Uriah Heep - Demons And Wizards
| Release date: | 19 May 1972 |
| Style: | Hard rock |
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01. The Wizard
02. Traveller In Time
03. Easy Livin'
04. Poet's Justice
05. Circle Of Hands
06. Rainbow Demon
07. All My Life
08. Paradise
09. The Spell
10. Why [extended version] [2003 reissue bonus]
11. Rainbow Demon [single edit] [2003 reissue bonus]
12. Proud Words On a Dusty Shelf [2003 reissue bonus]
13. Home Again to You [demo] [2003 reissue bonus]
14. Green Eye [demo] [2003 reissue bonus]
Top 20 albums of 1972: 2
Top 200 albums of all time: 93
02. Traveller In Time
03. Easy Livin'
04. Poet's Justice
05. Circle Of Hands
06. Rainbow Demon
07. All My Life
08. Paradise
09. The Spell
10. Why [extended version] [2003 reissue bonus]
11. Rainbow Demon [single edit] [2003 reissue bonus]
12. Proud Words On a Dusty Shelf [2003 reissue bonus]
13. Home Again to You [demo] [2003 reissue bonus]
14. Green Eye [demo] [2003 reissue bonus]
Top 20 albums of 1972: 2
Top 200 albums of all time: 93
Review
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Rating: 9.5 |
Uriah Heep had released several albums by the time Demons And Wizards was released, including the critically acclaimed Look At Yourself, which was released the previous year, and is also one of my all-time favourite albums. However, it was this fourth release, Demons And Wizards, that really established the band Uriah Heep as a household name in British hard rock history. Read more ›› |
16.01.2022
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This sweet album is 50 years old. It inspired several generations of musicians and it is still one of the best progressive rock releases of all time. Compared to the more famous 70s powerhouse bands, Uriah Heep are likely the most influential band you have hardly known anything about until now, and it is time to remedy that. So whether you are a traveler in time, a wizard, or a simple rainbow demon, do yourself a favor and discover or revisit this classic album as your civic duty for 2022. Dream Taster's picks | More picks ›› |
| Thumbs up: Daniell, RaduP, nikarg, ScreamingSteelUS |
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| silenius Posts: 513 From: Sweden  |
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| Mattybu Posts: 2589 From: Canada  |
Written by Guest on 30.09.2010 at 20:58 I thought Easy Livin' was a pretty good song actually. Love the keyboard or organ or whatever on that one.
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Account deleted Written by Mattybu on 09.12.2011 at 03:35 You misread what i wrote there, i never said the songs were NOT good. I agree, the keyboard work on Easy Livin' is great. And talking about Easy Livin', I love WASP's cover of it. 
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| Mattybu Posts: 2589 From: Canada |
Written by Guest on 09.12.2011 at 16:49 Oh true... Especially probably should have read that one better considering you even explicitly pointed out they were both still good...  Also checked out the WASP cover and you're right man it rocks!
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| bblitz Posts: 227 From: Croatia |
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| Sznc Posts: 46 From: Vietnam  |
An example of a release being so exceptional that it makes the rest of the discography sound like crap.
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| nonZero Posts: 1059 From: UK  |
A great, relatively unknown gem! I probably never would have found this without MS (which I could say about a lot of great albums). 9.5/10 leaning towards a 10 for me - 'The Wizard', 'Easy Livin'' and 'Circle Of Hands' are the standout tracks IMO. 'Traveller In Time', 'Rainbow Demon' and 'The Spell' are all also great.
---- My Favourite Albums (ordered & rated) Top 200 Overlooked Albums (with genres) So I Heard You Like Wintersun... (Time II find new bands)
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| Jope Steele Steelmeister Posts: 2807 From: Finland  |
Amazing meisterpiece. From these songs "Traveller In Time" is the one to look up to 
---- A Call for New 'Revolutionaries' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8HwtRAvalo A Call for Parallel Institutions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=]Vw3tUXdLu2Y
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| RaduP CertifiedHipster Posts: 7381 From: Romania  |
Written by Jope Steele on 03.09.2018 at 20:20 Been a while since I revisited this, so finally giving this song more attention.
---- Do you think if the heart keeps on shrinking One day there will be no heart at all?
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| Jope Steele Steelmeister Posts: 2807 From: Finland |
Written by RaduP on 16.01.2022 at 16:27 One of my favorites from UH and that should say a lot when they have so many great songs.
---- A Call for New 'Revolutionaries' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8HwtRAvalo A Call for Parallel Institutions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=]Vw3tUXdLu2Y
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| AndyMetalFreak A Nice Guy Posts: 2139 From: UK  |
Written by Jope Steele on 16.01.2022 at 18:19 "Traveler In Time" is a great song, it sounds ahead of it's time, it's heavy, has cool lyrics, with a great riff, but "Rainbow Demon" is my favourite, and I always had a soft spot in my heart for "The Wizard".
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| Jope Steele Steelmeister Posts: 2807 From: Finland |
Written by AndyMetalFreak on 17.01.2022 at 07:43 The album has plenty of brilliant songs, so it wasn't a clear-cut choice which songs are best to me other than Traveler. I enjoy most of them, tbh -- maybe Easy Livin not so much as others. Such amazing songwriters in one band during this era.
---- A Call for New 'Revolutionaries' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8HwtRAvalo A Call for Parallel Institutions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=]Vw3tUXdLu2Y
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| AndyMetalFreak A Nice Guy Posts: 2139 From: UK |
Written by Jope Steele on 20.01.2022 at 15:07 I thought "Easy Livin" was the weakest on the album too, it wasn't a bad song, but it fell into the same trap as "Paranoid" did for Black Sabbath, it was short and very catchy, which made it radio friendly, so and became their main hit, and so it got overplayed.
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| Samot Posts: 114 From: Brazil  |
This is the Best album ever released in this globe.
---- Um, Dois, Três, Quatro! Yeah! PORRA!!!
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