Look at Yourself (Uriah Heep album)

Look at Yourself
Studio album by Uriah Heep
Released September 1971 (1971-09)
Recorded July 1971
Studio Lansdowne Studios, London
Genre
Length 41:14
Label
Producer Gerry Bron
Uriah Heep chronology
Salisbury
(1971)Salisbury1971		 Look at Yourself
(1971)		 Demons and Wizards
(1972)Demons and Wizards1972
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Billboard(positive)[2]

Look at Yourself is the third studio album by British rock band Uriah Heep, released in September 1971 by Bronze Records in the UK and Mercury Records in the US.

Characterized as heavy metal and progressive rock,[1] the album came to be viewed as a high point in the band's career, and is today regarded by many fans and critics as Uriah Heep's finest album along with Demons and Wizards, released the following year. The title track and "July Morning" were released as singles in the UK and North America in 1971 and 1973, respectively.The Album was ranked #97 at 100 Heavy Metal albums of all time by Kerrang!Magazine.

"Look at Yourself" was the last album to feature founding bassist Paul Newton.

The original cover art on the LP featured a single sleeve with a die-cut opening on the front through which a reflective foil "mirror" was seen, conveying a distorted image of the person viewing it. The idea, by guitarist Mick Box, was for the cover to directly reflect the album title, and this theme is carried through the band photos on the rear of the LP sleeve, which have also been distorted. The LP itself was housed in a heavy-duty inner card, complete with lyrics.

The song "July Morning" was the inspiration for a Bulgarian tradition, known eponymously as July Morning or "Julaya", of gathering on the beach on the Black Sea coast on the morning of July 1 to watch the sunrise.[3]

The album was mentioned in the David Sedaris book Barrel Fever, in "Don's Story".

Look at Yourself was remastered and reissued by Castle Communications in 1996 with three bonus tracks, and again in 2003 in an expanded deluxe edition. In 2017, Sanctuary Records released a two-disc deluxe edition.

Track listing

All songs written by Ken Hensley, except where noted.

Side 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Look at Yourself" 5:09
2."I Wanna Be Free" 4:00
3."July Morning"David Byron, Ken Hensley10:32
Side 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
4."Tears in My Eyes" 5:01
5."Shadows of Grief"Byron, Hensley8:39
6."What Should Be Done" 4:15
7."Love Machine"Mick Box, Byron, Hensley3:37

1996 remastered CD

No.TitleLength
8."Look at Yourself (Single Edit)"3:07
9."What's Within My Heart" (outtake)5:23

2003 expanded deluxe CD

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
8."What's Within My Heart (Out-Take from Look At Yourself Sessions)" 5:23
9."Why (Look At Yourself Out-Take)"Box, Byron11:18
10."Look At Yourself (Alternative Single Version)" 3:19
11."Tears in My Eyes (Extended Version, Previously Unreleased)" 5:38
12."What Should Be Done (Out-Take, Original Studio Version)" 4:26
13."Look at Yourself (BBC Session, Previously Unreleased)" 4:32
14."What Should Be Done (BBC Session, Previously Unreleased)" 3:26

2017 two-disc expanded deluxe edition (all tracks previously unreleased)

No.TitleLength
1."I Wanna Be Free (Alternate Mix)"4:20
2."Tears in My Eyes (Alternate Mix Extended)"5:55
3."What Should Be Done (Alternative Mix)"4:35
4."Shadows of Grief (Alternate Mix)"9:34
5."Look at Yourself (Alternate Mix)"5:14
6."July Morning (Alternate Mix)"11:18
7."Why Fourteen Minutes (Alternate Mix)"14:16
8."Love Machine (Alternate Mix)"3:55
9."What's Within My Heart (Alternate Mix)"5:34
10."July Morning (Alternate Mix, Live)"11:28
11."Look at Yourself (Alternate Single Version)"3:19

Personnel

Additional personnel
  • Manfred Mann – Moog synthesizer (on "July Morning")
  • Ted Osei, Mac Tontoh and Loughty Amao (from Osibisa) – percussion (on "Look at Yourself")

Covers

References

  1. 1 2 "AllMusic review".
  2. ↑ "Album Reviews". Billboard. 18 September 1971. p. 14. ISSN 0006-2510.
  3. ↑ https://www.rferl.org/a/For_Uriah_Heep_Fans_In_Former_Soviet_Bloc_One_July_Morning_Has_Lasted_40_Years/2087937.html
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