Posted Tuesday, Ma| Review this album | Report (Review #115812) Not yet a disaster but only deserving two IMO this is the weakest Heep effort so far. I guess that it wasĭue to the lack of originality of the Heep in those days. Of course, especially "Something Or Nothing" but they won't raise the quality of theĪlbum unlike previous ones in which the bonuses were really good. The remastered edition features some bonus tracks : remixes or live versions. A bit too much elevator-type music for me though. An average rocky one : notĭisturbing nor too boring. "What Can I Do" is a typical middle of the road song. (again, this is a Heep trademark, whoever holds the bass so far). A good song though, full of great keyboards and bass playing "Dreams" is one of the highlights (but would never have been considered as such on The worse is probably reached with "We Got We". It features a great Box on guitar and it's one of the best track of this album. Did they try and match Mark III Purple and theirīluesy oriented sound at times with Hughes ? I don't know. It will not achieve toĪpproach this legendary number but it is good enough to raise a bit the level of this The end result is not bad when compared to the other tracks. The Heep tried (once more) to reproduce "Easy Livin' " with "Something Or Nothing" : What happens to the Heep ? Strings and trumpets ! I must be dreaming. The syrupy "The Easy Road" is very poor (thank god, it is a very short one). One of the best song of this album,īut not a classic to be remembered. Rather poor : no words to describe it.įortunately, "So Tired" is a good hard rockin' tune. (listen to the finale of this song to be convinced). One of their weakest track so far is "The Shadows And The Wind" : sometimes ridiculous "Suicidal Man" hasĪ catchy melody and is quite a good hard rock song. The past and their current (not talking about their future) production. This album will clearly mark a line between the great moments the Heep has achieved in Great melody but not quite usual a track for the Heep. Posted Thursday, J| Review this album | Report (Review #31329)įor the second time in their history, the album opener is a ballad : "Wonderworld" : Two of these are live versions of tracks on the album, one a slightly extended version, and three are tracks recorded as part of the sessions for the album, but not originally included on it. The recently released "deluxe" remaster has excellent sleeve notes and packaging, and includes 6 additional tracks. In all, "Wonderworld" is another solid album by the classic line up, but the cracks are definitely beginning to show It does lack the knockout punch of other albums by that line up. It's a very good track though, if slightly lacking in the impact which previous final tracks have had. The final track "Dreams" has a melody which sounds very similar to the old single "Windmills of your mind" by Noel Harrison. On side two of the album, "I won't mind" is a plodding blues, and despite the excellent guitar work, one of the most disappointing Heep tracks of the period. "The Easy road" is one of those lovely soft Hensley ballads, which he appeared to write with Byron's vocal prowess in mind. "The shadows and the wind" has Heep's most complex ever vocals arrangement, almost Beach Boys like in structure, if not sound. The opening title track is a power ballad, with soft melodic verses and a sweeping chorus it is reminiscent of "Sunrise" from "The Magician's birthday". "Wonderworld", Hensley's name for his dream world where he finds inspiration for many of his songs, continued the slightly softer more melodic approach of its predecessor "Sweet Freedom". In fact they only recorded four studio albums together, although the nucleus of the band (Box, Byron, Hensley, and from "Demons and Wizards" on Kerslake) recorded more. With the soon to come sacking and subsequent death of Gary Thain, it seems incredible that this was to be the last album by the line up which has come to be regarded as Uriah Heep's finest. Corich w/ 4 bonus tracksĬD Sanctuary Midline - SMRCD012 (2004, Europe) Remaster w/ 6 bonus tracks Michael Gibbs / orchestral arrangements (5) Releases informationĬD Legacy Records - LLMCD-3017 (1989, Sweden)ĬD Essential - ESMCD 380 (1996, UK) Remastered by Mike Brown & Robert M. Lee Kerslake / drums, percussion, backing vocals Ken Hensley / keyboards, guitars, backing vocals * Previously unreleased Line-up / Musicians The Easy Road (live version recorded at Shepperton 1974) (2:53) * Something or Nothing (live version recorded at Shepperton 1974) (3:09) *ġ3. Dreams (unedited long version) (7:08) *ġ2. Bonus tracks on 1996 Essential remaster :ġ1.
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