URIAH HEEP: From Worst To First! All 23 Studio Albums Ranked!

[@wjvanmiltenburg]

Salisbury is my favourite album with the title track and Time To Live standing out. One of my other top 5 Heep songs: Pilgrim, the last track on Sweet Freedom.

[@ACG7001]

Glad to know someone else enjoys Time to Live, it’s super underrated and should’ve been a hit

[@TheSteveSteele]

Wonderworld has grown on me. There are 4 or 5 great tracks. Wonderworld, The Easy Road, Suicidal Man, So Tired and perhaps Something or Nothing. The Easy Road is one of Heep’s best ballads period. Check it out if you haven’t heard it. Great writing and singing.

[@JCStorm76]

It’s underrated

[@UriahHeep100]

Have every Heep Album, but Wonderworld remains my #1! Heep the Greatest Band EVER!

[@AndrzejFornal-b6h]

I ja go lubię, Wonderworld i Dreams.

[@ConradCif]

Thanks for this great work. I am an UH fan since 1973 and think this is one of the most versatile bands in rock history. Usually bands have kind of a constant sound even from one record to the next...in Heep, specially in the 70´s you can hear such different sounds as Lady in Black, July Morning, The Magitians Birthday, Salisbury, tears in my Eyes, The Park, Weep in Silence, just to mention a few.... They perfectly move from progressive rorck, to heavy, to acoustic, to ballads and so on. They kept changing arrangements, instruments..It is never boring to listen to a UH record! And in the first years they made an incredible and outstanding work also with the backing vocals. So I call you for a greatest challenge: Choose your best 50 song from Heep!

[@brucekremer6069]

Salisbury has a very special forever place in my heart .. But now that the Holy spirit lives in me.... God Bless you all.

[@ericbruyn]

Thx Bruce, Blessing to you too👍

[@herbertvonzinderneuf8547]

Could not agree more - Allahu Akbar

[@erestube]

I went from Salisbury to born again and back to Salisbury!

[@YPO6]

Great list, I have to listen those 80's and newer albums someday. My top 5 list: 1. Demons & Wizards 2. Magicians Birthday 3. Look At Yourself 4. Salisbury 5. Very 'Eavy..

[@jogischulz2576]

Hello Chris, thank you for your Uriah Heep Rank, my rank for their best records (70's Byron era) is near yours, only in different order, my first 3 Vinyls that I bought as a 16 y. teenager was Black Sabbath, Hendrix and Uriah Heep "very eavy..." ( Vertigo swirl label ) when it was published in 1970, now as a 66 y. "young" rockfan I never get tired to listen to their 70s records ! and now a little note to your No. 1 "Look at yourself" album, Uriah Heep made 1971 a promotion-tour for this album in Germany and came to my hometown Berlin, they played near the whole album live in a Disco, can you imagine how loud it was ? it was like a private concert for us, so close, I never forget this special evening with Heep....best to you and all the" Heepers" from Jogi

[@davidmohr7823]

Free Me from Innocent Victim was a hit here in Australia

[@TigerRogers0660]

Chris, Excellent work on compiling this!! I was a huge Heep fan in the 70s & 80s. A lot of Heep fans get it wrong when they talk about their albums. They expect EVERYTHING to sound exactly like "Look At Yourself". Truth is the quality of the songwriting, the arrangements, the playing etc. should be how they are judged. So what if they experimented with different styles - as long as the songs had energy, passion, emotion!! I'm going to list a few songs that generally get slammed - yet these are all great songs. Can't Keep A Good Band Down, Your Turn To Remember, Lucy Blues, Blind Eye, Shadows & The Wind, Free Me, Feelings, Make A Little Love, Shady Lady, Wise Man etc. Tiger.

[@vinyltransmission]

Tiger Rogers Thanks, great songs you picked here. There are definitely great songs on even the most unpopular albums.

[@musicisajourney]

I really like that you mentioned all the band connections through the members. I don’t have a lot of these but you’ve made me want to check out a few of them. Great video!

[@TigerRogers0660]

Chris, Here's my order of the Ken Hensley era: 1: Look At Yourself 2: Demons & Wizards 3: Firefly 4: High & Mighty 5: Salisbury 6: Very 'Eavy 7: Magician's Birthday 8: Return To Fantasy 9: Sweet Freedom 10: Innocent Victim 11: Fallen Angel 12: Wonderworld 13: Conquest My order is based on what i think are the strength of the songs - not the styles.

