Look at yourself

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Look at yourself
Studio album by Uriah Heep

Publication
(s)

1971

Label (s) Sydney Bron Music

Format (s)

LP

Genre (s)

Hard rock

Title (number)

7th

running time

39:38

occupation

production

Gerry Bron

Studio (s)

Lansdowne Studios, London

chronology
Salisbury (1970) Look at yourself Demons and Wizards (1972)

Look at Yourself is the third studio album by the British hard rock band Uriah Heep . It was created in 1971 under the influence of the band's first US tour, Ken Hensley moved more and more to the fore. The percussion in the title track came from musicians from the Osibisa group .

After the recordings, Paul Newton and Iain Clark left the group. The original LP from 1971, designed by Mick Box, is now a popular collector's item because the viewer of the record cover sees himself distorted in a mirror-like film. On the back of the cover, the drummer Iain Clark is not mentioned for contractual reasons, although he is clearly visible in the picture.

With reference to the song July Morning , a tradition has been established in Bulgaria since the mid-1970s to celebrate the sunrise in the morning of every July 1st in Varna and other places at a harbor or beach (see main article July Morning ).

Track list

  1. Look at Yourself (5:11) ( Ken Hensley )
  2. I Wanna Be Free (4:01) (Hensley)
  3. July Morning (10:35) (Hensley, David Byron )
  4. Tears in My Eyes (5:00) (Hensley)
  5. Shadows of Grief (8:41) (Hensley, Byron)
  6. What Should Be Done (4:13) (Hensley)
  7. Love Machine (3:39) (Hensley, Mick Box , Byron)

Bonus tracks from the 1996 re-release

  2. Look at Yourself (Single version) (3:08) (Hensley)
  3. What's Within My Heart (5:24) (Hensley)

Bonus tracks from the 2003 re-release

  2. What's Within My Heart (5:24) (Hensley) (already included on the 1996 re-release)
  3. Why (11:18) (Box, Byron, Hensley, Newton)
  4. Look at Yourself (3:19) (Hensley) (alternative single version)
  5. Tears in My Eyes (5:38) (Hensley)
  6. What Should Be Done (4:26) (Hensley)
  7. Look at Yourself (BBC version) (4:32) (Hensley)
  8. What Should Be Done (BBC version) (3:26) (Hensley)

Bonus CD of the 2017 re-release

  1. I Wanna Be Free (4:19) (Hensley)
  2. Tears in My Eyes (5:55) (Hensley)
  3. What Should Be Done (4:25) (Hensley)
  4. Shadows of Grief (9:33) (Hensley, Byron)
  5. Look at Yourself (5:14) (Hensley)
  6. July Morning (11:18) (Hensley, Byron)
  7. Why Fourteen Minutes (14:16) (Box, Byron, Hensley, Newton) (longest version of the song "Why")
  8. Love Machine (3:55) (Hensley, Box, Byron)
  9. What's Within My Heart (5:34) (Hensley)
  10. July Morning (Live) (11:28) (Hensley, Byron)
  11. Look at Yourself (3:19) (Hensley) (alternative single version; already included on the 2003 re-release)

Information about the bonus tracks

  • All bonus tracks from the re-releases from 1996 and 2003 as well as all songs from the bonus CD from 2017 are unreleased versions at the time of release, unless otherwise stated in brackets.
  • The live version of "July Morning" included on the bonus CD of the 2017 re-release was probably recorded on November 21, 1971 at The Greyhound in Croydon, London.
  • The BBC recordings of "Look at Yourself" and "What Should Be Done" included on the 2003 re-release were dated October 20, 1971. They were broadcast on October 28, 1971 during the Mike Harding show Sounds of the Seventies . A third song, "July Morning", was recorded at this BBC session on October 20, 1971, but this recording has been lost, as is a complete further BBC session on Look at Yourself from May 1971, where three songs were also recorded.

useful information

  • In the US and Canadian editions of the album, changes to the track list were not made this time, but a different cover artwork was used.
  • The song "Why" was first recorded during the recording of Look at Yourself (which is why versions of the song are also included on the re-releases of the album), but the first version of these recording sessions was only released in 1993 with the compilation The Lansdowne Tapes . The version of the song that appeared as the B-side of the single The Wizard comes from the recordings for Demons and Wizards .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ stevehoffman.tv - Threads - Uriah Heep album by album thread . Retrieved April 7, 2020.
  2. ↑ a b c travellersintime.com - BBC Sessions / Part II . Last accessed on April 8, 2020.

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CD-Booklet Castle Essential ESMCD 318 (1996)

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