┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │■ ■│ │ .-/ .-. │ │ _.-~ / ___ | ~-._ │ │ \:/ -~| / __/| .\:/ │ │ / || (:/:| \ │ │ / /\/| |:\___\| |\ \ │ │ / /:::|.::/:::/:.|:\ \ │ │ / /:::/ \\/:::/::/:::\ \ │ │ / .::\ \-~~~~-/\/:.. \ │ │ /..:::::\ /:::::..\ │ │ /::::::::- -::::::::\ │ │ \:::::-~ ~-:::::/ │ │ \:-~ ~-:/ │ │ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ P R E S E N T S │ │ │ │ │ │ + Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind + │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Information ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Release Date.Apr-26-2015 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │ │║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │ │║ Year.........1998 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........09 ║ │ │║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.ironmaiden.com ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Notes ║ │ │╠═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════╗ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Artist : Iron Maiden Rating : You Decide! ║ │ │║ Album : Piece Of Mind Label : EMI ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╠════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╣ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Description : ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Piece of Mind is the 2nd Iron Maiden album to ║ │ │║ feature Bruce Dickinson on vocals, the first ║ │ │║ with Nicko McBrain replacing Clive Burr on the ║ │ │║ drums, and the source of one of the band's ║ │ │║ biggest hits, "The Trooper". Strangely enough, ║ │ │║ these days, most of the tracks feel like ║ │ │║ forgotten gems, due to the fact that so many ║ │ │║ have been seemingly ignored in the band's live ║ │ │║ sets for a great many years now. But the bad ║ │ │║ tastes of band and audience aside, this is ║ │ │║ easily one of the best of Maiden's entire ║ │ │║ career, and certainly one of my personal ║ │ │║ favorites after Somewhere in Time or Powerslave. ║ │ │║ Each of the 9 tracks are splendid, powerful, ║ │ │║ melodic metal, and the album as a whole has a ║ │ │║ more reined in appeal than The Number of the ║ │ │║ Beast, giving it the slight edge in my opinion. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Just about anything I've ever loved in Iron ║ │ │║ Maiden's music is here in spades. Wonderful ║ │ │║ lyrics that reflect upon religion, war, history, ║ │ │║ science fiction and mythology, drawing on a ║ │ │║ number of classic sources. More guitar hooks ║ │ │║ than a bait & tackle shop, and an excellent, ║ │ │║ crisp tone to boot. An excellent performance out ║ │ │║ of Dickinson, who had really meshed into the ║ │ │║ band's landscape by this point. And a production ║ │ │║ which does not sound to me as if it has aged a ║ │ │║ single day in 27 years. Add to that the dark ║ │ │║ atmosphere of emergent NWOBHM gone 'eavy as all ║ │ │║ hell, and a great if simple cover image ║ │ │║ featuring the most recognizable mascot in metal ║ │ │║ music. We have a winner. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ "Where Eagles Dare" is a sturdy track to open ║ │ │║ the album, with a lot of shuffle in its step. ║ │ │║ Twin guitars rambling out a passionate if ║ │ │║ somewhat predictable rhythm, and lyrics based on ║ │ │║ the 1967 novel of the same name, which was ║ │ │║ itself adapted to a film in '68 featuring ║ │ │║ Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood. The airy ║ │ │║ nature of the melodies in the bridge makes for a ║ │ │║ fine if elegaic tribute to the story and the war ║ │ │║ in which it was fought. "Revelations" features ║ │ │║ one of the most simple and unforgettable verse ║ │ │║ rhythms of the 80s, with the perfectly placed ║ │ │║ little bass steps and the beautiful, simmering ║ │ │║ melodies that transform the tempo into a fist ║ │ │║ flying rager, and then down into a thoughtful ║ │ │║ tranquility. The song feels compelling and ║ │ │║ timeless, as if it could have been written and ║ │ │║ recorded in the late 60s or 70s and wound up ║ │ │║ much the same. "Flight of Icarus" tells the tale ║ │ │║ of its titular, tragic Greek character, and was ║ │ │║ also used a single for this album. It's more of ║ │ │║ a narrative than the previous tracks, with the ║ │ │║ riffs structured about the story. And who would ║ │ │║ ever forget Dickinson's shining chorus vocal? ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ 'Fly, on your way, like an eagle, fly as high as ║ │ │║ the sun ║ │ │║ On your way, like an eagle, fly and touch the ║ │ │║ sun' ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ At this point, the hammer drops and the balls ║ │ │║ fly out of their zippers as Maiden crushes ║ │ │║ through two of their more pronounced ║ │ │║ exclamations, beginning with "Die With Your ║ │ │║ Boots On", a self-determination anthem, and a ║ │ │║ nice little deconstruction of omens and the ║ │ │║ prophetic bullshit that fuels so much religious ║ │ │║ nonsense throughout our history. Smith and ║ │ │║ Harris have some swanky little backup vocals ║ │ │║ here, and the chorus is just the type of manly ║ │ │║ expression that makes you want to leap onto a ║ │ │║ motorcycle, or a horse, or something. A jet ski ║ │ │║ if you've got it. But people might look at you ║ │ │║ strangely if you're wearing boots on a jet ski. ║ │ │║ Speaking of boots, "The Trooper" follows, ready ║ │ │║ to plant both of them, leather and steel, ║ │ │║ straight up your arse. Basically the ultimate ║ │ │║ war metal song before there was 'war metal', ║ │ │║ maybe not as good as "Disposable Heroes" but it ║ │ │║ came first. How many metal fans out there ║ │ │║ learned their first guitar or bass riff from ║ │ │║ this song? How many people who don't even like ║ │ │║ metal music remember this song? How many have ║ │ │║ covered it? It's an indispensable classic, and ║ │ │║ just as brilliant as the pageantry requires. ║ │ │║ Trotting, equestrian guitar rhythms and spiky ║ │ │║ vocal latitudes, excellent popping bass beneath ║ │ │║ the lead, and the lead itself...gorgeous. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ The rest of the album is the half that I feel is ║ │ │║ sadly the more forgotten, but it's no less rapt ║ │ │║ or impressive. "Still Life" has a great melody ║ │ │║ that charges below the vocals, and Dickinson ║ │ │║ even has a robotic like tinge to the 'piece of ║ │ │║ mind' lyric. The dual guitars are brilliant ║ │ │║ here, especially as they quaff off into the ║ │ │║ slamming leads, and "Quest for Fire" follows ║ │ │║ suit with an epic hymn about early man and his ║ │ │║ travails against nature and beast, and the ║ │ │║ advent of the one thing that would raise them ║ │ │║ from beasts themselves into a more potent force. ║ │ │║ Many have pointed out to me that this is a bit ║ │ │║ of a silly track, but fuck, I'll take Iron ║ │ │║ Maiden singing about cannibals and dinosaurs any ║ │ │║ day over Dethklok or 3 Inches of Blood inhaling ║ │ │║ and exhaling their stale irony. Once again, ║ │ │║ there are some killer leads here, and a very ║ │ │║ pulp adventure feeling that is simply too rare ║ │ │║ in metal. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ "Sun and Steel" is a hooky melodic samurai ║ │ │║ tribute with various literary references to the ║ │ │║ famous swordsman Musashi, and it's another of ║ │ │║ the tracks here which could easily have fit the ║ │ │║ decade prior, due to the soaring vocal harmony ║ │ │║ which could have just as well been Freddy ║ │ │║ Mercury of Queen. It's an amazing track, one of ║ │ │║ my favorites even among this lofty crew, and ║ │ │║ it's a goddamn shame that this didn't take off ║ │ │║ like "The Trooper". I'd kill to hear this one ║ │ │║ live, and if you've seen them do it...well, ║ │ │║ don't tell me about it. I've got enough in the ║ │ │║ world already to envy. "To Tame a Land" caps off ║ │ │║ the album, a morose, wandering epic based on the ║ │ │║ classic science fiction novel Dune by Frank ║ │ │║ Herbert. The tiny arabesque rhythms and edgy, ║ │ │║ warlike atmosphere of the track really fit the ║ │ │║ contested desert world of Arakkis, and certainly ║ │ │║ it has to be one of the best tributes (and one ║ │ │║ of the ONLY tributes) done to this literary ║ │ │║ masterpiece in all of rock or metal music. The ║ │ │║ bass and leads are unsurprisingly exquisite ║ │ │║ here, and though its the longest track here at ║ │ │║ over 7 minutes, I hardly noticed. Though I ║ │ │║ consider it my least favorite track on this ║ │ │║ album, it's still pretty close to perfect. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Piece of Mind is both a hallmark album and a ║ │ │║ wave of beautiful nostalgia. Old, indeed, but ║ │ │║ far from irrelevant, as its another essential ║ │ │║ fragment of the band's Golden Age (1982-1988) ║ │ │║ which catapulted them to the very top the pack. ║ │ │║ 1983 was the year of two of the greatest debut ║ │ │║ albums in all of metal history (Metallica's Kill ║ │ │║ 'Em All and Slayer's Show No Mercy), but even ║ │ │║ against those monstrosities, this album still ║ │ │║ holds its own, and I have a feeling it always ║ │ │║ will... ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ Highlights: All of them, but with To Tame a Land ║ │ │║ at the rear of the marching order. ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │║ ║ │ │╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │╔═════════════════════╗ │ │║ Release Tracklist ║ │ │╚═════════════════════╩══════════════════════════════════════════ │ │ │ │ 01 - Where Eagles Dare [06:10] │ │ 02 - Revelations [06:48] │ │ 03 - Flight Of Icarus [03:51] │ │ 04 - Die With Your Boots On [05:29] │ │ 05 - The Trooper [04:11] │ │ 06 - Still Life [04:54] │ │ 07 - Quest For Fire [03:42] │ │ 08 - Sun And Steel [03:27] │ │ 09 - To Tame A Land [07:26] │ │ │ │ Total Length : [45:58 minn │ │ │ │ │ │ ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ ╔═════════════════════╗ │ │ ║ Greetings To: ║ │ │ ╚═════════════════════╝ │ │ │ │ Too all people who contributes to make this │ │ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │■ ■│ └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