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"Suicidal Man" hasĪ catchy melody and is quite a good hard rock song. The past and their current (not talking about their future) production. This album will clearly mark a line between the great moments the Heep has achieved in Great melody but not quite usual a track for the Heep. Posted Thursday, J| Review this album | Report (Review #31329)įor the second time in their history, the album opener is a ballad : "Wonderworld" : Two of these are live versions of tracks on the album, one a slightly extended version, and three are tracks recorded as part of the sessions for the album, but not originally included on it. The recently released "deluxe" remaster has excellent sleeve notes and packaging, and includes 6 additional tracks. In all, "Wonderworld" is another solid album by the classic line up, but the cracks are definitely beginning to show It does lack the knockout punch of other albums by that line up. It's a very good track though, if slightly lacking in the impact which previous final tracks have had. The final track "Dreams" has a melody which sounds very similar to the old single "Windmills of your mind" by Noel Harrison. On side two of the album, "I won't mind" is a plodding blues, and despite the excellent guitar work, one of the most disappointing Heep tracks of the period. "The Easy road" is one of those lovely soft Hensley ballads, which he appeared to write with Byron's vocal prowess in mind. "The shadows and the wind" has Heep's most complex ever vocals arrangement, almost Beach Boys like in structure, if not sound. The opening title track is a power ballad, with soft melodic verses and a sweeping chorus it is reminiscent of "Sunrise" from "The Magician's birthday". "Wonderworld", Hensley's name for his dream world where he finds inspiration for many of his songs, continued the slightly softer more melodic approach of its predecessor "Sweet Freedom". In fact they only recorded four studio albums together, although the nucleus of the band (Box, Byron, Hensley, and from "Demons and Wizards" on Kerslake) recorded more. With the soon to come sacking and subsequent death of Gary Thain, it seems incredible that this was to be the last album by the line up which has come to be regarded as Uriah Heep's finest. Corich w/ 4 bonus tracksĬD Sanctuary Midline - SMRCD012 (2004, Europe) Remaster w/ 6 bonus tracks Michael Gibbs / orchestral arrangements (5) Releases informationĬD Legacy Records - LLMCD-3017 (1989, Sweden)ĬD Essential - ESMCD 380 (1996, UK) Remastered by Mike Brown & Robert M. Lee Kerslake / drums, percussion, backing vocals Ken Hensley / keyboards, guitars, backing vocals * Previously unreleased Line-up / Musicians The Easy Road (live version recorded at Shepperton 1974) (2:53) * Something or Nothing (live version recorded at Shepperton 1974) (3:09) *ġ3. Dreams (unedited long version) (7:08) *ġ2. Bonus tracks on 1996 Essential remaster :ġ1.