Head First is the 15th studio album by Uriah Heep, recorded and released in 1983. It followed the path of the band's previous album, Abominog, and focused on the combination of NWOBHM and AOR, spiced up with some catchy pop-rock melodies. If failed, however, to repeat the commercial success of its predecessor, largely due to the fact, that it lacked any promotion from the record company, Bronze Records, which went into liquidation only a month after the album's release. The labum reached # 46 in...
Head First is the 15th studio album by Uriah Heep, recorded and released in 1983. It followed the path of the band's previous album, Abominog, and focused on the combination of NWOBHM and AOR, spiced up with some catchy pop-rock melodies. If failed, however, to repeat the commercial success of its predecessor, largely due to the fact, that it lacked any promotion from the record company, Bronze Records, which went into liquidation only a month after the album's release. The labum reached # 46 in the UK but only #159 in the US. "Stay On Top" and 'Lonely Nights" were released as singles.
Contrary to Abominog, Head First contained a bigger number of the band's original compositions, with only 3 covers (including both singles).
Head first was remastered and re-released in 1997 with 3 bonus tracks and again in 2004, as a part of the expanded deluxe edition series, with 5 bonus tracks.
It was the second and last album recorded by this line-up of the band, which featured:
Pete Goalby
Mick Box
John Sinclair
Bob Daisley
Lee Kerslake
Soon after the recording sessions were finished, Daisley left the band to rejoin Ozzy Osbourne's band. His predecessor, Trevor Bolder, came back after 18 months outside the band and remains in Uriah Heep to this day (as of Dec. 2010). Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
