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Uriah Heep - Look At Yourself
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8.8 | 181 votes |
Release date: October 1971
Style: Hard rock

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193 have it
19 want it


01. Look At Yourself
02. I Wanna be Free
03. July Morning
04. Tears In My Eyes
05. Shadows Of Grief
06. What Should be Done
07. Love Machine
08. What's Within My Heart [out-take version] [2003 re-release bonus]
09. Why - [extended version] [2003 re-release bonus]
10. Look At Yourself [alternate single version] [2003 re-release bonus]
11. Tears In My Eyes [extended version] [2003 re-release bonus]
12. What Should Be Done [alternate version] [2003 re-release bonus]
13. Look At Yourself [live] [2003 re-release bonus]
14. What Should Be Done [live] [2003 re-release bonus]

Top 20 albums of 1971: 3
Guest review Lyrics (7)

Additional info
Look At Yourself [edited version] and What's Within My Heart [out-take version] both appear as bonus tracks on the 1996 re-release.

Guest review by
Stuart
Rating:
9.5
There is more than just a hint of progressiveness about this album and yet it never takes this factor to its tedious extremes. Uriah Heep throws into this album a great mix of educated hard rock, great musicianship and shows their skill to the full extent of their abilities through their willingness to experiment.

The vocals on this album are simply spectacular. You won't find yourself reaching for the lyric book as every single word is crisp and clear as day. David Byron has absolutely astonishing range in his voice, whether it's the blood curdling scream near the end of "Shadows of Grief", the ballad harmonies echoed on "July Morning" or simply just the rock 'n' roll ferocity of "Love Machine". He does it all. His band mates help him out on a couple of tracks with some truly beautiful multi-layered harmonisation.

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published 05.05.2008 | Comments (6)

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Comments: 5   Visited by: 347 users
28.02.2013 - 19:27
Rating: 9
Aristarchos
July Morning is one of my favourite songs ever. Also the title track is great.
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29.07.2018 - 19:49
Rating: 8
JOPE OF STEELE
Steelemeister
It is pretty good
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04.05.2020 - 22:22
Rating: 10
metalriff
So ahead of its time for 1971. And so fucking good
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15.04.2023 - 21:23
Rating: 8
majormalfunction
When I bought this one I listened to it a lot and loved it. It's still great but maybe i'm a bit tired of it. The middle (tracks 3-5) is still very impressive.
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Everything's twice as bright with money in your hands
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17.06.2024 - 09:23
Rating: 10
Majesty1911
As much as I love Demons And Wizards this one is still the best Uriah Heep album and this is why:

The title track - awesomely catchy Proto-Metal opener;
"I Wanna be Free" and "Tears In My Eyes" - two great Hard Rock bangers;
"July Morning" - a brilliant epic journey and a huge hit for the band with an iconic outro;
"Shadows Of Grief" - another excellent epic with a haunting bridge;
"Love Machine" - signature Heep's speed shuffle action.

So, here we have one of the greatest 70s Hard Rock albums, that stands tall together with masterpieces like Led Zeppelin IV, Paranoid and Machine Head.
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Glory to the Nation!
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