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| Released | April 1982[1] | |||
| Recorded | October/December 1981 | |||
| Studio | Roundhouse (London) | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal | |||
| Length | 41:48 | |||
| Label | Bronze | |||
| Producer | Ashley Howe | |||
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Abominog is the fourteenth studio album by English rock band Uriah Heep, released in April 1982 by Bronze Records in the UK,[2] and on 12 July 1982 by Mercury Records in the US.[3] It was their first album without keyboardist Ken Hensley. The album was critically acclaimed and fairly commercially successful, due in part to the band retooling and updating their sound to a contemporary style and delivering a "punchier, more pop metal era-appropriate effort.[4]
It featured their last US hits, "On the Rebound" and "That's the Way That It Is". The latter was their highest-charting single of the 1980s, reaching No. 25 on the rock charts.[5]
The album was preceded by a 7-inch EP titled Abominog Junior, featuring "On the Rebound" and two non-album tracks, Small Faces cover "Tin Soldier" and "Son of a Bitch".
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- ^ "New Releases" (PDF). FMQB. 25 June 1982. p. 34. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
- ^ Monger, James Christopher. "Uriah Heep Biography". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 10 February 2019.
- ^ Ling, Dave (31 October 2011). Uriah Heep - Uncensored On the Record. Coda Books Ltd. ASIN B006286WJW.
Preceded by an EP called 'Abominog Junior' that included a Russ Ballard song called 'On the Rebound', 'Son of a Bitch' and a cover of the Small Faces track 'Tin Soldier', the 'Abominog' album was an unqualified success.