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High and Mighty is the ninth studio album by British hard rock band Uriah Heep, released in 1976 by Bronze Records in the UK and Warner Bros. Records in the US. High and Mighty was the last Uriah Heep album to feature vocalist and founding member David Byron, who was subsequently fired due to his troubles with alcohol (he later died in 1985) and bassist John Wetton.

This article is about the Uriah Heep album. For the Gov't Mule album, see High & Mighty.

High and Mighty
Studio album by
Uriah Heep
ReleasedJune 1976 [1]
RecordedDecember 1975 – March 1976
StudioRoundhouse Recording Studios, London, UK
GenreHard rock
Length39:20
Label
  • Bronze
  • Warner Bros.
ProducerUriah Heep
Uriah Heep chronology
Return to Fantasy
(1975)		 High and Mighty
(1976)		 Firefly
(1977)
Singles from High and Mighty
  1. "One Way or Another"
    Released: 25 June 1976[2]
  2. "Make A Little Love"
    Released: October 1976 {Norway)[3]

John Wetton and Ken Hensley shared vocal duties on the single "One Way or Another".

The original vinyl release was a single sleeve, with the lyrics reproduced on the inner liner.

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


Reception


Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal4/10[5]

The album was not well received, as stylistically it veered from their earlier progressive rock vein into more mainstream territory, and lacked the group's signature lengthy compositions and fantastical subject matter. "Several of the songs find the band flirting with pop elements in a way that doesn't complement their hard rocking style", said Donald A. Guarisco in his retrospective AllMusic review. He added that High and Mighty "shows flashes of the group's old firepower, but is ultimately sunk by a combination of unfocused experimentation and uneven songwriting".[4] Martin Popoff called the album "effeminate, illogical, overblown, grasping for straws", citing only the song "One Way or Another" as "promising" and the rest a squandering of "the band's flickering talents".[5]


Track listing


All tracks are written by Ken Hensley, except where noted.

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."One Way or Another" 4:37
2."Weep in Silence"Hensley, John Wetton5:09
3."Misty Eyes" 4:15
4."Midnight" 5:40
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Can't Keep a Good Band Down" 3:40
6."Woman of the World" 3:10
7."Footprints in the Snow"Hensley, Wetton3:56
8."Can't Stop Singing" 3:15
9."Make a Little Love" 3:24
10."Confession" 2:14
1997 Remastered Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."Name of the Game" (previously unreleased version)4:59
12."Sundown" (alternate version)3:20
Total length:47:39
2004 Deluxe Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Name of the Game" (previously unreleased version) 4:59
12."Sundown" (alternate version) 3:20
13."Weep in Silence" (previously unreleased extended version)Hensley, Wetton7:46
14."Name of the Game" (demo) 3:21
15."Does Anything Matter" (demo) 3:20
16."I Close My Eyes" (demo) 4:18
17."Take Care" (demo) 2:57
18."Can't Keep a Good Band Down" (edited version) 3:09
Total length:72:30

Personnel


Uriah Heep
Production

Charts


Chart (1976) Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[6] 66
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[7] 14
Finland (The Official Finnish Charts)[8] 27
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[9] 48
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[10] 4
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[11] 21
UK Albums (OCC)[12] 55
US Billboard 200[13] 161

References


  1. "High and Mighty by Uriah Heep". Genius. 1 June 1976. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
  2. "Uriah Heep singles".
  3. "Uriah Heep singles".
  4. Guarisco, Donald A. "Uriah Heep - High and Mighty review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  5. Popoff, Martin (October 2003). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 303. ISBN 978-1894959025.
  6. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  7. "Dutchcharts.nl – Uriah Heep – High and Mighty" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  8. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 166. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  9. "Offiziellecharts.de – Uriah Heep – High and Mighty" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 22April 2018.
  10. "Norwegiancharts.com – Uriah Heep – High and Mighty". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  11. "Swedishcharts.com – Uriah Heep – High and Mighty". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  12. "Uriah Heep | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  13. "Uriah Heep Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 April 2018.

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High and Mighty (дословно с англ. — «Высокий и могучий», идиома, означающая «важный, зазнавшийся») — девятый студийный альбом британской рок-группы Uriah Heep, выпущенный 18 мая 1976 года фирмой Bronze Records в Великобритании и Warner Bros. Records в США. High and Mighty стал последним альбомом Uriah Heep с участием вокалиста и сооснователя группы Дэвида Байрона, который в конце июня 1976 года был уволен из-за своих проблем с алкоголем (позже он умер в 1985 году) и басиста Джона Уэттона. Это также первый альбом, спродюсированный Uriah Heep самостоятельно, без их менеджера-продюсера Джерри Брона.


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