Won't find it here! try to listen to SAVE IT! you won't try twice!there is no HARD ROCK to be heard on this album, there is not even The rest of the album stays at this level: Backstreetboys pop songs I have nothing against POP, as there is good pop, but you You even have a completely syrupy ballad from LEE KERSLAKE "'Come back to me'', perfect for 14 years old teeny-boppers lookingįor first love! How the mighty have fallen!! Relatively well no, that's not GIPSY!!but that's listenable, not like the following songs which i soon it's over, you can't remember Sometimes the old URIAH HEEP can be heard (in a light version) on a track like ''Woman of the night'' which opens tha album Sound of the music is stripped down to the minimun no heavy organ, no guitar riff to hurt your ears, a serviceful rythm section.Īnd the harsh voice of LAWTON starts to get on my nerves after many listenings. So what are we getting with ''FALLEN ANGEL'' much of the same we found on its predecessor: pop light songs!!! Once again, the VICTIM, but you know, we always have to keep faith!īut as INNOCENT VICTIM was a worldwide success, it was easy to guess that we won't be getting ''SALISBURY 2'' That was the last album of URIAH HEEP i bought when just released! not that i had many hopes after the dreadful INNOCENT One can expect the worse for the things to It is totally uninspired, insipid.Ī complete mess. The Heep produced his most pop-oriented album so far. The last one "Been Hurt" has John Sloman on the vocals (he will be their singer as from It is unbelievable why it did not make the original The out-take "A Right To Live" is also a good number. There are some (very few though) examples of great B-sides in the rock On the remastered CD, one gets four bonus tracks. On the contrary, the closing number isĪgain very weak : another ballad of no interest at all. One of the very few good songs of this album. ![]() Great Box and Hensleyīut Bolder on bass playing is absolutely outstanding. "I'm Alive" has a gorgeous guitar intro and is quite hard-rocking. It is really hard to bear such miserable bunch of songs. Nothing" being the lowest point of their career so far IMO. Tracks : some disco influence again with "What Do You Say". The quality of the album goes on with its descent to the abyss with the next three You can easily press next to avoid this mellowish and poor "musical" moment. Reminds me of a very attempt of "Love Hurts". The rock ballad "Come Back to Me" is a bit anachronous in those punk / new wave days. Rather poor I must say (especially the backing vocals). Me" are somewhat weaker, although rocking alright. "Falling In Love" and "Put Your Lovin' on Opening numbers, but this one is not bad at all. The Heep does not reproduce its legendary This album is a combination of pop oriented songs : "Woman Of The Night" is quiteĬatchy : great rhythm and good melody. Well, I don't know whether or not the Angel has fallen, but the Heep did it. Their last two albums were not so bad, after all. It would be several years until they found their way again.īy the way, the sleeve was a vast improvement from "Innocent victim", with a rather attractive image of a female warrior who has just vanquished her next meal, in the gatefold cover. In retrospect, it's all to obvious that the band had taken their eye of the ball, and were drifting away from their roots, into a more commercial area which did not fit well with their strengths. On "One more night", Lawton almost carries off an Elvis impersonation, but on most of the tracks, the performance is all too similar and lightweight. The tracks are all short, the longest being the title track at just over 5 minutes. Lawton's vocals are ideal for the song, which he sings with great passion. Ironically the best track is Lee Kerslake ballad "Come back to me" (co-written with Hensley), written as an anguished plea to his then recently estranged wife. The band themselves (Hensley and Box) in the sleeve notes for the 1997 remaster felt that the album was a bit "poppy", and this a fair description. Things would get worse on subsequent output before they got better and taken in context, this is far from being a bummer. Understandable as this is, It does make for a somewhat disappointing album. Unfortunately, with Hensley having contributed so much to previous albums, his inspiration appears to be declining rapidly, and the rest of the band do not share his worthy credentials in that field. Lawton for example wrote 2 tracks, and co-wrote a third. ![]() While Ken Hensley still dominates the song writing, the rest of the band also make contributions. The third and final Uriah Heep album with John Lawton on vocals, and the last for the time being with the long serving Lee Kerslake on drums.
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