Head First is the fifteenth studio album by English rock band
Uriah Heep. It was released in May 1983 by
Bronze Records in the UK and
Mercury Records in the US. It is Uriah Heep's last album released by Bronze Records.
The album was recorded by the line-up responsible for the previous year's Abominog, but this time with a greater proportion of the songs written by the band members.
Bob Daisley left the group shortly after the album's recording to rejoin
Ozzy Osbourne; on the Head First tour former Heep bassist
Trevor Bolder rejoined the band, effectively replacing his replacement, and remained with the band until his death in 2013.
Though Head First was deemed to be a worthy successor to Abominog by critics such as
Geoff Barton,[5] it suffered from a lack of promotion as Bronze went into
liquidation the month after its release.
Video footage of the tour, from a show in New Zealand, was heavily featured on the long-form video Easy Livin': A History of Uriah Heep. In Japan only, this was also released on laserdisc.
"Stay on Top" was released as a single and a video was made. A double-7" gatefold edition was released. Non-album track "Playing for Time" was included.
"Lonely Nights", a cover version of the previous year's hit by
Bryan Adams, was the second single. A picture-disc 7" was released.
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abcGuarisco, Donald A.
"Uriah Heep - Head First review". AllMusic.
All Media Network. Retrieved 20 May 2012. After rising from the ashes with 1982's impressive Abominog, Uriah Heep continued to pursue a similar combination of heavy metal firepower and AOR sleekness on Head First