Product Description

Iron Maiden's 1986 SOMEWHERE IN TIME contains more than a few highlights, such as the ferocious album opener, "Caught Somewhere in Time", as well as softer singles "Wasted Years" and "Stranger in a Strange Land". And as with the band's preceding studio release, POWERSLAVE, another masterful composition closes the album, in this case the sprawling "Alexanderthe Great". Departing from the familiar sounds of stellar earlier releases like THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST and PIECE OF MIND, this album explores new musical territory with the addition of synthesizers, while maintaining its trademarks--galloping bass, heavy guitar riffs, and operatic vocals. Though there were some doubts initially, the addition of synthesizers didn't alienate the band's headbanging following. In fact,the change, along with this album's commercial success, wasa clear indication of the band's musical progress.

Track Listing

1. Caught Somewhere In Time
2. Wasted Years
3. Sea Of Madness
4. Heaven Can Wait
5. Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner
6. Stranger In A Strange Land
7. De Ja Vu
8. Alexander The Great

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5411 in Music
• Released on: 1998-09-14
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced

Customer Reviews

Iron Maiden go Heavy futurisc Metal on us. Epic! ! !
This is the Iron Maiden album that divided the fans, there bound to be at least one album of every band that does that. Sadly I wasn't there when Iron Maiden & Heavy Metal bursted fastly into the 80s when music was creative exciting and sometimes brutal etc Slayer. I've been an Iron Maiden fan since 2006(i'm only 17) and I have all Iron Maiden albums, a couple of the live ones(surprisingly not "Live After Death" will get it soon). I first bought Iron Maiden latest album "A Matter Of Life And Death" out of luck which to be honest blew me away, after that I bought their whole back catalogue and love every one of their albums. In my opinion their weakest albums are "The X Factor" & "Virtual XI" still great albums(to me) but lack the sheer brilliance and excitment of every other Iron Maiden album.

Now onto this album, As I said before this album had a big divide between their fans I for one love this album the addition to keyboards for me are great and gives the band a more epic sound. The production of this album is flawless there are people who are complaining about it being a victim of "Loudness War" I think the production is the way it should be, but others may disagree.

My favourite songs on this album are Caught Somewhere In Time, Wasted Years, Sea Of Madness(which is actually my favourite on the album) & The Loneliness Of The Long Distant Runner. All the songs are great but those are the stand outs on this album in my opinion. Everything is perfect on this album, Dickinson's vocals are amazing (here he reminds me so much of Ronnie James Dio), the guitarists Dave and Adrianpull out some amazing solos and heavy riffs, Nicko's spectacular drumming, and the bass is excellent.

If you are new to Iron Maiden it's hard to suggest what album to go for as they all rock. First if you want to go f or the mainstream sound go for the classic "The Number Of The Beast" or maybe start with "A Matter Of Life And Death" like I did or maybe I aint the best person to ask, but trust me Iron Maiden are one of the best bands ever and first band I got into (alongside Dragonforce "Shock Horror"). I sadly missed this band this year when I was in Switzerland on me holidays as it was sold out or just too much, so I'll just have to wait 3 years for their next tour and album. Oh some good advise for ya don't start with the albums "The X Factor" & "Virtual XI" leave them till last as they are just simply completely different and takes time to get it into.

Rock On Metal brothers! What has happend to the music today eh? Sad thing aint it? Sorry for the long review! ! !.

My pick of Maiden
If I could have 1 maiden album, it would be Live After Death. If I could choose an extra, this would be my pick. It's stronger than the first 5 IMO and is interesting. My least favourite is probably The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, which although heavy, is basically just a weaker version of Sea of Madness. As with a best track, it changes on every listen. Overall it'd be Stranger in a Strange Land or Alexander the Great. A few tracks are a bit forgettable (mainly 1 and 8), but those are actually among the best songs here. Epics are never particularly memorable at first. You enjoy them when listening, but once you finish listening to them, you forget everything except awesome. For that reason I won't rate those two songs.

02 - Wasted Years: This is about being on the road. The music is quite upbeat, and rather melodic. I think this is one of Bruce's favourites (check out on Youtube, Wasted Years '86 Gothenburg show). 9/10

03 - Sea of Madness: Also upbeat. This is heavier, not so happy like the previous song. Check it out as I really like this one and I think most people do. 10/10

04 - Heaven Can Wait: My second least favourite song here. Despite a great chorus, the rest of the song is not really that special. 8/10

05 - The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner: My least favourite. Read what I said above. 7.5/10

06 - Stranger in a Strange Land: Thankfully this album doesn't go into mediocrity. (4 & 5 suggest a continuous turn downhill) But this is a favourite of mine. It's very melodic, with one of my favourite guitar solos ever.

07 - Deja Vu: A good song, this is a very progressive metal song in the vein of Dream Theater. 9/10

Highlights - Sea of Madness, Stranger in a Strange Land and Alexander the Great.

Great band, terrible "remastering"
Iron Maiden is of one the greatest bands out there, but this cd sounds just awful. This so called "remastering" sickness wich the label companies are fighting for is basicly nothing else but cranking up the loudness of the cd by compressing the sound to shadders and leaving no dynamic range of the cd's and the result is that after a couble of tracks you are getting a headache. If you like Iron Maiden then don't buy this awful remix, find the originals wich sound great.