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Uriah Heep discography

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Uriah Heep discography
Uriah Heep in 2011
Uriah Heep in 2011
Studio albums25
Live albums20
Compilation albums41
Singles33
UK: 27
Video albums18

Over the years, the British hard rock band Uriah Heep has released 25 studio albums (of original material), 20 live albums, 41 compilation albums, 27 UK singles (33 worldwide) and 17 videos. The band's best selling album is Sweet Freedom, which was released in 1973 and its worldwide sales are more than 6 million copies. Uriah Heep's progressive/art rock/heavy metal fusion's distinctive features have always featured massive keyboards sound, strong vocal harmonies and (in the early years) David Byron's operatic vocals.[1][2] Twelve of the band's albums have made it to the UK Albums Chart (Return to Fantasy reached No. 7 in 1975)[3] while of the fifteen Billboard 200 Uriah Heep albums Demons and Wizards was the most successful (No. 23, 1972).[4] In the late 1970s the band had massive success in Germany, where the "Lady in Black" single was a big hit.[5][6] With Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin, Uriah Heep became one of the top heavy metal and hard rock bands of the 1970s.

Studio albums

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Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[7]
AUS
[8][9]
CAN
[10]
GER
[11]
AUT
[12]
SWI
[13]
NOR
[14]
SWE
[15][16]
US
[17]
FIN
[18]
JPN
[19]
1970 ...Very 'Eavy ...Very 'Umble
(titled Uriah Heep in the U.S.)
  • Released: June 1970
  • Label: Vertigo, Mercury
15 84 22 186 14 41
1971 Salisbury
  • Released: January 1971
  • Label: Vertigo, Mercury
19 31 103 3 47
Look at Yourself
  • Released: September 1971
  • Label: Bronze, Mercury
39 16 11 14 93 1 5
1972 Demons and Wizards
  • Released: May 1972
  • Label: Bronze, Mercury
20 14 22 5 89 5 8 23 1 28
The Magician's Birthday
  • Released: November 1972
  • Label: Bronze, Mercury
28 6 22 7 5 9 31 1 43
1973 Sweet Freedom
  • Released: September 1973
  • Label: Bronze, Warner
18 19 5 12 9 2 13 33 2 45
1974 Wonderworld
  • Released: June 1974
  • Label: Bronze, Warner
23 26 31 7 2 3 38 5 76
1975 Return to Fantasy
  • Released: June 1975
  • Label: Bronze, Warner
7 22 83 21 3 2 9 85 8 74
1976 High and Mighty
  • Released: May 1976
  • Label: Bronze, Warner
55 66 48 4 21 161 27
1977 Firefly
  • Released: February 1977
  • Label: Bronze, Warner
17 6 35 166 21
Innocent Victim
  • Released: November 1977
  • Label: Bronze, Warner
44 15 13
1978 Fallen Angel
  • Released: September 1978
  • Label: Bronze, Chrysalis
18 10 186
1980 Conquest
  • Released: February 1980
  • Label: Bronze
37 33 11
1982 Abominog
  • Released: April 1982[26]
  • Label: Bronze, Mercury
34 52 30 56
1983 Head First
  • Released: May 1983
  • Label: Bronze, Mercury
46 56 19 159
1985 Equator
  • Released: March 1985
  • Label: Portrait, Columbia
79
1989 Raging Silence
  • Released: April 1989
  • Label: Legacy, Enigma
26
1991 Different World
  • Released: February 1991
  • Label: Legacy
1995 Sea of Light
  • Released: April 1995
  • Label: HTD
87 29
1998 Sonic Origami
  • Released: September 1998
  • Label: Eagle, Spitfire
2008 Wake the Sleeper
  • Released: June 2008
  • Label: Sanctuary
55 55
2011 Into the Wild 32 58 42 29 31
2014 Outsider
  • Released: 6 June 2014
  • Label: Frontiers
32 56 17 28
2018 Living the Dream
  • Released: 14 September 2018
  • Label: Frontiers
57 10 18 5 28 28
[27]
2023 Chaos & Colour
  • Released: 27 January 2023
  • Label: Silver Lining Music
73 4 10 5 40
[28]
60
[29]
16
[30]

