- Sweet Freedom
Infobox Album |
Name = Sweet Freedom
Type =Album
Artist = Uriah Heep
Released = September 1973
Recorded = June–July 1973
Genre =Progressive rock Psychedelic rock
Length = 38:50
Label = Bronze (UK),Warner Bros. Records (USA)
Producer =Gerry Bron
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fpfoxq95ldfe link] |
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Last album = "The Magician's Birthday " (1972)
This album = "Sweet Freedom" (1973)
Next album = "Wonderworld" (1974)"Sweet Freedom" is the sixth studio album released by British rock band Uriah Heep.
The original vinyl release was as a
gatefold -sleeve, reproducing the lyrics within. There was also a central page with a photograph of each band member.It was the first album of Uriah Heep's to be released by
Warner Bros. Records in the USA.Arguably the best-known song from "Sweet Freedom" is "Stealin' ". On the
Billboard charts , "Sweet Freedom" was received #33 in the U.S., and #18 in the UK"Sweet Freedom" was certified Gold by the
RIAA on March 5, 1974.Track listing
#"Dreamer" (Thain, Box) – 3:41
#"Stealin' " (Hensley) – 4:49
#"One Day" (Hensley, Thain) – 2:47
#"Sweet Freedom" (Hensley) – 6:37
#"If I Had the Time" (Hensley) – 5:43
#"Seven Stars" (Hensley) – 3:52
#"Circus" (Thain, Box, Kerslake) – 2:44
#"Pilgrim" (Hensley, Byron) – 7:10Personnel
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David Byron – vocals
*Ken Hensley – keyboards,guitar s, Vocals
*Mick Box – Guitar
*Gary Thain –bass guitar
*Lee Kerslake – drums, percussion, vocalsingles
#"Stealin'"/"Dreamer"(U.S. only)
#"Sweet Freedom (single version)"/"Seven Stars"(U.S. only)
#"One Day"/Circus"(UK single only)Charts
*Norway #02
*AT #09
*UK #18
*AU #33
*US #33External links
* " [http://heepfiles.info/search2/salb.htm The Official Uriah Heep Discography] "
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