Very 'Eavy... Very 'Umble
by Uriah Heep
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 1773 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 947.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 02/13/2026 04:54 | Marswolf68 | 927 | 78/100 | |
| 01/06/2026 01:05 | Exist-en-ciel | 7,796 | 70/100 | |
| 12/04/2025 18:28 | Carad30 | 12 | 87/100 | |
| 11/13/2025 06:19 | Proto | 4,108 | 33/100 | |
| 10/18/2025 21:38 |  zags7000 | 20,410 | 64/100 |
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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 75.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.5.
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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.
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.
AAL2014 04/08/2020 15:18 | #249662
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.
Can't believe this album is ranked 24,000 at the time of writing. It's got "Gypsy" on it!!!
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
This is my favorite Uriah Heep album.
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