A REAL DEAD ONE

• Phantom Of The Opera Iron Maiden, 1980
• Prodigal Son Killers, 1981
• Hallowed Be Thy Name The Number Of The Beast, 1982
• To Tame A Land Piece Of Mind, 1983
• Powerslave Powerslave, 1984
• Stranger In A Strange Land Somewhere In Time, 1986
• Alexander The Great Somewhere In Time, 1986
• Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son, 1988
• Blood Brothers Brave New World, 2000
• Paschendale Dance Of Death, 2003
• El Dorado The Final Frontier, 2010

Big disappointment this one. It was one of the first CDs I ever bought (it was cheap for the early 90's). I thought it would be something closer to the great Live After Death, for it would included many early stuff that wan't then available in any live form with Bruce Dickinson on vocals. Besides, I liked a REal Live One, with the live renditions of songs from Somewhere In Time onwards.

Clearly the band was not in their best shape. Bruce sings like if he does not really care (he was about to leave the band and agreeded to tour only because it was already scheduled and it would be a financial disaster to call it off). So it is no surprise everything sounds forced and ragged, for Iron Maiden's standards of course. A pity, since it could have turned out a lot better on another occasion. Also the sound and production is absolute terrible (Martin Birch os sorely missing here). This CD brought me so many bad memories it was hard to write this review. I got rid of it a long time ago.

If you're looking for a Iron Miaden's live album, this is probably the worst you can get. Don't be fooled by the excellent set list on the back cover. It was bad for the band's reputation and did quite some harm to their career. It would be nice not to have it released at all. I'm giving it two stars only because it is Iron Maiden. But I still think it is an album to be avoided. Be warned.

Send comments to Tarcisio Moura (BETA) | Report this review (#187603) | Review Permalink
Posted Saturday, November 01, 2008

Iron Maiden: A real 'Pimp'(?) Dead (for fans' of true Iron by History (! Or/ and ?) Old song, poor atmospheres, great farewell by Bruce Dickinson. And for the future big boubts. Since these words in 1993 I not was between the peoples that wept for this fact. But since I've also a true Metal H ... (read more)

Report this review (#239895) | Posted by 1967/ 1976 | Friday, September 18, 2009 | Review Permanlink

This is the other part of the double live recording Iron Maiden chose to split up into two entities. The first part is A Real Live One and contains songs from Somewhere In Time to Fear Of The Dark. I gave that 2 stars and a roasting. ........counting to ten.......... slowly........... here is ... (read more)

Report this review (#187601) | Posted by toroddfuglesteg | Saturday, November 01, 2008 | Review Permanlink

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