Into the Wild (Uriah Heep album)

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Into the Wild
Uriah Heep - Into the Wild (2011) front cover.jpg
Studio album by
Uriah Heep
Released12 April 2011 (2011-04-12)
RecordedDecember 2010–February 2011
StudioLiscombe Park Studio, Leighton Buzzard, Buckinghamshire
Genre Hard rock, progressive rock, heavy metal
Length52:54
Label Frontiers
Producer Mike Paxman
Uriah Heep chronology
Wake the Sleeper
(2008)		Into the Wild
(2011)		 Outsider
(2014)

Into the Wild is the 22nd studio album by the British rock band Uriah Heep. It was first released in Japan on 12 April 2011 by Universal Music Japan with 12 tracks on SHM-CD and in Europe by Frontiers Records on 15 April 2011 with 11 tracks on a regular CD; the album was released on 3 May 2011 in America. A video for the single "Nail on the Head" was released to promote this album. [1] In April 2011 Into the Wild entered the German Media Control Charts at No. 32. This marks the group's best chart entry in Germany since Uriah Heep's heyday, according to Blabbermouth. [2] Uriah Heep toured in support of the album, with a US tour beginning in June. [3] However, lead vocalist Bernie Shaw had to back out of some of the last tour dates due to health issues, and so his spot was briefly taken over by former vocalist John Lawton, who performed some shows with the band. Into the Wild is the last Uriah Heep album to feature bassist Trevor Bolder, who died in 2013.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Blabbermouth.net 9/10 [5]
Rock Hard 7.5/10 [6]

Response to the album has been mostly positive, many reviewers pointing, though, to its openly retrogressive appeal. [4] "It's like Mick Box and the lads have spent the last thirty years listening to nothing but their own back catalogue and the Gillan-period Deep Purple albums", writes Brian Fischer-Giffin of Loud Online magazine, adding: "Overall however, this is really quite a good album that doesn't pander to any kind of modern trend whatsoever and wholly the type of album you'd expect from a band that's been in business longer than your dad has probably been alive." [7] "Heep will never regain the historic impact they made in the early seventies, but this album is way too good to just tap the veterans on their shoulders and comforting/disgracing them with the words: 'Nice job gentlemen… for your age'", argued Lords of Metal e-Zine reviewer noting that "the positive energy of their live shows has been transformed excellently onto this new disc". [8] According to Hard Rock Haven review, "the perennially underrated Mick Box delivers some first-rate guitar work here, and with each new album Bernie Shaw is becoming the definitive voice of Uriah Heep". [9] According to Alan Holloway of Rock United Reviews, who rated the album a 7 out of 10, "despite a few niggles, however, this is a great album that should not be missed by anyone who has enjoyed Heep live or on record in the past." [10]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Mick Box and Phil Lanzon, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Nail on the Head" 4:15
2."I Can See You" 4:13
3."Into the Wild" 4:20
4."Money Talk"Lanzon4:44
5."I'm Ready" 4:14
6."Trail of Diamonds" 6:28
7."Southern Star"Lanzon4:26
8."Believe" 5:09
9."Lost" Trevor Bolder 4:51
10."T-bird Angel" 4:01
11."Kiss of Freedom"Lanzon6:13
12."Hard Way to Learn" (Japanese edition bonus track)Bolder5:25

Personnel

Uriah Heep
Production

Charts

Chart (2011)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [11] 40
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [12] 31
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [13] 32
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [14] 29
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [15] 42
UK Independent Albums (OCC) [16] 21
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [17] 11

Release history

RegionDate
Japan12 April 2011
Europe15 April 2011
North America3 May 2011

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