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Uriah Heep - Return To Fantasy [Remastered & Extended]

Artist: Uriah Heep

Album: Return To Fantasy

Genre: Rock

Orig Release: May 1975

Remastered Release Date: Aug 24, 2004

Label: Sanctuary UK

Discs: 1

Format: MP 3

Bitrate: 320 kB/s

Channels: Stereo

Samplerate: 44100

Size: 148 MB (10% recovery record)

Cover: Yes

Total Time: 57:42

True to its title, Return to Fantasy does return to the organ-led epics that many felt were Uriah Heep’s strongest suit. The album is otherwise notable for the addition of bassist John Wetton (also credited here with the mellotron, as if), who replaced Gary Thain. Uriah Heep’s music is something of an acquired taste; its success has usually rested on the shoulders of Ken Hensley (his organ is often the lead instrument, while his synthesizers give the pieces a much-needed sense of atmosphere) and vocalist David Byron, a solid singer with a middling taste for mystical imagery. In the case of songs like “Return to Fantasy,” “Beautiful Dream” and “A Year Or A Day,” the band takes the high road, not quite leaving the earth in its pursuit of prog rock’s vaunted heights, but as pleasant a journey as you’d share with Nektar and other bands steeped in the idioms of the time. The trouble with the band in general (and this album in particular) is that prog rock is simply part of a contemporary musical diet for them which also includes hard rock, country rock and the occasional rock ballad. Although not succinct songwriters like The Eagles, there are moments (especially Hensley’s “Your Turn to Remember”) when a commercial crossover seems within reach. And yet the band’s considerable musical arsenal feels like so much overkill on ordinary hard rock targets like “Prima Donna,” “Shady Lady” and “Devil’s Daughter.” Return to Fantasy, like album rock itself in the mid ‘70s, was trying to straddle two worlds as concise four-minute songs began to eclipse extended headphone jams on the radio. Generally, the albums from this transitional period (Sweet Freedom through Firefly) are best left as a second course to anyone who's already gobbled up the classic Heep albums before it.

CREDITS

MICK BOX -- guitars

DAVID BYRON -- lead vocals

KEN HENSLEY -- keyboards, guitars, synthesizers, vocals

LEE KERSLAKE -- drums, percussion, vocals

JOHN WETTON -- bass, Mellotron, vocals

Peter Gallen -- engineer

B.J. Cole --

Mel Collins --

Dave Field -- artwork

Tracklist:

01. Return to Fantasy

02. Shady Lady

03. Devil's Daughter

04. Beautiful Dream

05. Prima Donna

06. Your Turn to Remember

07. Showdown

08. Why Did You Go?

09. Year or a Day

10. Shout It Out (B-Side To Single Prima Donna)

11. The Time Will Come (B-Side To Single Return To Fantasy)

12. Beautiful Dream (Previously Unreleased Version)

13. Return to Fantasy (Edited Version)

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