The 16th album from this band from Great Britain.
The band was a quintet with a lineup of drums, bass, guitars, keyboards, synths and vocals.
Two guests added Synclavier and Fairlight programming.
This is the follow-up album to the pretty poor Head First opus from 1983.
Equator is clocking in at three-quarters of an hour.
The previous albums had a blend of their 1970s hard rock and the new sound of heavy metal. Uriah Heep were one of the victims of this new heavy metal scene. A scene that stole their thunder.
So Uriah Heep adapted and went commercial heavy metal on this album.
There are some decent to good guitar riffs from Mike Box here. Most of the album has the full 1980s heavy metal package and sound.
That is not a good thing.
Parts of the music here is dire and at best half-decent. That is exactly what this album is... half-decent.
Hence...
1.5 points
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