Very 'Eavy Very' Umble - URIAH HEEP***

Gypsy/Walking In Your Shadow/Come Away Melinda/Lucy Blues/Dreammare/Real Turned On/I'll Keep On Trying/Wake Up (Set Your Sights)

Very 'Eavy Very 'Umble was the debut album from London based hard rockers Uriah Heep. For some reason they attracted the disdain of a well known American music magazine that bordered on the deranged. In fact, at their best, they created some very distinctive rock music, as their many fans would attest.

"One of rock's most horrifically underrated bands, Uriah Heep easily stand as one of the greatest proto-metallers, and one of the best and earliest practitioners of heavy rock. From as early as this debut, they crafted their own unique blend of hard rock riffing with psych organs and prog vocals and style. The whole album is driven along with such energy and power it's hard not to love."

"Not only was this the first, but it was the one that set the tone for what was to come. It is also the only album from their classic line-up where Ken Hensley didn't write virtually all of the songs."

"Commencing right here with the debut, Ken Hensley hits you right in the face with his heavy organ on the relentless Gypsy and it leaves you wanting for more of the same. Unfortunately though, nothing else quite hits those heights, not that it's bad or anything."

"The music is the formula that they are still using today. Soaring keyboards and terrific wailing guitar with good vocals and well written tunes are what they are about. This LP is good but better stuff is coming."

"Very 'Eavy Very 'Umble is the debut of one of the greatest and most influential bands of all time. Uriah Heep were a excellent band, they combined proto-metal with progressive rock like no other band has ever done, and in so doing paved the way for a lot of the awesomeness that came later."

"Uriah Heep were an incredible band, one of my absolute favourites. Along with Deep Purple, they were very influential in making the organ an important instrument in hard rock and heavy metal music. Ken Hensley was a great keyboardist, guitarist, songwriter, and singer. David Byron, of course, is a very powerful singer and Mick Box is a highly underrated guitarist; he didn't really play a lot of guitar solos on the studio albums, but he is very rhythmic and key to Heep's sound."