Heep's 5th album and it's a damn good one! Since I bought the LP in Gothenburgh in 2000 I have listened to this one a lot. Some of the band's absolutely best songs are on it even if there's only 8 songs on the album, in fact very normal number of songs at the time. Heep continued, like on the last album only a half year before, creating progressive songs but also with very melodic parts in the songs, especially the refrains. The 10-minute progressive titlesong that ends the album could have been better though, there's something missing compared to earlier songs they recorded. The lineup is the classic one that gave Heep their biggest success. The album went to nr. 31 in the USA and to nr. 28 in the UK. Also nr. 1 in Finland and nr. 5 in Norway! This is an album every rocker should own.

1)Sunrise (9,0) A very good album-opener that builds up to a majestic and powerful song.

2)Spider woman (8,0) Good boogie-rocker.

3)Blind eye (7,0) Acoustic guitars in this energic rocker. Nice combination!

4)Echoes in the dark (9,0) UH at their best; melodic, heavy, progressive and pure quality.

5)Rain (8,5) Beautiful piano and vocal-ballad.

6)Sweet Lorraine (8,5) Midtempo rocker in true Heep-style with great basslines, psychotic keyboards and a catchy refrain.

7)Tales (8,5) Beautiful melody and singing by Byron in this slow great song!

8)The magician's birthday (7,0) Strange, both chaotic and melodic 10-minute track that sounds like there's 3-4 songs tied together.

Score: 8,19

David Byron (David Garrick) -vocals (1947-1985)

Mick Box-guitars (b.1947)

Gary Thain-bass (1948-1975)

Lee Kerslake-drums and kazoo (b.1947)

Ken Hensley-keyboards and guitars (b.1945)

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