URIAH HEEP COME BACK TO ME

 COME BACK TO ME

URIAH HEEP

SONGWRITER: KEN HENSLEY & LEE KERSLAKE

COUNTRY: U. K

ALBUM: FALLEN ANGEL

LABEL: CASTLE COMUNICATIONS

GENRE: HARD ROCK

YEAR: 1978

 

         Uriah Heep are an English rock band formed in London in 1969. Their current lineup consists of lead and rhythm guitarist Mick Box, keyboardist Phil Lanzon, lead vocalist Bernie Shaw, drummer Russell Gilbrook, and bassist Dave Rimmer. They have experienced numerous lineup changes throughout their 52-year career, leaving Box as the only remaining original member. Notable former members of the band are vocalists David Byron, John Lawton, John Sloman, Peter Goalby, and Steff Fontaine, bassists Gary Thain, Trevor Bolder, John Wetton, Bob Daisley, Paul Newton, and John Jowitt, drummers Nigel Olsson, Lee Kerslake and Chris Slade, and keyboardists Ken Hensley and John Sinclair.

      Uriah Heep were part of the early 1970s rock scene, and have been referred to as pioneers of the hard rock, heavy metal and progressive rock genres. The band has sold over 40 million albums worldwide, where its best-known songs include "Gypsy", "Easy Livin'", "The Wizard", "Sweet Lorraine", and "Stealin'". They also maintain a significant following and perform at arena-sized venues in the Balkans, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia, Finland and Scandinavia.

       Uriah Heep have released twenty-four studio albums of original material, twenty live albums and forty-one compilation albums (including two greatest hits albums). Twelve of the band's studio albums have made it to the UK Albums Chart (Return to Fantasy reached Nº 7 in 1975), while of the fifteen Billboard 200 Uriah Heep albums, Demons and Wizards was the most successful (Nº 23, 1972). In the late 1970s the band had massive success in Germany, where the "Lady in Black" single was a big hit.

           Fallen Angel is the 12th studio album by British rock band Uriah Heep, released in September 1978 by Bronze Records in the UK and Chrysalis Records in USA. It is the last album to feature John Lawton on vocals, before his firing in 1979. Fallen Angel only reached Nº 186 in the US Billboard 200, but in Germany, the band were at the height of their popularity. On this album, the band moved toward na AOR sound, as opposed to the progressive rock of previous albums.

      The album was remastered and reissued by Castle Communications in 1997 with four bonus tracks, and again in 2004 in an expanded deluxe edition.

Alone again I feel so alone again

With this emptiness I just can't hide

Picture me with a broken heart

See the tears run down my face

 

Everything I had has gone

Loneliness... still lingering on

Everything I thought was mine...

Come back to me can't, we try it one more time

Come back to me

 

I know I'll find another love in time

But you'll always be there in the back of my mind

The power of love can bring such pain

I still love you I just love you

 

Alone again I'm so alone again

With nothing but you in my mind

Can't you see what you've done to my life

What can I do to win you back again

 

Everything I had has gone

Loneliness... still lingering on

Everything I thought was mine...

Come back to me can't we try it one more time

Come back to me, take a piece of my heart

Come back to me.