Raging Silence

Raging Silence

Track Listings

1. Hold Your Head Up

2. Blood Red Roses

3. Voice on My TV

4. Rich Kid

5. Cry Freedom

6. Bad Bad Man

7. More Fool You

8. When the War Is Over

9. Lifeline

10. Rough Justice

11. Miracle Child [B-Side to Hold Your Head Up][*]

12. Look at Yourself [B-Side on 12" Release of Blood Roses][*]

13. Too Scared to Run [Live][#][*]

14. Corina [Live][#][*]

15. Hold Your Head Up [12" Extended Version][*]

16. Blood Red Roses [Alternate Remix][*]

Tracks:

Hold Your Head Up
Blood Red Roses
Voice on My TV
Rich Kid
Cry Freedom
Bad Bad Man
More Fool You
When the War Is Over
Lifeline
Rough Justice
Miracle Child [Single B-Side][*]
Corina [Original Studio Demo Version][*]
Mr. Majestic [Original Studio Demo Version][*]
Pacific Highway [Original Studio Demo Version][*]
Blood Red Roses [Extended Version][#][*]
Hold Your Head Up [Extended Version][#][*]
Corina [Live][*]

Customer Reviews:

Another Uriah Heep masterpiece vastly overlooked!.......2007-06-11

Its truly frustrating when such a commercially accessible album as Uriah Heep's 1989 effort "Raging Silence" fails to produce even one "hit single"...at least in my neck of the woods. Once a big Heep fan, I've admittedly lapsed over the past several years and only recently have begun listening to both classic and current Urian Heep again. A "Greatest Hits" collection and the 2006 re-release of "Raging Silence" have reestablished my appreciation for this ever-changing, but continually great band! With not a weak track to speak of, Raging Silence offers some of the most energetic and totally enjoyable rock music I've listened to in years. Personal favorites include "More Fool You", "Rough Justice", and the twice offered "Corina", as studio demo and live versions, two of the seven bonus tracks. With veterans Mick Box (guitars), Lee Kerslake (drums),and Trevor Bolder (bass), along with Phil Lanzon (keyboards), and the fifth in a line of superb vocalists, Bernie Shaw rounding out one of Heep's strongest line-ups, Raging Silence is a must, not only for longtime Uriah Heep afficianados, but for ANYONE who has an appreciation for well written, high energy rock music played with passion!

