Uriah Heep - High & Mighty
Vinyl, 12" [LP/180 Gram/Printed Inner Sleeve/Replica Cover](Reissue 2015)
Жанр: Pop/ Rock
Стиль: Acid Rock, Album Rock, Arena Rock, Hard Rock, Classic Rock, Heavy Metal, Art Rock, Art-Rock / Experimental, British Metal, Progressive Rock, Prog-Rock, Ballad
Страна: ВЕЛИКОБРИТАНИЯ (UK)
Дата первоначального релиза: 1976
Дата релиза: 2015-10-19
Лейбл: Sanctuary Records Group Ltd./ BMG
Кол-во носителей: 1
Штрих-код: 5 414939 929564
Кат. номер: Sanctuary Records – BMGRM093LP
Количество треков: 10
Длительность: 39:20
Состояние пластинки: New! (Sealed/ Sealed)! Новая! Запечатана!
Стиль: Acid Rock, Album Rock, Arena Rock, Hard Rock, Classic Rock, Heavy Metal, Art Rock, Art-Rock / Experimental, British Metal, Progressive Rock, Prog-Rock, Ballad
Страна: ВЕЛИКОБРИТАНИЯ (UK)
Дата первоначального релиза: 1976
Дата релиза: 2015-10-19
Лейбл: Sanctuary Records Group Ltd./ BMG
Кол-во носителей: 1
Штрих-код: 5 414939 929564
Кат. номер: Sanctuary Records – BMGRM093LP
Количество треков: 10
Длительность: 39:20
Состояние пластинки: New! (Sealed/ Sealed)! Новая! Запечатана!
A1. One Way Or Another/ Vocals – John Wetton, Ken Hensley - 4:37
A2. Weep In Silence - 5:09
A3. Misty Eyes - 4:15
A4. Midnight - 5:40
B1. Can't Keep A Good Band Down - 3:40
B2. Woman Of The World - 3:10
B3. Footprints In The Snow - 3:56
B4. Can't Stop Singing - 3:15
B5. Make A Little Love - 3:24
B6. Confession - 2:14
A2. Weep In Silence - 5:09
A3. Misty Eyes - 4:15
A4. Midnight - 5:40
B1. Can't Keep A Good Band Down - 3:40
B2. Woman Of The World - 3:10
B3. Footprints In The Snow - 3:56
B4. Can't Stop Singing - 3:15
B5. Make A Little Love - 3:24
B6. Confession - 2:14
High & Mighty — девятый студийный альбом британской рок-группы Uriah Heep, выпущенный лейблом Bronze Records в июне 1976 года.
Последний альбомом Uriah Heep, в котором участвовал вокалист и основатель Дэвид Байрон.
Переиздание классического альбома великой группы на 180-граммовом виниле с лирикой и описанием на внутреннем конверте и оригинальным артворком. Идентичное оформление первому оригинальному британскому изданию.
High and Mighty is the ninth studio album by British hard rock band Uriah Heep, released in 1976 by Bronze Records in the UK and Warner Bros. Records in the US. High and Mighty was the last Uriah Heep album to feature vocalist and founding member David Byron, who was subsequently fired due to his troubles with alcohol (he later died in 1985).
John Wetton and Ken Hensley shared vocal duties on the single "One Way or Another".
The original vinyl release was a single sleeve, with the lyrics reproduced on the inner liner.
The album was not well received, as stylistically it veered from their earlier progressive rock vein into more mainstream territory, and lacked the group's signature lengthy compositions and fantastical subject matter. "Several of the songs find the band flirting with pop elements in a way that doesn't complement their hard rocking style", said Donald A. Guarisco in his retrospective AllMusic review. He added that High and Mighty "shows flashes of the group's old firepower, but is ultimately sunk by a combination of unfocused experimentation and uneven songwriting". Martin Popoff called the album "effeminate, illogical, overblown, grasping for straws", citing only the song "One Way or Another" as "promising" and the rest a squandering of "the band's flickering talents".
