Firefly (Uriah Heep album)

Firefly
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1977
RecordedOctober–November 1976
StudioRoundhouse (London)
GenreHard rock
Length37:40
LabelBronze
ProducerGerry Bron
Uriah Heep chronology
High and Mighty
(1976)
Firefly
(1977)
Innocent Victim
(1977)
Singles from Firefly
  1. "Sympathy"
    Released: 28 February 1977 (Ger.) [1]
  2. "Wise Man"
    Released: 15 April 1977 (UK) [2]

Firefly is the tenth studio album by English rock band Uriah Heep.[3] It was released in February 1977 by Bronze Records in the UK and Warner Bros. Records in the US. It was their first album without lead vocalist and founding member David Byron, and the first of three albums with new singer John Lawton, formerly of Lucifer's Friend. Bassist Trevor Bolder made his Uriah Heep debut on this album. Barring a break of about 18 months in the early 1980s, he remained with the group until his death in 2013.

The first single from the album was "Wise Man".

The original vinyl album was a gatefold sleeve, with a cardboard lyric liner.

The album was remastered and reissued by Castle Communications in 1997 with four bonus tracks, and again in 2004 in an expanded deluxe edition.

  1. ^ "Uriah Heep singles".
  2. ^ "Uriah Heep singles".
  3. ^ Neely, Tim (28 October 2005). "Uriah Heep U.S. Discography". Goldmine. Vol. 31, no. 22. p. 18.