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Uriah Heep - Innocent Victim Audio CD

A fair review of the Uriah Heep "Innocent Victim" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Uriah Heep reviews here, or go back to the Uriah Heep tabs.

Uriah Heep Band: Uriah Heep
Title: Innocent Victim
Rating:
Release Date: 2004-08-09
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Keep on Ridin' 2: Flyin' High 3: Roller 4: Free 'n' Easy 5: Illusion 6: Free Me 7: Cheat 'n' Lie 8: Dance 9: Choices 10: Illusion/Masquerade [Full Unedited Version][*] 11: River [*][Outtake]

2o melhor da fase

A sonoridade mantém o estilo do Firefly. 2o melhor registro da era Lawton, quando o Heep ainda tinha um time de primeira qualidade. Destaque para os bônus, especialmente Illusion/Masquerade, que percebemos a edição do lançamento original, onde apenas tinhamos Illusion, inserida no LP original. Maquerade foi para o single da época.
Todas os discos das primeiras fases do Heep foram relançados com bônus e lines notes que valem muito a pena.
4 estrelas porque 5 fica para Firefly.


Heep starts down the commercial path


This album takes a more commercial approach than Firefly. Innocent Victim was the followup to Firefly and the 2nd of 3 John Lawton era albums. One can't deny the success of such of move as this era of Uriah Heep was the biggest in many non - English speaking countries. This album had a more guitar oriented rock sound than Firefly.

Despite the commercial direction of this album, there is still a couple of gems traditional Heep fans will enjoy (Illusion/Masqueraide, The Dance, The River, Free 'n" Easy)

Song by song review.

Keep on Rollin - Sounds like the Doobie Brothers of the early 1970's. Not bad, but doesn't stand out.

Flying High - See above. Very similar to Keep on Riding.

Roller - The first Trevor Bolder song in his long career with Heep. This has a reggae feel to it. More experimental than the first two.

Free 'n' Easy - Uriah Heep released the wrong single with the word "Free" in the title in late 1977. This song should have been released instead of Free Me. This is the hardest and fastest song on the album. The twin guitar attack on this track is one of the highlights of the album.

Illusion - The most progressive rock sounding track on the album. This has a soft spacey feel to it. The only thing that is lacking is that the second part of the song is cut off. That is retified with the complete version of Illusion/Masquerade later in the album.

Free Me. - The biggest hit for Uriah Heep in many non English speaking European countries. Has a country rock sound and feel oot it that is similar to the early 7's Eagles.

Cheat 'n' Lie. - A southern rock song. Sound like it was recorded by Lynyrd Skynyrd, Molly Hacket, Blackfoot (the group song writer Ken Hensley would join once he left Heep).

The Dance. - A return to the mystical lyrics of the early 70's. This has a reggae feel to it like Roller. One of the better tracks on the album. John Lawton sounds like Ronnie James Dio on this and several other tracks on this album.

Choices. - One of the best tracks on this album. This song has it all. It starts out slowly and then rises high in its crescendal with Lawton's vocal's and Lee Kerslake's drum work. Great lyrics as well.

Illusion/Masquerade - Why this song was never included in it's entirity on the original album is beyond me. This song combines two different songs like "Paradide/The Spell" on Demons & Wizards. Masquerade is a progressive track featuring accoustic guitars. Very nice competition.

The River - The best song on the album. Wonder why this was left off the original album as well. This song could have been performed by the Dio era Rainbow. It has a similar sound. The bass playing of Trevor Bolder is the highlight of this song. The guitar work in this song has to be heard to believe.

Put Your Music Where Your Mouth Live - A hard guitar oriented rock song that is not polished enough for an album. A practice session demo.

There is also live versions of Cheat 'n' Lie, "Free Me", and "Free 'n' Easy" The highlight is "Free Me". The live version has much more life to it than the studio version.

Overall not a bad album. It starts the irreversible commercial direction of Heap, but has enough jems on it to compensate for that.


One of Uriah Heep's finest
Lawton's voice is powerful and they way he's singing is perfectly suited for hard rock. John Lawton recorded three studio albums ("Firefly", "Innocent victim" and "Fallen angel") with Uriah Heep, and they are all very good. The material on "Innocent victim" is strong, melodic and sometimes influenced by gospel. This album is clearly not the world's most known record but it is certainly a gem for all of us who like hard rock from the 1970's. The approach is different from the bands early days when they often had a tendency to be too loud, too noisy, too rattling.


Classic Heep Album
CHOICES, is the greatest song I've ever heard in my life was written by Jack Williams (not a band member). John Lawton's Strong and Powerful voice on this his second Album with Uriah Heep was distintive from a more Melodious and Hamornic David Byron, but the change did make this a Fantastic Uriah Heep album. Free Me ,is by far Uriah's biggest chart topper. 1977 Firefly and this one are underated albums but go down as Classic Heep.


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