ALBUM: Uriah Heep
MVC Rating (3.0/$$$$)
Named after the despicable Dicken’s character, Uriah Heep can be viewed in two ways. The worst way is that they are clunky slog rockers that sound no better than the worst songs by Jethro Tull (minus flute) and Deep Purple.
Another, more upbeat way would be to describe them as progressive rock practitioners with a loyal fan base and many years of output.
I am handicapped in that I only have one album, their first, released in 1970. And based on this album, I lean towards the former description rather than the latter.
The band features wah-wah guitar, heavy organ elements, and generic rock singing. This is in the era when I was listening to the previously reviewed UFO. After several decades, I remembered most all of the songs on my UFO albums. I didn’t remember any of these except the lead-off on side 2 called ‘Dreamare’ (yes that’s the title!) It has a La La La chorus and that’s what I remember.
Nevertheless, they made 24 albums together and sold 45 million records. So there you go.
They did have a song or two on other albums I enjoyed. One was a song many may remember called ‘Easy Living.’
The intro to Uriah Heep’s “Easy Living” sounds just like the intro to ABBA’s “Waterloo”.
Ha. You’re right. Seems to be about the best song Uriah Heep did — I’m not so impressed with rest, of my album anyway.