Sweet Freedom (Uriah Heep album)

Sweet Freedom
Studio album by
Uriah Heep
ReleasedSeptember 1973
RecordedJune–July 1973
StudioChâteau d'Hérouville, France
Genre
Length37:23
LabelBronze
ProducerGerry Bron
Uriah Heep chronology
The Magician's Birthday
(1972) 		Sweet Freedom
(1973) 		Wonderworld
(1974)
Singles from Sweet Freedom
  1. "Stealin'"
    Released: 17 August 1973 (UK)[1]
  2. "Dreamer"
    Released: October 1973 (Japan)[2]
  3. "Seven Stars"
    Released: November 1973 (NL and Japan)[3]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[5]

Sweet Freedom is the sixth studio album by English rock band Uriah Heep, released in September 1973 by Bronze Records in the UK and Warner Bros. Records in the US.

The original vinyl release was a gatefold, reproducing the lyrics within. There was also a central page with a photograph of each band member.

It was the first Uriah Heep album to be released by Warner Bros. in the U.S. Sweet Freedom reached No. 33 in the US Billboard 200 chart.[6] It was certified gold by the RIAA on 5 March 1974.[7]

AllMusic's retrospective review noted that Heep "began to explore new styles to flesh out their combination of prog complexity and heavy metal muscle."[4]

The album was remastered and reissued by Castle Communications in 1996 with two bonus tracks, and again in 2004 in an expanded deluxe edition.

  1. ^ "Uriah Heep singles".
  2. ^ "Uriah Heep singles".
  3. ^ "Uriah Heep singles".
  4. ^ a b Guarisco, Donald A. "Uriah Heep – Sweet Freedom review". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  5. ^ Popoff, Martin (October 2003). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 302. ISBN 978-1894959025.
  6. ^ "Uriah Heep Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
  7. ^ "RIAA Database: Search for Uriah Heep". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 15 November 2018.