The Magician's Birthday  by Uriah Heep

In September and October 1972, Uriah Heep recorded their fifth studio album, titled The Magician's Birthday, which was released in November of the same year. The Magician's Birthday is the band's second album for 1972, as Demons And Wizards had preceded it in May. These two albums within the same year would define the overall trajectory of this English band.

In The Magician's Birthday, Uriah Heep continues to successfully balance between progressive rock and hard rock, thereby establishing a place among the top hard rock bands of Great Britain in the early 1970s. The English designer Roger Dean is responsible for the album cover, repeating the collaboration that had existed for Demons And Wizards.

The album sales reached 100,000 in the United Kingdom, while in the USA they exceeded 500,000. It is among the most commercially successful albums of Uriah Heep. In Europe, The Magician's Birthday achieved success in countries such as Sweden and Germany.