Live in Moscow [Import]

Uriah Heep | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 25, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Castle Essential
• ASIN: B000006B8D
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #534,384 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Digitally remastered 1998 reissue on Castle of their 1991album, originally released on Legacy & now with four bonustracks: 'Stand Back', 'Blood Red Roses' (1990 Re-Mix),'Rockarama' (Live Alternate Version from Moscow Concerts)and a cover of Argent's hit 'Hold Your Head Up'. 14 trackstotal. Also features faithfully restored artwork. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the band rages on stage!, March 19, 2002

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Live in Moscow (Audio CD)

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....

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Raging Silence" rages indeed, January 22, 2001

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burritobrother (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Raging Silence (Audio CD)

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.

3.0 out of 5 stars Different Heep, May 19, 2010

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Justin Gaines (Northern Virginia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Different World (Audio CD)

NOTE: Amazon currently has the listings for the Uriah Heep albums Different World, Raging Silence and Live in Moscow linked. This review is for Different World.

1991's Different World was, I believe, the 18th studio album from long-running British rockers Uriah Heep. At this point the band consisted of Mick Box, Lee Kerslake, Bernie Shaw, Phil Lanzon and Trevor Bolder, who took over production duties for the first time here.

I'm a big Uriah Heep fan and generally love most of their albums, no matter what decade they were released or which lineup was involved. Unfortunately, Different World is one of the rare Heep albums that just isn't that good. The band sounds conflicted as to what they want to sound like here. The keyboards are very 80's pop-sounding, the vocals aren't very dynamic, and the songwriting would have been more appropriate on an Asia or GTR album. I'd call it a sad attempt at a commercial record, but this kind of music had already gone out of fashion in the mid 80's. The bottom line is this - Different World just doesn't sound at all like a Uriah Heep album.

Ultimately, Different World just doesn't measure up to the albums that came immediately before and after it. It just doesn't showcase what this storied band is capable of. Unless you're a die-hard Uriah Heep fan, you'll probably want to skip this one.

Edition Notes: Castle/Sanctuary reissued Different World in 1998, giving it remastered sound, expanded liner notes and four bonus tracks - the b-side "Stand Back," a remix of "Blood Red Roses," an edited version of the Argent cover "Hold Your Head Up" and a live version of "Rockarama." It's a nice upgrade overall, and pushes the rating for this forgettable album up to 3 stars.