Salisbury is where Uriah Heep began stretching out, moving beyond their heavy rock roots into more ambitious, prog-leaning territory. The album flips between muscular riff-driven tracks and more experimental fare, most notably the 16-minute title suite complete with brass and orchestral arrangements. It’s a bold, sometimes awkward fusion of heavy rock and classical ambitions, and while not every idea lands cleanly, it shows a band unafraid to go big. Is is a slightly different from the UK version as it drops the insane “Bird Of Prey” for the track “Simon The Bullet Freak” I own and dig both the US and UK versions the band’s first two albums and they all deliver.
1971 US pressing on Mercury.
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