Fallen Angel (Uriah Heep album)

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Fallen Angel
FallenAngel(album).jpg
Cover art by Chris Achilleos
Studio album by
Uriah Heep
ReleasedSeptember 1978
RecordedApril, July and August 1978
Studio Roundhouse (London)
Genre
Length39:36
Label Bronze
Producer Gerry Bron, Ken Hensley
Uriah Heep chronology
Innocent Victim
(1977)		Fallen Angel
(1978)		 Conquest
(1980)
Singles from Fallen Angel
  1. "Love or Nothing"
    Released: 30 June 1978 (Ger.) [1]
  2. "Come Back to Me"
    Released: 13 October 1978 [2]
  3. "One More Night"
    Released: January 1979 (Ger.) [3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 4/10 [5]

Fallen Angel is the twelfth studio album by English rock band Uriah Heep, released in September 1978 by Bronze Records in the UK and Chrysalis Records in the US. It is the last album to feature John Lawton on vocals, before his firing in 1979. Fallen Angel only reached No. 186 on the Billboard 200, but in Germany, the band were at the height of their popularity. On this album, the band moved toward an AOR sound, as opposed to the progressive rock of previous albums. [6]

Contents

The album was remastered and reissued by Castle Communications in 1997 with four bonus tracks, and again in 2004 in an expanded deluxe edition.

Artwork

The album was originally released in a gatefold sleeve, opening vertically rather than the customary horizontal axis. The lyrics were printed on the LP liner. The artwork was licensed from artist Chris Achilleos. Achilleos's website lists the original artwork as missing. The same artist designed the cover for the Whitesnake album Lovehunter a year later.

Track listings

All tracks are written by Ken Hensley, except where indicated

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Woman of the Night" Mick Box, John Lawton, Lee Kerslake 4:07
2."Falling in Love" 2:59
3."One More Night (Last Farewell)" 3:35
4."Put Your Lovin' on Me"Lawton4:08
5."Come Back to Me"Kerslake, Hensley4:22
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Whad'ya Say" 3:41
7."Save It" Trevor Bolder, Pete McDonald3:33
8."Love or Nothing" 3:02
9."I'm Alive"Lawton4:18
10."Fallen Angel" 4:51
1997 remastered edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Cheater" (B-side to "Come Back to Me") 4:04
12."Gimme Love (Struttin')" (outtake originally titled "Struttin'", but renamed "Gimme Love" and used as B-side to the European release of "Love or Nothing")Box, Bolder, Kerslake, Lawton3:16
13."A Right to Live" (previously unreleased promo B-side)Lawton3:37
14."Been Hurt" (previously unreleased original version with John Lawton on vocals) 5:05
Total length:55:38
2004 Expanded deluxe Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."A Right to Live"Lawton3:36
12."Cheater" 4:04
13."Gimme Love (Struttin')"Box, Bolder, Kerslake, Lawton3:17
14."Last Farewell" (alternate version of "One More Night") 3:20
15."Street Lady" (alternate version of "Woman of the Night") 3:42
16."Struttin'" (alternate version of "Gimme Love")Box, Bolder, Kerslake, Lawton3:16
17."Falling in Love" (alternate live version) 3:08
18."Woman of the Night" (alternate live version)Box, Lawton, Kerslake3:18
Total length:67:17

US track listing

  1. "One More Night"
  2. "Falling in Love"
  3. "Woman of the Night"
  4. "I'm Alive"
  5. "Come Back to Me"
  6. "Whad'ya Say"
  7. "Save It"
  8. "Love or Nothing"
  9. "Put Your Lovin' on Me"
  10. "Fallen Angel"

Personnel

Uriah Heep
Additional musician
Production

Charts

Chart (1978)Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP) [7] 17
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [8] 18
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [9] 10
US Billboard 200 [10] 186

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References

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  2. ↑ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 70.
  3. ↑ "Uriah Heep singles".
  4. ↑ Guarisco, Donald A. "Uriah Heep - Fallen Angel review". AllMusic . All Media Network . Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  5. ↑ Popoff, Martin (October 2003). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 304. ISBN   978-1894959025.
  6. ↑ Monger, James Christopher. "Uriah Heep Biography". AllMusic . All Media Network . Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  7. ↑ "Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste – U". Infodisc.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2012.Select Uriah Heep from the menu, then press OK.
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