Abominog

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Abominog
Studio album by Uriah Heep
Released	1982
Recorded	1981
Genre	Progressive rock
Label	Castle Records
Uriah Heep chronology
Conquest (1980)	Abominog (1982)	Head First (1983)

Abominog was the 14th album for British progressive rock group Uriah Heep. It was the first album without the leader of the group - keyboardist Ken Hensley. Despite this fact, it was a critically-acclaimed and fairly successful album, due to the band retooling and updating their sound to a fresh, contemporary Heavy-Rock style.

When the previous line-up disintegrated Mick Box briefly considered forming a new group entirely, but ultimately decided to continue with the Heep name.

With the ever-present Box on guitars, it was the first of three albums to feature both vocalist Peter Goalby and keyboard player John Sinclair.

It also marked the return of drummer Lee Kerslake to the band, having left due to his unhappiness with the management, rather than the personnel, of the band.

Coming along with Kerslake was bassist Bob Daisley, the two of whom had been founding members of Blizzard of Ozz before being unceremoniously dumped. (It is important here to note that Blizzard Of Ozz was the name of the band, rather than simply the album. Promo photos and press releases from Jet Records clearly indicate this, as do contemporary interviews.)

Amongst several covers of other writers' material given the Heep treatment, Think It Over was a re-recording of a song which had been recorded by the preceding line-up and released as a single.

The Abominog Junior EP had On The Rebound as it's A-side, with two non-LP tracks on the B-side, Tin Soldier and Son Of A Bitch.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Too Scared to Run" (Box, Daisley, Goalby, Kerslake, Sinclair) – 3:49
2. "Chasing Shadows" (Box, Daisley, Goalby, Kerslake, Sinclair) – 4:39
3. "On the Rebound" (Ballard) – 3:14
4. "Hot Night in a Cold Town" (Cushing-Murray, Littlefield) – 4:03
5. "Running All Night" (with the Lion)" (Farr, Box, Daisley, Goalby, Kerslake, Sinclair) – 4:28
6. "That's the Way That It Is" (Bliss) – 4:06
7. "Prisoner" (Lance, Cooper, Riparetti) – 4:33
8. "Hot Persuasion" (Box, Daisley, Goalby, Kerslake, Sinclair) – 3:48
9. "Sell Your Soul" (Box, Daisley, Goalby, Kerslake, Sinclair) – 5:25
10. "Think It Over" (Sloman, Bolder) – 3:42

[edit] Personnel

• Peter Goalby - lead vocals
• Mick Box – guitars
• Bob Daisley – bass guitar
• Lee Kerslake – drums
• John Sinclair – keyboards, synthesizer, guitars, back-up vocals

[edit] Charts

• Norway #30
• UK #34
• US #56