Very 'Eavy ...Very 'Umble
by Uriah Heep
- Type: Album
- Released: 13 June 1970
- Label: Vertigo
- Country: United Kingdom
- Length: 2:20:22
- Community rating: 3.92/5 from 5 ratings
Artists on this release: Fred Hellerman, Paul Newton, Nigel Olsson, Fran Minkoff, Ken Hensley, Mick Box, David Byron
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Pioneering a wildly unique, Hammond-organ-driven blend of heavy metal and progressive rock, Uriah Heep's debut album is a massively influential hard rock milestone. '...Very 'eavy...Very 'umble' is fiercely energetic and remarkably heavy, featuring intensely passionate vocal harmonies layered over wonderfully psychedelic, highly progressive blues-rock riffs.
Genres
Descriptors: progressive, distorted, guitar-driven, hard, bluesy
Tracklist
- Gypsy (6:39)
- Walking in Your Shadow (4:32)
- Come Away Melinda (3:47)
- Lucy Blues (5:10)
- Dreammare (4:40)
- Real Turned On (3:39)
- I'll Keep On Trying (5:26)
- Wake Up (Set Your Sights) (6:22)
- Gypsy - Alternative Version (6:57)
- Real Turned On - Alternative Version (3:47)
- Dreammare - Alternative Version (5:10)
- Come Away Melinda - Alternative Version (4:01)
- Born in a Trunk - Alternative Version (4:53)
- Wake Up (Set Your Sights) - Alternative Version (6:56)
- I'll Keep On Trying - Alternative Version (5:33)
- Walking in Your Shadow - Alternative Version (5:11)
- Lucy Blues - Alternative Version (5:20)
- Born in a Trunk - Instrumental Alternative Version (4:47)
- Magic Lantern - Alternative Version (7:57)
- Bird of Prey - US Alternative Version (4:05)
- Born in a Trunk - Vocal Version (4:29)
- Come Away Melinda - Extended Version (4:13)
- Gypsy - Extended Version (7:06)
- Wake Up (Set Your Sights) - Extended Version (6:31)
- Born in a Trunk - Instrumental (4:34)
- Dreammare - Live BBC Session (3:07)
- Gypsy - Live BBC Session (5:14)
Credits
- Uriah Heep - primary artist
- Paul Newton - bass guitar, vocals, written-by
- Design Machine - design [sleeve design]
- Robin Nicol - design [sleeve design]
- Alex Napier - drums [our thanks to]
- Nigel Olsson - drums, percussion
- Peter Gallen - engineer [mixing engineers], engineer [recording engineer]
- Peter Olliff - engineer [mixing engineers]
- Colin Wood - keyboards [our thanks to]
- Mick Box - lead guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals, written-by
- David Byron - lead vocals, written-by
- Ken Hensley - liner notes, organ, slide guitar, mellotron, piano, vocals
- Peter Smith - photography by [photographs]
- Gerry Bron - producer [production] [produced by]
- Fran Minkoff - written-by
- Fred Hellerman - written-by