What is "head first"

adv. With the head first or foremost. alt. With the head first or foremost.

Head First was the 15th studio album from British rock band Uriah Heep. It was released in 1983, on Gerry Bron's UK label Bronze Records.

The album was recorded by the line-up responsible for the previous year's Abominog, but this time with a greater proportion of the songs written by the band members. Bob Daisley left the group shortly after the album's recording to rejoin Ozzy Osbourne; on the Head First tour former Heep bassist Trevor Bolder rejoined the band, effectively replacing his replacement, and remained with the band until his death in 2013.

Though Head First was deemed to be a worthy successor to Abominog by critics such as Geoff Barton, it suffered from a lack of promotion as Bronze went into liquidation the month after its release.

Video footage of the tour, from a show in New Zealand, was heavily featured on the longform video Easy Livin': A History Of Uriah Heep. In Japan only, this was also released on laserdisc.

Head First is the final studio album to be released by British rock band Badfinger, released on November 14, 2000, but recorded 26 years earlier in December 1974 -- January 1975, at the Beatles' Apple Studios in London, although it was not released at the time. Originally intended to be Badfinger's eighth album (and third album under its six-album contract with Warner Bros. Records), the recordings were shelved when legal difficulties erupted between the band and WB that year, and the version that was finally released (as Badfinger's tenth studio album) was a rough mix of the album made in 1975 by Phil McDonald, one of the recording engineers at Apple Studios. The cover art for the album is a lion roaring.

Head First or Headfirst may refer to:

In music:

• Head First (The Babys album) (1979)
• Head First (Badfinger album) (recorded 1974, released 2000)
• Head First (Goldfrapp album) (2010)
• Head First (Uriah Heep album) (1983)
• "Head First," a song by Aerosmith

In other media:

• Head First (book series), a series of books on computer programming by Kathy Sierra and Bert Bates
• HeadFirst PD, a library of public-domain software
• Headfirst Productions, a defunct UK video game studio
• Head First (TV series), Australian 2010s TV documentary series
• "Head First", an episode of the sitcom The King of Queens
• Headfirst (La Tête la première), a 2012 Belgian film starring Alice de Lencquesaing

In linguistics:

• Head-first, a property whereby a word comes before the words that modify it

Head First is a series of introductory instructional books to many topics, published by O'Reilly Media. It stresses an unorthodox, visually intensive, reader-involving combination of puzzles, jokes, nonstandard design and layout, and an engaging, conversational style to immerse the reader in a given topic.

Originally, the series covered programming and software engineering, but is now expanding to other topics in science, mathematics and business, due to success. The series was created by Bert Bates and Kathy Sierra, and began with Head First Java in 2003.

Head First is the fifth studio album by English electronic music duo Goldfrapp, released 19 March 2010 by Mute Records. The album spawned three singles: " Rocket", " Alive" and " Believer". It received a nomination for Best Electronic/Dance Album at the 2011 Grammy Awards.

Head First is the title of the third album by the Babys. Internal conflicts led to founder, guitarist and keyboard player Michael Corby being removed from the group by Chrysalis on 28 August 1978. The three remaining members of the Babys--John Waite, Wally Stocker and Tony Brock--completed the album for a January 1979 release.

Head First is an Australian documentary television series which premiered on ABC2 from 1 May 2013. It is presented by Sabour Bradley. The series focuses on controversial topics in Australian society such as transgender issues, stem cell research, the porn industry, and rhino poaching in Africa. The second season of the show aired on ABC1 from 16 July 2014. The series was a critical success. Ratings for the fourth episode of season 1 were the highest overnight figures for an ABC2-commissioned show ever. Reruns air on both ABC2 and ABC1.