Death on the Road

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Death on the Road
Death on the Road cover
Live album by Iron Maiden
Released 30 August 2005
Recorded Westfallenhalle Arena, Dortmund, Germany
24 November 2003
Genre Heavy metal
Length 1:34:17
Label EMI (most of the world)
Sanctuary/Columbia (U.S.)
Producer(s) Kevin Shirley / Steve Harris
Professional reviews
Iron Maiden chronology
The Essential Iron Maiden
(2005)
Death on the Road
(2005)
A Matter of Life and Death
(2006)


Death on the Road is a live CD, LP, and DVD released by the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden on August 30, 2005 (CD & LP version), respectively on February 6, 2006 (DVD version). It contains songs which were performed at Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, Germany, on 24th November 2003 during the band's Dance of Death Tour (2003–05). The latest of the band's many live albums, it is not as large as the Rock in Rio crowd from the previous live album but noteworthy for being the most current recording of their sound. However, since Iron Maiden have released so many live albums this double album only features seven new songs.

During the first week after the album's release, it entered the national charts in several countries; Finland (no. 6), Sweden (no. 7), Norway (no. 12), France (no. 14), Italy (no. 17), Switzerland (no. 17), Spain (no. 18), United Kingdom (no. 22), Ireland (no. 27),the Netherlands (no. 39), India (no.29) [1].

The DVD was released on February 6th, 2006. It is a 3 DVD set, with the first DVD being the concert in 5.1 Digital audio, the second DVD being the concert in stereo, and the third DVD being special features, including the documentary listed above, and all promo videos from the Dance of Death album. Reportedly, the second DVD of the set is faulty in many cases.

The DVD set features a full 70-minute documentary directed by Matthew Amos charting the album's creation and the subsequent preparations for the following tour. The feature length program includes candid and personal footage of the band during the recording and writing of the album, which is the first time it's ever been filmed.

In 2005 when Edward the Great was re-released the recording of "Fear of the Dark" from this album was included.

The cover was by Melvyn Grant.

Contents

[edit] CD Track listing

[edit] Disc one

  1. "Wildest Dreams" – 4:51
  2. "Wrathchild" – 2:49
  3. "Can I Play with Madness" – 3:30
  4. "The Trooper" – 4:12
  5. "Dance of Death" – 9:23
  6. "Rainmaker" – 4:01
  7. "Brave New World" – 6:09
  8. "Paschendale" – 10:17
  9. "Lord of the Flies" – 5:06

[edit] Disc two

  1. "No More Lies" – 7:49
  2. "Hallowed Be Thy Name" – 7:31
  3. "Fear of the Dark" – 7:28
  4. "Iron Maiden" – 4:50
  5. "Journeyman" – 7:02
  6. "The Number of the Beast" – 4:57
  7. "Run to the Hills" – 4:26

[edit] Vinyl Track listing

[edit] Disc one

Side A

  1. "Wildest Dreams" – 4:51
  2. "Wrathchild" – 2:49
  3. "Can I Play with Madness" – 3:30
  4. "The Trooper" – 4:12
  5. "Dance of Death" – 9:23

Side B

  1. "Rainmaker" – 4:01
  2. "Brave New World" – 6:09
  3. "Paschendale" – 10:17
  4. "Lord of the Flies" – 5:06

[edit] Disc two

Side A

  1. "No More Lies" – 7:49
  2. "Hallowed Be Thy Name" – 7:31
  3. "Fear of the Dark" – 7:28

Side B

  1. "Iron Maiden" – 4:50
  2. "Journeyman" – 7:02
  3. "The Number of the Beast" – 4:57
  4. "Run to the Hills" – 4:26

[edit] Credits

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Blabbermouth's Official Website, "IRON MAIDEN: More 'Death on the Road' First-Week Chart Positions Revealed", 8 September 2006, at Blabbermouth.net; last accessed October 13, 2006.
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Discography
Studio albums: Iron Maiden | Killers | The Number of the Beast | Piece of Mind | Powerslave | Somewhere in Time | Seventh Son of a Seventh Son | No Prayer for the Dying | Fear of the Dark | The X Factor | Virtual XI | Brave New World | Dance of Death | A Matter of Life and Death
Live albums: Live After Death | A Real Live One | A Real Dead One | Live at Donington | A Real Live Dead One | Rock in Rio | The BBC Archives | Beast Over Hammersmith | Death on the Road
Compilations and box-sets: The First Ten Years | Best of the Beast | Ed Hunter | Edward the Great | Eddie's Archive | Best of the B'Sides | The Essential Iron Maiden
Videos and DVDs: Live at the Rainbow | Video Pieces | Behind the Iron Curtain | Live After Death | 12 Wasted Years | Maiden England | The First Ten Years: The Videos | From There to Eternity | Donington Live 1992 | Raising Hell | Classic Albums: The Number of the Beast | Rock in Rio | Visions of the Beast | The Early Days | Death on the Road
EPs: The Soundhouse Tapes | Live!! +one | Maiden Japan | No More Lies
Singles
"Running Free" | "Sanctuary" | "Women in Uniform" | "Twilight Zone" | "Purgatory" | "Run to the Hills" | "The Number of the Beast" | "Flight of Icarus" | "The Trooper" | "2 Minutes to Midnight" | "Aces High" | "Running Free (live)" | "Run to the Hills (live '85)" | "Wasted Years" | "Stranger in a Strange Land" | "Can I Play with Madness" | "The Evil That Men Do" | "The Clairvoyant (live)" | "Infinite Dreams" | "Holy Smoke" | "Bring Your Daughter...To the Slaughter" | "Be Quick or Be Dead" | "From Here to Eternity" | "Wasting Love" | "Fear of the Dark (live)" | "Hallowed Be Thy Name (live)" | "Man on the Edge" | "Lord of the Flies" | "Virus" | "The Angel and the Gambler" | "Futureal" | "The Wicker Man" | "Out of the Silent Planet" | "Run to the Hills (live '01)" | "Wildest Dreams" | "Rainmaker" | "The Number of the Beast (2005)" | "The Trooper (live)" | "The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg" | "Different World"
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