Very 'Eavy... Very 'Umble
by Uriah Heep

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Very 'Eavy... Very 'Umble by Uriah Heep
Year: 1970
Release date: 1970-06-00
Overall rank: 3,440th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 109 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1970 (64th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (585th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,440th)

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Uriah Heep bestography

Very 'Eavy... Very 'Umble is ranked 3rd best out of 31 albums by Uriah Heep on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Uriah Heep is Demons & Wizards which is ranked number 1895 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 896.

Uriah Heep album bestography « Higher ranked (3,171st)
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Very 'Eavy... Very 'Umble Lower ranked (4,136th) »
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Very 'Eavy... Very 'Umble track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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1.
Gypsy
Average Rating: 85 (40 votes)Comments: View 1
2.
Walking In Your Shadow
Average Rating: 76 (27 votes)Comments: View 1
3.
Come Away Melinda
Average Rating: 76 (32 votes)Comments: View 2
4.
Lucy Blues
Average Rating: 71 (25 votes)Comments: View 2
5.
Dreammare
Average Rating: 76 (26 votes)Comments: View 1
6.
Real Turned On
Average Rating: 73 (25 votes)Comments: View 1
7.
I'll Keep On Trying
Average Rating: 75 (26 votes)Comments: View 1
8.
Wake Up (Set Your Sights)
Average Rating: 76 (28 votes)Comments: View 1

Very 'Eavy... Very 'Umble rankings

Very 'Eavy... Very 'Umble rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,440th | 1970s rank: 585th | 1970 rank: 64th  Overall chart history
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Very 'Eavy... Very 'Umble ratings

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 !		10/12/2026 19:50 FrancK  Ratings distribution  54683/100
 
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 !		09/27/2026 17:34 matterhornrider  Ratings distribution  5,19981/100
 
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 !		09/20/2026 12:18 Tamthebam  Ratings distribution  23,33069/100

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From dihansse 05/27/2018 14:27 in My discoveries per year
“I'm gonna veer off 1972 a bit to launch myself in the investigation into two bands of the seventies: not only Uriah Heep but also Status Quo: to me two bands: - who have dominated the seventies at least the pre-punk years but both had their roots in the sixties - where both play hard rock but not…”
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From 03/21/2021 10:13 | #267591 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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. (Edited)
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95/100
From 04/03/2016 01:30 | #163194 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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 (Edited)
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85/100
From 07/22/2016 23:48 | #171682 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Can't believe this album is ranked 24,000 at the time of writing. It's got "Gypsy" on it!!! (Edited)
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From 03/17/2016 20:41 | #162112 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This is my favorite Uriah Heep album. (Edited)
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From 02/08/2021 17:16 | #266022 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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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