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Know, I far much prefer the goold old rock than this. I am notĬonvinced with 'Hot Night in a Cold Town' : the FM sound is still very present. Shadows' which is not too bad a track but 'On The Rebound' is rather weak. Unfortunately, this genre will strike back again in this album. The AOR sound was almost ignored in 'Conquest' which was fine with me. While that the Heep was not hard-rocking (their previous effort was a good rock album, The opener 'Too Scared To Run' is a good, solid hard-rock number. Really keen on him, I had no problem with his voice. Stayed for three and Sloaman only for one. Some difficulties with their lead vocalists : Byron left after nine studio albums, Lawton What will come out without him ? Kerslake is back on the drumming.

Great tracks and a sublime keyboard play in their early days is not there to help the Their emblematic leaderĪnd main stream for song writing has gone.

Posted Friday, J| Review this album | Report (Review #31382)Ī terrible earthquake (one more) for the band (and the fans). Of these, 'Tin soldier' is a reasonably successful cover of the Small Faces song.Īll credit to Mick Box for keeping the band going, in the longer term everything would work out for the best, but this album should be seen as part of the period when the band lost its way. These have since been added to the remastered version of the CD. The performance is unexciting and uninspired, with none of the tracks being developed beyond the simple verse chorus solo structure.Īn 'Abominog Junior' EP was also released which included 2 non-album tracks. The bad new was that the tracks all sounded the same, being straight forward basic rock songs, and the songwriting only proved that Hensley was going to be sorely missed. The good news was that Goalby was a much more suitable vocalist. With Lee Kerslake returning to drums, Peter Goalby (ex Trapeze) taking on vocals, and Bob Daisley (ex Widowmaker) bass, only Mick Box remained from the band which recorded their previous album!

#Uriah heep members plus#

One song written by the departed Sloman and Boulder appears, plus several covers including 'On the rebound' by Russ Ballard. His keyboards duties were taken on by John Sinclair (ex Heavy Metal Kids), while the songwriting became, credit wise at least, a team effort. This was the band's first album without their main songwriter Ken Hensley, who left after the disappointing 'Conquest' album. If a sleeve is intended to paint a picture of what to expect within, the message here is not encouraging! The hideous creature which faces you is a far cry from the Roger Dean sleeves which adorned some of Heep's classic albums. With a cover even worse than 'Innocent victim' in terms of its repellent properties, 'Abominog' does not make a particularly good first impression. Lee Kerslake / drums, vocals Releases informationĪrtwork: Les Edwards with Martin Poole (design)ĬD Castle Classics ‎- CLACD 208 (1990, UK)ĬD Essential ‎- ESMCD 571 (1997, UK) Remastered by Mike Brown & Robert Corich w/ 4 bonus tracksĬD Sanctuary Midline ‎- SMRCD185 (2005, UK) Remaster w/ 6 bonus tracks

* Previously unreleased Line-up / Musicians That's The Way That It Is (Live 1984) (3:59) Think It Over (Video Soundtrack remix) (3:17)ġ6. Hot Persuasion (demo version) (4:04) *ġ1. That's The Way That It Is (demo version) (4:27) *ġ4. Running All Night (With The Lion) (4:24)ġ2.