The Best Of [Digipak]

Performer: Uriah Heep
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Uriah Heep includes: David Byron (vocals); Ken Hensley (guitar, keyboards, Mellotron, synthesizer, background vocals); Mick Box (guitar, background vocals); Colin Wood (keyboards); Gary Thain (bass, background vocals); Paul Newton (bass); Lee Kerslake, Alex Napier, Nigel Ollson (drums, percussion); Keith Baker, Ian Clarke (drums). Producer: Gerry Bron. Compilation producer: Bill Levenson. Principally recorded at Lansdowne Studios, London, England between 1969 and 1973. Includes liner notes by Joseph F. Laredo. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Uriah Heep wasn't really a band made for singles-and-songles-oriented collections like 20th Century Masters, because they favored sweeping, heavy-prog epics that fit into their equally epic albums. And even in those terms, they were a bit of an acquired taste, since they melded those two excessive genres -- metal and prog -- in a particularly indulgent fashion. 20th Century Masters certainly conveys that accomplishment, and it does contain many fan favorites, which is enough to make this an effective sampler, even if it's unlikely to win many converts. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Despite a Spinal Tap-like inability to secure a drummer, British band Uriah Heep has continued to roll with the punches since 1969. Their eclectic approach to rock folds Tolkeinian dragons-and-dwarves imagery into grand musical themes that draw on prog, metal, acid rock, and pastoral folk. The band were fairly popular in the U.K. in the '70s, and their albums charted respectably in the U.S. during this time as well. As the musical landscape shifted in the later '70s, the band's popularity died down, but they have continued to release albums (their live discography is rather lengthy) and tour, and remain popular in Eastern Europe and Japan.

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