Personnel:
Uriah Heep:
David Byron – lead vocals (except "One Way or Another")
Mick Box – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar
Ken Hensley – organ, piano, Moog synthesizer, tubular bells, electric piano, guitar, slide guitar, acoustic guitar, electric 12-string guitar, pedal steel guitar, vocals (lead vocals on "One Way or Another")
John Wetton – bass guitar, mellotron, electric piano, vocals (lead vocals on "One Way or Another")
Lee Kerslake – drums, percussion, vocals
Production:
Ashley Howe – engineer
Peter Gallen – engineer on tracks 1 and 7
John Gallen – assistant engineer
Alan Corbeth – mastering at RCA Studios, London
Mike Brown and Robert Corich – remastering (1997 and 2004 reissues)
Рейтинг:
AllMusic: 2*/ 5
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: 4/10
Muzon-Market ( MM): 5.5*/10
Charts
(Album Chart (1976)/ Position):
Norwegian Albums Chart/ 4
Dutch MegaCharts/ 14
Swedish Albums Chart/ 21
Finnish Albums Chart/ 27
German Albums Chart/ 48
UK Albums Chart/ 55
Billboard 200 (US)/ 161
*****
Рок-группа Uriah Heep была основана в Лондоне в 1969 году и с успехом выступает до сих пор. Всемирная слава пришла к коллективу после выхода альбомов Look at Yourself, Demons and Wizards и The Magician's Birthday, которые считаются классикой хард-рока. 12 пластинок группы отмечались в хит-параде UK Albums Chart, всего же было продано свыше 40 миллионов копий их альбомов.
*****
Над релизом работали:
Bass – John Wetton
Drums – Lee Kerslake
Electric Guitar – Mick Box
Keyboards – Ken Hensley
Vocals – David Byron
Заметки:
Produced and arranged by Uriah Heep. Recorded at Roundhouse Recording Studios, London, between December1975 and March 1976.
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Последний альбомом Uriah Heep, в котором участвовал вокалист и основатель Дэвид Байрон.
Переиздание классического альбома великой группы на 180-граммовом виниле с лирикой и описанием на внутреннем конверте и оригинальным артворком. Идентичное оформление первому оригинальному британскому изданию.
High and Mighty is the ninth studio album by British hard rock band Uriah Heep, released in 1976 by Bronze Records in the UK and Warner Bros. Records in the US. High and Mighty was the last Uriah Heep album to feature vocalist and founding member David Byron, who was subsequently fired due to his troubles with alcohol (he later died in 1985).
John Wetton and Ken Hensley shared vocal duties on the single "One Way or Another".
The original vinyl release was a single sleeve, with the lyrics reproduced on the inner liner.
The album was not well received, as stylistically it veered from their earlier progressive rock vein into more mainstream territory, and lacked the group's signature lengthy compositions and fantastical subject matter. "Several of the songs find the band flirting with pop elements in a way that doesn't complement their hard rocking style", said Donald A. Guarisco in his retrospective AllMusic review. He added that High and Mighty "shows flashes of the group's old firepower, but is ultimately sunk by a combination of unfocused experimentation and uneven songwriting". Martin Popoff called the album "effeminate, illogical, overblown, grasping for straws", citing only the song "One Way or Another" as "promising" and the rest a squandering of "the band's flickering talents".
Personnel:
Uriah Heep:
David Byron – lead vocals (except "One Way or Another")
Mick Box – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar
Ken Hensley – organ, piano, Moog synthesizer, tubular bells, electric piano, guitar, slide guitar, acoustic guitar, electric 12-string guitar, pedal steel guitar, vocals (lead vocals on "One Way or Another")
John Wetton – bass guitar, mellotron, electric piano, vocals (lead vocals on "One Way or Another")
Lee Kerslake – drums, percussion, vocals
Production:
Ashley Howe – engineer
Peter Gallen – engineer on tracks 1 and 7
John Gallen – assistant engineer
Alan Corbeth – mastering at RCA Studios, London
Mike Brown and Robert Corich – remastering (1997 and 2004 reissues)
Рейтинг:
AllMusic: 2*/ 5
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: 4/10
Muzon-Market ( MM): 5.5*/10
Charts
(Album Chart (1976)/ Position):
Norwegian Albums Chart/ 4
Dutch MegaCharts/ 14
Swedish Albums Chart/ 21
Finnish Albums Chart/ 27
German Albums Chart/ 48
UK Albums Chart/ 55
Billboard 200 (US)/ 161
*****
Рок-группа Uriah Heep была основана в Лондоне в 1969 году и с успехом выступает до сих пор. Всемирная слава пришла к коллективу после выхода альбомов Look at Yourself, Demons and Wizards и The Magician's Birthday, которые считаются классикой хард-рока. 12 пластинок группы отмечались в хит-параде UK Albums Chart, всего же было продано свыше 40 миллионов копий их альбомов.
*****
Над релизом работали:
Bass – John Wetton
Drums – Lee Kerslake
Electric Guitar – Mick Box
Keyboards – Ken Hensley
Vocals – David Byron
Заметки:
Produced and arranged by Uriah Heep. Recorded at Roundhouse Recording Studios, London, between December1975 and March 1976.
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