Mott's Silence.......2006-10-18

Uriah Heep first came into being as a rock band in 1969 and released their first album `Very `Eavy, Very `Umble in 1970. Twenty years after and fifteen line-ups later they released their seventeenth studio album `Raging Silence'. It had been four years since their previous album, the to be honest lack lustre `Equator' (1985).
After the Equator tour two members of Uriah Heep left the band, Peter Goalby on vocals, who found the whole process of touring not to his liking and John Sinclair on keyboards, who although a fine keyboardist was not really in the Heep mould. So joining the band in 1986 was Phil Lanzon on keyboards who was scooped up from the floundering ex-Glam Rock band `Sweet', having previously been with `Grand Prix' and `Sad Cafe', giving Uriah Heep back that necessary wall of sound. It was whilst in `Sad Cafe' that Phil Lanzon had played with a talented young Canadian singer Bernie Shaw, who had also been the pipes for `Praying Mantis' and `Clive Burr's Escape'.
Upon Phil Lanzon's recommendation Mick Box Uriah Heep's cheerful lead guitarist, who by now was the only original member of the band left, went down the London's famous Marquee club to see and hear the vocalist of the night's headliners `Strauss'. Bernie Shaw certainly showed that he could handle the high notes necessary to be the Heep's vocalist, and after a few after gig beers proved he was the team man for the job. That was twenty years ago, and since then there has not been one change to the `Uriah Heep' line-up, so according to your point of view Uriah Heep are twenty years old in 2006, or in Mick Box's case thirty seven years old, or drummer Lee Kerslake apart from the absence of one album thirty five years, or bassist Trevor Burton apart from a two album absence thirty years. Lee Kerslake and Trevor Bolder are one of the finest rhythm sections to have graced the world of rock `n' roll.
In 1986 the new line up started gigging like mad, playing anywhere that would have them building up a rock solid stage act, without doubt as good and reliable as Uriah Heep had ever been. Playing a selection of Heep classics as well as trying out some new songs.
Uriah Heep was the first band to play behind what was then referred to as the Iron Curtain, playing a series of ten consecutive well received gigs in Moscow in December 1987. Although at the time `Uriah Heep' did not actually have a recording contract, it was decided that it was too good an opportunity not to record the concerts for possible release as a live album.
When the band got back to England, Legacy Records took one listen to the tapes and immediately signed the band up for the release of the live album and a further studio album.
The album `Uriah Heep Live In Moscow' put the band straight back at the top of the hard rock tree, a single album putting together some Heep classics as well as the aforementioned newly written material which slotted in well with the older material. (If you let the album play on past the last and tenth track you will find some extra encore tracks hidden away). On the strength of the live album the band spent the rest of the year touring, before over December 1986 and January 1987 Legacy took the band into the studio to record their eagerly awaited new studio album.
The album was no disappointment, and is a fine addition to any hard rock collection. The album only hit the bottom end of the album charts but this was only to be expected, as this was the end of the Eighties, not exactly a prime time for hard rock bands in record sales, although they could still pack amphitheatres all over the world. The four year gap between studio albums may not have helped either.
The album opens up with a rip roaring cover of the `Argent' hit single `Hold Your Head Up' - a clever way to start the album as it gave the uninitiated something to grasp onto before the Heep originals hit you. But being a band to not stand on ceremony, they still had in the vault a good song from previous vocalist Peter Goalby, so with new vocals and keyboard parts by the new members, the second song up is a hard rockin' `Blood Red Roses', which also features a devastating axe solo from Mick Box.
This is followed by two more rockers written by band members Mick Box and Phil Lanzon combining to write `Voice on My TV' with its atmospheric sound effects, whilst Trevor Bolder gives us `Rich Kid' which he must have been writing from the memory of his days with David Bowie and The Spiders from Mars.
The next Box / Lanzon song, `Cry Freedom', steals a refrain from one of Heep's previous classics, `Sweet Freedom', but tells of forbidden love, perhaps inspired by Uriah Heep's earlier travels. Phil Lanzon then comes into his own with a full out rocker in the guitar driven `Bad Bad Man' which is still a stage favourite today.
The Box / Lanzon partnership scores another hit with `More Fool You'. This is followed by a fine tribute to Australian rockers `Cold Chisel' with `When The War Is Over'. The album proper is brought to a fine conclusion with another fine pair of rockers, with Bernie Shaw finally getting his name on the writing credits on `Rough Justice'.
That is the end of the original album, but those good folks from Reprise Records have re-released `Raging Silence' in 1998 adding on a whole bunch of bonus tracks. `Miracle Child', which was the B-Side to the single release of `Hold Your Head Up'; three fantastic live versions of `Look At Yourself, `Too Scared To Run', and `Corina', which had to be left off the Live In Moscow album due to time constraints, an extended version of `Hold Your Head Up' and an alternate mix of `Blood Red Roses'. This gives you over seventy five minutes of classic Heep rock. The album cover is one of rock's finest as well.
Uriah Heep continues to tour almost continuously to this day, issuing live albums yearly. Unfortunately their studio output, although of the highest quality, has been a little less in quantity, only `Different World' (1991), `Sea of Light' (1995) and the wonderfully named `Sonic Origami' and that was in 1998, six years ago. Time for a new album boys.
Mott the Dog.

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Uriah Heep's worst album, ever.

Raging Silence
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Hold Your Head Up
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Cry Freedom
Bad Bad Man
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Album Description

This heavy metal / hard art rock band that made it big in the '70's rages on with such tunes as Hold Your Head Up, Cry Freedom, Rough Justice and many more.

Customer Reviews:

Heep for the (garbage) Heap.......2005-06-12

I can live in '72 forever and I will... this ain't Heep, this is swill! Catch 'Sweet Freedom' for the best of the best of Uriah Heep (other than the BONUS TRACK which could have gone by the wayside.) "Return to Fantasy" is a heart throb of an album. "Magician's Birthday" has some stellar tunes. The only album worse than this one is the superdud "Equinox".

The New Heep Still Rocks.......2005-05-19

I really disagree with the reviewers before me.

It is always my pleasure to rate cd's that don't get enough recognition.This cd is a cd of the new Heep,so to speak. Although most members are not of the Salisbury period,they are musicians of top notch performance.

This cd and band, show a different side of the band. Yes it's more commercial but then again one can't live in 1972 forever. Evolution with dignity is the name of the game.These blocs have evolved and have put out some pretty fantastic stuff as opposed to their patchy late 70 albums.This incarnation is strong and these songs are strong too. No they don't sound like Bon Jovi,that's absurd.They sound like they are not old tired farts.
Good stuff.

Horrible.......2004-06-03

Got this in the bargain bin after purchasing Salisbury. Couldn't believe it was the same group.

Uriah Heep's worst album, ever........1998-12-26

How the mighty have fallen. This one is simply awful. It originally came out in 1990, and has been described as a Bon Jovi soundalike. I wouldn't even be that generous with this album. If it deserves comparison to anything, it is to what the Christian band Petra was doing around the same time - same lame attempts at social commentary in the lyrics, same limp, going-through-the-motions "hard" rock, same hoarse grade-B vocals that suggest Bruce Springsteen trying to sound like Steve Perry, same unimaginative compositions that merely recycle what was being played on the hair metal stations at the time. The album cover and title are both blatant copies of Manfred Mann's 1976 album _Roaring Silence_. A waste of money, unless you think Petra's _This Means War_ was the pinnacle of rock.

