Another Life

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Fun repetitive song with random out-of-place punk section and odd ending.
Highlight: The main riff is great
Lowlight: The random out-of-place punk section
5/10
 
"Iron Maiden" has to be the only song where constant repetition works because most of the time it doesn't. Case in point: this thing. 5/10
 
I think the instrumental on this one is pretty great, but you can’t just repeat a verse 3 times and expect to get away with it. This song is clearly unfinished. 6/10 because it could have been quite great
 
Pretty average song on a pretty average album. The main riff is great, and it's a shame it wasn't used for something better. So far, my lowest-rated Maiden song. 5.
 
An interesting lead on top of a repetitive drum fill breaks into a soaring solo on top of a pulsing main riff. Paul continues with his rough but strong delivery through the verse and chorus. The guitars build tension nicely leading into the chorus.

I'm not keen on the little harmonized bridges after the choruses since they interfere with the momentum of the song, but they're not terrible.

An OK musical break with some weird scale diving from Steve cuts into a cool solo that gives way to another round of verse and chorus, bridge, and sort of a big rock ending.

I really like the verse, chorus, and solo here, but I'm not as fond of the other parts. 7/10.
 
It may sound hypocritical because I'm an "Iron Maiden" (song) fan, but other than that, the constant repetition is stupid: case in point, this song. It's actually very enjoyable, but also lazily written and nothing compared to other songs. Also has some very meh guitar parts.

3/10. I memorized the lyrics the second time I read them through.
 
I really really like this song, even though it's a "normal" song. Just one of those songs... Fates Warning is another one
 
Good drum intro, bland guitar entry, but the main riff isn't bad. This is actually one of Di'Anno's better performances, shockingly, and it's the music which fails it instead. The instrumental section is pretty pointless and I dislike the ending and the constant repetition, but it's not the worst thing they've done, though certainly below average. 4
 
Great drum intro. The song also has a very good riff. I quite like the little solo from Dave at the start of the song. It's strange but this song has only verses... x3? (this has to be the most lazy lyrics by Maiden!). I like the so fast instrumental part (almost like in ''Genghis Khan''). The second solo from Dave is good too. The repetition not bothers me. The crazy end of the song with the double solos is a nice addition. Typical harmonies and song for the early Maiden. Not bad - it's nice short song. When they played it live in 2005 it was a shock, haha. 6/10.
 
The lyrics of this song seem to be the words of one
schizophrenia describing one of his "voices in his head", which
urges him to commit suicide. In fact, Dickinson had prefaced it
piece live, saying: “This is a song […] about a gentleman who goes
up top and comes back down… has another go… ”(« This is a song […]
for a gentleman who goes up and down again… pays another
effort… »), meaning that the protagonist of the lyrics commits suicide and
comes to life again.
A characteristic symptom of schizophrenia is headaches
illusions, which, many times, take the form of speeches. This
observed in other cases (psychotic depression, mania, lack
sleep, taking certain substances), however, in schizophrenia the person on the one hand
believes that "voices" are real and on the other hand the voices are about
practically anything, criticize his actions, persecute him or give him
commands. The most dangerous expressions of these illusions concern
cases in which the patient hears voices, which give him
orders or assigns him missions, which can push him into violence
behavior (see “Killers”).
According to the approach of those who interpret his lyrics
piece as part of a story that unfolds in five pieces, that
is the fourth part of the story. The appeals to Lamia
of the previous part were left unsatisfied.
 
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4.

I enjoy this song when I listen to it - particularly the instrumental section - but I don't find it particularly memorable and it blurs together with several of the other songs for me.
 
This song seems fairly obviously meant as a live instrumental showcase. If Steve Harris wrote it now, it would probably be 19 minutes long. You’ve got Clive Burr’s thunderous intro, some bluesy guitar leads, and lots of really tight instrumental work throughout the song. I love that guitar break in the middle and the solos that follow. Great stuff. The lyrics are definitely a bit of an afterthought, it’s a cool vocal part though. 7
 
A fairly one-dimensional song that repeats one verse three times, has a couple cool solos and a groovy bridge that goes nowhere. I don’t mind it, it’s okay, but not a classic Maiden song by any stretch of the imagination. 6/10
 
Another Life is actually one of the songs on Killers that I like quite a bit. The album might be my least favorite, but there are some great moments. It's the absolute worst offender of a song being "unfinished" in the sense that the same fucking verse gets repeated three times.
Good thing that the verses are actually some of the better parts (in contrast to MITRM). The middle section isn't really interesting, but the bass playing during that part is fun. Not a fan of the intro with the tom rolls, I much prefer the drum intro on Beast Over Hammersmith. A good 5.
 
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