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Iron Maiden: Somewhere Back in Time - The Best of 1980-1989

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Label: EMI Records
Released: 1900
Time:
 66:37
Category: Heavy Metal
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: ******.... (6/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.ironmaiden.com
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Purchase date: 2010.04.27
Price in €: 2,00





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[1] Churchill's Speech - 0:49
[2] Aces High [live] (Harris) - 4:38
[3] 2 Minutes to Midnight (Dickinson/Smith) - 6:01
[4] The Trooper (Harris) - 4:12
[5] Wasted Years (Smith) - 5:06
[6] Children of the Damned (Harris) - 4:36
[7] The Number of the Beast (Harris) - 4:52
[8] Run to the Hills (Harris) - 3:54
[9] Phantom of the Opera [live] (Harris) - 7:10
[10] The Evil That Men Do (Dickinson/Harris/Smith) - 4:35
[11] Wrathchild [live] (Harris) - 3:05
[12] Can I Play with Madness (Dickinson/Harris/Smith) - 3:32
[13] Powerslave (Dickinson) - 6:49
[14] Hallowed Be Thy Name (Harris) - 7:13
[15] Iron Maiden [live] (Harris) - 4:21

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Bruce Dickinson - Vocals
Steve Harris - Synthesizer, Bass Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer Bass
Nicko McBrain - Drums
Dave Murray - Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Synthesizer Guitar
Adrian Smith - Guitar, Rhythm Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer Guitar

Martin Birch - Producer
Andy Taylor - Management
Rod Smallwood - Liner Notes, Management
Derek Riggs - Illustrations
Ross Halfin - Photography

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2008 LP EMI Music Distribution 2147071
2008 LP Legacy 8869730478
2008 CD Sony Music Distribution 730478

East London heavy metal veterans Iron Maiden release 'Somewhere Back In Time', a compilation celebrating their first seven studio albums and one live album, recorded between 1980 and 1989. By helping to shape their genre (influencing most metal acts since) and selling millions of records, the band have achieved legendary status. Including classics such as '2 Minutes To Midnight' and 'Run To The Hills', this is a must for rockers everywhere.



Heavy metal stalwarts Iron Maiden have yet to receive the "royal treatment" when it comes to the anthology section of their surprisingly consistent catalog (we'll just let the two records with Bruce Dickinsin' replacement Blaze Bayley disappear into the ether), but Sony's Somewhere Back in Time: The Best of 1980-1989 provides listeners with a semi-decent set of heavy metal crib notes from the group's most popular era. Like previous compilations, the inclusion of cuts like "Run to the Hills," "Number of the Beast," "2 Minutes to Midnight," and "The Trooper" is a no-brainer, and great album tracks like "Powerslave" and "Evil That Men Do" make for a fun listen, but one has to question the validity of populating a greatest-hits collection with four tracks culled from a live performance. Love them or hate them, when it comes to live albums, 1985's Live After Death is one of the better ones out there, and there's no denying the electricity that runs through "Aces High" and "Wrathchild," but why deny first-time listeners the fine studio versions of both, especially Paul Di'Anno's "Phantom of the Opera" and "Iron Maiden?" Also, where are all of the tracks from 1983's landmark Piece of Mind album? For such a beloved metal institution, there are precious few quality retrospectives and a whole bunch of merely adequate ones, guess which camp Somewhere Back in Time falls into?

James Christopher Monger - All Music Guide



Mit Somewhere Back In Time wenden sich Iron Maiden in erster Linie an ihre jüngsten Fans, die die alten Alben nicht im Regal stehen haben und sich mit einer Best-of-CD einen Überblick über das Schaffen der Briten verschaffen möchten. Die über 70-minütige Scheibe, die von der Band in einer Antest-Version kostenlos ins Internet gestellt wurde und thematisch zur 2008er Welttournee passt, enthält 15 Highlights der ersten sieben Studioalben und damit einen Querschnitt durch die goldene Ära einer der erfolgreichsten Heavy-Metal-Bands aller Zeiten. Das Spektrum reicht vom Debüt-Kracher "Iron Maiden" über unsterbliche Hits wie "2 Minutes To Midnight", "The Number Of The Beast" und "Run To The Hills" bis zu den Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son-Perlen "The Evil That Men Do" und "Can I Play With Madness". Negativ fällt auf, dass Ur-Sänger Paul Di´Anno bei keiner Nummer zu hören ist, da die Songs der ersten beiden Alben in später aufgenommenen Live-Versionen mit Bruce Dickinson am Mikro vertreten sind. Dafür gefällt Somewhere Back In Time: The Best Of 1980-1989 aber mit einem grandiosen Cover-Artwork, das auch so manchen alten Maiden-Fan, der alle 15 Songs auswendig mitsingen kann, zum Kauf animieren dürfte.

Michael Rensen - Amazon.de
 

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