Fallen Angel [Extra tracks, Import]

Uriah Heep | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 20, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import
• Label: Sanctuary UK
• ASIN: B0002QPTNK
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,865 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Woman of the Night

2. Falling in Love

3. One More Night

4. Put Your Lovin' on Me

5. Come Back to Me

6. Whad'ya Say

7. Save It

8. Love or Nothing

9. I'm Alive

10. Fallen Angel

11. A Right to Live [*]

12. Cheater [*]

13. Gimme Love [*]

14. Last Farewell [Alternate Version][#][*]

15. Street Lady [Alternate Version][#][*]

16. Struttin' [Alternate Version][#][*]

17. Falling in Love [Alternate Live Version][Live][#][*]

18. Woman of the Night [Alternate Live Version][Live][#][*]

Editorial Reviews

Deluxe edition reissue of the British metal act's 1978 album includes eight bonus tracks, 'A Right To Live' (Promo B-Side), 'Cheater' (Single A-Side), 'Gimme Love' (Single B-Side), 'Last Farewell' (Alternate Version of 'One More Night' - Previously Unreleased), 'Street Lady' (Alternate Version of 'Woman Of The Night - Previously Unreleased), 'Struttin'' (Alternate Version of 'Gimme Love' - Previously Unreleased), 'Falling In Love' (Alternate Live Version - Previously Unreleased), & 'Woman Of The Night' (Alternate Live Version - Previously Unreleased). Sanctuary. 2004.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Last of the Lawton era albums., October 9, 2004

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This review is from: Fallen Angel (Audio CD)

Fallen Angel would be the last of 3 albums by the great John Lawton. Though they did recored a fourth with him, that never saw the light of day yet. He left the band (fired or quit) after that album was just finished up. Hopefully one of these days that album will be released.

Fallen Angel is probably the most commercial album Heep did in the 70's. There are none of the familiar fantasy themed songs at all on this at all (only High and Mighty has that distinction for the 70's albums). All the songs are about love and relationships. That doesn't mean it's not good, it's a great album and I think it's better than it's predecessor "Innocent Victim" though it's not a must half like the bands first 5 albums and "Firefly".

If you have the previous remastered version of Fallen Angel, this is not worth getting. There are no new bonus tracks. The follwing are just rehashes of songs on the original album. They don't sound any different.3. Gimme Love - single b-side
Last Farewell - out-take, previously unreleased
Street Lady - out-take, previously unreleased
Struttin' - out-take, previously unreleased

On to the song reviews.

Woman of the Night - Great opener. One of the harder rocking songs on the album.

Falling in Love. - Good AOR rock song, though short (under 3 minutes)

One More Night - A rockabilly Elvis type song. Good one.

Put Your Lovin on Me - Nice mid tempo rocker with a mix of electric and accoustic guitars.

Come Back to Me. Beautiful and soulful country rock ballad about the breaking up of drummer Lee Kerslake's marriage. One of the best Heep ballads ever.

What 'Ya Say - Heep does disco. If KISS and the Rolling Stones can do disco, I guess Heep can too. Not bad for a disco song, but thank goodness it's short.

Save It - I think this is the weakest track on the album. Not sure what the band was accomplishing with this.

I'm Alive - The best rocker on the album. This would have fit well on any Heep album. Energy is filled throughout the song.

Fallen Angel - Along with I'm Alive and Women of the Night, this is my favorite of the tracks. This is the most progressive rock track on the album. Nice melodic accoustic guitar work and keyboards compliment the vocals.

A Right to Live - The best of the bonus tracks. This should have been on the original album rather than Save It. Less commercial sound than most of the album.

Cheater - Sounds like a Styx song of the time period. You swear that Heep had Dennis DeYoung do the vocals on this.

Gimme Love - A generic late 70's AOR song that doesn't really do anything for me.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Underrated and Seldom Noticed, May 9, 2003

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JOHN SPOKUS (BALTIMORE, MARYLAND United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fallen Angel (Audio CD)

I remember buying this as a bargain bin cut out in the early 80's
and really digging it from the get go, though many were putting it down or ignored this release altogether. More poppy than any preceeding Heep but not in a really sappy way. Sort Of like Rainbow around the time of Down To Earth or Difficult To Cure(though I think this came first!), and that's not shabby company. Overall I like the Jon Lawton era regardless of what anyone else says

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Untraditional Heep but still good, July 24, 2001

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This review is from: Fallen Angel (Audio CD)

Fallen Angel is always said to been too light and poppy in its arrangements. Of course when the band discovered some new fame with the mega hit Free Me in 1976's Innocent Victim, it's understandable that they tried to produce some more of that kind of material which the audience had found intresting. Fallen Angel is full of hit songs as one critic said. This album surely has potential to success but it never did. Maybe that's because traditional Heep fans were uncomfortable about those poppy tunes or the record company didn't know how to push the album forward, but Fallen Angel is still an excellent pop/rock album when you forget those "hardness standards". Woman Of The Night and I'm Alive are besides harder than anything on many albums; Wonderworld has its "lights" in The Easy Road and The Shadows And The Wind, Sweet Freedom much slower songs as well and so on. Falling In Love, One More Night and Save It are quality pop tracks with excellent feeling on each of them. Put Your Lovin' On Me is a little bit slower tempo and Come Back To Me Lee Kerslake's emotional ballad. The only not-so-good song here is Whad'ya Say while Love Or Nothing and Fallen Angel are fabolous! Love Or Nothing is like a perfect package where every part is working and the song goes naturally forward. The title track Fallen Angel is very deep in it lyrics and feeling, maybe somehow describing the situation in the band where Kerslake had disagreements with the producer Gerry Bron and the vocalist John Lawton with Ken Hensley. On remastered version there is as much as four bonus tracks which generally aren't as good as those on the original album but especially Cheater is nice addition. Overall Fallen Angel is the best thing Heep did in years 1975-1989 among the Firefly album.