| The Essential Iron Maiden | ||||
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| Greatest hits album by Iron Maiden | ||||
| Released | 5 July 2005 | |||
| Recorded | 1980 - 2003 | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 2:27:21 | |||
| Label | Sanctuary/Columbia | |||
| Producer | Martin Birch Nigel Green Steve Harris Will Malone Kevin Shirley |
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| Iron Maiden compilations chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [1] |
| Pitchfork Media | [2] |
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The Essential Iron Maiden is the fourth greatest hits compilation by the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released on 5 July 2005. Released exclusively in North America, it is part of Sony Music Entertainment's The Essential series. Contrary to other releases from this series, the track listing is presented in reverse-chronological order (i.e., the latest studio-recorded songs appear first).
Due to the sale of Sanctuary Records to Universal Music Group, this compilation is now out of print.
| Disc One | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length | |||||
| 1. | "Paschendale" | Steve Harris, Adrian Smith | Dance of Death (2003) | 8:26 | |||||
| 2. | "Rainmaker" | Bruce Dickinson, Harris, Dave Murray | Dance of Death (2003) | 3:48 | |||||
| 3. | "The Wicker Man" | Dickinson, Harris, Smith | Brave New World (2000) | 4:35 | |||||
| 4. | "Brave New World" | Dickinson, Harris, Murray | Brave New World (2000) | 6:18 | |||||
| 5. | "Futureal" | Blaze Bayley, Harris | Virtual XI (1998) | 2:56 | |||||
| 6. | "The Clansman" | Harris | Virtual XI (1998) | 8:59 | |||||
| 7. | "Sign of the Cross" | Harris | The X Factor (1995) | 11:16 | |||||
| 8. | "Man on the Edge" | Bayley, Janick Gers | The X Factor (1995) | 4:11 | |||||
| 9. | "Be Quick or Be Dead" | Dickinson, Gers | Fear of the Dark (1992) | 3:23 | |||||
| 10. | "Fear of the Dark" (live) | Harris | Rock in Rio (2002); originally from Fear of the Dark (1992) | 7:52 | |||||
| 11. | "Holy Smoke" | Dickinson, Harris | No Prayer for the Dying (1990) | 3:47 | |||||
| 12. | "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" | Dickinson | No Prayer for the Dying (1990) | 4:43 | |||||
| 13. | "The Clairvoyant" | Harris | Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988) | 4:26 | |||||
| Disc Two | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length | |||||
| 1. | "The Evil That Men Do" | Dickinson, Harris, Smith | Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988) | 4:34 | |||||
| 2. | "Wasted Years" | Smith | Somewhere in Time (1986) | 5:06 | |||||
| 3. | "Heaven Can Wait" | Harris | Somewhere in Time (1986) | 7:20 | |||||
| 4. | "2 Minutes to Midnight" | Dickinson, Smith | Powerslave (1984) | 6:00 | |||||
| 5. | "Aces High" | Harris | Powerslave (1984) | 4:29 | |||||
| 6. | "Flight of Icarus" | Dickinson, Smith | Piece of Mind (1983) | 3:51 | |||||
| 7. | "The Trooper" | Harris | Piece of Mind (1983) | 4:12 | |||||
| 8. | "The Number of the Beast" | Harris | The Number of the Beast (1982) | 4:52 | |||||
| 9. | "Run to the Hills" | Harris | The Number of the Beast (1982) | 3:54 | |||||
| 10. | "Wrathchild" | Harris | Killers (1981) | 2:55 | |||||
| 11. | "Killers" | Di'Anno, Harris | Killers (1981) | 5:01 | |||||
| 12. | "Phantom of the Opera" | Harris | Iron Maiden (1980) | 7:06 | |||||
| 13. | "Running Free" (live) | Di'Anno, Harris | Live After Death (1985); originally from Iron Maiden (1980) | 8:44 | |||||
| 14. | "Iron Maiden" (live) | Harris | Death on the Road (2005); originally from Iron Maiden (1980) | 4:54 | |||||
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