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Wonderworld is the seventh studio album by British rock band Uriah Heep, released on 22 June 1974 by Bronze Records in the UK and Warner Bros. Records in the US. Wonderworld was the last Uriah Heep album to feature bass player Gary Thain.

For other uses, see Wonderworld (disambiguation).

Wonderworld
Studio album by
Uriah Heep
Released22 June 1974
RecordedJanuary–March 1974
StudioMusicland Studios, Munich, Germany
Genre
  • Hard rock
  • progressive rock
  • heavy metal
Length37:40
Label
  • Bronze and Island
  • Warner Bros. (North America)
ProducerGerry Bron
Uriah Heep chronology
Sweet Freedom
(1973)		 Wonderworld
(1974)		 Return to Fantasy
(1975)
Singles from Wonderworld
  1. "Something or Nothing"
    Released: May 1974 (UK) [1]

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 1996 with four bonus tracks, and again in 2004 in an expanded deluxe edition.


Reception


Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal6/10[3]
Džuboksmixed[4]

AllMusic's retrospective review noted that "Wonderworld continues in the vein of Sweet Freedom, trying to bring Uriah Heep's appeal to a wider level while still retaining the grandiose trademark elements (the organ-guitar attack, David Byron's operatic shriek) that got them noticed". Comparing it to the band's prior work, reviewer Donald A. Guarisco added that "The result is an album that is solid but not as inspired as Look at Yourself or Demons and Wizards. The hard rock quotient is a little stronger on this album".[2] Martin Popoff found Wonderworld "conceptually vacant" and "lacking the fluid instrumental chemistry that loosely held together its predecessor", while still containing two gems in the songs "Suicidal Man" and "So Tired".[3]


Track listing


Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Wonderworld"Ken Hensley4:29
2."Suicidal Man"Mick Box, David Byron, Hensley, Lee Kerslake, Gary Thain3:38
3."The Shadows and the Wind"Hensley4:27
4."So Tired"Box, Byron, Hensley, Kerslake, Thain3:39
5."The Easy Road"Hensley2:43
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Something or Nothing"Box, Hensley, Thain2:56
7."I Won't Mind"Box, Byron, Hensley, Kerslake, Thain5:59
8."We Got We"Box, Byron, Hensley, Kerslake, Thain3:39
9."Dreams"Box, Byron, Hensley6:10
1996 Remastered Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
10."What Can I Do" (single B-side)Hensley3:10
11."Dreams" (previously unreleased version) 7:08
12."Something or Nothing" (previously unreleased live version) 3:09
13."The Easy Road" (previously unreleased live version) 2:53
Total length:51:00
2004 Expanded Deluxe Edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
10."What Can I Do" (single B-side) 3:09
11."Love, Hate and Fear" (previously unreleased)Hensley4:29
12."Stone's Throw" (previously unreleased)Hensley5:36
13."Dreams" (extended version) 7:13
14."I Won't Mind" (live) 5:35
15."So Tired" (live) 3:29
Total length:64:11

Personnel


Uriah Heep
Additional musicians
Production

Charts



Certifications


Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[19] Silver 60,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.


References


  1. "Uriah Heep singles".
  2. Guarisco, Donald A. "Uriah Heep - Wonderworld review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  3. 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.
  4. "Uriah Heep - Wonderworld". Džuboks (in Serbian). Vol. 2, no. 3. Gornji Milanovac: Dečje novine. December 1974. p. 23.
  5. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. "Austriancharts.at – Uriah Heep – Wonderworld" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  7. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 3849a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  8. "Wonderworld - Uriah Heep". Danske Hitlister.dk. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  9. 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.
  10. "Offiziellecharts.de – Uriah Heep – Wonderworld" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 22April 2018.
  11. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  12. "Norwegiancharts.com – Uriah Heep – Wonderworld". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  13. "Uriah Heep | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  14. "Uriah Heep Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  15. "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. 1974. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
  16. "Uriah Heep – Something or Nothing (Song)". Norwegiancharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  17. "Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1961: U > Uriah Heep". Sisältää hitin / Timo Pennanen. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  18. "Single - Uriah Heep, Something or Nothing". Charts.de (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 2 December 2018.
  19. "British album certifications – Uriah Heep – Wonderworld". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 4 February 2021.

На других языках

- [en] Wonderworld (album)

[ru] Wonderworld

Wonderworld (с англ. — «Мир Чудес») — седьмой студийный альбом британской хард-рок-группы Uriah Heep, записанный с продюсером Джерри Броном в Мюзикленд-Студиос в Мюнхене и выпущенный 22 июня 1974 года[1][2].


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