Track Listings (8) - Disc #1| All Artists: Iron Maiden Title: Seventh Son of a Seventh Son Members Wishing: 4 Total Copies: 0 Label: Raw Power Release Date: 9/29/1998 Album Type: Import Genres: Alternative Rock, Pop, Rock, Metal Styles: New Wave & Post-Punk, Progressive, Progressive Metal, British Metal Number of Discs: 1 SwapaCD Credits: 1 UPCs: 602923013428, 724383587520 |
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By the release of this landmark eighth album, Iron Maiden had settled into what's generally considered their classic lineup. With Bruce Dickinson, Dave Murray, Adrian Smith, and Nicko McBrain operating at the very peak of ... more » |
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Amazon.com By the release of this landmark eighth album, Iron Maiden had settled into what's generally considered their classic lineup. With Bruce Dickinson, Dave Murray, Adrian Smith, and Nicko McBrain operating at the very peak of their form, bassist Steve Harris, the band's mastermind and main songwriter, decided to extend the Maiden remit yet further by unveiling their very first concept work. Contemporary critics scoffed in the face of such a grandiose gesture, but Seventh Son of a Seventh Son spawned no less than four British hit singles and remains an indomitable highlight of the Maiden's illustrious career. From the strident commercial metal of "Can I Play with Madness" through the keyboard-enhanced epic bombast of the title track to the fretboard intricacies and chest-beating machismo of "Only the Good Die Young," Seventh Son finds Iron Maiden at their most assured and creative. This is a spectacular example of 22-carat heavy metal. --Ian Fortnam Similar CDsSimilarly Requested CDs
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CD ReviewsA classic metal album! M. U. Siddiqi | White Plains, NY, United States | 12/05/1999 (4 out of 5 stars) "I wouldn't give it a 5-star rating because I simply don't give 5-star ratings, unless a work is revolutionary or at least evolutionary in the rock realm. Putting that aside, this is one of IM's finest albums. This was the THE album which baptized me as a metal lover. When I heard it for the first time at 16, I discovered that there was more to metal than just cacophonic string jamming and neck-cramps.It's got some spectacular, gut-wrenching guitar riffs. And it's not just string-plucking, head-banging all the way. It's got a mesmerizing rhythm. Most of the tracks have that characteristic Maiden gothic hum; you can feel it in your bones. This is one of Iron Maiden's yesteryear works, before Janick Jers replaced Adrian Smith. The trio of Murray, Smith and Harris have produced some of the finest guitar-work I've heard in a life-time. And combined with Dickinson's powerful vocals, it's a masterpiece. The album is very thematic -- all songs are actually chapters from a story, which unwinds. (Read the lyrics from each song and connect the dots.) From 'Moon Child', which tells the tale of a child with special powers, to 'Infinite Dreams', where he's haunted by his clairvoyance but doesn't know what it is. As he grows in 'Can I Play With Madness', these powers take on a stronger form and he begins to realize his mystique. In 'The Evil That Men Do', he falls in in love which ends in betrayal, followed by the title track, '7th Son Of A 7th Son'. In 'The Prophecy' and 'The Clairvoyant' he learns the purpose of his powers and what to do. In the last track, 'Only The Good Die Young', at all ends.Definitely a collector's item for anyone who appreciates and sees a metal classic!" One Of Maiden's Best... Lord Chimp | Monkey World | 06/17/2000 (5 out of 5 stars) "I honestly don't know how anyone that appreciates good music can cut down this album. It's firmly situated in the upper-echelon of Maiden's best albums. The song writing is incredibly strong, despite some lack of cohesiveness in certain tracks. People dismissing the lyrics as corny are missing the point entirely. This is a CONCEPT ALBUM...it's trying to tell a story, but too many pabulum-fed fools can't understand this. Maiden has never been about delivering astonishingly deep music with reams of depth and relevence to world issues or anything...it's about cheap-thrill metal that sounds great. As always, Bruce's urgent vocals are incredible and are sung with his ineffable intensity. Being a Maiden album, the music is awesome and intricately layered, with their powerful signature riffs and mind-bending solos. People complaining about synthed music are simply ignoring what this album is about...the use of synthed audio adds to the drama and the power of the story. It doesn't detract from the music in ANY way, but it isn't thoughtless either. Unfortunately, certain mindless people can't accept diversity and effect if it offends the sensibilities of THEIR ideal image for Maiden. Every song on 7th Son is excellent...some parts are slow, some are fast, but all are powerful. This is the pinnacle of the band's albums." My favourite Maiden album along with No. Of The Beast Chris 'raging bill' Burton | either Kent or Manchester, United Kingdom | 01/23/2001 (5 out of 5 stars) "This is one Maiden's best album ever, alongside Number Of The Beast. There is a lot of arguing among fans as to which is the best but in my opinion, this comes out top. Moonchild is one excellent song, one of the best I've heard ever. The fact that Infinite Dreams follows it, which is even better, shows that it is no fluke. What surprises is me is that they had anything left after the last four albums. Not only were they still able to churn out another good album, they made an even better one than any other Maiden album. The quintet are just so tight and bonded together musically, combining all sorts of riffs, melodies and percussion that will leave you with your jaw on the floor! The album has a theme to it, something which gives it an extra edge. It is a concept album and my interpretation of it is that it is about life, about where we are going before we even know ourselves. About religion, and questioning how much of it is real in an intelligent way (unlike most metal bands). About fate and about discovering things about ourselves that we never knew existed.This is one amazing metal album. Iron Maiden may have been surpassed in speed, heaviness and agression, but not in quality, proving that good music will always come out on top. 12 years old and people still love this album. How many people listen to Coal Chamber's "Chamber Music" now, a mere year and a half after its release? I will admit that a newcomer may wish to get a compilation (Best Of The Beast) or a live album (Live After Death) first, but if you are a metal fan (and I'm not talking about any of this Nu-Metal crap) then this should be in your collection."
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