Living the Dream (Uriah Heep album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Living the Dream
| type = studio
| artist = Uriah Heep
| cover = Living_the_dream_uriah_heep.jpg
| alt = Cover art of Living the Dream
| released = 14 September 2018{{cite web |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/living-the-dream/1391807585 |title=Living the Dream |website=Apple Music |publisher=Apple Inc |accessdate= 10 November 2020}}
| recorded =
| studio = Chapel Studios, UK
| genre = Hard rock, progressive rock, heavy metal
| length = {{Duration|m=52|s=24}}
| label = Frontiers
| producer = Jay Ruston
| prev_title = Outsider
| prev_year = 2014
| next_title = Chaos & Colour
| next_year = 2023
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Classic Rock
| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine |last=Lawson |first=Dom |title=Uriah Heep – Living The Dream album review |url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/uriah-heep-living-the-dream-album-review |magazine=Classic Rock |date=13 September 2018 |access-date=27 March 2020}}
}}
Living the Dream is the 24th studio album by British rock band Uriah Heep, released in September 2018 by Frontiers Records. It was produced by Jay Ruston.{{cite web |last1=Aledort |first1=Andy |title=Mick Box Talks Uriah Heep's New Album, 'Living the Dream' |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/mick-box-talks-uriah-heeps-new-album-living-the-dream |website=Guitar World |publisher=Future plc |accessdate=10 November 2020 |date=28 November 2018}} Production on the record lasted for 19 days, with the band recording everything "live".
Living the Dream was made possible via a crowdfunding campaign on PledgeMusic.{{cite web |last1=Lewry |first1=Fraser |title=Mick Box's track-by-track guide to Uriah Heep's Living The Dream |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/mick-boxs-track-by-track-guide-to-uriah-heeps-living-the-dream |website=Classic Rock |publisher=Future plc |accessdate=10 November 2020 |date=15 September 2017}}
Critical reception
The album received positive reviews from critics. Dom Lawson of Classic Rock stated that "Living the Dream is as strong as anything the band have produced in two, maybe three decades." Martin Popoff of Goldmine said the album "finds the band putting aside any of their recent technological or stylistic nods to modernity in exercise of a defiance that leaves only pure and timeless Heep jubilance".{{cite magazine |last=Popoff |first=Martin |authorlink=Martin Popoff |title=Uriah Heep's Living the Dream one of the best albums of 2018 |url=https://www.goldminemag.com/features/uriah-heeps-living-the-dream-one-of-the-best-albums-of-2018 |magazine=Goldmine |date=2 November 2018 |access-date=27 March 2020}}
Track listing
{{tracklisting
|all_writing = Mick Box and Phil Lanzon, except "Grazed by Heaven" by Dave Rimmer and Jeff Scott Soto,{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Lawrence |title=Uriah Heep: 'We've still got the same passion for our music that we've always had' |url=https://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/uriah-heep-weve-still-got-same-passion-our-music-weve-always-had-2020596 |website=Hastings & St. Leonards Observer |publisher=JPIMedia |accessdate=10 November 2020 |date=29 November 2019}} "Goodbye to Innocence" by Box, Lanzon and Bernie Shaw
|title1 = Grazed by Heaven
|length1 = 4:31
|title2 = Living the Dream
|length2 = 5:34
|title3 = Take Away My Soul
|length3 = 6:13
|title4 = Knocking at My Door
|length4 = 4:58
|title5 = Rocks in the Road
|length5 = 8:18
|title6 = Waters Flowin'
|length6 = 4:27
|title7 = It's All Been Said
|length7 = 6:01
|title8 = Goodbye to Innocence
|length8 = 3:33
|title9 = Falling Under Your Spell
|length9 = 3:24
|title10 = Dreams of Yesteryear
|length10 = 5:25
}}
{{Tracklisting
|headline = Deluxe Edition Bonus tracks
|title11 = Take Away My Soul
|length11 = 4:36
|note11 = Alternate version
|title12 = Making the Dream (The Documentary)
|note12 = DVD-1
}}
{{Tracklisting
|headline = Deluxe Edition Music Videos
|title13 = Grazed by Heaven
|note13 = DVD-2
|title14 = Take Away My Soul
|note14 = DVD-3
}}
Personnel
- Mick Box – guitar, backing vocals
- Phil Lanzon – keyboards, backing vocals
- Bernie Shaw – lead vocals
- Russell Gilbrook – drums, percussion
- Dave Rimmer – bass guitar, backing vocals
Production
Charts
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| scope="col"| Chart (2018)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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| {{album chart|Austria|18|artist=Uriah Heep|album=Living the Dream|rowheader=true|accessdate=14 February 2018}} |
| {{album chart|Flanders|91|artist=Uriah Heep|album=Living the Dream|rowheader=true|accessdate=10 February 2018}} |
| {{album chart|Wallonia|58|artist=Uriah Heep|album=Living the Dream|rowheader=true|accessdate=10 February 2018}} |
| {{album chart|Netherlands|109|artist=Uriah Heep|album=Living the Dream|rowheader=true|accessdate=10 February 2018}} |
| {{album chart|Finland|28|artist=Uriah Heep|album=Living the Dream|rowheader=true|accessdate=10 February 2018}} |
| {{album chart|Germany4|10|id=367601|artist=Uriah Heep|album=Living the Dream|rowheader=true|accessdate=9 February 2018}} |
| {{album chart|Oricon|181|M|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/171882/products/1287310/1/|title=ユーライア・ヒープ|publisher=Oricon.co.jp|access-date=15 April 2021|rowheader=true |
|-
{{album chart|Norway|28|artist=Uriah Heep|album=Living the Dream|rowheader=true|accessdate=10 February 2018}}
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{{album chart|Scotland|19|date=20180921|rowheader=true|accessdate=14 February 2018}}
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{{album chart|Switzerland|5|artist=Uriah Heep|album=Living the Dream|rowheader=true|accessdate=14 February 2018}}
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{{Album chart|UK|57|artist=Uriah Heep|album=Living the Dream|refname=UK albums|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 April 2018}}
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{{album chart|UKIndependent|10|date=20180921|rowheader=true|accessdate=14 February 2018}}
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{{album chart|UKRock|3|date=20180921|rowheader=true|accessdate=14 February 2018}}
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{{Album chart|BillboardIndependent|37|artist=Uriah Heep|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 April 2018}}
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References
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