The Angel and the Gambler
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| Single by Iron Maiden from the album Virtual XI |
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| B-side | Part 1 "Blood on the World's Hands (live)" "Afraid to Shoot Strangers (video)" Part 2 "The Aftermath (live)" "Man on the Edge (video)" |
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| Released | March 9, 1998 | ||||
| Format | CD single Picture disc |
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| Genre | Heavy metal | ||||
| Length | 9:51 (Part 1) 6:01 (Part 2) |
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| Label | EMI | ||||
| Writer(s) | Steve Harris | ||||
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"The Angel and the Gambler" is a single from the Iron Maiden album Virtual XI, released in 1998. It was released two weeks before Virtual XI hit stores. It is the first Iron Maiden single to feature a video as a B-side ("Afraid to Shoot Strangers" live from Israel). The single also includes two audio tracks recorded live on the 1995-1996 tour in support of The X-Factor.
The CD single was released in two parts. Part 1 contains a poster, with the "Virtual XI Fixture List 1998" on one side and the band posing in Maiden football gear with some of their favourite players on the other side. Part 2 contains three double-sided cards with the musicians posing in Maiden football gear. Part 2 also has a shortened version of "The Angel and the Gambler".
To support the single with more airplay, the band also released a music video, which featured the shortened version of the song. In an almost Star Wars fashion, the video features an entirely computer-generated world filled with aliens of varying quality. The concept for the video, particularly Blaze walking in to the bar with a brown hat and a long jacket were taken from concept art designed for the Somewhere in Time album, specifically the single "Stranger in a Strange Land".
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[edit] Track listing
[edit] Part 1
- "The Angel and the Gambler" (Steve Harris) – 9:51
- "Blood on the World's Hands (live)" (Harris) – 6:05
- "Afraid to Shoot Strangers (live video)" (Harris) – 6:52
[edit] Part 2
- "The Angel and the Gambler (shortened version)" (Harris) – 6:01
- "The Aftermath (live)" (Blaze Bayley, Janick Gers, Harris) – 6:41
- "Man on the Edge (video)" (Bayley, Gers) – 4:11
[edit] Credits
- Blaze Bayley – vocals
- Dave Murray – guitar
- Janick Gers – guitar, backing vocals
- Steve Harris – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Nicko McBrain – drums
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