Very 'Eavy... Very 'Umble (studio album) by Uriah Heep

Very 'Eavy... Very 'Umble by Uriah Heep
Year: 1970
Overall rank: 3,799th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 96 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1970 (68th)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (662nd)
Award Best albums of all time (3,799th)

Uriah Heep bestography

Very 'Eavy... Very 'Umble is ranked 4th best out of 31 albums by Uriah Heep on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Uriah Heep is Demons & Wizards which is ranked number 1722 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 987.

Uriah Heep album bestography « Higher ranked (3,456th) This album (3,799th) Lower ranked (4,827th) »
The Magician's BirthdayVery 'Eavy... Very 'UmbleSalisbury

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Very 'Eavy... Very 'Umble track list

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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 96 votes)
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03/14/2024 14:55 CaptainPain  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 2,89060/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.6/100, a mean average of 76.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.

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70/100
From 03/21/2021 10:13
The album title is a clever play on words as anyone who has read David Copperfield will recognise. In all honesty the album isn't that heavy, in fact in parts it is quite mellow. Great cover, amazing what you can achieve with some fake cobwebs and the right camera angle! Musically, this paves the way to their masterpiece album, Demons and Wizards.
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85/100
From 02/08/2021 17:16
Generally regarded as an early classic of the heavy metal genre(proto), which in all honesty isn't that heavy. In fact the band try out several different genres in this their first album such as blues, rock, prog rock and nicey nicey. It's a very good first album but there is better to come.
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From 04/08/2020 15:18
This is a little like Blue Oyster Cult's first album. A shaky start but nevertheless tell-tale signs of the unmistakable sound each band would have later on. Some exciting and well-crafted moments here including the opener Gypsy and closer, the beautiful and brave Wake Up. Bird of Prey also if you're counting the US version. Otherwise, some moments of structural mediocrity as well as rough patches of drumming and sets of lyrics that made me look for a camera ala Jim Halpert.

I've been wanting to explore Uriah Heep's catalog for a long time, and while I won't be returning to much of this, it didn't prevent me from wanting to move on down the line of their discography.
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From 07/22/2016 23:48
Can't believe this album is ranked 24,000 at the time of writing. It's got "Gypsy" on it!!!
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95/100
From 04/03/2016 01:30
I found the British version a this album a couple of days ago with one scratch on the cover does anyone know what it would be worth in the states
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From 03/17/2016 20:41
This is my favorite Uriah Heep album.
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