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Trollheart · 02-10-2013, 08:00 AM

Seventh son of a seventh son --- Iron Maiden --- 1988 (EMI)

Sowing the seeds of progressive metal that would later come to almost dominate their music, this album was the first Iron Maiden one to feature keyboards, and also the first to include songwriting by Bruce Dickinson, since "Powerslave". Of course, Steve Harris as ever has his hand in all but one. It contains some epic stuff: "Moonchild", "The evil men do" and "Only the good die young" are all great metal tracks with a real sense of the growing commerciality Maiden were becoming famous for, with the closer being their second-longest track at the time, after the thirteen-minute-plus "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" from "Powerslave".

It's the only, to date, concept album from the band, although to be honest I don't really see it as a full concept album. Bruce Dickinson agrees. "We almost did [something great]," he said. "It was only half a concept album. There was no attempt to see it all the way through, like we really should have done. 'Seventh Son...' has no story. It's about good and evil, heaven and hell, but isn't every Iron Maiden record?"* Indeed. Adrian Smith was unimpressed, and took his leave. Great album, but the cracks were beginning to show...

TRACKLISTING

1. Moonchild
2. Infinite dreams
3. Can I play with madness?
4. The evil that men do
5. Seventh son of a seventh son
6. The prophecy
7. The clairvoyant
8. Only the good die young

* = Direct quote taken from Wikipedia article: Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

02-10-2013, 08:00 AM	#1706 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,970	Seventh son of a seventh son --- Iron Maiden --- 1988 (EMI) Sowing the seeds of progressive metal that would later come to almost dominate their music, this album was the first Iron Maiden one to feature keyboards, and also the first to include songwriting by Bruce Dickinson, since "Powerslave". Of course, Steve Harris as ever has his hand in all but one. It contains some epic stuff: "Moonchild", "The evil men do" and "Only the good die young" are all great metal tracks with a real sense of the growing commerciality Maiden were becoming famous for, with the closer being their second-longest track at the time, after the thirteen-minute-plus "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" from "Powerslave". It's the only, to date, concept album from the band, although to be honest I don't really see it as a full concept album. Bruce Dickinson agrees. "We almost did [something great]," he said. "It was only half a concept album. There was no attempt to see it all the way through, like we really should have done. 'Seventh Son...' has no story. It's about good and evil, heaven and hell, but isn't every Iron Maiden record?"* Indeed. Adrian Smith was unimpressed, and took his leave. Great album, but the cracks were beginning to show... TRACKLISTING 1. Moonchild 2. Infinite dreams 3. Can I play with madness? 4. The evil that men do 5. Seventh son of a seventh son 6. The prophecy 7. The clairvoyant 8. Only the good die young * = Direct quote taken from Wikipedia article: Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018 Last edited by Trollheart; 10-29-2013 at 11:30 AM.