Look At Yourself

Date	Label	Catalog #	Comments
1971	Bronze (UK) / Mercury (USA)	ILPS 9169 / MCR-4-1-614	LP
1996	Castle Communications	GAS0000318ESM	CD Limited Edition Remastered Reissue with 2 bonus tracks.
2003	Sanctuary	SMRCD050	CD Deluxe Remastered with 7 Bonus Tracks.
31 Mar 2017	BMG/Sanctuary	CAT2CD57	2xCD Remastered Reissue

Track List

Look At Yourself - 5:07
I Wanna Be Free - 3:59
July Morning - 10:36
Tears In My Eyes - 5:02
Shadows Of Grief - 8:40
What Should Be Done - 4:13
Love Machine - 3:37

Bonus tracks on 1996 Remaster CD:

Look At Yourself - 3:07
What's Within My Heart - 5:23

Bonus tracks on 2003 Expanded De-luxe CD:

What's Within My Heart( Out-Take From Look At Yourself Sessions) - 5:24
Why (Look At Yourself Out-Take) - 11:18
Look At Yourself (Alternative Single Version) - 3:19
Tears In My Eyes (Extended Version, Previously Unreleased) - 5:38
What Should Be Done (Out-Take, Original Studio Version) - 4:26
Look At Yourself (BBC Session, Previously Unreleased) - 4:32
What Should Be Done (BBC Session, Previously Unreleased) - 3:26

2017 2xCD Reissue Remastered

CD 1 Original LP Remastered

Look At Yourself
I Wanna Be Free
July Morning
Tears In My Eyes
Shadows Of Grief
What Should Be Done
Love Machine

CD 2: An Alternative Look At Yourself (Alternate Mixes)

Look At Yourself
Tears In My Eyes
What Should Be Done
Shadows Of Grief
Look At Yourself
July Morning
Why Fourteen MInutes
Love Machine
What's Within My Heart
July Morning (Live)
Look At Yourself (Single Version)

Performer Credits

Ken Hensley
Organ, Piano, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar &Amp; Vocal

Mick Box
Lead Guitar &Amp; Acoustic Guitar

David Byron
Lead Vocal

Paul Newton
Bass Guitar

Ian Clarke
Drums

With:

Manfred Mann: Moog (3)

From Osibisa

Teddy Osei: Percussion (1)

Mack Tontoh: Percussion (1)

Loughty Amao: Percussion (1)

Reviewed by Eric on 14 Jun 2003

Uriah Heep in my opinion were one of the greatest British hard rock bands in history. They combined heavy rock with progressive in an exciting mixture that few bands have come close to since. It’s always amazed me how prog fans will embrace lesser known rock of similar style from Germany or Italy yet completely overlook Uriah Heep? This is unfortunate and if you have not heard Uriah Heep, put away preconceived ideas and start with Look At Yourself.
This was the bands third record and it’s a stormer. From the excellent title track to the progressive July Morning, this album is an organ lovers dream as Ken Hensley pulls out all the stops here, helped along by the underrated Mick Box on guitar, and the late David Byron’s excellent and hugely influential vocal style. There is not a duff track here, and I cannot recommend this album/CD highly enough for prog and hard rock fans alike.
It’s been said that Uriah Heep were the inspiration for the movie Spinal Tap. Maybe so, but along with Deep Purple and Budgie, Uriah Heep stand as one of the early 70’s finest hard rock innovators.

Reviewed by DBSilver on 03 Jan 2015

Classic Rock - Early Progressive Rock - Hard Rock, Uriah Heep are all of these with their Progressive rock claims being the weakest. The band were contemporary to Deep Purple and filled the same niche. The key word is comtemporary; they were not clones or followers; Uriah Heep developed their own style, sound and flavor and were made up of very talented musicians and songwriters.

Uriah Heep was an early addition to the Proggnosis database/web site. I clearly recall discussions in the ProgArchives forums containing body-shots at our site for including the band Uriah Heep in our listings. (For you history buffs, ProgArchives was formed around 18 months after Proggnosis went on-line built from the original work of Bruno Aun and that of Denis/Rony (Lucky) Proglands project). Eventually the prog-snobs lost the argument for keeping them off that site and Uriah Heep is fully represented and classified as Heavy Prog at that location.

Anyway, An album such as Look at Yourself and the following year's release Demons & Wizards place the band in the Progressive Rock/Early Progressive genere circa 1971/1972 regarless of how one views their other releases.

Look At Yourself has the band's 3rd of 4th drummer in as many releases and (they would settle on Lee Kerslake for the long haul in their next release, Demon's & Wizards) but with this release the band's sound and style and confidence seemed to lock in and the album is a clear improvement over their previous, Salisbury resulting in my personal favorite album from this band.

July Morning is certaily a highlight on this album - the song tracksin in at more than 10 minutes and features Manfred Mann on Moog. Word is that Ken Hensley was not yet comfortable with this relatively new instrument at the time though he later became so. Other hightlights include the opening track Look At Yourself which had Osibisa percussionists as guests and a blisting guitar solo by Mick Box and Tears In My Eyes. Well - I should now add the 8 and an half minutes Shadows of Grief, (and all the rest of the tracks) into this highlights listing.

Throughout the vocals of David Byron are powerful persuasive. and Ian Clarke (placeholding on drums) does a fine job.

Personally I don't think Uriah Heep released a better album than this one and when they get the prog vibe going in some of their songs I am an easy mark, loving as I do this era's style of vocals, organ and guitar work. I don't think there is a filler in this album

Uriah Heep are, to be honest, a hard rock band with progressive tendancies -- when their entire catalog is factored in. The same can be said for Deep Purple, Black Sabbath, Jane, Budgie, Led Zepplin and a host of other bands as well. In the genre of Hard Rock alone, Uriah Heep do not take a back seat to any of them, being innovators and drivers of that field of music. Here on Look At Yourself I think they have leaned significantly in the direction of Early Progressive rock though I have not followed their later works - I have been a fan of this album and Demons & Wizards since the early 70's.