[@JCStorm76]

I posted here a few weeks ago and said Look At Yourself was the best one. Well after another listen of all of them I’ve changed my mind. My favourite is now Return To Fantasy

[@vinyltransmission]

colemann76 Demons and Wizards is their best known album for a reason! All those essential songs. I picked up the 2018 reissue/remaster of D&W which came out on vinyl and cd, it sounds great and even has “remastered” artwork. Also, in 2010 they released an “official bootleg” live in Kawasaki with a full album version of D&W with a 2nd guitar player. It’s awesome. 🧙‍♂️✌️

[@JCStorm76]

Vinyl Transmission No doubt. The other album that’s really become one of my favourites now as well is Fallen Angel. I think it’s underrated just like Wonderworld. I’ve subscribed too

[@brucefranklin6295]

@@JCStorm76 Like all three of those underrated albums.Wonderworld would be so much better if it had a more quality mix and production. Got some great songs like,Suicidal Man,I Won't Mind,Dreams,etc...Fallen Angel was a favorite of mine since it came out.Falling in Love,Woman of the Night,I'm Alive are all excellent songs.I like almost all of Return to Fantasy.

[@JCStorm76]

Bruce Franklin Return To Fantasy is now possibly my outright favourite

[@BleuTracer]

RTF is in my top 3. Love every track.

[@meloralovesdarkness2495]

Thank you for giving "Fallen Angel" such a High ranking! An underrated Gem to most..

[@johnhannaford9586]

Been a fan since 1974,recently sang stealing in a karaoke night.went down well.uriah heap is a brilliant band.

[@paulayers1111]

I was super early at work one day and decided to walk to a Wal Mart. When I arrived, I saw Look At Yourself in remastered CD by Uriah Heep. I was huge progressive rock fan of king Crimson and Genesis and thought I’d give these guys a chance. That Look At Yourself album was essentially my introduction to the band and WHAT A MASTERPIECE IT WAS. I still love it just as much to this day. I can totally see why it’d be #1

[@bipbopboom]

So I was on vacation, completely phone, text, email and internet free for 7 days. Then we entered into the Bermuda Triangle (for real) and a KZbin message pops up on my phone that this video is up but I had no internet or signal. This was the video you were destined to make. Perfection! I only have 13 of their records so far but will continue this journey to the end. The only thing I can add is Goalby also played with Dave Holland in Trapeze, who later went on to play with Al Atkin's former band. Also Trevor Bolder was one of the best electric bass players I've ever seen in my life. Great video, this one's for the ages. Jon

[@vinyltransmission]

Bipbopboom Wow! That is amazing about the Bermuda Triangle, one of my favorite mysteries! I intentionally left Dave Holland out because of his criminal activity! So glad you saw Trevor live! With Heep? I had the pleasure a couple times and holy shit! Nobody is sittting down when he starts to boogie! Thanks for watching my friend! Chris

[@bipbopboom]

Vinyl Transmission ya know my brain totally shut out that whole Dave Holland thing, never followed that story. Yeah, it's best to keep the Heep name unsullied. I saw Trevor I think only once (maybe twice) with Heep. Truly awesome player, so aggressive on those strings. Saw Heep without him, it wasn't the same, but still great. Jon

[@vinyltransmission]

I got your message on the beach this morning (picking up Schaefer cans, of course). And my hand to David Byron, someone walking their shaggy little red headed dog, let it come over as they were walking by and licked my elbow. They apologized and said "Come on, Trevor". Heep on.

[@bipbopboom]

Vinyl Transmission it's like you once said, "a magical band."

[@mauricemorning]

Dude this was so much fun. I missed about an hour and a half of work today because I kept taking breaks in order to give this my full attention. You are the second reviewer in a row who has gotten it right-- Look At Yourself is better than Demons And Wizards. I was there through it all and neither me or any of my friends ever doubted Demons and Wizards was their masterpiece. I still love it, however Look at Yourself, which was the first Heep album I ever heard, has forced its way to the top due to the strength of its best songs and the overall metal sound. Wizards is a perfect album from start to finish in that there are no weak songs. Look At Yourself is more powerful but unfortunately has one of the weakest Uriah Heep songs of all time IMHO, which is What Should Be Done. Thank you so much for making my day and I am really looking forward to listening to some of the post- Byron songs you have praised I will probably chime in again later when I get home because it really sucks it really sucks dictating this into a phone and having to correct so many mistakes due to AI. I am self-employed by the way, so the boss gave me his blessing to listen on!

[@melvinramone2605]

Thank you. I recently got around to diving into Heep and it's great to have a ranking to follow.

[@careful...Icarus]

Outstanding video! My first encounter with your channel,but most definitely not my last. I've got loads of catching up. Trivia time. Bernie did the first Grand Prix lp then they fired him for Robin McCauley. John Sloman also in Lone Star pre Heep and played with John Sykes for about 12 minutes before Lynott poached him for Thin Lizzy. Really digging your content. I can tell you've spent countless hours pouring over liner notes and interviews like me. Ahhh misspent youth. Cheers!

