[Heeplist] Conquest

[Pete Wharton]

You know on my 4 hour drive to work on Monday, I forced myself to listen to this album again and then the mailing list rarities vol 2 with John Lawton.  I'm sorry Igor, but I really do not understand how you can say " However, quality wise, mood wise that was still on the level of better Heep works" about Conquest. I'm sorry but the CD is below the level of Different World quality wise. Trevor never got time to do decent production on that and Conquest just plain sucks with crap vocals and I can't find any redeeming features on that CD at all. It's like Sloman can't hold a note so he fakes it by going to a different one. Any decent songs have been lost in the morass of Sloman's abysmal vocals! Even Equator stands head and shoulders above this waste of effort.

Pete

-----Original Message-----
From: Heeplist [mailto:heeplist-bounces at travellersintime.com] On Behalf Of Igor Shveitser
Sent: 12 September 2014 12:00
To: Heepsters Mailing List \(Travellers in Time\)
Subject: Re: [Heeplist] Conquest

 David,
I think the problem was they no longer really had a band even even by the time Sloman came, and thus all, together with this wonderful album, became victims of circumstances: bad relationships within, pompous anniversary tour that was not really needed ( I don't know how thoroughly it was organized, but something tells me it wasn't, as well as the promotion for Conquest :)))), Ken's intentions to follow his own path... However, quality wise, mood wise that was still on the level of better Heep works (someone mentioned H&M which is true, really rings a bell), very unlike 1980-s albums of  the same name band. However, those well calculated considering the general public's demand.
Cheers, Igor


Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:47:54 -0700 от DAVID M SHERROD <porcupineheep at cox.net>:
>I have always felt Imagination was the best track, and Sloman at his 
>best abstract vocals that fit the song very well, and very UN-Heep 
>like. There a couple more good tracks I like, and overall the 
>production reminds me of High and Mighty, but overall it's hard to tell 
>what they were thinking, but I suspect they felt they were really on to 
>something very good and groundbreaking that would restart the band so 
>they could move into the future with a fresh start. But it turned out 
>they were to close to what they were doing and misjudged the whole 
>thing, maybe due to the abuse of drugs mostly by Ken, and ended up only 
>leading to the end of the band as we knew it. Dave S
>
>Bob Winward < uriahheep at comcast.net > wrote:
>>Wow, I was enjoying Conquest again today, what powerful songs and lyrics.
>>If only they had a decent singer.  I did find out today Sloman had a 
>>gig before Heep in which he starred in a USA Television series under 
>>the psuedo name of Ron Ely  here is some info  
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Ely
>>
>>Anyhow, I was thinking the end of Imaginiation and the Beginning of 
>>Feelings is the most powerful and coolest one tow punch in music 
>>history!!  And tell me you don¹t get a rush at the midpoint of Out in 
>>the Street when Sloman shuts up and the band goes wild in one of their greatest instrumental jams!!
>>I like Carry on  but that is not a Heep song nor is I Won¹t Have to 
>>Wait too Long, but I won¹t have Wait too long sounds like it would 
>>have been a great Who song!!
>>
>>My favorites are the guitar classic Fools, The powerful Ballad It 
>>Ain¹t Easy, the outstanding Out in the Street, the power bass of 
>>Imagination and the pumped up Feelings which should have been the 
>>smash hit single Mick has always craved.
>>
>>I listened to 10 miles, great music, but not heep.  Of course all Heep is
>>good Heep (officially released that is)    :-)
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