Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time
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Free Music Review: great album
Hit: 5 Stars
c'mon it's iron maiden back in the days there's a lot of synths here but is a work of art stranger in a strange land is awesome get it nowFree Music Review: Great times!
Hit: 4 Stars
I remember buying this album on the first day of release, how excited was I!....Great memories. The first real cracks in the maiden armor was on this album. This is when bruce started singing out of key, which is not good when you can't even sing in key on the studio records. Still a pretty good album.Free Music Review: Back In 1986...
Hit: 5 Stars
Iron Maiden came out with their sixth studio album, "Somewhere in Time". This was the first Maiden album to feature synthesizers and is unique in that Bruce Dickenson has no writing credits to speak of. However, that shouldn't scare you away. The album flat out rocks.
This is nearly a perfect album in every way. From the opening track "Caught Somewhere in Time", to "Alexander the Great". This is a classic! Most casual fans will recognize the beautiful song "Wasted Years", but there is so much more to be had. Adrian Smith and Dave Murray shred like crazy on this thing.
My favorite tracks are "Stranger in a Strange Land", based on sci-fi writer Robert Heinlein's novel of the same title, and the afore mentioned "Alexander the Great". Sure there are only eight songs, but they aren't just songs; they're epic 6-8 minute masterpieces.
Free Music Review: Realize you're living in the golden years...
Hit: 4 Stars
`Somewhere in Time' was for many fans a step down from the lofty rise to glory that was Iron Maiden's ascendance to the top of the metal heap in the mid-Eighties. After the marathon world tour of 1984-1985, the band returned to the studio with one major problem. One of their chief songwriters, Bruce Dickinson, seemed to be suffering a case of writer's block. It could have been a case of mental exhaustion or a need to take a step to recultivate his creative juices but for whatever the reason, Dickinson was noticeably absent in the creative process. Adrian Smith continued his writing prowess and it was he and band leader Steve Harris that contributed the songs. "Wasted Years", the LP's first single and possibly the best song written by Adrian features his stunning lead guitar as the main melody line and was nearly a crossover single into more the mainstream album rock stations that had previously ignored the band. The song's live for today message struck a chord and "Wasted Years" remains the most memorable selection on an album that really didn't have as many as previous classics. "Stranger in a Strange Land", another Adrian song and "Heaven Can Wait" round out a best of from `Time' which included the usual epic tracks but this time with the exception of "Heaven" and maybe "Alexander the Great", nothing noteworthy stands out. The band was now using synths to flush out their sound and to their credit, the metal doesn't seem watered down as a result (unfortunately the same can't be said for Judas Priest....eeeshh!). "Somewhere in Time" was the one Eighties album that I have a hard time putting in the same rarified as anything else from the decade. Good, chancy, solid but unspectacular metal from masters of the form.Free Music Review: DAJA VU
Hit: 5 Stars
another masterpiece from maiden's GOLDEN YEARS. somewhere in time,wasted years, stranger in a strangeland,alexander the great,heaven can wait,loneliness of a long distance runner all classics.