[@lorddoompaul]

Wow, Chris. What a video. I really enjoyed it. you can bet that I'll be pulling out my heep records tomorrow and revisiting some of them. I completely agree with your top five.

[@vinyltransmission]

Thanks, man! They had quite a run on those Top Five in the early seventies, six albums in three years!

[@christianluna5778]

Awesome video chris, killer uriah heep collection , i really enjored it,take care my friend cheers Christian \m/

[@vinyltransmission]

Christian Luna Thank You my friend! I have about another 10 or so heep title beyond these with live albums and other collections! Haha!

[@shadnunemaker5869]

Firefly, so amazing you mention Motorhead, because as soon as I started listening to it it sounded like Hawkwind who Lemmy of Motorhead started with. So many connections.

[@ottoitkonen1133]

Good job there! Very well put together. Made me curious to check out a couple of their albums I never had. Sweet freedom was the first ever I heard and Look at yourself happens to be also my nr.1 favourite Heep record. The most interesting fun fact in my opinion was that Byron is King Diamond´s fave vocalist. Uriah Heep were really popular also here in Finland in the 70´s and even into the 80´s... A great band!!!

[@vinyltransmission]

Thanks for watching! Sweet Freedom and Look At Yourself are great favorites to have. I just saw the band a few months ago and they were great. They even have a new song out called "Grazed By Heaven" before the new album in September. Cheers! Keep on Heepin' on! Chris

[@AndyX]

thanks for the ranking video, I have return to fantasy in the top 5

[@gregmullins6927]

Great review,very informative and interesting.

[@tomborgenkristiansen9581]

Chris Slade was the drummer of Manfred Mann''s Earth Band from 1972-77

[@michelbernardo6087]

C.SLADE > Manfred Mann , Uriah Heep , AC/ DC

[@zundap100]

Your list and comments are very good.

[@L.E.55472]

Whoa.....good morning Chris, this is gonna be fun!! Oh and loved that opening!! I will be back------------ha! Ha! I couldn't cut away hee hee, this is fan-tas-tic! I have always loved Uriah Heep but, only noodled around with the a few from the early 70s...I recently picked up D/Ws, on vinyl which as Garen says "did I tell ya I had these back....." lol anyway the cover is not in the best of shape but vinyl VG+.. so happy to have it back on vinyl, and thanks to your review I will keep an eye peeled for some others! Peace out and be well--- Lisa

[@vinyltransmission]

L. E. Thanks, Lisa! Glad you could come by! D/W is a great album, cool to hear you picked it up! And any Heep album not bong water warped is considered Mint! Chris

[@jamesgriffithsmusic]

Great video Chris. I wouldn't normally stick with a video of this length for a rankings video where I hadn't heard a single note of any of the music (!), but you did such a wonderful job of the commentary that it slipped by with no sweat at all. What an intriguing, epic career this band had. I had no idea John Wetton had been a member. It was great hearing about all the different album artists and the various other work they did. I have a factoid in return about the cover of the Whitesnake live album you showed near the end (which you might know anyway), but unless my memory deceives me, that cover is by Jeff Cummins, a British artist who in the seventies did a lot of book jacket illustrations for the TARGET range of Dr Who novelisations, which I collected assiduously as a kid, and still own to this day. He also did the fantastic tri-gatefold cover for Wings Greatest, Rainbow's Straight Between The Eyes and lots of others.. Anyway, back to your video, really great job and I'll be increasingly on the look-out for affordable Heap records in my future digs. Cheers, James

[@vinyltransmission]

AH! Nice info on Jeff Cummins! I'll tell you what, that guy could draw a guitar! A very underrated skill and one seldom demonstrated on album art! Cheers, Chris

[@jamesgriffithsmusic]

@@vinyltransmission Guitars on album covers...that must be a thread waiting to happen.

[@JohannesYtterstrom]

Where among these albums would you put their latest effort "Living the Dream"? What place from 1 to 24?

[@vinyltransmission]

Thanks for watching. Great question. I would put "Living The Dream" #13 or higher, maybe even in the Top Ten. I feel it is Bernie Shaw Era's best album.

[@JohannesYtterstrom]

@@vinyltransmission That's very good for such a late album in a bands career! I do agree it is a very fine album. Good work with this!

[@ianhampton1208]

24th

[@michaelkoszowski3716]

I would say ...14-17 range ...it was a good effort and solid record .

[@michaelkoszowski3716]

@@vinyltransmission ...thankyou for your countdown and show !!

[@scarborosasquatchstation1403]

Dude that is not Mickey Moody with the double neck guitar , but the one and only Bernie !!!

[@vinyltransmission]

That is MY BAD. Thanks!

