Fallen Angel (Uriah Heep album)

Fallen Angel is the twelfth studio album by English rock band Uriah Heep, released in September 1978 by Bronze Records in the UK and Chrysalis Records in the US. It is the last album to feature John Lawton on vocals, before his firing in 1979. Fallen Angel only reached No. 186 on the Billboard 200, but in Germany, the band were at the height of their popularity. On this album, the band moved toward an AOR sound, as opposed to the progressive rock of previous albums.

The album was remastered and reissued by Castle Communications in 1997 with four bonus tracks, and again in 2004 in an expanded deluxe edition.

Artwork
The album was originally released in a gatefold sleeve, opening vertically rather than the customary horizontal axis. The lyrics were printed on the LP liner. The artwork was licensed from artist Chris Achilleos. Achilleos's website lists the original artwork as missing. The same artist designed the cover for the Whitesnake album Lovehunter a year later.

US track listing

 * 1) "One More Night"
 * 2) "Falling in Love"
 * 3) "Woman of the Night"
 * 4) "I'm Alive"
 * 5) "Come Back to Me"
 * 6) "Whad'ya Say"
 * 7) "Save It"
 * 8) "Love or Nothing"
 * 9) "Put Your Lovin' on Me"
 * 10) "Fallen Angel"

Personnel

 * Uriah Heep
 * Mick Box – electric and acoustic guitars
 * Ken Hensley – keyboards, synthesizers, slide and acoustic guitars, backing vocals
 * Lee Kerslake – drums, Syndrums, backing vocals
 * Trevor Bolder – bass guitar
 * John Lawton – lead and backing vocals


 * Additional musician
 * Chris Mercer – tenor saxophone on "Save It"


 * Production
 * Gerry Bron, Ken Hensley – producers
 * Peter Gallen – engineer
 * John Gallen, Colin Bainbridge, Julian Cooper – assistant engineers