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20th Century Masters Uriah Heep | 
| Artist: Uriah Heep
Label: Island / Mercury
Category: Music
List Price: $9.98
Buy New: $8.49
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Rating:  15 reviews
Sales Rank: 37182
Format: Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 000844102
UPC: 602517231733
EAN: 0602517231733
ASIN: B000NJWTBG
Release Date: April 3, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | Gypsy - Uriah Heep, Box, Mick | | • | Come Away Melinda - Uriah Heep, Hellerman, Fred | | • | High Priestess | | • | Lady in Black | | • | Look at Yourself | | • | July Morning - Uriah Heep, Byron, David | | • | The Wizard - Uriah Heep, Clarke, Mark | | • | Easy Livin' | | • | Circle of Hands | | • | Sunrise | | • | Sweet Lorraine - Uriah Heep, Box, Mick | | • | Stealin' |
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Album Description
The 20th Century Masters series is the best-selling single-artist line in music history and is being re-released by Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) in its ground-breaking, environmentally-friendly packaging format. A first for the music industry, the standard package (both sleeve and tray) will be completely paper-recyclable, continuing the company's long-standing commitment to being "green."To further reduce the amount of paper in the Eco-Pack, the CD booklet will no longer be offered. Official liner notes are easily accessible on the Internet at http://www.ilovethatsong.com/green.UMe is the first North American music company to replace the traditional jewel case with recycled paperboard sleeves and the plastic tray with trays made from PaperFoam, a new packaging technology from Shorewood Packaging, a business of International Paper, that is paper-recyclable and biodegradable. Shorewood Packaging is the first North American packaging supplier to produce disc trays from PaperFoam.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 uriah heep millennium style April 7, 2008
B. E Jackson (Pennsylvania)
These millennium discs are starting to drive me nuts! While I enjoy the songs on this one, and actually think they did a good job capturing Uriah Heep's better moments, we can't forget these compilation discs are NEVER complete, and once again, I can think of several Uriah Heep songs that are worth putting on this album that, for some reason or another, didn't make the cut. To me that's inexcusable.
I never understood the popularity of "Gypsy". While the solo in the middle is okay by me, the power chords that dominate the rest of the song are really far-fetched and come off sounding WAY too clumsy and simple. However, ignoring that track, "Come Away Melinda" is the bands most haunting ballad ever (and I mean "haunting" literally since the first time I heard this song was while watching a show on real ghost activity). "July Morning" is NOT a poor imitation of Deep Purple's "Child In Time". Both songs deserve to be heard and loved.
"High Priestess" is a surprise feature if you ask me. I'm glad they decided to put that one on here. "Lady in Black" is a simple, but hooky and pleasant piece of writing, and "Circle of Hands" is a song that couldn't have been written in ANY other decade but the 70's. That's a fact. About as soulful as they come. Worth picking up and owning.
 Uriah Heep - '20th Century Masters-The Millennium Collection' (Mercury) November 10, 2006
Mike Reed (USA)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Really believe this CD's title is meant to be like a corporate ca$h cow. Didn't fool me for a minute.Twelve tracks of Uriah Heep's early works. It's always great to hear these early '70's hard rock gems, like "Gypsy", the wailing "Lady In Black", "July Morning", "Sweet Lorraine" and their only two hits (at least here in the U.S.) "Easy Livin'" and "Stealin'". Simply LOVE hearing either of those tunes on an album rock station at 3am. Obviously aimed the towards the completists.
 memories March 18, 2006
JB (chicago,il.usa)
2 out of 10 found this review helpful
one great song which is why i stole it i mean bought it...ha ha
Fun Classic Hard Rock August 16, 2005
Danno (NY, NY)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Do like rock and roll that's supposed to be fun, make you feel good, and make you smile? If you do, you might want to try this Uriah Heep collection. You'd never know it if you only listen to contemporary classic rock radio in the USA, but Uriah Heep were a potent live act in the early 1970s and recorded several gold albums. What did they sound like? If you can imagine a garage band doing a Deep Purple impersonation, you have a pretty good idea. They're definitely worth a listen if you're looking for music that doesn't take itself seriously.
The standouts on this compilation include a trippy ballad about "The Wizard," the fast paced shuffle "Easy Living," the Woodstock-era "July Morning," and the bluesy "Stealin'" whose rock-and-roll-as-outlaw-cowboy predates both McCartney's "Band on the Run" and Bon Jovi's "Dead or Alive." This CD represents the cream of Uriah Heep's early career and serves as a jumping-off point for exploring their (admittedly uneven) albums. All feature powerful keyboard arrangements and tongue-in-cheek lyrics.
Music like this is a great antidote for the largely humorless exercise modern mainstream rock has become. Uriah Heep will never win awards for originality, but there were few bands who seemed to absolutely enjoy what they were doing more than they. To me, their fannish enthusiasm is contagious. I hope you agree.
Excellent Single Disc Compilation, But..... September 5, 2004
"The Woj" (Downers Grove, IL)
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
If you only have enough cash for a single disc "best of" from this great & under-rated 70's band, this Millennium Collection is the definitley the way to go. The 1976 "The Best Of Uriah Heep" is a good single disc album, but only features 9 tracks compared to the 12 offered here. Plus the sound on the Millennium release is much better. My personal advice, however, is to scrape up the extra cash and purchase the vastly superior 2 disc set, "Classic Heep: An Anthology". "An Anthology" contains a whopping 30 tracks and gives a much better musical representation of Uriah Heep. If you're on a tight musical budget though, opt for this album and save you cash for the "Uriah Heep Live - 1973" cd.
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