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In that time it moves from an attention grabbing opening riff, through a number of time changes and brief instrumental breaks, to fade with a reprise of the opening riff. 'Midnight', which closes side one, is a miniature epic in about 6 minutes. The track has similarities to 'Dreamer' which opened 'Sweet Freedom'.īyron first appears on the beautiful 'Weep in silence', a softer track but highly melodic almost emotional, with Hensley's keyboards swirling around the pained voice of Byron.

Hensley's middle 8 restores the more melodic sound, providing a harmonic counterpoint. It is though an intriguingly successful diversion for the band in a slightly less organised direction. Ironically Byron, who was reportedly comfortable with the finished track, played Hammond organ on it instead. The opening track, 'One way or another' doesn't even feature Byron's vocals, with Wetton taking on those duties. Mick Box is largely absent throughout, with Hensley by and large providing both keyboards and guitar. The two sides of the LP make an appropriate division between what turned out to be an impressive side one, and a poor side two. The absence of Gerry Bron as producer for the first time is less apparent than might have been expected, but he was reportedly unimpressed with the results.

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The recording of 'High and Mighty' was apparently a somewhat piecemeal affair, with only Hensley (who yet again dominates the song writing) and Wetton committed in full to the project. One way or another, a change is inevitableĭavid Byron's final album with Uriah Heep came all too soon.