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Iron Maiden: Bruce Dickinson (vocals); Dave Murray, Adrian Smith (guitar); Steve Harris (bass); Clive Burr (drums).
Recorded at Battery Studios, London, United Kingdom.
Digitally remastered by Simon Heyworth (Chop 'Em Out).
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files.
Iron Maiden: Bruce Dickinson (vocals); Dave Murray , Adrian Smith (guitar); Steve Harris (bass guitar); Nicko McBrain (drums).
Routinely ranked among the greatest heavy metal albums of all time, The Number of the Beast is the birth of Iron Maiden as we know it, a relentless metal machine lifted to soaring new heights by the arrival of erstwhile Samson frontman Bruce Dickinson. Dickinson's operatic performance here made him an instant metal icon, challenging even Rob Halford for bragging rights, and helped launch the band into the stratosphere. The Number of the Beast topped the charts in the U.K., but even more crucially -- with Judas Priest having moved into more commercial territory -- it also made Iron Maiden the band of choice for purists who wanted their metal uncompromised. Maiden took the basic blueprint Priest had created in the late '70s -- aggressive tempos, twin-guitar interplay, wide-ranging power vocals -- and cranked everything up faster and louder. The album's intensity never lets up, the musical technique is peerless for its time, and there isn't a truly unmemorable song in the bunch. Blessed with a singer who could drive home a melody in grandiose fashion, Steve Harris' writing gets more ambitious, largely abandoning the street violence of old in favor of fittingly epic themes drawn from history, science fiction, and horror. The exceptions are "22 Acacia Avenue," a sequel to "Charlotte the Harlot" that sounds written for Di'Anno's range, and the street-crime tale "Gangland," which Harris didn't write; though the punk influences largely left with Di'Anno, these two definitely recall the Maiden of old. As for the new, two of the band's (and, for that matter, heavy metal's) all-time signature songs are here. The anthemic "Run to the Hills" dramatized the conquest of the Native Americans and became the band's first Top Ten U.K. single. It features Maiden's trademark galloping rhythm, which in this case serves to underscore the images of warriors on horseback. Meanwhile, the title track's odd-meter time signature keeps the listener just slightly off balance and unsettled, leading into the most blood-curdling Dickinson scream on record; the lyrics, based on nothing more than Harris' nightmare after watching a horror movie, naturally provoked hysterical accusations of Satan worship (which, in turn, naturally provoked sales). "Hallowed Be Thy Name" is perhaps the most celebrated of the band's extended epics; it's the tale of a prisoner about to be hanged, featuring some of Harris' most philosophical lyrics. It opens with a superbly doomy atmosphere before giving way to a succession of memorable instrumental lines and an impassioned performance by Dickinson; despite all the tempo changes, the transitions never feel jarring. Elsewhere, "The Prisoner" is a catchy retelling of the hit British TV series, and "Children of the Damned" is a slower, heavier number patterned after the downtempo moments of Dio-era Black Sabbath. CD remasters integrate "Total Eclipse," first released as the B-side of "Run to the Hills," into the running order. Though some moments on The Number of the Beast are clearly stronger than others, the album as a whole represented a high-water mark for heavy metal, striking a balance between accessible melodicism and challenging technique and intensity. Everything fell into place for Iron Maiden here at exactly the right time, and the result certainly ranksQ (7/01, p.86) - Included in Q's "50 Heaviest Albums of All Time".
Q (6/00, p.60) - Ranked #100 in Q's "100 Greatest British Albums" - "...A hook-ridden, overdriven brew of Norsemen, Red Indians and, of course, Satanism, it epitomised British metal's values system..."
Kerrang (Magazine) (p.51) - "Richer, more streamlined and measurably more melodic than its punkier predecessors, BEAST expanded Maiden's musical horizons..." Number Of The Beast Music Iron Maiden Number Of The Beast Songs Number Of The Beast Music Number Of The Beast Music Review Average Rating: (4.7 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews Bruce's 1st album with the band, and it's ALMOST Perfect.
