Iron Maiden - Fear of the Dark
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Artist: Iron MaidenEdition: Music CD
Format: Enhanced, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2002-03-26
Music Label: Sanctuary Records
Soundtracks:
- Be Quick or Be Dead
- From Here to Eternity
- Afraid to Shoot Strangers
- Fear Is the Key
- Childhood's End
- Wasting Love
- The Fugitive
- Chains of Misery
- The Apparition
- Judas Be My Guide
- Weekend Warrior
- Fear of the Dark
Free Music Notes for Fear of the Dark
Free Music Review: This album rocks from here to eternity
Hit: 5 Stars
When I read reviews about this album, the reviewers see Fear Of The Dark as an album with some standout tracks but also a lot of fillers. I do not really agree. Sure songs like "Apparition" and "Weekend Warrior" do not belong to Maiden's best work, but these songs are far from weak. The main reason why I like this album is the diversity of it. Fast songs/slow songs, raw songs/atmospheric songs and complex songs/simple songs. On this album you can hear influences from Bruce Dickinson's solo-album Tattooed Millionaire. The songs are bluesier and Bruce's vocal style is rawer and less high. The album sound is also rawer than on most Maiden albums. Gers his guitar-style is probably an important reason why the album sounds so different compared to earlier albums. (He also played guitar on Tattooed Millionaire.) You recognize his raw bluesy sound more than on his Maiden debut No Prayer For The Dying.
On this album Maiden uses keyboards, but not as much as for example on Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son. On some songs you can hear the direction Maiden was heading for in the future. Especially the keys in a song like "Afraid To Shoot Strangers" remind me of the album the X-Factor. Acoustic guitars are more prominent on this album. I would go as far as to say that there are more songs with acoustic guitars on this album than on all earlier albums together. This does not mean that Maiden plays softer music. The acoustic guitars are mostly played at the same time as the electric guitars. Furthermore Fear Of The Dark contains a lot of heavy guitar playing. I also personally think that this album is the last Maiden album that contains plenty of excellent and noteworthy guitar-solo's. The lyrics on this album are more down to earth and about more actual themes than on earlier albums. They are for example songs about the Golf war in Iraq, hooligans and aids.
The album opens with the fast and furious "Be Quick Or Be Dead". The song style reminds me of the style on the album Killers. "From Here To Eternity" is a simple but catchy rocker. Dickinson's solo-album influences can really be heard on this song. "Afraid To Shoot Strangers" is about the first Golf war. The song starts out with slow melodic guitars and sensitive vocals. Halfway the music shifts up a few gears and then some fast riffs and solo's take over the song. The song finally ends the way it started. "Fear Is The Key" is a heavy blues driven song, with a for Maiden unusual twist halfway. I really like the combination of the electric and acoustic guitar-parts on this song. "Childhood's End" starts out with a great melodic part with cool drumming. Check out the up-tempo melodic part in the song. "Wasting Love" is one of few Maiden songs that can be described as a ballad. Still a great song. "Fugitive" starts with a, for Maiden, brutal guitar intro. The song combines heavy guitar playing with some atmospheric guitar playing. "Chains Of Misery" is sing-along rocker in the vein of "From Her To Eternity".
"Apparition" is a song that is mostly based on one riff. The first couple of times I heard this song I really hated the song. Nowadays I really appreciate this song. Especially the heavy and atmospheric middle-part with fast solo's and harmonies. "Judas Be My Guide" starts out with a harmony guitar part and a solo. The song is rather short but catchy. It is one of Maiden's most underrated songs. "Weekend Warrior" is a song about football hooligans. The main riff sounds like an AC/DC riff. Although this is an average Maiden song, the combination of electric and acoustic guitars work extremely well on this song. The strongest parts of the song are the guitar solo's and one of Maiden's best guitar harmonies I have ever heard. The titeltrack "Fear Of The Dark" closes the album. It is one of the strongest songs on the album. Lyrically the song reminds me of the title track from the album Killers. It starts with an up-tempo harmony, and shortly after that the songs slows down with more atmospheric guitars. Bruce starts to sing with a creepy voice. After the intro Maiden plays one of their most impressive riffs. It as a fast but still melodic riff. It almost sounds like a riff from a melodic Black Metal band. The song stays up-tempo till the end of the song. The song ends in the same way as it started. Fear Of The Dark is one of the most diverse and interesting albums from Iron Maiden. Buy or die. (Just
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