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High and Mighty is the ninth studio album by British hard rock band Uriah Heep, released in 1976 by Bronze Records in the UK and Warner Bros. Records in the US. High and Mighty was the last Uriah Heep album to feature vocalist and founding member David Byron, who was subsequently fired due to his troubles with alcohol (he later died in 1985).
The album was not well received, as stylistically it veered from their earlier progressive rock vein into more mainstream territory, and lacked the group's signature lengthy compositions and fantastical subject matter. "Several of the songs find the band flirting with pop elements in a way that doesn't complement their hard rocking style", said Donald A. Guarisco in his retrospective AllMusic review. He added that High and Mighty "shows flashes of the group's old firepower, but is ultimately sunk by a combination of unfocused experimentation and uneven songwriting".[1]Martin Popoff called the album "effeminate, illogical, overblown, grasping for straws", citing only the song "One Way or Another" as "promising" and the rest a squandering of "the band's flickering talents".[2]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Ken Hensley, except where noted
"Name of the Game" (previously unreleased version)
4:59
12.
"Sundown" (alternate version)
3:20
Total length:
47:39
2004 Deluxe Edition bonus tracks
No.
Title
Writer(s)
Length
11.
"Name of the Game" (previously unreleased version)
4:59
12.
"Sundown" (alternate version)
3:20
13.
"Weep in Silence" (previously unreleased extended version)
Hensley, Wetton
7:46
14.
"Name of the Game" (demo)
3:21
15.
"Does Anything Matter" (demo)
3:20
16.
"I Close My Eyes" (demo)
4:18
17.
"Take Care" (demo)
2:57
18.
"Can't Keep a Good Band Down" (edited version)
3:09
Total length:
72:30
Personnel
Uriah Heep
David Byron – lead vocals (except "One Way or Another")
Mick Box – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar
Ken Hensley – organ, piano, Moog synthesizer, tubular bells, electric piano, guitar, slide guitar, acoustic guitar, electric 12-string guitar, pedal steel guitar, vocals (lead vocals on "One Way or Another")