Uriah Heep - Salisbury (1971) [Russian Vinyl]

Year: 1971 (LP 1992)
Label: SNC Records (Russia), ME 1999
Style: Hard Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 37:56
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 252 Mb

Uriah Heep - "Salisbury" (1971) a review by Igor Shveytser:
If there were a contest for the most uncertain stylistically while quite promising album in the history of rock music, "Salisbury" certainly would have been among the competitioners. But back in 1971, awards were out of question — though the ice was now broken, and music reviewers were not as violent in destroying the young English band as they were a few months before, criticising Uriah Heep’s debut work. One of the reviewers even wrote that "Salisbury" was a 100-percent improvement, comparing to the debut album, and their next album («Look At Yourself») would definitely be even better. We can only guess what was on the reviewer’s mind, because in purely musical terms (and I’m not afraid to disagree here with both critics and the authors of the songs) "Salisbury" is not just good — it is just second to none, as it was unrivalled by any of subsequent Uriah Heep’s albums, even by those that received "platinum”, "gold" and "silver" status.
It is true that "Salisbury" never reached the same status as many other Uriah Heep’s albums — but this is true only in terms of commercial success. The album did not make the band rich and famous to be considered as successful. And it only charted for nine weeks in the USA peaking at No. 103.
In other words, it was not a triumph, if we do not take in account the 1977 re-issue of "Lady In Black" (but that is another story — at least, from a different era). At the turn of 1970-71’s Uriah Heep were a young band, actively promoted by their enthusiastic manager, and this was the reason for music critics to be somewhat biased in their opinions. Moreover, the lack of adequate critical acclaim at the time when the album reached the music stores and reviewers’ desks finally led, in my opinion, to the fact that even Uriah Heep members and their manager and producer later commented the album in a rather restrained manner, qualifying it not as something valuable but as an "important step forward”, "fashion" or even "a mistake.” Now, more than four decades later, the music speaks quite the opposite — and the warm comments by ordinary fans prove it. So let us give due regard to "the album with the tank”. OK, let’s start.

-David Byron – lead vocals
-Ken Hensley – piano, organ, slide and acoustic guitars, harpsichord, vibes and vocals
-Mick Box – lead & acoustic guitars, vocals
-Paul Newton – bass guitar, vocals
-Keith Baker - drums

01. A1 Bird Of Prey (04:08)
02. A2 The Park (05:35)
03. A3 Time To Live (03:58)
04. A4 Lady In Black (04:37)
05. B1 High Priestess (03:38)
06. B2 Salisbury (15:57)

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