Iron Maiden - Death on the Road (16 tracks) +Album Reviews

Horrible editing

Robert Larson | 09/21/2005

(2 out of 5 stars)

""Steve Harris once again took weeks personally editing the footage and like Rock in Rio this means thousands of cuts right into the heart of the action."

Steve Harris needs to quit making thousands of cuts and let us viewers just watch the show without all of the cuts. Maybe focus on the stage as a whole. It gave me a freakin headache trying to follow the cameras when I tried to watch Rock in Rio. I think it's very, very annoying when the camera will focus on a member of the band, then every 2 seconds the camera moves to someone else. Steve Harris, stop with the damn constant cuts."

IRON MAIDEN LIVE!

R. Lord | Salem Ma | 09/24/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This is a decent live album. There are better live releases from this band out there... but if you like Dance Of Death, and want to hear songs from that cd performed live, pick this one up.

They left out a lot of good songs in my opinion, and why did they have to include "Lord of the flies"? That song sucks.

Overall a pretty good cd. If your a fan of iron maiden, you'll like it.

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How much is too much?

njrobbo | Bayonne, NJ | 10/27/2005

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Live After Death, Live at Donnington, Real Live One, Real Dead One, Rock in Rio (and Maiden Japan)..... Good sound, same material including the Dance of Death stuff. No such thing as bad or too many Maiden live albums, but these guys are pushing it."

Amazing Recording

poppa_pump2 | Chicago | 11/12/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Yeah, once again there's live versions of the songs Maiden plays every show. And? Why is this a bad thing? It sounds terrific. Would the people complaining rather have a mini-release of just the new stuff live? Its an entire concert, and Maiden has several songs you will hear live every time. The old stuff still sounds great, and with the 3 guitar lineup I think it sounds even better than prior recordings of the older material.

The new stuff is what this release is all about though, "new" meaning material from Maiden's most current studio release, the material from Dance of Death.

This stuff just sounds amazing live. Paschendale is quite possibly the best song the band has ever recorded, and it will blow you away here. Wildest Dreams kicks it off in grand style, then after some vintage songs they kick into the title song of their last release, Dance of Death. Can I use the word "amazing" enough here? Probably not. Right from there it goes into an excellent version of Rainmaker. A brief journey back to 2000 for Brave New World and then Paschendale live. Again, just amazing. Iron Maiden has always been tight live, but this is just ridiculous. Paschendale is a powerful song just on the cd, but live? Amazing. Then after a painful reminder that Blaze Bayley used to be in the band (Lord of the Flies) they pound out No More Lies, another great version of a solid song. The last new song is the first encore, Journeyman. This song was Maiden's first attempt at an acoustic song and it was a winner on the cd, but it just takes off live.

All in all a great recording of a great concert. As I mentioned, Iron Maiden has always sounded great live but the storytelling of the stage show as they play the songs is one of the many reasons to see them live. The dvd release of this concert can't come soon enough, I can't wait to see the theatrics involved with classics like Dance of Death and (especially!) Paschendale.

Again, I don't understand the complaining about duplicate songs from past live releases. Would you want to go see Maiden live and not hear Fear of the Dark, Trooper, etc? The new material alone is reason enough to get this cd, and to me the old material still sounds fresh because of the 3 guitar lineup now. This is definitely a must-have live compilation if you like metal or even if you just like outstanding live recordings."

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	Iron Maiden Death on the Road Genres: Pop, Rock, Metal Track Listings (9) - Disc #1 Wildest Dreams Wrathchild Can I Play with Madness The Trooper Dance of Death Rainmaker Brave New World Paschendale Lord of the Flies Track Listings (7) - Disc #2 No More Lies Hallowed Be Thy Name Fear of the Dark Iron Maiden Journeyman The Number of the Beast Run to the Hills
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