Live albums

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Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
UK
[7]
AUS
[8]
AUT
[12]
FIN
[18]
GER
[11]
JPN
[19]
NOR
[14]
SWE
[16][31]
US
[17]
1973 Uriah Heep Live
  • Released: April 1973
  • Label: Bronze, Mercury
23 18 5 5 8 22 3 10 37
1986 Live in Europe 1979
  • Released: 30 June 1986
  • Label: Raw Power, Castle
Live at Shepperton '74
  • Released: 10 November 1986
  • Label: Castle
1988 Live in Moscow 1987
  • Released: 4 July 1988[32]
  • Label:
1996 Spellbinder Live 1994
  • Released: 8 December 1996
  • Label: Spitfire
1997 King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents Uriah Heep in concert 1974
  • Released: 21 May 1997
  • Label: King Biscuit Flower Hour
2000 Future Echoes of the Past
  • Released: 27 February 2000
  • Label: Classic Rock Productions
2001 Acoustically Driven
  • Released: 2 June 2001,(recorded 2000)
  • Label: Classic Rock Productions
Electrically Driven, live 2001
  • Released: 22 May 2001
  • Label: Classic Rock Productions
2002 The Magician's Birthday Party
  • Released: 5 February 2002 (recorded 2001)
  • Label: Classic Rock Productions
2003 Live in the USA
  • Released: 6 November 2003
  • Label: Classic Rock Productions
2004 Magic Night
  • Released: 6 November 2004,(recorded 2003)
  • Label: Classic Rock Productions
2010 Official Bootleg Series Vol. 1: Live at Sweden Rock Festival 2009
  • Released: February 2010
  • Label: Ear Music
2010 Official Bootleg Series Vol. 2: Live in Budapest, Hungary 2010
  • Released: October 2010
  • Label: Ear Music
2010 Official Bootleg Series Vol. 3: Live in Kawazaki, Japan 2010
  • Released: March 2011
  • Label: Ear Music
2011 Official Bootleg Series Vol. 4: Live in Brisbane, Australia 2011
  • Released: September 2011
  • Label: Ear Music
2011 Live in Armenia
  • Released: September 2011
  • Label: Ear Music
2012 Official Bootleg Series Vol. 5: Live in Athens, Greece 2011
  • Released: March 2012
  • Label: Ear Music
2013 Official Bootleg Series Vol. 6: Live at the Rock of Ages Festival 2008
  • Released: July 2013
  • Label: Ear Music
2015 Live at Koko – London 2014
  • Released: February 2015
  • Label: Ear Music

Compilation albums

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Year Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
AUT
[33]
FIN
[18]
GER
[11]
NOR
[34]
SWE
[35]
US
[17]
1976 The Best of Uriah Heep 8 47 145
1985 Anthology
  • Released: 1985
  • Label: Parlophone / Elektra
1986 Anthology Volume One
  • Released: April 1986
  • Label: Legacy
1988 Collection
  • Released: 1988
  • Label: Legacy
1989 The Collection
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Castle
Ironstrike: 14 Rock Hard Hits
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Avanti
Milestones
  • Released: 1989
  • Label: Castle
1990 Still 'eavy Still Proud
  • Released: April 1990
  • Label: Legacy
Two Decades in Rock
  • Released: June 1990
  • Label: Essential
1991 Echoes in the Dark
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Elite
Rarities from the Bronze Age
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: Sequel
1993 The Lansdowne Tapes
  • Released: July 1993
  • Label: Parlophone, Elektra
1994 Lady in Black
  • Released: 21 November 1994
  • Label: Parlophone, Elektra
1996 A Time of Revelation (4-CD box set)
  • Released: May 1996
  • Label: Essential
The Best of ... Part 1
  • Released: 1996
  • Label: Essential
1997 The Best of ... Part 2
  • Released: April 1997
  • Label: Essential
1998 Classic: An Anthology
  • Released: 15 September 1998
  • Label: Parlophone, Elektra
2000 Easy Livin'
  • Released: 2000
  • Label: Delta
Travellers in Time
  • Released: February 2000
  • Label: Essential
2001 Blood on Stone
  • Released: March 2001
  • Label: Castle
Empty the Vaults: The Rarities
  • Released: June 2001
  • Label: Castle
Come Away Melinda: The Ballads
  • Released: June 2001
  • Label: Castle
Remasters: The Official Anthology
  • Released: 28 October 2001,Remasters features new re-mixes, alternate versions en re-recordings of classic Heep material from 1970 to 2001, recorded by the band line-up of 2001
  • Label: Parlphone, Elektra
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Uriah Heep
  • Released: 10 November 2001
  • Label: Parlophone, Elektra
2002 The Very Best of Uriah Heep
  • Released: May 2002
  • Label: Sanctuary
Between Two Worlds
  • Released: 30 June 2002
  • Label: Parlophone, Elektra
2003 The Very Best of Uriah Heep
  • Released: March 2003
  • Label: BMG Camden
The Ultimate Collection
  • Released: July 2003
  • Label: Parlophone, Elektra
11 14
2004 Revelations
  • Released: February 2004
  • Label: Union Square Music
Rainbow Demon: Live & in the Studio 1994–1998
  • Released: April 2004
  • Label: Parlophone, Elektra
2005 Chapter & Verse
  • Released: 27 February 2005
  • Label: Capitol
2006 The Very Best of Uriah Heep
  • Released: February 2006
  • Label: Capitol
Easy Livin': Singles A's & B's
  • Released: 22 May 2006
  • Label: Capitol
2007 Loud Proud & Heavy: The Best of Uriah Heep
  • Released: 5 February 2007
  • Label: Parlophone, Hollywood
2009 Celebration – Forty Years of Rock
  • Released: 6 November 2009
  • Label: Edel
99
2009 The Definite Spitfire Collection
  • Released: November 2009
  • Label: Store for Music
2010 On the Rebound; A Very 'eavy 40th Anniversary Collection
  • Released: May 2010
  • Label: Sanctuary
The Uriah Heep Collection
  • Released: October 2010
  • Label: Brunswick
2011 Wizards: The Best Of
  • Released: August 2011
  • Label: Parlophone, Atlantic, Sanctuary
2012 Logical Revelations
  • Released: January 2012
  • Label: Store for Music
2015 Totally Driven
  • Released: 12 November 2015
  • Label: Uriah Heep