The Number Of The Beast (1982) was Iron Maiden's 1st album to feature Bruce Dickinson on vocals, their old frontman Paul Di'Anno left the band in 1981. Bruce was originally from another NWOBHM group called "Samson" but like Di'Anno left Maiden Bruce left "Samson". At an Iron Maiden show at Hammersmith in 1981 Bruce was announced the new Iron Maiden frontman. The next year when this album was released it....: Charted at #1, was huge selling, was very successful, and fans named it the greatest Maiden album ever recorded, some of you might hate me for saying this but anyway I don't think this album is the best that Maiden ever recorded but it's not the worst, some of these tracks are overated and some are underated. "Invaders" is an example of a really, really underated track, this song has a FANTASTIC (And speedy) Drum/Guitar intro and outro the lyrics are fantastic and the solo is fabulous. THIS SONG IS AWSOME - 10/10. "Children Of The Damned" starts of with slow interesting lyrics and the course is memerable but it get boring halfway through the song - 5/10. "The Prisoner" is handsdown an excellent track no questions, The intro and solo are both cool and fun to listin' to, the lyrics are creative, the bridge is fast, and the course is AWSOME and very memerable, This is a song that is very fun to listin' to - 10/10. "22 Acacia Avenue" is also known as "The Continuing Saga Of Charlotte The Harlot", this song starts off slow but then it gets faster, love the lyrics. The solo ain't that creative though - 9/10. When I 1st heard "The Number Of The Beast" I thought this song was a little overated but overtime this track grew on me and now I like it, The opening lyrics are cool and they have a cool guitar riff that plays along with them and the suddenlly BRUCE SCREAMS and the song gets faster and faster, cool lyrics, cool 666 course, and awsome solo. This was the 2nd single off the album - 10/10. "Run To The Hills" is one of my FAVOURITE Maiden songs off all time, you can hear this song on the radio sometimes, This song has great lyrics and a really awsome course, The solo is kind of short but IT's STILL COOL. This was the 1st single off the album - 10/10. "Gangland" is kind of underated, it is a pritty good track, but it's not that important so lets move on - 7/10. "Total Eclipse" is a BONUS TRACK on this album! the course ("Sunrise has gone...") ain't that bad but the last few lyrics ("Gone are the days when men looked down...") ARE FANTASTIC, they make the song worth listing to, cool solo by the way - 8/10. "Hallowed Be Thy Name" holds a length of 7:12, it's a great way to close this album, this song has dark lyrics and great solos throughout, GREAT TRACK - 10/10. So now that you have read my review this album appeirs to have 5 excellent tracks and the rest are OK (Except "Children Of The Damned"). You should decide on buying this album or not because no matter what your friends say about this being the greatest Maiden album and everyone should own it (It's not true) I'm warning you that there are some tracks on here that may disapoint you and might never grow on you, so you be the judge and figure out if you want to buy this or not.
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its for my son ,he thinks its brilliant hes a no1 fan of IRON MAIDEN he gives it 10 stars
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Run To The Hills Paul Dianno!
No more paul dianno, this is the first maiden album with bruce dickinson at head, also known as the air raid siren. I think that this is some of the bands best work with Run to the hills being the best song on the album, the guitar kinda demonstrates the galloping of a horse and the vocals are really what made me like iron maiden even more. Number of the Beast, what can i say, its the song that they never go without playing at a gig NEVER and Hallowed be thy name WOOOOOO my favorite song by Iron maiden and thats no joke, it shows power and adrenaline and its almost like you think it'll never end until its over. The Coolest album artwork might i add.
Submitted by Evan Simpson (Winnipeg, MB, CAN)
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OoOoOoOOo my pants get so happy when i come across this album!! bruce, my main man, is blessed with such great vocal skills!! one of my favs. i must say!
I am Charlotte of 22 Acacia Avenue!! ; )
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one of the best metal album ever
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