[@jesuschambers]

Well done for ranking Falling Angel so high. It has my favourite track of theirs: I'M ALIVE(Which you didn't mention). Saw them live on that tour and the one before with Innocent Victim, which I think it's the better album. Firefly is also brilliant so it goes to show what a fantastic and underrated singer John Lawton is.

[@vinyltransmission]

John Lawton is amazing. I really like his work with Lucifer's Friend as well. Jealous you got to see him live with the URIAH HEEP!

[@gixxusmetalman7435]

My all time fav has got to be fallen angel. Every song rocks even the ballad. And Gary thain was a kiwi....NEW ZEALAND for those who dont know ...cheers 🤘🤘

[@antoineperrier8850]

1 Magician's Birthday 2 Demons and Wizards 3 Salisbury 4 Sweet Freedom 5 Abominog

[@mikescriber1777]

I could not agree more with this ranking. My only critique would be that from the John Lawton era,, I would say Innocent Victim was his strongest work. Other than that this is bang on. Great post about one of my favourite rock bands.

[@hubertallusson1896]

Uriah Heep: 4 successive great lead singers. Check out the first LP from ROUGH DIAMOND (David Byron... with Clem Clempson), the first LUCIFER'S FRIEND (John Lawton... with ex ASTERIX members), "Firing The All Six" from LONE STAR (John Sloman... with Paul Chapman), "Hold On" by TRAPEZE (Peter Goalby... with Mel Galley) and first GRAND PRIX (Bernie Shaw... with Phil Lanzon). You won't regret...

[@vinyltransmission]

Awesome recommendations! I will check those all out. I have Lucifer's Friend on vinyl and I know of Trapeze and Grand Prix but not sure if i have heard LONE STAR.

[@brucefranklin6295]

Been a Heep fan since the early 70's. Probably started listening to them at around 12 years old. I would probably agree with your top 5,although maybe not necessarily in that exact order, but close enough. I saw them on John Lawton's first tour and once more in early 80's right after Hensley left.I own every album up to Fallen Angel. Heard other later ones, but when Ken Hensley left,they were never quite the same.Byron was an amazing talent and Hensley an excellent songwriter. Those 70's records will always be a part of my musical life.

[@vinyltransmission]

Thanks for watching and commenting! That's awesome you saw John lawton with the band. I just picked up the live record Lawton did with Heep "Live in 1979", it's a great set. I first saw the band in 1982 opening for Judas Priest. This year has amazed me because both bands put out great albums (Give the new Heep album "Living The Dream" a try!) and I was able to see both bands live just a few weeks apart. Amazing! Cheers, Chris

[@brucefranklin6295]

@@vinyltransmission I may look for that "live in 79" release.That would have been the tour for Fallen Angel if I'm not mistaken. John Lawton is great.Lucifer's Friend self titled is a classic.Liked a lot of his work with Heep too.I'll see if I can find a few tracks from that new Heep to check out.Thanks

[@brentcooley7748]

It’s funny that you mentioned seeing John Cale and the Red House Painters. A few months ago I saw Sun Kil Moon and Mark Kozelek was/is the front man for both RHP and SKM.

[@annasimone25]

Good job, mate and nice list. I saw the Heep the other night on a snowy trek to London (Canada). Mick, Bernie and Phil are still in fine form !

[@davidvasquez8658]

I definitely agree with your top 2 & others I would maybe switch a couple but not by much.At first it bothered me that you would call a 16th ranked album a 10.Then being the Heep fan I am thought Hey that's a good thing.Thanks for the great stories and info Chris. Great job.

[@shadnunemaker5869]

ACDC, Guns and Posers connection. Wow. Conquest came out when Paul Diano and Iron Maiden were born in 1980. Crazy.

[@philwright2480]

IMO, Wonderworld should be ranked higher, and you didn't mention Easy Livin, their biggest hit

[@JCStorm76]

Correct

[@MyAxolotl]

I Enjoyed that, thank you, my favourite Heep album is Innocent Victim,,, And John Lawton is among my all time 3 fave vocalists ever,,,, John Lawton, Uriah Heep,, Andy Deris,, Helloween,,, Glenn Hughes, Deep Purple.......

[@shadnunemaker5869]

What an amazing leap from Conquest to Wake the Sleeper. Unbelievable.

[@michelbernardo6087]

Grand plaisir à écouter , un vrai Fan du groupe. Tous les LP'S , un festival de pochettes. Merci

[@shadnunemaker5869]

Holy Cow, Wake the Sleeper is almost thrash metal. Wow, it gets better? This is amazing. I was so busy collecting King Crimson albums I just missed this band. Crazy.

[@donaldellis8952]

I pretty much agree with this except I would of put Sea Of Light in the top ten.

