Lord of Wolves 78
Educated Fool
This album is the album that got me into Iron Maiden in first place back in 1990. For me this album is just a pure masterpiece from start to finish with no filler and all killer. All the songs are fantastic and all the songs are a 10 for except for De Ja Vu which is a 9.5/9.6. The riffs and melodies are very impressive and stick in your head long after the album is over. What also gets to me is that people go on and on and on about both NoTB and Powerslave, and yet never ever talk or give much praise to this album. Don't get me wrong, I do like those albums, but Somewhere in Time will aways be my absolute favourite album alongside Killers, Piece of Mind, Seventh Son and even Fear of The Dark. It's sad and pity that the band may never play much of this album apart from Wasted Years and Heaven Can Wait.
Derek's artwork is just unbelievable, there is so much detail to see and lots of hidden messages. You definitely need to own this album on vinyl and not CD. The new 2014 or 2015 release's artwork is actually not as clear as the original 1986 version. Get the original on amazon or ebay instead. I'm sure some other diehard Derek Rigg's/Maiden fans spotted this. I know that Steve won't play Stranger in a Strange Land, because his father died around that time. Also what annoys me is that Maiden never recorded the live show/s of Somewhere in Time. I don't blame Steve for being annoyed at Rod Smallwood to this day. Thankfully it does get a lot more love these days especially by a lot of the people on Metal Archives and both Downfall Network and Ragaholic on youtube. So does anybody else share my love of this awesome album?
Derek's artwork is just unbelievable, there is so much detail to see and lots of hidden messages. You definitely need to own this album on vinyl and not CD. The new 2014 or 2015 release's artwork is actually not as clear as the original 1986 version. Get the original on amazon or ebay instead. I'm sure some other diehard Derek Rigg's/Maiden fans spotted this. I know that Steve won't play Stranger in a Strange Land, because his father died around that time. Also what annoys me is that Maiden never recorded the live show/s of Somewhere in Time. I don't blame Steve for being annoyed at Rod Smallwood to this day. Thankfully it does get a lot more love these days especially by a lot of the people on Metal Archives and both Downfall Network and Ragaholic on youtube. So does anybody else share my love of this awesome album?
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