Innocent Victim
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Innocent Victim
| type = studio
| artist = Uriah Heep
| cover = Innocent Victim (Uriah Heep album - cover art).jpg
| alt =
| released = November 1977
| recorded = July–September 1977
| studio = Roundhouse (London)
| genre = *Hard rock
| length = 38:48
| label = Bronze
| producer = *Gerry Bron
| prev_title = Firefly
| prev_year = 1977
| next_title = Fallen Angel
| next_year = 1978
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Innocent Victim
| type = studio
| single1 = Free Me
| single1date = 21 October 1977{{cite web|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1977/Music-Week-1977-10-22.pdf|title=Music Week|page=62}}
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1= AllMusic
|rev1score={{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/innocent-victim-mw0000675378 |title=Uriah Heep - Innocent Victim review |last=Guarisco |first=Donald A. |work=AllMusic |publisher=All Media Network |access-date=20 January 2019 }}
|rev2 = Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal
|rev2Score = 3/10{{cite book |last1 = Popoff |first1 = Martin |author-link1 = Martin Popoff |title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies |publisher = Collector's Guide Publishing |date = October 2003 |location = Burlington, Ontario, Canada |isbn = 978-1894959025 |pages=303–304}}
| noprose= yes
}}
Innocent Victim is the eleventh studio album by English rock band Uriah Heep, released in November 1977 by Bronze Records in the UK and Warner Bros. Records in the US.
Although it did not chart in the US or UK, Innocent Victim went on to sell more than 100,000 copies in Germany alone,{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} and reached No.{{space|hair}}19 and No.{{space|thin}}44 in New Zealand and Australia, respectively.{{cite web |url= https://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Uriah+Heep&titel=Innocent+Victim&cat=a |title=Uriah Heep – Innocent Victim (Album) |access-date=24 January 2019 |work=charts.nz |publisher=Media Control Charts }}{{cite book|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|last=Kent|first=David|publisher=Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W |year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}} The single "Free Me" was a No.{{space|thin}}3 hit in New Zealand and also peaked at No.{{space|thin}}3 in South Africa. "Free Me" was also Uriah Heep's only hit in Australia, reaching No.{{space|thin}}9.
The eyes of drummer Lee Kerslake were used for the snake on the cover artwork. In the US, the sleeve was a live photomontage instead.
The album was remastered and reissued by Castle Communications in 1997 with two bonus tracks, and again in 2004 in an expanded deluxe edition including three live tracks recorded during the band's 1979 European tour (these are alternate versions to the ones released on the Live in Europe 1979 album).
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| all_writing=Ken Hensley, except where noted
| title1 = Keep On Ridin{{'-}}
| writer1 = Hensley, Jack Williams
| length1 = 3:40
| title2 = Flyin' High
| length2 = 3:19
| title3 = Roller
| writer3 = Trevor Bolder, Pete McDonald
| length3 = 4:41
| title4 = Free 'n' Easy
| writer4 = Mick Box, John Lawton
| length4 = 3:05
| title5 = Illusion
| length5 = 5:05
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title6 = Free Me
| length6 = 3:34
| title7 = Cheat 'n' Lie
| length7 = 4:54
| title8 = The Dance
| writer8 = Williams
| length8 = 4:49
| title9 = Choices
| writer9 = Williams
| length9 = 5:49
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 1997 CD remastered edition bonus tracks
| title10 = Illusion / Masquerade (Full Unedited Version)
| note10 = Originally recorded as one track, but released as separate tracks – "Illusion" as album track and "Masquerade" as B-side on single "Free Me"
| length10 = 8:18
| title11 = The River
| note11 = outtake
| writer11 = Bolder, Box, Hensley, Kerslake, Lawton
| length11 = 3:10
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 2004 Expanded Deluxe Edition bonus tracks
| title12 = Put Your Music (Where Your Mouth Is)
| note12 = outtake
| writer12 = Bolder, Box, Hensley, Kerslake, Lawton
| length12 = 2:57
| title13 = Cheat 'n' Lie
| note13 = alternative live version
| length13 = 5:58
| title14 = Free Me
| note14 = alternative live version
| length14 = 5:46
| title15 = Free 'n' Easy
| note15 = alternative live version
| writer15 = Box, Lawton
| length15 = 3:15
}}
Personnel
;Uriah Heep
- Mick Box – guitars
- Ken Hensley – keyboards, guitars, backing vocals
- Lee Kerslake – drums, backing vocals
- Trevor Bolder – bass guitar
- John Lawton – lead vocals
;Production
- Gerry Bron, Ken Hensley – producers
- Peter Gallen – engineer
- Mark Dearnley – engineer on track 9
- John Gallen, Julian Cooper – assistant engineers
Charts
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=Album=
==Weekly charts==
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |
| Chart (1977–1978)
! Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"| Australian Albums (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}
| align="center"| 44 |
| {{Album chart|Germany4|15|id=11107|artist=Uriah Heep|album= Innocent Victim|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 8, 2023}} |
| {{Album chart|New Zealand|19|artist=Uriah Heep|album= Innocent Victim|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 8, 2023}} |
| {{Album chart|Norway|13|artist=Uriah Heep|album= Innocent Victim|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 8, 2023}} |
==Year-end charts==
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col" | Chart (1978)
! scope="col" | Position |
|---|
| scope="row" | German Albums (Offizielle Top 100){{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1978|title=Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts|date=1978|publisher=GfK Entertainment Charts|language=de|access-date=2 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023100248/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/album-jahr/for-date-1978|archive-date=23 October 2021}}
| 37 |
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=Singles=
{{col-end}}
Certifications
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|relyear=1977|region=Australia|artist=Queen|title=Queen|certyear=1983|award=Gold|certref={{cite web |url=https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/ewbanks/catalogue-id-srew10406/lot-ab755011-77a1-470b-889b-afa401667c67|date=September 9, 2023|title=Uriah Heep. Gold Disc for the album, Innocent Victim, Australian Gold Award
}}}}
{{Certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Germany|award=Gold|certref={{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1978/1978-10-28-Billboard-Page-0089.pdf#search=%22uriah%20heep%20germany%20sales%22|access-date=20 December 2020|title=Bronze Renews Ariola Deal|magazine=Billboard|date=October 28, 1978|page=89}}|relyear=1978}}
{{Certification Table Bottom |nosales=true}}
References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|31377}}
{{Uriah Heep}}
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Category:Uriah Heep (band) albums
Category:Albums produced by Gerry Bron