Return to Fantasy


Return to Fantasy is the eighth studio album by British rock band Uriah Heep, released on 13 June 1975 in the United Kingdom by Bronze Records. It was the first of the two albums to feature John Wetton as the new bass player, who replaced Gary Thain in early 1975.
The sleeve-art is by British artist Dave Field.

Reception

Return to Fantasy "retains the musical experimentation that marked Sweet Freedom and Wonderworld, but has an overall harder-rocking feel that makes it more consistent than either one of those albums", said Donald A. Guarisco in his retrospective AllMusic review. He criticized some of the album's "genre-hopping", and concluded, "In the end, Return to Fantasy lacks the coherence of a top-shelf Uriah Heep classic like Demons and Wizards but remains a strong and likable album that is guaranteed to please the group's fans". The review by Canadian journalist Martin Popoff was very critical of the album's recording "dominated by blaring but thin organ and sloppy drumming" and of Byron's "distant and unsure" performance, judging the album "completely adrift without a trace of spark".

Track listing

Personnel

;Uriah Heep
;Production

Album

YearChartPosition
1975Norwegian Albums Chart2
1975Austrian Top 40 Albums3
1975UK Albums Chart7
1975Finnish Albums Chart8
1975Dutch MegaCharts10
1975Danish Albums Chart12
1975German Albums Chart21
1975New Zealand Albums Chart29
1975Japanese Albums Chart74
1975RPM100 Albums 83
1975Billboard 200 85

Singles

Certifications