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'''''Abominog''''' is the fourteenth studio album by English rock band [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]], released in April 1982 by [[Bronze Records]] in the UK, and on 12 July 1982 by [[Mercury Records]] in the US.{{cite magazine|date=25 June 1982|title=New Releases|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/FMQB-Album/1982/FMQB-Album-1982-06-25.pdf|magazine=[[FMQB]]|page=34|access-date=24 March 2023}} It was their first album without keyboardist [[Ken Hensley]]. The album was critically acclaimed and fairly commercially successful, due in part to the band retooling and updating their sound to a polished contemporary [[hard rock]] style, "delivering a punchier, more [[pop-metal]]–oriented sound", according to [[AllMusic]].{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/uriah-heep-mn0000835648/biography |title=Uriah Heep Biography |last=Monger |first=James Christopher |work=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[All Media Network]] |access-date=10 February 2019}}
'''''Abominog''''' is the fourteenth studio album by the English rock band [[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]], released in April 1982 by [[Bronze Records]] in the UK, and on 12 July 1982 by [[Mercury Records]] in the US.{{cite magazine|date=25 June 1982|title=New Releases|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/FMQB-Album/1982/FMQB-Album-1982-06-25.pdf|magazine=[[FMQB]]|page=34|access-date=24 March 2023}} It was their first album without keyboardist [[Ken Hensley]]. The album was critically acclaimed and fairly commercially successful, due in part to the band retooling and updating their sound to a polished contemporary [[hard rock]] style, "delivering a punchier, more [[pop-metal]]–oriented sound", according to [[AllMusic]].{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/uriah-heep-mn0000835648/biography |title=Uriah Heep Biography |last=Monger |first=James Christopher |work=[[AllMusic]] |publisher=[[All Media Network]] |access-date=10 February 2019}}


The album featured their final US hits, "On the Rebound" and "That's the Way That It Is". The latter was their highest-charting single of the 1980s, reaching No. 25 on the American rock airplay chart.{{cite book |last1=Ling |first1=Dave |title=Uriah Heep - Uncensored On the Record |publisher=Coda Books Ltd. |date=31 October 2011 | asin=B006286WJW|quote=Preceded by an EP called 'Abominog Junior' that included a Russ Ballard song called 'On the Rebound', 'Son of a Bitch' and a cover of the Small Faces track 'Tin Soldier', the 'Abominog' album was an unqualified success.}}
The album featured their final US hits, "On the Rebound" and "That's the Way That It Is". The latter was their highest-charting single of the 1980s, reaching No. 25 on the American rock airplay chart.{{cite book |last1=Ling |first1=Dave |title=Uriah Heep - Uncensored On the Record |publisher=Coda Books Ltd. |date=31 October 2011 | asin=B006286WJW|quote=Preceded by an EP called 'Abominog Junior' that included a Russ Ballard song called 'On the Rebound', 'Son of a Bitch' and a cover of the Small Faces track 'Tin Soldier', the 'Abominog' album was an unqualified success.}}
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