The Magician's Birthday

Artist: Uriah Heep
Label: Castle Music UK
Category: Music

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Format: Extra tracks
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 5027615833927
ASIN: B0000074PH

Release Date: 1995-11-27

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My Favorite Albums

Tracks:

Sunrise
Spider Woman
Blind Eye
Echoes in the Dark
Rain
Sweet Lorraine
Tales
Magician's Birthday
Silver White Man [*]
Crystal Ball (Gary's Song) [*]

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Customer Reviews:

Lives up to the cover art!.......2006-06-25

Isn't it annoying when you purchase an album that has the most awesome cover art only to discover that the content within is a real clunker? Well, this one is not in that class. This has to be one of my favorite Roger Dean covers (along with Yes' Tales From Topographic Oceans.) I think the first Uriah Heep song I heard was "Sweet Lorraine" which a friend of mine performed in his band. I was intrigued by the use of synthesizer fills and bought the album, my first by Heep. This is some of the best songwriting I've heard. It lives up to the title, weaving magic spells that fill your mind's eye with the "tales" being told through the music. It saddens me that many feel this album pales in comparison to "Demons and Wizards." I feel it is every bit as strong. Every song is a winner, from the opener "Sunrise" with it's beautiful instrumentation and David Byron's powerful vocals, to the closing title track, containing one of the finest wah- wah solos ever recorded. The mystical, surreal lyricism pulls you along through a most magical journey that momentarily takes you into new realms outside this somewhat bleak reality. I would liken it to musical fantasy in the same vein as Tolkien's Lord of the Rings with its ability to envoke such imagination and emotion. This still remains my favorite and a memorial of the tragic loss of David Byron (vocals) and Gary Thain (bass) who, I feel, were among the best at what they did. This album stands with ANY of the great classics. If you haven't heard this, you haven't heard Heep!

ghjrea'J.......2002-12-31

I'm just sick of the friggin' pop-up thingee telling me to review this. It's good. Buy it.

The best they ever did !.......1999-01-06

In the early seventies, the critics hated them ,but we - the fans - loved them. If you start to think about Uriah Heep, get Magician's Birthday. It is full of magic. Listen to Blind Eye and Rain. If you do not have enough - get their 4th album release 71 - Demons and Wizards.

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