Label: Teichicu Records Co. Ltd. (Japan), TECP-18012
Style: Hard Rock, Hard Pop
Country: London, England
Time: 37:27
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 244 Mb
Charts: UK #18, AUS #19, CAN #5, GER #12, AUT #9, NOR #2, SWE #13, US #33, FIN #2, JPN #45. UK: Silver; US: Gold.
You
might think they've settled down a bit after giant success of their
million seller double live vinyl. No way! Band was heading for another
studio release. This time Uriah Heep moved into France for tax purposes.
New album called "Sweet Freedom" sounded heavier with colors of and
intense shakin' rock'n' roll in songs like Dreamer and R&B oriented
Stealin'. "The Magician Birthday" was a pure dreamland, I mean a record
where you could fully switch off your conciseness, while entering into
world of your dreams. "Sweet Freedom" also contains strong dreamy
moments but at the same vein offers more earthly and punchier shapes of
rock... and roll than it's predecessor. It strikes very intense right
from the start with Dreamer, where David is accompanied with some
astonishing guitar lead hooks by Mick with his usual enthusiastic
squealing wah wah guitar language. Band did complain a lot over
recording conditions in new studio, but with "Sweet Freedom" as band's
sixth studio album, Uriah Heep produced the heaviest sound so far.
With
passionate band's all time classic Stealin' Urah Heep proved again that
composing of smashing hits was always among their strongest trademarks.
After short mid tempo rollin' jam One Day, Uriah Heep takes the
listener with title track into world of dreams, surely a first
atmospheric highlight on a record. Massive chunky Hensley's Hammond
dashing and fantastic tender approach of soulful David sourounded with
angelic back vocal choir are fantastic counter points which in same vein
draw expressive contrasts inside songs and establish many
spine-tingling climaxes.
What follows next is fantastic continuing of
this high ambinet with If I Had A Time. Well this song was actually
written by Hensley back in 1971 and here on this very special re-release
it is included among few bonuses as a version performed by Ken on grand
piano and lead vocals with a little help from his friends Simon Kirke
(Free/ Bad Company) and Paul Kossoff (Free/Back Street Crawler). I was
in seventh heaven as a huge Free fan when I found this version included
here on this reissue. Funnily enough, but at same time as I bought
renewed version of "Sweet Freedom", I also did The Spencer Davies Group
re-release of their forth album "Living In A Back Street" where SDG
bonus We Can Give It A Try with special guest Gary Thain playing bass
guitar is included. A track recorded back in 1974, so in times of Gary's
splitting with Uriah Heep.
(full version: firegoat.com/eng/?id=5&d=211)
01. Dreamer (03:43)
02. Stealin' (04:53)
03. One Day (02:47)
04. Sweet Freedom (06:34)
05. If I Had The Time (05:41)
06. Seven Stars (03:51)
07. Circus (02:45)
08. Pilgrim (07:09)
Thanks for this UH cd
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