66 OVERLOAD

Uriah Heep

It was a mark of Uriah Heep’s recalibrating stature that Wake The Sleeper, their twenty-first studio album, was one of the nominees for Album Of The Year at the 2008 Classic Rock Awards. Although Whitesnake stole the gong with Good To Be Bad, Wake The Sleeper still resonates as a consistently strong collection. And Overload was an early reinforcement of the album’s greatness, from those trademark step-vocal harmonies to Mick Box’s unmistakable wah-wah guitar parts. DL

From: Wake The Sleeper, 2008