Singles

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Year Title Peak chart position Certifications Album
UK US GER NZ NOR AUS FIN CAN SWI DEN NL
1970 "Gypsy" 28 ...Very 'Eavy ...Very 'Umble
"Wake Up (Set Your Sights)"[A]
1971 "Lady in Black" 5 16 6 Salisbury
"High Priestess"
"Look at Yourself" 33 4 Look at Yourself
1972 "The Wizard" 34 86 8 Demons and Wizards
"July Morning"[B] Look at Yourself
"Easy Livin'" 39 15 75 15 25 9 5 Demons and Wizards
"Spider Woman" 14 The Magician's Birthday
1973 "Sweet Lorraine" 91
"July Morning" (Live)[A] Uriah Heep Live
"Love Machine" (Live)[B]
"Stealin'" 91 40 1 9 23
  • RMNZ: Gold
Sweet Freedom
"Dreamer"[B]
"Seven Stars"[C]
1974 "Something or Nothing" 45 6 25 Wonderworld
1975 "Prima Donna" 3 10 Return to Fantasy
"Return to Fantasy" 34
1976 "One Way or Another"[D] High and Mighty
"Make a Little Love"[E]
1977 "Wise Man" Firefly
"Sympathy" 37 13
"Free Me" 9 3 18 8 Innocent Victim
1978 "Love or Nothing" 36 Fallen Angel
"Come Back to Me" 40
1979 "One More Night"[F]
1980 "Carry On" Conquest
"Feelings"
"Love Stealer" Non-album single
1981 "Think It Over"
1982 "On the Rebound" Abominog
"That's the Way That It Is" 106
1983 "Lonely Nights" 85 Head First
"Stay on Top" 76
1985 "Rockarama" Equator
"Poor Little Rich Girl"
1989 "Hold Your Head Up" Raging Silence
"Blood Red Roses"
1991 "Different World"[F] Different World
1995 "Dream On" Sea of Light
1998 "Heartless Land" Sonic Origami
2001 "Lady in Black" (Live) Acoustically Driven
2011 "Nail on the Head" Into the Wild
2014 "One Minute" Outsider
2018 "Grazed by Heaven" Living the Dream
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Notes

  1. ^ a b released in the US
  2. ^ a b c released in Japan
  3. ^ released in the Netherlands
  4. ^ released in the UK
  5. ^ released in Norway
  6. ^ a b released in Germany

Video albums

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Year Title Format
1985 Easy Livin' – A History of Uriah Heep VHS
1989 Raging Through the Silence VHS
1990 Live Legends VHS
Gypsy VHS
1995 Live in Moscow (Japan only) VHS
2000 The Legend Continues VHS/DVD
2001 Acoustically Driven VHS/DVD
Sailing the Sea of Light VHS/DVD
2002 The Magician's Birthday Party DVD
Moscow and Beyond... DVD
2003 Live in the USA DVD
2004 Magic Night DVD
The Ultimate Anthology DVD
Classic Heep Live from the Byron Era DVD
Rock Legends DVD
2005 Between Two Worlds DVD
2006 The Live Broadcasts DVD
2010 Live in Concert DVD
2013 One More Night: Collectors Rarities DVD
2015 Live at Koko – London 2014 DVD

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