The Wizard (track) by Uriah Heep
The Wizard appears on the following album(s) by Uriah Heep:
- Demons & Wizards (track #1) (this album) (1972)
- The Best Of... (track #6) (compilation) (1975)
- Celebration - Forty Years Of Rock (track #7) (2009)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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60/100  | 04/11/2025 14:39 | timosbuecherei | | 61/100 |
75/100 | 09/15/2024 02:34 |  AAL2014 | | 77/100 |
100/100 | 04/19/2024 16:29 | Tomaek6 | | 92/100 |
85/100 | 12/14/2023 10:13 | hteavnafets | | 79/100 |
95/100 | 10/12/2023 22:37 |  VictorVale | | 87/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 4% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 82.0/100, a mean average of 83.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.2/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.8.
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Jboy56 11/29/2021 14:55
One of the best early Heep songs, may be one of top 5
Great opener from a very underrated band still going strong after 50 years.
neilgee 12/24/2015 19:27
A slightly deeper sound, an edgier vical? I don't know what it is but I've been listening to Gentle Giant & Moody Blues who were doing stuff not that dissimilar to this in 72, and I find Uriah Heep infinitely preferable to them.
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