RAGING IN SILENCE - URIAH HEEP -1989
A quattro anni dall'uscita dell'album "Equator" del 1985 e a 2 dal loro storico concerto di Mosca del 1987 (dove furono la prima band occidentale a suonare in assoluto) gli Uriah Heep entrano in studio per pubblicare il loro 17° album dal titolo "Raging in silence" (="Protesta in silenzio").
E questo sarà il primo dei 4 album in studio che la formazione più stabile della loro storia (Inverno 1985-2007) pubblicherà.
Si comincia con la ballata (la quale è una cover degli Argent) "Hold your head up", per poi proseguire con la struggente "Blood red roses" scritta a suo tempo dal precedente cantante Peter Goalby,ma registrata da questa formazione.
"Voices on my TV" mantiene carica l'atmosfera di questo disco,dove fanno da padrone i due utimi componenti acquisiti della band: gli ex membri dei Grand Prix Bernie Shaw alla voce e Phil lanzon alle tastiere.
"Rich kid" e "Bad bad man" sono due brani di rock classico,dove (finalmente) si sente la chitarra di Mick Box su tutti; "Cry freedom" è solo un lento di intermezzo.
"More fool you" riprende in qualche modo lo stile anni '80 di Abominog, con i suoi assoli di chitarra taglienti, mentre con "When the war is over" la band riprende una cover acustica dei Cold Chisel.
Concludono il CD la sofferta "Lifeline" e il rock granitico di "Rough Justice", ottimo sigillo a questo ennesimo lavoro che conferma la grande tradizione creativa degli Uriah Heep.
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01 Hold Your Head Up (04:33)
And if it's bad
Don't let it get you down
You can take it
And if it hurts
Don't let them see you cry
You can make it
Just hold your head up woman
Hold your head up woman
Hold your head up woman
Hold your head high
Hold your head up woman
Hold your head up woman
Hold your head up woman
Hold your head high
And if they stare, just let them
Burn their eyes on you moving
And if they shout, don't let it change
A thing that you're doing
Hold your head up ...
04 Rich Kid (04:49)
She's a rich kid
She wears diamond rings
Knows how to walk
Knows everything
About love, she's not too sure
What she's looking for
Fresh from the woods
Out on the street
She's looking good
Looking so neat
She don't know if she should
'cause she don't know
If she's bad or good
She don't care if it
Hurts her father
She don't care if it
Breaks her mother
She don't care anymore
She just wants what
She's never had before
All she wants is love, she's ready
She wants love
And she's gonna get it
All she needs is love
She's gotta have it, someone to love
All she wants is love, she's ready
Gotta have love, she'll get it
All she needs is love
She's never had it, someone to love
She was a school boy's dream
High school queen
She had it all when she was sixteen
Stayed away from boys
'cause she thought she'd get hurt
Why did she listen to
Her mother's words
Couldn't go out
Had to stay home
And how she hated
Being on her own
She needs love like everybody else
Now she's gonna
Get some for herself
All she wants is love, she's ready
She wants love
And she's gonna get it
All she needs is love
She's gotta have it, she needs love
All she wants is love, she's ready
She wants love
And she's gonna get it
All she needs is love
She's gotta have it, someone ...
08 When the War Is Over (05:08)
When the war is over
Got to get away
Pack my bags to
No place in no time no day
You and i, we used
Each other's shoulder
Still so young
But somehow so much older
How can I go home
And not get blown away
Ain't nobody gonna
Steal this heart away
When the war is over
Got to start again
Try to hold a trace of
What it was back then
You and i, we shared
Each other's stories
Just a page that's
Lost in all it's glory
How can I go home
And not get blown away
You and I had our sights
Set on something
Hope this doesn't mean
Our days are numbered
I've got plans for more
Than a wanted man
All around is chaos and madness
Can't help feeling
Nothing more than sadness
Only choice to face it
The best I can
Ain't nobody gonna
Steal this heart away
And not get blown away ...
09 Lifeline (04:53)
Well I'm not superstitious
But there's something
Going on inside
Could be friendly, could be vicious
And there isn't any place to hide
It's my imagination
A blessing or a curse
No, I can't ignore it
For better or for worse
It wakes me when I'm sleeping
A thief that takes my breath away
And I find myself
Reaching for a lifeline
Throw me a lifeline and
Bring me back in time
I need a lifeline, throw me a lifeline
I'm going down for the last time
Sometimes I can't control it
Sometimes it isn't there at all
Sometimes I try to roll it
And wind up staring at the wall
My imagination
I love the games it plays
I get in so deep that I get lost
For days and days
It sometimes leaves me shakin'
Standin' in the dark alone
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Di Hellring
Raging Silence è stato l'album del 'ritorno'.
Un CD in cui si è manifestato appieno l'istinto di sopravvivenza.