[@JCStorm76]

Donald Ellis I agree. He had it way too low in my opinion. Conquest , High and Mighty and Sonic Origami aren’t as good yet he had them quite a bit higher

[@Heepster69]

Very ambitious listing. I may not agree with everything, but cool job.

[@vinyltransmission]

Heepster69 Thanks, Heepster! Day to day I never think about how they are "ranked". I am just glad they're are as many studio albums as there are!

[@rudikikkert1728]

I think Head First is great! For me the album with John Sloman ranks much lower!

[@daviddrennon4089]

Funny how everyone has such different opinions. I honestly can't remember the order he just gave but I have some of it fairly well down. I first saw Heep on Innocent Victim tour/w Tull. A few years earlier my cousin and I watched in pain as my other cousin was dropped off to see Heep and Manfred Mann at the Dome arena in Rochester NY. First, the author here has better knowledge of releases that follow Conquest which I liked but didn't sound like Heep . Chris Slade btw...Manfred Mann connection. I listened to some releases that followed and appreciated some of them but quit purchasing. I am more of a traditional Heep fan. I am in agreement with Look At Yourself as #1, Wizards #2. I actually like Sweet Freedom and the 1st LP better than Magicians Birthday. I like Return to Fantasy (Title, Beautiful Dream, Devil's Daughter, Why Did You Go and A Year And A Day all honorable mentions) and Wonderworld (Dreams, Shadows and the Wind, I Won't Mind, Suicidal Man, Something or Nothing, The Easy Road even So Tired...all great. I can'tbelieve he rated this classic period gem where he did. OUCH!) better than Salisbury ( however I always loved the creepy American cover which in tone and art complimented the first lp cover of the American release. The Park, Lady In Black and Salisbury are all great.). I like Firely (Hanging Tree, Been Away Too Long,, Rollin' On, Sympathy) and Innocent Victim (Illussion, Choices). I probably like Firefly in it's entirety more than Salisbury. Fallen Angel I didn't like at all, a hard listen for me as their sound was changing to something totally different. I got rid of it....sounded like they were hunting for poppy hits. I like High and Mighty (Footprints In the Snow and Weep in Silence, which aren't mentioned, as good as anything off Victim and Firefly but the rest not as much as those two.) Abominog or whatever it's called I bought it and got rid of it. To me I thought they were trying to sound and portray that image of METAL that was happening at the time. That Devil metal (Sell Your Soul). Didn't remind me of the heaviness (Dreamare, Tears In My Eyes, Gypsy) or beauty (July Morning, Circle of Hands, The Wizard) that I related to Heep. Funny I kept Conquest though. Very different but creative and good. The Author made no mention Byron's stint in Rough Diamond. A great post Heep LP with Humble Pie guitarist Clem Clempson who Later played with Jack Bruce. End of the Line is an incredible song. His review was entertaining. Made me want to go out and re-familiarize myself with the later releases. I know there's amazing stuff in them.

[@mikekeeler6362]

What did Russell Gilbert drum on with Tony iomi have never been able to find that

[@TheSteveSteele]

I thought you were going to show Deep Purple Burn, which was a Fin Costello cover.

[@zundap100]

Urah Heep Live black album from 1973 is the best live album ever.

[@vinyltransmission]

Just got to see the Mighty Heep on the last three dates of their US tour with JP in July. Keep on Living the Dream!

[@zundap100]

@@vinyltransmission I watched them Live in November 2018 and they were good. True, not nearly as good as in Birmingham in 1973.

[@hm_nn_5633]

That 'trilogy' of albums - Look At Yourself Demons & Wizards The Magician's Birthday Didn't quite like those before & thereafter. Ok, I'll give a thumbs up for 'Firefly'. You failed to mention Roger Dean who did the album covers for both Demons & Wizards & Magician's Birthday. I'm a big fan of Roger Dean.

[@vinyltransmission]

Thanks for watching and commenting. Love Roger Dean, too. Looking forward to the RSD 2021 release of Magician's Birthday with "re-imagined" artwork form none other that RD!

[@JoeyP322]

Abominog had a great album cover. If I knew someone that could’ve done it, I wanted it copied onto my Harley gas tank… I liked the “older” Uriah Heep from the early 70’s. The main reason I bought the album was because Bob Daisley and Lee Kerslake were in the band after getting fired from Ozzy’s band by Sharon….

