I've heard a few of their albums from the '80's and they didn't work for me as well. Some of Heep's stuff from the '90's & 2000's are pretty good. I think the last one I listened to was, 'Into the Wild'. Haven't heard, 'Outsider' from 2014... I just might download a digital file of it.
I met Burton years ago. He came into my place of employment: ornamental tree nursery. Sold him about $5,000 worth trees for his place on Saltspring Island. Very humble and soft spoken. He spent hours wandering through the nursery. He said to me, "You're lucky you work in such a beautiful place."
I agree. Actually the first Heep LP I bought way back when and was disappointed. Followed it up with Demons and Wizards, Look at Yourself and The Magician's Birthday so Return to Fantasy got shelved for years. Like you, I don't mind it now. Prefer it to Wonderworld.
I have the first three editions. There wasn't much media back then about record reviews. I've gone through the 2nd. edition hundreds of times back in the day. The main contributor was Dave Marsh who was know for his hate of heavy metal and Yes. Other contributors also had a hate for heavy metal...
4. Poor. A mashup of a glamy-funky new wave. The only highlight is "Ashes to Ashes". A couple of other tracks are OK and the rest is very grating. Even Robert Fripp couldn't save this album. The precursor for "Modern Love" and "Let's Dance" as this is the point that Bowie wanted to be Wham.
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