The Wizard (track)
by Uriah Heep
Year: 1972
From the album Demons & Wizards (track #1)
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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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| 02/17/2026 15:21 | NickD89 | 6,713 | 72/100 | |
| 01/02/2026 12:06 | Exist-en-ciel | 101,581 | 71/100 | |
| 12/16/2025 18:53 | Johnnyo | 43,689 | 80/100 | |
| 08/05/2025 22:35 | mrmcrook | 12,109 | 78/100 | |
| 04/11/2025 14:39 | timosbuecherei | 3,377 | 60/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 3% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 81.8/100, a mean average of 83.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.9.
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Jboy56 11/29/2021 14:55 | #276866
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 | #155077
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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