[@6758pasi]

A big undertaking ranking 23 albums. I only have 5 of their albums + Best of....part 1. I agree with you on number one. Glad to see Return To Fantasy being placed so high. I don't usually hear positive comments about it. My fave as of somewhat recently has been Firefly. This video got me interested in Demons and Wizards and Fallen Angels. btw. Ken Hensley's comment about Conquest; " the only good thing about it is that i finished the album, before i left the group" Pasi

[@vinyltransmission]

Thanks for watching this one, Pasi. Your comment got me to pull out my D&W cd and play the bonus tracks. There is an amazing track called "Why" from the Look At Yourself sessions, one of their best long jams ever. Firefly is just amazing, an all Hensley written album, except for one co-write on Hanging Tree. Fallen Angel is tremendous too, and as I said in the video has songs written from everybody. Conquest is hard to love for a lot of people! Including Uriah Heep! Haha! Chris

[@TigerRogers0660]

There is one song on Firefly that rates right up there in the top 3 or 4 Uriah Heep songs of all time for me. "Been Away Too Long" has all the best aspects of a Heep song. Lots of variation in dynamics, great guitar solo & guitar work in general, great driving drumming, soaring vocals, tasty keyboard (synth). But most of all - stunning classy songwriting from Ken Hensley. If you are not moved by this song - something is wrong.

[@RealUncleWiggily]

1. Demons and Wizards, 2. Sweet Freedom, 3. Look at Yourself.

[@vinyltransmission]

Nice Picks!

[@paulayers1111]

Great list! I wanna explore more of their post Lawton stuff

[@johnafirth]

Wake the Sleeper is a great album. Was very impressed with it.

[@joeproderick7778]

Was Lady in Black or The Wizard on URIAH Heep live?

[@vinyltransmission]

Neither of those songs are on the first live album. It would probably be a better live album with those tracks, and I have no idea why they are not in the setlist at that point in time. Those songs are always in their setlist these days and have been for a long, long time.

[@ivark8201]

1. Sweet Freedom 2. Demons and Wizards 3. Look at Yourself 4. ...Very 'Eavy ...Very 'Umble 5. The Magician's Birthday 6. Salisbury 7. Firefly 8. Wonderworld 9. Abominog 10. Innocent Victim 11. Fallen Angel 12. High and Mighty 13. Return to Fantasy 14. Sonic Origami 15. Wake the Sleeper 16. Into the Wild 17. Outsider. 18. Sea of Light 19. Different World 20. Head First 21. Raging Silence 22. Equator 23. Conquest

[@JCStorm76]

Ivar K Conquest last? Really?

[@luiscorro1924]

Its "similar" to my list. "Conquest" , "Equator", "Head First" and "Abominog" are the least interesting for me. Two years ago, i bought "Salisbury" again (a double CD version), and rediscovered how great is. Also do like "Wonderworld" very much.

[@jamesscarselletta3446]

I am a big Uriah Heep fan. I even collect their posters and have quite a few. I have a collection of buttons from the David Byron era. I know there is a bed set and curtain on Uriah Heep. They were a band with many members and different ideas. I think their live performances were great The medley on live album was best. Their best song is All My Life.

[@michelbernardo6087]

´ i wanna be free ‘ , ´shadow of grief ´ ´One day ´ , ´raimbow demon ´ ´firefly ´ , ´ i wont mind ´, ´ time to live ´ , ´ high pristess ´ ´ echoes in the dark ´

[@mczappa]

No one agrees with everything in a list, but this was a good job. Congrats!

[@jackjax532]

I used to worship Uriah Heep back in the 70's, but I think they lost their way after the Sweet Freedom album.

[@vinyltransmission]

Thanks for watching and commenting. Sweet Freedom is definitely the end of their Classic period. But obviously I like a lot of stuff after that as well.

[@vanstraaten62]

Great job thank you very much

[@vinyltransmission]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@shadnunemaker5869]

You should check out Voivod "Phobos" and "Negatron" and their earlier "Killing Technology" and War and Pain.

[@gwts1171]

Wow, very close to my own list! I don't like Conquest as much as you (it would be near the bottom for me) and Abominog would be top 5 for me (mainly for personal/nostalgic reasons), but the rest are very close to my ranking. Wake The Sleeper is a bit higher for me, as well. That one surprised me when I first heard it.

[@vinyltransmission]

Thanks for watching and commenting. If I redid this list I think I would move Conquest to the bottom. I would also put the new album LIVING THE DREAM around the #10 spot. I love Abominog to death, it's awesome. I have been digging into Peter Goalby's work with Trapeze and Fable and think very highly of him. He was the first Rock n' Roll singer I ever saw live.

[@vinyltransmission]

@@nobleeffort2.4 Thanks for the heads up! I just pre-ordered the Peter Goalby CD with a signed postcard!

[@mikekeeler6362]

Had a bomb a dog never really did care for it

[@JCStorm76]

Conquest and Sonic Origami are both very average and too high here. High and Mighty at 9 is pushing it too

[@carleriksandberg9249]

MY top 5: 1 Look att yourrself, 2 Demons and wizards, 3 Salisbury, 4 Sweet freedom, 5 Magicians birtday

[@AndrzejFornal-b6h]

Dlaczego tak sekowany jest Conquest?

