Label: Essential! Records (UK), ESSENT 316
Style: Hard Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 50:47
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 311 Mb
Charts: AUS #15, CAN #84, GER #22, US #186, FIN #14, JPN #41.
Originally this album was released in 1970 but it sounds as fresh as it is possible to sound 52 years on. Opening with the fantastic “Gypsy”, a song that has probably the most words written about of any Heep so no real need to add anything further here other than to say that the word and term classic is very apt. A proto-metal forerunner. “Walking In Your Shadow” is a riff driven tour-de-force that flows like a raging river.
“Come Away Melinda” is a total change of pace and atmosphere, showcasing the band’s ability to switch gears and moods at will, something that has served them well ever since this album’s original release five decades ago. It is a cover version of the popular Tim Rose track but it sounds like it would sit easier in The Eagles back catalogue. “Lucy Blues” has a slowbeat strut and confidence that is difficult to achieve is such a melancholic track. “Dreammare” picks back up the hard rock vibe of the opening two tracks with some extra vocal bluster.
“Real Turned On” goes full-on boogie blues rock with truck-drivin’ riffs that Status Quo would later make their trademark. A belter of a track that demands to be played loud with beer in hand. Mid-tempo groove rocker “I’ll Keep On Trying” is the penultimate that echoes early Deep Purple that contains a soaring and fizzing solo from Mick Box. To finish things off we have “Wake Up (Set Your Sights)” which is a progressive light rock track that lends itself perfectly to David Bryson’s operatic and powerful vocals back by a Jazz-swing drumming style from Alex Napier.
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01. Gypsy (06:37)
02. Walking In Your Shadow (04:30)
03. Come Away Melinda (03:49)
04. Lucy Blues (05:10)
05. Dreammare (04:40)
06. Real Turned On (03:39)
07. I'll Keep On Trying (05:27)
08. Wake Up (Set Your Sights) (06:28)
09. Gypsy (Single Version) (02:57)
10. Come Away Melinda (Previously Unreleased) (03:42)
11. Born In A Trunk (Previously Unreleased) (03:45)
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