United Kingdom
Hard Rock, Progressive Rock, AOR, Pop Rock, Folk Rock, British Folk Rock
An amazing first album. Very different from Demons and Wizards and Magician's Birthday albums. It's a complete Heavy Progressive Rock album.
The opening song Gypsy tells the story of a short gypsy. In the story told in the language of the man who fell in love with the gypsy girl, the man is forced to enter into a power struggle with the woman's father.
Although Walking in Your Shadow, which came right after it, has a structure that symbolizes the next albums, it has the bad luck of coming after a track like Gypsy. Despite the high-end quality of the piece, Gypsy's being "more" surpasses it.
Come Away Melinda, which is one of the songs identified with Heep and ranked third on the album, is actually a cover, that is, a reinterpreted song. Melinda, made as a song with anti-war lyrics by Fred Hellerman and Fran Minkoff, first appeared on Harry Belafonte's 1963 album Streets I Have Walked. It has been reinterpreted many times later, one of the best of which is the Uriah Heep version.
And the blues pride of the album is Lucy Blues. Hensley's piano movements and Box's calm guitar combined with Byron's magnificent voice. It is a special piece, completely different from all the tracks that will be included in Heep's later albums.
Dreammare, which has perhaps one of the best intros of rock music, Real Turned On, whose melodic structure is divided differently by Byron's vocals, and I'll Keep On Trying ending, which gives pleasure from beginning to end and makes one want to run furiously on the grass, with its completely different structure. The piece is like preparation for Wake Up (Set Your Sights).
With Wake Up, Heep hits both the album and his musical understanding and closes the issue. The next album signals that everything will be different in Salisbury.
Members
Mick Box (guitar, vocals), David Byron (vocals, 1969-76), Ken Hensley (keyboards, guitar, vocals, 1969-80), Paul Newton (bass, vocals, 1969-71), Alex Napier (drums, 1969-70), Nigel Olsson (drums, percussion, 1970), Keith Baker (drums, 1970), Iain Clark (drums, 1970-71), Mark Clarke (bass, 1971-72), Lee Kerslake (drums, percussion, 1971-79, 1981-2007), Gary Thain (bass, 1972-75), John Wetton (bass, keyboards, vocals, 1975-76), John Lawton (vocals, 1976-79), Trevor Bolder (bass, 1976-81, 1983-2013), John Sloman (vocals, piano, percussion, 1979-80), Chris Slade (drums, percussion, 1979-80), Gregg Dechert (keyboards, 1980), John Sinclair (keyboards, vocals, 1981-86), Peter Goalby (vocals, 1981-85), Bob Daisley (bass, vocals, 1981-83), Phil Lanzon (keyboards, vocals, 1986-present), Steff Fontaine (vocals, 1986), Bernie Shaw (vocals, 1986-present), Russell Gilbrook (drums, 2007-present), Dave Rimmer (bass, 2013-present)
Track Listing
1. Gypsy (6:38)
2. Walking in Your Shadow (4:30)
3. Come Away Melinda (3:48)
4. Lucy Blues (5:08)
5. Dreammare (4:37)
6. Real Turned On (3:39)
7. I'll Keep On Trying (5:27)
8. Wake Up (Set Your Sights) (6:20)
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