Somewhere Back in Time: the Best of: 1980-1989

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This new collection of Iron Maiden tracks contains work from a period that was creatively their busiest and, arguably, most successful. It's a mixed bag with some tracks certainly sounding their age (like The Trooper in particular). It's straight-ahead, grab-some-furniture, shake-your-brain-for-three-and-a-half-minutes (stopping when you get a bit dizzy, or to have a swig of snakebite), rock.

This collection is a fascinating reflection of the extent to which Iron Maiden defined heavy metal's enduring themes and styles: Alienation, allegory, fantasy, the occult, exploitation and abuse of power. They're also pioneers in terms of understanding that this music is theatre: not just something to be played but really performed.

Tracklist

1    Intro (Churchill's Speech) [Live at Long Beach Arena] [1998 Remaster]
2    Aces High (Live) [1998 Remaster]
3    2 Minutes to Midnight (1998 Remaster)
4    The Trooper (1998 Remaster)
5    Wasted Years (1998 Remaster)
6    Children of the Damned (1998 Remaster)
7    The Number of the Beast (1998 Remaster)
8    Run to the Hills (1998 Remaster)
9    Phantom of the Opera (Live at the Hammersmith Odeon) [1998 Remaster]
10    The Evil That Men Do (1998 Remaster)
11    Wrathchild (Live at the Hammersmith Odeon) [1998 Remaster]
12    Can I Play with Madness (1998 Remaster)
13    Powerslave (1998 Remaster)
14    Hallowed Be Thy Name (1998 Remaster)
15    Iron Maiden (Live at Long Beach Arena) [1998 Remaster]