[@shadnunemaker5869]

18. See of Light, 1995. Dang, 8f these are the worst, my gosh I'm in for a long journey and a real treat. I can't wait to hear what you consider their best. Let me guess. Wizards and Magicians?

[@shadnunemaker5869]

11. 1975 Return to Fantasy. I should have known you'd connect King Crimson. I'm waiting for Blue Oyster Cult and April Wine.

[@TheSteveSteele]

I love High and Mighty too. Great songs. Don’t like “Can’t keep a good band Down”, it the rest of the album is an A+. Wetton is great on this one.

[@JCStorm76]

That’s actually one of the few good songs on it. Pretty average album

[@pjackson8027]

Heep passed away in 1980.

[@mauricemorning]

Thank you for clearing something up for me--the different tracks on the first two albums. I wish you had gone into it more though. I owned the U.S. versions and have always thought Bird Of Prey was from their first. High Priestess was the opener on my copy of Salisbury, not Bird Of Prey. Having BOP on the first made it just that much stronger for me. I disagree about Come Away Melinda. I was a mellotron freak back in the day and to my knowledge that is the only UH track on which is was ever employed. For me the song represents David Byron at his best and presents yet another style on the album. According to Mick Box they wanted to continue in the spirt of Spice which was so-named because they did not want to be pegged into any specific niche. I never knew about the co-writer Hensley had for a time. His name is only given as "Williams" on wikipedia's discography. Can you tell me anything about that? Thanks again for a great video.

[@vinyltransmission]

Jack Williams is the guys name and he has a few songwriting credits over the years with different folks. I may have read an interview at some point about why he was involved but don't remember. Might have been a record company request to branch out. www.discogs.com/artist/1485469-Jack-Williams-4

[@shaynewest8757]

Saw them on their 40th anniversary tour in Melbourne around 2011, awesome version of Paradise/The Spell. Love all the Byron albums ( High And Mighty is a bit dodgy) after that I lost interest although their last couple of albums are topnotch.

[@mikekeeler6362]

I fell off after day Byron and John Lawton didn't have any interest in them

[@pericabenic4413]

Very good presentation, thanks.

[@redwave3520]

The BEST is Demons and Wizards. Hands down!!

[@mikekeeler6362]

I like look at yourself

[@radiopirata568]

FANTASTICO !!! HEIL THE HEEP !!!!!

[@Flieder31]

Only Uriah Heep that is Uriah Heep for me is the one of the Byron/ Thain era.

[@wernerbuschfeld3906]

I´m sure some will kill me for Nr. 13, and you all will kill me for Nr. 22. So here´s my personal ranking: 1. Demons and Wizards 2. The Magician´s Birthday 3. Look at yourself 4. Return to Fantasy 5. Salisbury 6. Sweet Freedom 7. Firefly 8. Wonderworld 9. High and mighty 10. Living the Dream 11. Sea of Light 12. Innocent Victim 13. Conquest 14. Raging Silence 15. Abominog 16. Head First 17. Fallen Angel 18. Wake the Sleeper 19. Sonic Origami 20. Into the Wild 21. Outsider 22. Very ´eavy very ´umble 23. Equator 24. Different World

[@erestube]

Their best album was sitting behind you the whole time!

[@erlendmyking239]

Thanks for shearing this. I kinda "met" UH's music in the 1970s and never let it slip. But I did loose some interest in the band after the Ken Hensley era. In respect Byron was a great singer and Thain was a magic bassplayer, but it always comes back to the songwriting. And the songwriting didn't stay on the same level after Ken Hensley left. On the other side Ken had a enormous production of great song afterwards.

[@Digmen1]

Thanks for that. As a fan of their in the 1970's I used to play many of their albums in my car. But like all British rock bands of the 70's their first 4 or 5 albums are the best - the rest are really just fillers. I could not tell you any of the songs from the 80's oinwards. But yes Mick Box is a legend and Ken Hensley was so talented

[@shadnunemaker5869]

Didn't someone leave Deep Purple to join Whitesnake too? Wow these bands stayed close Didn't they? Like Lane from the Mokdy Blues joining Wings, am I right?

[@shadnunemaker5869]

Manfred Mann's Blinded by the Light and The Runner. I was wondering about that. Nice tour.

[@shadnunemaker5869]

Voivod NothingFace wow the connections astound me. First Iron Maiden, then Voivod.

[@joseandrade632]

I have some disagreement with your list, but as a whole you are ok. Please note that Manfred Mann is not the only connection - Chris Slade was MMEB's drummer for a long time, and an amazing one as well. Also with Jimmy Page and Paul Rodgers (The Firm). Slade was fantastic with the Heep, saw him with Sloman and Bolder. They were great, a show to remember and cherish till I'm done.

