High and Mighty (album)

The album was not well received, as stylistically it veered from their earlier fusion of progressive rock and heavy rock into more mainstream territory, lacking the group's signature lengthy compositions and fantastical, mythically orientated lyrical subject matter. "Several of the songs find the band flirting with pop elements in a way that doesn't complement their hard rocking style", said Donald A. Guarisco in his retrospective AllMusic review. He added that High and Mighty "shows flashes of the group's old firepower, but is ultimately sunk by a combination of unfocused experimentation and uneven songwriting". Martin Popoff called the album "effeminate, illogical, overblown, grasping for straws", citing only the song "One Way or Another" as "promising" and the rest a squandering of "the band's flickering talents". ==Track listing==

;Uriah Heep • David Byron – vocals • Mick Box – lead electric guitar, acoustic 6-string and 12-string guitars • Ken Hensley – organ, acoustic and electric piano, Moog synthesizer, tubular bells, acoustic guitar, electric 12-string and slide guitars, pedal steel guitar, vocals • Lee Kerslake – drums, percussion, vocals • John Wetton – bass guitar, Mellotron, electric piano, vocals ;Production • Ashley Howe – engineer except track 1 • Peter Gallen – engineer on track 1 • John Gallen – assistant engineer • Alan Corbeth – mastering at RCA Studios, London • Mike Brown and Robert Corich – remastering (1997 and 2004 reissues) • Shirtsleeve Studios – album art design ==Charts==