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Uriah Heep - Abominog Audio CD

A fair review of the Uriah Heep "Abominog" 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: Abominog
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Release Date: 2005-04-04
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Too Scared to Run 2: Chasing Shadows 3: On the Rebound 4: Hot Night in a Cold Town 5: Running All Night (With the Lion) 6: That's the Way That It Is 7: Prisoner 8: Hot Persuasion 9: Sell Your Soul 10: Think It Over 11: Son of a Bitch [From Abominog Junior EP] 12: Tin Soldier [From Abominog Junior EP] 13: Think It Over [Video Soundtrack][*] 14: Too Scared to Run [Live][*] 15: Sell Your Soul [Live][*] 16: That's the Way That It Is [Live][*]

old school still rocks!
Great album and brings back many memories. I bought this cd in 83' when it first came out on vinyl.


awesome Uriah Heep
Music like this has been lost to time but classic rock fans know that time brings all great things back to the present day. a great album by a great band.


One Tremendous Comeback
Back in the day, a year away from the studio or off the road was a recipe for disaster. Nowadays, it is quite common for a band can take a hiatus from recording/touring for a couple of years. But guitarist Mick Box went against the norm in 1982 and Uriah Heep roared back onto the scene.

The band had spent several years trying to reinvent itself while keeping an ambitious recording/touring schedule before calling it quits in 1980. But Box used the time off to plot a sustainable course for the band, which included the return of drummer Lee Kerslake - who brought bassist Bob Daisley from their stint with Ozzy - along with vocalist Peter Goalby and keyboardist John Sinclair.

Five of the 10 original tracks are covers, but the unbridled "take no prisoners" approach to the sound brings back fond memories to the gothic metal from earlier albums, but with the drive that was looking to the future. Box shines on the top cut - Too Scared to Run - while Sinclair takes the reigns on Chasing Shadows and Hot Persuasion fits neatly in the harder-edge AOR sound that was finding airplay on FM radio. The best cover is Prisoner (lyrics by D. B. Cooper/performed by Sue Saad and the Next), with That's the Way That It Is (Paul Bliss/The Bliss Band) very close behind.

The album cover may be chilling for some, but the music inside - bolstered by six bonus tracks - sizzles. This was a tremendous comeback by a band that had imploded in 1980. .


SCARY COVER AWESOME ROCK N' ROLL
ON THE REBOUND AND PRISONER ARE SONGS THAT YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF PLAYING OVER AND OVER AGAIN. THIS ALBUM HAS TO HAVE THE SCARIEST ALBUM COVER I HAVE EVER SEEN; HOWEVER, THE MUSIC ON THIS ALBUM WILL KICK YOUR BUTT. THOSE TWO TRACKS ALONE ARE ENOUGH MAKE THIS ONE A CLASSIC.


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