Track Listing

1. The Wicker Man
2. Ghost Of The Navigator
3. Brave New World
4. Blood Brothers
5. The Mercenary
6. Dream Of Mirrors
7. The Fallen Angel
8. The Nomad
9. Out Of The Silent Planet
10. The Thin Line Between Love & Hate

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2948 in Music
• Released on: 2000-05-29
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .22 pounds

Amazon.co.uk Review
One of the most comforting things about living in the UK is knowing what you can rely on: bank holidays will be rainy, beans will be on the breakfast menu and Britain's homegrown heavy metal heroes will continue rocking well into their twilight years. Motorhead do it, Ozzy Osbourne does it and, with Brave New World, Iron Maiden prove that they can do it, too. Featuring the return of vocalist Bruce Dickinson, after his self-imposed, six-year exile from the band, Brave New World is the sound of classic Iron Maiden at their finest. The guitars--augmented by the return of Adrian Smith--still scream along at top volume, with their signature blistering solos and frantic time changes. Songs like hit single "The Wicker Man", the anthemic "Blood Brothers" and "The Nomad" all bear the hallmarks of Maiden's best work--that is, they rock. Brave New World is the triumphant sound of one of Britain's heavy metal institutions returning to the top of the heap. --Robert Burrow

CD Description
After playing to packed houses in 1999, the reformed and revamped Iron Maiden now satisfies their fans' hunger with a new collection of material. Vocalist Bruce Dickinson and guitarist Adrian Smith rejoin the fold, which is now a six member, three guitar sonic assault. Produced by Kevin Shirley (Aerosmith, The Black Crowes), BRAVE NEW WORLD is Maiden's finest album in 12 years.
"The Wicker Man" is a heavy, yet accessible tune with a memorable chorus propelled by Nicko McBrain's double bass drum thunder. "Blood Brothers" is a melancholy song featuring strings and lush arrangement, while thetitle track shows that Dickinson's pipes are in fine form; the man can belt out a song like no one else. "Dream of Mirrors" begins acoustically and builds to a mammoth, grandiose blockbuster. Master bassist Steve Harris also lends his keyboard prowess to the nine-minute epic, "The Nomad". Iron Maiden is proudly still waving the metal flag; there's no group more fitting to lead a heavy rock revival. An album of conviction, BRAVE NEW WORLD shows a band still at the top of its game.

Customer Reviews

Simply, THE best!
If ever there was a time for Steve and the boys to prove that Maiden had any worthwhile existence in the modern day world, then the Y2K seemed as good a time as any. Brave New World has turned out to be the album that Maiden fans have waited for. In my opinion this is one of the great metal albums of modern times, definately on a par with their finest work of the Mid eighties. Gone have the dodgy 'fillers' that cluttered (and ruined) most of their recent albums and what we are left with is an album that reeks quality. The return of Bruce was seen as many cynics as a last throw of the dice by the band that had been falling away from prominence since his departure, and if that is the case then he certainly is giving his all. Back is the 'air raid siren' of old and you have to wonder where it really went to after 'Seventh Son'. But BNW is more than just Dickinson's return to form. The musical quality on offer from the three axe men is breathtaking at its best.Be it heavy metal riffing on 'Ghost of the Navigator' or trading melodies on 'Thin line....' all i can say is that I can't get them out of my head! Another factor which has proved to be benficial is the introduction of Kevin Shirley as producer. He has found the perfect balance for the band and my speakers where jumping around more than I was playing the Album! My favourite song on the album (like everyone elses it seems) is the awsome 'Dream of Mirrors' Quite simply, the best song that they have recorded since 'Hallowed be thy Name' and a contender for best Maiden song ever, only time will tell. So go on, buy the album now. Be Brave.

extremely solid release
released in 2000 iron maidens brave new world is the 12th maiden album and marked the return of brucey dickinson on vocals and guitarist adrian smith to the band,which also resulted in three main guitars to the maiden sound.
The album has a certain progressive feel to it which was a classic maiden formula and with the band united again the songs are filled with passion and venom and the quality is relentless at times.Opening strongly with the wicker man which is punchy and certainly heavy its clear that the good times are back with maiden again and regardless of how you felt about the two albums that blaze sang on you have to admit its good to have bruce back on vocals,it just seemed to give the band back their collective bite.
The quality continues with key tracks like blood brothers,out of the silent planet,the fallen angel and brave new world,there isnt alot wrong with this except that some songs are so epic that they lose a bit of shine towards the end but thats a small gripe so in summary brave new world is yet again another excellent maiden release.

Easily one of the best Maiden albums ever� get it NOW!!!!
This is the best Maiden Album for a long time and I think it has more to do with the return of Adrian Smith than Bruce Dickinson (although his return is more than welcome and I for one was well chuffed). Adrian Smith brings a certain melodic tone to Maiden that was sadly lacking since his departure. I am not knocking the Maiden's Blaze years, they just did not do it for me.

This album is a real breath of fresh air and a great move for Maiden sticking with the formula of great music but breaking the mould with some of the tracks containing vocal and synth effects... nice (some of the lyrics are a bit pants thought but that has always been part of the fun with Maiden). Steve never fails to deliver on the bass and Niko is fast becoming one of the best metal drummers around! The three guitar combo works surprisingly well (even live, what a feat!!) too.

With modern Metal seeming to be more concerned with masks and contact lenses than decent music, it's a welcome relief to have Maiden back on top form, nice one boys, up the Irons!!