Somewhere Back in Time

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Somewhere Back in Time - The Best of: 1980 - 1989
Greatest hits album by Iron Maiden
Released 12 May 2008
Recorded 1981-1988
Genre Heavy metal
Length 1:10:53
Label EMI
Universal Music Group (U.S.)
Producer Martin Birch
Iron Maiden compilations chronology
The Essential Iron Maiden
(2005)		 Somewhere Back in Time
(2008)		 From Fear to Eternity
(2011)

Somewhere Back in Time - The Best of: 1980 - 1989 is a best of release by the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, containing a selection of songs originally recorded for their first eight albums (including Live After Death).

Contents

[edit] Background

The album was released in conjunction with the band's Somewhere Back In Time World Tour to allow new fans to listen to a selection of the band's material that was played on the tour. The cover artwork by Derek Riggs features the Pharaoh Eddie monument from Powerslave and Cyborg Eddie from Somewhere in Time. In addition, the Iron Maiden logo is coloured blue with a gold outline - the same colours used on the cover of Seventh Son of a Seventh Son.

A number of tracks were taken from the band's 1985 live album, Live After Death because the band preferred to use recordings which featured current Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson rather than Paul Di'Anno, who sang on their first two studio releases.

[edit] Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars[1]
Classic Rock 9/10 stars[2]
Kerrang! 5/5 stars[2]
Metal Hammer 9/10 stars[2]
Rocksound 8/10 stars[2]

Reviews for the compilation were generally positive, with Kerrang! commenting that "metal collections don't come much more solid than this."[2] Classic Rock deemed it "a relentless, 70-minute crowd pleaser marathon," containing "timeless anthems that still make the adrenalin surge and the sinews stiffen after all these years."[2] Metal Hammer, on the other hand, praised it for being "a reminder of why Iron Maiden became the most important band on the planet back in the 1980s - and why, once again, they've reclaimed that crown."[2]

Allmusic, however, were more critical of the release, deeming the album "merely adequate" and decrying the band's decision to avoid using the original versions of songs featuring Paul Di'Anno on lead vocals.[1]

[edit] Track listing

Disc One
No. Title Writer(s) Original album Length
1. "Churchill's Speech"     Live After Death - segues into the next song 0.50
2. "Aces High" (live) Steve Harris Live After Death; Originally from Powerslave 4.36
3. "2 Minutes to Midnight"   Bruce Dickinson, Adrian Smith Powerslave 6.00
4. "The Trooper"   Harris Piece of Mind 4.11
5. "Wasted Years"   Smith Somewhere in Time 5.06
6. "Children of the Damned"   Harris The Number of the Beast 4.35
7. "The Number of the Beast"   Harris The Number of the Beast 4.53
8. "Run to the Hills"   Harris The Number of the Beast 3.53
9. "Phantom of the Opera" (live) Harris Live After Death; Originally from Iron Maiden 7.21
10. "The Evil That Men Do"   Dickinson, Harris, Smith Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 4.34
11. "Wrathchild" (live) Harris Live After Death; Originally from Killers 3.07
12. "Can I Play With Madness"   Dickinson, Harris , Smith Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 3.31
13. "Powerslave"   Dickinson Powerslave 6.47
14. "Hallowed Be Thy Name"   Harris The Number of the Beast 7.12
15. "Iron Maiden" (live) Harris Live After Death; Originally from Iron Maiden 4.50

[edit] Personnel

with

[edit] Chart performance

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Austrian Albums Chart 26[3]
Belgian Albums Chart 19[4]
Dutch Albums Chart 74[5]
Finnish Albums Chart 3[6]
German Albums Chart 84[7]
Japanese Albums Chart 39[8]
New Zealand Albums Chart 24[9]
Swedish Albums Chart 2[10]
UK Albums Chart 14[11]
US Billboard 200 58[12]

[edit] Certifications

Country Certification Sales
Sweden Gold[13] 20,000+
Finland Platinum[13] 20,000+

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Somewhere Back in Time at Allmusic. Retrieved 2011-06-18.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Somewhere Back in Time- Kerrang, Rocksound, Classic Rock & Metal Hammer reviews". http://www.ironmaiden.com/somewhere-back-in-time---reviews.html. Retrieved 2011-06-18. 
  3. ^ "Iron Maiden Austrian Albums Chart". http://austriancharts.at/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Iron+Maiden. Retrieved 2011-10-26. 
  4. ^ "Iron Maiden- Belgian Albums Chart". http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Iron+Maiden. Retrieved 2011-10-26. 
  5. ^ "Iron Maiden- Dutch Albums Chart". http://www.dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Iron+Maiden. Retrieved 2011-10-26. 
  6. ^ "Iron Maiden- Finnish Albums Chart". http://finnishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Iron+Maiden. Retrieved 2011-10-26. 
  7. ^ "Iron Maiden discography and German Chart Performance". http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/IRON+MAIDEN?sort=entry&type=longplay. Retrieved 2011-10-26. 
  8. ^ "Somewhere Back in Time- Oricon". http://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/artist/32233/products/music/761363/1/. Retrieved 2011-10-26. 
  9. ^ "Iron Maiden- New Zealand Album Charts". http://charts.org.nz/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Iron+Maiden. Retrieved 2011-10-26. 
  10. ^ "Iron Maiden- Swedish Album Charts". http://swedishcharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Iron+Maiden. Retrieved 2011-10-26. 
  11. ^ "Official UK Albums Archive 24th May 2008". http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/3/2008-05-24/. Retrieved 2011-10-26. 
  12. ^ "Iron Maiden- Billboard 200". http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/iron-maiden/chart-history/4887. Retrieved 2011-10-26. 
  13. ^ a b "Iron Maidenin uutuus myi platinaa Suomessa - Viihdelehti". Stara.fi. 2010-08-24. http://www.stara.fi/2010/08/24/iron-maidenin-uutuus-myos-suomessa-platinaa/. Retrieved 2010-09-04. 
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