MY BOOK OF ANSWERS

This is not a compilation, in spite of its being released months after Ken's sad demise. It's a full album worth of new (and great) original songs. Our artist met by pure chance a Russian fan when in transit at the airport, who later offered to him his poems as a base for new Hensley's songs. The acompanying book includes the original Russian poems, English translations, and the final anotated lyrics.

The music starts as a significative departure from the Uriah Heep style, with somber tone and vocals in a mid-to-low range, but in the second track we are back in the familiar Heep territory, with those more classic hard-rock vocals and keyboard-ladden riffs, that used to be the brand of the house. There are also a strong and tasty presence of the accompanying band, particularly in the guitar and in the drums departments, as well as great vocal harmonies (listen to track 3 Cold Sacrifice, and 9 Suddenly, then tell me). There are also some catchy melody (track 4), and the emotional ballads (5-6-7) we learned to expect from Mr. Hensley.

The most dignifying goodbye from a great artist.