Loud, Proud & Heavy: The Best of Uriah Heep

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Loud, Proud & Heavy: The Best of Uriah Heep
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Compilation album by Uriah Heep
Recorded 2007
Genre Hard rock [1]
Label Metro Triples

Loud, Proud & Heavy: The Best of Uriah Heep is a 2007 3CD compilation of tracks spanning the history of Uriah Heep from 1970 to 1991.

Uriah Heep (band) English rock band

Uriah Heep are an English rock band formed in London in 1969. It has had the same lineup since 2013: lead and rhythm guitarist Mick Box, keyboardist Phil Lanzon, lead vocalist Bernie Shaw, drummer Russell Gilbrook and bassist Davey Rimmer. Of the current lineup, Box is the only remaining original member. Throughout many lineup changes, the band has included many notable musicians, such as vocalists David Byron, John Lawton, John Sloman, Peter Goalby and Steff Fontaine, bassists Gary Thain, Trevor Bolder, John Wetton, Bob Daisley and John Jowitt, drummers Nigel Olsson, Lee Kerslake and Chris Slade, and keyboardists Ken Hensley and John Sinclair.

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Track listing

CD1

  1. Gypsy
  2. Come Away Melinda
  3. Wake Up (Set Your Sights)
  4. Bird of Prey
  5. High Priestess
  6. Lady In Black
  7. Love Machine
  8. July Morning
  9. Look at Yourself
  10. Tears in my Eyes
  11. The Magician's Birthday
  12. The Wizard
  13. Rainbow Demon
  14. Easy Livin'

CD2

  1. Sweet Freedom
  2. Stealin'
  3. Return to Fantasy
  4. Misty Eyes
  5. One Way or Another
  6. Can't Keep a Good Band Down
  7. The Hanging Tree
  8. Firefly
  9. Been Away Too Long
  10. Wise Man
  11. Free Me
  12. Illusion
  13. Free 'N' Easy
  14. I'm Alive
  15. Woman of the Night

CD3

  1. Fallen Angel
  2. Been Hurt
  3. Love or Nothing
  4. Come Back to Me
  5. Think it Over
  6. Love Stealer
  7. Feelings
  8. Too Scared to Run
  9. Running All Night (With the Lion)
  10. Hot Persuasion
  11. On The Rebound
  12. That's the Way That It Is
  13. Stay on Top
  14. Heartache City (live)
  15. Hold Your Head Up
  16. Stand Back
  17. Different World

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