Return To Fantasy/Shady Lady/Devil's Daughter/Beautiful Dream/Prima Donna/Your Turn To Remember/Showdown/Why Did You Go/A Year Or A Day
Return To Fantasy was the last album from the classic period of the progressive rock band Uriah Heep. Future releases would be less commercially successful as they underwent several personnel changes. (US:85 UK:7)
“They still sound good this late into the game. This one includes significantly commercial sounding, synthesizer driven hard rock, but with substantially better song writing this time around.”
“It is one of the more lyrically straightforward, and overall less remarkable albums of Heep’s ‘70s output. While not a bad album by any means, it does a little too much genre-bending for its own good, which is quite the opposite of what the title promises. The title track is an absolute classic, with prominent, spooky keyboards, a galloping rhythm, and superbly imaginative lyrics.”
“The album opens with the roaring title track, which is simply one of the classic tracks that was ever recorded by the band, starting with a mid-tempo keyboard led intro, it soon explodes into a high speed, gothic masterpiece. Another under-rated track from this album is Shady Lady, a laid back boogie rocker that still has classic Heep qualities.”
“The songs are a blend of hard rock and progressive elements, the instrumental arrangements favoured organ backgrounds, and the vocals are mellifluous. Despite the title, the lyrics are more grounded in reality, in contrast to the swords-and-sorcery themes of some of their earlier albums. The title track is outstanding, and most of the rest are listenable.”
“This is an awesome Heep record. It does not sound quite like their older works but it still retains the fine style which made the band so special. Return To Fantasy has it all: ballads, epics, rockers and jumpy tunes.”
“There are some good tunes here, the title track gallops along nicely, even if I never really knew what it was all about. Shady Lady is probably my favourite as an all guitar duel, Devils Daughter is a good heavy typical Heep tune as is Beautiful Dream. So well worth a listen, as loudly as possible of course, it makes all the difference.”
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