Sweet Freedom (Uriah Heep album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Sweet Freedom

| type = studio

| artist = Uriah Heep

| cover = SweetFreedom.jpg

| alt =

| released = September 1973

| recorded = June–July 1973

| studio = Château d'Hérouville, France

| genre = {{hlist|Hard rock|progressive rock|heavy metal}}

| length = 37:23

| label = Bronze

| producer = Gerry Bron

| prev_title = The Magician's Birthday

| prev_year = 1972

| next_title = Wonderworld

| next_year = 1974

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Sweet Freedom

| type = studio

| single1 = Stealin'

| single1date = 17 August 1973 (UK){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Uriah+Heep&titel=Stealin%27&cat=s|title=Uriah Heep singles}}

| single2 = Dreamer

| single2date = October 1973 (Japan){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Uriah+Heep&titel=Dreamer&cat=s|title=Uriah Heep singles}}

| single3 = Seven Stars

| single3date = November 1973 (NL and Japan){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Uriah+Heep&titel=Seven+Stars&cat=s|title=Uriah Heep singles}}

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1= AllMusic

|rev1score={{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sweet-freedom-mw0000199879 |title=Uriah Heep – Sweet Freedom review |last=Guarisco |first=Donald A. |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=2018-11-24 }}

|rev2 = Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal

|rev2Score = 8/10{{cite book |last1 = Popoff |first1 = Martin |authorlink1 = 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 |page=302}}

}}

Sweet Freedom is the sixth studio album by English rock band Uriah Heep, released in September 1973 by Bronze Records in the UK and Warner Bros. Records in the US.

The original vinyl release was a gatefold, reproducing the lyrics within. There was also a central page with a photograph of each band member.

It was the first Uriah Heep album to be released by Warner Bros. in the U.S. Sweet Freedom reached No. 33 in the US Billboard 200 chart.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/uriah-heep/chart-history/tlp/ |title=Uriah Heep Chart History: Billboard 200 |magazine=Billboard |accessdate=4 November 2018 }} It was certified gold by the RIAA on 5 March 1974.{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/gold-platinum/?tab_active=default-award&se=Uriah+Heep#search_section |title=RIAA Database: Search for Uriah Heep |accessdate=15 November 2018|publisher=Recording Industry Association of America}}

AllMusic's retrospective review noted that Heep "began to explore new styles to flesh out their combination of prog complexity and heavy metal muscle."

The album was remastered and reissued by Castle Communications in 1996 with two bonus tracks, and again in 2004 in an expanded deluxe edition.