Innocent Victim

Innocent Victim
Studio album by
Uriah Heep
ReleasedNovember 1977
RecordedJuly–September 1977
StudioRoundhouse (London)
Genre
Length38:48
LabelBronze
Producer
Uriah Heep chronology
Firefly
(1977) 		Innocent Victim
(1977) 		Fallen Angel
(1978)
Singles from Innocent Victim
  1. "Free Me"
    Released: 21 October 1977[1]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal3/10[3]

Innocent Victim is the eleventh studio album by English rock band Uriah Heep, released in November 1977 by Bronze Records in the UK and Warner Bros. Records in the US.

Although it did not chart in the US or UK, Innocent Victim went on to sell more than 100,000 copies in Germany alone,[citation needed] and reached No. 19 and No. 44 in New Zealand and Australia, respectively.[4][5] The single "Free Me" was a No. 3 hit in New Zealand and also peaked at No. 3 in South Africa. "Free Me" was also Uriah Heep's only hit in Australia, reaching No. 9.[6][7]

The eyes of drummer Lee Kerslake were used for the snake on the cover artwork. In the US, the sleeve was a live photomontage instead.

The album was remastered and reissued by Castle Communications in 1997 with two bonus tracks, and again in 2004 in an expanded deluxe edition including three live tracks recorded during the band's 1979 European tour (these are alternate versions to the ones released on the Live in Europe 1979 album).

  1. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 62.
  2. ^ Guarisco, Donald A. "Uriah Heep - Innocent Victim review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  3. ^ Popoff, Martin (October 2003). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 303–304. ISBN 978-1894959025.
  4. ^ "Uriah Heep – Innocent Victim (Album)". charts.nz. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference NZ was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference SA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).