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so what will ya say, if Bernie Shaw is not David Byron?
the band rages on stage!
Harmonious Heep
"Raging Silence" rages indeed
Most disappointing of the recent Uriah albums

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Hold Your Head Up
Blood Red Roses
Voice On My TV
Rich Kid
Cry Freedom
Bad Bad Man
More Fool You
When The War Is Over
Lifeline
Rough Justice
Miracle Child
Look At Yourself
Too Scared To Run
Corina
Hold Your Head Up (Extended Version)
Blood Red Roses (Alternate Remix)

Album Description

Digitally remastered 1998 reissue on Castle, featuring all of the tracks from the U.K. version of their 1989 Legacy album 'Raging Silence', plus six bonus tracks: the B-sides 'Miracle Child' & 'Look At Yourself', previously unreleased live versions recorded in Moscow of 'Too Scared To Run' & 'Corina', along with 'Blood Red Roses' (Alternate Mix) and the 12' extended version of their cover of Argent's smash 'Hold Your Head Up'. 16 tracks total. Also features faithfully restored artwork.

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Customer Reviews:

so what will ya say, if Bernie Shaw is not David Byron?.......2003-05-15

FOLKS! This is HEEP'S new line up in the 90's. So no matter what the people said about Uriah Heep. In fact, Uriah Heep sold out their albums from 1969 until 1996 circa 120 million copies worldwide. The same case like Zeppelin and Deep Purple, Black Sabbath did. The new bloods in the band are not bad, the original keyboarder Ken Hensley has gone to perform his own solo, The original singer David Byron died in the 80's but the legacy is still alive until now.
The songs are excellent - masterpiece! need I say more?? The live sound in Moscow is really damned good and excellent!

the band rages on stage!.......2002-03-20

This album was recorded in Moscow 1988, Uriah Heep continued their spectacular live album.
The songs here are the classical masterpieces from their 70's hey day, check out them like gypsy, bird of prey, pacific highway, Come away
melinda etc......what a goldies collection it is! Heep is also good as Led Zeppelin, Purple, Black Sabbath in the 70's rock classic era.
Long time ago the American journalist at the rolling stone magazine Melissa Mills wrote that I will rather to commit suicide than listening to this band.
Yes Melissa Mills was a fool poor journalist,....she didn't know how good this band is!
In fact that URIAH HEEP sold out their albums/recordings worldwide 30 million albums until today!! well you know this now,....Is Uriah Heep still a bad
group ??? you should answer it by your selves! This band is a goldies. Their appearance in Moscow 1988 was the first one for many western bands who ever played in the eastern europe. Buy this, you won't miss it....

Harmonious Heep.......2001-07-09

What a difference a break makes. British heavy metal veterans Uriah Heep show that it is better to wait until you have something to say before releasing another album.

The result is a strong and appealing collection of songs and a lesson for those performers hellbent on pushing out albums like a sausage factory.

Although there are some pumping riffs, as in "Blood On Stone" and anthemic choruses like that on "All God's Children", this is not just for headbangers. Some souped-up modern beats behind hard but harmonious rock give this its broad appeal.

It is also a lean and mean sound. There are none of the indulgent excesses of many younger metal bands. Like a diet-conscious middle-aged person amid a younger fast-food generation, Uriah Heep appear rejuvenated through their fat-free approach.

Older fans will appreciate the nostalgic sound of the keyboard's wild race against driving guitars. Youngsters could be intrigued by how economic, and melodic, heavy metal can sound.

"Raging Silence" rages indeed.......2001-01-23

This lineup of Uriah Heep had the advantage of working together extensively live before recording, and the result, 1989's "Raging Silence", is the heaviest album that Uriah Heep have yet released. New singer Bernie Shaw is powerful, more forceful than any other Heep frontman. And the band of Trevor Bolder, Phil Lanzon, Lee Kerslake and Mick Box are definitely playing with the intensity that the strong material demands. Overall, the sound is heavy, always commercial, polished and well-produced. There are plenty of classic Heep tracks here--'Voice On My TV', 'Rich Kid', 'Blood Red Roses', 'Rough Justice' and their brilliant metal remake of Argent's 'Hold Your Head Up'. And there are no weak tracks, making "Raging Silence" a must-buy for Uriah Heep fans and a smart purchase for all rock and /or progressive- metal fans.

Most disappointing of the recent Uriah albums.......1999-10-17

Different World has to be considered one of the most disappointing albums in Uriah Heep history, especially in light of the other three spectacular albums the current line-up has done. Although not awful, the songs are going-through-the-motions rockers with little imagination or innovations and an alarming vacuity of ideas. A Uriah Heep album of any era almost always has one or two great songs on it, songs that grab your attention and make you go "wow!" and go on to become classics. No such songs are really on Different World. In fact, many of the songs are indistinguishable from each other, which just doesn't happen on most other Uriah Heep albums. The production, too, is a big comedown from the previous album Raging Silence (although it is somewhat improved in the remaster). If you're looking for modern Heep and aren't a completist, get one of the other albums by the current line-up instead.

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