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It is really hard to be evaluated such a variety and professionalism incorporeted into one band. Such a band is Uriah Heep and they proove it over and over again. This time with their 5th studio album - The Magician's Birthday. This album continues the psychedelic foundations of the previous masterpiece... and contains a candidate of my all time favourite composition - the homonymous The Magician's Birthday. The Magician's Birthday is a fundamental album by and for Uriah Heep! And all around the album you feel the thin psychedelic line, that makes everything so great.The Magician's Birthday is one of the greatest epic songs for me and its title is used for the name of Uriah Heep festival. Divine music by a divine band. 5 stars Have you ever listened to ''Spider Woman''?? that's poor by URIAH HEEP standard! Can someone recall how sound ''Blind Eye'' Originally released in UK November 1972 Bronze ILPS 9213 and in the USA - November 1972 Mercury SRM 1630 1972.

Norwegiancharts.com – Uriah Heep – The Magician's Birthday". Hung Medien. Retrieved November 8, 2023. advantage of the opportunity.....much to my chagrin as i think it was just a way to fill up the time allowed to fill up an LP andFor the most part the production of The Magician's Birthday can be described as overblown... with several notable exceptions, and these provide the only real bright spots on the album. "Rain," a thoughtful and unassuming piece, gets a sensitive presentation which goes a long way toward camouflaging the inadequacies of its lyrical ingredients. And "Sweet Lorraine" has an amusingly eerie sound to it, thanks mainly to Hensley's neat Moog sythesizer work. But two songs don't make an album, and Uriah Heep's fifth effort is a decidedly limited excursion into areas better left unexplored -- at least for the ill-equipped. haunting sound of guitar or the melancholy of ''Rain''. Also ''Sunrise'' will become of their many famous anthems with a great To the band's credit, it wasn't really their fault that their fifth album, 'The Magician's Birthday' When I was younger, I was a bit dismissive of Uriah Heep, but now I own a few of their albums (Look

who can't remember when was the last time he was given so much freedom to play a solo for so long, so believe me he is taking The single " Sweet Lorraine" / " Blind Eye" reached No. 91 in the US Hot 100 chart. [4] The single " Spider Woman" reached No. 14 in Germany. [5] The Magician's Birthday was certified gold by the RIAA on 22 January 1973. [6]absolutely brilliant material, and material I can do without. I know I'll still be looking for more a b "Single - Uriah Heep, Spider Woman". Charts.de (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts . Retrieved 19 November 2018. a b Geesin, Joe (December 2015). "Uriah Heep - The Magician's Birthday". Record Collector. No.448 . Retrieved 18 November 2018. Though undeniably a pleasant listen, Uriah Heep's The Magician's Birthday doesn't quite measure up to the high standards of the run of albums leading up to it. The soaring, fantastic atmosphere of Demons and Wizards occasionally peeps in here and there, which saves the album from total mediocrity, but the glorious heights reached on that album are nowhere to be seen here. Simply put, doesn't really have any truly memorable standout songs that remain with you after listening - something every Heep album from Salisbury to Demons and Wizards offered in spades. Simply put, I could listen intently to the album and then an hour later I couldn't remember what most of the songs sound like aside from Sweet Lorraine - something which certainly isn't true of Salisbury or Demons and Wizards. If anyone ever wanted to know what a typical classic Uriah Heep album sounded like, this would be a fine

The second album by the "classic" line up is a natural follow on to the magnificent "Demons and Wizards". All the elements are still in place, the Roger Dean Sleeve, the fantasy themes, and of course the great music. "Sunrise", which became the opener for the live set, sets the scene immediately, with Byron's first appearance being in the form of a controlled scream. Magicians Birthday did not aged a bit. It is still my Uriah Heep´s fave album and the most pleasant to hear great songs found here. "Rain" is the one song I can do with out, a rather generic, piano-dominated the peak of the band, both in terms of songwriting and perfomance. It is only ironic that such masterpiece Without doubt, Uriah Heep´s finest hour in the studio. Together with Demons and Wizzards, it represents

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The Magician's Birthday party has become an annual event, celebrating Uriah Heep through the years. It sees the current line up being joined by former members, and other well known performers. As the french language says: ''sans queue , ni tete'' would describe this ''epic'' ( without head , without tail) millions of albums all over the planet.Was no time to rest. Maybe it would have been a good idea to take some time off and enjoy then you have a ...drum solo. We don't want to forget the wonderful sound of this great prog musical instrument.....the Kazoo!!! Bottom Line: The Magician's Birthday shows how well the members of the band work together, especially David Byron's voice, which truly shows it's full potential. This is a Uriah Heep classic, probably the darkest album they ever released. So if you are a fan but don't have a copy of it, it's a must-have. As for those of you who are new to Uriah Heep, I wouldn't suggest getting this one...yet. I highly advise getting "Demons and Wizards" first, then get "Magician's Birthday." This concludes my review, thank you for reading.

nowadyas (even if Demons And Wizzards is a close match). Definitly a 5 star album with all its glory. Having heard those five songs, I can only say that I wish they'd been more persuasive in getting him to scrap the whole thing. Not that their own song gifts prove particularly scintillating but at least we'd have been spared lyrics like: "Weaker than a moment/Hot as any fire/Blinder than the blind eye/This is man's desire." C'mon guys! Adding to the general chaos is Dave Byron, who handles the lead vocal chores with all the subtlety of a trip-hammer operator, proving once again that breathless intensity makes a poor substitue for true interpretive capability. Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. 1973. Archived from the original on 23 May 2021 . Retrieved 2 April 2022.organ that are penetrated with the scream-like yell of David Byron. It settles as the vocals are almost spoken. It builds.Themes are repeated. I like the organ play in The problem , is for the first time, there are BAD songs and inconsequential tunes that drown the album a little bit.( more to



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