[@vinyltransmission]

Thanks for watching and commenting. That is so cool you saw the line up with Chris Slade and John Sloman! I recently picked up an old Kerrang magazine and learned there was a singer between Sloman and Bernie Shaw, named Stef Fontaine who toured with the band but never recorded. Cheers!

[@mikekeeler6362]

Didn't Ken Hensley write all of the high and mighty album

[@mikekeeler6362]

In Hensley left in 1980 there was another keyboard player before Phil and son

[@bbkingwasthegreatest711]

My father's car had an 8track in it and someone gave me Demons and Wizards because no else had an 8track, been a Heep fan ever since,

[@arizonadon5644]

Uriah Heep has one of the most diverse music catalogs of any band you could name and as a result, there is music to both love and hate, depending on your taste.....I'm disappointed that Wonderworld and ANY of the Goalby-era records ranked so low....I would rank Conquest and Salisbury as the very lowest and you accurately ranked most of the post-Goalby era records pretty low....I like Sea of Light and Sonic Origami and Living the Dream is okay, but I think all the Albums from the Hensley era except Conquest and Salisbury belong at the top of the list, Followed by the Goalby/Sinclair/Daisley era stuff and then everything else....

[@nazzare79]

I hate anything Uriah Heep did after Lee Kerslake and Trevor Bolder left but I just love anything came before except for Equator (Night of the wolf is anyway a nice song). What is their single best record is almost impossible to say...

[@vinyltransmission]

Thanks for watching and commenting. I just saw the band a few nights ago and although I'll admit they are not in their prime, I can tell you they left the crowd completely satisfied. The great songs from the Classic Era people will always love to hear.

[@nazzare79]

Not bad live these days but I find disappointing any single studio album after Lee and Trevor left...

[@JCStorm76]

I just re listened to Equator. I honestly don’t know what’s so bad about it. They definitely have worse albums.

[@herbertvonzinderneuf8547]

Pronounced "Solsbury", as in the PG tune.

[@garydunn2627]

Without a doubt "Look at Yourself" absolutely the best album of 1971

[@bluebird925]

Pete Pardo from the Sea of Tranquility (KZbin channel) ranked it #1 on ranking the Uriah Heep albums.

[@tomkaymusic1]

It’s personal preference I suppose but I think Equator gets too much flack! I’d take it over High & Mighty, Wonderworld, Abominog and Return To Fantasy.

[@vinyltransmission]

Thanks Tom! Those are interesting picks to put over Equator. Ranking them is just a fun excuse to talk about Heep for half an hour! haha Cheers, Chris

[@metaljim]

Interesting list, nice to do the brief commentary/trivia item for each album. Been a Heep fan forever, saw them for the first time in 1977 on the Firefly tour. I've seen them four or five more times since then. The opening band was Foreigner, on their first American tour. Great job overall. Others have pointed out the minor errors, but it was definitely a worthwhile watch.

[@vinyltransmission]

Thanks for watching and commenting, Jim! That Firefly tour sounds like a killer double bill. I recently picked up Uriah Heep Live in 1979 which is a great set with John Lawton. And have my ticket to see UH open for Judas Priest in June! 'Appy Days!

[@cbFIN]

Nobody agrees on anything. But I don't agree Equator or Head First being worse than the awful Different World. What a piece of crap. And this is not to let you down for making the video. Really appreciated your honesty.

[@vinyltransmission]

Thanks for watching and commenting. Looking forward to Heep's new album "Living The Dream" being released in September 2018. Since making this video I like Equator a lot more than I did, love Peter Goalby's singing.

[@cbFIN]

Pete Goalby's voice and singing was incredible, he really carried melody. As you said, the lyrics were cheesy and crashed heavily with their own appearance. Skool's Burning in particular. Mick Box was 38 during Equator and looked older then than what I saw him last night on stage here in Finland. Even with the grey hair! They mentioned the new album coming out. With their form last night, I think it could be alright.

[@JCStorm76]

I really like Wonderland but most people don’t talk that highly of it. I don’t know why. My least favourite is probably Sonic Origami, it just never really clicked with me for some reason. Magicians Birthday is a little overrated too, just my opinion, I actually prefer Very Eavy which is probably in the top 3 for me along with Sweet Freedom. I would have Outsider and Sea Of Light higher. My favourite is Look At Yourself. Glad you had Fallen Angel so high, it is underrated. Great video

[@phillipanderson7398]

Yes, Wonderworld is a great album, especially the title track.

[@tommiesaysso]

Wonderworld.........AT 17 !!!!!?????!!!!!!......... Should be in the top 10 at least.

[@JCStorm76]

That’s the one he dropped the ball with

[@shadnunemaker5869]

9. 1976 High and Mighty sounds like King Crimson's vocalist from Red.