Powerslave (album)
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| Powerslave | ||
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| Studio album by Iron Maiden | ||
| Released | 3 September 1984 | |
| Recorded | Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas, 1984 | |
| Genre | Heavy metal Power metal Speed metal |
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| Length | 51:01 | |
| Label | EMI (U.K.) Capitol (U.S. original) Sanctuary/Columbia (U.S. reissue) |
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| Producer(s) | Martin Birch | |
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| Iron Maiden chronology | ||
| Piece of Mind (1983) |
Powerslave (1984) |
Live After Death (1985) |
Powerslave is the fifth studio album by the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released on 3 September 1984. It is notable for its Egyptian theme displayed in the album art. It contains a musical re-telling of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner", which uses pieces of the original poem as lyrics, and is the longest song Iron Maiden have ever recorded at a length of 13 minutes and 38 seconds. The album is also notable amongst the band's albums as being the first album to feature the same lineup as the previous one. As of 2007, this is the last of the band's albums to contain an instrumental track: "Losfer Words (Big 'Orra)."
"2 Minutes to Midnight" and "Aces High" were released as singles.
The 1995 re-release contains a bonus disc, which contains the b-sides of the original singles.
It was re-released in 1998 with an extra multimedia section, which featured the music videos for "Aces High" and "2 Minutes To Midnight".
On the 1998 remastered re-release, the songs "Back in the Village" and "Powerslave" were separated in the wrong place, with the intro of "Powerslave" accidentally being attached to the end of "Back in the Village".
Contents |
[edit] Track listing
- "Aces High" (Steve Harris) – 4:29
- "2 Minutes to Midnight" (Bruce Dickinson, Adrian Smith) – 5:59
- "Losfer Words (Big 'Orra)" (Instrumental) (Harris) – 4:12
- "Flash of the Blade" (Dickinson) – 4:02
- "The Duellists" (Harris) – 6:06
- "Back in the Village" (Dickinson, Smith) – 5:00 (5:20 on the 1998 re-release)
- "Powerslave" (Dickinson) – 7:07 (6:47 on the 1998 re-release)
- "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" (Harris) – 13:34
[edit] Bonus Disc
- "Rainbow's Gold" – 4:57
- "Mission From 'Arry" – 6:42
- "King Of Twilight" – 4:53
- "Number Of The Beast (Live)" – 4:57
[edit] Credits
- Bruce Dickinson - vocals
- Dave Murray - guitar
- Adrian Smith - guitar, backing vocals
- Steve Harris - bass guitar, backing vocals
- Nicko McBrain - drums
- Frank Gibson – Assistant engineer
- George Marino – Mastering
- Simon Heyworth – Remastering
- Derek Riggs – Artwork, design, sleeve design, sleeve idea, sleeve illustration
- Rod Smallwood – Design, sleeve design, sleeve idea
- Ross Halfin – Photography
- Moshe Brakha – Photography
[edit] Album cover trivia
Some of the hieroglyphs on the album cover have a modern twist to them. The details are easier to see on the vinyl record cover than the CD, due to the larger size:
- On the bottom left corner of the cover, just behind the first lion are the words "Indiana Jones was here 1941"
- Next to that is a drawing of Mickey Mouse
- Above that (past the statues' heads) are the words "WOT A LOAD OF CRAP"
- On the bottom right of the cover, just below the right foot of the large seated lion, we see a drawing of Chad peering over the wall, with the words "WOT? NO GUINESS"
- Also on the right side, above the statues' heads, the word "BOLLOCKS" appears.
- At the pyramid's entrance, Derek Riggs' insignia appears right where Eddie's crotch should be.
[edit] Additional notes
- Catalogue – (1984 LP) EMI 1-12321, (1984 CD) Capitol C2-46045, (1998 CD) EMI 96920
[edit] External links
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