Caught Somewhere in Time Wasted Years Sea of Madness Heaven Can Wait The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner Stranger in a Strange Land Deja-Vu Alexander the Great The most underrated of Iron Maiden’s ‘80s albums, came between two major milestones – 1984's and , released four years later – and, as a result, seldom gets the props it deserves. In fact, it still sounds fresh and vital 30 years later. is one of Maiden’s greatest album openers – and, arguably the band’s best-ever live set opener – while was one of their finest singles and closing epic was a strong contender for the song most Maiden diehards would cheerfully stab a relative to see performed live, at least until they actually started playing it live, decades later.
"We went for a new kind of sound on , using guitar synths, and two of my songs for that album came out really well, and said guitarist Adrian Smith. "When we were mixing in New York, I was in my hotel room listening to the tracks with [producer] Martin Birch, and there was a knock at the door. I opened it and Tom Jones was standing there.
He said: ‘I heard the music, lads. Do you mind if I come in?’ "He listened to the album, and as we talked I realized that what we do is pretty much the same: making records, doing shows. Except that with Maiden, it’s a bit louder.
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