Uriah Heep-"The Magician´s Birthday" (1972)

Following the line started in "Demons and Wizards" that same year of 1972, Uriah Heep published "The Magician's Birthday", barely 7 months apart and in which Roger Dean was once again in charge of the design of the cover album.
If in the previous work the band had conscientiously worked its sound, taking it to progressive levels, but without taking away an iota of commerciality, here the sounds are even more dense and dramatic, with a less heavy and complex style, placing great emphasis on the facet commercial.
However, none of this detracts from their unmistakable sound while preserving the hallmarks of Uriah Heep that remain unchanged, the beautiful harmonies of "Rain" and "Blind Eye", contrast with powerful rock such as "Sweet Lorraine" the rhythmic "Spider Woman", the emotional "Tales", the anthological "Sunrise" or the progressive "The Magician's Birthday", which make up a masterful album worthy successor to that masterpiece that is "Demons and Wizards".