CD Classic Heep: An Anthology is a terrific compilation of Uriah Heep's 1970-1976 prime. The 30 songs are taken from nine studio albums: Uriah Heep (Very 'Eavy, Very 'Umble in the U.K.), Salisbury, Look at Yourself, Demons and Wizards, The Magician's Birthday, Sweet Freedom, Wonderworld, Return to Fantasy, and High and Mighty. It surely won't inspire a serious critical re-examination of Uriah Heep, but it should. The band was aggressively experimental, and while not everything worked, during its peak years vocalist David Byron, guitarist Mick Box, keyboardist/guitarist Ken Hensley, bass guitarists Gary Thain and John Wetton, and drummer Lee Kerslake tried it all. Musically, Uriah Heep relied on Byron's dramatic vocals, Box's gritty guitar crunch, Hensley's rumbling keyboards, and Thain's (later Wetton's) busy bass licks, and the band's harmony vocals and background "aah"s and "ooh"s were unique. Of course, Uriah Heep's two most famous songs, "Stealin'" and "Easy Livin'," are included. "Stealin'," a staple of classic rock radio, is the band's best: a powerfully tight, explosive lament from a penitent, ashamed outlaw. "Easy Livin'," the band's only U.S. Top 40 hit, is a catchy, full-bore rocker. Other notable cuts are "Gypsy," "Bird of Prey," "Lady in Black," "Rainbow Demon," "Blind Eye," "Sweet Lorraine," "Wonderworld," "Return to Fantasy," "Weep in Silence," and the ambitious epics "July Morning," "Paradise/The Spell," and "The Magician's Birthday." The detailed liner notes include an insightful essay by Hensley. ~ Bret Adams, All Music Guide