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Somewhere Back In Time: The Best Of 1980-1989 (CD)

By: Iron Maiden (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Somewhere Back In Time: The Best Of 1980-1989 (CD) Album By Iron Maiden (Artist)
1   Churchill Speech
2   Aces High
3   2 Minutes To Midnight
4   Trooper, The
5   Wasted Years
6   Children Of The Damned
7   Number Of The Beast, The
8   Run To The Hills
9   Phantom Of The Opera - (live)
10   Evil That Men Do, The
11   Wrathchild - (live)
12   Can I Play With Madness
13   Powerslave
14   Hallowed Be Thy Name
15   Iron Maiden - (live)
 

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Kerrang (Magazine) (p.49) - "These tracks are the absolute bread and butter of an Iron Maiden gig..."
Q (Magazine) (p.154) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Maidens' anthems dealt with war, Egyptian folklore, Satan and prostitutes, all irresistible fodder for the adolescent male."
Record Collector (magazine) (p.90) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]here's something gnarly about Di'Anno's 'Wrathchild' and the mighty 'Phantom Of The Opera' that, on record, captures something wicked and gleeful."

Title Note

Inarguably one of heavy metal's most important and influential acts, Iron Maiden were at the forefront of the new wave of British heavy metal at the dawn of the 1980s. While Maiden remained popular for decades to come, SOMEWHERE BACK IN TIME covers the band's vital heyday, beginning with their first album and moving right into the arrival of wailing banshee Bruce Dickinson and the tremendous success that followed him. SOMEWHERE was tied into their monster 2008 tour, which, like the album featured smashes from their '80s albums such as POWERSLAVE, NUMBER OF THE BEAST, and SOMEWHERE IN TIME. Classics like the galloping "Run to the Hills" and the gritty "The Trooper" are here in their full glory, and songs like "Wrathchild" that predate Dickinson are represented by live tracks with the iconic singer on vocals. Previous greatest hits had most of these songs, but this is a no-filler addition for new fans.

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3 out of 5 stars Great band, unnecessary lackluster compilation - get the Essential Iron Maiden instead , May 17, 2008
By Taylor X, dvdivas.net
Somewhere Back In Time - The Best Of: 1980-1989 is the latest in an ever-growing amount of Iron Maiden "best of" compilations. Im just going to cut right to the chase on this review. To put it simply, this is yet another Maiden compilation - something we certainly did not need, considering Sonys 2CD The Essential Iron Maiden compilation, from a few years back, already fit the fill nicely. Iron Maiden (1980) Tracks Featured: None Comments: How can you make an Iron Maiden compilation chronicling the bands eighties material, and NOT include anything from the first two albums, featuring Paul DiAnno? As such, the compilation should have been called 1982-1988. Its an insult to include nothing from this early formative period, especially when these two albums fall into the span of years the compilation claims to cover. Killers (1981) Tracks Featured: None Comments: Ditto. Read what I wrote for the first album. The Number of the Beast (1982) Tracks Featured: Children of the Damned, The Number of the Beast, Run to the Hills, Hallowed Be Thy Name Comments: I have absolutely no complaints with the selections from this album. The band has taken the four biggest hits from the album - which are all essential Maiden classics. Piece of Mind (1983): Tracks Featured: The Trooper Comments: No Flight of Icarus? WTF!? The Trooper is a great song, more than worthy of inclusion here. But how they could omit Flight of Icarus, one of the true Maiden classics, is beyond me. Powerslave (1984): Tracks Featured: Powerslave, 2 Minutes to Midnight Comments: Two classic cuts, but why stop here? Underrated cuts like Flash of the Blade and The Duelists are sorely missed. And while were at it, wheres Rime of the Ancient Mariner? Live After Death (1985) Tracks Featured: Aces High (with Churchill Speech Intro Track), Phantom of the Opera, Wrathchild, Iron Maiden Comments: One major problem with Iron Maiden compilations I have is that for pre-Number of the Beast tracks, rather than including the proper, original studio cuts with DiAnno singing, the way they were meant to be enjoyed, they always put inferior live versions with Dickinson singing, who they clearly werent wrote with in mind. Still, if they MUST do this EVERY time, Live After Death DOES feature the best Dickinson renditions. Also, this live take on Aces High is spectacular. Somewhere In Time (1986) Tracks Featured: Wasted Years Comments: Much like Piece of Mind, this album only gets ONE track here. Its a great cut, easily the finest song from its respective album.... But where are classics like Stranger in a Strange Land, Heaven Can Wait, and Sea of Madness? Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988) Tracks Featured: Can I Play With Madness, The Evil That Men Do Comments: These are the two cuts from the album youll find on pretty much every Maiden compilation. And rightfully so. Theyre two of the biggest hits and all-around best songs to come from it. I would have liked to have Infinite Dreams on here too, but no complaints. There is NOTHING on this compilation beyond 1988. So there are plenty of big hits the compilation deprives you of, namely Holy Smoke, Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter, Be Quick Or Be Dead, Afraid To Shoot Strangers, Fear of the Dark, The Wicker Man, Brave New World, Wildest Dreams, Rainmaker, Paschendale, and The Reincarnation of Benjamin Bregg, to name a few. This should have been a two-disc career-spanning package, not a one-disc set that only covered Dickinsons first stint with the band. If youre wondering if you should get this set or not, the simple answer is no. Get The Essential Iron Maiden instead. Its not perfect either, but it paints a far more concise picture of the bands career.

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