Salisbury (album)

Salisbury is the second album released by British rock band Uriah Heep.

More squarely in the progressive rock genre than their debut album from the previous year, it featured their first foray into large–scale composition, with the 16–minute title track featuring a 24–piece orchestra. It also includes the largely acoustic ballad "Lady In Black."

Unlike their first album, songwriting credits for fully half of the record are attributed to Ken Hensley alone, as opposed to the collaborative partnership credits of Box/Byron on the debut.

The album was originally released on the Vertigo label, as had been the band's debut Very 'eavy... Very 'umble, but both were soon re-released when the band signed to the new Bronze Records for their third LP.

The connection of the artwork to the title is readily explained. Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England, is an Army training-area. On the front of the album sleeve is a British Chieftain tank. The original LP release was a gatefold-sleeve, with a b/w picture inside of a British tank of the First World War, over which were printed Hensley's comments on each track. Later reissues would be in a single sleeve.

Track listing

• All Songs Copyright Dick James Music, Inc. (BMI)

UK Release

Side 1

1. "Bird of Prey" (Mick Box, David Byron, Ken Hensley, Paul Newton) – 4:13
2. "The Park" (Hensley) – 5:41
3. "Time to Live" (Box, Byron, Hensley) – 4:01
4. "Lady in Black" (Hensley) – 4:44

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